Since it's made up of over 7,000 islands,the Philippines is not a nation with a well‑developed railway transportation.That means coach buses are going to be your best bet for getting city‑to‑city.There is a small ...Since it's made up of over 7,000 islands,the Philippines is not a nation with a well‑developed railway transportation.That means coach buses are going to be your best bet for getting city‑to‑city.There is a small light rail system called the Light Rail Transit(LRT)in the Metro Manila area,but it's desperately inefficient.展开更多
Considering the difference in driving parameters of buses and social vehicles on the arterial,an arterial traffic signal coordination model that takes into account social vehicles and buses on the basis of the maximum...Considering the difference in driving parameters of buses and social vehicles on the arterial,an arterial traffic signal coordination model that takes into account social vehicles and buses on the basis of the maximum bandwidth is proposed.By using the pre-set parameters of a common cycle,greened duration and known parameters of bus dwell time distribution,link length and vehicle speed and solving the mixed-integer-linear programming and optimizing the signal offsets,the model obtains the signal control parameters of the green bands both of social vehicles and buses.Finally,taking Wangjiang Road in Hefei as an example,simulation and evaluation are carried out by VISSIM.The results show that the new model has 15.2%and 13.2%reduction in average person delay and number of stops,respectively,compared with the traditional coordinated control method.展开更多
With the continuous development of urban public transportation, the harmful GHG emissions and pollutants generated by itself and the consequent issues such as the losses of residents’ health, economic value and resid...With the continuous development of urban public transportation, the harmful GHG emissions and pollutants generated by itself and the consequent issues such as the losses of residents’ health, economic value and residents’ welfare have become the focus of social attention. In order to study the impacts of promoting new energy vehicles on public transportation pollution mitigation and residents’ health benefits, this paper adopts the LEAP model to build some scenarios that fulfill different development needs to quantitatively analyze the ownership of new energy buses, the reduction of pollutants and the losses of residents’ health welfare. It is concluded that promoting new energy buses comprehensively can significantly reduce the emissions of atmospheric pollutants and the economic losses of residents’ health, but cannot fully realize the targets of greenhouse gas reduction under Life Cycle Analysis.展开更多
Amid escalating environmental and energy-related challenges,the advancement of electric vehicles has become a pivotal national strategy in China for energy conservation and emission reduction.This study presents an an...Amid escalating environmental and energy-related challenges,the advancement of electric vehicles has become a pivotal national strategy in China for energy conservation and emission reduction.This study presents an analysis of the methodology used for calculating energy consumption in electric vehicles in comparison to traditional fuel vehicles.The customary practice of assigning monetary value to carbon emissions is integrated to transmute carbon emission reduction methods into fiscal terms.This transformation enhances suitability for evaluating energy transitions and benefit comparisons.Concurrently,data from the New Energy Vehicle Open Laboratory V 2.0 were used to calculate the carbon quota produced throughout the charging and operating procedures of the national new energy public transportation in 2019.Additionally,charging expenses were calculated considering the varying electricity prices at different times of the day,and an assessment was conducted on the reduction of operating costs resulting from the annual benefits of carbon emission reduction.It is evident that,given the current carbon emission factor of China’s power grid,electric buses have successfully transitioned their emission reduction effect from negative to positive.展开更多
Uganda has started manufacturing electric buses after getting assistance from China,with the first 100 buses having rolled o!the factory floor.The development is taking place in the industrial city of Jinja,where Ugan...Uganda has started manufacturing electric buses after getting assistance from China,with the first 100 buses having rolled o!the factory floor.The development is taking place in the industrial city of Jinja,where Ugandan electric vehicle company Kiira Motors Corp.(KMC)has opened a new factory.展开更多
