THE 7TH CONFERENCE OF HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR TRANSPORTATION
STUDIES -- TRANSPORTATION IN THE INFORMATION AGE
Sheraton Hotel, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Conference Program
08:30 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:15
Welcome Address (Ballroom C)
Professor Herbert H. TSANG (Academic Vice President, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Professor William H.K. Lam (President, Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies)
09:15 – 09:45
Keynote Address (Ballroom C)
Chair: Dr WANG, Donggen
Dr CHENG Hon-kwan, GBS, JP
Chairman, Transport Advisory Committee, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Moving Ahead - Transport Strategy for the Future
09:45 – 10:15
Coffee Break (Pre-Function Area)
10:15 – 12:20
Plenary Session – Invited Lectures (Ballroom C)
Chair: Prof. Hani Mahmassani, University of Taxes at Austin, U.S.A.
Prof. Michael G. H. BELL
Imperial College of Science, U. K.
Route choice in congested transit networks: some results from London
Prof. Piet H.L. BOVY
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Modeling intermodal trips in multimodal networks
Prof. Avishai CEDER
Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Intelligent shuttle and feeder bus service
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Prof. Michael FLORIAN
University of Montreal, Canada
From static network models to dynamic network models: old and new challenges
Prof. Agostino NUZZOLO
"Tor Vergata" University of Rome, Italy
Real-time information to public transportation users: why, what, how?
12:20 – 13:30
Conference Lunch (Tang room)
13:30 – 15:00
Session 1: Logistics and Freight Transportation (Sung 1)
Chair: Dr Timothy Hau, The University of Hong Kong, China
Kun XIE and Kai LIU
School of Traffic and Transportation, North Jiaotong University, China
Freight transportation and logistics management
Simon, S. M. YUEN
Dept. of Finance and Decision Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University
Opportunities and challenges for the development of Hong Kong container port: a
post China into WTO era
Peng ZHAO, N. TOMII, N. FUKUMURA and T. SAKAGUCHI
Northern Jiao-Tong University, P. R. China / Railway Technical research Institute, Japan
An algorithm for one kind multiple groups train-set scheduling problem based on
path-exchange
Session 2: Network Planning and Modeling (Sung 2)
Chair: Dr HOOGENDOORN, S. P., Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Serge P. HOOGENDOORN and Piet H. L. BOVY
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands
Tools for walking infrastructure design: continuous time and space dynamic useroptimal assignment models
H. K. LO and W. Y. SZETO
Department of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Time-dependent transport network design
B. F. SI, W. H. K. LAM and Z. C. LIU
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Modeling stochastic parking and route choice behaviors under advanced travel
information system with equilibrium market penetration
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Ning ZHANG and William H. K. LAM
School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Aeronautics &
Astronautics, China and Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University
The reliable user equilibrium problem in a stochastic transport network
Session 3: Travel Demand Modeling (Ballroom A)
Chair: Dr H. P. Lo City University of Hong Kong
Preeti BAJAJ and A. G. KESKAR
G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering, India
Smart pre-trip plan assistance system with hybrid fuzzy algorithm
Piya CHOOTINAN, Anthony CHEN and Will RECKER
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, U.S.A.
