Spatial econometric analysis of automobile and motorcycle traffic on Indonesian national roads and its socio-economic determinants: Is it local or beyond city boundaries?

The purpose of this paper is to verify the justification provided for a centralized national road policyin Indonesia, namely, that trips on national roads are typically inter-urban, by measuring the spatialdimensions of automobile and motorcycle trips on national roads in Indonesia. The study finds thatmotorcycle trips are characteristically local; by contrast, automobile trips extend beyond city boundaries,although to a limited extent. The results suggest the decentralization of transportation policies for thedevelopment and maintenance of national roads by granting autonomy to local governments when nofiscal externality exists. The results also indicate that road capacity, gasoline prices, income, populationand worker density, city size, and the number of public buses are strong predictors of vehicle kilometerstraveled.     

A zonal inference model based on observed smart-card transactions for Santiago de Chile

The collection of origin–destination data for a city is an important but often costly task. This way, there is a need to develop more efficient and inexpensive methods of collecting information about citizens’ travel patterns. In this line, this paper presents a generic methodology that allows to infer the origin and destination zones for an observed trip between two public transport stops (i.e., bus stops or metro stations) using socio-economic, land use, and network information. The proposed zonal inference model follows a disaggregated Logit approach including size variables. The model enables the estimation of a zonal origin–destination matrix for a city, if trip information passively collected by a smart-card payment system is available (in form of a stop-to-stop matrix). The methodology is applied to the Santiago de Chile’s morning peak period, with the purpose of serving as input for a public transport planning computational tool. To estimate the model, information was gathered from different sources and processed into a unified framework; data included a survey conducted at public transport stops, land use information, and a stop-to-stop trip matrix. Additionally, a zonal system with 1176 zones was constructed for the city, including the definition of its access links and associated distances. Our results shows that, ceteris paribus, zones with high numbers of housing units have higher probabilities of being the origin of a morning peak trip. Likewise, health facilities, educational, residential, commercial, and offices centres have significant attraction powers during this period. In this sense, our model manages to capture the expected effects of land use on trip generation and attraction. This study has numerous policy implications, as the information obtained can be used to predict the impacts of changes in the public transport network (such as extending routes, relocating their stops, designing new routes or changing the fare structure). Further research is needed to improve the zonal inference formulation and origin–destination matrix estimation, mainly by including better cost measures, and dealing with survey and data limitations.     

Role of Bus‐Based Park and Ride in the UK: A Temporal and Evaluative Review

Abstract

The number of bus‐based Park and Ride (P&R) schemes in the UK has grown substantially over the past 40 years as a result of its encouragement by the Government as a tool to deal with increasing traffic congestion and traffic‐related pollution. The aim of this article is to analyse the degree to which P&R is effective in the contemporary policy context. The authors identify phases of development of P&R since its emergence as a local solution to transport capacity constraints in historic towns. Policy goals are identified against which a review of literature is used to highlight its effectiveness. It is concluded that P&R may increase the distance travelled by its users due to low load factors on dedicated buses, public transport abstraction and trip generation, although it is highlighted that there are areas in which further research is required to clarify its impacts.     

“交通引导发展”的轨道线交通衔接对策思考

轨道交通为城市的空间拓展起到战略引导作用,其沿线用地发展直接影响到城市格局态势和功能发挥.交通衔接效果的好坏是决定轨道交通服务能力的主要方面.通过研究城市空间拓展的规划理念与方向,思考"交通引导发展"的轨道线的交通衔接对策,并以广州地铁3、4号线为例进行详细探讨.     

兰州铁路枢纽客运系统再研究

结合兰州铁路枢纽相关路网调整,根据枢纽客运布局及相关线路情况,对枢纽内客站站场能力、枢纽线路区间通过能力、跨线客车径路等方面进行检算或检查,得出兰州西站站场规模、枢纽线路区间通过能力均能适应路网调整的需要,但存在既有兰州站客运设施不能满足兰新第二双线2014年年底引入的需要、兰州经中川至张掖铁路无法跨线至宝兰客运专线等问题,并针对问题提出解决方案及建议。     

我国水运工程科学研究的现状

经过近年来的快速发展,我国的水运工程科学研究已经达到了较高的水平,但距离工程实际的需求还有很大差距,与国外同行业相比有很多不足。文章总结了淤泥质海岸泥沙运动规律,粉沙质海岸泥沙运动规律,海岸动力及沙质海岸泥沙运动规律,山区河流航道整治技术,平原河流航道整治技术,通航枢纽建设关键技术,水工构造物检测、评估与加固技术,环境保护技术,淤泥质海岸港口适航水深应用技术和水动力数值模拟软件包TK-2D等10个方面的研究现状。总结了现场调查和有关资料分析,理论分析研究,物理模型试验研究和数值模拟研究等4种研究手段的发展现状。目的是促进核心技术的形成,提高为重大工程服务的能力和水平,增强国际竞争力。     

关于《水运工程测量质量检验标准》制定中有关问题的探讨和说明

为了加强水运工程测量质量控制、质量检验及质量管理,根据交通部水运工程建设标准体系的规划和《交通部水运工程建设标准管理办法》的要求,制定了《水运工程测量质量检验标准》。文中重点讨论了该标准与我国有关标准的相关性、测量质量评分方法、测量质量检验程序及测量质量检验标准中不列入监理内容的理由,并对测量质量权重的划分问题及制图质量的检验内容等作了说明。以期能够在该标准的制定过程中广泛征求意见和建议,使该标准更加合理和完善。     

超限运输的成因及治理措施

超限运输是目前公路运输领域一个普遍存在的现象,为了更好地治理超限运输,从法律意识、危害意识、管理形式不合理等方面对超限运输的成因加以分析,并在此基础上,提出一些治理超限运输的建议措施。     

基于共同配送策略的公路货运网络优化问题

为取得公路货运网络的规模经济,提出采用共同配送模式来优化公路货运网络。针对已有运输网络设计模型中对运费函数和路径选择分析的不足,提出包含分段费用函数和最短运输路径选择的公路货运枢纽网络设计模型。通过实例计算,采用共同配送模式的公路货运网络中的货物周转量比采用传统的"点-点"网络模式中的货物周转量增加38.07%;而前者的干线公路运输费用却比后者下降了26.48%。结果表明,采用共同配送模式有利于实现公路货运网络的规模经济,文中提出的运输网络设计模型能较好用于公路货运网络优化中。     

河池市城乡公交客运发展思路探析

文章基于广西河池市城乡公交客运发展情况,分析了发展城乡公交客运存在的问题,提出了加快城乡公交客运发展的建议,为河池市加快发展城乡公交客运提供思路。