不同交通方式服务可靠度与客流量间的灵敏度分析

分析了交通方式服务可靠性的特点和计算方法，并将其引入到效用函数中，提出了考虑方式服务可靠性的效用函数模型，给出了不同交通方式问的均衡配流模型．利用灵敏度法分析了不同方式出行时间可靠度改善对客流的影响关系，给出了具体的关系模型．通过一实例表明该模型与算法是有效的。     

基于多维数据的高速公路服务水平实时判别方法

随着高速公路的不断发展,交通信息逐渐呈现多元化,而将这些信息进行整合并对高速公路服务水平进行实时判别,对于后期的交通控制管理及实时高效提供道路信息至关重要.本文考虑了时间、天气、出行日期等多因素的影响,选用车速、密度作为高速公路服务水平评价指标,结合最小二乘支持向量机与聚类分析相关算法,提出了一种基于多维数据的高速公路服务水平实时判别模型,以实现对高速公路服务水平的参数预测及实时判别.选用河北省237 360组训练样本数据和6 048组预测样本数据验证了该模型的有效性.结果显示,该模型获得了较高的判别精度和较好的预测效果,是一种有效的高速公路服务水平实时判别方法.     

秦岭终南山公路隧道火灾救援技术研究

针对目前国内外长大隧道火灾救援这一前沿问题,从隧道火灾救援的组织规划、火灾情况下的消防系统、火灾情况下的通风组织、火灾情况下的行车组织等4个方面进行了分析和研究,结合秦岭终南山公路隧道的特点,制定出了切实可行的救援组织实施流程、安全可靠的消防系统、最有利的通风风速和风流方向,以及快速逃离火灾现场的行车方式。     

Commuters’ behavior towards upgraded bus services in Greater Beirut: Implications for greenhouse gas emissions,social welfare and transport policy

Climate change is one of the most critical environmental challenges faced in the world today. The transportation sector alone contributes to 22% of carbon emissions, of which 80% are contributed by road transportation. In this paper we investigate the potential private car greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction and social welfare gains resulting from upgrading the bus service in the Greater Beirut Area. To this end, a stated preference (SP) survey on mode switching from private car to bus was conducted in this area and analyzed by means of a mixed logit model. We then used the model outputs to simulate aggregate switching behavior in the study area and the attendant welfare and environmental gains and private car GHG emissions reductions under various alternative scenarios of bus service upgrade. We recommend a bundle of realistic bus service improvements in the short term that will result in a reasonable shift to buses and measurable reduction in private car emissions. We argue that such improvements will need to be comprehensive in scope and include both improvements in bus level of service attributes (access/egress time, headway, in-vehicle travel time, and number of transfers) and the provision of amenities, including air-conditioning and Wi-Fi. Moreover, such a service needs to be cheaply priced to achieve reasonably high levels of switching behavior. With a comprehensively overhauled bus service, one would expect that bus ridership would increase for commuting purposes at first, and once the habit for it is formed, for travel purposes other than commuting, hence dramatically broadening the scope of private car GHG emissions reduction. This said, this study demonstrates the limits of focused sectorial policies in targeting and reducing private car GHG emissions, and highlights the need for combining behavioral interventions with other measures, most notably technological innovations, in order for the contribution of this sector to GHG emissions mitigation to be sizable.     

Predicting market potential and environmental benefits of deploying electric taxis in Nanjing,China

This paper investigates the market potential and environmental benefits of replacing internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles with battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the taxi fleet in Nanjing, China. Vehicle trajectory data collected by onboard global positioning system (GPS) units are used to study the travel patterns of taxis. The impacts of charger power, charging infrastructure coverage, and taxi apps on the feasibility of electric taxis are quantified, considering taxi drivers’ recharging behavior and operating activities. It is found that (1) depending on the charger power and coverage, 19% (with AC Level 2 chargers and 20% charger network coverage) to 56% (with DC chargers and 100% charger network coverage) of the ICE vehicles can be replaced by electric taxis without driving pattern changes; (2) by using taxi apps to find nearby passengers and charging stations, drivers could utilize the empty cruising time to charge the battery, which may increase the acceptance of BEVs by up to 82.6% compared to the scenario without taxi apps; and (3) tailpipe emissions in urban areas could be significantly reduced with taxi electrification: a mixed taxi fleet with 46% compressed-natural-gas-powered (CNG) and 54% electricity-powered vehicles can reduce the tailpipe emissions by 48% in comparison with the fleet of 100% CNG taxis.     

Competition and public service obligations in European aviation markets

This paper analyzes the effect of universal service policies on the airline markets of five European Union countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) in the period 2002–2010. Results show that airfare discount schemes for island residents raise demand and positively affect competition and the number of flights at the route level. These effects are evident in France and Italy, but are particularly marked in Spain. By contrast, public service obligations (PSOs) reduce competition on the protected routes, while their effect on the number of flights differs depending on national regulations. In Spain, routes protected with PSOs have greater flight frequencies than those on unprotected routes of similar characteristics, but in France, Italy and the UK the opposite result is found. The empirical model also finds that on routes with low-cost airlines market concentration is smaller and there is a larger number of flights. This result is relevant for the design of universal service policy, since in recent years low-cost airlines have entered a number of thin routes and have increased access to air transportation.     

试论铁路职业卫生管理与技术服务支持

广州铁路集团公司是我国第一家铁路运输企业集团,职业卫生工作一直是企业卫生工作的重点,职业卫生管理和职业卫生技术服务也是企业履行社会责任、建立＂以人为本＂的现代企业制度的重要组成。通过分析铁路行业职业危害特点和职业卫生管理方面存在的问题,结合长期从事职业卫生技术服务工作的实践,提出加强与改进铁路企业职业卫生工作的对策,旨在助于促进《职业病防治法》在企业的全面贯彻落实。     

服务资源动态分布的质量路由算法

从动态考察资源可能性分布的角度对质量路由算法进行改进,使之与用户需求与资源变化的不确定性相适应,以提高质量路由决策的效率与水平。仿真试验表明,新算法具有稳定服务水平、平衡网络负载的优点。     

The Downs–Thomson Paradox with responsive transit service

Downs (1962) and Thomson (1977) suggested that highway capacity expansion may produce counterproductive effects on the two-mode (auto and transit) transport system (Downs–Thomson Paradox). This paper investigates the occurrence of this paradox when transit authority can have different economic objectives (profit-maximizing or breakeven) and operating schemes (frequency, fare, or both frequency and fare). For various combinations of economic objectives and operating schemes, the interaction between highway expansion and transit service is explored, as well as its impact on travelers’ mode choices and travel utilities. Further, for each combination, the conditions for occurrence of the Downs–Thomson Paradox are established. We show that the paradox never occurs when transit authority is profit-maximizing, but it is inevitable when the transit authority is running to maximize travelers’ utility while maintaining breakeven. This is because the former transit authority tends to enhance transit service (e.g., raise frequency or reduce fare) when facing an expanded highway; and on the contrary, the latter tends to compromise transit service (e.g., reduce frequency or raise fare). Both analytical and numerical examples are provided to verify the theoretical results.