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A risk-based decision-making scheme for short-sea liner fleet renewal to achieve carbon reduction targets Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Yuzhe Zhao, Yiji Ma, Zhongxiu Peng, Jingmiao Zhou
This paper presents a green fleet renewal decision model for carbon reduction technologies in the short and medium-term planning horizon. The objective is to explore the commercial decisions over green fleet renewal made by short-sea liner shipping companies in response to the carbon reduction targets set by the International Maritime Organization. To address the environmental constraints and uncertainty
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Railways and port traffic: The case of France during the first wave of globalization Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Christophe Lévêque, Stéphane Bécuwe, Bertrand Blancheton
We examine the impact of the railway network's expansion on port activity during the First Globalization, utilizing new databases from French customs. In a panel regression, we show that the construction of railway stations near ports is positively correlated with the value of exports. Using product-level data, we propose that local railway lines might have supported the growth of export-oriented industries
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Airline environmental sustainability actions and CSR impact on customer behavior Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Inês Galhoz, Ricardo Filipe Ramos, Rui Biscaia
Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are growing concerns among passengers and airlines. However, the communication of such actions by airline companies is underexplored. Accordingly, this study aims to analyze airlines' CSR and Environmental Sustainability Actions (ESA) communications' impact on customer loyalty, through a Relationship Marketing (RM) perspective. Following a text-mining
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Commercial airline pilots' job satisfaction before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative study Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Saskia Vulturius, Lucy Budd, Stephen Ison, Mohammed Quddus
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world's commercial aviation industry was unprecedented. National lockdowns and border closures effectively prohibited passenger air travel. Airlines responded by reducing operations, parking aircraft and making staff, including pilots, redundant. This research aims to examine the impact of COVID-19 on commercial airline pilots' job satisfaction before and
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Existing barriers and suggested solutions for dealing with air passengers with specific access requirements: A systematic literature review Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Luis Martín-Domingo, Leyla Adiloğlu-Yalçınkaya, Mehmet Ertürk, Jelena Farkić
This paper reviews the existing literature concerned with air passengers with specific access requirements, often referred as passengers with disabilities (PwDs) or passengers with reduced mobility (PRMs). While accessibility in air transport is an emerging field of research, the literature lacks a more in-depth understanding of the barriers that air passengers face, which can guide future research
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Development of a credit scheme for managing mobility in university communities: Results from a feasibility study Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Filippos Alogdianakis, Christos Gkartzonikas, Loukas Dimitriou
Transportation planners and policymakers' main endeavour is to identify mechanisms to ensure that traffic congestion externalities and their adverse impacts are mitigated using various economic and market-based instruments. This paper proposes a framework integrating the concept of designing economic mechanisms for planning and promoting sustainable mobility using credit schemes on a disaggregated
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Combined rail-road transport in Europe – A practice-oriented research agenda Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Michael Gleser, Ralf Elbert
Combined rail-road transport, with its complex regulatory, infrastructural, organizational and technical environment, presents numerous opportunities for practical improvements and impactful research. A strengthening of this transport mode can serve rising transport demands and make freight transport more ecologically sustainable. Due to the complex nature of combined transport systems, there are various
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A comparative analysis of job satisfaction among military and airline pilots: During, and post COVID-19 Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Panagiotis Kioulepoglou, Spyridon Chazapis, James Blundell
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Benchmarking the efficiency of European metros from a production perspective Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Luigi Castagna, António Lobo, Pierluigi Coppola, António Couto
This paper deals with the benchmarking of the technical efficiency of 23 metro systems in Europe. Since financial data reflecting the operating costs and revenues are not often made available to the public, the aim of this work is to develop a method based on production variables to enable large-scale analysis at the European level. The methodology consists of two stages. In the first stage, a gross
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Tackling urban freight distribution: A public-private perspective Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Cristian Castillo, Marta Viu-Roig, Marc Nicolàs, Eduard J. Alvarez-Palau
Effective Urban Freight Distribution (UFD) relies heavily on the collaboration between government authorities and logistics agents. However, this collaboration can be influenced by the unique interests and requirements of each party involved. The aim of our research is to identify the main challenges and concerns in public-private UFD interactions and to propose solutions to enhance these interactions
