Various Modes Of Transport Research Articles

MUSE: Multimodal Separators for Efficient Route Planning in Transportation Networks

Many algorithms compute shortest-path queries in mere microseconds on continental-scale networks. Most solutions are, however, tailored to either road or public transit networks in isolation. To fully exploit the transportation infrastructure, multimodal algorithms are sought to compute shortest paths combining various modes of transportation. Nonetheless, current solutions still lack performance to efficiently handle interactive queries under realistic network conditions where traffic jams, public transit cancelations, or delays often occur. We present a multimodal separators–based algorithm (MUSE), a new multimodal algorithm based on graph separators to compute shortest travel time paths. It partitions the network into independent, smaller regions, enabling fast and scalable preprocessing. The partition is common to all modes and independent of traffic conditions so that the preprocessing is only executed once. MUSE relies on a state automaton that describes the sequence of modes to constrain the shortest path during the preprocessing and the online phase. The support of new sequences of mobility modes only requires the preprocessing of the cliques, independently for each partition. We also augment our algorithm with heuristics during the query phase to achieve further speedups with minimal effect on correctness. We provide experimental results on France’s multimodal network containing the pedestrian, road, bicycle, and public transit networks.

Study on the Water Transport System in the Northern Region of Dhaka; the Capital City of Bangladesh

All the megacities in the world suffer from traffic jam at certain period of the day but in case of Dhaka with addition of traffic jam it also faces total traffic chaos and mismanagement. In different times, Government of Bangladesh took different initiatives to mitigate this issue but the result was futile. Now various megaprojects are underway to reduce the burden on the roads. Northern region of the Dhaka city is a focal point of various megaprojects of the government to diversify the accommodation for the city dwellers which will lead to requirement of various modes of transportation. Mostly unused waterways in and around the northern region can play a significant role here to diversify the transportations. There are ample opportunities to develop a waterways network. The study aims at the development of a sustainable design of a waterbus for the northern region of Dhaka city. The proposed route and the waterbus can ensure the movement of a substantial portions of the people along this region and its surroundings without any hassle and traffic jam. The development of the network will also help to preserve the natural environment along the route.

CANALS TO STREETS: POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES ON THE URBAN TRANSFORMATION OF COLONIAL BATAVIA

Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital city, is constantly improving its infrastructure. Besides being filled with buildings, Jakarta is now very colorful with roads and various modes of transportation. The highway is a city facility that serves as the development’s orientation. Whereas in its history, Batavia, as the forerunner of Jakarta, was once a canal city. Canals were an important part of city life in the 17th century, functioning as a source of transportation, pleasure, defense, and water supply, among other things. The Batavia canal city, on the other hand, is no longer visible. Jakarta is today a congested city with clogged roads. The purpose of this study is to describe Batavia’s transformation during the colonial period and identify the factors that influenced it. A historical-postcolonial approach was employed in conjunction with the descriptive qualitative method. Data was acquired through critical discourse analysis by tracking historical data from archives in the form of maps, images, artwork, and textual sources. According to the conclusions of this study, Batavia evolved from a canal city to a street city. The transformation was due to the failure of the colonial rulers in managing the canal system and the euphoria of the new invention of transportation technology. The discovery of material technology and transportation modes has changed the lives of the Batavian people which in fact created an asymmetrical power in their society. This exploring the transformation become the knowledge and consideration to promote the sustainability of the city of Jakarta.

