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Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management in the New Millennium
Date: 20 APR 2016 (WED) Time: 18:00-19:00 Venue: Room Y302, 3/F, Lee Shau Kee Building (Block Y), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Speakers: Abstract:The presentation will discuss the motivation for developing an integrated transportation asset management (TAM) tool as a system of infrastructure systems, in the context of challenges and opportunities from emerging information…
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How much is too much for tolled road users: toll saturation and the implications for car commuting value of travel time savings
Date: 15 JAN 2016 (FRI) Time: 18:30-19:30 Venue: Room 2.58, Central Podium Level, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:The current practice of forecasting the demand for new tolled roads typically assumes that car users are prepared to pay a higher toll for a shorter journey, and they will keep doing so…
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Tackling Traffic Congestion from both the Control and Demand Perspectives
Date: 16 DEC 2015 (WED) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Professor Gang-Len ChangProfessor and the Director of Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, U.S.A. and Manager of the Applied Technologies for Traffic Operations and Safety…
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On the Geography of Road Accidents: Challenges and Opportunities
Date: 24 NOV 2015 (TUE) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Professor Isabelle ThomasResearch Director of the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS) and Professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Isabelle Thomas (PhD in geography) is research director of the Belgian Fund for Scientific…
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Time Determinant in Container Shipping and Port Competitiveness
Date: 20 NOV 2015 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: LG.34, LG/F, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:Time is a key component of supply chains. As ocean shipping becomes integrated increasingly in global supply chains the question of ocean transit times between ports and ship dwell times within ports have become factors in…
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The Future of our Roads to 2020 and Beyond
Date: 02 OCT 2015 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: LE9, Library Extension, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:Paying a toll to use parts of the road network has been familiar to many Hong Kong motorists since 1990. However, imposing a fee to manage travel demand has been more controversial wherever it has been used…
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Reforming Motor Insurance Law
Date: 27 MAY 2015 (WED) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Professor Rob Merkin QCProfessor of Commercial Law at the University of Exeter and Special Counsel to international law firm DLA Piper Professor Rob Merkin QC is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Exeter…
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Interactive Location Decisions: An Airport Example
Date: 26 MAR 2015 (THU) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: KKLG109, LG/F, K.K. Leung Building , The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:Using multi-criteria decision making, this talk offers a case study of airport location to illustrate how this approach captures the complex negotiation between airport authorities and the public in siting a new airport. Importantly,…
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Driving Less: Reducing Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) in the Land of Freeways
Date: 17 DEC 2014 (WED) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:The State of California has set an ambitious goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. For the transportation sector, changes in vehicle and fuel technologies will get the state a long way towards its goal, but…
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Cycling as everyday mobility. Trends and policies in The Netherlands
Date: 28 NOV 2014 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 115, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:With more than a quarter of all trips made by bike the Netherlands has the highest share of cycling among developed nations, making it the ideal place to look at to understand what a world where…