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A roadmap to alternative fuels for decarbonising shipping: The case of green ammonia Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Gökcay Balci, Thi Tuyet Nhung Phan, Ebru Surucu-Balci, Çağatay Iris
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High Reliability Organisations in a Changing World: The Case of Air Traffic Control Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Markus Biedermann, Andreas Papatheodorou, Malcolm Prowle, Iva Bulatovic
Organisations, which operate relatively error-free for a prolonged period, are called Highly Reliable Organisations (HROs). Examples of such organisations are mainly found amongst those sectors, where failures have a high risk of resulting in harm to human life such as healthcare, chemical or nuclear power plants or the aviation industry. High Reliability Organisations Theory (HROT) stresses five characteristics
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University commuting during the COVID-19 pandemic: Changes in travel behaviour and mode preferences Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Jurgena Myftiu, Chiara Gigliarano, Elena Maggi, Andrea Scagni
One prominent change induced by the COVID-19 pandemic concerns the worldwide use of public transportation for commuting purposes. This study focused on university commuting in Italy by examining the propensity to change transport modes under different infection risk scenarios. Data were collected in 2020 through an online survey of college mobility conducted by the Italian University Network for Sustainable
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The impact of COVID-19 related flight reductions on bird prevalence and behaviour at Manchester Airport, UK, and the implications for airport management Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Lucy Budd, George Bloor, Stephen Ison, Mohammed Quddus
Airport management is a complex and multifarious activity, involving many operators including airlines, retailers and ground handlers, and processes. The presence of wildlife at airports poses a safety risk to aircraft operations and as such managing wildlife hazards is a mandatory legal responsibility. This is important not only from a safety perspective but also from the fact that safety incidents
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Demystifying the barriers for electric vehicle acceptance: Multiple stakeholders' perspective Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Bhawana Rathore, Vimal Kumar, Rohit Gupta, Pratima Verma, Surajit Bag, Konstantinos P. Tagarakis
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Analyzing the delivery determination problem of new retail stores considering crowdsourcing under the background of blockchain Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Yue Li, Jianyou Zhao, Zenghua Chen
The parcel delivery industry is experiencing rapid growth due to the rise of new retail stores. However, the traditional self-operated delivery model often leads to idle and wasteful distribution resources due to uneven temporal and spatial distribution of delivery orders. In this study, we propose a delivery system that combines crowdsourcing and self-operated delivery for new retail stores using
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Feasibility study of Mumbai-Pune Hyperloop corridor: Challenges and implementation Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Prathmesh Badgujar, Shivkant Sharma, Dumpala Rahul, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Ram Krishna Upadhyay
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Leader-member exchange, team-member exchange, employee satisfaction, and service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior in the international logistics industry: The moderating effect of the service climate Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Kuo-Chung Shang, Szu-Yu Kuo, Shih-Wei Hsu, Po-Lin Lai, Kung-Don Ye
How top managers enable employees to exhibit service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior to improve a company's performance and employee satisfaction is an important issue for business operations in the international logistics industry. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is applied to examine the relationships between leader-member exchange (LMX), team-member exchange (TMX), employee satisfaction
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The impact of consumers' sustainable electronic-word-of-mouth in purchasing sustainable mobility: An analysis from online review comments of e-commerce Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Hyeongjin Ahn, Eunil Park
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Environmental impact of business-to-consumer e-commerce: Does it matter to consumers? Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Marta Biancolin, Lucia Rotaris
The rapid development of business-to-consumer e-commerce has sparked interest in the environmental impact of the last-mile logistics of goods purchased online. The distribution stage, with orders from many different manufacturers in far-flung locations and the need for the fastest possible parcel delivery, has become complicated, expensive and environmentally damaging. The aim of this paper is to investigate
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Port selection by container ships: A big AIS data analytics approach Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Hongxiang Feng, Qin Lin, Xinyu Zhang, Jasmine Siu Lee Lam, Wei Yim Yap
Port selection is of vital importance for both port operators and shipping lines. In this contribution, an Automatic Identification System (AIS) big data approach is developed. This approach allows identifying container ships using only AIS data without the need for supplementary information from commercial databases. This approach is applied to investigate the port selection statistics of container
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Bus Line Shift Behaviour: Evidence of Influential Factors based on Smart Card Data Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Leise Kelli de Oliveira, Cassiano Augusto Isler, Gustavo Balieiro, Tulio Lima Lessa Carvalho, Marco Adriano Littig