ЛОГІСТИЧНИЙ ПІДХІД ДО ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ МУЛЬТИМОДАЛЬНИХ СХЕМ ДОСТАВКИ ТОВАРІВ

Providing a proper level of logistics service is possible only with the constant improvement of the organization of multimodal transportation, which in turn is impossible without the use of high information technologies. Search for new markets and organization of multimodal transportation from cargo delivery to the consumer will increase the competitiveness of products and positively affect the financial condition of the enterprise. Perspective routes for the delivery of container cargoes from China to Europe are currently the corridors of the «silk path», which include land transportation of cargoes in container trains in Central Asia and the intersection of the Caspian and Black Seas by railway feres. In this regard, the development of technological solutions of multimodal transportation of products in the direction of Asia-Europe is relevant. The purpose of this article is to study theoretical and practical aspects, substantiation of practical recommendations for the logistics of multimodal transportation in global supply chains. For the implementation of economically grounded measures relating to the development of multimodal cargo delivery technologies, a comprehensive analytical study was conducted, regarding ways of organizing multimodal transportation, using universal containers, which allow to reduce the duration of loading and unloading works in transplant places and prevent losses and damage to the cargo in the process. Transportation and performance of freight operations. Many different job options for transportation routes allow professionals to make optimal choice. It is possible to evaluate routes by a set of basic criteria and evaluating their impact on the organization of logistics delivery route to China Europe. An analysis of international supplies of goods showed that one of the most effective ways of organizing international transportation is the use of multimodal delivery technologies that allow the most fully used advantage of various modes of transport on separate areas of the logistics chain. A set of basic criteria is proposed, which allows you to evaluate the overall delivery cost of transport, length of the route and the timing of delivery of goods using multimodal circuits. The calculation of total costs is carried out in the case of average tariffs for transportation, terminal processing, customs clearance. The delivery time is calculated taking into account the standards of transportation and loading and unloading works. The effectiveness of interaction in multimodal transportation depends on the readiness of partners to co-operation, based on understanding of its role in the supply chain.

Generative Modeling of Pedestrian Behavior: A Receding Horizon Optimization-Based Trajectory Planning Approach

Urbanization is bringing together various modes of transport, and with that, there are challenges to maintaining the safety of all road users, especially vulnerable road users (VRUs). There is a need for street designs that encourages cooperation between road users. Shared space is a street design approach that softens the demarcation of vehicles and pedestrian traffic by reducing traffic rules, traffic signals, road marking, and regulations. Understanding the interactions and trajectory formations of various VRUs will facilitate the design of safer shared spaces. In line with this goal, this paper aims to develop a methodology for generating VRUs trajectories that accounts for behaviors and social interactions. We develop a receding horizon optimization-based pedestrian trajectory planning algorithm capable of modeling pedestrian trajectories in a variety of shared space scenarios. Focusing on three scenarios - group interactions, unidirectional interaction, and fixed obstacle interaction - case studies are performed to demonstrate the strengths of the resulting generative model. Additionally, generated trajectories are validated using two benchmark datasets – DUT and TrajNet++. The three case studies are shown to yield low or near-zero Mean Euclidean Distance and Final Displacement Error values supporting the performance validity of the models. We also analyze gait parameters (step length and step frequency) to further demonstrate the model’s capability at generating realistic pedestrian trajectories.

Some addition to the development of mathematical support for transport navigation

Formed in the 1960s, the classical methods of guaranteeing estimation are applied to provide navigation for various modes of transport. Many works of both foreign and domestic authors are devoted to the application of this method. Guaranteed estimation problems are methodologically substantiated by solving extremal problems, in particular, by the theory of optimal recovery of various classes of functions. This paper studies one of such problems, namely, the problem of optimal recovery of higher-order derivatives of functions of the Hardy class H^p,p≥1, given inthe unit circle at zero according to information about their values at the points z_1,…,z_n, forming a regular polygon centered at the origin. Thework consists of an introduction, two main sections, a presentation of the results and a conclusion. In the introduction, we present the necessary notions and results from [7]-[10]. The first section contains the error of the best method for approximating the derivatives f^((N) ) (0),1≤N≤n-1 (f(z)∈H_p ) with respect to the values f(z_1 ),….,f(z_n ). The correspondingextremal functions are also written here. In the second, the coefficients of the linear best approximation method are calculated. Examples of the optimal recovery of the first derivative of functions of the Hardy class H_H_p,p≥1 at zero from their values at a given finite number of pointsforming a regular polygon centered at the point (0,0) are given.

