Transportation Management

Under the prevailing financial constraints and rapid infrastructure deterioration, funding decisions for renewal (rehabilitation) projects have become large challenges for engineers and economists alike. However, existing prioritization and ranking methods suffer from serious drawbacks of not considering multi-year and multi funding scenarios. Moreover, optimization efforts in the literature employ sophisticated mechanisms without providing a structured strategy or justification behind the funding solution. To overcome these drawbacks and to arrive at optimum and economically justifiable infrastructure funding decisions, this research provides a decision support system by adopting well-established concepts from the science of Microeconomics that relate to Consumer Theory and Behavioural Economics. The new decision support system has been developed with two components: (1) an enhanced benefit-cost analysis (EBCA) heuristic approach that arrives at optimum decisions by targeting equilibrium among the different renewal expenditure categories, using the equal marginal utility per dollar concept; and (2) a visual what-if analysis inspired by the indifference maps concept to study the sensitivity of decisions under different budget levels. The developed decision support system has been validated through a number of case studies including a case study were different categories of assets (pavements, bridges) are co-located. The results proved the capability of the system to arrive at optimum funding decisions supported with economic justification. Using the behavioural economic concept of "Loss-aversion", this research also compared the strategy of minimizing loss against the typical strategy of maximizing gain in the infrastructure funding decisions. In essence, this research is aiming at improving this crucial infrastructure funding problem by integrating the two worlds of microeconomics and asset management. Such integration will help provide optimum funding decisions, increase the credibility of funding methods to the public, and justify the spending of tax payer's money on infrastructure rehabilitation projects.

Managers require measures spanning multiple enterprises to increase supply chain competitiveness and to increase the value delivered to the end-customer. Despite the need for supply chain metrics, there is little evidence that any firms are successfully measuring and evaluating interfirm performance. Existing measures continue to capture intrafirm performance and focus on traditional measures. The lack of a framework to simultaneously measure and translate interfirm performance into value creation has largely contributed to this situation. This article presents a framework that overcomes these shortcomings by measuring performance across multiple firms and translating supply chain performance into shareholder value.

While the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) conducts an annual survey of business school faculty and administrative salaries, the data do not include salary figures for logistics (and related areas such as transportation and supply chain management) faculty. Since the growth in number of logistics faculty positions has continued to exceed the output of doctoral programs in the field for more than a decade, it is logical to assume that logistics faculty salaries, at all levels, are increasing. However, without factual data, what salary should a new logistics Ph.D. expect, and what should an administrator budget for a logistics faculty position? In order to provide such factual data, the authors developed an electronic salary survey and distributed it to 236 faculty at colleges and universities in the United States. It is the intent of the authors to conduct the salary survey annually, and report the results in the Journal of Transportation Ma...

16. ABSTRACT Roadway Weather Information System and Automatic Vehicle Location Coordination involves the development of an Inclement Weather Console that provides a new capability for the state of Oklahoma to monitor weather-related roadway conditions. The goal of this development is that motorist safety might be improved and the damage to highways and bridges caused by the application of deicing agents minimized through the use of the IWC and Decision Support Systems built upon it.

