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Morris, John W. "'That Place Over There' A Journalistic Look at Latter-Day Corinne, the Last Gentile Railroad Boomtown in the Mormon Lands of Utah." DigitalCommons@USU, 1987. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1376.

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The effort here, compiled over a nearly three-year period, is simply to encourage reporters of the mass media, those recorders of instant history on a daily basis, to take the time to put down in print somewhere the memories of old-timers everywhere. While centered in Corinne, Utah, the last rabble-rousing boomtown along the first transcontinental railroad to span the United States, this work is a collection of feature articles, laced with anecdotes and perhaps tall tales, of the type old-timers are eager to tell. It is a renegade mixture of oral and written histories and probably breaks most of the rules of structures research, but it attempts to add a little color, a little life, between the cold letters chiseled into cemetery headstones. If these stories are not put down for generations yet to come to read, to ponder and possibly to enjoy, they will be buried -- quite literally -- forever. Whether these stories are true or have been "blossomed" by retelling over the years is not the question here. Such stories add a perspective, and may haps a better understanding, to the dusty and often dry dates recited by children in elementary school. In this regard, these children will grow up, wed and work, and they will have their stories to tell, hopefully before they, too, die.

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Chan, Hoo-kong Patrick. "Redevelopment of Mong Kok KCR station phase 2 /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20667553.

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Van, Hoy Teresa Miriam. "The railroad as public utility and the public : land, labor, and rail services in southern Mexico /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Lam, Chui-shan. "Railway and land use interaction in Hong Kong : a geographical perspective /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22285258.

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Ho, Man-sze. "Railway and sustainable development socio-economic and land use impacts of west rail on Yuen Long town /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42930194.

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Fung, Wai-kwan Louisa, and 馮惠筠. "The governance of cross-boundary land-based passenger transport service." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30129242.

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Lau, Yuen-yee Carey. "The relationship between railway and spatial development in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42575072.

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Cheung, Kwok-wah. "The role of the railway in urban transport : integrated transport, land use and environmental planning in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23339056.

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Lo, Wai-man Raymond. "Rail-transit-oriented development in Hong Kong : the case study of the Mass Transit Railway /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25248200.

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Jordan, Adrianna L. "The Historical Influence of Railroads on Urban Development and Future Economic Potential in San Luis Obispo." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2011. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/623.

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Abstract The Historical Influence of Railroads on Urban Development and Future Economic Potential in San Luis Obispo Adrianna L. Jordan Today the sound of a train passing through San Luis Obispo may be intermittent and faint, but persistent nonetheless, a reminder that the railroad (displaced eventually by the automobile and accompanying expansion of highways and road systems, and later by air connectivity) was a significant force in the development of the City of San Luis Obispo. The sound of railroads evokes a sentimental reminder of the past, but the railroad’s continued presence in the city, cutting through its urban fabric, raises intriguing questions as to what constructive role it can play in the evolving city economy. Can the railroad make a contribution to the new economy of the 21st Century? And if so, how? These questions are worth considering beyond nostalgia for a railroad-dominated past as we become more concerned, nationally and especially so in the State of California, about living sustainably. The aspiration to create communities that reduce dependence and expenditure on the automobile and the petroleum based economy that it represents has surfaced as an important goal, one that might enable us to live within our resource base. In this emerging context of heightened concern about integrating sustainability into current development, what role will, and might, the railroad play in shaping future developments and influencing land use? This work explores these questions by tracing the intertwined histories of transportation and land use in the City of San Luis Obispo from the 18th century Spanish mission era to the 19th century railroad era to the present-day automobile and air travel era. Although the heyday of rail as an economic driver in the city has come and gone, San Luis Obispo’s Railroad District, with the award-winning Railroad District Plan for its place-making guide, is poised for continued revitalization. Public and commercial entities such as the Amtrak Station, the Railroad Museum, the Park Hotel building and its restaurants, and the Railroad Square Channel Commercial Building anchor the district and serve as pulse points of activity for locals and tourists alike. In addition, the Railroad District’s excellent pedestrian and bicycle connectivity helps to link it with the rest of the city and channels people to it. Given the present concern over greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles, rising fuel costs, shortages of oil, and the centralized land-use patterns popular in New Urbanism and required by SB 375, it is possible that the railroad, or some other form of fixed rail public transportation might once again become a preferred mode of long-distance transport to the major metropolitan areas south and north of the city and beyond.

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Lee, Yik-on, and 李易安. "Railway development in Hong Kong: towards better integration with land use planning." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31261115.

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Lau, Yuen-yee Carey, and 劉婉兒. "The relationship between railway and spatial development in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42575072.

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羅偉文 and Wai-man Raymond Lo. "Rail-transit-oriented development in Hong Kong: the case study of the Mass Transit Railway." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43894999.