This paper aims to analyse the factors that influence the behaviour in relation to bus line shift with the support of large-scale smart card datasets, focussing on a case study of the public transport network in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. We developed a binary discrete choice model to assess the factors affecting the changes of the bus line, including the time of day, peak periods, day of the week, number
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Challenges and opportunities for Southeast Asia's container ports throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Phong Nha Nguyen, Hwayoung Kim, Yoo Mi Son
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the Southeast Asian seaport system, with a decrease in container throughput and ship calls. However, the pandemic has also presented excellent opportunities for ports to increase competitiveness and market share, as some ports are weakened. This study will assess challenges and opportunities for container port development during the pandemic. The study
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Mode choice support through an integrated Delphi-fuzzy logic model Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Sahand Asgarpour, Andreas Hartmann, Samuel Morillas, João Santos
This paper proposes a fuzzy logic mode choice model combined with a Delphi method to extract inference rules, representing the evaluation processes performed by experts. The model covers railway, road, and inland waterway networks and can handle imprecise information about the level of input variables. This fuzziness arises from the attitude and perception of decision-makers and subjective uncertainties
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Sustainability in the evaluation of urban rail transit considering both firms and passengers perspectives: A dynamic network data envelopment analysis approach Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Xiaoning Yang, Jing Liu
This paper divides the operation of urban rail transit into sustainable production stage and sustainable consumption stage from the perspective of firms and passengers, and includes service input, service output, service consumption in a unified model. A dynamic network epsilon based measure model is proposed to measure the production efficiency, service effectiveness and operational effectiveness
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Social responsibility as a source of satisfaction for worker-members in a social economy transport company Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Olga González-Morales, Inmaculada Galván-Sánchez, Cándido Román-Cervantes
This research paper examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and worker-member satisfaction in social economy enterprises. Focusing on an intercity passenger transport company in Spain, the study examines the impact of CSR practices on worker-member satisfaction. The actions of the company were analyzed, and information was collected from 252 worker-members through a
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Decoding consumer-centric transition to electric mobility based on sentiment, semantic and statistical analysis Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Agnivesh Pani, Sai Naveen Balla, Prasanta K. Sahu
Climate change, carbon emissions, and energy resource depletion have become major concerns worldwide. The transportation sector is a primary target in various political and environmental agendas to tackle them. This calls for switching to sustainable transportation, and one of the important steps towards it is vehicle electrification. Understanding public attitudes towards electric vehicles (EVs) is
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Neural network-based prediction system for port throughput: A case study of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Bingchun Liu, Xingyu Wang, Xiaoqin Liang
Port throughput is a crucial indicator for assessing the efficiency of port enterprises. Accurately predicting long-term port throughput can help mitigate the risk of investing in major infrastructure during the development process. This study introduces a neural network-based system for predicting port throughput at the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port. By utilizing the grey relational analysis method, we identified
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Making accessibility accessible: A flexible planning tool for enhanced urban analytics Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Yuchao Sun, Doina Olaru, Callan Bright, Gary McCarney, Tristan W. Reed, Soheil Sabri, Yiqun Chen, Sam Amirebrahimi, Sharon Biermann, Abbas Rajabifard
Most existing accessibility analysis tools are ad-hoc systems with predetermined geographic coverage, spatial resolution, methodology and indicators. These features are often challenging to modify by end-users without collaboration with the original tool developers. This might partially explain why accessibility tools remain in use predominantly within the academic realm, resulting in a seemingly low
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Social, technological, and economic barriers to heavy-duty truck electrification Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Claire Sugihara, Scott Hardman, Kenneth Kurani
This paper uses data from 28 semi-structured interviews with decision-makers in commercial and public fleets operating heavy-duty trucks in California to explore perceived barriers to their adoption of electric trucks. The sample includes fleets with experience operating electric trucks and those without. The interviews explore perceived barriers both to the continued use of and increasing number of
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Green Crowdshipping: Critical factors from a business perspective Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Carla de Oliveira Leite Nascimento, Valerio Gatta, Edoardo Marcucci
Crowdshipping implies involving nonprofessional operators in transporting goods. While its financial benefits are easy to grasp, its environmental implications much depend on the transportation mode used and whether trips are dedicated or non-dedicated. One way of greening crowdshipping services is to use public transportation (less polluting) as a mode of transportation and commuters as bringers (non-dedicated
