Curbside parking regulation has been widely implemented in cities around the world and increasingly they are adopting market-oriented perspectives. However, policy-makers face a complex task when they seek to foster efficiency in this market due to its intrinsic distortions (most notably, cruising in search of a parking space and garage market power). Theoretical studies stress that the right p...

The levels of particle and vapour phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) derived from the diesel exhaust compounds in bus garage work were measured in winter and in summer. Five personal air samples were collected from the breathing zones of 22 garage workers every other day of consecutive weeks. Control samples (n = 22) were collected from office workers in Helsinki. Fifteen PAHs in the...

Occupational exposure to lead is common among automobile technicians and constitutes 0.9% of total global health burden with a majority of cases in developing countries. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the blood lead levels of automobile technicians in roadside and organised garages in Lagos State, Nigeria. This was a comparative cross-sectional study. Data were collected usi...

— This case study is about the new learning strategy of the Dutch Vehicle Authority, a governmental organization. The aim is to examine the different perspectives like the development strategy containing blended learning content and learning settings; implementation issues and the first experiences with this new learning model in daily practices. The developments in the project were permanently...

This paper looks at parking policy in dense urban districts (“downtown”), where spatial competition between parking garages is a key feature. The paper has four parts. The first looks at the “parking garage operator’s problem”. The second derives the equilibrium in the parking garage market when there is no on-street parking, compares the equilibrium to the social optimum, and examines parking ...

Background: The automotive industry is heavily affected by sick leaves caused the handling of loads and using postures that produce musculoskeletal disorders. Research needed to analyse their causes find possible solutions eliminate or mitigate these risks. Objective: Our objective was level risk in different work tasks performed truck bus mechanics. intention also whether postural training fee...

We investigated the circumstances of unintended carbon monoxide deaths from motor vehicle exhaust. Of 64 episodes involving 82 deaths investigated by the West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 1978-84, 50 occurred outdoors in older vehicles with defective exhaust systems and 14 occurred in enclosed or semi-enclosed home garages. Blood alcohol was detected in 50 (68 per cent) of 74 ...