Beginning this year, U.S. cargo and passenger airlines will have an opportunity to compete for a bigger share of freight trade and traffic between the U.S. and Mexico. This opportunity will occur as a result of the new Air Services Agreement (ASA) between the U.S. and Mexico that took effect in January, 2016. This ASA further elevates and strengthens the dynamic commercial and economic relationship between the United States and Mexico by facilitating greater trade and tourism. It is a key element of the U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) that aims to promote competitiveness and connectivity, foster economic growth, productivity and innovation, and partner for regional and global leadership (U.S. Department of State 2014). This paper (i) explains the genesis and impact of HLED, (ii) provides a brief historical perspective on air services agreements in general and freedoms of the air, (iii) summarizes the major principles of the previous US-Mexico ASA of 1960, as amended in 2005, (iv) outlines the essential elements of the new US-Mexico ASA that is scheduled to take effect in January 2016, (v) describes the likely effects of the new ASA on regional and global air cargo traffic and supply chains, and lastly (vi) provides some directions for future scholarly research. The Secretary is alluding to the fact that the U.S. Department of State's Economic and Business Affairs Bureau reached an agreement, ad referendum, in November, 2014, on a new civil aviation agreement between the Governments of the United States of America and the United Mexican States. This agreement further elevates and strengthens U.S. and Mexico's dynamic commercial and economic relationship by facilitating greater trade and tourism. It is a key element of the US-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) that aims to promote competitiveness and connectivity, foster economic growth, productivity and innovation, and partner for regional and global leadership (U.S. Department of State, 2014). The new agreement will benefit U.S. and Mexican passenger and cargo airlines, airports, travelers, and businesses by allowing significantly increased market access for airlines to fly between any city in the U.S. and any city in Mexico.

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Today, overcrowded public transport demand, resulting in huge costs in an urban area. Similarly, there are a lot of people who use public transport in Hawassa city. This study aimed to develop public transport users' trip production models at the household level. Some socioeconomic characteristics and trip detail of the public transport users were collected randomly from the different households through a questionnaire survey. The data gathered was fed into IBM SPSS package version 20 to develop linear regression models. The developed models are associated with trips for purpose and time intervals of trips made. The developed linear regression models, general trips, work trips, educational trips, and trips made before 8:00 AM and after 4:00 PM had good explanatory power. The value of explanatory power comprised of 0.656, 0.722, 0.549, 0.610 and 0.510. These values indicated the explanation power of the socioeconomic characteristics on the trips made. It means the daily trips production was significantly affected by the number of working individuals, the different age brackets, cars and motorcycles, and the monthly income per household. The most frequent public transport users' trips production regarding the trip purpose and time are work trips and occurred after 4:00 PM. This scenario represented a good model developed in this study. Hence, it is suggested that Hawassa city's traffic management office use the developed models to predict the future trips demand to provide a proper scheme to avoid congestion during the peak hour of the day.

As the world is giving climate change a higher priority, several Coalitions are working on meeting a clean and green environment (SDG 13), focusing on new streets' design in total urban development. A previous study discussed the pedestrian mobility status in Riyadh city, with attention to sustainable mobility, considering the pedestrians' traveling patterns that use their cars rather than public transportation. This paper investigates the Ecomobility that seeks to promote the integration of passenging, cycling, wheeling, and walking. This approach will provide better health (SDG 3), clean air, mobility and accessibility, noise avoidance, greenhouse gas emission reduction, individual cost savings, and energy efficiency (SDG 11). It analyzes the pedestrians' traveling modes in Riyadh city through a case study of the Prince Sultan University's (PSU) community, then evaluates the pedestrians' environment quality in the campus surroundings. Analysis used a web-based survey referred to the PSU people, including Students, Faculty, and Staff. On the other hand, the pedestrian's environment quality was evaluated on-site built on well-constructed criteria. The assessment's results addressed the factors influencing pedestrian choices and underlined the barriers to transformation to Ecomobility. They revealed that around 73% of the respondents expressed willingness to transform to ecomobility modes. About 52% of the survey sample preferred the public bus option. For the non-motorized options, students preferred cycling and wheeling modes, while faculty members and staff preferred walking. Based on conclusions, recommendations are proposed to foster pedestrian ecomobility for sustainable urban development in Riyadh city.

Over the last two years blockchain technology has presented itself as a potential digital transformation that could disrupt and revitalize many business models. However, this digital transformation is still new and many companies grapple with possible applications of its theoretically sound benefits. Academic research is scarce and often limited to high level perspectives on how blockchain can benefit businesses in general. The time is right for exploring specific applications of the technology. This research considers how the digital transformation to blockchain could impact inventory management practices within the retail industry. The research relies on data collected through phenomenological interviews with management personnel of three clothing retail store franchisees.

