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Introduction to Transportation
Systems
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PART I:
CONTEXT, CONCEPTS AND CHARACTERIZATION
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Chapter 7:
Transportation Systems: Key Points 11-17
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Direct Elevator Service 60 59 58 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Another Elevator Configuration
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What configuration of elevators makes the most sense?
What is the basic trade-off here from the viewpoint of the building owner?
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Key Point 11: Infrastructure “Shape”
The “shape” of transportation infrastructure impacts the fabric of “geo-economic” structures.
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Key Point 12: Costs, Pricesand LOS
The cost of providing a specific service, the price charged for that service, and the level-of-service provided may not be consistent.
For example, in a bus network, the routes affect who gets better and worse service.
If the urban bus system charges the same fare for all customers who experience different levels-of-service, there may be inequities. In thinking about transportation systems design, we must consider who benefits and who pays for the system.
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Key Point 13: Cost of Service
The computation of cost for providing specific services is complex and often ambiguous.
For example, if a passenger train and a freight train both use the same rail line, how do we allocate the maintenance costs for that line to passenger and freight service?
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Illustrating the Cost/LOSTrade-off
Elevator Dispatcher Policy NUMBER OF PASSENGERS NEEDED TO DISPATCH
TIME
(12)
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Illustrating the Cost/LOSTrade-off (continued)
Passenger Arrival Pattern NUMBER OF PASSENGERS NEEDED TO DISPATCH
PASSENGER ARRIVAL PATTERN
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Building a Train A
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With trains coming in from stations west, we build an outbound train that will have cars from manydifferent inbound trains. When do we dispatch thetrain from the terminal? We are balancing theLOS for the cars already on the outbound trainwith those that have not yet arrived.
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Key Point 14: Cost/Level-of-Service Trade-offs
Cost/level-of-service trade-offs are a fundamental tension for the transportation provider and for the transportation customer, as well as between them.
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Key Point 15: Demand Consolidation
Consolidation of like-demands is often used as a cost-minimizing strategy.
For example, when an airline runs a hub-and-spoke operation, it is consolidating people from different origins who have common destinations into airplanes to lower costs.
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“Lumpy” Investments
Capacity of Elevator System CAPACITY
1 2 3 4 5 NUMBER OFELEVATORS
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Key Point 16: “Lumpy”Investment
Investments in capacity are oftenlumpy (e.g., infrastructure).
Capacity ofSingle vs.Double Track Rail Line
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SIDINGS
SINGLE TRACK (OPERATIONS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS )
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Another Elevator Configuration
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Capacity vs. Number ofBuses
CAPACITY
NUMBEROF BUSES
This is lumpy, but there are so manyvehicles, we can approximate therelationship as smooth (linear).
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Think of resources and think of investments in capacity in a very broad way. (Refer back to Key Point 2: Transportation -- part of a broader system.)
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Capacity vs. Cost
CAPACITY (PASSENGERS/HOUR)
1 2 3 NUMBER OFELEVATORS
We can have inexpensive, low-capacitysystems or more expensive, high-capacity systems. Making decisions about whichsystems we need or want is a continuing theme in transportation.
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The concept of level-of-service is related to the cost and capacity trade-off. The level-of-service provided by the transportation system is a function of the volume being carried by that transportation system (see Key Point 9: Transportation Supply).
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Typical Supply Functions LEVEL OF SERVICE
SYSTEM CAPACITY1 SYSTEM
CAPACITY2
∆ CAPACITY (LUMPY)
VOLUME
Often, there is a precipitous fall-off in level-of-service as the volume approaches capacity,sometimes called a “hockey stick”.
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Key Point 17: Capacity, Costand Level-of-Service
The linkages between capacity, cost and level-of-service -- the lumpiness of investment juxtaposed with the “hockey stick” level-of-service function as volume approaches capacity -- is the central challenge of transportation systems design. If we underinvest in capacity, our level-of-service may be uncompetitive. If we overinvest, level-of-service may be fine, but costs will be high and our prices may not be competitive. Making this decision, faced with lumpy investments and the “hockey stick” LOS/volume relation, is difficult indeed. This leads to the central challenge of transportation system design.
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