SYMPOSIUM (regional development and transportation)

Regional Transportation

strongly supports academic freedom and a researcher's right to publish; as an institution, however, the Laboratory does not endorse the viewpoint of a publication or guarantee its technical correctness. Abstract. For transportation planning applications , it is useful to not only model each individual traveler, but also the decision-making process leading to her travel demand. Simulation-based ...

Regional Development in China : Interregional Transportation Infrastructure and Regional Comparative Advantage

Significant economic disparities among China’s Eastern, Central, and Western regions pose unequivocal challenges to social equality and political stability in the country. A major impediment to economic development, especially in the poor, remote Western region, is the shortage of transportation infrastructure. The Chinese government has committed to substantial investment for improving the acc...

Regional Transportation Simulations

Reconciling conseRvation and tRanspoRtation planning on a Regional scale: a symposium of the society foR conseRvation Biology noRth ameRican section

The North American Section of the Society for Conservation Biology served as a co-sponsor of ICOET 2007 and conducted its annual meeting in conjunction with the conference. This meeting included a half-day symposium on “Reconciling Conservation and Transportation Planning on a Regional Scale.” Abstracts of the presentations from the symposium are provided below, along with contact information f...

A Multi-objective Analysis of Regional Transportation and Land Development Policies

To address roadway congestion problems, communities throughout the nation that are at risk for air quality problems are proposing major and costly beltway highway projects. In this study, an integrated land use and transportation model and an advanced travel demand model linked to a land allocation model are applied to evaluate different combinations of transit and highway investment alternativ...