scholarly journals Determining the optimal location of an urban transport interchange hub

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 412-417
Author(s):  
Anton Erlikh ◽  
Natalia Erlikh
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Hub Location ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
City District ◽  
Optimization Parameters ◽  
Placement Option

Several possible options for the location of Pyatiletka transport interchange hub in the Samara city district are considered. In order to determine the optimal option, the hub location is compared by several parameters. Such values as passenger traffic, existing routes of urban public transport, priority directions of passenger traffic, and capital investments in construction are selected as optimization parameters. To determine the values of passenger traffic, an analysis of the existing passenger traffic was performed, with its allocation by capacity and routing. The unevenness of passenger traffic by days of the week and periods of the day is determined, the minimum and maximum values of passenger traffic are revealed, as well as its fluctuations over the considered periods. The construction of public urban transport routes allowed to identify the busiest routes and the availability of transport for different variants of the transport interchange hub location. The options of organizing the possible arrival/departure of urban public transport to/from the transport interchange hub are considered. Using the obtained data, a SWOT analysis was performed to determine the strengths and weaknesses of each hub placement option and the optimal variant was selected.

scholarly journals Development of material and technical base urban transport companies in Western Siberia in years of eighth five-year plan (1966–1970)

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
M. K. Alafiev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Technical Base ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
New Type

The article discusses the main activities of state authorities, labor collectives of transport enterprises in Western Siberia to improve the operation of urban public transport in the region during the eighth five-year plan (1966-1970). During the study period, the increase in the level of transport services for urban residents was directly related to measures to develop and strengthen the material and technical base of passenger transport enterprises, technical re-equipment of automobile and tram rolling stock, and construction of a new type of public transport in Western Siberia – the urban trolleybus. The author comes to the conclusion that during the eighth five-year plan, urban public transport enterprises in the region received significant material and technical development, which became the basis for increasing the volume of passenger traffic and improving the quality of transport services for the urban population of the West Siberian region

Cascading failure with preferential redistribution on bus–subway coupled network

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150103
Author(s):  
Sonnam Jo ◽  
Liang Gao ◽  
Feng Liu ◽  
Menghui Li ◽  
Zhesi Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Failure Process ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Traffic Load ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Cascading Failure ◽  
Passenger Flow ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Overall Performance

Robustness studies on integrated urban public transport networks have attracted growing attention in recent years due to the significant influence on the overall performance of urban transport system. In this paper, topological properties and robustness of a bus–subway coupled network in Beijing, composed of both bus and subway networks as well as their interactions, are analyzed. Three new models depicting cascading failure processes on the coupled network are proposed based on an existing binary influence modeling approach. Simulation results show that the proposed models are more accurate than the existing method in reflecting actual passenger flow redistribution in the cascading failure process. Moreover, the traffic load influence between nodes also plays a vital role in the robustness of the network. The proposed models and derived results can be utilized to improve the robustness of integrated urban public transport systems in traffic planning.

scholarly journals Design of Regulatory Contracts – Example of the Urban Transport Industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (13) ◽  
pp. 121-139
Author(s):  
Joanna Piechucka
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Transportation ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Regulatory Capture ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Transportation Industry ◽  
Economic Literature ◽  
Transport Industry ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Selection Of

The present article discusses economic issues related to the design of optimal regulatory contracts on the example of the urban public transport industry. It highlights the importance of the design of efficient regulatory contracts in the context of changes facing the urban transportation industry in the European Union. Furthermore, it provides an overview of the main issues put forward in economic literature related to the design of regulatory contracts. It discusses several problems relevant in this context such as informational asymmetries, transaction costs, and regulatory capture. It also comments on a selection of views presented in economic literature dealing with these issues. Finally, the article presents the regulatory framework, contractual practices and characteristics of the French urban public transport industry. France is well known for its long standing tradition of contracting between the State and the private sector in transportation. The analysis of the French example may help to prove useful insights in this regard.

scholarly journals Informal public transport driver behaviour and regulatory policy linkage: An expose

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Smart Dumba
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Regulatory Policy ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Driver Behaviour ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Literature on the negative socio-economic and environmental externalities generated by informal public transport (IPT) in developing countries is vast, vibrant and growing fast. These externalities include but are not limited to noise, air and land pollution, accidents and, more importantly, a source of congestion (human and vehicular) because of poor driver behaviour. In this article, the research does not seek to reinstate these, but rather, it argues that poor driver behaviour is a dependent variable to some regulatory policy stimuli. Yet, an extensive literature survey has shown that the driver behaviour and urban transport regulation linkage remain little explored.Objective: The purpose of this article was to unpack the relationship between informal public transport driver behaviour and the prevailing regulatory framework.Method: Based on a case study of Harare, Zimbabwe, the researcher adopted a mixed-methods paradigm and interrogated the prevailing urban public transport regulatory regimes and applied professional judgement, oral interviews backed by some quantitative data and relate these to obtaining IPT driver behavioural characteristics.Results: Poor driver behaviour exhibited by IPT were generated, exacerbated and or eased by the prevailing regulatory policy. This is well depicted through an IPT driver behaviour and regulation loop reinforcing diagram.Conclusion: Following this argument, the article cautions policy makers and urban managers alike that direct approaches and interventions when trying to regulate IPT poor driver behaviour and its secondary negative effects will be futile as long as the regulatory policy remains the same. Failure to recognise and connect the dots between IPT driver behaviour and policy partly explains why globally, the IPT sector has proved difficult in prohibiting, restructuring or even formalising it.

