Commuter rail systems are widely regarded as an effective transportation alternative to reduce energy consumption and emissions in large urban areas. Use of commuter rail systems in the United States is on the rise, with annual ridership increasing by 28 percent between 1997 and 2007 [1]. With growing concerns about the sustainability and environmental impacts of transportation, modal energy ef...

The author investigated the status of barrier-free facilities of urban rail transit station in China. Due to the physical factors, the senior and disability population fail to utilize urban traffic facilities, like ordinary persons. Also, children, women of pregnancy, and those who have mobility difficulties, and those who bear heavy loads are also not able to conveniently use urban traffic fac...

the evaluation and control of the trains induced vibrations needs even more attention in the case of underground tracks which passes near to monuments and historical sites. the rail corrugations which occur due to the wheels’ impulse loads during the operation period of underground railway tracks, usually amplify the ground borne noise and vibration. in the current study, the mentioned phenomen...

For urban rail transit, how to evaluate passenger’s satisfaction of security work,, and discover the existing problems quantitatively is an important and indispensable subject for better service level during large-scale events or events. This paper focuses on the passengers’ aspect, to do a questionnaire survey during the period of large-scale events, put forward the evaluation index system in ...

Train passenger door is the key system for operation and maintenance on urban rail train. In this paper, we analysis passenger door system of urban rail train working process and establish the mathematical model. Firstly, we use the method of parameter estimation to get physical parameters of doors on different working condition. Then fault diagnosis experiment is done to train passenger door w...

As a sustainable means of public transportation, urban rail transit system undergoes rapid expansion in China. How to provide a safe and reliable service has been the subject of growing attention in this context. However, such work is challenging because rail transit systems are quite vulnerable and influenced by a set of interacting factors. Studying these vulnerability factors will contribute...

The neglectof the rail sector in Brazil that went on for decades is fortunately being overcome, especially in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, with the subways and monorails, an example to other Brazilian metropolitan regions. The historical disconnection between the passenger transport modals combined with the increasing private vehicle fleet and the lack of investment in mass transit sys...

Case-based reasoning (CBR) is a method that uses previous experiences to solve new problems. The characteristics of CBR make it suitable for complex problems related to knowledge reuse. Based on the analysis of the characteristics of emergency events in urban rail transit, a generation method using CBR for emergency scheme is proposed. Certain related technologies, such as case representation, ...

Motorised mobility has increased in a significant way in last years in European cities, and this has brought too much congestion in urban areas, which has deteriorated city centres’ liveable conditions. For that reason, there is a need of effective and flexible transport systems in order to improve this situation in favour of public transport. The investment on design and innovation of competit...