A Study on Integrated Construction of Luzhou Comprehensive Transportation Hub

The target of integrated construction of comprehensive transportation hub is to integrate the traffic resources,achieve butt joint of pan-regional transportation mode,and finally realize the"seamless connection"of the goods and"zero transfer"of the passenger traffic.Relying on the particularity of the geographical location and the convenience of the Yangtze River channel,Luzhou puts forth effort to build a comprehensive transport hub in Southern Sichuan and has made great efforts in traffic infrastructure construction.However,there are still some problems.Combining practice of Luzhou,using the advanced experience of foreign and domestic cities for reference,the paper pointed out that for the sake of constructing a comprehensive transportation hub,we need to build the traffic integration on the basis of the efficiency.Besides,the paper proposed the strategies for construction.

A Study on Integrated Construction of Luzhou Comprehensive Transportation Hub

The target of integrated construction of comprehensive transportation hub is to integrate the traffi c resources, achieve butt jointof pan-regional transportation mode, and fi nally realize the “seamless connection”of the goods and “zero transfer” of the passenger traffi c.Relying on the particularity of the geographical location and the convenience of the Yangtze River channel, Luzhou puts forth effort to build acomprehensive transport hub in Southern Sichuan and has made great efforts in traffi c infrastructure construction. However, there are still someproblems. Combining practice of Luzhou, using the advanced experience of foreign and domestic cities for reference, the paper pointed out thatfor the sake of constructing a comprehensive transportation hub, we need to build the traffi c integration on the basis of the effi ciency. Besides, thepaper proposed the strategies for construction.

Deformation characteristics and instability mechanism of transportation hub under downward traversal conditions of the double-track super-large diameter shield tunnel

To investigate the deformation characteristics and instability mechanism of the transportation hub underdownward traversal conditions of the double-track super-large diameter shield tunnel, take the example of BeijingEast Sixth Ring Road into the ground reconstruction project. Using the field experimental monitoring method andnumerical simulation method, after verifying the accuracy of the model, this manuscript begins to unfold theanalysis. The results show that, without any deformation prevention and control measures, The basement raft ofthe underground structure of the transportation hub will produce a deformation difference of 18 mm, and thetensile stress is more than 1.43 MPa, the inhomogeneous deformation and structural cracking will lead tostructural instability and groundwater surges, which seriously affects the safe operation of the transportation hubstation. When control measures are taken, the deformation and stress of the base raft slab of the undergroundstructure of the transportation hub are within the prescribed limits, which can ensure the safe operation of thestation. The displacement of the base slab of the underground structure in the horizontal direction of the crosssection is all pointing to the east, and the overall trend is to shift from the first tunnel to the backward tunnel. Thehorizontal displacement of the base slab in the direction of the tunnel axis all points to the beginning of thecrossing, and the displacement of the slab in the vertical direction is distributed as "rising in the middle andsinking in the surroundings". For a two-lane super-large diameter shield tunnel penetrating an undergroundstructure, there are two mechanical effects: unloading rebound and perimeter rock pressure. The above deformation characteristics are the superposition effect produced by the two, and this fine assessment of the deformation of the raft foundation provides a scientific basis for formulating the deformation control countermeasuresof the crossing project. At the same time, it makes up for the blank of the double-track super-large diameter shieldtunnel down through the transportation hub project.

A review on passenger emergency evacuation from multimodal transportation hubs

Multimodal transportation hubs serve as transfer points with the function of collecting,transferring,and distributing passengers and play a significant role in the entire multimodal transportation network.In an emergency,the development of an effective and efficient emergency evacuation strategy to evacuate passengers from multimodal transportation hubs is very important.This paper aims to conduct a comprehensive review on passenger emergency evacuations from multimodal transportation hubs,summarize the achievements,identify gaps in existing literature,thus to lay a solid foundation for future studies.This paper first reviewed studies on evacuee behavior characteristics in emergency evacuations,including pedestrian characteristics,pedestrian behavior characteristics,and pedestrian flow characteristics.Then evacuation models,including pedestrian evacuation models and multimodal transportation evacuation models,were investigated.In addition,a retrospective analysis was carried out for evacuation simulation.It is found that while many studies have been conducted on passenger emergency evacuations from multimodal transportation hubs,most of them focus more on evacuating pedestrians from inside to outside of hub buildings;the studies on evacuation at multimodal transfer points are limited.It is also found that most existing studies tried to establish a general model to handle all types of emergency evacuations;in fact,a model would be more efficient if it is just established for a specific emergency and for a specific type of hubs.Also,existing data collection methods may collect biased data;new data collection methods need to be explored to increase the accuracy of data collection.Future study directions include the evacuation at multimodal transfer points,interactive effects between individual pedestrian behavior and pedestrian group behavior,more specific types of emergency evacuations,more accurate data collection methods,and tradeoffs between cost and benefit in emergency evacuations.

Construction of Rail Connectivity from Idapalli to International Container Transhipment Terminal(ICTT)at Vallarpadam,Kochi

Cochin Port is an all-weather port situated within a protected natural harbour,just 11 km away from mainland shipping route.Total draft of 15m-16m is available and it is a natural choice for setting up transhipment hub.The International Container Transhipment Terminal(ICTT)at Vallarpadam was developed by DP World and M/s Cochin Port Trust(CPT).As a part of this project,the new Rail connectivity from ICTT at Vallarpadam to Idappalli station is 8.60km,including the construction of 4.62 km elevated bridge was awarded to AFCONS by M/s Rail Vikas Nigam Limited(RVNL),in 2007 with a scheduled completion by 2009.This bridge is constructed for single railway track and piling was done for the provision of a second railway track in future.The 4.62 km long bridge was successfully completed and Trial Loco run was done in March 2010.This paper includes details of sub-surface profile,engineering properties of soils,details of construction of pile foundations and Challenges faced during construction.

Optimal Allocation of Public Transport Hub Based on Load Loss Value and the Economy of Distribution Network

The rapid development of electric buses has brought a surge in the number of bus hubs and their charging and discharging capacities.Therefore,the location and construction scale of bus hubs will greatly affect the operation costs and benefits of an urban distribution network in the future.Through the scientific and reasonable planning of public transport hubs on the premise of meeting the needs of basic public transport services,it can reduce the negative impact of electric bus charging loads upon the power grids.Furthermore,it can use its flexible operation characteristics to provide flexible support for the distribution network.In this paper,taking the impact of public transport hub on the reliability of distribution network as the starting point,a three-level programming optimization model based on the value and economy of distribution network load loss is proposed.Through the upper model,several planning schemes can be generated,which provides boundary conditions for the expansion of middle-level optimization.The normal operation dispatching scheme of public transport hub obtained from the middle-level optimization results provides boundary conditions for the development of lower level optimization.Through the lower level optimization,the expected load loss of the whole distribution system including bus hub under the planning scheme given by the upper level can be obtained.The effectiveness of the model is verified by an IEEE-33 bus example.