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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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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…
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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Transportation Sector
Date: 21 OCT 2014 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 115, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:The US transportation sector is responsible for about a quarter of national greenhouse gas emissions. In recent years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun to regulate the carbon emissions in concert with the National Highway…
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When 99.9% On Time is Not Enough
Date: 29 SEP 2014 (MON) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 230, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Dr. Jacob Chak-pui Kam Operations Director, MTR Corporation Limited, Hong Kong Dr. Jacob Chak-pui Kam – 52, has been the Operations Director and a Member of the Executive Directorate of the MTR Corporation since 1 January…
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Making the Links between Transport and Wellbeing
Date: 19 MAR 2014 (WED) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Professor Nick Tyler CBE Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering and Pro-Provost, East and South Asia, University College London, UK Professor Nick Tyler works with clinical, engineering, social science, arts and humanities researchers in order to…
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The Implications of Travel-based Multitasking for Modeling and Policy: A Conceptual Exploration and Some Survey Findings
Date: 12 DEC 2013 (THU) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Professor Patricia Mokhtarian Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Professor Patricia Mokhtarian is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to August 2013, she held the same title at…