scholarly journals Multicriteria Evaluation of Transport Plan for High-Speed Rail: An Application to Beijing-Xiongan

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asim Farooq ◽  
Mowen Xie ◽  
Svetla Stoilova ◽  
Firoz Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Payback Period ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Promethee Ii ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
New City ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Beijing has an enormous transportation challenge: to relieve the extreme congestion that has arisen, largely due to overpopulation. To meet this challenge, the city administration has decided to extend its territory; a new city will be planned and built. This new city, Xiongan, will reduce the burden on the capital. A new high-speed railway (HSR) line is designed to transport millions of people every day within less than an hour. This study applies the potential of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and multicriteria methods, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluations (PROMETHEE II), to determine the best alternative of transportation for the new high-speed railway line between Beijing and Xiongan, comparing different ones. The methodology consists of two stages. In the first stage remote sensing datasets such as ASTER DEM and LANDSAT images and GIS software such as ERDAS IMAGINE and ArcGIS have been used to determine settlement distribution, station location, elevation model, slope percentage, vegetation percentage, and route alignment for a new high-speed railway line for better understanding of its spatial distribution pattern over the study area. The second phase of the study focusing on assessing the various alternatives of transportation has been determined, and three approaches to choosing the best alternative have been introduced. In the paper we examine criteria associated with travel and economic criteria: travel time, the number of train stops, public satisfaction with transport, the number of seats per day, connectivity, operating costs, profit, and the payback period. Six alternatives of transportation have been studied. The stops in Guan and stations in the metro’s rings have been investigated. In the second stage, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and PROMETHEE II methods have been used to select the best alternative. The first approach uses only criteria related to the trip, as the criterion to choose the best alternative is the maximum of the net outranking flows by PROMETHEE II method; the second approach applies two independent criteria: the ratio of normalized operating costs and the normalized net outranking flows, and the ratio of the normalized payback period and the normalized net outranking flows; the third approach includes all defined criteria, and the criterion of choosing the best alternative is the maximum of net outranking flows as calculated by the PROMETHEE II method. The approaches have been analyzed with the purpose of comparing the results. The result indicates that it is expedient to have a station in Guan, which will increase the connection and connectivity among the cities while providing fast mobility options for a large number of inhabitants of Guan city. Furthermore, the result from Remote Sensing and GIS analysis demonstrates that the proposed high-speed railway line will be environmentally sustainable and is economically/socially feasible and that it will certainly attract current and future passengers because of their needs.

Research on High-Speed Railway Line Selection Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process

2014 ◽  
Vol 577 ◽  
pp. 1061-1064
Author(s):  
Feng Zhang ◽  
Xin Di Wang ◽  
Fu Shen Sheng
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
Line Selection ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Selection Of

This paper mainly introduces the use of judgment and the decision-making process of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to solve the choice of railway line. From the aspects of economy, technology, environment and society, we determine the factors that influence the selection of railway line. Through the application of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), we analyzed the problems.

scholarly journals Transportation Planning through GIS and Multicriteria Analysis: Case Study of Beijing and XiongAn

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asim Farooq ◽  
Mowen Xie ◽  
Svetla Stoilova ◽  
Firoz Ahmad ◽  
Meng Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Travel Time ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Transit System ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
New City

Urban population growth and urbanization with its impact on urban planning require continuous research in order to address the challenges posed by transportation requirements. Identifying transportation capacity (road and railways) is an important task that can identify whether the network is capable of sustaining the present volume of traffic and whether it can handle the future intended traffic flow. A new city, XiongAn, will be built in the coming years in order to relieve the pressure of population on Beijing and disperse the economic growth, business activity, and opportunities across the country. The focus of this research is to generate a transportation model between Beijing and XiongAn, in order to increase connection and connectivity, reduce travel time, and increase transfer capacity between the two hubs (Beijing-XiongAn). The existing transportation network between two cities is analyzed and a network which can handle future demand has been proposed. The first stage has been the investigation of a variety of options using geographic information system (GIS). Planning and implementing a mass transit system requires choosing among options such as an existing intercity railway line, a new high-speed railway line, and/or motorway options. In the second phase of our analysis, we assess these options relative to multiple criteria, using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The options were evaluated using various criteria responsible for selection of alternative; it is found that travel time, cost of travel, safety, reliability, accessibility, and environment are key criteria for selecting the best alternative. The GIS and multicriteria analysis suggested that the best option is to build a new high speed railway line.

Application of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process for Evaluation of Ankara-Izmir High-Speed Train Project

2021 ◽  
pp. 258-276
Author(s):  
Ömer Faruk Efe
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Population Structure ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
High Speed Train ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
Hierarchy Process

In Turkey, where important projects are materialized in transportation and logistics field, different alternatives are developed for transportation systems. Among these, high-speed train (HST) systems are the most popular transportation types. HST is preferred for many economic, technological, ecological, and social situations. In this chapter, it is made the evaluation of the Ankara-İzmir HST line. The fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP), which is one of the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques, is used in the evaluation. Fuzzy logic contributes to decision making using linguistic variables in uncertain environment. This chapter takes into consideration in the realization of the HST project some criteria such as the places in the railway line, the population structure of the cities, accessibility, and accession to significant logistical points. As a result, “population structure” criterion among the evaluation criteria was found to have more importance.

Reliability Evaluation of the Crew Organization of High-Speed Railway

2014 ◽  
Vol 933 ◽  
pp. 884-886
Author(s):  
Yang Wang ◽  
Xiao Ning Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Reliability Evaluation ◽  
Mathematical Methods ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Hierarchy Process

This paper analyzes the factors which influence the reliability of the crew operation of high-speed railway. With Analytic Hierarchy Process, this paper calculates the effect degrees of these factors. The form of the level of the factors is established. This paper formulates the mathematical methods that can evaluate the reliability of the crew organization of high-speed railway.

Multi-Objective Topological Optimization of Support Frame for High-Speed and Heavy-Load Triangle Track Wheel Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fenghe Wu ◽  
Zhaohua Wang ◽  
Yinxu Sun ◽  
Yulin Yang ◽  
Yongxin Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Topology Optimization ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Working Condition ◽  
Average Frequency ◽  
Frequency Method ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Heavy Load ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Support Frame ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The high-speed, heavy-load and changeable triangle track wheel is a motion device that can carry out interchange between the track wheel and tire in an ordinary vehicle. The topology optimization for the support frame can reduce weight and improve the maneuverability of the vehicle. However, it is difficult to consider simultaneously its weight, stiffness and modal in the process of the structure optimization. Thus, a topology optimization method for multi-objective and multi-working-condition is proposed based on the AHP (analytic hierarchy process) and average frequency method. Firstly, considering the static multi-stiffness target and dynamic vibration frequency target, using the compromise programming method and average frequency method, the objective function of the multi-objective and multi-working-condition topology optimization is established. Then, based on the optimization target, design criteria and indexes, the lightweight hierarchical structure model of the support frame consisting of three levels and eight weight factors is established. Values of 8 weight coefficients of the multi-objective topology optimization are determined through solving the weight factor judgment matrix. Finally, considering the multi-working-condition, taking the minimum objective function of the static and dynamic characteristics as target, and the volume ratio is 50% as boundary, the mathematical model of the topology optimization is established. Simulation results show that the stiffness and strength of the support frame are improved respectively by 74.3% and 1.3% while its weight is reduced by 16.3%. This method also provides a new way to the lightweight design for other large, heavy and multi-condition equipment.

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