Integrating a traffic router and microsimulator into a land use and travel demand model

Abstract

This paper describes one of the first known attempts at integrating a dynamic and disaggregated land-use model with a traffic microsimulator and compares its predictions of land use to those from an integration of the same land-use model with a more traditional four-step travel demand model. For our study area of Chittenden County, Vermont, we used a 40-year simulation beginning in 1990. Predicted differences in residential units between models for 2030 broken down by town correlated significantly with predicted differences in accessibility. The two towns with the greatest predicted differences in land use and accessibility are also the towns that currently have the most severe traffic bottlenecks and poorest route redundancy. Our results suggest that this particular integration of a microsimulator with a disaggregated land-use model is technically feasible, but that in the context of an isolated, small metropolitan area, the differences in predicted land use are small.     

Sense of Place as a Source of Tension in Canada’s West Coast Energy Conflicts

Canada’s west coast has been a hotspot of environmental conflict, most recently in defense of climate action and natural places under threat by energy development. This study examined sense of place as a source of tension in conflicts sparked by two energy proposals. The Bute Inlet run-of-river hydroelectric project would power British Columbia’s remote Central Coast, and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would transport bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands to tankers for export. Surveys, interviews, and mapping were used to investigate the depth and character of participants’ sense of favorite places and places expected to be affected by the projects, with appreciation, concern, and responsibility for nature as organizing themes. We discovered a regional, nature-centric sense of place on the south coast, and a sense of place among Albertans linked to that province’s oil and gas economy and its reputation as Canada’s chief breadwinner. Ties to natural places were found to underpin environmental advocacy by tapping into deep place connections as well as place connections conveyed through network ideologies and the protests themselves. We outline for consideration key characteristics of a regional sense of place, and offer ways to mitigate place-based economy versus environment conflicts.     

事故数据存储器

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Interannual variation of the Polar Front in the Japan/East Sea from summertime hydrography and sea level data

The Polar Front in the Japan/East Sea separates the southern warm water region from the northern cold water region. A merged TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-1/2 altimeter dataset and upper water temperature data were used to determine the frontal location and to examine the structure of its interannual variability from 1993 to 2001. The identified frontal location, where sea surface height gradient has a maximum about 10–20 cm over the horizontal distance of 100 km, corresponds well to the maximum subsurface horizontal temperature gradient. The front migrates more widely (36°N–41°N) in the western part of the sea than in the eastern part. The interannual migration induces large variability in upper water temperatures and sea surface height in the western region. Responsible physical mechanisms were studied using a reduced-gravity model. Differences between inflow and outflow change the total volume of warm water, and total warm water volume change in the warm water region uniformly pushes the front in the meridional direction across its mean position in the model simulation. Interannual variation of wind stress causes relatively wide migration of the modeled front in the western part.     

汽车可视系统

现代汽车中应用了越来越多复杂的电子装置,其中包括具有驾驶员操纵便利和安全特性的各种系统。相信,这些电子装置将会在未来几年里引起汽车维修行业的广泛关注。[编者按]     

雨水感应式雨刷系统最新技术

现代汽车中配备了许多自动化系统。它们可以做许多原本需要驾驶员自己去做的事情，雨水感应式自动雨刷系统便是其中一个典型代表。雨水感应式自动雨刷系统看起来好像并没有什么特别之处，但其背后却包含了工程师们大量的心血。融入了许多技术创新和突破。     

北美铁路货车转向架的发展(续完)

16 构件 16.1 旁承 在普通货车转向架上装配车体时,车体基本上是均衡地放在心盘上,上心盘允许在枕梁和摇枕间相对横向振动.当转向架在心盘支承上转动以通过曲线轨道时,旁承(图24)组件通过限制这种相对摇摆运动,来对车体起横向稳定作用.     

咫尺之遥的未来汽车技术

尽管屡见报端的新闻确实使人们看到汽车业发生了格局混乱的现象,但是在汽车设计研发方面的技术创新却从未间断过。有很多技术创新的成果你已经能在最新的车型上看到了,不仅如此,未来还将有更多的新技术成果源源呈现在你的面前。     

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