Податкове регулювання розвитку мультимодальних перевезень

Multimodal transportation is an important component of the transport system. The development of multimodal transportation requires coordination of various modes of transport and their integration into a single organizational system that operates on the basis of the formation of logistics centers. The article considers the problem of forming an ecosystem of multimodal transportation in Ukraine, reveals the peculiarities of its taxation and interaction in the digital economy. The existing regulatory and legal support of logistic activities in Ukraine is also analyzed. At present, multimodal transportation is of great importance for the economy of Ukraine. This is one of the important innovative directions in the development of the transport system at both the national and the international levels. Despite the fact that this direction is actively developing, today there is no clear legal and contractual support for this institution. The article analyzes the role of tax regulation of multimodal transportation along with the risks of environmental burden. It is noted that in Ukraine, amendments to the legislation in the field of regulation of multimodal transportation are extremely important, as well as the need to adopt a separate law that would allow to develop modern methods of cargo delivery, improve the quality of service for consumers of transport services, and reduce transportation costs. Among the main reasons that hinder the development of mixed transportation are the following: imperfection of the regulatory and legal settlement of multimodal transportation issues and the disparity between the levels of development of the capacity of ports for processing goods and railway infrastructure. The prospect of further research is the development of a theoretical and methodological approach to the choice of strategies and instruments for the development of transport infrastructure and tax regulation of multimodal transportation.

ЦИФРОВИЗАЦИЯ ДОКУМЕНТООБОРОТА ПРИ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ ПЕРЕВОЗКАХ ГРУЗОВ: ТЕНДЕНЦИИ И ВЫЗОВЫ

The article is devoted to the use of electronic document management in international transportation by various modes of transport. The study provides a brief analysis of the provisions of international conventions, as well as regulations developed by industry-specific international organizations. The current level of development of digital technologies allows professional participants in the international transportation market to create uniform technological standards and platforms for the use of electronic transport documents, but the difficulties of harmonizing international conventions with the norms of national, in particular, customs and tax legislation, make it impossible to legally use electronic documents. It is concluded that the digitalization of custom is not possible without a uniformly established and rigidly fixed form of a bill of lading. Currently, the sea waybill is quite widely used, the fact of which is not fixed by law. A similar regulation related to the use of an electronic bill of lading is not foreseen in the near future. The process of commodity circulation may be stopped due to the unpreparedness of the tax authorities to introduce electronic document management.

Bases in problems of intelligent route selection in traffic flow control

The paper defines a simplified model of dynamic structures characteristic of the representation of traffic flows during transportation by various modes of transport. It is assumed that in each node of the transport network, the cargo flow can be distributed along branches corresponding to certain possible modes of transportation. The main parameters of branching are the share of the total volume of cargo transported by this method and the time of progress along the selected branch. A linear combination of «split» volumes of cargo flow with coefficients – volume fractions and a parameter – travel time for each transport node of the logistics chain form a basic element. The possibility of serial connection of such structures into a linear network equivalent to the original one is proved. Coefficients and time parameters in simple cases are set by expert means, in more complex cases, taking into account possible ranges of values depending on specific transport infrastructures and qualitative criteria, they are calculated using machine learning.

Моделирование выбора и удовлетворенности пассажиров на мультимодальных маршрутах

Passengers (especially in large cities) choose different modes of transport to travel along the same route. This is facilitated by the development of the road network (RN), the construction of transport hubs. There arises the problem of modeling the choice of routes and modes of transport for passengers to travel, taking into account transfers and changes of personal and public transport during trips. The solution of this problem is necessary for the purposes of designing route networks, plans for the development of the transport system and managing the load on the road infrastructure. A mathematical model of the choice of the mode of transport by passengers depending on the quality of the route, personal satisfaction and personal experience of the passenger, as well as the satisfaction of neighbors is proposed in [1-4]. However, this model considered only direct transportation from source point A to drain point B and could not take into account transportation by various modes of transport with transfers. This paper presents a new mathematical model that takes into account the multimodality of routes, as well as availability of several sources and drains, which will allow passengers to simulate the choice of modes of transport in individual districts or cities. The developed model makes it possible to simulate the choice and determine the level of passenger satisfaction on a new route network or assess the impact of changes on the existing one, since reinforcement learning methods are used instead of statistical analysis.

