Innovative systems for the transportation disadvantaged: Toward more efficient and operationally usable planning tools

When considering innovative forms of public transport for specific groups, such as demand responsive services, the challenge is to find a good balance between operational efficiency and 'user friendliness' of the scheduling algorithm even when specialized skills are not available. Regret insertion-based processes have shown their effectiveness in addressing this specific concern. We introduce a new class of hybrid regret measures to understand better why the behaviour of this kind of heuristic is superior to that of other insertion rules. Our analyses show the importance of keeping a good balance between short- and long-term strategies during the solution process. We also use this methodology to investigate the relationship between the number of vehicles needed and total distance covered - the key point of any cost analysis striving for greater efficiency. Against expectations, in most cases decreasing fleet size leads to savings in vehicle mileage, since the heuristic solution is still far from optimality.     

软土地基桥涵设计方法探析

软土地基是桥梁建设经常遇到的地基问题.针对软土地基的特点及桥梁在软土地基上的设计和建设的原则进行探讨,以期能为我国桥梁建设提供一些有意义的参考.     

论公路运输企业节能管理

公路运输方式作为一种重要的运输方式,对经济发展有着重要的促进作用.探究公路运输企业高耗能的影响因素,并从经营管理结构、燃油考核以及车辆技术情况和节能意识等方面提出公路运输企业节能管理的有效措施,有助于提高企业经济效益.     

Forecasting bunker prices; A nonstationary,multivariate methodology

This paper suggests a methodological approach for the forecasting of marine fuel prices. The prediction of the bunker prices is of outmost importance for operators, as bunker prices affect heavily the economic planning and financial viability of ventures and determine decisions related to compliance with regulations. A multivariate nonstationary stochastic model available in the literature is being retrieved, after appropriate adjustment and testing. The model belongs to the class of periodically correlated stochastic processes with annual periodic components. The time series are appropriately transformed to become Gaussian, and then are decomposed to deterministic seasonal characteristics (mean value and standard deviation) and a residual time series. The residual part is proved to be stationary and then is modeled as a Vector AutoRegressive Mooving Average (VARMA) process. Finally, using the methodology presented, forecasts of a tetra-variate and an octa-variate time series of bunker prices are produced and are in good agreement with actual values. The obtained results encourages further research and deeper investigation of the driving characters of the multivariate time series of bunker prices.     

Resolving the property right of transportation emissions through public–private partnerships

The application of public–private partnerships (P3’s) in the transportation sector has grown in popularity worldwide. Despite this important shift in the provision of transportation service, there are clear gaps in knowledge about the impacts of P3 projects, especially on emissions from transportation systems as a whole. Not only should policy makers evaluate the emissions impacts from P3 projects, but they should also think about innovative models that address or charge for emissions into P3 contracts. This addition to P3 contracts could provide a new solution to the long-existing property right paradox: who owns (is responsible for) emissions from transportation systems? This study attempts to fill the research gap by analyzing these innovative models. Using the road network of Fresno, California, as our case study, we offer a number of interesting insights for policy makers. First, average peak emissions costs range from 1.37 cents per mile (the do-nothing case) to 1.20 cents per mile (profit-maximizing cases) per vehicle. Although emissions costs from the P3 projects are lowest for the profit-maximizing cases, the system-wide emissions costs of these cases are highest because of spillover effects. Second, charging project owners for the emissions costs of P3 projects is not an effective way to reduce emissions or the total costs of travel, especially on a VMT basis. Instead, the public sector should implement emissions-included social cost-based price ceilings. When employing these limits, project owners could still be charged for the emissions costs. Finally, using total travel time as the only objective function for evaluating P3 projects can be misleading. Several P3 projects have shown better outcomes using total travel cost with the inclusion of emissions and fuel consumption costs, instead of using total travel time as the only objective function.     

黄河流凌河段深水栈桥施工技术

乌锡铁路黄河特大桥桥址位于三湖河口至昭君坟段,北岸为乌拉山山前倾平原,南岸为鄂尔多斯台地,桥址主河道宽710 m,水深3~20 m左右,处于严重的流凌河段,搭建施工栈桥成功与否是确保黄河特大桥顺利施工的关键所在。通过方案比选,确定采用浮桥方式,解决了流凌段栈桥的快速搭拆施工难题,取得了一定的经验。     

翻车机牵车驱动装置优化改造

针对翻车机牵车驱动装置在设计上存在问题,从机械结构和电气控制上进行了分析,并相应地进行了优化改造,使之更合理,消除了故障隐患。     

探地雷达在路基路面异常体病害探测中的应用

针对路基路面、桥梁病害,通过探地雷达探测中数据采集、信号处理和图像识别,开展了地质雷达检测路面结构层厚度、破损状况和路基隐患异常体部位工作,取得了路面隐含裂缝和桥梁空心板顶板厚度的实际应用。     

路桥过渡段路基加固体的拓扑优化

应用拓扑优化理论,采用简化的假定条件,基于应变能最小即刚度最大原理,对路桥过渡段路基加固体的结构布置形式进行了优化。通过分析荷载模式、填高、加固长度和面积等因素对最优拓扑图形的影响,得出了路桥过渡段路基加固体的最优布置方式。拓扑优化结果表明：路桥过渡段路基加固的不同区域对结构刚度的贡献排序为,固定端附近区域-中间偏上区域-中间偏下区域-路基顶面远端区域;上长下短的倒梯形布置形式的结构刚度最大,其抵抗地基沉降变形的能力最强,表明目前桥头常用的倒梯形布置形式具有理论上的合理性;路基加固体底面布置长度应不小于2 m,由下向上斜率应缓于1∶1。     

公路隧道供配电设计午若干问题探讨

针对公路隧道供配电系统设计中存在的一些问题，结合实际工程中供配电系统的设计、施工及运营管理经验进行简要分析，并就公路隧道供配电系统的设计提出具体意见和建议，供设计、施工人员参考