Over the last two years blockchain technology has presented itself as a potential digital transformation that could disrupt and revitalize many business models. However, this digital transformation is still new and many companies grapple with possible applications of its theoretically sound benefits. Academic research is scarce and often limited to high level perspectives on how blockchain can benefit businesses in general. The time is right for exploring specific applications of the technology. This research considers how the digital transformation to blockchain could impact inventory management practices within the retail industry. The research relies on data collected through phenomenological interviews with management personnel of three clothing retail store franchisees.

Transportation network, especially highways, is considered a national or international asset, and by proper maintenance system, public and private organizations can prioritize the budgeting of repair and reconstruction. The problem is to have a reliable and practical model creating a solid understanding of the pavement degradation condition by inexpensive measurable parameters for municipalities. This study focuses on the road pavement condition, particularly the statistical evaluation of the processes of degradation involved in various road sections. Quantitative statistical analysis of a sample taken from the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) in the United States provides a better understanding of the needs in pavement maintenance processes. In addition, it can identify the critical factors of pavement maintenance. Through a case study, it is shown that organizations can develop a solid based statistical decision-making model using basic and low-priced parameters. The model has two approaches, with and without pavement type (used by creating several dummy variables to include each pavement type as independent variables). This study will positively enhance the pavement degradation prediction through a statistical analysis model and a case study of the Department of Transportation (DOT) of Iowa, USA. These details include explanatory models, bivariate correlation, principal component analysis, hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering, creating dummy variables, and developing multivariate regression models.

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Vehicle routing is a key instrument to manage and control animal disease outbreaks. This paper focuses on an efficient, user-friendly and automatic procedure to manage transportation logistics to and between farms in the case of an outbreak. This procedure can be embedded into a veterinary geographical information system for the management and control of disease outbreaks. The transportation logistics for the problem at hand can be divided into two main transportation categories: (i) round itineraries, which are special cases of the travelling salesman problem, and (ii) one-to-one itineraries. Attention is given to the use of user-friendly, heuristic yet efficient algorithms for the determination of these itineraries. It is furthermore shown that the procedure is developed in such a way that the identified routes meet both national and international regulations in force during disease outbreaks.

The study adopted the pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental design to examine the extent to which self-efficacy and psychological distress predicted alcohol addiction among the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Nigeria. Ninety-seven members of the NURTW whose age ranged from 20-50 (SD=38.0±2.1) were drawn using multi-stage sampling technique. Four standardized self-report measures were used for data collection. Covariance and Bonferroni pair wise test were used to analyse data at 0.05 level of significance. There was a significant main effect of self-efficacy (39.81) as participants with high self-efficacy had a better reduced alcohol addiction than their counterpart with low self-efficacy (25.72). There was no significant main effect of psychological distress on the reduction of alcohol addiction among the NURTW members. The need for counsellors to develop soft skills like self-efficacy in combating addiction and other addictive tendencies among the NURTW was implied from this outcome.

This study investigated the assertiveness and substance abuse as predictors of aggressive driving behaviour among private car owners in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The study adopted cross-sectional survey design for data collection. A purposive sampling technique was used to select one local government area while convenience sampling technique was used to select 242 (males: 163; females: 79) private car owners. Data were collected using three instruments: Rathus Assertiveness Scale, Substance and Choice Scale, and Aggressive Driving Behaviour Scale while standard multiple regression was used to analyze the data. The results showed that assertiveness and substance abuse jointly predicted aggressive driving behaviour among the study population [R 2 = 0.302, F (25.498), p < 0.05]. Also, substance abuse (β = 0.478, p <0.05) independently predicted aggressive driving behaviour among private car owners in Ibadan. However, assertiveness did not independently predict aggressive driving behaviour among the study population (β = 0.343, p < 0.05). The study tends to suggest that assertiveness and substance abuse are robust predictors of aggressive driving behaviour. Therefore, it is recommended that detecting device should be readily available to monitor drivers on the steering to detect whether or not they have used drugs while driving.

