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      <title>Mode choice of city tourists: Discrete choice modeling based on survey data from a major German city</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With growing city tourism, there is an increasing need for urban travel demand models to consider traffic generated by visitors. Existing research has concentrated on socio-demographic and journey-related factors to determine what influences the mode choice of tourists. In contrast, revealed preference data, such as travel time, is almost never considered. In this article, the authors present the results of discrete choice modeling of city tourists’ mode choice based on revealed preference data from a survey the authors conducted in Kassel, Germany. The authors used multinomial logit models and determined the model parameters using maximum likelihood estimations. Surprisingly, travel time played a smaller role in mode choice than assumed from previously established understanding about everyday mobility. In the final model, travel time was only significant for the alternative of walking. Also, most other sociodemographic and journey-related variables showed no significant influence. The final model reproduced the mode choice, but the goodness of fit was lower than expected from other research. The authors conclude that modeling the travel behavior of tourists is more complex than everyday mobility. An alternative approach that the authors suggest would be to model trip chains rather than single trips.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:19:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Handbook on Transport and Development</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The handbook provides an introduction to transport and development and is organized into three themes: urban structure and travel; transport and spatial impacts; and wider developments in transport and development. Forty-five chapters present the impacts of urban planning and transport planning. The chapter titles are: The Transport and Development Relationship; Urban Structure and Travel; Urban Passenger Transport Energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: A Global Review and Assessment of Some Reduction Strategies; Homes, Jobs and Commuting: Development Location and Travel Outcomes; New Household Location and the Commute to Work: Changes over Time;  Spatial Structure and Travel: Trends in Commuting and Non-commuting Travels in US Metropolitan Areas; New Urbanism and Travel; Residential Location and Travel: Hangzhou and Copenhagen Compared to Studies in Cities Worldwide; Public Transport-Orientated Development and Network Effects; The Effects of Neighbourhood Type and Self-Selection on Driving: A Case Study of Northern California; The Role of Attitudes in Accounting for Self-Selection Effects; How Stable are Preferences for Neighbourhood Type and Design in Residential Moves?; Community Design and Active Travel; Street Networks; Transport and Urban Development; Methods for Estimating the Economic Impact of Transportation Improvements: An Interpretive Review; Transport Projects and Wider Economic Impacts; Urban Freight: Freight Strategy, Transport Movements and the Urban Spatial Economy; Spatial Implications of Public Transport Investments in Metropolitan Areas: Some Empirical Evidence Regarding Light Rail and Bus Rapid Transport; High-Speed Trains and Spatial-Economic Impacts. A British-French Comparison on Two Scales: Intra- and Inter-Regional; Assessing the Wider Impacts of the Jubilee Line Extension in East London; The Developmental Impacts of the Madrid Metro Line 12 on Retail Activities Around Stations; Bus Rapid Transit and Buses with High Levels of Service: A Global Overview; The Expansion of Large International Hub Airports; Decision Making and Major Transport Infrastructure Projects: The Role of Project Ownership; Road Pricing, Impacts and Cost Effectiveness; Incomes, Accessibility and Transport Poverty; Development and Social Policy: The Role of Transport in Social Development, in the United Kingdom (UK) Context; The Car in the Neighbourhood: Residential Design and Social Outcomes in Southern Germany; Accessibility: Theory and Practice in the Netherlands and UK; More Than A to B: Cultures of Mobilities and Travel; Car Fixation, Socialization and Opportunities for Change; Telecommunications and Travel; E-Retailing, the Network Society and Travel; Parents, Children and Automobility: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities; Old Age and the Importance of the Car in Maintaining Activity Patterns in Scandinavia; Ageing Populations and Travel; Investigating Urban Oil Vulnerability; Troublesome Leisure Travel: Counterproductive Sustainable Transport Policies; The Future of Transport and Development in the New Millennium: The Inescapable Implications of Climate Change; The Value of Transition Management for Sustainable Transport; The Regional Tram-Train of Kassel, Germany: How Regional Responsibility Leads to Local Success; The Making of European Transport Policy; Understanding Process. Can Transport Research Come to Terms with Temporality?; and Transport and Development – What Next?