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Curbing Gridlock: Commissioned papers

... UCLA Extension's Public Policy Program , gathered university researchers ... offer a $ 15 / month transit subsidy to all employees . It seemed that if a city ... code before requiring the cash option . The legislation faced an unfortunate ...

HRIS Abstracts

... hydrokinetic transmissions were also discussed . Results given from trials with buses and commercial vehicles show little difference in fuel consumption of automatics when compared with manual ... moped mis not be forgotten . It was assumed ...

HRIS Abstracts

... computer method is presented for predicting the deflections and stress distribution due to creep and shrinkage of concrete and relaxation of prestressed steel . Reference is made to an available computer ... NATIVE LOG BRIDGES There are ...

Making Aquatic Weeds Useful: Some Perspectives for Developing Countries

... press design , and operating conditions , the water removed can carry with ... screw - presses have all been used to dewater and remove nutrients from ... screw presses ( suitable for use in developing countries ) have been designed . For ...

Acquisition of Land for Future Highway Use: A Legal Analysis

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National Issues in Science and Technology 1993

... practice of medicine to the medical problems of typical patients. Among the key ... measurement) and help reduce the financial costs of inappropriate ... Issues in Science and Technology 1993.

Nuclear Data Sheets, 1959-1965: A Collection of Data for A

... Level feeds 9 / 2 * , 7/2 levels Analogy with 175 , 177Lu Nilsson level 7/2 [ 404 ] Spin Assignments Comments 73 179 Ta ground state 106 J " = ( 7/2 ) Analogy ... level 1/2 [ 510 ] is expected W. B. Ewbank , N. B. Gove Lu 71 B- B1 108 Ground ...

Inelastic Rating Procedures for Steel Beam and Girder Bridges

... AASHTO design specifications . The limit states implied in the AASHTO Manual are those of the current ( 1989 ) AASHTO design specification . The bridge may be rated either by the Allowable Stress Design ( ASD ) or by the Load Factor ...

Prestress Losses in Pretensioned High-strength Concrete Bridge Girders

... Specifications method ( 2 ) , and the PCI - BDM method ( 4 ) . In the eleventh edition of the AASHO ( currently called AASHTO ) Specifications , total losses were estimated as a sum of individual ... AASHTO - LRFD Bridge Design Spec-. 11.

Ballistic Imaging

... Evaluation Percentage of Success in Locating Sister Image, Caliber (No. of Pairs) ... E.6 Other Studies As is discussed further in Chapter 5, the Office of ... bullets and cartridge cases, collected from test fires of 30 weapons in each ...

Developing an Airport Performance-measurement System

... text such as case studies, Exhibit I-1.1. Organization of the guidebook and ... Structure (Step 3) Chapter 4 - Act and Measure (Step 4) ... Worksheet 13 Strategic Plan Element Performance-Measurement Attributes Mission A broad statement, often.

The Role of Transit in Creating Livable Metropolitan Communities

... New Transit Services Key to Meeting Local Environmental Goals , 100 Case ... Bus Transfer Station and the Downtown Trolley - Transit Reorganization Sets ... 114 Strategy No. 1 : Focus on Place - Making , 115 Strategy No. 2 : Step - By ...

Understanding and Applying Advanced On-board Bus Electronics

... J1939 data network . Newer buses are being delivered with the next ... troubleshooting . Additionally , agencies report trouble - free operation ... connect existing electrical switches and devices to each I / O module . Although the ...

Practices in Assuring Employee Availability

Joel Volinski, National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, Transit ... TARC believe this has been somewhat effective . Bus operators average 10.2 ... 31 days of unscheduled absences per year per em- ployee , far more than ...

Polar Icebreakers in a Changing World: An Assessment of U.S. Needs

... Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Their Potential Impact on Sea-Ice Conditions In ... pattern” just north of Cape Crozier on the eastern end of Ross Island. B15A ... (Jeffries et al., 2001). As a consequence of this distribution of thin ice, the ...

Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, Volume I

The Search for Reform, Volume I National Research Council, Division of ... Maine became the first state in modern times to abolish parole release and establish a determinate sentencing system in which the duration of prison ... prison terms and ...

Assessment of NIH Minority Research and Training Programs: Phase 3

... NIH Minority Research Training Programs, Committee for the Assessment of NIH Minority Research Training Programs. Given comments offered by trainees and program administrators, the committee recommends that NIH conduct a review to ensure ...

National Need and Priorities for Veterinarians in Biomedical Research

... training programs. The NIH granting mechanism for postgraduate research training is the NRSA Institutional Research Training Award (T32), funded by NCRR's Division of Comparative Medicine. The program provides up to three years of ...

The Oil Spill Recovery Institute: Past, Present, and Future Directions

... project? (3) Is there a clear outline of organization for its implementation ... providing an unique service to its field ... ____ Fund after minor revisions ____ Reconsider after major revision ____ Reject ____ Better suited for other funding ...

Travel Matters: Mitigating Climate Change with Sustainable Surface Transportation

... Core Walking Group. Walk Arlington. Places for Walking in the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor. 2001. Online version at http://www.commuterpage.com/pdfdocs/WALKArling- ton.pdf. Gleason, G. Seven Years of Battery-Electric Bus Operations. Online ...

Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, Volume II

... Maine's criminal prosecutions. Data were also collected on all convictions in those counties during the first 12 months after implementation. Because prison records were centrally located and easily accessible, data were collected on ...

Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Authored by a committee of experts from various fields, this book discusses the benefits that have resulted from animal research, the scope of animal research today, the concerns of advocates of animal welfare, and the prospects for finding ...

Retrofit of Buses to Meet Clean Air Regulations

... OCTA " URBAN BUS RETROFIT / REBUILD REPORT " Orange County TA MODEL ADDED #CERT YEAR CAR REBUILD 2nd REBUILD MODEL TOTAL #CERT YEAR AR # CERT YEAR RETIRED #YEAR 1973 Diesel Fueled ... BUS 47 7 APPENDIX E OPTION 2 SPREADSHEET EXAMPLE, OCTA.

Where the Weather Meets the Road: A Research Agenda for Improving Road Weather Services

... Curling Warmer Cooler Moisture Curling Dryer Counteracted by: Counteracted ... concrete slab can cause it to curl up or down. SOURCE: Harold Smith, Center ... concrete slab can cause it to curl (Figure 3-23). The effect of weather on ...

Information Technology Update for Transit

... TTC , Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , and Golden Empire Transit ... business systems . Although many large transit agencies continue to use old ... solutions . Although managing legacy systems and data ( par- ticularly in ...

Critical Needs for Research in Veterinary Science

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Intelligence Analysis: Behavioral and Social Scientific Foundations

... similarities. Superficial similarities are usually observable attributes (e.g., that a country is poor) that ... World War II (U.S. WWII). That analogy has a high degree of superficial similarity—U.S. 1991 is in many ways like U.S. WWII ...

National Earthquake Resilience: Research, Implementation, and Outreach

... seismic design and assessment uses—and will continue to use—the results of seismic hazard analysis which characterizes the effects of earthquake shaking. The USGS ... Tools for site response analysis range in complexity between deterministic ...

Expanding Access to Research Data: Reconciling Risks and Opportunities

... those currently imposed only on agency personnel and licensed users . Such a warning currently accompanies public ... maintained at the headquarters of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National 74 EXPANDING ACCESS TO ...

Staff summary report

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Planning the 2010 Census: Second Interim Report

... acronym “MCD”—to describe the small computers planned for 2010 field data collection. However, the choice of MCD as a label is confusing given the acronym's long-standing meaning to data users accustomed to census geography. In that ...

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