Understanding the impacts of a combination of service improvement strategies on bus running time and passenger’s perception

Transit agencies implement many strategies in order to provide an attractive transportation service. This article aims to evaluate the impacts of implementing a combination of strategies, designed to improve the bus transit service, on running time and passenger satisfaction. These strategies include using smart card fare collection, introducing limited-stop bus service, implementing reserved bus lanes, using articulated buses, and implementing transit signal priority (TSP). This study uses stop-level data collected from the Société de transport de Montréal (STM)’s automatic vehicle location (AVL) and automatic passenger count (APC) systems, in Montréal, Canada. The combination of these strategies has lead to a 10.5% decline in running time along the limited stop service compared to the regular service. The regular route running time has increased by 1% on average compared to the initial time period. The study also shows that riders are generally satisfied with the service improvements. They tend to overestimate the savings associated with the implementation of this combination of strategies by 3.5-6.0 min and by 2.5-4.1 min for both the regular route and the limited stop service, respectively. This study helps transit planners and policy makers to better understand the effects of implementing a combination of strategies to improve running time and passenger’s perception of these changes in service.     

Technical and environmental effects of biodiesel use in local public transport

Biodiesel use in local public transport could be especially significant in improving air quality in cities. The purpose of the experiments described in this paper was to evaluate the various (10, 20 and 50%) blends of biodiesel with diesel in the context of the engine and pollution aspects. As regards the experimental use of these findings on municipal buses, these experiments were the first reference in Hungary. The ages (15–20 years) and types of buses (Ikarus-280, Ikarus-260) used in the experiments are still common vehicles in Hungarian public transport. During our measurements, there was a significant difference between the change in fuel consumption of articulated and solo buses in traffic when compared to test bench measurements. The proportion of the engine performance reduction is nearly the same as that for biodiesel share in the blends. Most pollutants were decreasing (both at idle and full rpm), but this reduction is not directly proportional to the increase of the blending percentage. However, as for CO₂, emission increase was observed in the case of idle rpm in comparison to normal diesel operation, even though this phenomenon was not due to biodiesel use, but the catalytic converter and the fact that biodiesel was used for the first time in the engine concerned.     

乡镇汽车客运站场规模确定方法研究

通过对传统乡镇汽车客运站场规模确定方法不足的分析,针对农村旅客运输特点,对乡镇汽车客运站的功能进行了定位,从农村客运站场网络体系优化出发,提出了协调法确定乡镇汽车客运站场规模,建立了相应的站场规模调整模型,并给出了计算步骤和相关参数的标定方法及部分推荐值。最后通过成都市青白江区的实例验证了方法的可行性。     

超早强修补水泥混凝土早强机理研究

通过室内试验测试并分析了修补混凝土强度增长、收缩特性、新旧混凝土粘结强度等技术性能,并采用热重分析探讨了混凝土早强机理。结果表明,超早强系列修补混凝土能够满足6h通车要求,并且具有早期强度高、后期强度增长稳定无衰减、干缩及温缩性好、新旧断面粘结强度高等优点;差热分析表明,修补剂的加入减少了氢氧化钙晶体数量,提高了修补混凝土的早期强度。最终试验路的4年成功应用验证了室内研究成果。     

带有能量再生系统市区公共汽车制动性能的计算机仿真研究

本文提出了一种新型的制动能再生系统，对一种带有飞轮储能器的市区公共汽车的制动原理进行分析，并给出了在两种不同输入情况下制动过程中的车辆系统动态响应的计算机仿真结果。     

公交专用道的运行状态及对社会车道的影响

本文提出了一种分析已有公交专用道运行状态的方法.通过计算公交车道和社会车道上的饱和度,来确定公交车道和社会车道的服务水平,并结合公交专用道上各车型所占比例,分析公交专用道的运行情况及其对社会车道的影响,指出存在的问题和可能的改进措施.     

轨道交通接运公交专线现状特性分析

文章通过对广州市地铁接运公交专线现状的调研,分析了我国大城市轨道交通接运公交的现状特性及影响其运营性能的各种因素,探讨了提高运营性能的方法,为类似城市轨道交通接运公交专线的规划提供参考。     

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.     

兰州市快速公交运营可行性分析及评价

快速公交系统以其特有的优势成为城市公共交通系统不可或缺的组成部分。结合快速公交系统的自身特点,构建适合兰州市快速公交运营可行性的评价指标体系,并提出各评价指标的等级划分标准;然后,确定评价兰州市快速公交运营可行性的方法,最后,应用模糊综合评价法和层次分析法相结合的方法对兰州市快速公交运营可行性进行具体的评价,并给出兰州市建立BRT系统的必要性。