Integrated models of land use and transportation for the autonomous vehicle revolution

ABSTRACT

The advent of the autonomous vehicle (AV) will affect not only the transportation system, but also future patterns of land development. Integrated land use and transportation models will be critical tools in assessing the path forward with this technology. Key questions with respect to land use impacts of AVs arise from potential changes in sensitivity to travel and reduced demand for parking. It is an open question whether AVs will induce urban sprawl, or whether spatial economies of agglomeration will mitigate any reductions in travel time sensitivity. The deployment of shared fleets of AVs would likely reduce parking demand, producing yet to be explored impacts on property development within existing urban footprints. We perform a critical assessment of currently operational models and their ability to represent the adoption of AVs. We identify the representation of time in such models as a vital component requiring additional development to model this new technology. Existing model applications have focused on the discrete addition of new infrastructure or policy at a fixed point in time, whereas AV adoption will occur incrementally through time. Stated adaptation surveys are recommended as tools to quantify preferences and develop relevant model inputs. It is argued that existing models that assume comparatively static equilibrium have been convenient in the past, but are insufficient to model technology adoption. In contrast, dynamic model frameworks lack sufficient structure to maintain reasonability under large perturbations from base conditions. The ongoing advancement of computing has allowed models to move away from being mechanistic aggregate tools, towards behaviourally rich depictions of individual persons and firms. However, much work remains to move from projections of existing conditions into the future, to the evolution of the spatial economy as it evolves through time in response to new technologies and exogenous stresses. Principles from complex and evolutionary systems theory will be important in the development of models with the capacity to consider such dynamics.     

抛石基床振夯工艺在重力式码头施工中的应用

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整治建筑物壅水及重力相似偏离影响的初步研究

简述整治建筑物的壅水及其机理,归纳出局部水头损失壅水的通用公式。将丁坝工程壅水区分为床面摩阻损失增大壅水和局部水头损失壅水2部分。在ΔFr>0的模型中,采用换算式ΔZp=ΔZm.hλ,定性地说是偏大的。可采用换算式Δhfp=Δhfmhλ。而丁、潜坝局部水头损失的壅水,则应采用hjp=Δhjmλu02。     

Experimental study on the width of the turbulent area around bridge pier

At present, the method of calculating the turbulent flow width around the bridge pier is not given in the "Standard for Inland River Navigation" (GB50139-2004) in China, and the bridge designer usually increases the bridge span in order to ensure the navigation safety, which increases both of the structural design difficulty and the project investments. Therefore, it is extremely essential to give a research on the turbulent flow width around the bridge pier. Through the experiments of the fixed bed and the mobile bed, the factors influencing the turbulent flow width around the bridge pier have been analyzed, such as the approaching flow speed, the water depth, the angles between the bridge pier and the flow direction, the sizes of bridge pier, the shapes of the bridge pier, and the scouring around the bridge pier, etc. Through applying the dimension analytic method to the measured data, the formula of calculating the turbulent flow width around the bridge pier is then inferred.     

东秦岭特长隧道双线弹性整体道床施工技术

新建铁路东秦岭特长隧道采用弹性整体道床轨道基础 ,该基础弹性好 ,减少了线路维修工作量 ,降低费用。主要介绍采用组合式轨道排架法施工弹性整体道床的施工工艺、机具配套及质量控制措施     

清水冲刷河床调整过程试验研究

通过沙质河床清水冲刷水槽试验,对河床纵剖面的调整、沙波尺度、粗化层厚度及其与沙波运动关系、粗化层级配、推移质级配等进行了观测分析,进一步揭示了清水冲刷,河床重建平衡的机理。水槽试验表明,沙质河床清水冲刷,上游河段比降调平,床沙粗化,沙波发育,河床阻力增大,水深增大,流速减小,导致河床供沙能力削弱,输沙能力降低,冲刷向不冲刷转化。     

城市轨道交通车地无线的网络架构及应用

基于目前城市轨道交通运营及安保对车地无线通信网络的需求,通过对WLAN(无线局域网络)及TD-LTE(时分长期演进)技术方案的对比分析,提出更为适用于城市轨道交通的TD-LTE车地无线技术方案.结合郑州市轨道交通1号线一期工程的实例,验证该方案能够实现高速移动状态下的大带宽传输、多业务承载,可解决轨道交通车地通信的瓶颈问题,满足承载需要.     

需求不均衡的制梁台座规模优化算法改进研究

根据箱梁预制工艺的要求,模具的周转周期T2通常为3～5 d,而文献[1]中制梁台座规模优化算法仅适合于模具的周转周期T2=1 d的情况。针对文献[1]的局限性,试图通过作图、试算和归纳等一系列工作,找出适用于T2=[1,T1]时计算最优制梁台座数和模具数的通用算法,进一步扩大了算法的适用性。同时,结合文献[1]的工程实例,利用Matlab语言编程验证了改进算法的可行性。     

城市轨道交通轨道结构型式的选择

分析了无砟轨道与有砟轨道的特点,提出了城市轨道交通轨道结构的设计原则,并针对不同的轨道结构（钢轨、扣件、道床结构）进行了选型比较,同时对目前国内外常用的轨道结构减振降噪技术做了综合论述,为轨道结构选型设计提供参考.     

对城市轨道公共交通工程演化的思考

城市是人类政治、经济、社会、文化的聚焦点,也是人类频繁活动的集散中心。根据全球城市化进程的快速推进,城市公共交通已出现严重瓶颈,阻碍了城市文明发展。从工程演化论学术观分析,城市公共交通朝轨道交通发展已成历史的必然;而城市规模、特征、环境、发达程度所构成的不同形态又促使城轨交通工程演化朝向多样性发展;当前,在新时期下的社会和自然出现更高需求,城轨交通如何依靠技术进化来实现可持续发展是本文作者的思考命题,借此同学术界共勉。