Should Caltrain merge with BART into a single integrated rail commuter system? Will merging BART and Caltrain into a single integrated system improve rail service and connectivity in the SF Bay Area?

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Title

Evaluation of BART and Caltrain merging into a single integrated rail commuter system.

Audience

The audience for this evaluation is the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, BART Board, nonprofit public policy organizations, local business organizations, transit advocacy organizations, CA state legislature, and the general public/voters.

Description of the Program/Policy/Infrastructure

 There are 27 transit agencies operating in the Northern California San Francisco Bay Area each with its own governance, schedules, and ticketing that are often not compatible with each other. Public interest is growing in exploring whether transportation agencies will operate more efficiently if they were to merge and consolidate their services. The pandemic has accelerated interest in merging transportation agencies as ridership plummeted. Federal funding sustained many transit agencies and offset ridership losses during the pandemic. As federal funding dries up and ridership is slow to return, merging rail agencies is worth considering.

As Caltrain explores a new governance structure that potentially separates it from its parent agency, SamTrans, one option being considered is merging with a regional transit agency, like BART

Evaluate the governance structure of BART and Caltrain to determine if integration is even possible, and what benefits will be achieved by doing so.

Evaluation Question(s)

Should Caltrain merge with BART into a single integrated rail commuter system?

Will merging BART and Caltrain into a single integrated system improve rail service and connectivity in the SF Bay Area?

Can BART and Caltrain operate under a single governance structure?

Will the financial and physical similarities of the BART and Caltrain organizations facilitate a merger?

 

Relevance of the Evaluation

 A potential merger between BART and Caltrain could revolutionize rail travel throughout the Bay Area and have impacts beyond consolidating passenger rail service. A merger could provide economic benefits to the BART and Caltrain rail corridors attracting new ridership, transit-oriented development, affordable housing, commerce, and improve the surrounding communities. And with the CA High Speed Rail already committed to operate along the blended peninsula rail segment, an opportunity to expand transit connectivity to Bay Area residents and surrounding communities has the potential to transform while encouraging rail travel in the post-pandemic environment.

 

Evaluation Methodology

The evaluation method will include interviewing several transit agency directors, non-profit organizations, and transit managers with rail operations experience. Review data from research studies, review videos and minutes from transit agency meetings.

Work Plan for MTM 283 & 290

 

Week of         

10/10               Finish draft evaluation

10/17               Discuss with Asha about Draft 1, Find 2 sources

10/24               Peer Feedback for Draft 1,

10/31

11/7

11/14

11/21

How does fingerprint evidence fail to comply with Daubert’s standard of testing and validation? What is individualization? What are some reasons for dissimilarity in fingerprints?

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Science and the Forensic Sciences

Answer the following questions based on the chapter. The discipline is Expert Witness in Forensic Science
Questions:
1. List 4 points of Steele’s Checklist for Defence Attorneys about firearms.
2. How does fingerprint evidence fail to comply with Daubert’s standard of testing and validation?
3. What is individualization?
4. What are some reasons for dissimilarity in fingerprints?
5. Why has forensic science not followed along the lines of “real science”?

Discuss why this policy is important and relevant to the public, discuss how your proposed solutions help address the unresolved issues and what levels of agencies and government need to be involved.

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Public policy campaign

Select a public policy and bring awareness to this issue by developing a clear and succinct infographic that will help the general public understand the policy issue, why it is important and an action plan that leads to change. 2 page written submission that discusses your public policy campaign. Discuss why this policy is important and relevant to the public, discuss how your proposed solutions help address the unresolved issues and what levels of agencies and government need to be involved. Your written submission must follow APA guidelines.

Analyze the performance of the crew with respect to this module’s lesson on leadership and teamwork. In your analysis, include a discussion of the principles of 6th Generation CRM/Threat and Error Management.

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Leadership and Teamwork on the Flight Deck

Create a presentation that assesses the performance of the crew of United Flight 232. You must include these elements:

1- Analyze the performance of the crew (and other teammates such as ATC, fire/rescue, dispatch, maintenance) with respect to this module’s lesson on leadership and teamwork.
2- Highlight both positive characteristics and areas for improvement.
3- In your analysis, include a discussion of the principles of 6th Generation CRM/Threat and Error Management (even though this accident was pre-6th Gen.).
4- Do not just summarize the events; include a critical analysis!