Traffic volume data, especially average annual daily traffic (AADT), are important in transportation engineering. They are required in managing and maintaining existing facilities and in planning and designing new facilities. Many state highway agencies use the ramp counting procedure described in FHWA’s Traffic Monitoring Guide to estimate AADTs for freeways. The procedure involves counting all entrance and exit ramps between two established mainline counters (anchor points) and then reconciling the count data to estimate mainline AADT. The reconciling of count data includes three steps. First, AADTs for the ramps and the anchor points are estimated from the count data. Then AADT for each uncounted mainline link is calculated by addition or subtraction of ramp AADT to or from mainline AADT, starting from one anchor point. Finally, adjustments of the AADT are performed to achieve a match at the second anchor point if necessary. The process can be time-consuming and labor-intensive i...

The dynamic development of urban areas poses increasingly more challenges for the provision of transport services for the population. The concentration of the economic potential and population in the metropolitan areas results in the occurrence of large transport needs, and when these needs are met at the same time, the phenomenon of congestion occurs. Traffic congestion has become a serious problem in many cities around the world and it is a challenge that is not easy to manage. Traffic congestion has increased dramatically also in India. Congestion and the associated slow urban mobility can have a huge adverse impact on both the quality of life and the economy. Traffic congestion has been increasing worldwide as a result of increased motorization, urbanization, population growth and changes in population density. Congestion reduces efficiency or transportation infrastructure and increases travel time, air pollution and fuel consumption. In order to over-come from such congested pr...

Abstract:The quality of a professional driver's work is increasingly coming into focus, both from the professional and from the scientific public, because the demands of the transport market are increasing, and the consequences are increasingly visible and are reflected in the lack of quality professional driver staff, both in the member states of the European Union and in the RepublicSerbia.
How a quality professional driver is formed and which personnel have a dominant role in the formation of the behavior of professional drivers are questions to which the authors of this paper will try to give answers, analyzing the training processes of the personnel who participate in the formation of driving skills and the development of professional competences of drivers in the valid legislative framework.Driving instructors and CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) instructors are extremely important for the development of professional competences of drivers, who in the process of training drivers play a very important role in the formation of driving skills and the development of positive habits necessary for quality performance of work and safe behavior intraffic.Driving instructors and instructors for "CPC" are certainly among the most responsible personnel who influence the formation of the professional competences of drivers, because the formation of a model of driver behavior in traffic on the road, i.e. the quality of the transport service, and therefore the survival of the transport organization on the market, will depend on their expertisetransport services.According to the author, this topic is of great importance in terms of looking at the process of developing the competences of instructors so far and defining guidelines for their further development, and for the purpose of raising the quality of professional driver training. The paper presents the past experiences of the Traffic Safety Agency in the process of licensing driving instructors and instructor certification for "CPC", as well as the author's personal experiences as a participant in these processes with guidelines for their improvement.

Road is an infrastructure that built to support the movement of the vehicle from one place to another for different purposes. Today, it is often found damage to road infrastructure, both local roads, and arterial roads. Therefore, to keep the pavement condition to remain reliable, in Indonesia has a periodic program by conducting an objective functional inspection of roads regulated by Bina Marga using the International Roughness Index (IRI). However, the IRI examination is not sufficient to represent the actual field condition; it is necessary to perform subjective functional examination by appraising the road one of them is Pavement Condition Index (PCI, ASTM D 6433). This method has been widely applied in some countries because it has many advantages. However, to do this inspection requires considerable cost, then there needs to be a model to get the relationship between these two parameters of the road. The selected case study was arterial road segment in Medan City, that is in ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have set forth a proposal requiring companies to capitalize operating leases and include them as assets and liabilities on their balance sheets. The proposal is motivated by the fact that current methods accounting for operating leases hide a great deal of off-book leverage and thus are misleading to investors. Such a change would have a significant impact on the U.S. airline industry where aircraft and property operating leases are quite prevalent. This study utilizes an in-depth strategic management perspective in examining how well U.S. airlines pursue optimization strategies with regard to the management of financial leverage in order to achieve desired targets of growth and profitability. Such benchmarking is accomplished by utilizing the DEA model suggested by Capobianco and Fernandes (2004). This study demonstrates the distortion inherent in inter-airline benchmarking when operating leas...

