scholarly journals Expanding the Scope of the Bicycle Level-of-Service Concept: A Review of the Literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khashayar Kazemzadeh ◽  
Aliaksei Laureshyn ◽  
Lena Winslott Hiselius ◽  
Enrico Ronchi
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
User Perceptions ◽  
Several Variables ◽  
Bicycle Level Of Service ◽  
One Step ◽  
Network Evaluation ◽  
Parking Facilities ◽  
Research Domains

Research into the bicycle level-of-service (BLOS) has been extensively conducted over the last three decades. This research has mostly focused on user perceptions of comfort to provide guidance for decision-makers and planners. Segments and nodes were studied first, followed by a network evaluation. Besides these investigations, several variables have also been utilized to depict the users’ perspectives within the BLOS field, along with other cycling research domains that simultaneously scrutinized the users’ preferences. This review investigates the variables and indices employed in the BLOS area in relation to the field of bicycle flow and comfort research. Despite general agreement among existing BLOS variables and the adopted indices, several important research gaps remain to be filled. First, BLOS indices are often categorized based on transport components, while scarce attention has been paid to BLOS studies in trip-end facilities such as bicycle parking facilities. The importance of these facilities has been highlighted instead within research related to comfort. Second, the advantages of separated bike facilities have been proven in many studies; however, scarce research has addressed the challenges associated with them (e.g., the heterogeneity within those facilities due to the presence of electric bikes and electric scooters). This issue is clearly noticeable within the research regarding flow studies. Furthermore, network evaluation (in comparison to segment and node indices) has been studied to a lesser extent, whereas issues such as connectivity can be evaluated mainly through a holistic approach to the system. This study takes one step toward demonstrating the importance of the integration of similar research domains in the BLOS field to eliminate the aforementioned shortcomings.

scholarly journals Ecological resource availability: a method to estimate resource budgets for a sustainable economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Desing ◽  
Gregor Braun ◽  
Roland Hischier
Keyword(s):  
Resource Availability ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Annual Production ◽  
Earth System ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Sustainable Economy ◽  
Safe Limits ◽  
One Step ◽  
Environmental Limits ◽  
Environmental Burdens

Non-technical summary Resources are the basis of our economy and their provision causes major shares of the global environmental burdens, many of which are beyond safe limits today. In order to be sustainable, our economy needs to be able to operate within those boundaries. As resources are the physical ‘currency’ of our economy, we present a method that allows translating Earth system boundaries into resource budgets. This ecological resource availability determines the global annual production of a resource that can be considered absolutely sustainable. The budgets can be managed like financial budgets, bringing absolute environmental limits one step closer to decision-makers.

The Adoption of Open Source Desktop Software

2012 ◽  
pp. 218-235
Author(s):  
Kris Ven ◽  
Geert Van Kerckhoven ◽  
Jan Verelst
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Informed Decision ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Added Value ◽  
User Perceptions ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Insight Into

More organizations are currently migrating toward open source desktop software (OSDS). However, such migration is complex. More insight into the process will assist decision makers in making a well-informed decision on whether or not to migrate to OSDS and in building a strong business case to support this decision. In this paper, the authors present the results of a qualitative study in seven Belgian organizations and report on why these organizations have adopted OSDS and how the migration was undertaken. These cases represent challenging adoptions of OSDS. Results indicate that providing added value for users can positively influence user perceptions. In addition, the authors found strong empirical support for the guidelines with respect to the migration to OSDS that have been proposed in academic literature.

Use of the Model of Human Occupation: A Survey of Therapists in Psychiatric Practice

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Phillip Muñoz ◽  
Mary Lawlor ◽  
Gary Kielhofner
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
Occupational Functioning ◽  
Several Variables ◽  
Practice Models ◽  
Model Of Human Occupation ◽  
Primary Practice

This study sought to examine how occupational therapists (OTs) who utilize the Model of Human Occupation as their primary practice model applied concepts of this model to describe the occupational functioning of their clients. A telephone survey method was created to elicit quantitative and qualitative data. The findings suggest that therapists value the holistic approach of this model and often incorporate parts of other practice models into it, although sometimes they ignore conceptual differences between the models. Therapists questioned found major concepts of the model useful for conceptualizing their clients' occupational functioning, but found the further subdivision of major concepts into several variables to be less useful. These preliminary findings and how they relate to the model as a practice theory are examined, and the parts of the theory that may bear refinement or change are discussed.

Intersection Level of Service for the Bicycle Through Movement

2003 ◽  
Vol 1828 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce W. Landis ◽  
Venkat R. Vattikuti ◽  
Russell M. Ottenberg ◽  
Theodore A. Petritsch ◽  
Martin Guttenplan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transportation Network ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Geographic Origin ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Total Width ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Service Model ◽  
Florida Department ◽  
Bicycle Level Of Service ◽  
Time Perceptions

The Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) has initiated multi-modal level-of-service (LOS) methodologies, including that for the bicycle travel mode. It has already adopted a bicycle LOS methodology for the roadway segment portion of the transportation network, the Bicycle Level of Service Model. Florida DOT’s ultimate goal is to develop corridor- and facilities-level LOS methodologies. Toward that goal, Florida DOT sponsored research to develop the first part of an intersection bicycle LOS methodology, the Intersection LOS for the bicycle through movement. This Intersection LOS for the bicycle through movement would provide a measure of the level of safety and comfort experienced by bicyclists riding through an intersection. The Intersection LOS model for the bicycle through movement is based on Pearson correlation analyses and stepwise regression modeling of approximately 1,000 combined real-time perceptions from bicyclists traveling a course through a typical U.S. metropolitan area’s signalized intersections. The study’s participants represented a cross section of age, gender, and geographic origin of the population of cyclists. Although further hypothesis testing is being conducted, the resulting general model for the Intersection LOS for the bicycle through movement is highly reliable, has a high correlation coefficient ( R2 = 0.83) with the average observations, and is transferable to the vast majority of U.S. metropolitan areas. The study reveals that roadway traffic volume, total width of the outside through lane, and the intersection (cross street) crossing distance are primary factors in the Intersection LOS for the bicycle through movement.