The transit bus environment is considered one of the primary sources of transmission of the COVID-19(SARSCoV-2)virus.Modeling disease transmission in public buses remains a challenge,especially with uncertainties in p...The transit bus environment is considered one of the primary sources of transmission of the COVID-19(SARSCoV-2)virus.Modeling disease transmission in public buses remains a challenge,especially with uncertainties in passenger boarding,alighting,and onboard movements.Although there are initial findings on the effectiveness of some of the mitigation policies(such as face-covering and ventilation),evidence is scarce on how these policies could affect the onboard transmission risk under a realistic bus setting considering different headways,boarding and alighting patterns,and seating capacity control.This study examines the specific policy regimes that transit agencies implemented during early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in USA,in which it brings crucial insights on combating current and future epidemics.We use an agent-based simulation model(ABSM)based on standard design characteristics for urban buses in USA and two different service frequency settings(10-min and 20-min headways).We find that wearing face-coverings(surgical masks)significantly reduces onboard transmission rates,from no mitigation rates of 85%in higher-frequency buses and 75%in lower-frequency buses to 12.5%.The most effective prevention outcome is the combination of KN-95 masks,open window policies,and half-capacity seating control during higher-frequency bus services,with an outcome of nearly 0%onboard infection rate.Our results advance understanding of COVID-19 risks in the urban bus environment and contribute to effective mitigation policy design,which is crucial to ensuring passenger safety.The findings of this study provide important policy implications for operational adjustment and safety protocols as transit agencies seek to plan for future emergencies.展开更多
The traf fic authority ofGuangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong Province ,recently announced that videocamer as would be installed in every city bus in order to assist with commuter safety .
If you have been in Beijing for any length of time, you will have come to realize that there are several modes of transportation available to commuters, all ofthem relatively in expensive, especially
Since the 1990’s, hydrogen has found broad use in the traffic segment. Compared with conventional ones, hydrogen fuelled vehicles, a new generation of clean vehicles, produce no pollutants, with higher energy efficie...Since the 1990’s, hydrogen has found broad use in the traffic segment. Compared with conventional ones, hydrogen fuelled vehicles, a new generation of clean vehicles, produce no pollutants, with higher energy efficiency. In today’s world where the pollution is tougher, the "Zero Pollution" fuel cell buses display展开更多
AUTONOMOUS buses gliding through the streets,satellites with flexible solar wings whizzing through space,smart electric vehicle factories running at full speed...In recent years,Beijing has seen the emergence of a lar...AUTONOMOUS buses gliding through the streets,satellites with flexible solar wings whizzing through space,smart electric vehicle factories running at full speed...In recent years,Beijing has seen the emergence of a large number of cutting-edge technology companies,confirming the city’s role as a melting pot of scientific innovation in China.展开更多
With a boom in its science and technology sector,Beijing is establishing itself as a hotbed of innovation Autonomous buses gliding through the streets,satellites with flexible solar wings whizzing through space,smart ...With a boom in its science and technology sector,Beijing is establishing itself as a hotbed of innovation Autonomous buses gliding through the streets,satellites with flexible solar wings whizzing through space,smart electric vehicle factories running at full speed…In recent years,Beijing has seen the emergence of a large number of cutting-edge technology companies,confirming the city’s role as a melting pot of scientific innovation in China.展开更多
Designed and built by eight Dutch engineers,the worlds longest bicycle is 55.16 meters,roughly the same length as four double-decker buses.39-year-old Ivan Schalk had been thinking about building the world's longe...Designed and built by eight Dutch engineers,the worlds longest bicycle is 55.16 meters,roughly the same length as four double-decker buses.39-year-old Ivan Schalk had been thinking about building the world's longest bicycle since reading about it in The Guinness Book of Records when he was a child,but he only started this project in 2018,as a way to fill up his free time.展开更多
A simulation framework is proposed to evaluate the voltage stability of power systems incorporating wind power intermittency.Firstly,the power output modelings of three types of wind turbines are discussed.Secondly,...A simulation framework is proposed to evaluate the voltage stability of power systems incorporating wind power intermittency.Firstly,the power output modelings of three types of wind turbines are discussed.Secondly,the Jensen model is employed to simulate the wind farm with the wake effect.The Monte Carlo based technique is used to conduct the voltage stability evaluation incorporating the randomness of the wind speed based on the Weibull probability distribution.Thirdly,the relative sensitivity index(RSI)is calculated to identify weak buses during analysis.Finally,case studies with different simulation scenarios are carried out.Some statistical results involving weakness probability,expected value and variance of RSI as well as preliminary conclusions are drawn based on numerical simulation results.展开更多