That is a public space. Most of the people spend their time to have some relax, family and friends gathering, it provided educational and recreation facilities. The existence of public space should be able to be accessible for all of the society including persons with disabilities. The accessibility for everyone including the elderly can be measured by safety, convenience, usefulness, and independence. This study is a continuation of previous research that provides design recommendations on accessibility to persons with disabilities in public spaces in Banda Aceh City, and the case study was focused on Taman sari. Kota Banda Aceh. The methodology used was identifying the results from the previous research on the Evaluation of Accessibility for People with Disabilities on the public space in Banda Aceh in the form of design recommendations according to the guidelines of technical facilities and disabilities. Measuring the comfort level on public space can be seen with shape, dimension, color, and texture. Design recommendations obtained might be useful for accessibility for disability in Taman sari Banda Aceh.

An exploratory quantitative study on the relationship between profit contribution information and firm-wide internal integration is presented. Specifically, the authors examine how profit contribution information availability impacts firm-wide internal integration and, subsequently, logistics performance. This study provides greater insight into the area; only a few studies have empirically examined the impact of profit contribution information within a firm. The primary implication is that firms should utilize specific types of information, i.e. profit contribution information, for making more informed operational and strategic decisions. The paper also underscores the managerial value of using profit contribution information in decision making and planning.

In light of the decline in social acceptance of walking and biking to school, there is a critical need to examine issues impacting school transportation decisions and to identify strategies to promote healthier behavior. In urban areas with high volume freight corridors, factors affecting school walking decisions can be complicated by increased truck and rail traffic. This paper presents findings from a study of urban neighborhoods in a major southeastern city, including those that are adjacent to freight corridors. Perceptions of neighborhood residents are compared in the context of existing infrastructure and network characteristics (urban vs. urban freight-centric). The results provide insight into factors influencing school transportation decisions in urban environments, and highlight discrepancies between perceptions and actual issues relevant to child pedestrian safety.

Pricing services of motor carriers is a dynamic process, with continuous pressure from customers to offer competitive rates and discounts. This can lead to a profusion of special arrangements with rates that poorly reflect the services rendered. This article shows how standard database systems and statistical models can be used to extract useful information from bills of lading to assist in the pricing of freight services. Summaries of business performance are produced according to terminal facility, shipping origin, shipping destination, individual shipping lane and individual customer. User-friendly statistical models are constructed to produce benchmarks for rates and revenues considering the services rendered. Differences between actual and benchmark levels of performance help to identify situations that may call for managerial reinforcement or corrective intervention. With illustrations from a major motor carrier, the authors discuss how even small motor carriers can develop su...

In a global economy, competitive and dynamic environment, logistics managements is an important strategic factor for increasing competitiveness. The significance of logistics management had evolved from a more passive and cost minimization oriented activity to a key success factor for firm competitiveness. There was therefore an emerging consensus about the need for companies to handle logistics issues together with economic and business issues. The performance of logistics systems was typically related to delivery service, logistics cost and tied up capital. Customers increasingly expected shorter delivery times and more accurate services and logistics management was perhaps most easily conceptualized in a third party logistic service provider like Gas Depot Atem. The study also looked at the effect of the logistics performance as the moderating variable on the relationship between logistics management and the firm Performance. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the influence of transport management on firm performance, evaluate the influence of inventory management on firm performance, examine the influence of order processing on firm performance, establish the influence of information flow on firm performance, and evaluate the moderating effect of logistics information system on the relationship between the logistics management and firm performance. The study used both descriptive and explanatory research designs. The target population for this study was the workers of Gas Depot Atem (about a 100). Our sample was about 40 workers of gas depot. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered through the e-mail survey and hand delivery. Secondary data was obtained from both published and unpublished records. The questionnaire was tested for validity and reliability. Both quantitative and qualitative techniques were used to analyses the data with the assistance of SPSS software program version 22. The study found that transport management; inventory management; order process management and information flow management were individually predictors of firm performance with inventory management being the most significant predictor. The study concludes that logistics management has the potential of positively influencing performance on firms in terms of cost reduction, timely delivery, reduced lead time, demand realization, increased market share, quality products and customer service satisfaction. Consequently, this study provides firms' managers with insights of how firms can develop a competitive edge through the implementation of logistics management. This study therefore, recommends that factors associated with logistics management need to be considered by firms in their performance strategic plans as they have significant impact on performance.