Development of the Bicycle Compatibility Index

1998 ◽  
Vol 1636 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Harkey ◽  
Donald W. Reinfurt ◽  
Matthew Knuiman
Keyword(s):  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Traffic Operations ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Compatibility Index ◽  
Geometric Conditions ◽  
Operational Design ◽  
Federal Highway ◽  
Bicycle Level Of Service

Presently, there is no methodology that is widely accepted by engineers, planners, or bicycle coordinators that will allow them to determine how compatible a roadway is for allowing efficient operation of both bicycles and motor vehicles. Determining how existing traffic operations and geometric conditions affect a bicyclist’s decision to use or not use a specific roadway is the first step in determining the bicycle compatibility of the roadway. The Federal Highway Administration sponsored a study in which a methodology for deriving a bicycle compatibility index was developed. This tool can be used by bicycle coordinators, transportation planners, traffic engineers, and others to evaluate the capability of specific roadways to accommodate both motorists and bicyclists. It is intended to provide practitioners with the ability to assess the bicycle level of service present on existing facilities or on proposed facilities and can be used for operational, design, and planning analyses.

scholarly journals A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ANALYTICS PLATFORM TO SUPPORT PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR LIVEABLE AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W15 ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
S. Sabri ◽  
Y. Chen ◽  
A. Rajabifard ◽  
T. K. Lim ◽  
V. Khoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
3D Mapping ◽  
Mapping Data ◽  
Development Scenarios ◽  
The Impact

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> New urban strategies encourage compact city and higher density urban development due to unprecedented city growth and rapid urbanisation. This has led to greater attention to multi-dimensional representation, modelling and analytics of urban settings among urban planners, decision makers, and researchers. Nowadays, urban planning and urban design practitioners and scholars leverage the advancements in computer technology and multi-dimensional visualisation in examining the development scenarios from physical, environmental, social, and economic aspects. However, many urban planners still rely on two-dimensional (2D) land information and urban designers use three-dimensional (3D) graphic-based engines to asses a proposed building or assess the impact of changing development regulations. This limits the decision makers from a holistic approach through integrating the urban systems with other application domains such as transport, environmental, and disaster management to ensure the liveability of cities. This paper describes the design, and development of a multi-dimensional and spatially enabled platform to support liveability planning in Singapore. A Quantitative Urban Environment Simulation Tool (QUEST), developed in Singapore, leveraged 3D mapping data captured under the Singapore Land Authority’s (SLA) 3D National Topographic Mapping project. SLA's 3D data including Building Information Model (BIM), CityGML, and other geospatial data (building footprints and land use) were processed and adapted as a service for a series of urban analytics. The paper concludes that the prerequisites for any urban environmental simulation system to be integrated with other application domains are 3D mapping data and a digital urban model, which must be spatially accurate and based on open data standards.</p>

scholarly journals Dual-Level Evaluation Framework for Airport User Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-30
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Dimitriou ◽  
Maria Sartzetaki ◽  
Iliana Kalenteridou
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Traffic Demand ◽  
Satisfaction Evaluation

Passenger's satisfaction evaluation is very complicated for transport infrastructure services that accommodate high demand, mainly due to international passenger's quality attitudes, expectations, and experiences. This paper focuses on the development of the methodological framework to assessing level of service quality at airports, adopting two evaluation layers: the level of service (efficiency to manage traffic demand) and the level of expectation (performance to accommodate traveler's needs). The conceptual framework develops a holistic approach to evaluate overall level of service quality of an airport. A modeling framework then is developed to test the reliability of the level of quality and the consistency of airport level of service and level of passengers expectation. The methodology is applied in a small sized airport the Democritus Airport in Alexandroupolis, in Northern Greece. The analysis explores the passenger's satisfaction level for Greek regional airports and highlights the consistency of level of airport service and passenger's level of expectations.

scholarly journals The Contours of Crowd Capability

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Prpić
Keyword(s):  
Research Community ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Ieee Computer Society ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Compare And Contrast ◽  
Research Domains

In this work we use the theory of Crowd Capital as a lens to compare and contrast a number of IS tools currently in use by organizations for crowd-engagement purposes. In doing so, we contribute to both the practitioner and research domains. For the practitioner community we provide decision-makers with a convenient and useful resource, in table-form, outlining in detail some of the differing potentialities of crowd-engaging IS. For the research community we begin to unpack some of the key properties of crowd-engaging IS, including some of the differing qualities of the crowds that these IS application engage.Prpić, J., &amp; Shukla, P. (2014). The Contours of Crowd Capability. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences #47. January 2014, Big Island, Hawaii, USA. IEEE Computer Society Press. Best Paper Nomination.

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