Investigating commute satisfaction differences of private car users and public transport users in a developing country context

Transportation - The objective of this paper is to investigate commute satisfaction differences across car users and public transport (PT) users in a developing country context. Using survey data...     

城市建成区智能化轨道快运系统的线路规划

介绍了智能化轨道快运系统的技术特点及优势,分析了建成区道路拓宽困难、道路交通流量大、用地空间有限等现实条件,并从线路敷设、路权方式、车站设置等方面讨论了智能化轨道快运系统规划的相关内容.以重庆市南滨路智能化轨道快运系统线路为应用案例提出规划建议.     

Widening the Panama Canal and U.S. ports: historical and economic impact analyses

ABSTRACT

The economic history of the U.S. illustrates how the role of many cities has been changed by being seaports or located on navigable rivers or lakes. Based on the widening of the Panama Canal in 2016, the West Coast ports that include the west coast seaports of California, Oregon, and Washington were expected to become less important, while the freight shares of the East Coast and Gulf ports would increase. By how much it has been not easy to measure or predict so far, but this study attempted to define some of the key parameters in the measurement. As well as several relevant background topics, both the demand- and supply-side versions of the National Interstate Economic Model, have been applied for the measurement of economic impacts. U.S. port authorities and policy makers at the local and national levels who respond and develop plans for coping with the new realities of the Panama Canal are able to understand the extent to which changes in shippers’ and land-mode transporters’ behaviors would undermine the logistics and the costs of their activities. Therefore, this study is important for a diverse spectrum of port development strategies in the U.S. to respond to the Canal expansion.     

基于核磁共振与无侧限抗压试验对纤维加固红黏土的宏微观特性研究

红黏土因其具有孔隙比大、易压缩等不良工程特性,常在工程建设中引起一列工程问题.为此,采用聚丙烯纤维对红黏土进行加固,并采用核磁共振(NMR)技术和无侧限抗压强度试验对不同含量纤维加固后土体的宏微观特性进行测试,得到以下结论:1)不同含量纤维加固后红黏土的T2谱形态基本保持一致,均在弛豫时间为1 ms附近出现峰值,且纤维含量为0.2％时,试样内部信号最强;不同含量纤维加筋土内部的孔径主要分布在0.01μm到0.05μm之间,且0.02μm孔径所占比例最大;试样的孔隙度和T2谱峰值面积随纤维含量的增加表现出先增加后减小的趋势,且均在纤维含量为0.2％时到达最大值;2)纤维能够明显增加红黏土的抗压强度,加筋土的抗压强度与纤维含量保持良好的线性增加关系;且随着纤维含量的增加,试样由脆性破坏逐渐表现为韧性破坏特征.3)纤维在土体中起到加筋作用,显著增加了土体间的连接力,且纤维相互交叉连接形成了空间网状结构,限制了土体的变形,使得加筋土抗压强度增加并表现出韧性破坏特征.     

大型体育赛事开闭幕式交通组织策划

大型体育赛事开闭幕式的人流、车流高度集中,对服务水平保障要求严格,媒体关注度较高.基于多项大型体育赛事开闭幕式交通组织方案编制和实施过程的思考,探讨开闭幕式交通需求的特点与挑战、交通组织策略、方案评估方法和指挥体系.指出开闭幕式交通组织策划需根据仪式流程,安保政策,各客户群体起讫点、出行时间和服务模式等,采用交通模型和仿真方法,评估不同方案下高峰时段道路负荷、人流负荷,并发现风险区域.据此构建开闭幕式交通策划的步骤和方法框架,阐述各步骤的分析方法.研究证明,针对开闭幕式交通特点,采用科学的交通组织策略、系统的方案评估和优化方法,构建高效的指挥架构,持续的团队磨合及演练是开闭幕式交通组织成功的关键.     

