THE NINETH CONFERENCE OF HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR TRANSPORTATION STUDIES Transportmetrica: Advanced Methods for Transportation Studies FINAL PROGRAM

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1 THE NINETH CONFERENCE OF HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR TRANSPORTATION STUDIES Transportmetrica: Advanced Methods for Transportation Studies FINAL PROGRAM Time Event 08:30 09:00 Registration (Pre-Function Area) 09:00 09:15 Welcome Addresses (Picasso Room) 09:15 09:45 Keynote Addresses (Picasso Room) Dr. Sarah Liao Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, HKSAR 09:45 10:00 Coffee Break (Pre-Function Area) 10:00 11:45 Invited Lectures (Picasso Room) Prof. Malachy Carey, Queen s University, Northern Ireland Prof. Gang-Len Chang, University of Maryland, USA Prof. Anming Zhang, University of British Colombia, Canada Prof. Michael Florian, University of Montreal, Canada Prof. Kelvin C.P. Wang, University of Arkansas, USA 11:45 13:00 Conference Lunch (Academy Room, 1/F) 13:00 14:00 Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Network Modeling and Optimization Travel Behaviour Modeling Environment, Safety and Policy Traffic Survey and Forecasting 14:00 14:15 Coffee Break (Pre-Function Area) 14:15 15:15 Session 6 Session 7 Session 8 Session 9 Network Modeling and Optimization Travel Behaviour Modeling Environment, Safety and Policy Traffic Survey and Forecasting 15:15 15:30 Coffee Break (Pre-Function Area) 15:30 16:45 Session 11 Session 12 Session 13 Session 14 Public Transportation Logistics and Supply Chain Management Port, Airport and Aviation 16:45 17:00 Closing Address (Picasso Room) 18:30 20:30 Conference Dinner Traffic Flow Theory and Traffic Control Road Pricing, Financial and Economic Appraisal Session 10 Road Pricing, Financial and Economic Appraisal Session 15 Outstanding Student Paper Award 1

2 Welcome Addresses (Picasso Room) Session Chair: Prof. Hai YANG 9:00 9:05 Opening Welcome Speech by Prof. Hai YANG, Chair, 9th HKSTS Conference 9:05 9:10 Prof. William H.K. LAM, President of HKSTS 9:10 9:15 Prof. Moe M S CHEUNG, Department Head, Department of Civil Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Keynote Addresses (Picasso Room) 9:15 9:45 Electronic road pricing - An option for Hong Kong? - Dr. Sarah LIAO Souvenir Presentation to Keynote Speaker 9:45 10:00 Coffee Break Invited Lectures (Picasso Room) Session Chair: Dr. Hong K. LO 10:00 10:20 Properties of link and path travel times Prof. Malachy CAREY 10:20 10:40 Performance evaluation and benefit assessment for a freeway incident response system: A case study of Maryland CHART operations Prof. Gang-Len CHANG 10:40 11:00 Airport congestion and market structure: The case of variable time costs Prof. Anming ZHANG 11:00 11:20 Applications of a simulation-based dynamic traffic assignment model Prof. Michael FLORIAN 11:20 11:40 Data automation for pavement condition survey Prof. Kelvin C.P. WANG 11:40 11:45 Souvenir Presentation to Invited Lecturers 11:45 13:00 Conference Lunch Session 1: Network Modeling and Optimization (Picasso Room) Session Chair: Dr. Qiang MENG 13:00 13:15 Validation of a dynamic schedule-based metro network model S.W.C. FUNG, C.O.TONG and S.C. WONG 13:15 13:30 Implementation of origin-based algorithm for a combined distribution and assignment K.W. YIM and S.C. WONG 13:30 13:45 A decentralized supply chain network design problem with equilibrium constraints - Qiang MENG, Yikai HUANG and Ruey Long CHEU 13:45 14:00 Congestion charging and the modelling of revenue allocation Wafaa SALEH and Séona FARRELL Session 2: Travel Behaviour Modeling (Picasso Room A) Session Chair: Dr. H.P. LO 13:00 13:15 An Empirical Analysis of Recreation Activity and Travel Behavior for Different Weekdays Fion LAW and Donggen WANG 13:15 13:30 Duration of Out-of-Home Discretionary Activities: Patterns and Determinants Donggen WANG and Fion LAW 13:30 13:45 Catching and modeling spatial cognition and route choice behaviour linguistically Kazutaka TAKAO and Yasuo ASAKURA 13:45 14:00 Analysis of parking choices using a linear monotone regression model S.T.WONG 2