Transportation is the lifeblood of the development of an area, if an area has a good transport system and can accommodate all mobility needs of the existing community, then the area will be developed and grew rapidly both in the field of economic, social, political and territorial. It takes a good resource, be it human resources, budget resources, and facilities to support resource management in the implementation of urban public transportation. Many inadequate resources management in the implementation of urban public transport such as bus stops where the facilities are minimal. Difficulties in recruiting and retaining competent administrators, salaries, prestige and job security is low. Availability of good human resources, budget and facilities is a requirement of successful implementation and management will produce an output that is in line with expectations. For the necessary cooperation from the government to the private sector to undertake the management of urban public tran...

Nowadays, one of the main marketing objectives of the new generation of turboprop aircrafts is the noise control to enhance the internal comfort. The propellers represent in fact the main noise source whose amplitude and frequencies depend on some design parameters such as its rotational angular speed, number of blades, power at shaft generating aircraft thrust and blades geometry. The higher energy levels are within the low-frequency region, corresponding in particular to the first blade passing frequency and its harmonics. The design goal is therefore to increase the passenger comfort level by controlling the propeller tonal noise and related vibrations. The present paper is aimed at discuss some relevant technological solutions to minimize the fuselage internal noise field at the passengers positions at each of the first three tones of the propeller load as well as due to other external aero-acoustic sources.

In emerging countries, improving performance in the transportation industry is a critical concern. Bus transport companies like Anbessa, Sheger and the Public Service Employees&#39; Transport Service play a pivotal role in Addis Ababa&#39;s transit system. Subsequently, this study analyzes the operators&#39; operational performance, comparing it to industry norms. The collected data is analyzed using the ratio analysis approach. The findings indicate that the Anbessa City Bus outperforms the other buses in several aspects, such as fleet strength, service utilization, and vehicle utilization, but there is a disparity in staff productivity and operational safety. Sheger City Bus, on the other hand, outperforms the market in terms of vehicle utilization, workforce productivity, and operational safety. However, on most of the indicators, the Public Employees Bus performs the worst. Finally, comparing the operators&#39; performance to industry standards, most indications show that they f...

Traffic safety is current problem, and it is at the same time an important area for scientific research work, both on the global and from the national level. Traffic safety management is of great importance from the aspect of reducing the number of injured people in traffic accidents. Traffic safety management is possible through appropriate management models. Quality management system provides the possibility to manage in closed systems, or in organizations such as a transport company. This paper presents research on the possibilities of traffic safety management in transport companies based on performance indicators.

Rezumat Sectorul public, reprezentat mai ales de întreprinderile publice, prezintă importanţă deoarece asigură legătura dintre interesele private şi cele publice. În acelaşi timp, susţinerea de către stat a întreprinderilor publice şi a monopolurilor comerciale poate crea discriminări între acestea şi întreprinderile private. Datorită importanţei acestei probleme, ea a fost reglementată la nivelul Uniunii Europene. Introducere În general, dreptul Uniunii Europene este indiferent la operaţia de naţionalizare a întreprinderilor, căci tratatul de la Roma &quot;nu influenţează cu nimic regimul proprietăţii în Statele membre&quot; (articolul 222 CEE şi articolul 83 CECO). Fiecare stat este deci liber să aibă un sector public şi să decidă extinderea sa. Acestea sunt libertăţi fundamentale garantate de Tratatul de la Roma. Comisia a putut adopta o poziţie de strictă neutralitate cu privire la naţionalizările franceze din 1982, căci băncile controlate de autorităţile din alte state membre î...