Layout Optimization Method of Public Service Facilities in Residential Quarters considering Time Distance.

The smooth and prompt integration of the general public into various economic, political, cultural, and other activities in contemporary society can be ensured by scientifically sound planning and the layout of public facilities in residential areas. An essential metric for assessing a nation's citizens' overall quality of life is the level of public service facility construction. The fundamental task of raising the standard of public service facilities is to elevate the spiritual civilization of the populace. A complex area with diverse socioeconomic and natural conditions is a residential area. This study examines the various modes of transportation used by residents in residential areas and divides the service offerings of public facilities in residential areas based on time and distance. The first step is to carry out optimization research on the design of public service facilities. The issue of public facility location planning in an area with obstacles is discussed. An improved algorithm model is created based on the algorithm principle after first discussing the research on the ant colony algorithm's method for path planning in complex space. This article proposes a path planning technique based on an enhanced algorithm. First, the environment is divided using the grid method, and then experiments are run on grid maps of various scales to improve the updating pheromone mechanism algorithms for measuring the effectiveness of path planning techniques. According to the simulation results, the improved algorithm presented in this article has a high convergence speed in a complex environment and can find a workable solution in about 65 iterations as opposed to the ant colony algorithm's need for about 80 iterations. Based on experiments, the algorithm proposed in this article has an average convergence speed of about 26 seconds, compared to an average convergence speed of about 35 seconds for the ant colony algorithm. It is clear that the algorithm suggested in this article has better work efficiency.

POSC44 Extra Regional COVID-19 Patients Transfers: A Retrospective Analysis of Distance, Time and Cost for Train, Helicopter and Fixed-Wing Ambulances

The COVID-19 pandemic presents unique challenges to the transportation of critically ill patients. In France, between mid-March and mid-April 2020, 660 COVID-19 patients were safely transported from four regions towards six other regions and four neighboring countries using various modes of transport (plane, helicopter, train, boat). The study aimed to assess costs for these transfers and compare the different transport options.

Fuzzy logic methods in assessing the transport and warehouse complexes functioning quality

In most sectors of the national economy, technical facilities are represented by unloading devices that extract bulk cargo from the freight rolling stock, store it for a certain time, and ship it to a similar or other type of transport. Objects intended for the implementation of the stages of loading, unloading, and various storage periods, including bulk cargos, are commonly referred to by the broad scientific community as transport and warehouse complexes (TWC). Most operations performed in the TWC are the movement of goods (internal movements, receiving or sending goods by various modes of transport. The authors clarified the concept of "transport and warehouse complex" - it is an element of the transport network of the region, providing communication of external transport systems of the regions and performing the functions of converting the cargo flow of the region into the cargo flow sent by the region. On the one hand, they perform functions of transshipment points in relation to deep (economic) warehouses, and on the other – the functions of storage facilities. Their primary purpose is determined and depends on a large number of factors, including: the size of the direct service area, the ratio of the design capacity of the warehouse to the volumes of deliveries and the use of bulk cargo, as well as the condition of roads in the serviced area, the uniformity of the receipt of bulk cargo and the availability of vehicles for their delivery to the consumer.