Strategic Ideas on Scientific Development of Urban Transport in China

2012 ◽  
Vol 452-453 ◽  
pp. 705-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Sheng Wang ◽  
Hao Zhi Zhang ◽  
Yu Lin Jiang ◽  
Jiang Ping Wang
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Car Ownership ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Administration System ◽  
Car Use ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
The Status ◽  
Law Construction

To provide policy recommendations for deepening implementation of the national public transport priority strategy, authors analyzed the status quo of China’s urban transport, and pointed out that the deteriorating traffic environment, lack of related laws, unlimited increase of car ownership and improper management system are the main problems severely restraining sustainable development of the urban public transport. Based on research on causes of the problems, authors put forward the relevant policy recommendations, from the view points of law construction, smooth traffic projects, car use guidance and reform of administration system. These policy recommendations are quite necessary and significant to promote sound development of China’s urban public transport.

scholarly journals The Use of GIS Technologies in the Management of the Urban Transportation System

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 2324-2327
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Urban Transportation ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Transport Network ◽  
Network Element ◽  
Gis Technologies ◽  
Information Models ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Standard Information

The article describes the practical and theoretical aspects of using GIS technologies with respect to urban transport networks, as well as considers the developed generalized algorithm for GIS-processing technology of the urban transportation network parameters. The authors suggest the algorithm of information models of urban transport network elements taking into account the importance of set tasks and the developed method to optimize parameters of the elements of GIS of urban transport network in terms of optimization of urban public transport operation parameters, as well as the structure of the standard information model of the urban transport network element named "Urban public transport route".

scholarly journals Administration of Urban Public Transport in the Largest Polish Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-88
Author(s):  
Przemysław Żukiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Regional Administration ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
The Future ◽  
Urban Public Transport

AbstractIn this article, we compare the solutions which the largest Polish cities apply to effectively manage and administer public urban transport. We pay attention to the legal, administrative, and political limitations of current activities; we also analyse public transport strategies in terms of plans for the future. We state that large Polish cities prefer to entrust public transport services to fully dependent companies, do not seek to diversify service providers and do not allow the coexistence of public and private operators. Our research is the first comparative study which has used the eleven largest Polish cities as a research sample. Its results are important not only for decision-makers, but also for entrepreneurs in the transport industry. Not only does our analysis prove that, currently, urban transport in the largest Polish cities is carried out mostly by companies which fully belong to cities, but also that the future strategies of the target state will not be determined by political decision makers at all, or no significant changes are foreseen. In the largest Polish cities in the future, the tramway sector will be fully controlled by municipal companies; in the bus transport sector, private carriers will be able to count on a maximum of 20–30% share of transport work while the railway sector will remain under the control of regional administration, not local urban administration.

scholarly journals URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT: MARGINAL VALUE OF THE CAPACITY FACTOR

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-301
Author(s):  
A. I. Fadeev ◽  
Ye. V. Fomin ◽  
S. Alhusseini
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Operating Time ◽  
Capacity Utilization ◽  
Utilization Factor ◽  
Marginal Value ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Speed Fluctuation ◽  
Average Operating ◽  
Average Operating Time

Introduction. One of the most important indicators determining the public transport service quality is the capacity utilization factor of transport fleet. This parameter directly effects on the economic efficiency of the transport organization. For the carrier it is desirable from an economic point of view that the value of the capacity utilization factor takes on the greatest value. Passengers, on the contrary, prefer to transfer without overfull capacity of transport vehicles. Moreover, this factor is used in determining travel fares, analyzing the executed movement regarding the availability of reserves in carrying capacity and planning transportation process. The paper discusses the method of marginal value calculation of the transport fleet’s capacity utilization factor of urban public transport based on ensuring standard vehicle's cabin filling limits.Materials and methods. The authors solved the task of determining the filling marginal value for transport fleet while working on regular urban routes by analyzing the dependence of the capacity utilization factor on the passenger traffic parameters, the average operating time of the transport fleet on the route and the speed fluctuation during public transport operation. The authors also proposed the indicator of the transportation speed fluctuation during the operation of urban public transport.Results. The authors found out that the capacity utilization factor of transport fleet substantially depended on the passenger traffic parameters, on the average operating time of the transport fleet and on the speed fluctuation during public transport operation.Discussion and conclusion. The obtained dependences allow us calculating the marginal values of capacity utilization factor with taking into account the parameters of the planned transport process. The standard capacity utilization factor varies within considerable limits from 0.2 to 0.4, depending on the operating conditions.

scholarly journals Urban public transport in informal settlements: Experiences from Kisumu City, Kenya

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (40) ◽  
pp. 145-156
Author(s):  
George Mark Onyango
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
The Road ◽  
Massive Growth ◽  
Urban Core ◽  
Urban Public Transport

AbstractKisumu has had a massive growth of informal settlements forming a belt around the urban core. These settlements house more than half of the city’s population. Because of the unplanned nature of these areas there has been very poor road infrastructure development, with narrow, unpaved roads constituting the road infrastructure. This situation has limited the opportunities for regular urban transport minibuses providing transport for the majority of the urban poor who live in these settlements. The coping mechanism and the development of alternative coping strategies are explored and assessed to see how effective they are in providing public transport for this majority of unserviced urban population.

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