Platooning for sustainable freight transportation: an adoptable practice in the near future?

ABSTRACT

Platooning is an emerging transportation practice that has the potential to solve the problems of the burgeoning transportation industry. A platoon is a group of vehicles, with vehicle to vehicle communication, that travel closely behind one another such that the platoon can accelerate, brake and cruise together. Platoons can improve road safety, be energy efficient and reduce costs. Its complete socio-economic benefits include congestion mitigation, smoother traffic flow, better lane usage and throughput, incentives for green logistics and driver safety. The long-term effect of platooning on road transportation, if extensively deployed, would be better organised traffic flow and efficient tracking of vehicles on the road ushering a multilevel positive impact on the industry. In this study, we attempt to answer the critical question of whether platooning is an adoptable practice in the near future and discuss an agenda to take platooning closer to implementation on the ground by highlighting the opportunities for future research. We also present a conceptual framework to help researchers, academicians, policy makers and practitioners for the adoption of platooning into the transportation industry.     

瓮马铁路南北延伸线引入都匀地区方案研究

通过分析都匀地区既有铁路现状及规划铁路,结合瓮马铁路货物流向,提出了瓮马铁路南延线引入黔桂线的必要性。结合都匀地区地形、城市规划和自然保护区范围,研究了瓮马铁路在黔桂线的前方站(都匀北站)或黔桂线绿荫湖站设置交接场引入都匀地区的方案,考虑到运营管理分解划分明确,减少折角运输,一次性建成南北直通通道,吸引国铁直通车流等因素,宜采用设置都匀北站交接场的方案。根据线路引入既有黔桂线接轨点的不同,对双线区间接轨方案、新都匀站站房同侧引入方案和新都匀站站房对侧引入方案进行分析,从工程量、工程投资、运输组织、施工难度及风险、投资建设模式等方面比较,得出双线区间接轨引入都匀地区方案最优。     

基于铁路货运承运清算模式的竞争性一口价探讨

通过对铁路货运承运清算分析,结合铁路货运成本,通过测算铁路货物运输货运成本区间、变动成本区间及清算盈余区间,在实施竞争性一口价时,依据铁路货运线路的繁忙程度,得出相应的下浮区间。根据铁路货运绝对增量及相对增量的类型、货运增量比例或者货主要求下浮比例,合理计算另一比例的精确值,帮助铁路企业精准实施货运“竞争性一口价”,取得铁路货物运输竞争优势,实现货主获得实惠、铁路货运增量的双赢。     

北京局集团公司铁路货运票据电子化作业问题研究

为提升北京局集团公司货运票据电子化工作质量,根据实际货运作业流程,按时间先后对需求提报受理、进货、装车承运、列车出发、途中作业、列车到达、卸车、交付等8个作业环节中常见货运票据电子化作业问题进行分析,阐述货运票据电子化作业问题类型,分析对货运票据电子化作业质量影响程度,提出计算货运票据电子化作业问题严重性的量化方法。针对北京局集团公司货运票据电子化作业情况进行量化计算,根据问题严重性得分,分析北京局集团公司存在的重点货运票据电子化作业问题,提出货运票据电子化作业质量提升对策,为铁路局集团公司货运票据电子化管理、货运信息化建设提供借鉴。     

地铁车辆段智能综合业务管理平台研究

地铁车辆段承担车辆和行车设备的检修和维修、段内行车组织等业务,对于保证列车的安全准点运行具有重要意义。本文通过对地铁车辆段的各项业务分析,将业务划分为行车类和非行车类;对智能综合业务管理平台进行研究和设计.提出智能综合业务管理平台的逻辑架构、物理架构以及建设过程中的主要问题.对提高车辆段作业效率和信息化水平具有重要的意义和参考价值。     

A cognitive framework to plan for the future of transportation

ABSTRACT

Automated, connected, electrified, and shared mobility will be cornerstones of the transportation future. Research to quantify the potential benefits and drawbacks of practice, and to identify barriers to adoption, is the first step in any strategic plan for their adoption. However, uncertainties, complexity, interdependence, and the multidisciplinary nature of emerging transportation technologies make it difficult to organize and identify focused research. The contribution of this work is a cognitive framework to help planners and policymakers organize broad topics, reveal challenges, discover ideas for solutions, quantify potential impacts, and identify implications to guide preparation strategies. The authors provide example cognitive frameworks for connected, automated, and electrified vehicles.     