What is the formal definition of the deadlock? What are the four requirements for a deadlock? Suppose that a resource allocation graph contains a cycle. Does this mean there is a deadlock?

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Deadlock

  • What is the formal definition of the deadlock?
  • What are the four requirements for a deadlock?
  • Suppose that a resource allocation graph contains a cycle. Does this mean there is a deadlock?
  • Suppose that a resource allocation graph does not contain a cycle. Does this mean there is no deadlock?

Consider a system with processes P1 and P2 and resources R1, R2, R3 (where each resource has a single instance). Draw a resource allocation graph for each of the following steps in the sequence and answer the following questions:

  • Process P2 requests resource R1
  • Process P1 is granted access to R1
  • Processes both P1 and P2 claim both resources R2 and R3

Consider a three process system in which processes may request any of 12 drives. Suppose the allocation state given below. Show that the allocation state is unsafe. Will this system deadlock?

 

  Allocation Max Need Available
P0 5 10 5 12
P1 2 4 2  
P2 3 9 6  

 

 

Select one drug and/or alcohol or process addiction screening instrument commonly used in the assessment and diagnosis of substance related concerns.

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Screening Paper

Drug/Alcohol/Process Addiction Screening Instrument Analysis paper

Students will select one drug and/or alcohol or process addiction screening instrument commonly used in the assessment and diagnosis of substance related concerns. Students will analyze the instrument in each of the following areas:

  1. statistical validity,
  2. diagnostic applicability (i.e. does the instrument use language that lends itself towards a DSM diagnosis), and
  3.  multicultural applicability.

Students will then use their chosen instrument to screen/diagnose a character from one of the movies listed on Moodle and defend their diagnosis. *For the screening instrument analysis, please screen a character (preferably a main character) from one of following movies below: choose any please

  • Flight (2012)**
  • Requiem for a Dream (2000)**
  • 28 Days (2000)

**Note that these 2 films in particular have an MPAA rating of “R”  and contain sexually graphic and explicit material, adult language, and  violence that may be uncomfortable for some viewers. Choose another film if this material is likely to have an adverse impact on the learning experience for you.

Analysis is to be 1-2 pages APA format (12-point Times New Roman font, double spaced, 1inch margins). But no title page or abstract are required.

 

Some Resources:

Some assessment format used are: SASSI4, ASAM, PHQ9, GAD7

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this type of leadership style. -What is your leaders impact outside of the organization? Do they work with any charities, not-for profits? Do they have a social media presence?

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Kylie Jenner

Give a background on the leader including their name, type of organization, organization’s primary products and/or services, how long they have been with the organization, prior organizational associations (if any) and number of followers or employees. Show their growth through a timeline from birth to what they are now.
Classify the leadership style used. Justify your classification with examples. —

–Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this type of leadership style.

-What is your leaders impact outside of the organization? Do they work with any charities, not-for profits? Do they have a social media presence (Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram)?
-Assess the culture found within the organization and justify this assessment with examples. Discuss your leaders impact on organizational culture.
-Make at least two recommendations for your leader based upon what you have learned about leadership communication in this course.

Copy a short passage that you found to be interesting. Explain what made it interesting for you.

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Food & Society

Copy a short passage that you found to be interesting. Explain what made it interesting for you.

Write an essay on how rich and poor people are treated in different cultures.

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Cultural different

Write an essay on how rich and poor people are treated in different cultures.

How can they be accessed in other compilation units? How can global variables be hidden from other compilation units?

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Python language

Pick one of the following languages: Python, Modula, Ada, C#, or Perl. After consulting an authoritative reference, discuss each of the following requirements for that language:

  • (a) Declaration before use.
  • (b) Overloading of operators for programmer-defined types.
  • (c) Binding time of array size.
  • (d) What constitutes a scope.
  • (e) Location of a declaration within a scope.

After consulting an authoritative reference on the requirements for using global variables in C, answer the following questions.

  • (a) How can they be accessed in other compilation units?
  • (b)How can global variables be hidden from other compilation units?