Management of e-mobility for the world economy in the context of COVID-19

Introduction. Since the beginning of 2020, the development of the global economy has come across a long-forgotten factor in the most unexpected way, the new incarnation of which has become COVID-19. The widespread and rapid spread of the virus throughout the planet showed how advanced globalization is. The global economy has found itself vulnerable to the effects of such crises precisely because of its worldwide nature. The study of the problem of electromobility, various factors affecting it, especially such a negative one as COVID-19, deserve its analysis. The purpose of the paper is to investigate in an integrated manner the issues of management of electric mobility, the impact on various modes of transport COVID-19, the advantages of electric vehicles in today's difficult conditions. Results. The development and production of electric vehicles on the planet is carried out by leading automotive corporations. Certain efforts in the direction of electromobility are being made in our country as well. The complexity of this problem is of particular importance here. The real effectiveness of the widespread introduction of electric vehicles and their replacement of traditional vehicles with internal combustion engines are possible only if primary electricity is obtained by ecological methods, otherwise the effect obtained will be only limited. An analysis of the vulnerability of various modes of transport to coronavirus showed that private road and electric vehicle transport has undoubted advantages over many other modes of transport in terms of security from the COVID-19 virus. In addition, electromobility has major environmental and economic benefits. Conclusion. The paper also shows the relevance of the transition to the gradual development of electric vehicles instead of traditionally used cars with internal combustion engines. The importance of the production of Ukrainian electric vehicles, batteries, chargers in combination with the production of equipment for such environmentally friendly sources of electricity as wind farms and solar panels is emphasized. The impact of COVID-19 on the global economy and on various types of transport is considered. The advantages of using individual electric vehicles to prevent the spread of coronavirus are shown.

ANALYSIS OF THE VOLUME OF PASSENGERS AND CARGO IN RAIL AND ROAD TRANSPORT IN POLAND IN 2009-2019

Transport plays an important role in the economy of any country. Efficient and developed transport infrastructure of various modes of transport significantly affects the availability of transport services, and consequently, the well-being of citizens. This article presents an analysis of the volume of passengers and cargo transport using rail and road transport in Poland in 2009-2019. These analyses were carried out based on data obtained from the Central Statistical Office. All data concerns Polish entities that provide services in the field of passenger and freight transport in Poland and focuses on such information as the volume of passengers and cargo by individual means of transport, broken down into domestic and international transport. Further, the presented analyses concern the length of the available rail and road routes, tracks, the size of the rolling stock as well as the groups of transported loads.

The Transport Support of Production Processes in the JSC «Zelenogradskoe»

The analysis of transport and transport-technological means is carried out both by types of work performed, and in the context of transport types – tractor and automobile. As a result of mathematical data processing, the structure of the nomenclature of agricultural goods was described, the share components of transport and transport-technological processes, peak periods of transport support of production processes were determined. (Research purpose) The research purpose is to study the nomenclature of agricultural goods and materials necessary to ensure the implementation of the activities of modern agricultural producers, to analyze transport and transport-technological processes associated with the production of crop production on the example of a typical farm of JSC «Zelenogradskoye», taking into account the production and agro-landscape conditions of the Moscow region. (Materials and methods) The article presents the detailed analysis of the transport support of agricultural production processes in the implementation of transport tasks in the conditions of the Moscow region. The article describes the justification that the studied farm matches with the average indicators of production and agro-landscape conditions of the Moscow region. (Results and discussion) The nomenclature of goods was determined based on the study of the transport support of technological processes of JSC Zelenogradskoye, consisting of 165 types used in the production activities of the enterprise, as well as construction works. Tractor transport unit (58.6 percent) and motor transport (41.4 percent) were used for cargo transport and technological processes as mobile energy means. The analysis of the change in the volume of cargo transportation by month by various modes of transport showed that there is a correlation of graphs. The share of tractor transport operation is higher in winter, which is explained by the poor condition of roads connecting rural areas. (Conclusions) The study of transport processes makes it possible to understand and determine the complex structure of the interaction of various, constantly changing production factors, and optimize the line of vehicles with reasonable parameters for the effective performance of transport and technological processes in agricultural production.

Understanding Commuter’s Motivation of Transportation Choice: A Case Study of Greater Jakarta

Among the various modes of transportation, road transport is one of the most common modes of transport due to the comfortability and ease of commute. It is no wonder that road transport has become the primary energy consumption, which also significantly contributes dangerous levels to the ever-increasing pollution. Jakarta as the capital city of Indonesia is undeniably the most massive contributor to pollution in the world, and its complex transportation problems led to the city ranks highest in CO2 emission. One of the leading causes of transportation problems in Jakarta is the low percentage utilization of public transport. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study is to explore the reasons behind the people's decision in selecting travel options, especially the adoption of green commuting behavior like public transportation; the analysis of which was explicitly taken from daily commuting using probit regression. The estimation results reveal that in Greater Jakarta, both educational attainment and population density have a negative correlation with the people’s decision to utilize mass transportation since the unreliability of the transportation system lessens the benefit of using public transport in comparison with that of private transport.

