Browsing by Author "Barnes, Philip J."

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    2018 Update to the 2008 City of Milford Comprehensive Plan
    (2018-05) City of Milford; DeCoursey, William J.; Barnes, Philip J.; Raab, Linda P.; Pierce, Rob; Eisenhart, Scott; Oza, Jeel; Minni, Nicole
    This plan was prepared by the City of Milford Planning and Zoning Commission with assistance from the Institute for Public Administration (IPA), a unit within the School of Public Policy & Administration at the University of Delaware.
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    Bicycle Justice or Just Bicycles? Analyzing Equity in Baltimore's Bike Share Program
    (Department of Transportation and Urban Infrastructure at Morgan State University, 2018-09) Barnes, Philip J.; Grasso, Susan; Chavis, Celeste; Bhutan, Istiak A.; Nickkar, Amirreza
    Bike share systems have become a common feature of the modern urban landscape and provide residents and visitors with an active transportation mode. Yet these systems have sustained equity-focused criticism for serving a narrow demographic band of residents and visitors, while others lack access and face barriers to usage. The City of Baltimore, Maryland, launched a bike share system in 2016. This study evaluates Baltimore’s new system from an equity-focused lens using two complementary approaches. The first approach, which is a GIS-based equity gap analysis, develops a population-density-normalized Bike Equity Index to quantitatively assess the spatial distribution of the city’s bicycle infrastructure supply and how it serves (or doesn’t serve) Baltimore’s transit-dependent and environmental justice communities. The second analytic orientation, which applies a user and barrier analysis, utilizes survey data to identify the low-equity groups and the variables that limit (or don’t limit) their demand for the city’s bike share program. When combined, the two perspectives—one top-down and the other bottom-up—present a more comprehensive picture and nuanced understanding of the current system’s equity performance. The research findings demonstrate that Baltimore Bike Share infrastructure is unevenly distributed across the city’s many communities and is undersupplied in areas with residents who are transit-dependent. Furthermore, the results support claims of a demographic mismatch between current bike share system users and the general population. The communities underrepresented among Baltimore Bike Share users are less educated, lower-income, non-whites, Hispanics, and females. The research indicates that females express concern over certain barriers to accessing and using Baltimore Bike Share, including how to use the system, personal safety, helmet use, harassment, and hygiene. No significant barriers were identified for the other underrepresented demographic groups. To enhance the equity of the system, the research team recommends that the City of Baltimore prioritize bike share system expansion into the neighborhoods east and west of the downtown corridor. A robust community outreach strategy that targets underrepresented populations is also recommended and should include initiatives such as a grassroots bike share ambassador program and organized community rides. The bike share docking stations can also be leveraged for their advertising potential and should contain marketing materials that speak directly to underrepresented communities.
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    Delaware's Climate Change Programming
    (Institute for Public Administration, 2020-08) Barnes, Philip J.; Akiba, Kohei
    Interviews were conducted with local officials in Delaware to understand how they acquire knowledge of climate impacts and whether that knowledge informs local development and administrative decisions. The analysis shows that climate education and training programs offered by the state (mostly the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control—DNREC) and its partners are able to communicate climate information, but first-hand observation and experience with climate impacts (flooding, heat) were frequently cited by interviewees. Despite this knowledge, and despite several instances of climate planning, climate-informed decision making and implementation is not occurring for a variety of reasons including deficits in local technical capacity, uncertainty around administrative and policy strategies for implementing climate-informed development, and a high demand for municipal resources that must manage the near term day-to-day activities and permitting processes. To advance climate-informed development and local administration, a program should be created that would pair state resources with willing communities. The program and the state-community partnership should establish a publicly-engaged process that seeks to transition the community from the climate planning phase into implementation (new ordinances, codes, policy, etc.).
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    Enhanced Mobility from Connected and Automated Vehicles
    (Institute for Public Administration, 2018-10) Barnes, Philip J.; Swan, Brett
    How CAVS can enhance independent mobility options for the elderly and people with disabilities.
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    Fiscal Impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicles in Delaware
    (Institute for Public Administration, 2018-10) Barnes, Philip J.; Swan, Brett
    How Connected and Automated Vehicles will alter the state and municipal fiscal landscape.
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    High Definition Mapping and Data Needs for Connected and Automated Vehicles
    (Institute for Public Administration, 2019-01) Barnes, Philip J.; Swan, Brett
    High-definition (HD) maps are essential for the safe operation of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs). The maps are not the traditional two-dimensional paper or GPS versions we are familiar with, but rather are three-dimensional representations of the real world—such as we see with our own eyes. HD maps, which come within centimeters of accuracy, allow a CAV to understand its location, surrounding physical environment, and rules of the road. Due to the complexity and data-intensity of HD maps, CAVs require extensive on-board computing power to quickly collect, store, process, and transmit a tremendous amount of data.
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    Privacy in Connected and Automated Vehicles
    (2018-05) Barnes, Philip J.
    Today’s vehicles are packed with technologies that control, monitor, and record a variety of information. Data points include speed, acceleration, braking, geolocation, tire pressure, engine diagnostics, and the radio station. When connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) arrive in the coming years, the volume of data generated by automotive technology will increase further. CAVs, along with their infotainment displays, will substitute for the smartphone in your pocket and will be equally functional as data generators and receivers. As with smartphones, CAVs will create privacy and consumer protection concerns.