陕西邮政车可免费通行全省收费公路

从2009年1月1日起,陕西省带有“中国邮政”标志、持有专用通行证的运邮车辆,可免费通行全省收费公路。     

超市免费接送车之我见

现代化的生活方式催生出超市这种零售业态,作为一种拉拢客源相互竞争的手段,超市免费接送车逐渐出现。此种为顾客提供免费接送服务的车辆该如何定性、如何管理,成为各地交通主管部门亟待解决的一个问题。     

超市免费接送顾客的车辆如何定性

我县县城新开了一家超市,这家超市为了招揽顾客,购买了一辆旧的27座中型客车,免费接送到该超市的顾客。这种行为是否属于变相经营行为？     

浦东机场设置“公益服务厅”

近日,上海浦东国际机场在8个候机区域推出“公益服务厅”服务新项目,为候机旅客免费提供上网、充电、影视观赏、休闲娱乐、旅游咨询等服务,服务时间为早上8时至晚上9时。     

成都社区免费巴士让出行更安逸

“感谢政府、感谢公交公司为我们老百姓做了一件大好事!”这是成都新开的社区巴士1017路车上众多市民和乘客表露的心声。2013年7月19日,1017路社区巴士换了一套“新衣服”,一改原先蓝灰色调,变成了更加醒目的绿白相间的颜色,虽然都是采用7米长木质公交车,但是绿白相间的色彩给人感觉眼前一亮,一眼就识别出来社区巴士和普通车辆的不同。     

山河智能年产三万台叉车产业园投产庆典

目前,山河智能第三产业园举行搬迁投产仪式。公司董事长兼总经理何清华出席庆典仪式,中国工程机械工业协会工业车辆分会秘书长张洁、长沙经开区管委会常务副主任吴京生讲话并为庆典剪彩。     

让公路工程回归本色——交通部质监总站开展公路工程质量安全专项检查

6月6日至12日．交通部质监总站检查组对北京市和山西省部分在建的公路工程进行了工程质量和施工安全的专项检查。此次检查，是交通部为全面贯彻全国交通工作会议、全国交通安全工作会议和全国交通基本建设质量监督会议精神，落实2005年交通部对公路建设质量和施工生产安全的总体要求而组织的。对北京和山西的检查是今年全国公路工程质量安全检查的第一站。     

A method to assess the eco-efficiency of a public bus transportation service

Brazilian Public Bus Transportation Service transports over 34.4 million passengers daily using approximately 107,000 urban buses. This service costs millions of dollars annually to the municipality and emits several pollutants to the atmosphere. Therefore, this paper proposes a method to assess the eco-efficiency of a Public Bus Transportation Service. The proposed method was tested in a medium-sized urban region in Brazil. Different scenarios representing changes in the vehicles engines and fuels were tested and analyzed. Six eco-efficiency indicators regarding emissions and fuel consumption were proposed to assess which mix of engines and fuels would bring the greatest eco-efficiency. The results were compared to targets based on Brazilian regulation and showed that the renewal of the fleet is necessary to meet the environmental targets, while also achieving fuel costs reduction.     

The quality of service desired by public transport users

This article describes the methodology used to study the quality of service desired by users of a public transport system. The desired quality is different from the perceived quality because it does not represent the daily experiences of the users, but rather what they desire, hope for or expect from their public transport system. This is why it is important to study the desired quality, knowledge of which gives local authorities the background information for personalised marketing policies based on the user’s requirements rather than their daily perceptions. The methodology goes through several stages, such as the use of focus groups to choose the most important variables for the users, the design and use of unlabelled stated preferences surveys and the calibration of discrete choice models. All of these help determine the weight of the most relevant variables. The analysis is carried out with different categories of users and potential users (those people not currently using public transport).Waiting time, cleanliness and comfort are shown to be the public transport variables that users most valued, but the degree to which they are valued varies according to the category of user. Variables such as driver kindness, bus occupancy and journey time are generally given less weight. The first two vary little by user category, but some variability appears for journey time.For potential users the more important variables when defining expected quality from public transport are waiting time, journey time and above all, level of occupancy. They consider the other variables to be of little importance when defining an efficient public transport service.In order to improve service quality and attract more passengers to public transport in general, the application of this methodology provides the authorities and operating companies with useful information to plan personalised marketing policies specifically directed at different categories of users and potential users of public transport.     

