Thesis (M. Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-61). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 149-155).

This thesis endeavours to explore the potential ridership and costs of a ferry service primarily oriented to commuters traveling between West Vancouver and the downtown core. Comparison of a Sea Bus type ferry service with an equivalent bus operation indicates that, the ferry would cost somewhat more, but this may be offset by environmental, social and land use externalities. The second conclusion is that transit policies designed to enhance the attractiveness of the ferry mode, to daily commuters can generate substantial ridership in the case study situation. Finally, it becomes clear that a preliminary policy analysis can be made based upon an inexpensive, short and approximate set of calculations. A review of the history of ferry service within Vancouver and other selected North American urban areas provides, insight into the factors affecting patronage and a basis for assessing the claims made by ferry and transit advocates. Five patronage-oriented policy principles derived from this analysis are applied to develop a hypothetical concept of commuter ferry operation in the case study area. This plan is evaluated using available cost, ridership and modal split data to contrast three alternative scenarios, at the same level of patronage in the morning peak journey to work movements across the Burrard Inlet; ferry crossings only, bus crossings only, and a mixed ferry and bus situation. In the case study area it appears that ferry transit is worthy of more detailed and definitive analysis. It is suggested that the same may be true of other North American metropolitan areas in which there are substantial commuting flows across major bodies of water. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

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Thesis (M. Eng.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999. / Bibliography: p. 100-102.

This research examines the place of ferries in the national communication network of Scotland between the Union of the Crowns and the advent of steam. A total of 431 ferries were identified and are listed in the Gazetteer. The effect upon the ferries is assessed in both the era of pre-modernisation and during that of modernisation with certain trends and patterns being defined. The search for data revealed that papers in some private collections as well as those in some of the public archives are as yet uncategorised. In both the uncategorised papers as well as in the classified documents, evidence regarding ferries is sporadic and fragmentary. Moreover, it is unusual to find the topic "Ferries" appearing in any table of contents or index, even in published works. Information derived from primary historical and geographical sources, together with legal and civil administration records, augmented by social comments recorded at the time, in addition to secondary sources form the basis for the work. While changes occurred at ferries throughout the period studied these accelerated in the early nineteenth century by reason of the growing demands resulting from economic modernisation in Scotland. The need for speedier and more convenient travel gave rise to a proliferation of bridge building which in turn had an adverse affect on ferry services in the locality of the new bridges. Surviving ferry services were faced with three options in response to the pressures of economic modernisation. Firstly, they could remain unchanged, secondly, facilities could be adapted and the boats re-designed or thirdly, the man-propelled or sail-powered boats could be replaced by steam-driven boats. Although the building of the railway extended the system of communication in Scotland it had little affect on ferry services in general apart from the expansion of those ferry services situated near railway termini. In other parts of the country little attention was paid to existing ferries which continued to operate before. Therefore, the national communication network in Scotland in the early nineteenth century remained irregular and incomplete.

To meet the demands for increasing the speed and improving the seakeeping behaviour of commercial and naval ships, this thesis investigates a new type of ship configuration - The Trimaran Displacement Ship, it features a slender centre hull and two small side hulls. The design methodology and hydrodynamic performance of this new ship concept has been investigated through design studies, model experiments and theoretical analysis. Potential advantages of the trimaran ship are, lower wavemaking resistance at high speed, larger deck area, and improved seakeeping behaviour compared with existing ship types. Firstly, existing marine vessel types, both monohulls and multihulls, are reviewed with regard to their advantages and limitations. The new trimaran concept and its background is then described from its initiation by a desire of inheriting advantages and avoiding limitations of these existing ship types. Namely, achieving the low resistance of slender monohulls and large deck area of multihulls, whilst eliminating the speed limit of conventional monohulls and the stiff roll motion of catamarans. The review of the trimaran ships design studies shows the potential applications of this new concept in commercial and naval roles. The feasibility of the new concept and the methodology required for its design are investigated through the concept design studies of. a trimaran fast ferry (Figure 1) and the hull form design for a trimaran model ship (Figure 2) for seakeeping experiments. This provides an initial view on the design procedure and basic design considerations for the trimaran ship. The parametric study in the trimaran ferry design gives the basic parameters for trimaran hull forms. Hydrodynamic performance of the trimaran ship has been investigated through model experiments and theoretical analysis on seakeeping, resistance, and manoeuvrability. Good agreements between theoretical predictions and model experiments have been achieved. This shows the merit of the computer programs developed during the investigation so they can be used in future trimaran ship designs for hydrodynamic performance assessments. A three dimensional theory is used in the trimaran motion analysis. Roll damping characteristics of the trimaran ship has been examined by including viscous effects in roll damping which can be derived either by simulating damping data from free decay experiments or by direct computation, that has been shown to improve the roll motion predictions. Systematic investigation into the wavemaking resistance of the trimaran ship reveals the relationship between the side hull configuration and the resistance performance. Wave cancellation effects can be achieved when the side hulls are appropriately located to further reduce the wavemaking resistance of the trimaran ship. A manoeuvrability study concentrated on the effect of the side hulls on the turning ability of the trimaran ship as well as the effect of side hull propulsion. Following the hydrodynamic analysis of the trimaran ship, the design procedure and general considerations in trimaran ship design distinctive from other ship types are proposed and discussed with particular reference to stability and hydrodynamic performance. Trimaran hull form options are also discussed alongside some other design considerations. The thesis concludes that the new trimaran displacement ship shows superior characteristics in some hydrodynamic aspects over existing marine vessels, particularly in resistance and seakeeping, and therefore there is no reason why this novel concept can not be translated into real ships.

Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology, İzmir, 2006. / Keywords: concept ferry design, İzmir feryy design. Includes bibliographical references (leaves. 68-70).

published_or_final_version / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration