Physical environments influencing bicyclists’ perception of comfort on separated and on-street bicycle facilities

This study investigates the impacts of physical environments on bicyclists’ perceptions of comfort on separated and on-street bicycle facilities. Based on a field investigation conducted in Nanjing, China, we find that physical environmental factors significantly influencing bicyclists’ perception of comfort on the two types of facility. Cyclists’ comfort is mainly influenced by the road geometry and surrounding conditions on physically separated paths while they pay attention to the effective riding space and traffic situations on on-street bicycle lanes.     

平交路口远引掉头设置方法分析

平交路口远引是解决路口流向禁限后车流转向问题的有效方法。通过对掉头地点的选址规划以及交叉口之间的协调控制进行研究,提出最佳掉头位置应满足的条件以及交叉口协调控制的相位差计算方法。通过对掉头通道通行能力的分析,提出实施掉头信号控制条件和具体实施方法。     

里双桥重建工程道路改建方案设计

合理的横断面形式、平纵线形指标、路基路面设计是城市道路改建中的关键。结合苏州老城区道路改建项目,针对现状建设条件、交通量预测结果,推荐采用三块板断面布置形式。通过拆除原侧分带、压缩非机动车道形式,使现状双向四车道实现双向六车道,同时新建侧分带保留了四排绿化,充分考虑了老城区道路绿化景观需求。拓宽新建段一般路基设计采用20 cm C20混凝土处理,路面设计根据现状弯沉值推荐了两种方案,为城市道路改建工程提供经验参考。     

We can all get along: The alignment of driver and bicyclist roadway design preferences in the San Francisco Bay Area

Two trends in the United States—growth in bicycling and enthusiasm for complete streets—suggest a need to understand how various roadway users view roadway designs meant to accommodate multiple modes. While many studies have examined bicyclists’ roadway design preferences, there has been little investigation into the opinions of non-bicyclists who might bicycle in the future. Additionally, little research has explored the preferences of the motorists who share roads with cyclists—despite the fact that motorists compose the vast majority of roadway users in the United States and similarly developed countries.This paper presents results from an internet survey examining perceived comfort while driving and bicycling on various roadways among 265 non-bicycling drivers, bicycling drivers, and non-driving bicyclists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Analysis of variance tests revealed that both drivers and bicyclists are more comfortable on roadways with separated bicycling facilities than those with shared space. In particular, roadways with barrier-separated bicycle lanes were the most popular among all groups, regardless of bicycling frequency. Striped bicycle lanes, a common treatment in the United States, received mixed reviews: a majority of the sample believed that they benefit cyclists and drivers through predictability and legitimacy on the roadway, but the lanes were rated significantly less comfortable than barrier-separated treatments—particularly among potential bicyclists.These findings corroborate research on bicyclists’ preferences for roadway design and contribute a new understanding of motorists’ preferences. They also support the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s efforts to encourage greater accommodation of bicyclists on urban streets.     

Estimating the bus user time benefits of implementing a median busway: Methodology and case study

This paper presents a general framework to estimate the bus user time benefits of a median busway including the effects on travel time and access time. Unlike previous models, we take into account the effects of geometry and the interaction with the demand structure. Models for predicting the bus in-vehicle time benefits of a median dual carriageway busway against mixed traffic condition on 2 and 3 lanes roads are estimated using data from a case study in Santiago (Chile), using a bus travel time model empirically estimated and considering different base case situations, including mixed traffic operations and bus lanes. Results of the application show that the expected in-vehicle time savings of a median busway might be reduced by access time losses due to increased walking distances and road crossing delays. Also, that net time benefits can vary significantly according to the base situation and the structure of demand considered. These findings point out to the need of including a wider set of impacts when studying the benefits of median busways, beyond in-vehicle time savings only. The empirical work presented here is completely based on passive data coming from GPS and smartcards, what makes easier and cheaper to conduct this type of analysis as well as to do it with a comprehensive scope at an early stage of the development of a BRT project. This framework can be extended to other types of dedicated bus lanes provided that a corresponding bus travel time savings model is available.     

三峡水库主要通航支流船舶定线制的设计原则和基本方法

本文参照国际海事组织关于船舶定线制的设计规范和标准,依据《中华人民共和国内河交通安全管理条例》、《中华人民共和国内河避碰规则》等法律、法规,对三峡水库通航支流船舶定线制的设计原则和基本方法,进行了探索和研究。     

三峡水库通航支流实行船舶定线制的必要性和可行性分析

随着三峡工程及一批支流航电枢纽的建设,部分三峡水库通航支流航道条件得到了明显的改善,为改善三峡水库通航支流水域的通航状况,切实解决三峡水库通航支流水域船舶航行、停泊和作业安全出现的新情况,使库区通航支流水上交通事故降低到最小,有必要以三峡水库通航支流水域环境为研究对象,通过对库区航道通航支流水域各种通航条件的深入研究,采取各种措施,确保船舶在三峡水库通航支流航道的安全航行。     

实现精益造船的三结合方法

介绍实现精益造船以产品为导向的工作分解、成组技术、工艺过程线的三结合方法,以及评议精益造船的三个度量标准。     

车辆荷载和车道荷载对桥梁结构可靠度的影响

公路桥梁结构的整体计算采用车道荷载,结构的局部计算采用车辆荷载,车辆荷载与车道荷载的作用不得叠加.将采用这2种荷载设计的结构进行可靠度对比,结果表明,按车辆荷载设计的结构满足正常使用功能的可靠度偏低,更容易发生损坏,这些损坏会影响到结构的正常使用.提出通过调整重型车辆通过桥梁时的交通行驶规则,增大结构按正常使用极限状态设计时车辆荷载的代表值,从而提高按车辆荷载设计的结构可靠度.     

关于城市道路潮汐车道的设置研究

针对城市道路早晚高峰单向拥堵难题,分别对已建和新建存在潮汐车流的道路进行了分析,对设置潮汐车道的条件进行了论证,并对潮汐车道道路的管理进行了研究。通过论证分析,明确了已建道路和新建道路设置潮汐车道的条件及设置潮汐车道要解决的问题,对设置潮汐车道的道路提出了管理措施。