Collaboration decisions on disruption recovery service in urban public tram systems

This research focuses on the decisions on recovery services to deal with short-term disruptions in public tram systems. The disruption recovery approach used in Munich, Germany - the best service acclaimed by the public, is adopted as the basis to examine whether to collaborate with a taxi company to provide the recovery service and how to price to compensate the service. The two involving parties’ decision functions with the taxi’s average arrival time as the leading decision variable are formulated and analyzed. Both theoretical and numerical sensitivity analyses are conducted to shed lights on the critical factors affecting the decisions.     

Improving service quality in public transportation systems using automated customer feedback

In this paper the necessity for standardised automated information exchange between travellers and transportation company is evaluated to improve the service quality of public transport. Therefore the needs and expectations of transportation companies and travellers are defined and the usage of a novel approach for bidirectional information and communication systems in public transport is proposed. As a result, application scenarios for the usage of customer information are described and the advantages of this novel approach, especially for dispatching processes, are highlighted. Furthermore, the benefits for customers and transportation companies in regard to service quality are pointed out.     

Assessing the economic value of a public birdwatching interpretative service using a contingent valuation method

Although resource interpretative services are an essential conservation management tool that can add value to ecotourism experiences, there has been little empirical investigation on the ‘true’ economic value of such services. As such, this study's objective is to estimate the economic value of public interpretative services at a publicly supported Korean birdwatching festival, using a dichotomous choice contingent valuation method. Logit estimation results indicate that bid, age, income and birdwatching experience are important factors in explaining willingness‐to‐pay for interpretative services. The mean value of the publicly supported interpretative services is estimated to be 4,961 South Korean Won (approximately US$5) per person. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Expanding the effect of metro station service coverage by incorporating a public bicycle sharing system

This study examines how metro stations can expand their service coverage for passengers by implementing a public bicycle sharing system (PBSS) in the vicinity. We design a stated preference method questionnaire to determine the choice behavior intention of metro passengers toward PBSS and calibrate the survey data using the mixed logit model. We also use a geographic information system to display this expansion in metro station service coverage following the incorporation of PBSS. We then conduct a cost-benefit analysis of PBSS incorporation into the metro system to determine its cost-effectiveness. The decision criteria for PBSS station allocation strategies as derived in this study can act as useful references for urban planners and PBSS operation agencies when initiating low-carbon and sustainable policies.     

A comparative analysis of the application and use of public service obligations in air transport within the EU

The paper seeks to compare and contrast how different European Economic Area member states have adopted and made use of the public service obligation (PSO) mechanism in air transport. Analysis shows that there is considerable variation in the extent and way in which various countries have adopted the PSO mechanism. Some countries, such as France, the Irish Republic and Norway, have made extensive use of PSOs on their domestic scheduled air services networks. This is in contrast to the approach adopted in the United Kingdom, where a number of lifeline air services are vulnerable to potentially adverse airline pricing and output decisions. This suggests that there are major inconsistencies in the approach and commitment to social air services provision across the European Union which may undermine broader policy initiatives designed to enhance mobility and accessibility.     

Coping with second home tourism: responses and strategies of private and public service providers in western Sweden

Second homes have increasingly gained academic attention, not least within tourism research. Nevertheless, most studies have addressed the topic from the perspective of the second home owners, highlighting issues such as motivation for second home ownership, use patterns, geographical location, and meanings of second homes. Even the impacts of second homes have mainly been addressed as the accumulated outcome of their owners’ decisions. Hence, second homes have mainly been conceptualized as personal/family projects. Relatively little research has been done on the ways local communities cope with second home tourism. This is the departure point for this paper, with the purpose of analysing coping strategies among public and private stakeholders regarding second home tourism. It is argued that communities have various ways of coping, ranging from resistance to resource utilization. The proposed conceptual framework is empirically applied to the case of the Swedish West Coast. In an interview survey of public and private service providers, different strategies are identified. The results of the survey indicate that second home owners are increasingly seized on as a resource that can be utilized for business development. Ultimately, institutional preconditions imply that second homes remain a challenge for local municipalities.     

东盟自由贸易区与美洲自由贸易区的比较及对我国对外贸易的影响

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