Total cost analysis: An alternative to benefit-cost analysis in evaluating transportation alternatives

This paper explains the theory in support of total cost analysis (TCA) to compare transportation system alternatives. The full costs of each alternative are first aggregated, including travel time costs and monetizable environmental and social costs. Many costs which are considered on the benefits side of the equation in benefit-cost analysis (BCA) as "cost savings" are brought over to the costs side. Total cost differences among alternatives are then traded off against their estimated non-monetized benefits or impacts, just as a consumer trades off product quality against cost before deciding which product he or she will buy. One advantage of TCA over traditional BCA is that the concept of "total cost" is more easily understood by the public and by political decision-makers than BCA concepts such as "net present worth", "benefit-cost ratio" and "internal rate of return". A second advantage is that there is no suggestion that all "benefits" have been considered; decision-makers are free to use their own value judgements to trade off total cost against non-monetizable social, environmental and economic impacts, just as they trade off quality and convenience against cost when purchasing goods and services in their roles as consumers. The TCA approach is demonstrated in this paper through a case study of two systemwide alternatives for the Baltimore, MD urban area.     

Bus Priority Using pre-signals

The need to provide efficient public transport services in urban areas has led to the implementation of bus priority measures in many congested cities. Much interest has recently centred on priority at signal controlled junctions, including the concept of pre-signals, where traffic signals are installed at or near the end of a with-flow bus lane to provide buses with priority access to the downstream junction. Although a number of pre-signals have now been installed in the U.K., particularly in London, there has been very little published research into their design, operation and optimisation. This paper addresses these points through the development of analytical procedures which allow pre-implementation evaluation of specific categories of pre-signals. The paper initially sets out three categories of pre-signal, which have different operating characteristics, different requirements for signalling and different impacts on capacity and delay. Key issues concerning signalling arrangements for these categories are then discussed, together with a summary of the analytical approach adopted and the assumptions required. Equations are developed to allow appropriate signal timings to be calculated for pre-signalised intersections. Further equations are then developed to enable delays to priority and non-priority traffic, with and without pre-signals, to be estimated with delay being taken here as the key performance criterion. The paper concludes with three application examples illustrating how the equations are applied and the impacts of pre-signals in different situations.The analyses confirm the potential benefits of pre-signals, where these signals apply to non-priority traffic only. Where buses are also subject to a pre-signal, it is shown that disbenefits to buses can often occur, unless bus detectors are used to gain priority signalling.     

关于空集装箱返还问题的讨论

经历了半个世纪的发展,集装箱运输已经成为当今交通运输现代化的重要形式。近年来,我国集装箱运输有了长足发展,相应的规范集装箱运输的多部法规也不断完善,但是仍然不能完全避免实践中产生纠纷。就集装箱运输中经常遇到的返还空集装箱的问题进行讨论。     

8530TEU集装箱船舱口盖局部结构疲劳分析

对集装箱船舱口盖的局部结构疲劳载荷计算进行分析,基于S-N曲线提出疲劳寿命的分析方法,并对某8530TEU集装箱船的典型舱口盖结构进行计算,根据结果对结构作有益的改进。     

物流的发展对集装箱运输的影响

随着经济的快速发展,“物流”逐渐成为人们研究的热点,它的思想、它的理论趋于成熟,实现它的手段趋于完善。而与此同时,由于入世步伐的加快给中国的集装箱运输既带来了商机又带来了挑战,如何使我国的集装箱运输在发展自身的同时又提高与国外同行的竞争力是一个值得我们研究的课题。物流理论和集装箱运输相结合应该是一个方向。     

集装箱运输的发展及我国航运公司的发展策略

介绍了近几年国际集装箱班轮市场的发展情况及所呈现的趋势;然后分析了我国的集装箱班轮公司在国际海运市场竞争中的优劣;最后为我国航运企业的发展提出了几点建议。     

基于部分集卡到达信息的码头进口箱翻箱优化

集装箱码头进口箱提箱作业过程中,由于外集卡到达时间的不确定性,存在外集卡提箱顺序与目标箱的堆存位置不一致,从而产生大量翻箱.为了解决这一问题,本文以期望翻箱量最小为落箱位置的选择原则,提出最小化二次翻箱启发式算法,利用算例验证算法的有效性,分析集卡到达的信息质量对进口箱提箱翻箱的影响,根据集卡到达信息质量的不同选择最佳翻箱规则.结果表明:提出的翻箱策略可以在获得部分集卡到达信息下有效地减少翻箱,针对不同的集卡到达信息质量,采取相应翻箱规则进行翻箱作业能有效减少翻箱,提高码头堆场的作业效率.     

港口煤炭堆场防风网防尘效果数值模拟研究

在港口防尘措施中,常用防风网减少煤堆向空气中排防粉尘的数量,防风网的这种屏蔽作用主要是通过风洞模拟实验加以研究的,但由于其研究成本较高,限制了很多项目研究工作的开展。以秦皇岛港煤炭堆场为例,采用计算流体力学(CFD)技术对堆场防风网建设方案进行了数值模拟计算,利用美国环境保护局推荐的煤炭堆场起尘量计算公式对计算结果进行处理,通过对各种布置方案的起尘量计算来确定港口煤炭堆场的防风网建设方案。通过防风网的数值模拟计算方法,短周期低成本的完成了各种方案的对比,为防风网的建设提供很好的技术支撑。     

东南亚港口发展动态及主要港口价位比较

简要介绍东南亚港口的发展动态,并对几个主要港口的价位进行比较。     

集装箱码头现代化、智能化管理的科学分析

阐述了如何缩短集装箱船舶在港停泊时间,增强码头堆场集装箱的周转能力,提高集装箱船舶的装卸速度等3个方面的见解,提出了一些具体的举措,这些措施对实现集装箱码头现代化、智能化管理起到了重要作用。