Integrated optimization of bus priority operations in connected vehicle environment

Most previous works associated with transit signal priority merely focus on the optimization of signal timings, ignoring both bus speed and dwell time at bus stops. This paper presents a novel approach to optimize the holding time at bus stops, signal timings, and bus speed to provide priority to buses at isolated intersections. The objective of the proposed model is to minimize the weighted average vehicle delays of the intersection, which includes both bus delay and impact on nearby intersection traffic, ensuring that buses clear these intersections without being stopped by a red light. A set of formulations are developed to explicitly capture the interaction between bus speed, bus holding time, and transit priority signal timings. Experimental analysis is used to show that the proposed model has minimal negative impacts on general traffic and outperforms the no priority, signal priority only, and signal priority with holding control strategies (no bus speed adjustment) in terms of reducing average bus delays and stops. A sensitivity analysis further demonstrates the potential of the proposed approach to be applied to bus priority control systems in real‐time under different traffic demands, bus stop locations, and maximum speed limits. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

近交叉口公交站点的公交优先控制策略

采用公交优先控制策略探讨公交站点距离交叉口停车线较近可能导致公交车在交叉口范围内二次停车的问题.采用加权最小二乘法建立了公交站点停靠时间与公交车头时距的线性拟合函数,预测了公交车到达停车线的时间区段;采用绿灯早启和绿灯延长两种策略设计了公交优先控制方案.通过仿真对控制方案的有效性进行了检验,证明该公交优先控制策略能提高公交车辆的运行效率.     

地区公路项目兼顾效率与公平的优先级评价

政府投资的地区公路项目受到建设资金制约,在考虑项目建设效益的同时需兼顾地区的均衡发展.文中在总结前人研究成果的基础上,建立计量经济学的面板数据回归模型,采用GMM方法进行模型参数估计.模型采用年鉴数据,利用专业软件进行回归分析.并将回归分析的结果与前人的研究进行对比,对模型在中国部分省的适用性进行了评价.根据对实际案例的评价结果表明,评价模型具有很好的实用性.     

PDM在客车制造企业的应用规划

PDM（产品数据管理）技术在制造业中的应用正在迅速普及。本文结合为武汉客车厂开发PDM的实际经验。阐述客车制造企业开发PDM的规划。     

论我国城市客车工况循环标准修改的重要性

介绍国内外城市客车工况循环的现状.通过分析指出,我国现有的城市客车四工况循环已不能满足城市客车与电动客车研发的需要,并针对此标准提出修改建议.     

基于控制器局域网总线的微机化站间闭塞系统

随着计算机技术及现代通信技术的发展,研究用现代技术改造现有的继电半自动闭塞成为可能.分析了以CAN总线控制技术和容错技术为基础构成微机化站问闭塞系统的可行性,并提出了实施方案.     

Comparing operator and users costs of light rail, heavy rail and bus rapid transit over a radial public transport network

A model to compare three alternative forms of public transport - light rail, heavy rail and bus rapid transit - is developed for an urban network with radial lines emanating from the borders to the city centre. The theoretical framework assumes an operation aimed at minimising the total cost associated with public transport service provision, which encompasses both operator and users costs. The decision variables are the number of lines (network density) and the frequency per period for each mode. This approach has no prejudices a priori in respect of whether a specified delivery scenario is aligned with existing modal reputation. Rather, we establish the conditions under which a specific transit mode should be preferred to another in terms of the operator (supply) and user (demand) side offerings. The model is applied using data from Australian cities, suggesting that in most of the scenarios analysed a high standard bus service is the most cost-effective mode, because it provides lower operator costs (infrastructure, rolling stock and operating cost), access time costs (due to a larger number of lines) and waiting time cost (due to larger frequencies of operation). A rail mode, such as light rail or heavy rail, may have a lower total cost only if it is able to run faster than bus rapid transit, and the difference in speed is enough to outweigh the bus advantage on operator cost and access and waiting times.     

神经网络在客车车身造型美学评价中的应用研究

提出基于人工神经网络（ANN）对客车车身造型进行美学评价的计算机辅助方法,阐述了用于“准三维”造型评价的BP网络结构以及造型特征提取技术。初步创建了智能化客车造型美学评价软件,并将其应用到实际客车造型评价中,使用效果良好。     

城市无信号控制T型交叉口通行能力计算方法

以当量人群描述非机动车和行人对机动车通行的共同影响,对城市无信号控制T型交叉口的交通流运行优先等级进行重新划分,共划分为5 级.将主路直行车流和横穿支路的当量人群流作为独立优先流,应用间隙接受理论,研究了各次级交通流的可能通行能力计算方法.考虑高等级次级交通流及横穿主路的当量人群流的影响,采用概率论方法研究了各次级交通流的可能通行能力修正系数,从而得到各次级交通流的实际通行能力计算模型,进而得到整个无信号控制T型交叉口的通行能力计算方法.结果表明,以当量人群描述非机动车和行人对机动车通行的共同影响计算过程简单,符合我国城市道路交叉口非机动车和行人多的实际情况.