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Bouma, I. (author)Suboptimaal weggebruik leidt bij hogere intensiteiten tot een slechtere benutting van de beschikbare infrastructuur en daarmee mogelijk tot files. In dit onderzoek is geanalyseerd of het geven van individuele aanwijzingen aan automobilisten een positief effect heeft op de verkeersdoorstroming en de stabiliteit. Voor twee verkeerssituaties,...master thesis 2011
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Loijen, J. (author)At the end of the nineties the electric bicycle was successfully introduced at the Dutch market for the first time. An electric bicycle assists the biker with an electric motor. In the early years this bike was popular among elderly people or among people who are physically disabled. In recent years also other groups of people use the electric...master thesis 2011
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Goni Ros, B. (author)The RetBus project is a plan of the City Council of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) and the transit operator TMB aimed at improving the public transport service in the city. The project involves building a new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system called RetBus as well as eliminating or modifying some existing bus lines. The main design objective of the...master thesis 2011
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Ramautarsing, J.A. (author)Travel and traffic information play an important role in traveller behaviour and traffic flows. Travellers have the possibility to use information on current and future traffic situations to make their travel decisions. Travel decisions by individual travellers subsequently influence the performance of a total traffic system. This makes...master thesis 2011
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Meijer, A.M. (author)Probe data from consumer GPS navigation devices provides a network-wide and cost-efficient data source for measuring vehicle movements. The measurement of traffic volume, route choice and delay on intersections is needed for efficient intersection control. Data collection from road-side sensors can provide this information but is expensive and...master thesis 2011
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Breukink, H.J. (author)In the past, several field studies have proven the technological feasibility of ISA-systems. Most of these studies used warning or assisting ISA-systems to influence drivers. Until now, studies that focused on a restricting (closed) method have only been executed on relatively small testing areas with slow speed zones. This report presents the...master thesis 2011
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Palsdottir, K.E. (author)Globalisation of economy and changes in personal lifestyle have fuelled the importance of reliability in transport network and services. All travellers have experienced congestion and delays. Sometimes it can have consequences, for example missing an appointment or arriving late. Congestion occurs when demand exceeds capacity. This often happens...master thesis 2011
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Harmsen, E.N. (author)The current study focused on which advices should be given by an in-car system, Connected Cruise Control, (CCC) to drivers in a nearly congested situation in case of a lane drop. Using a micro simulation of a highway with a lane drop and cars as the only user class, three advices were found to have a positive effect on the traffic situation: a...master thesis 2012
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Bunschoten, T.M. (author)A study of the existence of the tram bonus: the additional value which is created when a bus line is replaced by a tram line, which causes a passengers growth. This growth has been analyzed by comparing the difference in preference between the bus and tram, using a stated preference enquête. For a case in Utrecht the preference is translated in...master thesis 2012
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Arfy, R. (author)Al jaren wordt er gespeculeerd over de toekomst van het Schenkviaduct in Den Haag. De staat en de leeftijd van het viaduct spelen hierin een belangrijke rol en de positie van het viaduct in het wegennetwerk. Diepgaande studies naar de toekomst van het Schenkviaduct zijn er tot nu toe nog niet geweest. De bijkomstigheid van vele factoren op het...master thesis 2012
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Hoeffelman, M.L. (author)ProRail Traffic Control would like to have examined what the performance of crossovers for rescheduling is in case of partial obstructions. The need for quantitative information about the performance of crossovers in The Netherlands has grown. The research is intended to fill this knowledge gap by investigating the performance of crossovers in...master thesis 2012
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Zijdemans, R.A. (author)This report contains a research on the subject ¡¥The integration of the High-Speed-Line South in the main rail network of the Netherlands for the 2015-2024 concession. Because of the bad financial situation of the train operator (High Speed Alliance, executed by NS Hispeed), the Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment was forced to find a...master thesis 2012
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Leyds, W.P.C. (author)The number of applications for train paths has increased during the last years, often leading to conflicts between freight trains and passenger trains. The objective of this research is therefore to develop options for improving the capacity allocation process with regard to freight trains. For two freight train corridors case studies are done:...master thesis 2012
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Wesseling, B. (author)Reliability of travel times is an important indicator of the performance of a traffic system. The congestion caused by incidents is an important cause of the unreliability of travel times. Travel time reliability should be incorporated in social cost benefit analyses for infrastructure investments. With an accurate forecast of travel time...master thesis 2013
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Scheepmaker, G.M. (author)Commissioned by the Dutch Railways Operation (NS Reizigers) research has been conducted on the possibilities to better incorporate energy-efficient train operation into the timetable. The motivation for this research is based on the fact that energy-efficient operation is not yet optimally included in the timetable design. This is because of the...master thesis 2013
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Bel, N.H. (author)A study on the implementation of the influence of crowding on train passenger choice behaviour in assignment models. Crowding is becoming more and more an important issue in metropolitan areas around the world. It is believed that including the influence of crowding can improve the results of train passenger assignment models; however, in most...master thesis 2013
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Hutte, M.L. (author)In the Smart In-Car project, in-vehicle signals obtained from the CAN (Controller Area Network) bus are collected along with the GPS position from 200 equipped vehicles. The main CAN bus signals in the available data set from the Smart In-Car project are: speedometer, brake usage, steering position, rpm, indicator usage and fuel consumption, but...master thesis 2013
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Sunter, M.J.W. (author)To guarantee the quality and safety level of railway networks, inspections of the tracks are carried out. Measurement trains are a safe alternative for manual track inspections and therefore carry out the majority of the inspections. In this master thesis the planning and scheduling of measurement trains is studied to search for efficiency...master thesis 2013
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Pinard, C.M.H. (author)While the fourth railway package is under way at the European Commission in Brussels, French railways are at a crossroad. Despite being one of the first to restructure its organization and separate infrastructure management and train operations in 1997, and opening freight to competition n 2006, since then the industry can appear as though...master thesis 2013