Environmental impacts of public transport systems using real-time control method

Public Transport (PT) systems rely more and more on online information extracted from both operator’s intelligent equipment and user’s smartphone applications. This allows for a better fit between supply and demand of the multimodal PT system, especially through the use of PT real-time control actions/tactics. In doing so there is also an opportunity to consider environmental-related issues to approach energy saving and reduced pollution. This study investigates and analyses the benefits of using real-time PT operational tactics in reducing the undesirable environmental impacts. A tactic-based control (TBC) optimization model is used to minimize total passenger travel time and maximize direct transfers (without waiting). The model consists of a control policy built upon a combination of three tactics: holding, skip-stops, and boarding limit. The environmental-related measure is the global warming potential (GWP) using the life cycle assessment technique. The methodology developed is applied to a real life case study in Auckland, New Zealand. Results show that TBC could reduce the GWP by means of reduction of total passenger travel times and vehicle travel cycle time. That is, the TBC model results in a 5.6% reduction in total GWP per day compared with an existing no-tactic scenario. This study supports the use of real-time control actions to maintain a reliable PT service, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and subsequently moving towards greener PT systems.     

Cooperation in transit delivery in West German metropolitan areas

West Germany is densely populated, averaging 245 inhabitants/km², but varying widely between urban agglomerations and rural areas. Transport volume has increased by 40% since 1970, with virtually all growth due to private automobiles. Since 1981 public transit has been suffering from decreasing demand.A 1964 Expert's Report to the German federal government was the stimulus for initiating an effective funding mechanism for new public transit construction. In 1965 Germany's first federated transit authority was founded for the region of Hamburg.Principal among the goals of any cooperative agreement among transit companies are improvements for the passengers and improvement of revenues for the companies. To attain these ends, two distinct forms of transit aggrements have been developed in Germany: transit cooperative (Verkehrsgemeinschaft) and transit federation (Verkehrsverbund). The former is more suitable for smaller to medium-sized towns, while the latter is more suitable for larger cities. The two types are described in this article.German transit federations during the 1970s succeeded in significantly increasing ridership, while during the 1980s patronage has either remained steady or has declined. Yet transit federations showed much better perfomance than did public transit in general. In terms of costs and revenues, no public transit organization in Germany is able to break even; deficits vary between 42% and 55%. The author concludes, however, that hidden subsidies for automobile traffic are far higher, because of environmental damage and the high social cost of traffic accidents.     

交通枢纽型商业中心的问题探讨及改善策略分析

城市商业中心区是城市中交通拥堵的多发地带,而交通枢纽及商业混合区域更是给交通带来了巨大的压力。文中结合镇江市城际枢纽站商业中心区的实例,对城市交通枢纽及商业混合区域的交通问题剖析,并对交通枢纽型商业中心区的交通改善策略进行了相应研究。通过采用公交优先、布置交通设施、构建先进的停车系统、合理组织交通流等措施,为该类地区的交通改善和治理提出对策,使得交通枢纽型商业中心的交通组织更加合理有序,尽可能地减少交通拥堵,促进城市和谐发展。     

浅析建设项目供应商的选择及存在问题

在建设项目管理的全过程中,供应商的考察和选择是非常关键的环节之一。供应商的选择直接影响到项目的质量、成本和进度。目前项目的业主及从事项目管理的单位对项目供应商的选择都有一定的重视,而且制定了相关供应商考察和评价的工作流程。该文主要分析了建设领域对供应商选择的几种方法并对其中存在的不足提出了自己的看法。     

城市综合交通枢纽静态标识布设研究

城市综合交通枢纽通过多种出行方式的整合,缩减了乘客的换乘时间;但庞大的枢纽建筑,增加了乘客寻找＂目的地＂的难度。通过对静态标识相关的现行国家标准和地方标准分析,提出静态标识的布设目标,梳理布设流程,制定布设的总体原则和各类静态标识布设原则。研究的结果将为相关的标准研究和设计工作提供帮助和支持。     

A preliminary proposal for urban and transportation planning in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake

The purpose of this paper is to propose information of use in the reconstruction of urban transport and infrastructure in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake. In particular, knowledge of urban planning and transportation planning is summarized to help in drawing up physical plans.     

中国的城市交通系统建设与发展

在分析我国城市交通现状与问题的基础上,剖析了我国城市未来将要面临的机遇与挑 战.论文分析了我国政府目前的城市交通政策,评价了相关的技术措施,对新世纪我国城市交 通发展的目标与战略提出了自己的看法。     

中国智慧公交示范现状分析及展望

智慧公交示范属于智能网联示范中的特色应用场景,也是智能网联开放道路示范的先行力量.本文梳理了我国现有典型智慧公交示范情况,分析其共性特点及存在问题,并对未来发展进行了展望.旨在从智慧公交视角窥见整体智能网联汽车产业发展进程,促进智能网联汽车从封闭走向开放、从示范应用走向商业化推广.     

Classification of Livebus arrivals user behavior

With the increasing use of Intelligent Transport Systems, large amounts of data are created. Innovative information services are introduced and new forms of data are available, which could be used to understand the behavior of travelers and the dynamics of people flows. This work analyzes the requests for real-time arrivals of bus routes at stops in London made by travelers using Transport for London's LiveBus Arrivals system. The available dataset consists of about one million requests for real-time arrivals for each of the 28 days under observation. These data are analyzed for different purposes. LiveBus Arrivals users are classified based on a set of features and using K-Means, Expectation Maximization, Logistic regression, One-level decision tree, Decision Tree, Random Forest, and Support Vector Machine (SVM) by Sequential Minimal Optimization (SMO). The results of the study indicate that the LiveBus Arrivals requests can be classified into six main behaviors. It was found that the classification-based approaches produce better results than the clustering-based ones. The most accurate results were obtained with the SVM-SMO methodology (Precision of 97%). Furthermore, the behavior within the six classes of users is analyzed to better understand how users take advantage of the LiveBus Arrivals service. It was found that the 37% of users can be classified as interchange users. This classification could form the basis of a more personalized LiveBus Arrivals application in future, which could support management and planning by revealing how public transport and related services are actually used or update information on commuters.     

基于FCM的内河一类船长实操考试效能评估

为解决内河一类船长实操考试效能评估问题,提出了一种基于模糊认知图的评价模型(FCMES).在建立影响因素层的不同评价等级基础上,通过问卷调查辨识出了25个影响因素;据专家意见将收集到的定性数据转化为三角模糊数,得到不同的模糊矩阵;利用模糊推理规则的方法聚合各模糊矩阵,再解模糊化,获取邻接矩阵.采取输入端数、输出端数及中心度3个指数的方法,分析FCMES中各因素的重要程度,选出核心变量.利用Matlab实现对FCMES认知图的推理仿真,检验核心变量的准确性.结果表明,绩效评估、评估员素质、模拟器效能、考试流程设计合理性,这4个影响因素对内河一类船长实操考试的效能有重要影响.