As a matured technique used in many fields,the distributed computer system is still a new management method for the aeronautical electrical power distribution system in our country. In this paper, a novel aircraft ele...As a matured technique used in many fields,the distributed computer system is still a new management method for the aeronautical electrical power distribution system in our country. In this paper, a novel aircraft electrical power distribution system based on the distributed computer system is proposed. The principles, features and structure of the aircraft electrical power distribution system and the distributed computer system named electrical load management system (ELMS) are studied. The ELMS composed of four electrical load management centers (ELMCs) and two power source processors (PSPs) operates in the 1553B buses. Principles of the ELMCs and the PSPs are introduced. With the application of the distributed computer system, the aircraft electrical power distribution system is simple, adaptable and flexible.展开更多
On-chip global buses in deep sub-micron designs consume significant amounts of energy and have large propagation delays. Thus, minimizing energy dissipation and propagation delay is an important design objective. In t...On-chip global buses in deep sub-micron designs consume significant amounts of energy and have large propagation delays. Thus, minimizing energy dissipation and propagation delay is an important design objective. In this paper, we propose a new spatial and temporal encoding approach for generic on-chip global buses with repeaters that enables higher performance while reducing peak energy and average energy. The proposed encoding approach exploits the benefits of a temporal encoding circuit and spatial bus-invert coding techniques to simultaneously eliminate opposite transitions on adjacent wires and reduce the number of self-transitions and coupling-transitions. In the design process of applying encoding techniques for reduced bus delay and energy, we present a repeater insertion design methodology to determine the repeater size and inter-repeater bus length, which minimizes the total bus energy dissipation while satisfying target delay and slew-rate constraints. This methodology is employed to obtain optimal energy versus delay trade-offs under slew-rate constraints for various encoding techniques.展开更多
This paper proposed a design of the drivetmin system of an electric bus with ultraeapacitor (UC) as the only on-board power source. The system includes three main parts, namely, UC bank, motor and the converter, veh...This paper proposed a design of the drivetmin system of an electric bus with ultraeapacitor (UC) as the only on-board power source. The system includes three main parts, namely, UC bank, motor and the converter, vehicle management unit (VMU). Analyses results in detail on the funetional design and ex-periments on work bench of each part were also presented, which validated the reliability of the system. Furthermore, driving results in field of the bus verified the feasibility of the design of the drivetrain sys-tem. The bus has very good dynamic performanees and shows a promising applieations prospeet in the short and medium route buses system.展开更多
Electric vehicles(EVs)have received special consideration from modern society over the past several years.Although EVs are a fine example of environmentally friendly technology and have many advantages,they relatively...Electric vehicles(EVs)have received special consideration from modern society over the past several years.Although EVs are a fine example of environmentally friendly technology and have many advantages,they relatively increase the electricity demand upon a power grid as well.Therefore,their negative impact on busvoltage and line losses should be analyzed.In this study,the effect of EV loads and their penetration on bus voltage and line losses of an IEEE-33 bussystem has been examined via two scenarios.It is important to mention that the effect of EVs on the rate of air pollution,produced by fossil fuel electricity generators,has been investigated throughout the study.Also,the key role of demand response programs in the reduction of EVs’negative effects on the grid has also been discussed in the last scenario.Generally,the simulation of this paper provides a novel and wider perspective on EVs and their effect on grids and environmental pollution.展开更多
Busing potential function has been used for the computer simulation of ZnCl2 melts. The agreement between the calculated values of inter-ionicc distances and total internal energy with the experimental data are rather...Busing potential function has been used for the computer simulation of ZnCl2 melts. The agreement between the calculated values of inter-ionicc distances and total internal energy with the experimental data are rather good.展开更多
