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Examining the Optimal Fuel Type for Urban Bus Operations
(2010)Public service fleets offer an attractive option for introducing renewable fuels and alternative technologies on a large scale, which allow for the reduction of both greenhouse gas emissions and exhaust air pollutants. ... -
Examining the Potential Impacts of Introducing a Cap and Share Scheme in Ireland
(2011)A cap and share scheme is a policy whereby a cap or limit is placed on national carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and individuals are allocated an annual CO2 allowance. This paper examines some of the potential impacts of ... -
Identifying the Characteristics of Households with Multiple Car Ownership
(2011)This paper examines the characteristics of households with multiple car ownership in Dublin, Ireland. Data from the 2006 Census of Ireland are analysed to ascertain the characteristics of these households. The analysis ... -
Bicycle infrastructure preferences A case study of Dublin
(2012)This paper examines infrastructure preferences for cyclists. While the culture of cycling in the UK and Ireland has experienced some growth over the past decade, particularly in the urban areas, much debate exists ... -
Examining the Barriers to Sustainable Inter-City Transport in Ireland
(2012)Over the past decade the Irish government has invested intensively in a large national motorway network. One of the side effects of this investment has been that inter-city travel is now considerably cheaper and quicker ... -
Achieving Sustainable Inter‐City Transport in Ireland
(2011)Over the past decade the Irish government has invested intensively in a large national motorway network. One of the side effects of this investment has been that now inter-city travel is now considerably cheaper and ... -
Transport Smartphone Applications Survey
(2012)This paper examines methods of communicating and presenting information to individuals about transport and travel related carbon emissions for online journey planners and smartphone applications. As users may not be ... -
Examining the growth of cycling in Dublin
(2013)In the past few decades much research has been conducted on the increasing numbers of commuters taking up cycling to work. This modal shift has been encouraged by pro-cycling policies to increase the attractiveness of ... -
Do tourists value different cycling infrastructure
(2014)This paper seeks to examine how tourists value different types of cycling infrastructure. An intercept stated preference survey that was carried out amongst tourists in Dublin, was conducted to answer this question. The ... -
Impact of emissions information on mode choices in Dublin
(2013)The rise of smartphone applications within the transport sector has created new and exciting opportunities to provide users with a wide range of previously unavailable information services. The combination of journey ... -
Measuring the Transport Patterns of Those Living in Deprived Areas in Dublin, Ireland
(2012)This paper examines the relationship between social deprivation and travel patterns . Many studies ha ve examined the relationsh ip between deprivation and travel patterns , but few have compared those in the most ... -
Do tourists value different levels of cycling infrastructure?
(2015)This paper seeks to examine how tourists value different types of cycling infrastructure using the results from intercept stated preference survey that was carried out amongst tourists in Dublin. The attributes used in the ... -
Estimating the Health Benefits of Cycling
(2014)This paper examines the health and economic benefits from the construction of a new segregated cycleway in Ireland. The health economic benefits were estimated using the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Health Economic ... -
Introduction of a thermodynamically hyperelastic model for peat
(2014)Peat is a complex geomaterial having extremely high water content, low shear strength and undergoes large deformations under loading. Based on the volume fraction concept, this paper presents a basic hyperelastic biphasic ... -
Closure to Discussion by K. Prakash and A. Sridharan of "Atterberg limits and remolded shear strength water content relationships" [Geotechnical Testing Journal 36(6): 939 947]
(2014)This article presents the closure to the discussion on the Geotechnical Testing Journal, GTJ20130012 , Vol. 36, No. 6, which had three stated objectives : (i) a critical assessment of empirical methods for ... -
Wavelet-Based Evolutionary Response of Multi-Span Structures Including Wave-Passage and Site-Response Effects
(American Society of Civil Engineers. This material may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the American Society of Civil Engineers.”, 2013) -
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Water content determinations for peat and other organic soils using the oven-drying method
(2014)There has been much debate in literature over the past 60 years regarding an appropriate oven-drying temperature for water content determinations on peat and other organic soils. For inorganic soils, the water content is ...