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Evaluation of challenges to the adoption of intelligent transportation system for urban smart mobility Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Ahsan Waqar, Abdulaziz H. Alshehri, Fayez Alanazi, Saleh Alotaibi, Hamad R. Almujibah
Implementing Intelligent Transport System (ITS) presents many challenges despite its potential to enhance mobility, reduce congestion, and improve traffic management in urban regions. Previous research has focused on investigating the obstacles associated with implementing ITS in particular settings. However, a more all-encompassing comprehension of the effects of these challenges on intelligent urban
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Local public transport and neighbourhood satisfaction: The effect on older adults' subjective wellbeing Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Federica Rossi, Ilaria Mariotti, Evangelia Pantelaki
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted older adults in terms of both physical (high mortality rate) and psychological health. In these challenging times more than ever, exploring which dimensions affect the older people's subjective wellbeing is relevant. As the literature has shown, older people prefer to age in place: the living environment and the presence of local services (including public transport)
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A cost calculation model for urban delivery of parcels by river Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Hiba Yahyaoui, Anicia Jaegler, Laingo Randrianarisoa
Public and private actors in cities have embarked on a race to achieve net-zero carbon emissions. However, parcel delivery in urban areas is booming, especially due to e-commerce. This context necessitates the study of sustainable transportation use. Among the various city-center parcel delivery modes, delivery by river is largely understudied. This study proposes a cost calculation model for delivery
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Fostering a transition to inclusive sustainability through shared urban mobility Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Carlos Henrique T. Pereira, Minelle E. Silva
This study aimed to understand how a structure reconfiguration contributes to an inclusive sociotechnical transition. A case study was carried out in Fortaleza city, Brazil, between 2017 and 2019 focused on two integrated sharing mobility initiatives (i.e. bike sharing and e-carsharing). Findings show that the public-private partnership created to implement these initiatives was possible through the
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Car choice determinants in Italy and Norway: A comparison based on revealed and stated choices Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Mariangela Scorrano, Terje Andreas Mathisen, Romeo Danielis, Ozlem Simsekoglu, Giuseppe Marinelli
Norway is the leading country in electric car adoption in the world, while in Italy electric cars are only recently gaining acceptance. We compared car choices in the two countries highlighting commonalities and differences in the choice determinants, distinguishing between the small and the large car segment. We analyzed actual choices made in the real-world conditions and stated choices under hypothetical
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Lessons learned from COVID-19 in terms of port operations: Evidence from Turkish ports Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Ismail Kurt
As of the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic adversely impacted the maritime industry by disrupting shipping operations worldwide. One of the components of the maritime sector affected by COVID-19 measures and sudden demand fluctuations is ports. The main challenge faced by ports was unpreparedness against ever-changing and increasing COVID-19 measures and shock demand changes. Therefore, there
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A novel modelling approach for the redesign of supply chains: An application to soybean grain supply chains Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Juan José Uchuya López, Raad Yahya Qassim
The redesign of an existent supply chain is a major challenge for stakeholders in the supply chain, and the supply chain redesign problem has seceral variants depending on the structure and parameters of the existent supply chain as well as the objective of the redesign. In this paper, we focus on one variant problem of the redesign of an existent two-echelon supply chain, with a view to determining
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Study on the impact of the high-speed rail network on industrial structure upgrading Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Qifen Zha, Zhen Liu, Jian Wang, Faiza Siddiqui
This paper explores the mechanism of the high-speed railway network for upgrading industrial structures. Based on social network analysis methods, this paper uses the sample data of 282 cities from 2011 to 2020 to measure the centrality of the sample cities in the high-speed railway network. The panel data model, mediation effect model, and spatial econometric model are used to explore the impact of
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Data enabling digital ecosystem for sustainable shared electric mobility-as-a-service in smart cities-an innovative business model perspective Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-10-07 Bokolo Anthony
Increase in urbanization drives the need for municipalities to make mobility more efficient, both to address climate goals as well as creating a smart living environment for citizens, with less noise congestion, and pollution. As vehicles are being electrified, further advances will be needed to meet social, environmental, and economic sustainability targets, and a more efficient use of vehicles and
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Light commercial electric vehicles with hydrogen fuel-cell range extender: Refueling strategy evaluation Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Stavros Skarlis, Theodoros Molos, Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Andreas Nikiforiadis, Leonidas Bakouros
