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Paratransit services --- -Demand responsive transportation --- Dial-a-ride --- Local transit --- Urban transportation --- Personal rapid transit --- -Paratransit services --- Demand responsive transportation --- Paratransit services - Germany.

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The potential for work-based learning to improve the quality and relevance of vocational education and training is widely recognized. Work-based learning allows students to develop skills and gain experience through practical, real-life experiences in the workplace, complementing what is being learned in the classroom. However, many vocational education and training systems worldwide are still largely school-based and do not incorporate much work-based learning. There are many studies of mature training systems that are already largely employer-driven and firm-based, but less is known about how school-based vocational education and training systems can best transition to including stronger elements of work-based learning. This report takes a region of Poland as a case study to explore the complexities around strengthening work-based learning opportunities as a part of vocational education and training programs. The report focuses on the practical challenges faced by employers and schools in implementing workplace training opportunities and it also draws on international practices for addressing specific constraints. The report highlights that while a conducive policy framework is important, it is not sufficient on its own to improve the incidence, duration, and relevance of work-based learning. Efforts to strengthen work-based learning need to consider the capacity of both firms and training providers, their incentives to take part, and the support they need for their ongoing participation. International practices show that even in vocational education and training systems, where firm-based learning is part and parcel of training provision, significant resources are structurally allocated to support mechanisms to facilitate the process. This report thus recommends investing sufficiently in support mechanisms to firms and schools to facilitate the transition to increased and improved work-based learning. Specific recommendations for Poland's Swietokrzyskie region include piloting different approaches to implementing and facilitating work-based learning. Lessons learned should be incorporated in a subsequent roll-out. The findings and recommendations in this report were developed as part of World Bank assistance provided to Poland's Swietokrzyskie region under the European Union-financed Catching-Up Regions Programme. The analytical framework applied in this report, the findings, and the recommendations will provide knowledge and guidance for stakeholders and practitioners in this field globally.

Apprenticeship --- Demand-Driven VET --- Demand-Responsive --- Employer Engagement --- In-Firm Training --- Labor Market --- Private Sector --- VET --- VET Reform --- Vocational Education And Training --- Work-Based Learning

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Taxis are an essential mode of transport for disabled and older people.  The combination of the personal service they offer, their wide availability and door-to-door operations enable them to respond particularly well to the travel needs of people with disabilities.  Although several countries have made progress in improving the accessibility of taxi services, much remains to be done. This joint ECMT/IRU study examines factors relating to the design and manufacture of taxi vehicles and considers practical measures to increase the production and use of accessible taxis.

Motor vehicles. --- Motor vehicles -- Design and construction. --- Paratransit services. --- People with disabilities -- Transportation. --- People with disabilities. --- Taxicabs -- Economic aspects. --- Taxicabs. --- People with disabilities --- Taxicabs --- Paratransit services --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- Disabilities --- Transportation --- Transportation. --- Cabs --- Taxis (Vehicles) --- Demand responsive transportation --- Dial-a-ride --- Carriers --- Local transit --- Transportation, Automotive --- Vehicles --- Cab and omnibus service --- Urban transportation --- Personal rapid transit

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This book collects important contributions on smart cities. This book was created in collaboration with the ICSC-CITIES2020, held in San José (Costa Rica) in 2020. This book collects articles on: energetic efficiency and sustainability; infrastructures, energy and the environment; mobility and IoT; governance and citizenship.