Traffic Management Centers (TMCs) acquire, process, and integrate data in a variety of ways to support real-time operations. Crowdsourcing has been identified as one of the top trends and technologies that traffic management agencies can adapt and take advantage of from outside the transportation community to improve data quality, coverage, and cost. Several traffic management agencies have active projects to integrate crowdsourced data into TMC operations. The purpose of this project is to identify, research, and synthesize the opportunity for agencies to work with crowdsourced data from available applications, and to develop measures that can articulate the value proposition to work with such resources and consider their impacts on TMC operations.

The aim of this research was to test the hypothesis that people in a typical high-transport zone are particularly vulnerable with respect to transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a new contagious disease that has rapidly developed into a highrisk global problem. A case study was carried out in Savar Upazila, a sub-district of the capital city Dhaka in Bangladesh, which is traversed by a prominent national highway (Dhaka- Aricha-N5) that also passes the concentric industrial export processing zone surrounding Dhaka. This municipality is thus part of a high-density transport network with extensive economic activities. COVID-19 data were collected from local records at the Upazila Health Complex, while spatial data of the Savar Upazila, including the pertinent road network, were identified and digitized using geographical information systems software. The presence of COVID-19 in in Savar Upazila was found to be strongly associated with the reach and mechanism of transpor...

Although commercial motorcyclists are gaining acceptance by all and sundry as a means of public transport which are adapted to the contemporary Nigerian society. However, expose to all hazards including accidents are further worsened by the lack of proper knowledge on road safety measures of the commercial motorcycle riders. Therefore, this study evaluates the effects of a commercial motorcycle on health and traffic safety in Gombe metropolis, Gombe State, Nigeria. The study was carried out in Gombe Metropolis with using the random sampling technique to select 500 motorcyclists sample size. The data generated were analyzed using simple percentages. The study finds that most of the motorcycles accidents were caused by reckless riding, drug abuse and disregard to traffic rules. Similarly, the study finds that Tricycles are the most important factor causing motorcycle accidents in Gombe metropolis. Furthermore, the study finds that most of the respondents suffer from at least one health challenge as a result of their continuous use of the motorcycle. The study therefore recommends that government and other relevant agencies should be equipped with materials and human resources to embark on regular and massive breath testing of motorcyclists to detect riders who ride under the influence of drugs. This can be achieved through identifying the Drunken riders and make them face the wrath of the law.

Unit Informasi pada bandar udara bertugas untuk menyampaikan informasi mengenai kebandarudaraan kepada penumpang maupun non penumpang, Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh kualitas pelayanan informasi terhadap kepuasan penumpang PT. Angkasa Pura I Di Bandar Udara Ahmad Yani Semarang, Terdiri dari beberapa aspek pelayanan yang akurat, daya tanggap, jaminan, empathy, dan tangible.Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kuantitatif dengan menggunakan instrumen metode angket atau kuisioner subjek penelitian yang digunakan adalah penumpang di Bandar Udara Internasional Ahmad Yani Semarang yang berjumlah 100 orang. Dalam penelitian ini analisis data dan pengujian hipotesis dikerjakan dengan menggunakan analisis regresi linier sederhana menggunakan SPSS windows release 20.0.Berdasarkan skor yang didapat dari hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa adanya pengaruh yang signifikan antara kualitas pelayanan informasi terhadap kepuasan penumpang di PT.

