To fully automate or not? Investigating demands and willingness to pay for autonomous vehicles based on automation levels

We review the literature on the motivators of consumers’ purchasing decisions regarding autonomous vehicles (AVs), focusing on environmental awareness, vehicle types, concerns about accidents, and merits. The willingness to buy (WTB) and willingness to pay (WTP) for AVs have been extensively studied. However, it is imperative to broaden the outlook and consolidate the existing knowledge base. Although the WTB and WTP for AVs have been studied, automation-level preferences have been underresearched. Based on more than 150,000 observations, we construct a choice model and calculate the WTP for each level of automation. Our results show that there is a disparity between people's WTB and WTP according to the automation level. In particular, we find that the coefficients regarding FAVs’ benefits and accidents significantly exceed those related to environmental concerns. Such results indicate that practical benefits and concerns influence AV demand and WTP to a greater extent than environmental awareness. Our model results indicate a disparity between WTB and WTP for AVs that mostly derives from the different types of environmental concerns, concerns about accidents, and perceived benefits from these automobiles. Our results urge policies according to which governments and companies closely examine consumers who exhibit WTB-WTP disparities. Issues relating to demand patterns, WTP, and a suitable policy framework are discussed.     

信息技术对21世纪交通运输发展的影响

在即将进入２１世纪之际，在面对信息技术对社会带来日益深刻的影响之时，未来交通运输将如何发展是从事交通运输业的人们所关心的问题。本文从信息流与交通运输相关关系角度出发，比较了两者的特点，探讨了信息流对旅客运输和货物运输的影响。分析了信息时代交通运输的一些基本特征。     

基于公交数据的公交乘客上客特征分析

城市公共交通是城市交通的重要组成部分,具有缓解交通拥堵、降低能源消耗、改善生态环境等优势,一直是政府大力支持与提倡优先的出行方式。基于公交的运营数据,提取了每次刷卡数据的上客站点数据,进一步分析出公交网络层面站点上客特征,最后,结合居住人口、工作人口分布,分析出公交乘客上客与空间人口分布的关联性。     

南宁市农村客运发展策略研究

农村客运是农村社会经济发展的基础与保障,是农村居民重要的出行方式。文章阐述了南宁市农村客运发展存在的问题,分析了问题产生的原因,并基于南宁市城市发展方向与目标提出了农村客运发展策略。     

企业文化在运输企业管理中的功能

本文阐述了企业文化在企业管理中的导向、凝聚、激励、约束和辐射功能,对企业发展具有指导意义。     

强腐作用下钢板组合梁栓钉退化机理的研究与有限元分析

用浓度为36％的工业盐酸对30根钢板组合梁栓钉进行腐蚀,腐蚀时间分别为0h、0.5h、1h、2h、4h、8h、12h、24 h、48 h和72 h,对腐蚀后栓钉进行拉伸试验,研究强腐蚀对栓钉力学性能的影响,分析不同腐蚀时间的栓钉各项力学性能的退化规律.试验结果表明:强腐蚀对栓钉的各项力学性能有着显著影响;腐蚀时间为0h...     

浅析大型铁路客运站交通规划理念

以重庆北站北场交通规划为例,分析和判断了铁路客流对象、车站客流组织、旅客立体换乘、车站功能布局和车站管理模式5个方面的发展趋势;提出了现代铁路客运站在综合交通枢纽、站前集散广场、机动车进出通道、交通设施布局、客流组织方面的规划设计理念。     

舰艇用耐蚀管材对比试验

分析某舰船系统管路所处环境和工作特点,提出适合本系统工作环境的3种材料.通过耐腐蚀性能对比试验验证,为合理选用系统管材提供了依据.试验表明,Ti-75钛合金具有优良的耐蚀性能,适合作为本系统管路材料,能提高系统管路的耐腐蚀性能.     

对海上非法砂石船有效监管问题的思考

近年来,渤海湾海上交通安全形势严峻,海上非法采砂船、砂石运输船险情频发,船沉人亡事故时有发生。文中通过对渤海湾砂石船事故原因的分析,并结合海事监管工作实际,对非法采砂船、砂石运输船的长效监管问题提出了看法和相关建议。     

Carpooling and carpool clubs: Clarifying concepts and assessing value enhancement possibilities through a Stated Preference web survey in Lisbon, Portugal

The increase of urban traffic congestion calls for studying alternative measures for mobility management, and one of these measures is carpooling. In theory, these systems could lead to great reductions in the use of private vehicles; however, in practice they have obtained limited success for two main reasons: the psychological barriers associated with riding with strangers and poor schedule flexibility. To overcome some of the limitations of the traditional schemes, we proposed studying a carpooling club model with two main new features: establishing a base trust level for carpoolers to find compatible matches for traditional groups and at the same time allowing to search for a ride in an alternative group when the pool member has a trip schedule different from the usual one. A web-based survey was developed for the Lisbon Metropolitan Region (Portugal), including a Stated Preference experiment, to test the concept and confirm previous knowledge on these systems’ determinants. It was found through a binary logit Discrete Choice Model calibration that carpooling is still attached with lower income strata and that saving money is still an important reason for participating in it. The club itself does not show promise introducing more flexibility in these systems; however, it should provide a way for persons to interact and trust each other at least to the level of working colleagues.