3 Session 3: Environment, Safety and Policy (Picasso Room B) Session Chair: Dr. W.G. WONG 13:00 13:15 Model-based estimates of transportation safety data quality P.T. VONU 13:15 13:30 Pedestrian safety in Hong Kong: Trends and spatial patterns Becky P.Y. LOO and M.K. TSUI 13:30 13:45 Comparison of newly devised methods to measure road tire noise W. T. HUNG, W.G. WONG, C.F. NG and C.W. LI 13:45 14:00 Review of tunnel study methods in determining vehicle emission factors C.P. LEE and W.T. HUNG Session 4: Traffic Survey and Forecasting (Monet Room A) Session Chair: Prof. Janny LEUNG 13:00 13:15 A new method for travel-time estimation using the duration of origin-destination trips Jacky C.F. WONG, Janny M.Y. LEUNG and C.H. CHENG 13:15 13:30 Analysis of ground access mode choices to Hong Kong international airport Mei Ling TAM and William H.K. LAM 13:30 13:45 Calibration of travel time variability on Hong Kong arterial road K.S. CHAN, Feng MU and William H.K. LAM 13:45 14:00 Measurement of sustainable travel demand growth in Hong Kong Alfred LAM, William HK LAM and H.P. LO Session 5: Road Pricing, Financial and Economic Appraisal Session Chair: Dr. Jia YAN 13:00 13:15 Evaluating express lane policies: HOT vs. HOV and other options Jia YAN and Kenneth A. SMALL 13:15 13:30 A sequential experimenting approach to the second-best road pricing with unknown demand functions Hai YANG,Wei XU, and Qiang MENG 13:30 13:45 Preference articulation paradigms for transport policy decision: application to road pricing cordon design Agachai SUMALEE 13:45 14:00 Estimating short-run price elasticity of gasoline demand in transport sector in Thailand S. CHALERMPONG 14:00 14:15 Coffee Break Collection of CPD Certificates Session 6: Network Modeling and Optimization (Picasso Room) Session Chair: Dr. Anthony CHEN 14:15 14:30 The problem of searching the reliable path for transportation networks with uncertainty - Hu SHAO, William H.K. LAM and K.S. CHAN 14:30 14:45 Multi-modal network design: optimal pedestrianisation locations Z.X. WU and William H.K. LAM 14:45 15:00 Development of lane utilization models for heterogeneous traffic flow M.M. RAHMAN and Fumihiko NAKAMURA 15:00 15:15 Analysis of dynamic system optimal assignment with department time choice Andy H.F. CHOW Session 7: Travel Behaviour Modeling (Picasso Room A) Session Chair: Dr. D.G. WANG 14:15 14:30 Handling the inconsistency issue of traffic counts in path flow estimator Piya CHOOTINAN, Anthony CHEN and Will RECKER 3

4 14:30 14:45 Modelling passengers' choice of west rail with the inclusion of attitudinal variables Mei Yee LI and Hing Po LO 14:45 15:00 Analysis of parking choices : An activity-based approach Zhi-Chun LI, William H.K. LAM, Hai-Jun HUANG, S.C. Wong and Mei-Lam Tam 15:00 15:15 A study on bicycle tourism and recreational cyclists in Taiwan Hsin-Wen CHANG and Hsin-Li CHANG Session 8: Environment, Safety and Policy (Picasso Room B) Session Chair: Dr. Becky P.Y. LOO 14:15 14:30 Towards a health-driven transportation system: Strategy and experience of Tainan Kevin P. HWANG, Yi-Fang WANG and Wei-Cheng CHEN 14:30 14:45 The effects of speed limit relaxation on road safety in Hong Kong S.C. WONG, N.N. SZE, Hong K. LO, W.T. HUNG and Becky P.Y. LOO 14:45 15:00 Economical aspects of housing related problem in a continuous transportation system H.W. HO, S.C. WONG and Timothy HAU 15:00 15:15 Modeling potential conflict of traffic roundabout J. BIE, Hong K. LO, S.C. WONG, W.T. HUNG and Becky P.Y. LOO Session 9: Traffic Survey and Forecasting (Monet Room A) Session Chair: Dr. James WANG 14:15 14:30 A new method to calculate capacity of urban road - equivalent capacity method Wangsheng GAO, Yuchuan DO and Lijun SUN 14:30 14:45 Short-term prediction of hourly traffic flows in Hong Kong Mei-Lam TAM, William H.K. LAM and Y.F. TANG 14:45 15:00 Confined space fuzzy proportion model for short-term flow prediction Lawrence W. LAN, Feng-Yu LIN and Yi-San HUANG 15:00 15:15 Walking time variations at Hong Kong indoor walkways Jodie Y.S. LEE, Hu SHAO and William H.K. LAM Session 10: Road Pricing, Financial and Economic Appraisal Session Chair: Dr. Timothy HAU 14:15 14:30 Study on pricing for two management modes of on-street parking: Guangzhou case Shi AN and Jian WANG 14:30 14:45 Can benefit cost ratio be used to analyze Build-Operate-Transfer projects? Chao-Chung KANG and Cheng-Min FENG 14:45 15:00 The optimal location and road pricing for an elevated road in a corridor Chih-Peng CHU and Jyh-Fa TSAI 15:00 15:15 Estimating optimal tolls for cross harbour tunnels in Hong Kong Timothy HAU, K.I. WONG and S.C. WONG 15:15 15:30 Coffee Break Collection of CPD Certificates Session 11: Public Transportation (Picasso Room) Session Chair: Dr. C.O. TONG 15:30 15:45 Review of bus and train driver scheduling approaches Yindong SHEN and Yudong Ni 15:45 16:00 Modeling the equilibrium bus riding behavior in morning rush hour Hai-Jun HUANG, Qiong TIAN, Hai YANG and Zi-You GAO 16:00 16:15 Use of personal public transport information system to optimise passenger total travel time Liu YANG and William H.K. LAM 16:15 16:30 The effects of employment density on commuting mode in Bangkok Rathapan 4

