Development and Deployment of Public Transport Policy and Planning in Taiwan

Over the past decade, the escalating roadway congestion and environmental deterioration due to heavy use of private vehicles have provoked the Taiwan government to realize the importance of public transport systems. Under the “carrot-and-stick” rationales, the government has formulated public transport policies and exercised a series of related initiatives by providing sufficient and higher quality of public transport services so as to attract more private vehicle users. In this paper, the planning philosophy and policy formulation of Taiwan’s public transport development are highlighted. The most important initiatives, including the Five-year Enhancement of Mass Transportation Program and the upgrading public transport schemes in the National Development Plan are examined. Based on previous experience and lessons, we point out the most challenging issues that the government will encounter. Suggestions for the future of public transport planning are also addressed.     

公路投标价编制技巧与报价策略

就企业如何进行投标价的编制与报价 ,以及如何提高报价决策技巧来赢取工程任务并取得最佳经济效益进行了探讨。     

A scenario on the evolving road service informatics in Europe

Road Transport Informatics is being developed to improve road transport. Telecommunication links will connect microcomputers in vehicles with roadside beacons and traffic control centers. Drivers can get better information and guidance en route. If these functions are charged as services rather than sold as products, a better traffic can be obtained. This can improve traffic safety, efficiency and the environment.     

Aggregate expenditure elasticity for transport and communication in Australia

For the purpose of estimating Engel elasticity, one needs to find the best functional form among various alternatives. In this paper, a new function, which is called the double semi-log Engel function turns out to be the best functional form for the transport and communication items in Australia on the basis of the distance function (D²) criterion, and the non-nested hypothesis testing procedure. This function is then used to estimate total expenditure elasticity, and the percentage change in consumer demand due to changes in total expenditure and total expenditure inequalities; using the 1975–76 Household Expenditure Survey data. The results of the analyses demonstrate that transport and communication is a necessary item in Australia on the basis of two criteria, viz., its elasticity is not significantly greater than unity, and the percentage change in demand increases with a decrease of the total expenditure inequality [emphasised by Iyengar (I960)]. Policy implication of the analyses has also been discussed.     

原油运输市场分析

分别概述了世界与中国的石油资源储量分布、可持续开采年数、不同地区的生产量与消耗量、以及产销平衡状况,由此派生的全球不同地区原油、成品油的进出口量、海运量与主要的海运航线,我国石油进口的主要来源和途径;分析了油轮的船型和船龄的分布,进而预测了世界上几种主要原油轮运力的供应、需求、船价与运价的发展趋势。这些分析和预测可以作为制定油轮发展的技术政策、战略、规划等宏观决策时的参考。     

铜汤公路工程对沿线珍稀濒危野生动物的影响及对策

根据对铜陵至汤口公路评价区野外调查的结果,综合相关历史资料,以黑麂为“代理种”(surrogate species),分析拟建项目对珍稀濒危野生动物的影响程度。结果表明:①铜汤公路K151-K160段和K173 500至终点段处于黑麂的一般活动区,但铜汤公路全线均位于海拔400 m以下,不直接侵占黑麂的栖息地和主要觅食区;②公路施工期初期,受爆破噪音的影响,黑麂等珍稀濒危野生动物可能会远离公路沿线区域,爆破作业结束后的施工期和运营期,噪声对黑麂的影响范围为公路中心线两侧200 m以内区域;③铜汤公路在大部分路段均不会对公路两侧珍稀濒危野生动物的通行造成明显影响,也不会使种群异质化程度加剧,但在K173 500至终点段,由于105国道和本项目的共同影响,附近区域的黑麂种群将形成异质种群。针对上述影响,对铜汤公路动物通道设置、林区施工管理、局部绿化方案、施工人员教育和管理以及野生动物保护应急能力建设等提出了针对性的缓解措施。     

Meta-analysis of public transport demand

The present study uses meta-regression in order to explain the wide variation in elasticity estimates obtained in previous demand studies, and provide summaries of several bus demand elasticities.One important finding as to the price elasticity is that the often cited rule of thumb of −0.3 holds good if quality of service represented by vehicle-kilometres is treated as an exogenous variable, but not when it is treated as endogenous.Based on the results it is recommended that demand models should include car ownership, price of petrol, own price, income and some measure of service among the explanatory variables and that the service variable should be treated as endogenous.In previous meta-studies in this field focus has been on own price elasticity only while this study also includes elasticities with respect to, level of service, income, price of petrol and car ownership. The short run for the US are found to be −0.59, 1.05, −0.62, 0.4 and −1.48 respectively.     

论我国公路客运与客车的发展

本文分析了我国公路客运在国民经济与整个交通系统中的地位与前景,探讨了我国客车生产发展中的问题并提出了相应的建议。可供政府有关部门决策时参考。     

基于ADSP-BF533的网络音视频监视系统

主要介绍ADSP-BF533的基本特征，并提出了一种基于ADSP-BF533的具有体积小、成本低等特点的网络视频监视系统的软件和硬件设计方案。