Understanding Commuter’s Motivation of Transportation Choice: A Case Study of Greater Jakarta

Among the various modes of transportation, road transport is one of the most common modes of transport due to the comfortability and ease of commute. It is no wonder that road transport has become the primary energy consumption, which also significantly contributes dangerous levels to the ever-increasing pollution. Jakarta as the capital city of Indonesia is undeniably the most massive contributor to pollution in the world, and its complex transportation problems led to the city ranks highest in CO2 emission. One of the leading causes of transportation problems in Jakarta is the low percentage utilization of public transport. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study is to explore the reasons behind the people's decision in selecting travel options, especially the adoption of green commuting behavior like public transportation; the analysis of which was explicitly taken from daily commuting using probit regression. The estimation results reveal that in Greater Jakarta, both educational attainment and population density have a negative correlation with the people’s decision to utilize mass transportation since the unreliability of the transportation system lessens the benefit of using public transport in comparison with that of private transport.

Passenger Flow Prediction of Integrated Passenger Terminal Based on K-Means–GRNN

As the passenger flow distribution center cooperating with various modes of transportation, the comprehensive passenger transport hub brings convenience to passengers. With the diversification of passenger travel modes, the passenger flow scale gradually increases, which brings significant challenges to the integrated passenger hub. Therefore, it is urgent to solve the problem of early warning and response to the future passenger flow to avoid congestion accidents. In this paper, the passenger flow GRNN prediction model is proposed, based on the K-means cluster algorithm, and an improved index named BWPs (Between-Within Proportion-Similarity) is proposed to improve the clustering effect of K-means so that the clustering effect of the new index is verified. In addition, the passenger flow data are studied and trained by combining with the GRNN neural network model based on parameter optimization (GA); the passenger flow prediction model is obtained. Finally, the passenger flow of Chengdu East Railway Station has been taken as an example, which is divided into 16 models, and each type of passenger flow is predicted, respectively. Compared with the traditional method, the results show that the model can predict the passenger flow with high accuracy.

An exemplary definition of a vertidrome's airside concept of operations

In many cities the (public) transportation system already faces challenges to adjust appropriately to the growing population. Lifting the transportation offer into the third dimension by introducing Urban Air Mobility (UAM) may be a promising step towards an improvement. But what characteristics does UAM need to offer in order to represent successfully an extension to our traditional (public) transportation system and to fit into the concept of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) where various modes of transportation are bundled and accessible on demand? On the one hand, the supporting ground infrastructure specialized in accommodating UAM and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) operations, in this research named vertidrome, and on the other hand a consortium of stakeholders (vehicle operator, vertidrome operator, air traffic management, passenger, city councils, etc.) will determine a considerable portion of these requirements. The vertidrome is a UAM traffic junction, which merges airside and landside operations and interactions between the vertidrome infrastructure components, the vehicles and the passengers. This research work focuses on the exemplary development of a vertidromes airside operation considering a UAM application at the Munich trade fair (Germany). Following this objective, we analyze the unique characteristics of UAM, review the current state of the art regarding UAM ground infrastructure designs and introduce a new and VTOL-specific terminology vertidrome. In addition, we define an exemplary vertidrome concept of operations: a linear and expandable drive-through (LIEDT) topology, distinct approach and departure mission profiles based on the VTOL vehicle Volocopter 2X, as well as operating (airside air) and traffic (airside ground) rules for arriving and departing vehicles. The results will contribute to the development of a corresponding discrete event-based simulation (DES) depicting the elaborated vertidrome's airside structure and operations followed by the development of a performance assessment method evaluating a vertidrome's airside traffic flow (Vertidrome Airside Level of Service - VALoS).