Non-commuters: the people who walk to work or work at home

The paper focuses on the socioeconomic characteristics of workers at home and those who walk to work and these are compared with commuters (those who travel to work by motorized transportation). Understanding of such characteristics of these people is useful for purposes of designing policies that encourage these forms of "travel" to work, if it is believed desirable for planning or environmental purposes. For example, subsidizing public transportation may also have an impact on the proclivity to work at home or walk to work. Using a large census data set for Israel, separate subsamples are analyzed for heads of household and for their spouses. Metropolitan areas as well as peripheral urbanized areas are analyzed separately. Logit analysis is used to identify those variables that affect the likelihood of different groups of people to walk to work or to work at home.It is shown that walkers to work tend to be lower-income, less-educated people with lower asset ownership rates. Females are overrepresented amongst them, while "high-status" professionals are underrepresented. Workers at home appear to be a more complex group. They tend to have higher levels of education and wealth than commuters, but earn less on average. They include proportionately more females. The likelihood of working at home increases with home size and with ownership of some durable goods. The workers at home may in fact be comprised of two or more differing groups with contrasting characteristics, one higher-income and higher-educated, the other with lower socio-economic indicators. Because they may be a heterogeneous group, development of planning policies to encourage non-vehicle commuting may require different policy tools for the different subgroups.     

绿化修剪车避障工作装置运动学分析

以绿化修剪车的工作装置为研究对象,通过矩阵分析法建立了工作臂矢量运动方程,完成了机械臂的运动学分析。同时,运用ADAMS对绿化修剪车的工作装置进行了运动学仿真,得到了绿化修剪车触杆的运动包络图和割草机触杆末端的位移、速度及加速度,验证了机械臂数学模型的正确性。最后,根据绿化修剪车工作装置的实际运动情况和仿真结果,推算出绿化修剪车的最大作业速度和避障时间,为后续液压系统设计和工作臂的控制设计提供了理论依据。     

成都地铁综合监控系统检修优化探讨

介绍了地铁综合监控系统的检修模式,根据设备故障强度和故障频次给出分级分类矩阵图。针对成都地铁1号线综合监控系统的检修模式,结合运营过程中实际的检修模式优缺点,从数据进行分析,得出相对较为合理的检修模式和优化检修的一些建议。     

复杂电磁环境下装备指挥效能评估分析

应用模糊综合评判法,通过定性评估与定量评估相结合的分析方法,对复杂电磁环境下的装备指挥效能评估进行了研究.针对复杂电磁环境下装备指挥的特点,设计了装备指挥效能评估指标体系模型,通过分析计算得出的结果表明,模糊综合评判法应用于复杂电磁环境下装备指挥效能评估是可行的.     

试论核电设备道路运输特点及应对措施

结合核电设备的特性,论述核电设备道路运输的特点,并提出相应的对策措施,以达到安全、及时、万无一失的运输目标,为我国掀起的新一轮核电建设高潮服务。     

区间信号设备维修轨道车使用方式探讨

阐述温福客专铁路现行区间信号设备维修作业组织方式及所遇到的困难,通过比较说明使用轨道车进行区间信号设备检修作业的优越性;提出电务共用工务轨道车的3种方案并进行优劣性比较探讨。     

新一代机车控制柜功能测试台

描述了一种用于电力机车电子柜和微机柜进行系统级功能测试的试验设备,对其功能、系统组成和软硬件设计特点进行了说明.该测试台已完成样机试验,在测试精度和响应速度方面有很大提升.     

橡胶沥青洒布车的研究及应用

针对橡胶沥青性能稳定，却由于缺乏配套的施工设备而无法在公路工程中广泛应用的现状，对橡胶沥青洒布车的设计、开发及工程应用等方面进行研究分析，最终得出：橡胶沥青洒布设备有利于橡胶沥青在公路工程中的应用推广。     

Can Coastal Management Programs Protect and Promote Water-Dependent Uses?

Anecdotal evidence indicates that commercial and recreational water-dependent uses have been under development pressure in recent years, and in some cases have been converted to other uses. The conversion of water-dependent uses, which range from commercial shipyards to recreational marinas, may have many public costs, including the loss of access to public trust waters, the loss of jobs and associated economic activity, and the loss of traditional working waterfronts. This two-part study investigated the role of five coastal management programs in the northeastern United States in managing, monitoring, and protecting water-dependent uses. First, coastal managers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey were interviewed to assess the conversion problem. Second, in collaboration with New York City-based Regional Plan Association, follow-up interviews were conducted with coastal managers and local planners in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey to gain greater insight into the role of coastal management programs and local governments in managing and promoting water-dependent uses. This article presents select findings from this study and discusses recommendations for improving the capacity of coastal management programs and local governments to manage water-dependent uses for the benefit of the public.     

某型船用蒸汽动力装置加装除盐装置的可行性分析

针对某型船用蒸汽动力装置盐度过高的现状,分析影响其水质的主要因素,并据此提出在其冷凝器后和造水机后加装除盐装箕的新构想.通过分析得出在造水机后加装除盐装置方便可行,并依此设计1台除盐装置.设计计算表明,加装除盐装置能使口用水柜水质提高近50倍,冷凝器后凝水总含盐量下降22%,基本上解决盐度过高的问题.