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Travel-Times Analysis can produce biases in Urban Mobility assessments. Conversely, Disutilities Analysis fulfills the requirement to assess Urban Mobility by travel-time, monetary costs, and environmental performance. Thus, an experiment regarding Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Austin, and Chicago compares Automobile and Public Transportation Travel-Times with Total Disutilities Cost per Mile. Public Transportation, even with limitations, can be competitive, at least in two cities: Atlanta and New York. The results confirm the broader scope of the Disutilities Analysis in Urban Mobility appraisals.
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Raymundo, H., dos Reis, J.G.M. (2020). Travel-Times Analysis and Passenger Transport Disutilities in Congested American Cities: Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Austin, and Chicago. In: Lalic, B., Majstorovic, V., Marjanovic, U., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. The Path to Digital Transformation and Innovation of Production Management Systems. APMS 2020. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 591. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57993-7_64
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