Bus systems provide a versatile form of public transportation with the flexibility to serve a variety of access needs throughout an urban area. Efficient operation of the public transport is a key factor for the impro...Bus systems provide a versatile form of public transportation with the flexibility to serve a variety of access needs throughout an urban area. Efficient operation of the public transport is a key factor for the improvement of living condition in Dhaka city. Transport service performance should be assessed from the passengers’ perspectives to evaluate these perceptions in transportation planning. The exploration of service quality of bus is essential in order to provide a better service in future. The objective of this research is to access overall customer satisfaction in public bus transport of Dhaka city. A questionnaire survey was conducted in five locations in Dhaka city. Bus users’ satisfaction was analyzed by discrete choice logit model towards quality, reliability, safety and security and service provided by buses functioning in Dhaka city. The result indicated that more than half of the respondents believed that the present condition of bus service is not satisfactory. In case of the quality of buses, people think that the body and sitting arrangement of the buses are uncomfortable. Regarding the safety and security condition, main three reasons of dissatisfaction of passengers’ are unsafe driving practices, poor boarding and alighting facilities and lack of law enforcing agencies surveillance. Reasons which make the service unsatisfactory include irregular service provided by buses, regular overcrowding, lack of good standard buses and lack of cleanliness. In spite of these negative views, users’ possessed a positive attitude for buses which is the low travel cost.展开更多
摘要Since it's made up of over 7,000 islands,the Philippines is not a nation with a well‑developed railway transportation.That means coach buses are going to be your best bet for getting city‑to‑city.There is a small light rail system called the Light Rail Transit(LRT)in the Metro Manila area,but it's desperately inefficient.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51878236)。
摘要Considering the difference in driving parameters of buses and social vehicles on the arterial,an arterial traffic signal coordination model that takes into account social vehicles and buses on the basis of the maximum bandwidth is proposed.By using the pre-set parameters of a common cycle,greened duration and known parameters of bus dwell time distribution,link length and vehicle speed and solving the mixed-integer-linear programming and optimizing the signal offsets,the model obtains the signal control parameters of the green bands both of social vehicles and buses.Finally,taking Wangjiang Road in Hefei as an example,simulation and evaluation are carried out by VISSIM.The results show that the new model has 15.2%and 13.2%reduction in average person delay and number of stops,respectively,compared with the traditional coordinated control method.
摘要With the continuous development of urban public transportation, the harmful GHG emissions and pollutants generated by itself and the consequent issues such as the losses of residents’ health, economic value and residents’ welfare have become the focus of social attention. In order to study the impacts of promoting new energy vehicles on public transportation pollution mitigation and residents’ health benefits, this paper adopts the LEAP model to build some scenarios that fulfill different development needs to quantitatively analyze the ownership of new energy buses, the reduction of pollutants and the losses of residents’ health welfare. It is concluded that promoting new energy buses comprehensively can significantly reduce the emissions of atmospheric pollutants and the economic losses of residents’ health, but cannot fully realize the targets of greenhouse gas reduction under Life Cycle Analysis.
摘要Amid escalating environmental and energy-related challenges,the advancement of electric vehicles has become a pivotal national strategy in China for energy conservation and emission reduction.This study presents an analysis of the methodology used for calculating energy consumption in electric vehicles in comparison to traditional fuel vehicles.The customary practice of assigning monetary value to carbon emissions is integrated to transmute carbon emission reduction methods into fiscal terms.This transformation enhances suitability for evaluating energy transitions and benefit comparisons.Concurrently,data from the New Energy Vehicle Open Laboratory V 2.0 were used to calculate the carbon quota produced throughout the charging and operating procedures of the national new energy public transportation in 2019.Additionally,charging expenses were calculated considering the varying electricity prices at different times of the day,and an assessment was conducted on the reduction of operating costs resulting from the annual benefits of carbon emission reduction.It is evident that,given the current carbon emission factor of China’s power grid,electric buses have successfully transitioned their emission reduction effect from negative to positive.