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:09:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Design of First Hybrid UHPC-Steel Bridge across the River Fulda in Kassel, Germany</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A 132 m long hybrid ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) steel bridge with 6 spans is currently being built across the river Fulda in Kassel, Germany. UHPC offers supreme durability characteristics and, hence, has been selected for the replacement of an existing, damaged timber structure. The novel structural concept consists of a hybrid steel – UHPC truss structure and precast UHPC plates for the bridge deck. The deck plates are glued to the upper chords of the truss structure. For the transfer of shear forces from the truss diagonals (steel tubes) to the UHPC chords, prestressed bolted friction connections are used. The paper describes the conceptual design, the final design, accompanying tests and the erection of the bridge structure. A monitoring system will be installed in order to gather practical experience with the new materials and the novel structural concept.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:39:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A city committed to tram-trains</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Subtitle: Kassel's tram-train system has transformed public transport in the region. With other cities starting to take an interest in the concept, it is no wonder people from around the world are making the journey to central Germany.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:42:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>From the Low-Floor Streetcar to the Low-Floor System</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Thanks to technical developments in trucks and wheels it is possible nowadays to construct a streetcar with a low car floor of only 35 cm. In conjunction with the exit height of about 25 to 29 cm which can be attained for streetcars, the platforms are to be raised to a height of 18 to 22 cm to permit nearly even entry. By optimally coordinating vehicle and stop design boarding and deboarding is made much more comfortable, safe and quick for all passengers. It makes it possible for handicapped persons to use public transportation. This regained mobility increases their quality of life. If stops are properly laid out, additional technical equipment, such as ramps and lifts which constantly generate costs, are not required on vehicles. The city of Kassel in Germany has taken the initiative in extending the low-floor system. Fifteen low-floor streetcars are in service. Numerous stops have been raised to a height of 20 cm. The acceptance of the low-floor system has been examined in a research project.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:13:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Light Rail Vehicles in Germany: Accessible for the Elderly and Handicapped</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This article focuses on public transportation accessibility options for the physically handicapped and the elderly in Germany. German low-floor light rail car operations are described in the cities of Wurzburg, Kassel, and Bremen, as are low-floor light rail vehicle technical concepts. The VOV low-floor light rail car, developed as part of a plan for an adaptable uniform modular vehicle series, is also discussed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:12:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New Ideas for the City-Logistics Project in Kassel</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The city logistics project Kassel, which was started in 1993, was successful for a number of years.  But recently there has been little interest shown in the project.  Therefore, an analysis has been carried out to find out the reasons for this decline in interest and to determine the factors necessary for a successful city logistics concept.  A new city logistics project is to be planned, taking into account the analysis carried out on other German city logistics projects.  In contrast to the earlier concept, the new one is to be based on a specialized form of organization which will embrace more closely the interests of all those involved.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 08:04:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>WORLD FIRSTS IN WORLD TRANSIT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This article reviews some or the innovative technologies and practices introduced recently by transit agencies from around the world.  Some of these technologies have the potential to make the rail transit experience more attractive to the traveling public, others can reduce costs for the operators as well as provide fare reductions to travellers.  As examples, the article provides examples such as: Berlin Transport Authority's test use of unconverted a.c. power on an isolated section of its metro; Nuremberg Transport's plans to be the first metro operator to exchange an existing metro line from manual to fully automatic, driverless operation; Kassel in central Germany will soon become the third German city to introduce "tram-trains", but the first to have dual-mode electric/diesel operation.  These kinds of innovations will hopefully continue to attract more and more people to the rail mode.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>LOW-FLOOR TRAMS ON HEAVY RAIL TRACKS: THE KASSEL-BAUNATAL EXTENSION /</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 1997 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>KASSEL TAKES THE TWO-SYSTEM ROUTE..</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SUBTITLE: KASSEL IS FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF KARLSRUHE IN LAUNCHING COMBINED LIGHT AND HEAVY RAIL SERVICES IN A MAJOR EXPANSION OF ITS NETWORK.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 1995 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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