On the degradation of performance for traffic networks with oblivious users

We consider the problem of characterizing user equilibria and optimal solutions for routing in a given network. We extend the known models by considering users oblivious to congestion in the following sense: While in the typical user equilibrium setting the users follow a strategy that minimizes their individual cost by taking into account the (dynamic) congestion due to the current routing pattern, an oblivious user ignores congestion altogether; instead, he or she decides his routing on the basis of cheapest routes on a network without any flow whatsoever. These cheapest routes can be, for example, the shortest paths in the network without any flow. This model tries to capture the fact that a certain percentage of travelers base their route simply on the distances they observe on a map, without thinking (or knowing, or caring) about the delays experienced on this route due to their fellow travelers. In this work we study the effect of such users using as the measure of network performance its price of anarchy, i.e., the ratio of the total latency experienced by the users (oblivious or not) at equilibrium over the social optimum.     

伴有故障和延迟维修的清空排队系统的均衡分析

考虑一个马氏排队清空系统,将其看成一个在站台服务的容量无限的交通服务系统,顾客按照泊松过程到达系统后接受服务,而服务时间服从指数分布,假设交通工具容易出现故障,并且经过一个服从指数分布的延迟时间后,才能得到修理.在几乎可见情形下,顾客根据前面已进入系统的人数决定是否进入系统,结合一个线性支付函数,获得了顾客的均衡离开策略.     

Optimization of transport investment and pricing policies: the role of transport pricing in network design

This paper investigates the role of transport pricing in network design and describes two facts about flow pattern in a transportation system. The first, illustrated by an example of Braess paradox, is that adding a new link to the network does not necessarily minimize the total travel time. The second is that introducing of appropriate toll pricing may reduce not only the total network time but also the travel time for each individual traveller. It follows with the investigations of different system objectives and different pricing policies (only toll pricing and distance‐based pricing are considered), and shows how they affect the system performance and flow pattern. Lastly, a systematic optimization process is proposed for integrated planning of transport network and pricing policies.     

Accessibility and transport infrastructure improvement assessment: The role of borders and multilateral resistance

The market potential indicator is a commonly used tool in transport planning for evaluating the potential economic effects derived from improvements in transport infrastructures. The general assumption is that exports from a given region will rise with increased accessibility, thus benefiting economic activities. However, the specification of the market potential model is typically very simple and ignores both the impact of competing rivals and the role of international borders, which leads to unrealistic results. Spatial interaction models on bilateral trade have already proved that international trade is affected by multilateral resistance, borders, adjacency, language or currency. Nevertheless, apart from some recent analyses that simply calibrate the distance decay parameter from trade datasets, these variables have hardly been integrated into research on market potential. This paper sets out to demonstrate that more realistic results are obtained by calibrating the distance-decay parameter and introducing the impact of competing rivals and border effects into the market potential formulation. The proposed model is then applied to the assessment of the accessibility impacts of new road transport infrastructure in the European Union between 2001 and 2012, which shows that the greatest improvements in accessibility were experienced by peripheral countries with high road infrastructure investment.     

基于路网子图空间的交通流平衡分析方法

通过定义路网子图空间,提出了基于路网子图空间的Wardrop平衡原理,建立了相应的交通流平衡分析模型,并通过实例阐释了偏态均衡路网交通流的形成机理与演化过程。研究表明:该模型能够很好地解释包括新路开通期的路网交通流、换乘子图空间路网交通流、收费道路偏好子图空间路网交通流等多种情形下由于网络结构被差异性地认知所形成的偏态均衡路网交通流现象,为多标准下交通流的平衡分析建立了新途径;该分析方法有助于道路网络结构设计与道路网络管理方案的优化。     

带转向延误的非对称多模式用户平衡模型及算法

为了在网络建模中更精确地反映交通网络和出行行为的复杂特征,从多模式用户平衡原理出发,综合考虑多模式和转向延误因素以及不同模式、路段和转向之间的非对称作用,利用变分不等式理论建立了带转向延误的非对称多模式用户平衡模型,并在精简对角化算法的框架内设计了求解算法。该模型集成了交通网络的诸多特征,且能直接刻画转向延误与转向流量之间的互动关系,避免了传统扩展网络法的缺陷。算例表明:该模型及其算法对问题的描述与求解是有效的。     

降级路网的认知及交通流平衡分析模型

为定量衡量因路段降级原因导致路网通行能力的丧失量,分析出行者在降级路网中的路径选择行为将导致何种网络交通流平衡状态,通过将降级路网划分为车流外界因素导致路段可通行能力降级和路段上车流量增加导致道路服务水平的下降两种类型,辨别旅行时间长短与旅行时间波动对出行者路径选择行为的影响,推导出同时考虑这两方面因素影响的可变路径旅行时间风险度量;在此基础上建立了降级路网中的交通流平衡分析模型,该模型满足存在性和惟一性,并能正确描述出行者对降级路网结构认知差异性情况下的网络交通流平衡状态。通过实例展示了不同旅行可靠性要求下,出行者对路径旅行时间长短的权衡关系以及整个路网交通流平衡结果。     

钢筋混凝土空间梁单元截面刚度计算的Cranston方法应用探讨

研究了用空间杆系有限元进行钢筋混凝土结构空间弹塑性极限承载力分析中求截面弹塑性刚度的Cranston方法。通过理论分析,指出了已有方法在Cranston迭代收敛后求截面刚度的缺陷或不明确之处,提出了用有效截面的换算截面重心及数值积分求截面刚度时,均应采用微元切线模量的观点。在自编程序中采用不同模量对同一试验进行了全过程分析,有限元分析结果与试验结果对比,证明了该方法的正确性,可以用于大跨度钢筋混凝土结构的极限承载力分析。     

Optimizing the locations of electric taxi charging stations: A spatial–temporal demand coverage approach

Vehicle electrification is a promising approach towards attaining green transportation. However, the absence of charging stations limits the penetration of electric vehicles. Current approaches for optimizing the locations of charging stations suffer from challenges associated with spatial–temporal dynamic travel demands and the lengthy period required for the charging process. The present article uses the electric taxi (ET) as an example to develop a spatial–temporal demand coverage approach for optimizing the placement of ET charging stations in the space–time context. To this end, public taxi demands with spatial and temporal attributes are extracted from massive taxi GPS data. The cyclical interactions between taxi demands, ETs, and charging stations are modeled with a spatial–temporal path tool. A location model is developed to maximize the level of ET service on the road network and the level of charging service at the stations under spatial and temporal constraints such as the ET range, the charging time, and the capacity of charging stations. The reduced carbon emission generated by used ETs with located charging stations is also evaluated. An experiment conducted in Shenzhen, China demonstrates that the proposed approach not only exhibits good performance in determining ET charging station locations by considering temporal attributes, but also achieves a high quality trade-off between the levels of ET service and charging service. The proposed approach and obtained results help the decision-making of urban ET charging station siting.     

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.