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The Optimal Mass Transit System for New Cities (신도시건설에 따른 신교통수단시스템 선정방안)

  • Shin, Jong-Hyun;Kim, Si-Gon
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.1612-1617
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    • 2004
  • This paper aims to introduce a new type of mass transit system at new cities. A new mass transit system has been analysed in terms of three view points. 1) a new mass transit between a new city and surrounding cities. 2) a new mass transit inside a new capital, and 3) a traffic center connecting a new mass transit and other modes. This paper can be utilized as a guide line in doing the master plan for new mass transit at new cities.

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An Assessment of the Usage of the Lagos Mass Transit Trains

  • Oni, S.I.;Okanlawon, K.R.
    • International Journal of Railway
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.29-37
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    • 2012
  • The rail sector, despite its potential for curtailing the present chaotic transport situation in Lagos, remains inefficient and underutilized. In spite of past initiatives and the current attempt by the Lagos State Government to provide a mass transit rail service in Lagos, the share of rail mode in the transport sector has not been encouraging and the railway plays an insignificant role in urban mass transit in Lagos at present. This paper sets out to assess the usage of the Lagos mass transit trains. Hence, the paper determines the passenger traffic flow along the rail route in Lagos and the number of passengers carried between 2000 and 2009 by the Lagos Mass Transit Trains (LMTT) with a view to assessing the usage of the present LMTT. This paper also discusses the historical development of Nigerian railway and describes rail transport in Lagos. Data were obtained through secondary sources coupled with review of literature. The result of this study shows that for a period of 10 years (2000-2009), Lagos mass transit trains carried a total of 9,870,101 passengers, which gives an average of 987,010 passengers annually. This suggests that the service of the Lagos mass transit train is grossly underutilized. However, LMTT contributes enormously to NRC by carrying 68.5% of the total passenger traffic of NRC between 2000 and 2009. In terms of passenger traffic flow along the route of LMTT, for a period of 1 year, Agbado station recorded the largest number of passengers (393,811), followed by Ijoko (163,652) and Iddo (120,787), while Iganmu station has the lowest number of rail commuters (16,919). This study also discloses that the major commodities hauled by Lagos district of NRC from Lagos to the northern parts of the country in 2007 are Cars, Cement, Billet and Wheat.

Intelligent Transport System of Urban Mass Transit

  • Xu Jinxiang
    • Proceedings of the KOR-KST Conference
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    • 1998.09a
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    • pp.100-107
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    • 1998
  • With the rapid development of Urban Mass Transit in China, the Intelligent Transport System becomes inevitable. Based on the brief introduction of the blueprint of Urban Mass Transit in Shanghai, this paper analyses in detail the components and functions of Automatic Train Control (ATC) system applied in Shanghai Metro, presents the key technology of the main three subsystems of the ATC system : Automatic Train Supervision (ATS) subsystem, Automatic Train Protection (ATP) subsystem, Automatic Train Operation (ATO) subsystem. After reading this paper, you will have an general grasp of ATC system. At the end of the paper, it suggests a good resolution about the ATC system equipment to be made in China. If you are interested in the resolution, we'd like to exchange our thought.

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A Study on Construction of Metro Rapid Transit Network in Daegu Area (철도와 지역발전 - 대구권 광역전철망 구상과 지역발전 효과)

  • Han, Keun-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.06b
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    • pp.27-41
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    • 2008
  • Construction of metro transportation infra is a large-scale project requiring tremendous financial resources. This study suggests operation method to use for rapid transit line existing infra such as Gyeongbu line and spare line capacity following second phase KTX construction. Reviewing various constraints of metro rapid transit operation, we found that the conditions for metro rapid transit operation are already satisfied in Daegu area, just like the case of Gyeongbu line in Seoul Metro area. Also, the evaluation of the economic feasibility of metro rapid transit operation in Daegu area shows that B/C is about 2.4, which implies that there is sufficient economic feasibility. According to the result of sensitivity analysis, the project is economically feasible unless the passenger demand decreases 15% and construction costs increases more than 70%. B/C is evaluated large because the utilization of already exiting infra lowers the initial cost. As one of mass transportation system of large capacity, metro rapid transit can generate significant spillover effect: It will strengthen competitiveness of metro area by connecting cities within the area and by extending one-day life zone of the area, to say nothing of the benefit of improving traffic condition. The construction of metro rapid transit network is necessary for the mass transportation system of Yeongnam area as well as Daegu area, and it may work as a starting point for uniting Daegu and Gyeongbuk and strengthening regional competitiveness.

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The Study on Domestic Application of Personal Rapid Transit(PRT) (소형궤도열차시스템의 국내 적용방안 연구)

  • Lee, Jun;Kim, Kyoung-Tae;Moon, Dae-Seop;Lee, Jin-Sun
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2006.11b
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    • pp.954-963
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    • 2006
  • PRT(Personal Rapid Transit) is alternation mode of auto and advanced transportation system as future transportation mode cope with the situation caused by increasing traffic demand, vehicle, environment, energy problem. but there is no place where PRT is operated therefore it is necessary of study on application of PRT The purpose of this study is putting into shape of fundamental notion and role of PRT as transit system and studying of domestic application possibility We expect that PRT make transit will make variety and be able to connect with mass transportation facility, have a connection between trunk line and branch line, be a effective local transportation system within CBD, be a transportation system within leisure complex. This study focus on connection with mass transportation facility in the middle of 5 type, we class as. and we investigate application of PRT by process of making a choice applicable case area

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A Study on the Improvement for EMU Maintenance System of Urban Transit (도시철도 전동차 유지보수체계의 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kyu-Joong;Lee, Keun-Oh
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.87-92
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    • 2010
  • Urban transit system must secure fast, safe and reliable transportation capacity as a metropolitan mass transit. For this purpose, it is important to make all the sub-systems (which consist of EMU, power feeding, signaling & telecommunication, railway, platform facility, and control system and so on) work well. To operate all the systems effectively and reliably, a maintenance measure optimal to each system's characteristics is needed to be established and executed. So, highly reliable maintenance should be performed. But, EMU maintenance methods suitable to its own model and EMU lines are not yet introduced. This study examined few examples mainly to secure reliability on a maintenance quality in operating method and the features of train maintenance system based on travel distance.

