Introducing electric vehicles (EVs) into urban transportation network brings higher requirement on travel time reliability and charging reliability. Specifically, it is believed that travel time reliability is a key factor influencing travelers' route choice. Meanwhile, due to the limited cruising range, EV drivers need to better learn about the required energy for the whole trip to make decisi...

The article deals with the influence of road conditions on fuel consumption by vehicles when transporting goods and passengers, which depends speed movement. optimum corresponds to movement is distinctive for each type car. Increase or decrease leads increased consumption. Elevations reduce increase up 30%. Road (width roadway, condition surface, presence horizontal curves, longitudinal slopes,...

This research presents a method of comparing fixed-route transportation systems and demand-responsive feeder transit systems using passenger survey data, published transit schedules, and optimal routing techniques. Demand-responsive transportation can be utilized to improve transit service levels in low demand areas. Since cities can vary significantly in demand across the region and time of da...

There are multiple ways to split a path in a directed graph into largest sub-paths of minimal cost. All possible splits constitute path partitions of the same size. By calculating two specific path splittings, it is possible to identify subsets of the vertices (splitVertexSets) that can be used to generate every possible path splitting by taking one vertex from each such subset and connecting t...

Once known to be used exclusively in military domain, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) have stepped up to become a part of new logistic method in commercial sector called "last-mile delivery". In this novel approach, small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), also known as drones, are deployed alongside with trucks to deliver goods to customers in order to improve the service quality or reduce the ...

The increase in global competition and energy prices over the past decade has forced industries to search for potential savings in their transportation supply chains and logistics systems. In some industries, such as the forest products industry, minimizing the transportation costs of raw materials is even more crucial. The relatively low value and high weight of their raw materials accounts fo...

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) transportation requirements ushered in a new era of public transportation accessibility for persons with disabilities. This groundbreaking civil rights initiative has given persons with disabilities the same mobility opportunities as others by requiring accessible fixed route transportation, as well as complementary paratransit services for indi...

The transportation sector already accounts for 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, controlling carbon emissions in the has become a top priority China and other countries around world. In addition to technological development clean energy transportation, most critical aspect globalization new industry market is optimization access routes. This paper will be based on road travel t...

Just before a hurricane is predicted to strike an urban area, millions of people evacuate from impact zones to safer regions. This paper provides a mass-evacuation strategy using public transportation before the strike of a hurricane. The assumptions made are that the evacuation zones, shelter locations, and the time of strike of the hurricane are pre-determined. The evacuation operations comme...