浅谈工程保险服务招标

从合理设定投标人资格、合理确定企业注册资本金等方面分析工程保险服务招标与其他服务类招标的不同,通过对《保险法》及保险的相关法规的认知,合理设置保险条款及合同专用条款,并将保险公司的履约信誉纳入评审中,进一步规范保险服务招标市场。     

公路设计中的缺陷及解决措施

公路在我国的交通中占有重要的一席之地,对我国的经济贡献巨大。近年来,公路的损毁问题也越来越严重,由于公路的损毁导致的交通事故屡见不鲜。因此本文对公路设计中的缺陷及解决措施进行了探讨,提出了一定可行的解决措施。这些解决措施对公路的设计具有一定的参考价值。     

Effects of task complexity and time pressure on activity-travel choices: heteroscedastic logit model and activity-travel simulator experiment

This paper derives, estimates and applies a discrete choice model of activity-travel behaviour that accommodates potential effects of task complexity and time pressure on decision-making. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that both factors (task complexity and time pressure) are jointly captured in a discrete choice model. More specifically, our heteroscedastic logit model captures potential impacts of task complexity and time pressure through the scale of the utility of activity-travel options. We collect data using a novel activity-travel simulator experiment that has been specifically designed with the aim of testing our model. Results are in line with expectations, in that higher levels of task complexity and time pressure are found to result in a smaller scale of utility. In other words, higher levels of task complexity and time pressure lead to more random choice behaviour and as a consequence to less pronounced differences in choice probabilities between alternatives. An empirical illustration suggests that choice probability-differences between models that do and those that do not capture these effects, can be very substantial; this in turn suggests that failing to capture the effects of task complexity and time pressure in discrete choice models of activity travel decision-making might lead to serious bias in forecasts of the effects of transport policies.     

Improving the efficiency of demand-responsive paratransit services

State agencies responsible for ADA-eligible paratransit services are increasingly under pressure to contain costs and maximize service quality. Many do not operate vehicles themselves; instead, they contract out the provision of services. Contractors are paid for each hour of service. They are responsible for hiring crew, forming routes, dispatching, and operating and maintaining agency-owned vehicles. In the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Metro Mobility, the agency responsible for providing paratransit services, requires contractors to use agency-approved software for booking trips dynamically and sets parameters that guide contractors’ practices. Customer trips booked in this fashion may not utilize capacity in the most efficient manner. Therefore, beginning with the daily trip schedules generated by the software, this paper proposes two approaches for improving the efficiency of paratransit operations and estimates the benefit of using these approaches via experiments that utilize Metro Mobility data. The first approach re-optimizes routes developed at the end of each day. The second approach evaluates the benefit to state agencies of selectively using non-dedicated service providers such as taxis. Both approaches are tested on actual data obtained from Metro Mobility. The study shows that a conservative estimate of savings from re-optimization would be approximately 5% of Metro Mobility’s operating costs. Savings from the use of taxis are smaller and in the range of hundreds of dollars per day.     

城市浅埋隧道的抗震及减震措施研究

随着城市浅埋隧道建设的快速发展,地下工程的抗震性能愈来愈受到关注,隧道结构的抗震、减震分析变得日益重要。文章综合论述了城市浅埋隧道的震害特点及减震措施,并阐述了浅埋隧道地震反应分析的实用方法,进而提出目前抗震设计中应该注意的问题,对改善城市浅埋隧道的抗震设计具有重要意义。     

超深基坑在第一承压含水层中干封底施工技术探讨

处于上海地区第一承压含水层中的复兴东路220kV电缆越江顶管工程浦东工作井开挖深度达32．45m,详细介绍了该工作井封底技术方案比选、抽水试验、沉降监测以及实现干封底的技术要点等内容,为今后类似工程提供借鉴。     

上海轨道交通网络化客流特征及规律初探

结合上海轨道交通在实现网络化运营后出现的一些新特征,介绍了客流变化的新动向和新情况,同时,对于在网络运营中,如何把握运营规律、挖掘客流潜力、提升客流强度、提高投资回报等进行了研究和分析,可供在建轨道交通的其他城市借鉴。     

TTB or not TTB, that is the question: a review and analysis of the empirical literature on travel time (and money) budgets

This paper summarizes and analyses findings from more than two dozen aggregate and disaggregate studies of travel time (and sometimes money) expenditures, exploring the question of the existence of a constant travel time budget. We conclude (with prior researchers) that travel time expenditures are not constant except, perhaps, at the most aggregate level. Nevertheless, individuals’ travel time expenditures do show patterns that can be partly explained by measurable characteristics. Travel time expenditure is strongly related to individual and household characteristics (e.g., income level, gender, employment status, and car ownership), attributes of activities at the destination (e.g., activity group and activity duration), and characteristics of residential areas (e.g., density, spatial structure, and level of service). To the extent that travel time expenditures are constant at the aggregate level, the underlying mechanisms explaining that regularity are not well understood. Consequently, further research into explaining travel time and money expenditure patterns is justified.     

等截面、等量排风管道静压分布和风口开度计算

本文详细介绍了等截面多风口等量排风长管道内压力分布基本式理论推导和风口开度调节计算方法,并根据实际地下工程测定数据验证其理论计算可靠性,可以供地下工程设计计算和工程调试中作借鉴和参考。     

兰渝线桐子林隧道岩溶特征及整治方案探讨

文章介绍了兰渝线桐子林隧道施工中揭示的3处岩溶、暗河、岩溶水的发育特征,以及对不同岩溶提出了几种针对性的整治方案,并进行了方案分析、比选探讨.目前隧道施工已穿过岩溶地段,并已取得初步成效,特别是隧道通过后未产生新的水环境问题.