A Strategy for the Development of Impact Area Around Dae-Jun Rail Transit Station in Relating with the Industry-University-Institute Collaboration (대전 역세권의 산학연 연계 개발 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon, Yong-Gi
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.14-25
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    • 2008
  • The Purpose of this study is to find out the renewal methods of Dae-jun railway station areas, focusing on the domestic/foreign case studies of the railway station areas and the possibility of the Industry-University-Institute collaboration in this area. As a result, this study shows that the revitalization for the impact area around rail transit station in the aspect of urban spatial structure, mixed land use, type of facilities and exchanging transit system of mass traffic etc, as well as such non-physical aspects as Industry-University-Institute collaboration and administrative planning. It does so by strengthening ties between hardware and software studies of urban planning and University Facilities planning. Finally this study suggested the strategy for the renewal of impact area around the rail transit stations.

A Stochastic Transit Assignment Model based on Mixed Transit Modes (복합수단을 고려한 확률적 대중교통 통행배정모형 개발)

  • Park, Gyeong-Cheol;Mun, Jeong-Jun;Lee, Seong-Mo;Park, Chang-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.111-121
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    • 2007
  • A transit assignment model can forecast the behaviors of transit users. thereby playing an important role In the evaluation of transit policies. Most existing transit assignment models are based on the models for passenger cars; therefore they cannot reflect the specific characteristics of transit modes. In addition most of the existing models are based on a single transit mode (bus or rail), and they cannot forecast the behaviors of transit users in a changing mass transportation system. The goal of this study is to overcome these problems with the exiting models and to develop a more realistic model. The newly developed model is based on mixed transit modes and is a stochastic model that can reflect the different preferences of each transit user for travel time and transfering. Data gathered from the Seoul metropolitan area's smart card are used to calibrate this model. This study is expected to be used for the evaluation of transportation policies and to attribute the development of transit revitalization strategies.

Orbital stability study and transit-timing variations of the extrasolar planetary system: K2-3

  • Choi, Beom-Kyu;Hinse, Tobias C.;Yoon, Tae Seog
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.79.1-79.1
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    • 2016
  • We investigated the dynamical properties of the K2-3 multi-planet system. Recently three transiting planets are discovered using the extended Kepler2 (K2) mission (Crossfield et al. 2015). We extended their preliminary stability study by considering a substantial longer integration time. Since planet mass is not known from photometry we calculated exoplanets masses using empirical mass-radius relations (Weiss & Marcy 2014). Forward numerical integration was done using the MERCURY integration package (Chambers 1999). Our results demonstrate that this system is stable over a time scale of $10^8years$. Furthermore, we investigated the dynamical effects of a hypothetical planet in the semi-major axis vs eccentricity space. For stable orbits of the hypothetical planet we calculated transit-timing variation (TTV) and radial velocity signals. We find that for a hypothetical perturber with mass 1-13 Mjup, semi-major axis 0.2 - 0.8 AU and eccentricity 0.00-0.47 the following timing signals for the planet K2-3 b is ~ 5 sec, K2-3 c is ~ 130 sec and for K2-3 d is ~ 190 sec. The radial velocity signal of the hypothetical planet is ~ 4 m/s. Using typical transit-timing errors from the K2 mission, we find that the above hypothetical planet would not be detectable. Its radial velocity signal, however, would be detectable using the APF 2.4m telescope or HARPS at the ESO/La Silla Observatory in Chile.

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Physical Properties of Transiting Planetary System TrES-3

  • Lee, Jae-Woo;Youn, Jae-Hyuck;Kim, Seung-Lee;Lee, Chung-Uk;Koo, Jae-Rim;Park, Byeong-Gon
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.65.2-65.2
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    • 2010
  • We present four new transits of the planetary system TrES-3 observed between 2009 May and 2010 June. Among those, the third transit by itself indicates possible evidence for brightness disturbance, which could originate from a starspot or an overlapping double transit. A total of 107 transit times, including our measurements, were used to determine the improved ephemeris with a transit epoch of $2454185.910950\pm0.000073$ HJED (Heliocentric Julian Ephemeris Date) and an orbital period of $1.30618698\pm0.00000016$ d. We analyzed the transit light curves using the JKTEBOP code and adopting the quadratic limb-darkening law. In order to derive the physical properties of the TrES-3 system, the transit parameters are combined with the empirical relations from eclipsing binary stars and stellar evolutionary models, respectively. The stellar mass and radius obtained from a calibration using $T_{eff}$, log $\rho$ and [Fe/H] are in good agreement with those from the isochrone analysis within the uncertainties. We found that the exoplanet TrES-3b has a mass of $1.93\pm0.07\;M_{Jup}$, a radius of $1.30\pm0.04\;R_{Jup}$, a surface gravity of $28.2\pm1.1\;m\;s^{-1}$, a density of $0.82\pm0.06\;\rho_{Jup}$, and an equilibrium temperature of $1641\pm23K$.

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