Transportation, Logistics, & Finance Masters Theses

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    Heavy Vehicle Impact on Rural Two Lane Highway Segments Operating Under Various Levels of Service Conditions
    (North Dakota State University, 2014) Zheng, Zijian
    Oil boom in Western North Dakota State brings increasing number of oil trucks. The distinct characteristics of heavy vehicles such as oil trucks: low speed, large size, and slow accelerate and decelerate results in inaccuracy in traffic capacity forecasting and safety analysis. In this research, to calculate passenger car equivalent (PCE) factor of heavy vehicles, such as oil trucks, on two-lane rural highway, an improved analytical method based on headway and delay is introduced. It considers several elements that have effect on PCE factor: vehicle speed, safety passing time, headway distribution, level of service (LOS), and delay to downstream traffic. The new set of PCE factor values are classified into three groups corresponding to different LOS.
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    Investing in China: A Business and Logistical Review
    (North Dakota State University, 2010) Hedger, Erika
    China is a country with a quickly growing economy and a large labor pool, making it an attractive destination for foreign investments. This paper focuses on the factors that affect foreign investment in China and provides information on the current state of politics, business, culture, and transportation. Since China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001, the country has engaged in massive reform of many of its policies and practices, making it more feasible than ever for foreign investors to expand business into China's boarders. China's commitment to promoting economic growth through political changes, more organizational structure options for foreign investors, access to a full spectrum of labor needs, and improvements to transportation infrastructure have led the country to see a huge increase in the amount and type of investments by foreign enterprises. While the eastern seaboard of China has seen the most economic, technological, and infrastructure growth and improvement in recent years, the country as a whole is opening its doors more widely to global opportunities. Learning to understand and exploit the resources and opportunities China has to offer can help foreign investors to realize success in many different areas of business.