An exploratory study on the Northern Sea Route as an alternative shipping passage

This qualitative inductive research explores the potential benefits for the Scandinavian economy and ports through the implementation of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as an alternative for container shipping to the established Southern route through the Suez Canal. To extract expert’s opinions and address these objectives, we utilised in-depth face-to-face semi-structured interviews through purposive sampling in a single case study setting. The analysis of the data demonstrates that the commercialisation of NSR can yield benefits for the Scandinavian economy (e.g. GDP increase, jobs creation) and reveals the benefits of Scandinavian ports (e.g. ECA’s, flexibility, hinterland, etc.) compared to other ports in North West Europe, which potentially grasp the NSR as an opportunity. However, it is highlighted that this can only be achieved if Scandinavian countries are proactive and secure their involvement.     

Mathematically calculating the transit time of cargo through a liner shipping network with various trans-shipment policies

This paper derives the mathematical expressions for the transit time of cargo through a liner shipping network. Main efforts are devoted to deriving the calculation expressions of the connection time of cargo during trans-shipment. For the forward and many-to-one trans-shipment policies, we conduct a minor correction towards the expressions in existing studies to improve the completeness. Meanwhile, we propose an alternative but more straightforward calculation method for connection time which bypasses the complicated inductive argument in existing studies. Then we introduce two new trans-shipment policies: backward trans-shipment and one-to-many trans-shipment, and mathematically calculate the corresponding connection times. Numerical experiments also deliver some managerial insights into the effectiveness of backward trans-shipment in transit time control.     

Drivers of transit service loyalty considering heterogeneity between user segments

Users’ loyalty to public transit service is fundamental to promote its popularity in the transportation market. A four-step analytical framework is advanced to investigate the importance of service attributes that heterogeneous transit user segments place on their public transit service loyalty, measured in terms of overall satisfaction and re-use intention. Critical service attributes perceived by transit users that are relevant for loyalty enhancement are explicitly determined, which vary between user segments. It is suggested that the design of strategies aimed to promote the use of public transit by increasing user loyalty towards transit service be targeted at specific attributes that contribute most to loyalty and specific user segments whose original loyalty level is significantly different to others.     

乌江思林枢纽二线1000吨级通航建筑物整体水工物理模型试验研究

乌江思林枢纽已建与Ⅳ级航道相适应的通航建筑物不能满足按Ⅲ级航道规划的年过坝货运量要求,拟建思林二线通航建筑物。针对拟建的通航建筑物设计方案引航道口门区及连接段通航水流条件较差的问题,进行正态物理模型研究。采用水流试验、流场实时测量与自航遥控船模相结合的方法,研究不同工况条件下通航建筑物上、下游引航道口门区及连接段通航水流条件和船模操控,通过方案优化比选,得出口门区最优方案布置和适航流量,结论是口门区最优方案为本文修改方案3布置形式,口门区最大通航流量建议采用1 793.8 m³/s,解决了该通航建筑物口门区通航的关键性问题。     

城市轨道交通综合枢纽安全应急水平评价研究

以城市轨道交通综合枢纽安全应急水平评价为主线,从资源配置差异等角度出发,采用系统工程方法,提出评价常态高峰客流疏散和突发事件应急救援水平的思路,并建立了相应的评价指标体系。     

高速铁路枢纽站技术作业计划与动车所调车作业计划协同编制研究

分析高速铁路枢纽站技术作业计划与动车所调车作业计划的协同编制过程,提出了将两个计划一体化编制的思想。以需安排作业效益最大化为优化目标,构建基于动车组车底的高速铁路枢纽站与动车所作业计划协同编制模型。针对模型特点,提出瓶颈工序、启发式分配规则及粗粒度主从进程模式的并行禁忌搜索策略(PTS)相结合的混合优化算法,首先确定作业安排瓶颈工序,然后启动主进程和若干从进程,主进程运用启发式分配规则快速生成初始解分配给从进程,从进程运用与瓶颈工序相关的禁忌算法搜索优化解,并反馈给主进程,主进程记录全局最优解并根据交叉策略生成新的初始解,重新分配给从进程进行TS搜索。最后,用实例验证了模型和算法的有效性。     

基于多目标模糊决策的公路客运枢纽评价方法

在公路客运枢纽方案评价过程中,涉及大量不确定因素和模糊因素。为协调这些因素,并降低人为因素的影响,采用二元对比重要性排序采确定各因素的权重,将备选方案与理想方案的几何偏差作为选优依据,为科学合理地的选择公路客运枢纽提供一种定量的方法,最后给出实例说明方法的实用性。     

成都铁路枢纽客运系统的分析与研究

以成都铁路枢纽客运系统为研究对象,作者讨论了客运专线引入枢纽对客运系统的影响,城市形态及其发展规划与铁路客运站选址的相互关系,铁路与城市交通网络体系中其它运输方式的衔接方式、换乘关系及协调发展;提出了未来三十年成都铁路客运系统车站的分工布局、客货线路在枢纽内的走向及疏解原则,同时提出近期新成都站的建设方案以及市内各种交通运输系统与之协调共谋发展的措施。     

Using Focus and NomiNal Group Techniques for a Better Understanding of the Transit Disadvantaged Needs

The research presented in this paper explores the context, method, and value of focus group research in transit needs assessments. Group participatory research can generate data that are not easily obtained by other methods. The paper focuses on lessons from three Nebraska communities whose transit disadvantaged rely on community-based paratransit services. Because of the size of the paratransit population and the inability to control who showed up to the focus group sessions, a modified group research protocol was adopted in order to garner information from whomever attended the session. The population parameters and the number of people at the meetings were anticipated by the researchers and mitigated by incorporating nominal group techniques. Research findings from the focus group sessions are discussed paying particular attention to the candid and policy-specific comments made by the focus group participants. The paper concludes with an application of focus group research in transit planning.     

广州新机场高速三元里立交结构设计简介

三元里立交工程是广州市区连接白云国际机场高速公路的枢纽立交,该文介绍了工程在总体设计方面如何协调周边环境因素、符合规划交通功能及满足技术标准,在结构设计方面根据总体设计,针对各种不同条件采取不同的结构型式,着重分析设计的重点、难点,可供城区立交类似工程借鉴。