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Hasegawa, Daisuke. "Reducing land take and energy use of high-speed railways through the robust design of operations." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7478/.

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I address the problem of the high capital cost of high-speed railways and the need to reduce their energy use through the design of robust operations at the planning stage. Given the cost structure and benefits of different solutions, reducing the size of termini and maintaining robust operations in and near the termini is identified as a promising option for cost reduction. Two methodologies from manufacturing industry, namely, the Lean principle for cost reduction and the Taguchi method for robust design, are confirmed as suitable tools to realise the objective of improving the design of high-speed railways. I developed a novel approach that combines Lean and Taguchi techniques to deal with characteristic features of high-speed railways, such as the severe requirement for robust operations. Finally, the worth of the combined approach has been demonstrated by means of case studies of current British conventional railway practice, current Japanese high-speed railway operations and the planned High Speed Two (HS2) line. The latter work has shown the possibility of a reduction in the proposed number of platforms at Euston Station, the main terminus of HS2 in London, as well as energy saving for traction.

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Lam, Chui-shan, and 林翠珊. "Railway and land use interaction in Hong Kong: a geographical perspective." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31952628.

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Siro, Jim A. "The viability of an African land-bridge rail system as part of the global supply chain." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6430.

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何文思 and Man-sze Ho. "Railway and sustainable development: socio-economic and land use impacts of west rail on Yuen Long town." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42930194.

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Chan, Hoo-kong Patrick, and 陳浩江. "Redevelopment of Mong Kok KCR station phase 2." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31258372.

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Zhu, Guoliang. "Trajectory-aided GNSS land navigation : application to train positioning." Thesis, Troyes, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014TROY0007/document.

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Au cours des dernières années, la technologie GNSS a attiré beaucoup d’attention autour du monde et elle a été largement appliquée dans de nombreux domaines. D'autre part, le système d'exploitation ferroviaire avancé a été largement utilisé pour assurer la sécurité, la sûreté et l'efficacité du réseau ferroviaire. L'efficacité de ce système se fonde sur la disponibilité du positionnement fiable du train. L’application de cette technologie au positionnement du train est un domaine de recherche très prometteur. Dans cette thèse, plusieurs algorithmes sont proposés pour le positionnement du train en utilisant des signaux GNSS et un modèle géométrique de voie stocké dans la base de données à bord du train. Premièrement, la distance, vitesse du train sont estimées en utilisant des signaux GNSS et un modèle géométrique ‘idéal’ qui est composé de lignes droites, de courbes de transition et d'arcs de cercle. L’impact du rayon de courbure de la voie sur ces estimations est étudié. Deuxièmement, la distance, vitesse du train sont estimées en utilisant des signaux GNSS et un modèle géométrique ‘non-idéal’ qui est approché par une ligne polygonale avec un certain niveau d'incertitude. L’impact de l’incertitude de la voie sur ces estimations est étudié. Finalement, la distance, vitesse du train sont estimées à l’aide d’intégration des mesures GNSS et une base de données bruitée. L’impact des erreurs de GNSS et de la base de données sur ces estimations est étudié
Over these years, GNSS technology has attracted many attentions around world and it has been widely applied in navigation for airplanes, ground vehicles and boats. On the other hand, advanced railway operating systems have been widely used to guarantee the safety and efficiency of the railway network. The efficiency of these systems is based on the availability of reliable train positioning. Hence, applying GNSS technology to the train positioning is a very promising research area, since it has such important benefits as lower initial costs and lower maintenance. In this thesis, several algorithms are proposed for train positioning by using GNSS signals and the railway centerline stored in the onboard computer database. At first, the train travelled distance, speed are estimated by using GNSS signals and an ''ideal'' railway centerline which is composed of straight line segments, transition curves and arcs of circles. The impact of the railroad curvature on these estimations is studied. Secondly, the train travelled distance, speed are estimated by using GNSS signals and a ''non-ideal'' railway centerline which is defined by a polygonal line with some level of uncertainty. The impact of the track geometric model imprecision on these estimations is studied. Finally, the train travelled distance, speed are estimated by integrating the GNSS measurements with a track database. The impact of the GNSS measurements and the track database errors on these estimations is studied

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Fyfield, Paul Hagen. "Transportation and Land Use Patterns: Monitoring Urban Change Using Aerial Photography, Portland, Oregon 1925-1945." PDXScholar, 2003. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2242.

