Disaster-Induced Resettlements: the Resilience Of Flood-Affected Households In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania by Regina John

“…The findings show that the resettlement area’s location in the peri-urban of the city resulted in various challenges, including inaccessibility to basic facilities and high transportation costs, with households spending an average of TZS 2,000 (~US$1) to reach a public transportation facility, i.e., a bus stand. Resettled households also have lower income levels ranging from less than TZS 50,000 (12%) to between TZS 50,000 and TZS 500, 000 (75%). …”
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Application of artificial neural network and linear regression in assessing air pollution in Tabriz metropolis by Hassan Mahmoudzadeh, Mohammad Samadi, Majid paydar

“…The city of Tabriz, which has the fastest urban growth in the northwest of the country, is one of the largest cities in Iran in terms of population, economic activity, industry and transportation options. Public transportation and industry combustion and lack of proper filtration of these industries, such as thermal power plants, has led to increased air pollution in the city. …”
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Study on an Indoor Positioning System for Harsh Environments Based on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy by Gabriel de Blasio, Alexis Quesada-Arencibia, Carmelo R. García, Jezabel Miriam Molina-Gil, Cándido Caballero-Gil

“…It is designed for use in public transportation system stations and terminals where the conditions are “hostile” or unfavourable due to signal noise produced by the continuous movement of passengers and buses, data collection conducted in the constant presence thereof, multipath fading, non-line of sight (NLOS) conditions, the fact that part of the wireless communication infrastructure has already been deployed and positioned in a way that may not be optimal for positioning purposes, variable humidity conditions, etc. …”
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An Optimization Model for the Demand-Responsive Transit With Non-Fixed Stops and Multi-Vehicle Type by Cuiying Song, Shiwei Chen, Heling Wang, Yujun Chen

“…As a new type of public transportation, demand responsive transit has gradually attracted attention for its flexibility and efficiency. …”
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Comparison of the transportation network for public transit and private vehicles in Shanghai: An accessibility approach by Naifu Fan, Xiaohong Chen, Tiantian Tian, Siyu Zhao

“…For travels to graded city centers, the travel time ratio of suburbs is 35 % higher than that of central city, indicating that the inequity distribution of public transportation resources is worse in the suburbs than in the central city. …”
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Smart museums: enjoying culture virtually Case of Virtual Museum of the National Museums Foundation. Rabat - Morocco by Ikrame SELKANI

“… Before, the city was a space dedicated to offering a range of services to all the inhabitants who lived there, such as public transportation, education, housing.... However, things have undergone a certain change with the introduction of the Internet and ICTs. …”
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Assessing the long-term impact of COVID-19 on travel behavior: The United Arab Emirates perspective by Khaled Hamad, Yahya El Traboulsi, Abdallah Shanableh, Rami Al-Ruzouq

“…The survey covered travel modes, frequency, duration, and distance, unveiling a pandemic-driven shift towards increased personal vehicle usage due to public transportation concerns. Nevertheless, as the pandemic gradually recedes, individuals are slowly reverting to their pre-pandemic travel habits. …”
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Monitoring of compliance with the national tobacco advertising law in 11 cities in China by Guihua Xu

“…It prohibits tobacco advertising to minors in any form and comprehensively bans tobacco advertising in public places, public transportation and outdoor areas. To assess compliance with the advertising ban at points of sale (POS), in public places and outdoor areas. …”
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Pro-Environmental Behaviors of Generation Z in the Context of the Concept of <i>Homo Socio-Oeconomicus</i> by Anna Justyna Parzonko, Agata Balińska, Anna Sieczko

“…Their pro-environmental actions mainly included turning off lights when leaving a room and choosing public transportation as the basic means of transport. For the whole surveyed sample, the most highly rated pro-environmental behaviors included those imposed by legal regulations and those whose implementation brings financial benefits in the form of lower maintenance costs. …”
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Changing sustainable diet behaviours during the COVID-19 Pandemic: inequitable outcomes across a sociodemographically diverse sample of adults by Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz, Ana Baylin, Andrew D. Jones, Allison Webster, Anne Elise Stratton, Katherine W. Bauer

“…To support the continuation of greater engagement with sustainable diets, policies that increase access to public transportation, limit the frequency with which consumers have groceries delivered, increase work-from-home options, and improve access for low-income populations should be prioritised.…”
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Impact Of Congestion Pricing Policy Change On Mode Choice: The Case Of Tehran by A.R. Mamdoohi, E. Hamrang Ghoortlar

