On November 1, the joint seminar and 1st offline project meeting for “Operation and long-term bus fleet investment optimization considering bus-to-grid technology” was held in the Lecture Hall II of the Business School. This project is jointly funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS).
The seminar was attended by Associate Professor Jan-Dirk Schmöcker within the School of Global Environmental and the Department of Urban Management at Kyoto University; Assistant Professor Hiroe Ando from Kumamoto University; JSPS International Research Fellow Andreas Keler from Kyoto University; Master’s student Yang Song from Kyoto University; and representatives from USSTBS including Vice Dean Zhao Jing, Prof. Gao Yan, Academic Leader of the Systems Science discipline, Prof. Sun Wenzhe from the Department of Transportation System Engineering; as well as other related faculty and students. The event was presided over by Zhao Jing.
Event presided over by Zhao Jing
At the seminar, Dr. Jan-Dirk Schmöcker presented the report titled “Strategic route choice in public transport networks and implications for fare policy”, discussing the concept of optimal strategies and the hyperpaths in public transportation. Furthermore, he explained how public transport fare policies influence passenger route choices with examples of recent pricing innovations.
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Subsequently, Dr. Hiroe Ando presented on “Understanding traffic behavior during motorway closures using vehicle trajectory data”, introducing new developments in vehicle trajectory data collection. She analyzed the construction activities on the Hanshin Expressway in Japan, which involve road closures, to understand their impact on traffic conditions using trajectory data recorded every second for each vehicle. She also emphasized that such research could contribute to future traffic management during similar construction periods.
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During the interactive discussion session, the attending faculty and students engaged in discussions with the experts on topics such as the impact of shared transportation modes on public transport fare policies and methods for analyzing vehicle trajectory data.
In the afternoon, the experts, along with faculty and students from the Department of Systems Science and the Department of Transportation System Engineering at the Business School, held an in-depth discussion on the research project titled Operation and long-term bus fleet investment optimization considering bus-to-grid technology in the 610 Meeting Room. During this session, Zhao Jing introduced the history, academic strengths, organizational structure, and international collaborations of the Business School. This exchange deepened the research cooperation between the two parties and laid a strong foundation for future collaboration.
Group photo of experts
Translated by Li Xiaomei
Reviewed by Liu Weiwei, Nie Rui
