The strategic role of ports in regional development: conceptualising the experience from Australia

Regional ports, as infrastructure in regions, influence transport and regional development policies and planning. The interaction and involvement of regional ports with their stakeholders in the region are pivotal. The conundrum on what constitutes a regional port and thus its region has further complicated this limited researched area. In the extant literature, port and region relationship mainly centres on major metropolitan ports, and pays little heed to regional ports. In this context, this study investigates on how the Australian regional ports can be better involved in regional development. The study adopts a qualitative methodology to explore the Australian regional port stakeholders’ perceptions on port’s role in regional development through 38 semi-structured telephone interviews. Thematic analysis of data assisted by a mixture of NVivo software and manual techniques proposes a conceptual model that may assist policy-making. The key findings suggest that symbiotic growths of ports and concerned regions accelerate regional development. To contribute to regional development, the Australian regional ports can be proactive in building collaboration with regional organisations. The findings have major implications for port managers and port policy-makers for developing a region-oriented long-term port planning and for creating environment for Australian regional ports for regional resource configuration.     

Consumer preferences for electric vehicles: a literature review

Widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) may contribute to the alleviation of problems such as environmental pollution, global warming and oil dependency. However, the current market penetration of EV is relatively low in spite of many governments implementing strong promotion policies. This paper presents a comprehensive review of studies on consumer preferences for EV, aiming to better inform policy-makers and give direction to further research. First, we compare the economic and psychological approach towards this topic, followed by a conceptual framework of EV preferences which is then implemented to organise our review. We also briefly review the modelling techniques applied in the selected studies. Estimates of consumer preferences for financial, technical, infrastructure and policy attributes are then reviewed. A categorisation of influential factors for consumer preferences into groups such as socio-economic variables, psychological factors, mobility condition, social influence, etc. is then made and their effects are elaborated. Finally, we discuss a research agenda to improve EV consumer preference studies and give recommendations for further research.

Abbreviations: AFV: alternative fuel vehicle; BEV: battery electric vehicle; CVs: conventional vehicles; EVs: electric vehicles; FCV: fuel cell vehicle; HCM: hybrid choice model; HEV: hybrid electric vehicle (non plug-in); HOV: high occupancy vehicle; MNL: MultiNomial logit; MXL: MiXed logit model; PHEV: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; RP: revealed preference; SP: stated preference.     

Examining determinants of rail ridership: a case study of the Orlando SunRail system

The current study contributes to the literature on transit ridership by considering daily boarding and alighting data from a recently launched commuter rail system in Orlando, Florida – SunRail. The analysis is conducted based on daily boarding and alighting data for 10 months for the year 2015. With the availability of repeated observations for every station, the potential impact of common unobserved factors affecting ridership variables are considered. The current study develops an estimation framework, for boarding and alighting separately, that accounts for these unobserved effects at multiple levels – station, station-week and station-day. In addition, the study examines the impact of various observed exogenous factors such as station level, transportation infrastructure, transit infrastructure, land use, built environment, sociodemographic and weather variables on ridership. The model system developed will allow us to predict ridership for existing stations in the future as well as potential ridership for future expansion sites.     

公共利益导向下的理性选择——上海交通政策30年发展沿革((1986—2016)

城市道路交通具有明显的非排他性和竞争性特征,特别在人口集聚的大城市,有限的时空资源无法全面满足不同主体的各类出行需求,科学的交通政策制定非常必要。交通政策的主体在于政府,核心在于选择,价值取向是追求整体的社会效益和可持续发展。系统梳理改革开放以来,特别是1986年以后,上海在城镇化、机动化快速发展进程中的阶段性交通特征和所面临的问题。从社会公共政策与治理的视角剖析不同发展阶段上海交通政策设计背后的价值取向、总体思路、实施路径和保障机制。同时,结合个体机动化管理、公共客运服务等重大交通政策的发展沿革,探讨政府管理、市场手段在管理实践中的利弊和作用。     

新能源公共汽(电)车推广问题探析

随着新能源汽车在交通运输行业的推广应用,新能源公共汽(电)车在中国得到快速发展。从产业发展、推广规模和车辆类型三方面,分析新能源公共汽(电)车的推广应用现状。采用数据抽样和对比分析方法,深入剖析新能源公共汽(电)车在电池性能、续驶里程、运营时间、运营里程等方面与传统公共汽(电)车之间的差异,以及充电基础设施建设中存在的突出问题。在此基础上,分别从完善财政补贴政策、加强运营监管力度、注重质量安全控制以及提升企业运营能力四方面提出具体的政策建议。     

铁路基础设施建设加载国防功能的思考

简述了铁路基础设施建设加载囯防功能在路网规划和设计前期工作中的工作要点,以及当前投资建设项目加载国防功能过程中存在的投资未单列、国防需求定性不定量、国防意识淡薄等突出问题,提出了调整或制定相关的经济政策、建立健全领导体制和工作机制等建议。     

紧急状态的内涵及特征分析

紧急状态的内涵及特征是紧急状态法律体系的基础性问题,文章根据我国的国情,借鉴发达国家的立法经验,对紧急状态法制的内涵及其基本特征进行了探讨。     

广州市区域交通发展战略规划

巩固和提升区域中心地位是城市不变的目标,但是城市更应注重区域中心应该具有的责任感和使命感。通过对区域中心定位的解读,广州市确立了“共享”的区域交通发展理念。在全面分析了城市面临的机遇和挑战后,通过明确目标、分解任务和保障政策三个方面系统地阐述了广州市的区域交通发展战略规划,用以指导未来城市区域交通基础设施的规划、建设和运营。     

华能玉环电厂码头10万t级进港航线方案研究

根据乐清湾海域水动力特性、泥沙运动分析、岛屿地貌特征及水深条件,结合航道开挖、疏浚工程量及年回淤量分析,进行10万t级进港航线方案的比选。结果表明,东航线具有航行条件好、疏浚工程量和回淤强度小等优点,宜建设10万t级航道。     

交通拥挤负外部成本量化模型及应用研究

交通拥挤负外部成本游离于经济杠杆调控政策的价格体系之外,未能在市场价格中体现是导致交通资源配置失衡的关键.为科学量化交通拥挤负外部成本,支撑经济杠杆需求调控政策实现外部成本内部化,从交通拥挤造成的时间延误、交通事故、环境污染这3个维度解析交通拥挤负面经济成本,构建小汽车交通拥挤负外部成本量化数学模型.以深圳市为例,计算...