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American urban neighborhoods are a patchwork; the spatial arrangement of types is a reflection of the dominant transportation technology at the time of their development. The earliest suburban areas were made accessible by fixed route systems such as the electric streetcar, followed by the widespread adoption of the automobile; each transportation epoch resulted in characteristic patterns of land use. This study uses aerial photographic coverage of Portland, Oregon from the years 1925, 1936, and 1945, a time of decline for the once popular trolley lines and dramatic increase in automobile usage, to monitor change within the residential areas of Portland's east side over a twenty year period. Classic economic models of the time acknowledged transportation as a force shaping the city; modem ideas in urban planning such as Traditional Neighborhood Design and Transit Oriented Development look to pre-automobile urban form as a means to reduce automobile use and its negative implications. This study uses variables of housing density and street connectivity derived from the aerial photography; the measured values of these variables are then considered for their spatial and temporal distribution using statistical comparisons. The results are compared to ideas within the urban models and current thinking about urban morphology. While generally consistent with the expected patterns, deviations and differences between the two variables are considered for their implications. Models offer a simplified version of the growth of American cities, considering only a few of the many aspects of a dynamic environment. By isolating on these variables of density and connectivity, a greater understanding of their role in arriving at the modem residential urban environment may be reached, and this understanding can add to the discourse in current planning debates.

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Cheung, Kwok-wah, and 張國華. "The role of the railway in urban transport: integrated transport, land use and environmental planning in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31945454.

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Becker, Anne Lynn. "The layout of the land : the Canadian Pacific Railway's photographic advertising and the travels of Frank Randall Clarke, 1920-1929." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=83171.

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This thesis examines the role of photography in making the Canadian Pacific Railway company (CPR) an integral part of Canadian mythology. It focuses on the company's photographic advertising in the 1920s, and the ways in which its increasingly nationalistic transcontinental brochures framed the country, and equated the act of travelling with nation-building and national identity.
The CPR's tourist brochures established a visual vocabulary of the travelling experience, which was readily employed by individuals such as Montreal journalist Frank Randall Clarke. Clarke was sponsored by the CPR to travel across the country in the summer of 1929. His journalistic writing and personal photograph album allow for a rich analysis of the visual culture of the period, and they will be used to illustrate the ways in which the CPR represented Canadian progress, immigration, and tourism.

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Yarbrough, Trevor S. "Retail Change and Light Rail: an Exploration of Business Location Changes Accompanying Commuter Rail Development in Denton County, Texas." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700058/.

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Within the past few decades, commuter rail routes in several major metropolitan areas have been implemented to provide an alternative to automobile transportation. Urban planners in these cities are looking to commuter rail to mitigate congestion and pollution. However, research on the impacts of commuter rail development on the surrounding retail landscape is still needed. In metropolitan Dallas-Fort Worth, the Denton County Transportation Authority recently opened its new A-Train light rail service linking suburban Denton and downtown Dallas. This thesis examines urban changes that occurred in the years before and after the A-Train line's 2011 opening, with a focus on restaurant and retail development in the vicinity of the A-Train stations in Denton County. This analysis evaluates changes in retail density and type, the population surrounding stations, and municipal initiatives that shape the retail landscape of station vicinities. This was done by gathering field data, retailer listings, population data, and conducting interviews with local businesses and city planners. The findings suggest that A-train stations have had a differential impact on the surrounding landscape, depending on the existing retail landscape, the types of retailers present, and the current state of municipal infrastructure that promotes accessibility. Overall, results suggest that urban planners play a vital role in harnessing the potential of commuter rail to promote nearby retail growth.

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Sharp, Michael G. "Ghost Water Exhibition." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6272.

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The Ghost Water exhibition of artworks by Michael Sharp was comprised of four main works titled: 30 x 60 Minute Grid Series, Suspension, History/Prehistory, and Lake Bonneville Remnants. The artwork was created as a reaction to the land that once held the prehistoric Lake Bonneville and to its current remnant Great Salt Lake. The work explores the dialogue between absence and presence.

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Train, Alexander R. "Short Line Railroads and Municipal Land Use Planning, Policy, and Regulation." 2015. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/211.

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This research puts forth an examination of the relationship between municipal planning and short line freight railroads. Methodologically, it employs a content analysis framework that explores local master plans and zoning bylaws for the presence of concepts relevant to short line railroads. A historically omitted topic, the railroads are found to be frequently omitted from plans, often conflicting with civic and recreational interests despite their increasingly efficient ability, economic and environmental, to service numerous industries. Zoning bylaws show a disfavor to these entities, and at times may exceed their authority. Moreover, they may create physical and legal limitations to new, rail-sustained industry, as well as the rehabilitation of former industrial clusters. Findings related to regulatory preemption, transportation and land use policy, corridor conversion, and shifting land use patterns are presented. Consequentially, daunting implications may resonate for both the railroad and municipalities. Recommendations encompass municipal, regional, and state policy, as well as opportunities for multi-agency collaboration, economic development initiatives, and revised regulatory structures.

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