Optimal stop spacing and headway of congested transit system considering realistic wait times

Abstract

This paper revisits the classical transit scheduling problem and investigates the relationship between stop spacing and headway, considering realistic wait time and operable transit capacity. Headway and stop spacing are important determinants for planning a transit system, which influence the service level as well as the cost of operation. A mathematical model is developed, and the objective function is user travel time which is minimized by the optimized stop spacing and headway, subject to the constraints of operable fleet size and route capacity. Optimal stop spacing and headway solutions are obtained in a numerical example. Sensitivity analysis is conducted, and the effect of model parameters on user travel time is explored.     

Accommodating risk in the valuation of expected travel time savings

Valuation of travel time savings is a critical measure in transport infrastructure appraisal, traffic modelling and network performance. It has been recognised for some time that the travel times associated with repeated trips are subject to variation, and hence there is risk embedded in the treatment of expected travel time. In the context of the expected utility framework, we use a nonlinear probability weighting function to accommodate choice made under risk. Although the empirical findings suggest small differences between the value of expected travel time savings (VETTS) in the presence and absence of risk, the mean estimate does make a noticeable difference to time benefits when applied to real projects. By incorporating nonlinear probability weighting, our model reveals that the probabilities associated with specific travel times that are shown to respondents in the choice experiment are transformed, resulting in overweighting of outcomes with low probabilities and underweighting of outcomes with high probabilities. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Practical approach for travel time estimation from point traffic detector data

Accurate estimation of travel time is critical to the success of advanced traffic management systems and advanced traveler information systems. Travel time estimation also provides basic data support for travel time reliability research, which is being recognized as an important performance measure of the transportation system. This paper investigates a number of methods to address the three major issues associated with travel time estimation from point traffic detector data: data filling for missing or error data, speed transformation from time‐mean speed to space‐mean speed, and travel time estimation that converts the speeds recorded at detector locations to travel time along the highway segment. The case study results show that the spatial and temporal interpolation of missing data and the transformation to space‐mean speed improve the accuracy of the estimates of travel time. The results also indicate that the piecewise constant‐acceleration‐based method developed in this study and the average speed method produce better results than the other three methods proposed in previous studies. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A three-stage least squares approach to the analysis of airline strategies for aircraft size and airline frequency on the north Atlantic: an airline case study

In response to increasing demand, airlines may increase capacity by increasing the frequency of flights or they may choose to increase aircraft size. This may yield operating cost economies. If the airports they operate from are capacity constrained, they will be limited in the extent that they can change frequency which will limit their ability to compete with the number of frequencies offered. This article focuses on this trade-off and pays particular attention to the practices of a specific airline. Conclusions are offered on the impact of inter alia competition, changes in aircraft technology, 9/11 and the impact of slot constraints. It appears that changes in size are more important than frequency, which is consistent with the presence of slot constraints and there is a significant impact of competition. As the concentration of carriers increases, so aircraft size falls. 9/11 also has a significant impact on traffic whereas the introduction of the Boeing 777, as an illustration of a change in technology, does not.     

车用预热固体继电器的优化设计

给出优化设计后车用预热固体继电器的主要技术指标,详细介绍该类产品的优化设计方法,重点阐述输入电路增加下拉电阻设计、优化放电电路设计、增加延时电路设计和增加短路失效时切断主回路电路设计等优化设计。     

发动机水温传感器响应时间研究

响应时间是温度传感器的重要指标,特别是在温度变化较快的应用环境以及对温度变化敏感的场合显得格外重要。一般标准要求发动机水温传感器的响应时间为30s以内。随着对汽车节能、环保要求的提高,需要更精确地感知和控制发动机冷却液温度,因此,迫切需要大幅缩短传感器的响应时间。通过改变壳体材料、形状尺寸,改善导热介质材料、注入工艺等方法,可以将响应时间缩短至6s以内。     

基于视错觉的公路隧道中部安全控速方法

公路隧道中部低照度、环境单调的特点,容易导致驾驶人产生严重视错觉,从而低估车速,引发交通事故.高频视觉信息容易导致驾驶人高估车速,而中、低频视觉信息则会导致驾驶人低估车速,但不同频率视觉信息,不同照度水平对公路隧道中部行车环境中驾驶人的车速感知影响缺乏定量分析.文中利用3ds Max软件制作公路隧道中部行车仿真模型,利用E-prime软件进行基于极限法的车速感知心理物理实验,并用实车试验数据校核了模型精度,对高频视觉信息与高、中频组合视觉信息在不同照度水平(100％,50％,25％标准照度)条件下的速度感知、反应时进行了对比研究.实验结果显示:公路隧道中部的速度感知主要由高频视觉信息决定,在100％标准照度条件下高频视觉信息的车速高估约为20％,在加人中频视觉信息后,车速高估情况趋于合理,约为14％;照度变动对速度感知和反应时均有显著影响,显著度分别为0.008和0.013,照度条件越好,车速高估越低,反应时越短.     

专业及非专业驾驶人跟驰安全特性评价

为研究专业与非专业驾驶人的跟驰安全性,以真实道路交通环境下驾驶人跟驰行为的数据采集为基础,应用碰撞时间TTC及其拓展指标TET和TIT 3个跟驰安全评价指标,对比分析了受测专业及非专业驾驶人TTC频率分布和单位时间内TET及TIT平均百分比,从而对专业及非专业驾驶人跟驰安全特性进行了评价.研究结果表明在跟驰过程中专业驾驶人保持较小碰撞时间的比例比非专业驾驶人高,同时专业驾驶人单位时间内TET及TIT平均百分比大于非专业驾驶人.     

基于锥形流量延误函数的公交行程时间模型

针对交通规划软件常用的BPR公交流量延误函数在饱和度接近或大于1时,计算值与实际值相差急剧增大的不足,提出一种锥形流量延误函数,并分析了其对公交行程时间的影响,进而通过等式关系实现模型在交通仿真软件EMME/3中的实用化.相关的案例分析显示,在公交行程时间拟合方面,锥形流量延误模型较传统的BPR曲线模型误差均值降低5.57％,误差的波动降低50.60％,效果显著.     

城市道路短期交通流预测VHSSA模型

针对出行者出行时对交通信息预报以及动态路径规划的要求,对路段的历史交通流时间序列数据进行了研究,利用城市路段交通流的周期相似性特征提出了基于纵横序列相似性的短期交通流预测VHSSA模型,该模型克服了以往预测模型只考虑纵向时间序列周期性相似的缺陷,将全时间序列数据进行小波变换后分解为反映基本变化规律的基序列和反映波动变化情况的波动序列,既可只进行基序列预测,也可通过置信区间对波动序列进行修正,再与基序列叠加进行全序列预测.经试例验证,VHSSA模型和基于纵向序列相似性的VSSA模型分别与实测序列的基序列和全序列进行比对,VHSSA模型的预测效果总体优于VSSA模型,误差可满足实际要求.