Abstrak             Unit Informasi pada bandar udara bertugas untuk menyampaikan informasi mengenai kebandarudaraan kepada penumpang maupun non penumpang, Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh kualitas pelayanan informasi terhadap kepuasan penumpang PT. Angkasa Pura I Di Bandar Udara Ahmad Yani Semarang, Terdiri dari beberapa aspek pelayanan yang akurat, daya tanggap, jaminan, empathy, dan tangible.                 Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kuantitatif dengan menggunakan instrumen metode angket atau kuisioner subjek penelitian yang digunakan adalah penumpang di Bandar Udara Internasional Ahmad Yani Semarang yang berjumlah 100 orang. Dalam penelitian ini analisis data dan pengujian hipotesis dikerjakan dengan menggunakan analisis regresi linier sederhana menggunakan SPSS windows release 20.0.                 Berdasarkan skor yang didapat dari hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa adanya pengaruh yang signifikan antara kualitas pelayanan inf...

While reverse logistics has gained significant interest in recent years, the research on its antecedents is still far from comprehensive. The current study utilizes data collected from China to empirically test a conceptual model that is developed based on the resource based view of the firm. It is proposed that returns management orientation, internal collaboration, and information support are important predictors of reverse logistics performance. The structural equation modeling analysis supports these proposed relationships. Furthermore, the current study also confirms the positive relationship between a firm’s reverse logistics performance and market performance.

Infrastructure components are generally divided into two major parts, namely costback and no-cost return. Infrastructure financing is not returned by involving the community financially by using a system that is often referred as connection fees are charges imposed by the company or government services to individuals. This study was carried out to investigate the willingness to pay (WTP) by civilian for operations and financing road maintenance in Tengku Hasan Street, Aceh Besar. The study was conducted by distributing questionnaires to 140 respondents who are villagers Bakoy and employees of Tirta Mountala Company. The value of the average WTP community is IDR 1.800 per month. With the amount of WTP values of IDR 2.4642 million per month, or approximately IDR 29.5704 million per year. The values indicate that a very small amount of people is willing to pay for the operations and maintenances in Tengku Hasan street but it can be concluded that there is awareness of the public to get a decent quality infrastructure despite having to pay a fee. The majority of respondents chose to agree to be involved financially in the operation and maintenance of Tengku Hasan street Bakoy village, Aceh Besar district with citations per year, as many as 41 people or 56.9%.

This research work is carried out the topic ―impact of tricycle operation on income of youth in Mubi North local government Adamawa state‖. The rate of unemployment among youth is a source of concern to the government. This has led to the initiative of economic policy reform in favor of employment generation. This study examined the role of tricycle (KekeNapep) on employment generation in Mubi North local government of Adamawa state. Data for the study were obtained from primary source using questionnaire. Hundred questionnaires were distributed and all were completed and returned. The data were analyzed using simple percentage and multiple regressions. The findings of this research revealed that, the tricycles mean of transport in Adamawa state has increased the income of youth through generation of employment opportunities and is has also reduced the rate of accident compare to Okada. It is recommended that, there should be more skillacquisition and resettlement scheme in Mubi Nor...

Latar belakang dari penelitian ini adalah peningkatan jumlah penumpang dan adanya tuntutan peningkatan pelayanan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui adanya pengaruh kinerja petugas Terminal Service secara positif dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan penumpang penumpang, mengetahui seberapa besar pengaruh kinerja petugas Terminal Service terhadap kepuasan penumpang penumpang di Terminal A Bandar Udara Internasional Adisutjipto Yogyakarta. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada tanggal 18 Agustus 2019 sampai dengan 17 September 2019, di Terminal A Bandar Udara Internasional Adisutjipto Yogyakarta. Penelitian dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan kuisioner. Data dianalisis menggunakan analisis regresi linier sederhana, uji t dan koefisien determinasi R square (R²). Kinerja diukur menggunakan 3 indikator yaitu, etos kerja, disiplin kerja dan motivasi kerja. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, nilai koefisien regresi pada penelitian ini bernilai positif (+) dan pengujian hip...