How interventions in master plans affect public transport competitiveness versus cars: a case study of two small and two medium-sized city regions

AbstractUrban sprawl has been widely discussed in regard of its economic, political, social and environmental impacts. Consequently, several planning policies have been placed to stop—or at least restrain—sprawling development. However, most of these policies have not been successful at all as anti-sprawl policies partially address only a few determinants of a multifaceted phenomenon. This includes processes of extended suburbanisation, peri-urbanisation and transformation of fringe/belt areas of city-regions. Using as a case study the capital city of Chile—Santiago—thirteen determinants of urban sprawl are identified as interlinked at the point of defining Santiago's sprawling geography as a distinctive space that deserves planning and policy approaches in its own right. Unpacking these determinants and the policy context within which they operate is important to better inform the design and implementation of more comprehensive policy frameworks to manage urban sprawl and its impacts.

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Impacts of real-time information levels in public transport: A large-scale case study using an adaptive passenger path choice model

Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice ◽

10.1016/j.tra.2021.03.011 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 148 ◽

pp. 155-182

Author(s):

Mads Paulsen ◽

Thomas Kjær Rasmussen ◽

Otto Anker Nielsen

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Public Transport ◽

Large Scale ◽

Choice Model ◽

Real Time Information ◽

Time Information

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Case Study on Fire Resistance of Sandwiches for Means of Transport

Coatings ◽

10.3390/coatings11020207 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 207

Author(s):

Pavel Koštial ◽

Zora Koštialová Jančíková ◽

Robert Frischer

Keyword(s):

Fire Resistance ◽

Fire Protection ◽

Public Transport ◽

Hybrid Vehicles ◽

Safety Requirements ◽

Different Types ◽

Aluminum Honeycomb ◽

Heat Loads

These days there are undeniably unique materials that, however, must also meet demanding safety requirements. In the case of vehicles, these are undoubtedly excellent fire protection characteristics. The aim of the work is to experimentally verify the proposed material compositions for long-term heat loads and the effect of thickness, the number of laminating layers (prepregs) as well as structures with different types of cores (primarily honeycomb made of Nomex paper type T722 of different densities, aluminum honeycomb and PET foam) and composite coating based on a glass-reinforced phenolic matrix. The selected materials are suitable candidates for intelligent sandwich structures, usable especially for interior cladding applications in the industry for the production of means of public transport (e.g., train units, trams, buses, hybrid vehicles).

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Moral economy, solidarity and labour process struggle in Irish public transport

Economic and Industrial Democracy ◽

10.1177/0143831x19891235 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 0143831X1989123

Author(s):

Emma Hughes ◽

Tony Dobbins ◽

Doris Merkl-Davies

Keyword(s):

Conceptual Framework ◽

Trade Union ◽

Public Transport ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Moral Economy ◽

Process Theory ◽

Transport Sector ◽

Competitive Tendering ◽

Labour Process

This article empirically applies Knut Laaser’s integrated conceptual framework, combining Sayer’s moral economy (ME) theory with labour process theory (LPT), to examine how two rival Irish unions engaged with an uneven moral economy and consciously sought to build collective worker solidarity during a dispute over competitive tendering and marketization. Using qualitative data from a case study of BusCo in Ireland’s public transport sector, the article enriches sociological understanding of trade union solidarity, and how it is engendered, contested and experienced.

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