Understanding the impacts of a combination of service improvement strategies on bus running time and passenger’s perception

Transit agencies implement many strategies in order to provide an attractive transportation service. This article aims to evaluate the impacts of implementing a combination of strategies, designed to improve the bus transit service, on running time and passenger satisfaction. These strategies include using smart card fare collection, introducing limited-stop bus service, implementing reserved bus lanes, using articulated buses, and implementing transit signal priority (TSP). This study uses stop-level data collected from the Société de transport de Montréal (STM)’s automatic vehicle location (AVL) and automatic passenger count (APC) systems, in Montréal, Canada. The combination of these strategies has lead to a 10.5% decline in running time along the limited stop service compared to the regular service. The regular route running time has increased by 1% on average compared to the initial time period. The study also shows that riders are generally satisfied with the service improvements. They tend to overestimate the savings associated with the implementation of this combination of strategies by 3.5-6.0 min and by 2.5-4.1 min for both the regular route and the limited stop service, respectively. This study helps transit planners and policy makers to better understand the effects of implementing a combination of strategies to improve running time and passenger’s perception of these changes in service.     

An operational activity-based method to estimate CO2 emissions from container shipping considering empty container repositioning

This paper develops an operational activity-based method to estimate CO₂ emissions from container shipping in contrasts to the traditional aggregated activity-based method. Two case studies investigate the impacts of empty container repositioning policies and port handling capacity on CO₂ emission index. The results show that the aggregated method could well overestimate CO₂ emissions and the operational activity-based method is more appropriate. The paper also demonstrates that high port-handling capacity and efficient empty container repositioning could reduce CO₂ emissions in seaborne container transportation.     

浅议绿色图书馆的建设

绿色图书馆的提出、发展及其推广,是社会经济发展到一定阶段的产物。文章从"绿色环境、绿色服务、绿色馆藏、绿色管理"四个方面探讨了如何将图书馆创建成一个绿色的图书馆。     

港口在推动建立现代国际物流中心中的战略意义

分析了不同阶段物流及港口发展的关系表征,进而分析了港口推动现代物流方面的优势。随后,从四个方面阐述了建立物流中心的战略意义。     

海事政务中心发展思路的几点思考

文中从海事政务中心的发展角度出发,通过分析和研究其产生、存在并发展的法律依据,找出困扰其发展的问题根源,并试图从立法规范、职能定位和运行机制等方面提出推动其健康发展的有效对策。     

锈蚀钢筋混凝土结构可靠性与寿命预测

目前钢筋混凝土结构可靠度研究大多数没有考虑钢筋锈蚀的影响。从考虑钢筋面积的降低,建立锈蚀钢筋混凝土结构抗力的模型,应用结构可靠性分析的简化方法计算结构的可靠度来评估混凝土结构可靠度。通过分析,还可以进行目标可靠度下的寿命预测。     

高速公路客户服务系统关键技术和体系结构研究

介绍高速公路服务系统及其关键技术和技术标准,讨论高速公路客户服务系统服务类型和业务流程,并对其体系结构进行分析和研究,结合我国公路交通管理需求和特点,给出实现高速公路客户服务系统的初步方案。     

城市高快速路先行建设智能交通系统之我见

分析了城市高快速路现状普遍存在的突出问题及城市高快速路建设智能交通系统的意义，从实际需求和将来发展预留空间出发，结合工作实践，提出了城市高快速路智能交通系统的系统定位和功能架构。     

延长导热油使用寿命的方法分析

通过了解导热油的特性,分析导热油结焦的过程和老化原因,提出防止或减少导热油结焦是提高运行效率、运行安全和延长导热油使用寿命的关键。结合理论和实践经验,介绍了导热油在使用过程中应注意的问题及解决方法,从而达到延长导热油使用寿命、降低生产成本和安全运行的目的。     

浅谈远程职业教育模式

随着社会的发展,社会分工的细化和人才的需要,远程职业教育的重要性愈加体现,其作为远程教育体系结构中的薄弱环节将会被大力发展。该文就远程职业教育的服务对象、教学实施和质量控制等问题阐述了一定的观点。