This thesis deals with factors influencing the average speed on Czech roads. Curvature and inclination of the slopes were selected among the main factors influencing the average speed. Until now, these factors have been considered at discrete intervals, not as continuous functions. The function for calculating the curvature is based on ČSN 73 6101, where the equation with all variables is directly defined. The functional relationship for the movement of vehicles in sloping terrain was created from data from scientific articles. Therefore, an algorithm was implemented in this thesis, which can automatically evaluate the average speed on the road network. Python was used to implement this algorithm. Furthermore, there is a testing section for travel times, which is validated using route planners and also supported by extensive field research. Testing took place in GIS using network analysis methods. Testing has shown that the inclusion of curvature and inclination will significantly improve the calculation of travel times. key words: network analyst, curvature, gis, algorithm

Analysis of differences in price, time and distinct measures of accessibility for eské dráhy Abstract The main aim of this thesis is to resolve the issue of accessibility in the passenger rail network of eské dráhy in the Czech Republic. Secondary objectives are the analysis of distance, time availability, and price of passenger rail service. The main sources are the Railway Timetable 2009 and the geographic database Arc R 500. Basic tool for the processing is geographic information system (GIS) with extension Network Analyst. The main aim of the thesis is to provide a database with the values of distance, time availability and price. Secondary aims are to produce partial maps which present various types of accessibility. Part of the results are also the methodology for establishing different kinds of accessibility, the evaluation of methods used, and quality assessment models used in relation to the database and partial results of comparison with the literature. Keywords: transport accessibility, rail transport, network analysis, accessibility, availability of models, Network Analyst

<p>For emergency service providers, giving their service in least time shows their best performance. Emergency hospitals will be at their best if the ambulance reaches the site in Golden hour where life of injured persons can be saved. Ambulance uses the road network to reach the accident site. Today there are many GIS based systems being developed for routing of ambulance using GPS and other real-time technologies. These systems are useful and play a major role in solving the routing problem. But now roads are so congested that it difficult for the Ambulance drivers to travel and reach the accident.</p><p>In this thesis present study area is studied and problems faced by emergency service providers on road network are identified. In this thesis GIS/GPS/GSM based prototype system has been developed for routing of ambulance on road network of Hyderabad city (AMS). This prototype is designed such that it finds the accident location on the road network and locates the nearest ambulance to incident site using the real-time technologies (GPS/GSM). AMS creates the fastest route from nearest ambulance to accident site, and from there to nearest hospital. Congestion on roads during peak hours is considered, and the fastest route on both major and minor roads is created.</p><p>In this thesis AMS user interface has been developed using VBA, ArcGIS (network analyst). This Ambulance management system has been developed using software engineering model rapid prototyping model and has been evaluated by GIS users</p>

<p>School bus routing and scheduling are among the major problems because school bus transportation needs to be safe, reliable and efficient. Hence, the research question for this thesis is to answer how to transport students in the safest, most economical and convenient manner. The objective of this thesis is to create a GIS based school transport management system which helps in bus-stop allocation, design fastest and safest bus routes with AVL facility. This thesis also aims to investigate how a school transportation management system may improve the transportation security. The result from this study has helped to develop a school bus routing and scheduling prototype model for Sujatha High School, Hyderabad. This prototype model will help the school transportation management to design shortest and fastest school bus routes and they can also allocate bus stops, which will help them in selecting the pick-up stops for the students and staff, according to their concentration in the areas. This thesis has also, through literature study, investigated how a school transport management system can improve the transportation security. For the time being, there is a general belief that ICT contributes to improving the security, although a quantification of such improvements are lacking. The user interface application has been developed by using VBA and ArcGIS 9.1 Network Analyst provided by Environmental Science Research Institute and it has been evaluated by GIS users.</p>

School bus routing and scheduling are among the major problems because school bus transportation needs to be safe, reliable and efficient. Hence, the research question for this thesis is to answer how to transport students in the safest, most economical and convenient manner. The objective of this thesis is to create a GIS based school transport management system which helps in bus-stop allocation, design fastest and safest bus routes with AVL facility. This thesis also aims to investigate how a school transportation management system may improve the transportation security. The result from this study has helped to develop a school bus routing and scheduling prototype model for Sujatha High School, Hyderabad. This prototype model will help the school transportation management to design shortest and fastest school bus routes and they can also allocate bus stops, which will help them in selecting the pick-up stops for the students and staff, according to their concentration in the areas. This thesis has also, through literature study, investigated how a school transport management system can improve the transportation security. For the time being, there is a general belief that ICT contributes to improving the security, although a quantification of such improvements are lacking. The user interface application has been developed by using VBA and ArcGIS 9.1 Network Analyst provided by Environmental Science Research Institute and it has been evaluated by GIS users.

