A Dynamic Environmentally-friendly Planning and Operation Platform (DEPOT) for Chinese Medium-size Cities
Event details
| Date | 26.09.2014 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Prof Dr Meng Li, University of Tsinghua, China |
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
In recent years, China has been in the high-speed urbanization process. Under the rapid growth of economy, car ownership and drivers, together with massive population movement toward urban areas, the traffic congestions and safety are steadily worsening, not only in major cites but also in the medium-size cities. A national ITS R&D project started with the analysis of the unique traffic characteristics of such Chinese medium-size cities. Three common characteristics are: 1) sharp increase in traffic demands; 2) significant tidal phenomena during peak times on the major corridors; 3) land-use and demand pattern can vary significantly during the development period.
In this study, a dynamic environmentally-friendly planning and operation platform (DEPOT) is being developed to evaluate and optimize comprehensive strategies, e.g. traffic management, policy and planning strategies. The simulation-based optimization approach is applied on DEPOT. Some research modules under this project are: 1) the agent-based behavior model for mode shift; 2) the redistribution operation model for bicycle-sharing system; 3) the cooperated VMS guidance and signal control system; and 4) the coordination of dynamic parking pricing and transit service.
Bio : Dr. Meng Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University, and Deputy Director, Tsinghua – Daimler Center for Sustainable Transportation. His main research areas are transportation system analysis and modeling, intelligent transportation systems, travel behavior analysis and data mining. As the principle researcher, Dr. Li has been undertaking the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China key project, and the World Bank and the global environment facility (GEF) supported research and development projects. Dr. Li is a scientific committee member of World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS), a member of traffic signal system committee (AHB25) of Transportation Research Board, a member of Intelligent Transportation Signal Operation (ITSO) Committee of Institute of Transportation Engineering (ITE) and a member of American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE). Prior to his current appointment at Tsinghua University, he worked as an R&D engineer at University of California at Berkeley between 2004 and 2010. Dr. Li received his National Science & Technology Progress Award Grade 2 in 2011.
In this study, a dynamic environmentally-friendly planning and operation platform (DEPOT) is being developed to evaluate and optimize comprehensive strategies, e.g. traffic management, policy and planning strategies. The simulation-based optimization approach is applied on DEPOT. Some research modules under this project are: 1) the agent-based behavior model for mode shift; 2) the redistribution operation model for bicycle-sharing system; 3) the cooperated VMS guidance and signal control system; and 4) the coordination of dynamic parking pricing and transit service.
Bio : Dr. Meng Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University, and Deputy Director, Tsinghua – Daimler Center for Sustainable Transportation. His main research areas are transportation system analysis and modeling, intelligent transportation systems, travel behavior analysis and data mining. As the principle researcher, Dr. Li has been undertaking the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China key project, and the World Bank and the global environment facility (GEF) supported research and development projects. Dr. Li is a scientific committee member of World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS), a member of traffic signal system committee (AHB25) of Transportation Research Board, a member of Intelligent Transportation Signal Operation (ITSO) Committee of Institute of Transportation Engineering (ITE) and a member of American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE). Prior to his current appointment at Tsinghua University, he worked as an R&D engineer at University of California at Berkeley between 2004 and 2010. Dr. Li received his National Science & Technology Progress Award Grade 2 in 2011.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. Nikolas Geroliminis & Katrin Beyer