Innovation strategy in new transportation systems: The case of Crossrail

This article examines how innovation can be strategically incorporated into transportation systems. Large transportation systems generally have a poor record in systematically integrating innovation in their development, construction and operation. Our research setting is Crossrail, a major new railway traversing London, where the creation and implementation of an innovation strategy formalized and systemized its approach to innovation. Based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with project leaders and participant observation, the paper critically analyses the formulation, implementation and performance of Crossrail’s innovation strategy. Crossrail’s management explicitly uses an ‘open innovation’ strategy that incentivizes partners, contractors, and clients to innovate in the project. Its strategy guides decisions and priorities on innovation and the types and levels of innovation that best match project aims. The paper holds lessons for those developing, operating and studying large transportation systems both now and into the future.     

Transportation habits: Evidence from time diary data

The interdisciplinary Time Use Observatory workshops learned that transportation research and social sciences strive for the same multi-day time-diary data in order to make interferences about human habitual (travel) behavior. It also is learned that when it comes to the mathematics and analytics involved both disciplines are miles apart, though both with founded reasons to do so. In brief, transportation research relies on modeling to make predictions whereas social sciences apply statistics to their data to draw conclusions. In line with the interdisciplinary philosophy of the Time Use Observatory workshops, this contribution aims to communicate 30 years of experience in analyzing time-diary data. To do so, it demonstrates the latter by calculation transportation habits and aims to illustrate that multi-day time-diary data might have some additional benefits for computing temporal regularities. It shows that including a flexible notion of both regular tempo (or recurrence) of activities (e.g. every day) and regular timing of activities (e.g. always at 6 am) produces different results for different kind of transportation purposes. It also shows that these calculations using multi-day time-diary data result in an indicator at the individual level that can be analyzed in terms of socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics. This work concludes that partitioning temporal regularities in regular reoccurrence and regular timing is a crucial element of (transportation) habits.     

基于广西旅游业的道路客运发展探析

文章针对广西道路旅客运输的现状及广西道路客运企业发展旅游业的优越条件,以＂运游结合＂为切入点,介绍以快捷优质的客运服务带动＂慢旅游＂道路客运企业发展旅游业的新模式,对采取＂运游结合＂经营模式,提高服务质量,发展＂慢旅游＂提出了相关的建议。     

Integrating GIS concepts into transportation network data structures

Transportation network data structures must be designed to meet the requirements of the analyses being conducted and must be compatible with the selected graphical user interface. Increasing interest in geographic information systems (GIS) and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) have further burdened the network data structure. It is possible to implement object oriented programming (OOP) technology to satisfy these needs, without making the data structure excessively complicated.

This paper shows how a well‐developed network data structure can incorporate major capabilities normally associated with stand‐alone GIS's. The design of a network data structure derives from both theoretical and practical considerations. A design of a network data structure, composed entirely of objects, is presented. Examples of its implementation, limitations, advantages, and possible extensions are drawn from experience with the General Network Editor (GNE).     

Technological innovations in the transport sector: the need for cooperation to meet environmental interests

Environmental problems have become urgent in many countries. A large contribution to the solution of environmental problems is expected from technological change. This raises the issue of how technological change takes place, and more in particular how technological change can be promoted that is beneficial to long term sustainability objectives.

In the paper we discuss this topic in the context of the transport sector. This is relevant because transportation contributes significantly to various types of pollution, existing trends might lead to even more negative impacts and finally there are high expectations about the potential of future technological development to reduce the environmental impact of transportation.

We approach the issue of technological change towards more environmentally sound development from the perspective of technology dynamics and sustainable development. We argue that additional theoretical insights are needed especially when one wants to study technological change in the context of environmental problems. We therefore discuss a strategy of cooperation between government and firms in network. Special attention is paid to the role of the government in networks and the use of a new type of instruments.     

LPG汽车在我国的应用与发展

石油资源短缺和环境保护成为21世纪人类发展面临的主要问题,液化石油气（LPG）汽车凭借其在节能减排方面的优势,将得到更广泛的应用。文章介绍了LPG的物理化学性能、来源以及LPG汽车在我国的发展状况。指出我国现阶段LPG汽车在加气站安全、加气站供气和人才技术等方面存在的问题及LPG汽车在近几十年的主要改进及发展方向。得出LPG作为新能源应用在汽车领域,在我国拥有很大优势,应得到更多的资金和技术支持。     

后亚运时期广州交通规划治堵工作的思考

交通拥堵已经成为国内城市普遍的一种城市病,广州借举办亚运之机,交通基础设施发生了根本性的变化,但仍然面临着交通拥堵的压力。在总结以往经验的同时,对形成拥堵的主要原因进行了分析,通过交通规划模型的迭代分析和风险评估,提出了3个方面的交通整治措施建议及2020年小汽车的合理规模,辨明了广州交通的发展阶段。最后,还对下一步的工作提出了建议。     

湖北交通运输“十二五”教育与培训发展形势与需求分析

"优先发展教育、大力发展职业教育、加快发展继续教育"为教育与培训提出了新要求,职业教育改革与发展呈现出新趋势,发展现代交通运输业对教育与培训提出了新挑战,湖北公路水路交通运输发展为教育与培训带来了新机遇。调整运输结构,转变发展方式,适应快速发展,提高岗位技能,构建和谐交通,树立行业形象,提升服务能力,实现科学发展,需要强化干部人才队伍培养、加强行业创新能力培养、加快专业技术人才和高素质技能型专门人才培养、提升行业劳动者队伍素质。     

海陆联运条件下集装箱空箱调运问题的研究

空箱调运已成为集装箱运输的一个重大难题。文章分析了海陆联运条件下集装箱空箱调运产生的主、客观因素及空箱调运管理中存在的问题,在此基础上,从加强船公司之间的合作、船公司与租箱公司之间的合作、提高集装箱信息化管理水平等方面研究了优化和减少集装箱空箱调运的多种措施。     

广西交通信息化建设业务需求探讨

交通信息化建设是以解决交通部门的管理需求和满足公众服务的要求为目的的。文章阐述了广西交通信息化建设的现状及存在的问题,探讨了信息化业务需求开发的意义和必要性,并提出了广西交通信息化业务需求开发的思路及建议。