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Carbon Footprint of Academic Air Travel: A Case Study in Switzerland
László Dániel Tóth, Joachim Armand Simonne Ciers, Aleksandra Mandic
Relatively low travel costs and abundant opportunities for research funding in Switzerland and other developed countries allow researchers large amounts of international travel and collaborations, leading to a substantial carbon footprint. Increasing willi ...
2019When the North meets the "key to everything". From Ragnar Östberg to Erik Gunnar Asplund
«Beyond the city there was a wide plain, which sloped gently towards the sea and it was dominated by a semicircle of mountains. The soil of such plain was shimmering red, the sea looked blue enamel, the mountain slopes were brilliant yellow. It was a count ...
2017Mitigating the impact of errors in travel time reporting on mode choice modelling
Michel Bierlaire, Aurélie Glerum, Giovanni Longo, Amanda Blomberg Stathopoulos, Silvia Francesca Varotto
Travel time is a major component in understanding travel demand. However, the quantification of demand and forecasting hinges on understanding how travel time is perceived and reported. Travel time reporting is typically subject to errors and this paper fo ...
Elsevier Sci Ltd2017Intensive travel time: an obligation or a choice?
This paper explores what prompts some individuals to spend a significant amount of time travelling. In the literature, travel time tends to be regarded as useless, unproductive time and, in some cases, as the worst time of the day. The actual behaviour of ...
Springer2016Public Urban Transport, Mobility Patterns and Social Exclusion
What are the social impacts of a new, less efficient public transport system in a city that is known for its inequality concerning access to daily activities and participation in urban life? More precisely, what are the implications of a re-regulated trans ...
EPFL2012TURN SPECIFIC VS. LINK BASED TRAVEL TIMES CALCULATED FROM FLOATING CAR DATA
Floating car data (FCD) meanwhile is a widely available and affordable data source. The given GPS data – delivered in frequencies of some seconds or sometimes only a few minutes – are typically matched to some digital road network and mainly the traffic va ...
2010Constructing the desert. Hotel and coach station (Ouarzazate, Maroc)
Desertification process keeps on expanding, particularly on the African continent, arid areas cover one third of the surface. At the same time, the world human population increases exponentially. For these reasons, it is important to keep on exploiting the ...
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