Browsing by Author "Kane, Kevin"

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    Affecting commute mode choice in Southern California: Which employer-based strategies work?
    (Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2020) Kane, Kevin; Hsu, Jenneille; Cryer, Joseph; Anderson, Marco
    Interest in mandatory employer-based trip reduction (EBTR) programs has been renewed due to increased emphasis on reducing transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. This paper analyzes survey data from 2004 to 2016 from an EBTR program in Southern California, known as Rule 2202, which allows employers with more than 250 workers to choose among implementing commute reduction strategies to meet performance standards, show evidence of obtaining omissions credits, or pay a fee-in-lieu. We report program statistics and conduct bivariate and regression analyses to determine which land-use and location characteristics, employer characteristics, and mitigation strategies explain cross-sectional differences in average vehicle ridership (AVR) and AVR improvement to understand where future AVR increases might be realized. Decreasing program participation suggests that alternatives to commute-reduction strategies make financial sense to regulated employers, but Rule 2202 employers report higher alternative transportation shares than the region as a whole. AVR is found to be highest at smaller worksites, in transit-supported and pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods, and where employers support vanpool programs. Multivariate analyses indicate that AVR gains were also highest in commercially dense neighborhoods, for retail businesses, and where guaranteed ride home programs were offered, showing promise for future AVR gains.
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    Bedrock Geologic Map of the Disappointment and Ima Lakes Area, Lake County, Northeastern Minnesota
    (2008-08) Stifter, Eric; Wartman, Jakob; Gibbons, Jack; Kane, Kevin; Murphy, Laura; Carlson, Anders; Mason, Tracey; Hudak, George J; Peterson, Dean M
    This map is the result of seven days of field mapping by the authors in 2008, as well as a compilation of information gathered from Van Hise (1901), Gruner (1941), and Chandler (1991). This map was created by PRC Field Camp students under the supervision and guidance of Dr. Dean Peterson, NRRI Senior Research Associate, and Dr. George Hudak, professor at UW-Oshkosh. The purpose of this map is to aid in understanding the nature of the basal contact between the Duluth Complex and Wawa Subprovince Archean metavolcanic-metasedimentary rocks, which was last mapped in the early 1940's. Additionally, this map will serve as a basis for additional undergraduate honors theses studies. Access to the 663 outcrops mapped for this project was provided by extensive canoe shoreline mapping and traverses in the blown-down bush of the Dissapointment and Ima Lakes field area. This map was made at a 1:10,000 scale, and is the first detailed map done in an area previously mapped on a reconnaissance scale.