Applications of path flow estimator for estimating origin-destination trip tables
Becky P.Y. LOO
Department of Geography The University of Hong Kong
The potential impact of West Rail on people’s travel behavior in Tin Shui Wai,
Tuen Mun and Yuen Long compared
Yvonne TANG and H. P. LO
Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
A combined model for trip rates using traffic counts
D. WANG and Fion LAW
Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University
Activity and time use patterns of Hong Kong residents: results derived from trip
diaries
Session 4: Sustainable Transportation and Pavement (Ballroom B)
Chair: Prof. WIRASINGHE, S. C. University of Calgary, Canada
Yulin CHANG, Wei WANG and Shujuan LI
Transport College, Southeast Univerisity, Nanjing. P. R. China
Analyzing and forecasting the traffic noise at signalized intersections
Weidong DING and Kai LIU
School of Traffic and Transportation, Northern Jiaotong University, China
The sustainable transportation and the environment protection
Guiping HE and Wing-gun WONG
Department of Civil & Structural Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Methodology of cold in-situ recycling of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) using
foamed bitumen in Hong Kong
Wing-tat HUNG, Yuk-lan WU and Sau-veng TANG
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Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Characterizing temperature transmission in experimental bituminous mixes
C. K. WONG, S. C. WONG and C. O. TONG
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
A cutting plane algorithm for optimizing signalized junction delays
Session 5: Transit Modeling (Ballroom C)
Chair: Dr. NIELSEN, O.A. Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Rob VAN NES and Piet H. L. BOVY
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands
Urban transit network design for multiple user-classes
Michael B. PEDERSEN, L. N. JANSEN and O. A. NIELSEN
Centre for Trafik- & Transport (CTT) Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
Minimizing passenger transfer times in public transport timetables
M. H. POON, C. O. TONG and S. C. WONG
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
A schedule-based capacity restrained transit assignment model for system
planning in this information age – application to the Hong Kong Mass Transit
Railway network
Mei Ling TAM and William H. K. LAM
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Evaluation of the service quality of transit system in Hong Kong
15:00 – 15:20
Coffee Break (Pre-Function Area)
15:20 – 16:45
Session 6: Network Analysis and Modeling (Sung 1)
Chair: Dr S. C. Wong, The University of Hong Kong
Giuseppe BELLEI, Guido GENTILE, Lorenzo MESCHINI
Department of Hydraulics, Transportation and Roads, University of Roma, Italy
Algorithms for deterministic and stochastic dynamic user equilibrium problem
Sascha HOOGENDOORN-LANSER, Serge P. HOOGENDOORN and Piet H. L. BOVY
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands
Generation of objective choice set for trips in multi-tier transport network
Z. X. WU and William. H. K. LAM
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
A network equilibrium model for congested multi-mode transport network with
elastic demand
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H. YANG and X. N. ZHANG
Department of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Stackelberg games and multiple equilibrium behaviors on networks
Session 7: Taxi Transportation (Sung 2)
Chair: Prof. WANG, Kelvin, University of Arkansas, U. S. A.
K. I. WONG, S. C. WONG and H. YANG
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
A network equilibrium model for urban taxi services with explicit consideration of
perceived profitability
D. WANG, Fion LAW, S. C. WONG and H. YANG
Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University
Where to find passengers? An examination of factors determining taxi drivers’
time of searching for passengers
M. YE, H. YANG, W. H. TANG and S. C. WONG
Department of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Multi-period dynamic modeling of urban taxi services
Session 8: Travel Choice Modeling (Ballroom A)
Chair: Dr CHEN, Anthony, Utah State University, U. S. A.
Stella F. CATALANO, Charles LINDVELD, Piet H. L. BOVY and Kristof CARLIER
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands
A posteriori approach to travel choice modeling in multimodal transport networks
Anthony CHEN and Zhaowang JI
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, U.S.A.
A comprehensive review of route choice models
H. YANG and J. Y. T. WANG
Department of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Park-and-ride location and price optimization in a linear monocentric city with
logit-based mode choice
H. YANG and X. N. ZHANG
Department of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Existence of optimal link tolls for system optimum on networks with mixed
equilibrium behaviors
Session 9 – Air Transportation (Ballroom B)
Chair: Dr ZHANG, Anming, University of British Columbia, Canada
E. S. DADA and S. C. WIRASINGHE
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Department of Civil Engineering University of Calgary, Canada
Estimating basic level of service for passenger orientation in new airports
H. W. HO, S. C. WONG and B. P. Y. LOO
Department of Civil Engineering The University of Hong Kong
Application of continuum modeling for airports coordination
Anming ZHANG
Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia,
Canada
Hong Kong air cargo industry and its competitiveness
16:45 – 17:00
Closing Address (Ballroom C)
18:30 – 20:30
Optional Conference Dinner
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