The Movingo integrated ticket: seamless connections across the mälardalen region of Sweden

ABSTRACT

The need for improved public transport (PT) ticketing in ever-growing deregulated PT markets has made well-designed integrated ticketing systems a priority area of intervention for PT service providers around the world. Yet, very little practical evidence of its impacts are reported in Sweden and in the world at large. The focus of this study was the impacts of the Movingo integrated ticketing scheme in terms of PT patronage, user satisfaction and the perceived quality of the ticketing set-up. Three travel surveys were conducted along the Stockholm-Uppsala route. Methods including logistic regression and correlated t-tests were used to analyse the samples. The findings suggest that the scheme made rail commuting more attractive resulting in an overall increase of about 24% in ticket sales with 3% – 15% car commuters reporting that they patronised PT services after the project. The scheme also resulted in increased rail commuter satisfaction. The overall perceived quality of the ticketing set-up did not however improve due to interoperability challenges. Service providers’ uncertainty about equitable distribution of revenue among the participating service providers, interoperability challenges and the lack of interest among most of the participating service providers to sell Movingo tickets are some issues to be addressed.     

Integrated models of land use and transportation for the autonomous vehicle revolution

ABSTRACT

The advent of the autonomous vehicle (AV) will affect not only the transportation system, but also future patterns of land development. Integrated land use and transportation models will be critical tools in assessing the path forward with this technology. Key questions with respect to land use impacts of AVs arise from potential changes in sensitivity to travel and reduced demand for parking. It is an open question whether AVs will induce urban sprawl, or whether spatial economies of agglomeration will mitigate any reductions in travel time sensitivity. The deployment of shared fleets of AVs would likely reduce parking demand, producing yet to be explored impacts on property development within existing urban footprints. We perform a critical assessment of currently operational models and their ability to represent the adoption of AVs. We identify the representation of time in such models as a vital component requiring additional development to model this new technology. Existing model applications have focused on the discrete addition of new infrastructure or policy at a fixed point in time, whereas AV adoption will occur incrementally through time. Stated adaptation surveys are recommended as tools to quantify preferences and develop relevant model inputs. It is argued that existing models that assume comparatively static equilibrium have been convenient in the past, but are insufficient to model technology adoption. In contrast, dynamic model frameworks lack sufficient structure to maintain reasonability under large perturbations from base conditions. The ongoing advancement of computing has allowed models to move away from being mechanistic aggregate tools, towards behaviourally rich depictions of individual persons and firms. However, much work remains to move from projections of existing conditions into the future, to the evolution of the spatial economy as it evolves through time in response to new technologies and exogenous stresses. Principles from complex and evolutionary systems theory will be important in the development of models with the capacity to consider such dynamics.     

客运专线新建车站路基及排水设计与养护维修方式的探讨

本文根据秦沈客运专线新建车站排水设计在验交时存在的不同意见,从车站站型布置、路基结构、站线轨道标准、排水设计特点与既有养护维修方式等方面存在的问题进行分析、研究,探讨客运专线新建车站站型布置、路基结构,站线轨道标准、排水设计与站线养护维修方式的设计方案。     

CMOS集成电路功耗分析及其优化方法

电子产品功耗的大小不仅限制了便携设备电池使用时间，也在一定程度上影响着设备性能。研究降低功耗的电路设计技术意义重大。CMOS集成电路功耗的物理来源主要有两种：由于CMOS管工作状态变化而引起的动态功耗和由于漏电流而产生的静态功耗。针对决定功耗大小的具体因素，从制造工艺和具体设计角度，讨论了几种降低CMOS集成电路功耗技术。     

编组站综合集成自动化系统实施过程中几个问题的探讨

本文介绍了成都北站综合自动化实施过程中遇到的道岔过电流保护设计、微机监测传输、尾部停车器逻辑设计和站场维修电话解决方案的实施经验和建议。     

集成电路在线功能测试技术研究

提出集成电路在线功能测试中存在的一些问题并给出了相应的技术解决方案,其中包含了模拟集成电路数字化技术、分时分模块测试技术、隔离技术。这些技术涉及到测试程序的改进技术以及被测对象的特殊处理技术。     

基于多媒体时钟的定时控制

由于Windows平台图形界面的易操作，使得在各行各业得到迅速的普及。这在工业控制领域也不例外，但是由于Windows操作系统在大部分情况下是以队列形式工作的，使得在Windows下实现实时控制成为了难题。利用多媒体时钟可以很好地实现Windows实时控制。     

架空刚性接触悬挂的特点及其维修

广州地铁二号线是国内首条采用架空刚性接触悬挂技术的接触网,国外地铁已大量采用架空刚性接触悬挂,效果很好。架空刚性接触悬挂具有整体结构简单、锚段关节和线岔安装调试方便、弓网间的压力和接触线磨耗均匀、悬挂两端无需设置下锚张力补偿装置、没有断线之忧、施工安装和维修精度要求高等特点,另外架空刚性接触悬挂能很好地满足低净空隧道要求,适用于地下铁道。     

提速电力机车安全监测系统及判据研究

对目前提速电力机车的运用安全、修程修制等问题作了简明的阐述,提出机车安全监测系统研制的总体方案及故障判别原则。     

变频调速系统的管理和维护

分析变频器运行中的常见故障,介绍做好变频调速系统日常管理和维护的方法.