“一带一路”中老泰铁路运输风险评价及保费研究

随着“一带一路”设施联通建设的不断推进,作为泛亚铁路中线工程的中老泰铁路也是其中重要的一部分。为研究一带一路中老泰铁路货物运输风险以及相关保费计算,本文首先采用层次分析法得到铁路货物运输过程中存在的政治因素、气候因素、运维因素和自然力因素的风险以及不同风险因素组合的权重;其次基于N-K模型对风险进行耦合,并且结合权重计算风险耦合值,根据风险耦合值划分风险区间,不同风险区间对应的附加费率不同,最后利用保费计算公式可以得到保险费用。本文末以中老泰铁路运输水果为例,基于不同风险因素的耦合得到15个风险耦合值,并计算保费,得出不同风险下的保费结果。     

北京局集团公司“三港三区域三品类”货运增量对策

在“公转铁”机遇带动下,北京局集团公司将货运增量重点由煤炭转向“三港三品类”,进行运力资源倾斜。分析“三港三区域三品类”货运量、装车卸车,从运输价格、运距结构、运力匹配、装卸车组织、环保政策、路企双方设备能力等方面分析货运增量影响因素,提出“三港三区域三品类”货运增量对策,即:增强货运市场营销策略积极参与市场竞争、加强运输组织释放“三港、三区域”运能、调整作业方案实现效率提升、依托“公转铁”政策支持优化运输结构、落实专用线扩能改造助力货运上量,提升“三港三区域三品类”市场竞争力,满足货运增量需求,实现北京局集团公司货运量持续增长。     

Unbalanced development of inter-provincial high-grade highway in China: Decomposing the Gini coefficient

This study discusses the unbalanced development of Chinese inter-provincial high-grade highway from 1997 to 2013. It does so from the viewpoint of the inter-provincial Gini coefficient based on per capita mileage of high-grade highway, which is decomposed according to such dimensions as the increment of the Gini coefficient, the Gini coefficient of different types of high-grade highway, and the Gini coefficient between and within inland and coastal areas. The Gini coefficient of China’s per capita mileage of inter-provincial high-grade highway shows a declining trend year by year. According to the results from the decomposition of the contribution rate of different types of high-grade highway, the unbalanced development of inter-provincial high-grade highway is caused mainly by that of first- and second-grade highway. According to the results from the decomposition related to the increment of the Gini coefficient of China’s per capita mileage of inter-provincial high-grade highway, the decrease of the Gini coefficient from 1997 to 2013 was mainly the result of balanced distribution of high-grade highway among regions in China. According to the results from the decomposition of the Gini coefficient between and within inland and coastal areas, the unbalanced development of inter-provincial high-grade highway in China from 1997 to 2013 was caused mainly by the unbalanced development of inter-provincial high-grade highway in inland areas. Therefore, the authors argue that the government should pay more attention to protecting the environment and providing a suitable scale of highway network, which could promote long-term sustainable development.     

加快推进我国交通一体化发展的建议

本文首先提出推进我国交通一体化发展既是必然选择,也具备较好基础,其次分析目前我国交通一体化发展不足的主要制约因素,提出我国交通一体化的内涵和目标,并从基础设施一体化、客运服务一体化、货运服务一体化、天地一体的交通通信和信息支撑保障体系、区域交通一体化几个方面提出推进我国交通一体化的发展重点。