For emergency service providers, giving their service in least time shows their best performance. Emergency hospitals will be at their best if the ambulance reaches the site in Golden hour where life of injured persons can be saved. Ambulance uses the road network to reach the accident site. Today there are many GIS based systems being developed for routing of ambulance using GPS and other real-time technologies. These systems are useful and play a major role in solving the routing problem. But now roads are so congested that it difficult for the Ambulance drivers to travel and reach the accident. In this thesis present study area is studied and problems faced by emergency service providers on road network are identified. In this thesis GIS/GPS/GSM based prototype system has been developed for routing of ambulance on road network of Hyderabad city (AMS). This prototype is designed such that it finds the accident location on the road network and locates the nearest ambulance to incident site using the real-time technologies (GPS/GSM). AMS creates the fastest route from nearest ambulance to accident site, and from there to nearest hospital. Congestion on roads during peak hours is considered, and the fastest route on both major and minor roads is created. In this thesis AMS user interface has been developed using VBA, ArcGIS (network analyst). This Ambulance management system has been developed using software engineering model rapid prototyping model and has been evaluated by GIS users

Sweden’s national goal to have all vehicles to be zero emission vehicles by year 2030 puts high demands on the infrastructure of alternative fuels. Most cities in developed countries already have a working infrastructure for conventional fuels that has been planned with regard to its unique conditions, such as traffic and population density. These conditions of a city are surely not going to change even if every car was replaced by a zero emission vehicle. Today’s infrastructure for conventional fuels is therefore suitable also for alternative fuels. Electric vehicles on the other hand takes much more time to reload than it takes to refuel a normal car, which makes service stations less suitable locations for charging them. Electric vehicles’ relatively short range (150-600 km) will most probably not affect how a city’s inhabitants move within the city. In this master thesis the existing infrastructure for both conventional and alternative fuels for public consumption is analyzed, with the purpose to improve its accessibility. The thesis is supposed to facilitate the Municipality of Luleå’s planning before establishing new service stations. The method results in a couple of proposed areas that would benefit the fuel accessibility the most, both to its citizens and to commuters of other cities. Keywords: fuel, gas station, Network Analyst / Sveriges mål om att alla fordon ska vara fossiloberoende år 2030 ställer höga krav på infrastrukturen för alternativa drivmedel. De flesta städer i utvecklade länder har redan en infrastruktur för konventionella drivmedel som är planerad utifrån stadens unika förutsättningar, så som trafik och invånartäthet. Dessa förutsättningar kan man med säkerhet anta kvarstår även om alla dagens bilar byttes ut mot fossiloberoende bilar. Dagens infrastruktur för konventionella drivmedel är därför även lämplig för alternativa drivmedel. Elbilar däremot tar mycket längre tid att ladda än det tar att tanka en vanlig bil, och därför är drivmedelsanläggningar inte den bäst lämpade platsen för laddningsstationer för elbilar. Elbilarnas förhållandevis korta räckvidd (150-600 km) kommer säkerligen inte att påverka hur en stads invånare rör sig genom staden. I det här examensarbetet analyseras den befintliga strukturen för både konventionella och alternativa drivmedel för publik konsumtion, med syftet att förbättra dess tillgänglighet. Arbetet ska underlätta för Luleå kommun i sitt planeringsarbete inför nya etableringar av drivmedelsanläggningar. Metoden leder till förslag på områden som bäst hade ökat tillgängligheten till drivmedel för både stadens invånare och pendlare från andra städer. Sökord: bensinstation, drivmedel, Network Analyst

