The Movingo integrated ticket: seamless connections across the mälardalen region of Sweden

ABSTRACT

The need for improved public transport (PT) ticketing in ever-growing deregulated PT markets has made well-designed integrated ticketing systems a priority area of intervention for PT service providers around the world. Yet, very little practical evidence of its impacts are reported in Sweden and in the world at large. The focus of this study was the impacts of the Movingo integrated ticketing scheme in terms of PT patronage, user satisfaction and the perceived quality of the ticketing set-up. Three travel surveys were conducted along the Stockholm-Uppsala route. Methods including logistic regression and correlated t-tests were used to analyse the samples. The findings suggest that the scheme made rail commuting more attractive resulting in an overall increase of about 24% in ticket sales with 3% – 15% car commuters reporting that they patronised PT services after the project. The scheme also resulted in increased rail commuter satisfaction. The overall perceived quality of the ticketing set-up did not however improve due to interoperability challenges. Service providers’ uncertainty about equitable distribution of revenue among the participating service providers, interoperability challenges and the lack of interest among most of the participating service providers to sell Movingo tickets are some issues to be addressed.     

Integrated models of land use and transportation for the autonomous vehicle revolution

ABSTRACT

The advent of the autonomous vehicle (AV) will affect not only the transportation system, but also future patterns of land development. Integrated land use and transportation models will be critical tools in assessing the path forward with this technology. Key questions with respect to land use impacts of AVs arise from potential changes in sensitivity to travel and reduced demand for parking. It is an open question whether AVs will induce urban sprawl, or whether spatial economies of agglomeration will mitigate any reductions in travel time sensitivity. The deployment of shared fleets of AVs would likely reduce parking demand, producing yet to be explored impacts on property development within existing urban footprints. We perform a critical assessment of currently operational models and their ability to represent the adoption of AVs. We identify the representation of time in such models as a vital component requiring additional development to model this new technology. Existing model applications have focused on the discrete addition of new infrastructure or policy at a fixed point in time, whereas AV adoption will occur incrementally through time. Stated adaptation surveys are recommended as tools to quantify preferences and develop relevant model inputs. It is argued that existing models that assume comparatively static equilibrium have been convenient in the past, but are insufficient to model technology adoption. In contrast, dynamic model frameworks lack sufficient structure to maintain reasonability under large perturbations from base conditions. The ongoing advancement of computing has allowed models to move away from being mechanistic aggregate tools, towards behaviourally rich depictions of individual persons and firms. However, much work remains to move from projections of existing conditions into the future, to the evolution of the spatial economy as it evolves through time in response to new technologies and exogenous stresses. Principles from complex and evolutionary systems theory will be important in the development of models with the capacity to consider such dynamics.     

福州东(樟林)车辆段工艺设计实践与创新

随着铁路建设的发展,福建省境内货车保有量大幅度增长,货车检修任务量增加迅速。樟林编组站位于福州枢纽,具备良好的扣车条件,在此新建1处货车车辆段将解决整个福建省货车的定期检修工作,而且能保障列车的运行安全,节约运输成本以及货车周转时间。福州东车辆段出入段线下穿既有温福铁路,有利于行车组织、运营安全。总图因地制宜全创新提出存车线(预检预修)与修车库贯通布置方案。充分梳理预检预修与架落车工艺,提出独立设置预检预修设施。论述抛丸除锈设备独立设置、转向架单臂悬挂检修流水线等修车库与联合车库创新设计,福州东(樟林)车辆段设计实现了创新理念和工程实际的协调统一。     

旧水泥混凝土路面加铺沥青混凝土面层勘测设计

旧水泥混凝土路面加铺沥青混凝土面层，当没有路线设计资料时，需对旧有路线进行拟合，重新进行勘测设计，以获得与旧有路线一致的路线设计资料，为旧水泥混凝土路面加铺沥青混凝土面层提供设计依据。结合工程实践，介绍了拟合旧有路线时勘测设计的内容和方法。     

护岸设计原则和类型综述

从美观和造型上,以构建优美的河川景观为出发点,综述了护岸的设计原则。为了加快推广应用护岸工程技术的步伐,本文就护岸类型方面进行了综述,主要评析了各种护岸工程的特点和优缺点以及适用范围等。     

浅述盘锦市的城市防洪工程建设

本文着重论述了盘锦市城市防洪工程建设的范围和规模 ,混凝土坝和多功能厢式混凝土堤坝的应用     

旧路改建工程设计

结合莞惠公路改建工程的设计经验,介绍改建公路设计时技术标准的应用,道路中线及路面结构的选择,阐述了如何进行加固和接长桥涵验算设计。     

遗传算法在船舶动力机械混合隔振系统优化设计中的应用

阐明了混合隔振问题的实质就是综合被动隔振系统和主动控制系统的多目标联合优化设计.运用子结构导纳综合法分析了应用混合隔振技术的双层隔振系统的功率流传递特性.采用遗传算法对混合隔振系统进行了优化设计,并作了数值仿真.     

Design philosophy of floating bridges with emphasis on ways to ensure long life

The paper briefly outlines current design philosophies for floating bridges, with special reference to aspects that are deemed to be of interest in the context of very large floating structures. Since the design of submerged floating tunnels is done by people in the same milieu and deals with many of the same problems as in the design of floating bridges, while being in some respects more critical, some of the design philosophy of that subject is also included. The design philosophy and methodology for floating and submerged tunnel bridges draws heavily on Norwegian experiences in two large fields: offshore structures and conventional bridges.     

特种筒形桅杆风压试验

锥形筒形桅杆是一种新型桅杆 ,由于其结构的特点 ,风载可能对它产生较大的威胁。通过四面锥状筒型桅杆的风洞试验 ,研究了桅杆模型在不同风向下 ,在雷诺数 1 .7× 1 0 5 Re 7.8× 1 0 5的范围中 ,其周向与轴向的表面压力分布 ,给出了桅杆模型表面压力系数沿周向与轴向的变化规律 ,并作了分析 ,阐明了其与风向、雷诺数之间的关系。通过桅杆模型表面压力的周向积分 ,得到了模型的升力与阻力 ,导出升力系数与阻力系数 ,并分析了二者随雷诺数及风向的变化规律。试验分析结果表明 :压力系数沿轴向的分布不均匀 ,靠近桅杆模型的中间部位 ,压力系数较大 ;在桅杆模型的两端 ,压力系数较小。压力系数沿周向的分布与风向有关 ,在迎风面上 ,压力系数最大 ,在背风面上 ,压力系数最小。升力系数与阻力系数也与风向密切相关 ,并且随着风向的变化 ,有较大的变化。在筒型桅杆设计中 ,应充分考虑到风向变化所引起的风载变化。