Electrified light commercial vehicles have gained increasing interest as an energy efficient means of transportation. At the same time, they are characterized by limited traveling range, necessitating careful design of batteries recharging planning and respective charging infrastructure deployment. Early available hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have the potential to overcome the range anxiety limitation
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Stakeholder expectations and contributions to creating a market for automated, connected, electric and shared vehicles Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Elisabeth Suck, Golam Morshed, Oliver Koll
An increasing number of companies develop innovative vehicle solutions to further sustainable transportation. One promising direction is the combination of automated, connected, electric and shared (ACES) vehicles. Due to the multitude of stakeholders involved in such an undertaking and their diverging interests, capabilities and roles, a shared vision is essential to foster productive collaboration
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A methodology for calculating the unmet passenger demand in the air transportation industry Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Rafael Bernardo Carmona-Benítez, Maria Rosa Nieto
A methodology to estimate the unmet demand is developed using machine learning algorithms. The unmet demand in an origin-destination airports pair (OD pair) is the unattended number of passengers that could not fly because of economic conditions of supply and demand. The forecast of the unmet demand is important for strategic decisions of new planning such as opening new routes, increasing/decreasing
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Seeking new strategic options for promotion of intermodal transport in perishables: The use of short sea shipping Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Juan Carlos Pérez-Mesa, Mª. Carmen García Barranco, Cynthia Giagnocavo, Jesús Hernández Rubio
The objective of this study is to find new options for the promotion of intermodality, based on short sea shipping, as applied to perishable products. At present, most of the transport is carried out by refrigerated trucks. In theory, this change would have positive effects on the environment and could even reduce transit costs, but companies are still hesitant to implement this practice. In this context
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Potential for rapid adoption of battery-electric heavy-duty trucks for pre- and post-haulage at intermodal terminals Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Rickard Bergqvist, Jason Monios, Jonathan Jönsson
Battery-electric heavy-duty trucks (BEHDTs) offer significant carbon savings compared to diesel trucks, yet they pose certain challenges with regard to their range and charging needs. As the takeup is extremely low, representing around 1% of new sales, the motivation of this paper is to investigate how this takeup can be accelerated. The research gap analysed is to explore the potential for BEHDTs
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Analyzing bibliometric and thematic patterns in the transition to sustainable transportation: Uncovering the influences on electric vehicle adoption Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Vedant Singh, Harbansh Singh, Bhaskar Dhiman, Nitin Kumar, Tej Singh
Electric vehicle adoption (EVA) is gaining significant attention as a sustainable transportation solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, social acceptance of EVA poses substantial challenges, and research on its antecedents is crucial for facilitating greater social acceptance. Although there is increasing attention, more comprehensive overviews of this topic must be provided. To summarize
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Key factors for instant logistics platforms to attract and retain couriers: An analysis based on online comments Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Xiaomin Shi, Jizu Li
While providing “last-mile” urban delivery services, instant logistics couriers (ILCs) have garnered considerable attention. This study aims to develop an influencing factors model of ILCs' willingness to join and retain on instant logistics platforms (ILPs), which can help ILP enterprises improve couriers' work motivation and reduce their turnover rate. Combining machine learning and regression analysis
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Technical and legal critical success factors: Feasibility of drones & AGV in the last-mile-delivery Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Christian Fehling, Adriana Saraceni
This paper aims to provide a current status of the legal situation necessary due to the regular changes of the law of the EU and Germany, by identify technical and legal critical success factors of the feasibility of drones and AGVs in last-mile-delivery. Furthermore, the paper provides importance rankings for legal and technical critical success factors from the point of view of logistics and supply
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Travel choices in (e-)moped sharing systems: Estimating explanatory variables and the value of ride fee savings Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-08-05 Tom Hoobroeckx, Oded Cats, Sanmay Shelat, Eric Molin
Free-floating (e-)moped sharing systems are becoming increasingly popular and provide new ways of travel in urban areas. The vehicles offer the flexibility of one-way transportation, though the downside for service providers of free-floating shared fleet systems is that their operations may result in a spatial-temporal imbalance of the vehicle distribution within the system. The potential effectiveness
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Analysis of barriers and opportunities in the transition towards sustainable electric mobility in Tunisia: An experimental survey Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Marwa Ben Ali, Ghada Boukettaya
