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Torné Santos, Josep María (Date of defense: 2013-12-20)
Traffic congestion is a major source of inefficiencies in metropolitan freeways (e.g. productivity loss, energy waste, pollutant emissions, among other externalities). Active traffic management (ATM) strategies are used ...
Teixeira, Paulo Fonseca (Date of defense: 2004-01-21)
La experiencia adquirida en las líneas de alta velocidad en explotación comercial ha puesto de relieve la importancia de la rigidez vertical de la vía y en particular la conveniencia de limitar su magnitud para minimizar ...
García Álvarez, Alberto (Date of defense: 2012-04-13)
The thesis analyses the effect of an increase in speed on energy consumption, pollutant emissions and railway operating costs. Besides focusing on the direct consequences of speed variation, the analysis also considers ...
Botella Nieto, Ramón (Date of defense: 2013-05-23)
El comportamiento a fatiga de las mezclas bituminosas es de vital importancia para el diseño de pavimentos. Como componente que cohesiona la mezcla, el ligante hidrocarbonado influye fuertemente en esta propiedad de la ...
Mayorga Cárdenas, Miguel Y. (Date of defense: 2013-10-28)
The traditional preindustrial monocentric city has exploded, breaking out of its limits. New forms of territorial and urban organization have been configured across and along the infrastructures, and new central spaces ...
González Franco, Ignacio (Date of defense: 2015-12-21)
Over the past 30 years, high speed railway in Europe has experienced a great development due to, among other things, the reduction of travel times, the increase of frequency and the continuous improvement of service quality. ...
Salanova Grau, Josep Maria (Date of defense: 2013-12-19)
Taxis are a necessary mean of transport in cities for meeting the mobility needs of its citizens. The impact of the taxi market in the daily life is quite important, concerning both financial (e.g. taxi drivers' salaries) ...