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New Technologies in Public Transport and Logistics

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Transportation and Future Mobility".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 942

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Dr. Jaroslav Masek

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Department of Railway Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economic of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
Interests: rail crossing; methodical procedure; perspective ratios; stopping distance; practical throughput performance; railway infrastructure; train traffic diagram; infrastructure measures; freight corridor; train driver’s behavior; eye tracking; railway safety; human-machine interaction; transport behavior; transport demand; transport supply; system dynamics; stock and flow diagram

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

“New Technologies in Public Transport and Logistics” is a Special Issue of Applied Sciences that focuses on innovations, trends, and developments in public transport and logistics. It contains articles, studies, and reviews on the latest technologies, strategies, and practices in these sectors. The journal covers a wide range of topics including intelligent transport systems, electric mobility, route optimization, vehicle tracking and management, sustainable transport, and other innovative approaches to improve the efficiency and sustainability of public transport and logistics. It is aimed at scientists, researchers, managers, practitioners, and professionals working in these fields who are looking for information on the latest technological advances and their applications in practice.

Dr. Jaroslav Masek
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • innovation and development
  • public transport
  • logistics

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Application of Autonomous Mobile Robot as a Substitute for Human Factor in Order to Increase Efficiency and Safety in a Company
by Iveta Kubasáková, Jaroslava Kubáňová, Dominik Benčo and Nikola Fábryová
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(13), 5859; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14135859 - 4 Jul 2024
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In this paper, we will compare two solution options to determine whether the deployment of an autonomous mobile robot will be a beneficial investment for a company not only in terms of cost, time, and manpower savings, but also in terms of efficiency [...] Read more.
In this paper, we will compare two solution options to determine whether the deployment of an autonomous mobile robot will be a beneficial investment for a company not only in terms of cost, time, and manpower savings, but also in terms of efficiency and reliability in the implementation of selected logistics processes to ensure the smooth running of production. In this paper, we would like to analyse the technology in terms of functions, carrying capacity, and interconnection within the infrastructure in the enterprise. The logistics processes from material order to export to the final customer will be analysed when an automatically controlled robot is deployed. One of the solutions discusses the use of personnel and material handling equipment (tractor with transport kit). The second solution discusses the deployment of the robot and selected logistics processes. The paper concludes with a summary of both options in terms of time, cost, and efficiency of the solution. Full article
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Planning-Level Optimisation of Headway Regularity
by Pavle Pitka, Milan Simeunović, Milica Miličić, Tatjana Kovačević, Milja Simeunović, Dragan Marinković and Žarko Ćojbašić
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(13), 5706; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14135706 - 29 Jun 2024
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Headway variability has a negative impact on the public transport passengers’ perception of service quality. However, most of the existing methods aimed at improving the headway regularity operate in real time and require precise vehicle location data, making it difficult to implement them [...] Read more.
Headway variability has a negative impact on the public transport passengers’ perception of service quality. However, most of the existing methods aimed at improving the headway regularity operate in real time and require precise vehicle location data, making it difficult to implement them in practice. On the other hand, planning-level methods can be used to increase the resilience of public passenger transport (PPT) to the accumulation of headway disturbances. As this is typically done from the operator’s perspective, the passengers’ perspective tends to be overlooked, motivating the current work. In this article, an optimisation procedure for evaluating the viability of diametrical line splitting in terms of passenger travel time and headway regularity is proposed. The aim is to increase the robustness/resistance of the PPT system to the propagation of headway disturbances without reducing the service quality. The developed optimisation procedure was validated by applying it to real data pertaining to an urban PPT line. The results show that there is a positive correlation between the transport demand and the effects of the optimisation procedure, whereby an increase in the primary headway disturbance increases the sensitivity of the optimisation procedure to the transport demand. Full article
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