The road transport sector is a primary carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions contributor in Tunisia. More recently, the emerging literature has offered findings about the dynamic link between the transport sector, population growth, energy consumption, decrease in fossil energy sources, and CO2 emissions in Tunisia. It highlighted the necessity to promote new solutions and accelerate the transition from conventional
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Economic driving in trucking companies a study of implementation and effects of the eco ladder for energy management Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Tor-Olav Nævestad, Vibeke Milch, Jenny Blom
The study examines the relationship between economical driving, energy management and (reductions in) fuel consumption in trucking companies, which have worked with eco driving and energy management through a one-year period. The companies are compared with a Reference sample of drivers from assumed average trucking companies. The study is based on survey data (N = 366) from 14 companies and qualitative
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A social sustainability model for maritime labour force based on card sorting, fuzzy AHP & QFD method Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-07-29 Osman Arslan, Tuba Kececi, Murat Selcuk Solmaz, Hasan Bora Usluer
Within the context of the ongoing implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development-Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), actions toward economic, environmental, and social sustainability were aimed to be promoted. As a key stakeholder, the maritime industry's role in handling global sustainability is increasingly recognized. Social sustainability, one of the components of sustainable
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An investigation of operational management solutions and challenges for electric taxiing of aircraft Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 M. Zoutendijk, M. Mitici, J.M. Hoekstra
Taxiing aircraft using electric towing vehicles (ETVs) is expected to significantly contribute to the objective of climate-neutral aviation by 2050. This study reviews existing work on operational aspects of electric towing of aircraft, and discusses management solutions. We first discuss the varying electric taxi systems currently under development, and their implementation progress at airports. We
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A flexible cost model for seaport-hinterland decisions in container shipping Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Thiago de Almeida Rodrigues, Caroline Maria de Miranda Mota, Udechukwu Ojiako, Maxwell Chipulu, Alasdair Marshall, Fikri Dweiri
A seaport–hinterland system offers a wide range of service options for shippers and consignees to export or import containerized cargo. The present study, set within the context of Brazil, seeks to propose a flexible cost model to aid joint seaport–hinterland network decisions by freight forwarders and clients. More specifically, employing simulation and sensibility analysis, the proposed model is
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Does transport infrastructure make South Asian economies growth more inclusive? An application of a new transportation infrastructure index Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-07-14
Inadequate transport infrastructure in South Asian economies is one of the critical factors as this phenomenon hinders market competition due to the lack of goods transportation from urban to rural areas or vice versa. Given this, we solve the plausible research question of whether transport infrastructure development is adequate for inclusive growth in South Asian countries. This study contributes
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Coupling and coordinated development of traffic accessibility and regional tourism economy Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-07-13
Based on the weighted average travel time, tourism economic potential, tourism economic connections and other indicators, this paper analyses the impacts of high-speed rail (HSR) on the accessibility of regional transport and tourism economic connections and explores the synergistic effect of accessibility and the tourism economic development through the coupling coordination degree evaluation model
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Global challenges of electric vehicle charging systems and its future prospects: A review Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-07-12
Global primary energy supply mainly comes from fossil fuels that are limited in supply and have negative impacts on the environment. A large number of conventional vehicles, present on the streets, mainly consume fossil fuels and emit greenhouse gases. The popularity of electric vehicles is increasing rapidly due to various social and economic factors as well as significant environmental impacts. Governments
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Obtaining the optimal origin-destination multimodal freight transportation network for the City of Bogotá Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-07-11
Bogotá’s logistics performance as the principal hub for shipping cargo to other destinations in Colombia has not been optimal. Excessive truck traffic, low density of railways in service, and no accessible river routes seem to be major determinant factors. This article proposes a balanced linear transshipment (BLT) model to estimate the optimal origin-destination (OD) multimodal freight transportation
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Analysis of stakeholder roles in balancing freight transport in the city logistics ecosystem Res. Transp. Bus. Manag. (IF 4.286) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Edyta Przybylska, Marzena Kramarz, Katarzyna Dohn
The current guidelines for urban freight transport are determined by sustainability objectives. Therefore, local authorities face the challenge of making urban freight transport sustainable. To do so, it is necessary to involve the various stakeholder groups of the city logistics ecosystem in ongoing sustainability efforts. This problem formed the basis for our formulated objective of this article