“…Of this, about 12% of people prefer the public transportation and will increase the share of this mode on daily trips. …”
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The Effect of Endoprosthesis Selection on Functional Outcomes in the Elderly with Femoral Neck Fractures by Hasan May, Yusuf Alper Katı

“…The mean limp, ability of putting on socks, mobility, and ability of using public transportation subscale scores of the HHS were significantly higher in the patients undergoing bipolar arthroplasty (p=0.014, p=0.020, p=0.026, and p=0.03, respectively). …”
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Students Satisfaction of Using E-Hailing in UiTM Puncak Alam by Sarinah Sabar, Natasha Dzulkalnine, Sharifah Fazirah Syed Ahmad, Mohamad Fahimi Ahmad

“…These services have become an integral part of modern urban transportation, providing an alternative to traditional taxis and public transportation. Providers of e-hailing work hard to keep customers satisfied and loyal to their platforms through a combination of strategies and features designed to enhance the overall customer satisfaction. …”
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Which parents are able to comment on using autonomous vehicles for their child's school trip? (a case study of Kerman city) by S. Kamyab, A. R. Mamdoohi

“…In the case of Kerman, parents who have a history of fatal accidents in close relatives and who have a high level of concern about the way they drive and the possibility of a high-traffic accident in public transportation have not been able to decide whether to reject or accept this technology.…”
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Social determinants of health disparities in Staten Island compared with Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx: Contribution to COVID‐19 outcomes by Masha Kolesnikova, Haram Abdelmajid, Stephan Kohlhoff, Tamar A. Smith‐Norowitz

“…We found that the zip codes of Staten Island with poorer COVID‐19 outcomes had more individuals with less than a high school degree, lower mean household income, higher proportion of households earning less than $25,000 a year, and a greater proportion of individuals using public transportation. Conclusion Differences in COVID‐19 infection, hospitalization, and death rates exist between the five boroughs and between the 12 zip codes within Staten Island. …”
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Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha Variant and Murine Noroviruses on Copper-Silver Nanocomposite Surfaces by Dina A. Mosselhy, Lauri Kareinen, Ilkka Kivistö, Jenni Virtanen, Emil Loikkanen, Yanling Ge, Leena Maunula, Tarja Sironen

“…These findings suggest that the administration of such surfaces within highly congested places (e.g., schools, public transportations, public toilets, and hospital and live-stock reservoirs) could break the SARS-CoV-2 and HuNV transmission. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on pediatric asthma-related healthcare utilization in New York City: a community-based study by Erin Thanik, Kaoru Harada, Elizabeth Garland, Moira Bixby, Jasmine Bhatia, Ray Lopez, Sergio Galvez, Elan Dayanov, Krishna Vemuri, Douglas Bush, Nicholas B. DeFelice

“…Participants with public insurance were more likely to experience conditions less conducive to social distancing compared to respondents with private insurance, such as remaining in NYC (92% vs 38%) and using public transportation (44% vs 4%); families with private insurance also had greater access to remote work (81% vs 8%). …”
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Modeling Escorting School Trips by Employed Parents Based on Latent Variables by Sara Mohajerani, AmirReza Mamdoohi

“…In order to have sustainable development, transportation managers should make long-term investments and policies on public transportation and active travel modes. In view of that, in addition to socio-economic variables and attributes of trips, we investigate the effect of latent psychological variables such as attitude, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, and intention on escorting elementary school trips by employed parents. …”
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Toward social sustainability: evidence from the Chaharbagh Abbasi Pedestrian Street in a historical Middle Eastern city, Iran by Soudabeh Shahmoradi, Pedro Guimarães

“…Specifically, SI improved for 60% of visitors and 72% of urban residents reliant on public transportation. SAF increased by 97% and 80% for city inhabitants and visitors, respectively, while SEC witnessed minimal progress of under 10% for both groups. …”
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Analysis of MATSim Modeling of Road Infrastructure in Cyclists’ Choices in the Case of a Hilly Relief by Younes Delhoum, Rachid Belaroussi, Francis Dupin, Mahdi Zargayouna

“…For too long, many refined transportation models have focused solely on private and public transportation, assuming that bicycles only require simple models, such as bird flight distance or trips on horizontal tracks at a constant speed. …”
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