5 CHOIEJIT and Ratiporn TEUNGFUNG 16:30 16:45 Multi-fleet ferry routing and scheduling with passengers choices for differential Services Z.W. WANG and Hong K. LO Session 12: Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Picasso Room A) Session Chair: Prof. Hai-Jun HUANG 15:30 15:45 Analysis of using activity-based costing management in third-party logistics enterprises Lingxiang JIAN and Dongbing Li 15:45 16:00 Towards greater certainty for e-logistics in China: a critique of the Electronic Signature Act 2005 Felix W.H. CHAN 16:00 16:15 Research on future of rice production and consumption in each area-on maritime transportation from Asia to Africa area Masayoshi KUBO and Minjmaa PUREVDORJ 16:15 16:30 Allocating costs of empty railcar movements in a railcar pooling system: A comparative study Yao CHENG and Wei-Hua LIN 16:30 16:45 Three-player game-theoretic model over a freight transportation network Feng XIAO and Hai YANG Session 13: Port, Airport and Aviation (Picasso Room B) Session Chair: Dr. Stephen LAM 15:30 15:45 Establishment of Taiwan hub port Ho-Shong HOU and Peng-Hsi HOU 15:45 16:00 Integrated development project of ports in Taiwan Ho-Shong HOU and Peng-Hsi HOU 16:00 16:15 APEC multimodal corridor and rail canal as third routes of Asian container cargoes to USA E.R. SILVA, Masayoshi KUBO, N.R. ANGEL and Masako MURAYAMA 16:15 16:30 Container port competition: A southeast Asia case study SYAFI I and Katsuhiko KURODA 16:30 16:45 Integrated airline fleet assignment and aircraft routing Yihua LI and Xiubin WANG Session 14: Traffic Flow Theory and Traffic Contral (Monet Room A) Session Chair: Dr. S.C. WONG 15:30 15:45 A steady-state cell transmission model for sigal coordination in work zones C.K. WONG, S.C. WONG and Hong K. LO 15:45 16:00 The suppression of traffic jams by a control signal Xiaomei ZHAO and Zi-You GAO 16:00 16:15 Some evidences of chaotic phenomena in short-term traffic flow dynamics Lawrence W. LAN, Feng-Yu LIN and Yi-San HUANG 16:15 16:30 Variable Message Sign Operating Strategies based on Bayesian Games Seungjai LEE, Sung-Hwu SHIN and Hyug KWON 16:30 16:45 The effects of vehicle parameters in the two-lane cellular automaton model for traffic flow Bin JIA, Zi-You GAO and Xiao Mei ZHAO Session 15: Outstanding Student Paper Award Session Chair: Dr. W.T. HUNG 15:00-15:20 Modeling transit line configuration and passenger line assignment on general networks J.F. GUAN, Hai YANG and S.C. WIRASINGHE 15:20-15:40 Managing the urban transit system via bus tolling Q. K. WAN and Hong K. LO 15:40-16:00 Adaptation of the paired combinatorial logit model to the route choice problem Surachet PRAVINVONGVUTH and Anthony CHEN 16:00-16:10 Outstanding student award committee discussion and judgement Closing Address (Picasso Room) 16:45 16:55 Outstanding Student Award Prize Presentation Ceremony 16:55 17:00 Closing Address by Prof. Hai YANG, Chair, 9 th HKSTS Conference 5

THE 10 TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR TRANSPORTATION STUDIES Transportation and the Economy

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