Measuring the influence of bus service quality on the perception of users

Encouraging the use of public transport is a key policy goal in many countries. Therefore, public transport should offer the level of quality that accommodates the demands of current users, and importantly, the desires of potential users. This study investigates the influence of the perceived quality of bus service on the perception of both current and potential users. The study draws upon data from 512 questionnaires distributed across Belfast City in the UK. The study utilises a binary logistic regression model to quantify the relationships between the perceived quality of 29 bus indicators (independent) and the perceptions of users towards the overall bus service (dependent). Eleven significant indicators are reported to have significant influence on the perception of users. These indicators are utilised to propose scenarios for optimising the quality of bus service with the perceptions of current and potential users.     

The influence of bus service satisfaction on university students' mode choice

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between bus service satisfaction and the transport mode of choice among university students in Qatar. The degree of bus service satisfaction was collected directly from questionnaire surveys, in which university students were asked questions in relation to their satisfaction with the bus service they used and their transport mode of choice. These questions were categorized into three factors according to confirmatory factor analysis: service at bus stops, service of busses, and service of drivers. Furthermore, the students were asked which mode of transport they used given the choice between public and private transport. This study presents a structural equation model to determine how much bus service satisfaction affects people's decisions about their transport mode. The results from the analysis showed that three key factors—namely, service at bus stops, service of busses, and service of bus drivers—were strongly correlated to the mode of choice. In particular, the bus stop was strongly associated with ease of use, shade, cleanliness, safety, and crowdedness level, while the bus itself influenced reliability, travel time, and frequency. Complying with traffic laws and the driver's attitude were also important contributors to the level of bus service satisfaction. Ultimately, this study will be beneficial for policy/decision‐makers. It will allow them to determine what needs to be accomplished to encourage people to use public transportation. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An exact modelling of the uniform control traffic delay in undersaturated signalized intersections

The average delay experienced by vehicles at a signalized intersection defines the level of service (LOS) at which the intersection operates. A major challenge in this regard is the ability to accurately estimate all the components underlying the overall control delay, including the uniform, incremental and initial queue delays. This paper tackles this challenging task by proposing a novel exact model of the uniform control delay component with a view to enhancing the accuracy of the existing approximate models, notably, the one reported in the Highway Capacity Manual 2010. Both graphical and analytical proofs are employed to derive exact closed‐form expressions for the uniform control delay at undersaturated signalized intersections. The high degree of accuracy of the proposed models is analysed through extensive simulations to demonstrate their abilities to exactly characterize the performance of real‐life intersections in terms of the resulting vehicle delay. Unlike the existing widely adopted uniform delay models, which tend to overestimate the LOS of real‐life intersections, the delay models introduced in this paper have the merit of exactly capturing such a LOS. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

差异化公交发展策略研究

以深圳市龙岗区为例,根据龙岗土地利用现状和规划,结合公共交通发展态势、需求分布和公交系统规划布局,划分不同类型的公交发展区域,提出差异化公交发展策略,并以实例加以说明。     

季节性冰冻地区公路边坡侵蚀破坏模式

针对季节性冰冻地区的路基边坡冻融滑坍破坏现象,分析了公路边坡破坏的各种侵蚀模式和影响因素。采用坡面流拖曳力法、坡面流量法等对坡面水力学特征进行研究,测算坡面冲刷临界坡度值,分析临界坡度与冲刷量之间的关系;同时采用有效应力法研究了冻融作用下的边坡安全稳定性。结果表明：季节性冰冻地区粘性土最大冲刷强度对应的临界坡度与目前常用的坡度值很接近或交叉,为减少水土流失,建议放缓土质边坡;边坡土体冻结前含水质量分数和融化后抗剪强度下降幅度是影响冻融滑坍破坏的主要因素,建议在设计中要考虑冲刷和冻融因素,并对特殊土质边坡进行相应的物理力学指标检测和稳定性验算。     

DEA方法在城市客运换乘枢纽评价中的应用研究

通过对城市客运换乘枢纽进行分类和定位分析,指出换乘枢纽服务效率的优劣将直接影响到城市交通的运行效率。从定性和定量两个方面入手,建立切实可行的客运换乘枢纽评价指标体系,引入DEA模型,对城市客运换乘枢纽的服务效率进行有效性评价分析,通过对评价结果的对比分析,可对换乘枢纽在规划、布局、换乘衔接、交通组织等方面存在的问题进行有针对性的改善。通过在实际工程中的应用表明,DEA方法在评价客运换乘枢纽效率的过程中具有较强的可操作性。     

集料比表面积计算方法探讨

集料比表面积的计算在工程中非常重要,但是规范中只是针对4．75mm以下的颗粒进行了明确的规定。鉴于此．对沥青混合料的理论进行延伸以求较大尺寸颗粒的比表面积,对于实际工程具有十分重要的参考价值。     

川东北地区超声波回弹综合法测强曲线的建立

超声回弹综合法具有灵活、方便的特点,能全面检测混凝土的强度。建立地区测强曲线,能更准确、更及时地为区域内的工程施工、监理和建设单位提供检测数据。     

川东北地区超声波回弹综合法测强曲线的建立

超声回弹综合法具有灵活、方便的特点,能全面检测混凝土的强度。建立地区测强曲线,能更准确、更及时地为区域内的工程施工、监理和建设单位提供检测数据。