摘要Uganda has started manufacturing electric buses after getting assistance from China,with the first 100 buses having rolled o!the factory floor.The development is taking place in the industrial city of Jinja,where Ugandan electric vehicle company Kiira Motors Corp.(KMC)has opened a new factory.
摘要The transit bus environment is considered one of the primary sources of transmission of the COVID-19(SARSCoV-2)virus.Modeling disease transmission in public buses remains a challenge,especially with uncertainties in passenger boarding,alighting,and onboard movements.Although there are initial findings on the effectiveness of some of the mitigation policies(such as face-covering and ventilation),evidence is scarce on how these policies could affect the onboard transmission risk under a realistic bus setting considering different headways,boarding and alighting patterns,and seating capacity control.This study examines the specific policy regimes that transit agencies implemented during early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in USA,in which it brings crucial insights on combating current and future epidemics.We use an agent-based simulation model(ABSM)based on standard design characteristics for urban buses in USA and two different service frequency settings(10-min and 20-min headways).We find that wearing face-coverings(surgical masks)significantly reduces onboard transmission rates,from no mitigation rates of 85%in higher-frequency buses and 75%in lower-frequency buses to 12.5%.The most effective prevention outcome is the combination of KN-95 masks,open window policies,and half-capacity seating control during higher-frequency bus services,with an outcome of nearly 0%onboard infection rate.Our results advance understanding of COVID-19 risks in the urban bus environment and contribute to effective mitigation policy design,which is crucial to ensuring passenger safety.The findings of this study provide important policy implications for operational adjustment and safety protocols as transit agencies seek to plan for future emergencies.
摘要The traf fic authority ofGuangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong Province ,recently announced that videocamer as would be installed in every city bus in order to assist with commuter safety .
摘要If you have been in Beijing for any length of time, you will have come to realize that there are several modes of transportation available to commuters, all ofthem relatively in expensive, especially
摘要Since the 1990’s, hydrogen has found broad use in the traffic segment. Compared with conventional ones, hydrogen fuelled vehicles, a new generation of clean vehicles, produce no pollutants, with higher energy efficiency. In today’s world where the pollution is tougher, the "Zero Pollution" fuel cell buses display
摘要AUTONOMOUS buses gliding through the streets,satellites with flexible solar wings whizzing through space,smart electric vehicle factories running at full speed...In recent years,Beijing has seen the emergence of a large number of cutting-edge technology companies,confirming the city’s role as a melting pot of scientific innovation in China.
摘要With a boom in its science and technology sector,Beijing is establishing itself as a hotbed of innovation Autonomous buses gliding through the streets,satellites with flexible solar wings whizzing through space,smart electric vehicle factories running at full speed…In recent years,Beijing has seen the emergence of a large number of cutting-edge technology companies,confirming the city’s role as a melting pot of scientific innovation in China.
摘要Designed and built by eight Dutch engineers,the worlds longest bicycle is 55.16 meters,roughly the same length as four double-decker buses.39-year-old Ivan Schalk had been thinking about building the world's longest bicycle since reading about it in The Guinness Book of Records when he was a child,but he only started this project in 2018,as a way to fill up his free time.
基金This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50977051 ) and Research Project of Science and Technology from Shenzhen Development and Innovation Committee (No. ZDSY20120619141142918).
摘要A simulation framework is proposed to evaluate the voltage stability of power systems incorporating wind power intermittency.Firstly,the power output modelings of three types of wind turbines are discussed.Secondly,the Jensen model is employed to simulate the wind farm with the wake effect.The Monte Carlo based technique is used to conduct the voltage stability evaluation incorporating the randomness of the wind speed based on the Weibull probability distribution.Thirdly,the relative sensitivity index(RSI)is calculated to identify weak buses during analysis.Finally,case studies with different simulation scenarios are carried out.Some statistical results involving weakness probability,expected value and variance of RSI as well as preliminary conclusions are drawn based on numerical simulation results.
