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As a low-impact activity that can cover longer distances than walking, cycling is not only good for older adult's health, but can also be a viable low-cost mode of transportation. Cycling can allow older adults to maintain mobility, ...
Analytical models developed using field data can provide useful information with acceptable confidence to evaluate and predict the operational characteristics of a highway. As such, this study presents statistical models that can be used...
Quality management at the Florida Department of Transportation: A case study
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In recent years, Total Quality Management has increasingly become a management approach embraced by American organizations. Although the private sector adopted quality management strategies earlier than the public sector, a wide range of... This study examines the quality effort at the Florida Department of Transportation (DOT). DOT began its quality initiative in 1984 and was the first Florida state agency to make such an attempt. Earlier small-scale studies revealed both... As in previous studies, DOT made positive gains particularly in quality awareness and patience, However, lack of information and communication about the initiative, unfulfilled expectations, and no assessment of organizational culture... This case is applicable to any public organization attempting to implement quality management. Such organizations should do in-depth assessments before the initiative and recognize its performance level and any existing internal issues....
Supply chain management plays an important role in ensuring an efficient merchandise trade. Freight transportation is an integral part of supply chain management. A significant part of freight transportation is covered by maritime...
Over the last three decades, traffic crashes have been one of the leading causes of fatalities and economic losses in the world. Since vulnerable road users have specific characteristics, they are perceived to have a higher risk of being...
Accurate vehicle classification data is fundamental to pavement design and road safety analysis. In addition, vehicle classification data is important for Florida Department of Transportationโs Transportation Statistics Officeโs clients...
The overall goal of this thesis was to provide a quantitative analysis of the operational and safety performances of roundabouts. The operational analysis of Florida roundabouts was conducted to determine the base capacity of different...
Air pollution is a very critical non-natural hazard that adversely affects human health as well as the environment itself in the context of climate change. One of the biggest contributors to air pollution is the transportation industry....
The shipping industry is one of the significant sources of pollution and global warming. About 2.5% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions in 2018 came from the shipping industry. Conventional tugboats are viewed as one of the...
Despite the rapid global motorization, especially in developing countries, the use of the bicycle as urban transportation has increased in the last 35 years (Shaheen, Guzman, & Zhang, 2012). However, the United States, Canada, and Mexico...
Several recently published studies have demonstrated that employing planning strategies oriented on improving the internal characteristics of transit service, including frequency, coverage, intermodal integration, and seamless...
The Seminole County Georgia Board of Education has made a special effort to provide adequate educational opportunities for all the children of the county. An important phase of this effort has been the provision of building facilities to...
The study of user-behavior and decision-making dynamics in transportation network are vital in modeling and simulation of user interactions. Different users access transportation network in order to accomplish different activities. Such...
The percentage of older adults residing in Americaโs auto-oriented suburbs is projected to grow significantly in the coming decades. When these individuals are no longer able to safely drive themselves, they may seek alternative modes of...
Natural disasters such as hurricanes have been affecting thousands of people annually with devastating consequences such as loss of life, vegetation and infrastructure. Vegetation losses such as coastal erosion, downed trees and...
Behavioral social work in community practice: Promoting automobile safety belt use
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A preventive public health social work intervention program was conducted to evaluate the effects of various community-based strategies designed to promote safety belt use by automobile drivers. Two separate multiple baseline designs... The results of these three studies demonstrate that traffic signs may be effective in promoting small but important increases in safety belt use. However, the effects of such signs can be made more salient by preceding their sole use...
Every year, natural hazards such as hurricanes devastate entire regions, cause widespread major infrastructure damages (e.g., roadway/bridge closures, power outages, etc.), and claim lives in the U.S. The State of Florida, which is...
Spatial access to oral health services is essential in the physical development of children. Over the last two decades, geographers' interest in examining access to health services has burgeoned with the advancement of geographic...
Resilience simply means to rebound when exposed to a disruptive event. Damage to bridges in transportation networks usually result in long detours and increased travel time hence have massive cost implications. Transportation networks...
"From pioneer days until shortly after the close of the war between the States, transportation facilities were limited. The child who lived more than a walking distance from school, journeyed to and from school by whatever means his...
A significant responsibility of officials involved in transportation planning is ensuring people's accessibility to critical facilities such as multi-modal terminals and emergency shelters. This challenging task depends on the available...
The proportion of individuals aged 65 and over is growing at an astronomical rate in the United States, and some estimate that this demographic age group will double by the year 2025. Aging adults are primarily dependent on the personal...
While rollover crashes are the least frequent types of crash, around one third of vehicle occupant fatalities occurs in rollover crashes. Rollover crashes are usually associated with multiple impacts which result in complex interactions...
