Download or read book Optimal Design of Robust Feeder Bus Network to Rail Lines written by Yunming Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a growing concern with respect to public transport (PT) use and its inability to encourage people to switch from solo to shared means of travel. Designing an operational and economically public bus network is widely recognized as an efficient way of reducing mobility-related problems such as traffic congestion, parking overload, air and noise pollution, and road accidents. One of the major elements of PT network is the way buses can feed railway stations with the goal to approach seamless bus-rail transfers. By optimizing the routes of corresponding feeder-bus network services, better connections with urban rail transit are attained. The design problem for a set of feeder bus lines is analyzed by considering one high capacity railway station linked with a road network. This thesis is three-fold. Firstly, it documents and illustrates the survey results of feeder-bus service demand and consumer requirements, and exceptions for the feeder bus at Auckland, New Zealand, for selected rail stations. Secondly, using the survey results, an ant colony optimization algorithm is developed for an efficient design of feeder-bus network within an acceptable running time. A case study of a major rail station in Auckland demonstrates the effectiveness and performance measures of the proposed algorithm. Finally, a work shows how to efficiently design feeder bus lines to and from railway stations, in consideration of uses of online smartphone data. This design aims to generate better service than that provided by private cars or fixed-route bus service. A bi-level optimization model has been developed for the purposes of designing this integrated, smart PT feeder/shuttle service. The upper level problem is to minimize user, operator, and community costs, and the lower level problem is to maximize the number of rail passengers who will use the feeder bus service given travel behavior of railway users. A genetic algorithm is used to solve the model in an acceptable running time. A numerical small example and a real life case study in Chengdu City, China, are used to illustrate the properties of the bi-level problem and the performance of the proposed algorithm.
Download or read book Optimization and Design Method of Feeder Bus System Metro Station Airport written by Bo Sun and published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA. This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feeder transit system (FTS) aims at arranging access to vehicles located at different depots at all demand points and transporting residents from these selected pick-up stops to transportation hubs (rail station and airport etc.). The FTS transit network, including a set of nodes (transportation hubs, bus stops, demand points, and depots) and links between them, is regarded as an effective tool to provide a better first/last mile service to and from the major fixed-route transit networks. The first/last mile access to major fixed-route transit networks and connectivity of residential areas is one of the main challenges faced by public transit. A well-designed FTS transit network shifted transport demand from individual car traffic to public transport and further enhanced urban sustainability. A feasible solution to the problem is the planning, design and implementation of efficient feeder transit services.
Download or read book Integrated Optimal Design of Feeder and Express Bus Services written by Shi-Tsung Chan and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Optimization and Design Method of Feeder Bus System written by Wei Ming and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Integrated Transport written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-08-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrated Transport : The future of light rail and modern trams in the United Kingdom, tenth report of session 2004-05, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
Download or read book Computers in Railways X written by John J. Allan and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book updates the use of computer-based techniques, promoting their general awareness throughout the business management, design, manufacture and operation of railways and other advanced passenger, freight and transit systems. Including papers from the Tenth International Conference on Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems, the book will be of interest to railway management, consultants, railway engineers (including signal and control engineers), designers of advanced train control systems and computer specialists. Themes of interest include: Planning; Human Factors; Computer Techniques, Management and languages; Decision Support Systems; Systems Engineering; Electromagnetic Compatibility and Lightning; Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS); Freight; Advanced Train Control; Train Location; CCTV/Communications; Operations Quality; Timetables; Traffic Control; Global Navigation using Satellite Systems; Online Scheduling and Dispatching; Dynamics and Wheel/Rail Interface; Power Supply; Traction and Maglev; Obstacle Detection and Collision Analysis; Railway Security.
Download or read book The Engineering Index Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 2398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its creation in 1884, Engineering Index has covered virtually every major engineering innovation from around the world. It serves as the historical record of virtually every major engineering innovation of the 20th century. Recent content is a vital resource for current awareness, new production information, technological forecasting and competitive intelligence. The world?s most comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database, Engineering Index contains over 10.7 million records. Each year, over 500,000 new abstracts are added from over 5,000 scholarly journals, trade magazines, and conference proceedings. Coverage spans over 175 engineering disciplines from over 80 countries. Updated weekly.
Download or read book Icte 2013 written by Qiyuan Peng and published by Amer Society of Civil Engineers. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Urban Rail Development Handbook written by Daniel Pulido and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 845 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities across the globe are looking to develop affordable, environmentally friendly, and socially responsible transportation solutions that can meet the accessibility needs of expanding metropolitan populations and support future economic and urban development. When appropriately planned and properly implemented as part of a larger public transportation network, urban rail systems can provide rapid mobility and vital access to city centers from surrounding districts. High-performing urban rail services, when carefully approached as development projects, can help enhance quality of life by giving citizens access to employment opportunities, essential services, urban amenities, and neighboring communities. The purpose of this Handbook is to synthesize and disseminate knowledge to inform the planning, implementation, and operations of urban rail projects with a view towards: -- Emphasizing the need for early studies and project planning; -- Making projects more sustainable (economically, socially, and environmentally); -- Improving socioeconomic returns and access to opportunities for users; -- Maximizing the value of private participation, where appropriate; and -- Building capacity within project implementing and managing institutions This Handbook provides experiential advice to tackle the technical, institutional, and financial challenges faced by decision makers considering urban rail projects. It brings together the expertise of World Bank staff and the input of numerous specialists to synthesize international 'good practices' and recommendations that are independent of commercial, financial political, or other interests. The material presented is intended as an honest-broker guide to maximize the impact and manage the challenges of urban rail systems in cities in both developed and developing countries. Rather than identify a single approach, this Handbook acknowledges the complexities and context necessary when approaching an urban rail development by helping to prepare decision makers to ask the right questions, consider the key issues, perform the necessary studies, apply adequate tools, and learn from international good practice all at the right time in the project development process.
Download or read book Energy Efficient Train Control written by Philip G. Howlett and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rail is potentially a very efficient form of transport, but must be convenient, reliable and cost-effective to compete with road and air transport. Optimal control can be used to find energy-efficient driving strategies for trains. This book describes the train control problem and shows how a solution was found at the University of South Australia. This research was used to develop the Metromiser system, which provides energy-efficient driving advice on suburban trains. Since then, this work has been modified to find practical driving strategies for long-haul trains. The authors describe the history of the problem, reviewing the basic mathematical analysis and relevant techniques of constrained optimisation. They outline the modelling and solution of the problem and finally explain how the fuel consumption can be minimised for a journey, showing the effect of speed limits and track gradients on the optimal driving strategy.