Technology: general issues --- electric buses --- public transportation --- PV supplied sustainable transportation --- digitization --- knowledge sharing --- human resources management --- competitiveness --- Industry 4.0 --- home energy management --- Zigbee --- smart socket --- monitoring --- appliances scheduling --- urban mobility --- data analysis --- origin-destination --- ITS --- tall building --- locating criteria --- fuzzy visibility --- visual impact --- water accounting --- resource efficiencies --- virtual water trade --- Australian trade sustainability --- sustainable resource management --- governance-engineering nexus --- smart mobility --- demand responsive transport --- connected and autonomous vehicle --- Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) --- electric mobility --- shared transportation --- intelligent transportation systems --- smart city --- transportation disadvantage --- social exclusion --- Android application --- energy-efficient --- mobile ads --- gamma correction --- energy performance certificate (EPC) --- hedonic pricing method --- real estate market --- property prices --- Alicante --- DIALux --- simulation --- lighting quality --- teaching institution --- classroom lighting --- flood risk management --- measures --- approaches --- design criteria --- plans --- schemes --- hazard --- vulnerability --- risk --- expected annual damages --- direct and indirect flood losses --- computational intelligence --- image processing --- pedestrian movement patterns --- surveillance cameras --- cost–benefit analysis --- multicriteria analysis --- comparative risk assessment --- economic rent --- internal rate of return --- present value --- optimal risk point --- flood management ratio --- photovoltaic cell defect --- classifier --- artificial intelligence --- traffic congestion --- public urban transport --- daily infections by COVID-19 --- flood --- integrated flood risk management --- resilience building --- emergency planning --- disaster risk reduction --- community participation --- disaster preparedness --- environmental footprint --- cleanup --- green remediation --- renewable energy sources --- smart microgrid --- Home Assistant --- monitoring and control system --- older adults --- mobility --- systematic review --- municipal electric bike system --- electric bike-sharing --- sustainable urban transport --- travel behavior --- timetable synchronization --- public transportation planning --- mixed integer programming --- evolutionary algorithms --- real case study --- smart cities --- battery energy storage system --- dimensioning methodology --- industrial consumption --- electricity fixed term --- demand response --- smart grid --- discomfort index --- water heaters --- thermal model

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This book collects important contributions on smart cities. This book was created in collaboration with the ICSC-CITIES2020, held in San José (Costa Rica) in 2020. This book collects articles on: energetic efficiency and sustainability; infrastructures, energy and the environment; mobility and IoT; governance and citizenship.

Technology: general issues --- electric buses --- public transportation --- PV supplied sustainable transportation --- digitization --- knowledge sharing --- human resources management --- competitiveness --- Industry 4.0 --- home energy management --- Zigbee --- smart socket --- monitoring --- appliances scheduling --- urban mobility --- data analysis --- origin-destination --- ITS --- tall building --- locating criteria --- fuzzy visibility --- visual impact --- water accounting --- resource efficiencies --- virtual water trade --- Australian trade sustainability --- sustainable resource management --- governance-engineering nexus --- smart mobility --- demand responsive transport --- connected and autonomous vehicle --- Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) --- electric mobility --- shared transportation --- intelligent transportation systems --- smart city --- transportation disadvantage --- social exclusion --- Android application --- energy-efficient --- mobile ads --- gamma correction --- energy performance certificate (EPC) --- hedonic pricing method --- real estate market --- property prices --- Alicante --- DIALux --- simulation --- lighting quality --- teaching institution --- classroom lighting --- flood risk management --- measures --- approaches --- design criteria --- plans --- schemes --- hazard --- vulnerability --- risk --- expected annual damages --- direct and indirect flood losses --- computational intelligence --- image processing --- pedestrian movement patterns --- surveillance cameras --- cost–benefit analysis --- multicriteria analysis --- comparative risk assessment --- economic rent --- internal rate of return --- present value --- optimal risk point --- flood management ratio --- photovoltaic cell defect --- classifier --- artificial intelligence --- traffic congestion --- public urban transport --- daily infections by COVID-19 --- flood --- integrated flood risk management --- resilience building --- emergency planning --- disaster risk reduction --- community participation --- disaster preparedness --- environmental footprint --- cleanup --- green remediation --- renewable energy sources --- smart microgrid --- Home Assistant --- monitoring and control system --- older adults --- mobility --- systematic review --- municipal electric bike system --- electric bike-sharing --- sustainable urban transport --- travel behavior --- timetable synchronization --- public transportation planning --- mixed integer programming --- evolutionary algorithms --- real case study --- smart cities --- battery energy storage system --- dimensioning methodology --- industrial consumption --- electricity fixed term --- demand response --- smart grid --- discomfort index --- water heaters --- thermal model