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Are Adaptive Signal Control Systems A Solution to Urban Congestion?
Date: 24 MAY 2013 (FRI) Time: 16:00 – 17:00 Venue: Room PQ303, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Speakers: Professor Zong Tian Associate Professor and Director; Centre for Advanced Transportation Education and Research, University of Nevada Reno, USA
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Using Advanced Discrete Choice Modelling Techniques to Value Transport Related Externalities
Date: 28 MAR 2013 (THU) Time: 19:00 – 20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Professor Juan De Dios Ortuzar Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile Professor Juan de Dios Ortúzar (Civil Eng., M.Sc., Ph.D.) works at the Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de…
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Public-Sector Private-Sector Partnerships in Australian Transport: Evidence-Based Analysis
Date: 31 JAN 2013 (THU) Speakers: Professor John Black School of Civil and Environmental Engineering The University of New South Wales (UNSW)
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Workshop on Transportgraphy: Advances in Spatiotemporal Transport Analysis
Date: 12 DEC 2012 (WED) Speakers: Various Speakers Organizers: Institute of Transport Studies, HKU (ITS); The Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
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Analytic Methods in Accident Research: The Current Methodological Frontier and Future Directions
Date: 16 OCT 2012 (THU) Time: 19:00 – 20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Prof Fred Mannering Charles Pankow Professor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, USA Fred Mannering is currently the Charles Pankow Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University with a courtesy appointment in the Department…
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On the Wider Economic Impacts of Transport Projects
Date: 25 APR 2012 (WED) Time: 19:00 – 20:00 Venue: Kwan Fong Lecture Theatre, Room 223, 2/F Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Professor Roger Vickerman Professor of European Economics The University of Kent, Belgium Roger Vickerman is Dean of the University of Kent’s, Brussels Campus. He is also Professor of European…
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Centenary Transport Lecture The Trilogy of Distance, Speed and Time
Date: 22 MAR 2012 (THU) Time: 19:00 – 20:00 Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:There is at least a popular belief that major transport infrastructure projects give rise to benefits which are not captured in conventional investment appraisal. The building of a metro network, a major airport or a…
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Major Problems in Planning and Developing Intercity High-speed Railways in China
Date: 02 MAR 2012 (FRI) Speakers:
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Motorization and Vehicle Purchase Behavior in China
Date: 10 FEB 2012 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building , The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:Motorization is the transition from non-motorized travel means (e.g., walk) to motorized travel means (e.g., car). China, as the most populous country in the world, has started the motorization process, and its…
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Beijing Transport After the Olympics
Date: 10 NOV 2011 (THU) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 9, Library Extension, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Duan Li-ren Professor of Chang’An University Professor Duan Li-ren is currently Professor in Transportation in Chang’An University in Xian. Before his retirement, he was Deputy Director-General of the Bureau of Traffic Management in Beijing. He has…