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I och med urbaniseringen i det svenska samhället har många städer vuxit och utvecklats till storstäder. Storstäder har många utmaningar, allt ifrån att det ska finnas jobb och bostadsmöjligheter så måste även infrastrukturen i form av transportmöjligheter utvecklas i takt med befolkningsökningen. Större befolkning betyder mer människor i rörelse som lätt leder till försämrad framkomlighet i trafiken. Detta examensarbete har utförts åt Räddningstjänsten i Jönköpings kommun med syftet att bidra med ett underlag angående vad en ny brandstation skulle generera i minskade insatstider och samhällsnytta. Räddningstjänsten upplever att trafiken i Jönköpings tätort bidrar till sämre framkomlighet som i sin tur leder till att räddningstjänsten får längre insatstider än önskat. Därför planerar kommunen att en ny brandstation ska byggas. I examensarbetet har samhällsnyttan för den nya stationen undersökts genom att bygga en GIS-modell där det går att simulera och undersöka insatstiden för räddningstjänsten baserat på historiska händelser. En litteraturstudie utfördes för att ge en grundläggande kunskapsmässig förståelse för området examensarbetet behandlar. För att få förståelse och kunskap om nuläget för Räddningstjänsten i Jönköping utfördes tre olika intervjuer. Intervjuerna riktade sig till personer som är involverade i utvecklingsprocessen av Jönköpings infrastruktur. Den största delen av examensarbetet var skapandet av GIS-modellen och analysen av det resultat modellen genererade. Under hela examensarbetet har en dialog med Räddningstjänsten i Jönköping förts. Detta för att få hjälp med tolkning av den historiska data räddningstjänsten bidragit med men också för att kontrollera att GIS-modellen resulterade i svar som verkade sannolika och användbara. Examensarbetet resulterade i att en ny brandstation skulle minska medelinsatstiden för räddningstjänsten och generera samhällsnytta. Eftersom en modell aldrig kan ge samma resultat som verkligheten är det viktigt att ta andra saker än enbart GIS-modellens resultat i beaktning när det diskuteras vad samhällsnyttan och en minskning av medelinsatstiden egentligen har för betydelse. Examensarbetet anses kunna vara en del av det beslutsunderlag som används vid beslutsfattandet om en ny brandstation i Jönköpings kommun.

In a time when the concept of sustainability is gaining increasing attention among the public, as well as among stake holders and policy makers, informing people about what the most sustainable choice to make is, is crucial in leading people in the right direction.  Travelling is an activity requiring a traveller to make multiple choices, with one of the choices being which route between two places to take. The transport sector is also a strong contributing cause to global issues such as climate change, wherefore choices made in relation to transportation are highly relevant in regard to sustainable development.  Up until today, most traffic information systems for passenger car users, only provide travellers with suggestions about the fastest, or the shortest, route option. This study aims at proposing a modelling structure using GIS software, that could also return the most sustainable route alternative.  The complexity of the many spatial impacts of road transportation is thoroughly discussed in the literature review, together with dilemmas regarding route choice behaviours. A proposed modelling structure is presented, with the structure also empirically being examined as a “proof of concept”. The empirical work takes place in the urban area of Hörnefors, Sweden, and findings confirm the applicability of the proposed workflow.  In the specific case of Hörnefors, three distinct route options are investigated, in relation to four sustainability impact variables. The variables investigated are fuel consumption, air pollution, noise, and safety. Results show that the, by far, longest route, is in fact returned as the most sustainable route option. The other two route options exhibit impacts of around double the amount of impacts yielded by the most sustainable one. The generalised sustainability cost is significantly mostly determined by the air pollution variable, due to its far-reaching spatial dispersion patterns yielding impacts even at long distances from a road.  The potential application of the inclusion of sustainability in traffic information systems are additionally reviewed, according to the behavioural mechanisms mentioned in the literature 4review. Estimations of in what contexts “most sustainable route” suggestions are potentially most likely to yield behavioural changes, are also made, and assessed. Conclusions suggest that an inclusion of “most sustainable route option” modelling into travel information systems, have the highest potential to affect route choices when the user is driving at locations previously unvisited, due to the inexistence of a status quo route in such contexts.