An empirical investigation of the usefulness of service efforts and accomplishments measures
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The study examines the impact on subjects' ratings of performance when service efforts and accomplishments (SEA) measurements were included with traditional financial data. The study analyzes subjects' ratings of economy, efficiency and... Subjects received actual financial and performance information for the State of Florida Department of Highway Maintenance for three years and were asked to rate the performance of the department. Each subject received one of three... Results indicate that subjects clearly made different ratings of performance depending on which set of information they received. Subjects using traditional financial information tended to make higher ratings of performance than subjects... Lastly, the subjects were asked to provide information on data sufficiency and on value of the types of data items. Subjects found the combined data format more sufficient for decision making, and also reported that types of information...
A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTUAL MOTOR SKILL ON ROAD PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER EDUCATION
The transportation program in Madison County and the problems which stem from it are unique for the state of Florida. Madison County is one of the few counties in the state which handle school transportation on a complete contractual...
Recently, in the United States, roundabouts have been used to replace signalized and unsignalized intersections because the use of roundabouts has safely reduced crash severity and fatality at intersections by eliminating or altering...
A wide adoption of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) is anticipated in the near future given their demonstrated benefits of the in terms of safety, mobility, and environmental sustainability. Such prediction highlights a need to...
Recently in the United States, there has been an increasing pace of roundabouts installation. Following that, several studies are being conducted to ensure safe and efficient roundabout operation. To study roundaboutโs operational...
The Tortoise and the Expressway: The Governance of Circulation and the Conflict over the Appropriation of Residential and Conservation Properties by the Osceola Parkway Extension
Using the case of the Osceola Parkway Extension in Orange and Osceola Counties, this research examines how the legal geographies of expressway development and property rights claims intersect with gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)...
Applying 21st century machine intelligence to the evolving transportation management systems is under detailed investigation all around the world. The major goals of this investigation are quite noble and multifaceted including safety, ...
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the effect of environmental and traffic-related factors on the frequency and severity of highway crashes with a focus on different age groups including the aging populations. Existing studies in...
Evacuating individuals and allocating space in shelters are complex tasks that depend on disaster characteristics, roadway network characteristics, the demographics and socioeconomic status of people in the affected region, as well as...
Multi-Scalar Assessment of Built-Environment and Bus Networks Influence on Rapid-Transit Patronage: The Case of Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Network
The advent of accelerated global warming and volatile climate change has prompted the need for a better understanding of what factors and policies might contribute to mitigate these events as well as increase the resilience of...
The automotive industry stands as one of the most important industries in the U.S. and worldwide. As the sales of automobiles continue to increase, the demand for automobile shipping services experiences a corresponding upswing. Apart...
Urban traffic congestion has become an increasingly critical issue as the number of vehicle owners continues to rise each year, resulting in increased travel times, fuel consumption, and environmental pollution. Traditional adaptive...
Traffic crashes are one of the leading causes of death, substantial economic loss, and severe injuries for drivers. They also put lives of people at risk, cause severe traumas and incapacitating injuries, which usually require a painful...
Over the last decade, ridesharing has been widely used by people to satisfy their daily transportation needs in the context of accessibility. Many people use smartphone apps such as Uber and Lyft for this purpose, which makes their life...
The exodus of residents and employment opportunities from central cities has greatly impacted the low income residents which have remained as suitable employment opportunities are locating further from their residence. This trend has...
Mobility and access are the two essential criteria for evaluating any mode of transportation. A private vehicle comes at the top when we think about mobility and access. But an increase in the utilization of private vehicles has many...
An analysis of the relationship of environmental characteristics to types and rates of criminal victimizations in interchange activity areas surrounding interstate highway interchanges
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Since 1970, there has been an increased interest in environmental factors associated with crime. It is anticipated that, through environmental design, areas may be made safe and the quality of life enhanced for individuals living in that... There are two major aspects of CPTED. The first involves the examination of environmental factors to determine why and how offenders choose their targets. The second involves the examination of environmental factors associated with the... In the growing field of CPTED research, no studies have been found in the available literature which examine environmental factors associated with types and rates of criminal victimizations in interstate highway interchange areas--i.e., ... For the purpose of this research, the unit of analysis is the Interchange Activity Area (IAA). The IAA was defined as a geographical area surrounding an interstate highway interchange in which behavioral activities and constructed... Although an IAA may possess similar characteristics found in other locations, its distinguishing features are that its activities and facilities are specifically associated with interstate highway travel and ease of access to the... It is recognized that the same environmental characteristics of an IAA which enhance traveller convenience may also increase traveller vulnerability to criminal victimization. Therefore, the environmental characteristics associated with...
Maritime transportation has been continuously playing an undeniable role for the global trade and economy of many countries. Based on the fast growth of the maritime trade, the marine container terminal (MCT) operators should focus on...
Global supply chains depend heavily on liner shipping networks, which connect countries and continents over a great distance at low transit costs. More than 80% of the world's trade in goods is carried out by international shipping...
Roadway crashes claim more than 30, 000 lives each year in the United States, and they continue to affect the lives of people adversely. This problem becomes even more challenging when aging populations are considered due to their...
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