表面选区强化对钢轨波磨处轮轨滚动接触行为的影响

层流等离子体表面强化技术可大幅提高钢轨表面的硬度和耐磨性。为了揭示强化处理对轮轨滚动接触行为的影响,建立同时考虑钢轨表面选区强化和短波波磨的三维轮轨瞬态滚动接触有限元模型,数值计算了车轮高速滚过一个波磨周期的轮轨力、接触斑黏滑分布和残余应力应变。对比发现:表面选区强化对轮轨力和接触斑黏滑分布的影响较小,不影响钢轨承载性能;对钢轨表面残余应力应变分布的影响明显,残余应力主要集中在屈服强度较高的强化斑内而残余应变主要集中在韧性较好的基体材料上,表面选区强化有效结合了强化斑和基体材料的力学性能,形成了一种强韧的良好匹配。结果可为现场生产服务提供一定的理论指导和应用参考。     

考虑高铁客运产品间交叉弹性的动态票价策略

将由特定高铁列车所提供的起讫点间的旅客运输服务定义为单个高铁客运产品。随着高速铁路越来越"公交化",同一起讫点间客运产品间的可替代性越来越强,票价的调整有了更精细化的要求。用经济学中的交叉弹性理论描述客运产品间的可替代程度,用指数需求函数描述客运产品的需求与票价的关系,构建并求解高铁动态票价优化模型,对客运产品间不同可替代程度下的最优动态票价策略进行研究。结果显示:高铁客运产品间的可替代性会影响票价策略的选择,且客运产品间可替代程度的增加是否有利于客票收益的提高与可行折扣票价集合的选取有关。     

Costs of air pollutants from shipping: a meta-regression analysis

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This study estimated the external cost of air pollution from shipping by means of a meta-regression analysis, which has not been made before. Three pollutants, which were included in most of the primary studies, were considered: nitrogen oxides (NO_x), sulphur dioxides (SO₂) and particulate matters with a diameter of max 2.5 micrometres (PM_2.5). All primary studies included damages of health and a majority added impacts on agriculture and estimated the cost of air pollutants by transferring cost estimates from studies on costs of air emissions from transports in Europe. Different regression models and estimators were used and robust results were found of statistically significant emission elasticities of below one, i.e. total external costs increase by less than 1% when emissions increase by 1%. There was a small variation between the pollutants, with the highest elasticity for PM_2.5 and lowest for NO_x. Calculations of the marginal external cost of the pollutants showed the same pattern, with this cost being approximately six times higher for PM_2.5 than for the other pollutants. Common to all pollutants was that the marginal external cost decreases when emission increases. Another robust result was a significant increase in the cost of studies published in journals compared with other publication outlets. These findings point out some caution when transferring constant external unit cost of air pollutant from shipping, which is much applied in the literature, and the cost functions estimated in this study could thus provide a complementary transfer mechanism.     

“天鲲号”超大型自航绞吸船辅钢桩门装置设计

针对自航绞吸船在艏部设置辅钢桩定位系统存在的影响航速等问题，“天鲲”号超大型自航绞吸挖泥船提出了在艏部设置钢桩门的解决方案。该解决方案不仅可以保持完整的艏部线型，减小航行阻力，而且还可以减小辅钢桩甲板作业空间。本文介绍了“天鲲”号辅钢桩门装置的设计方案，以及辅桩钢桩门结构设计，最后提出了辅钢桩门开闭油缸等关键设备的选型计算方法及选型结果。本文可为超大型自航绞吸式挖泥船的辅钢桩门装置的设计分析提供参考和设计思路。     

Maritime security guidelines: a study of Swedish ports’ perceived barriers to compliance

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Due to the constant risk of piracy and terrorist attacks which cause disturbances within international shipping of goods, barriers to the adoption of maritime security guidelines (MSGs) at European ports have become prevalent. In this paper, a conceptual framework was created to explore the perceived barriers that prevent compliance with MSGs. To verify the conceptual framework, empirical data were collected using a mixed-methods approach, which was comprised of interviews with national experts and a survey of 47% of Swedish ports involved in the shipping of goods. According to the presented framework, the perceived barriers of Swedish ports to compliance with MSGs were linked to collaborations within the Swedish Maritime Security stakeholder network, available resources and educational knowledge about security culture. In addition, the perceived barriers of smaller ports were linked to the adaptation to MSGs at different levels and the absence of specific tools of maritime security management. Due to an increased interest in international shipping of goods, this paper is currently one of few that addresses the barriers to compliance with MSGs. Moreover, the paper presents a general conceptual framework, novel managerial implications and recommendations for future research.