摘要As a matured technique used in many fields,the distributed computer system is still a new management method for the aeronautical electrical power distribution system in our country. In this paper, a novel aircraft electrical power distribution system based on the distributed computer system is proposed. The principles, features and structure of the aircraft electrical power distribution system and the distributed computer system named electrical load management system (ELMS) are studied. The ELMS composed of four electrical load management centers (ELMCs) and two power source processors (PSPs) operates in the 1553B buses. Principles of the ELMCs and the PSPs are introduced. With the application of the distributed computer system, the aircraft electrical power distribution system is simple, adaptable and flexible.
摘要On-chip global buses in deep sub-micron designs consume significant amounts of energy and have large propagation delays. Thus, minimizing energy dissipation and propagation delay is an important design objective. In this paper, we propose a new spatial and temporal encoding approach for generic on-chip global buses with repeaters that enables higher performance while reducing peak energy and average energy. The proposed encoding approach exploits the benefits of a temporal encoding circuit and spatial bus-invert coding techniques to simultaneously eliminate opposite transitions on adjacent wires and reduce the number of self-transitions and coupling-transitions. In the design process of applying encoding techniques for reduced bus delay and energy, we present a repeater insertion design methodology to determine the repeater size and inter-repeater bus length, which minimizes the total bus energy dissipation while satisfying target delay and slew-rate constraints. This methodology is employed to obtain optimal energy versus delay trade-offs under slew-rate constraints for various encoding techniques.
摘要This paper proposed a design of the drivetmin system of an electric bus with ultraeapacitor (UC) as the only on-board power source. The system includes three main parts, namely, UC bank, motor and the converter, vehicle management unit (VMU). Analyses results in detail on the funetional design and ex-periments on work bench of each part were also presented, which validated the reliability of the system. Furthermore, driving results in field of the bus verified the feasibility of the design of the drivetrain sys-tem. The bus has very good dynamic performanees and shows a promising applieations prospeet in the short and medium route buses system.
摘要Electric vehicles(EVs)have received special consideration from modern society over the past several years.Although EVs are a fine example of environmentally friendly technology and have many advantages,they relatively increase the electricity demand upon a power grid as well.Therefore,their negative impact on busvoltage and line losses should be analyzed.In this study,the effect of EV loads and their penetration on bus voltage and line losses of an IEEE-33 bussystem has been examined via two scenarios.It is important to mention that the effect of EVs on the rate of air pollution,produced by fossil fuel electricity generators,has been investigated throughout the study.Also,the key role of demand response programs in the reduction of EVs’negative effects on the grid has also been discussed in the last scenario.Generally,the simulation of this paper provides a novel and wider perspective on EVs and their effect on grids and environmental pollution.
摘要Busing potential function has been used for the computer simulation of ZnCl2 melts. The agreement between the calculated values of inter-ionicc distances and total internal energy with the experimental data are rather good.
摘要Bus systems provide a versatile form of public transportation with the flexibility to serve a variety of access needs throughout an urban area. Efficient operation of the public transport is a key factor for the improvement of living condition in Dhaka city. Transport service performance should be assessed from the passengers’ perspectives to evaluate these perceptions in transportation planning. The exploration of service quality of bus is essential in order to provide a better service in future. The objective of this research is to access overall customer satisfaction in public bus transport of Dhaka city. A questionnaire survey was conducted in five locations in Dhaka city. Bus users’ satisfaction was analyzed by discrete choice logit model towards quality, reliability, safety and security and service provided by buses functioning in Dhaka city. The result indicated that more than half of the respondents believed that the present condition of bus service is not satisfactory. In case of the quality of buses, people think that the body and sitting arrangement of the buses are uncomfortable. Regarding the safety and security condition, main three reasons of dissatisfaction of passengers’ are unsafe driving practices, poor boarding and alighting facilities and lack of law enforcing agencies surveillance. Reasons which make the service unsatisfactory include irregular service provided by buses, regular overcrowding, lack of good standard buses and lack of cleanliness. In spite of these negative views, users’ possessed a positive attitude for buses which is the low travel cost.