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Booking versus search-based parking strategy: A game-theoretic methodology Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Bing Qing Tan, Su Xiu Xu, Matthias Thürer, Kai Kang, Zhiheng Zhao, Ming Li
With the proliferation of digital platforms, the parking landscape has undergone a transformation, offering more than the traditional first-come-first-served parking option. The reservation-based parking mode has gained considerable popularity. Obviously, there is a competitive relationship between these two parking modes, posing a challenge for parking management authorities to achieve a balance.
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The structural and spatial evolution of the China Railway Express network Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Peipei Qian, Zhongzhen Yang, Feng Lian
To illustrate the structural and spatial evolution of the China Railway Express (CR-Express) network, this paper adopts the Space-P method to construct three complex networks of the CR-Express routes respectively by the block train data in 2013, 2016 and 2019, and the indices of overall network structure (average degree, average path length, and average clustering coefficient) and indices of node importance
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The retailer perspective on the potential for using urban consolidation centres (UCCs) Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Emine Zehra Akgün, Jason Monios, Jonathan Cowie, Achille Fonzone
This paper examines the role of supportive policies and value-added services which may incentivise retailers to use an urban consolidation centre (UCC). The methodology is a case study of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, based on semi-structured interviews with 30 retailers. Results show that retailers are generally not positive towards using UCCs, and the services that they need are already being
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Commuter and non-commuter preferences for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle: A case study of Delhi and Kolkata, India Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Reema Bera Sharma, Bandhan Bandhu Majumdar, Bhargab Maitra
This paper investigates the commuter and non-commuter preferences for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles in two Indian metro cities namely Delhi and Kolkata based on a stated preference (SP) framework. The SP data collected from the car-owning population in each city were analyzed using Mixed Logit (ML) models to obtain the commuter and non-commuter respondents’ perceived benefit associated with PHEV
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Fostering collaboration and coordination in urban delivery: a multi-agent microsimulation model Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Cristian Giovanny Gómez-Marín, Antonio Comi, Conrado Augusto Serna-Urán, Julián Andrés Zapata-Cortés
Given the dynamic nature of Urban Freight Transport (UFT) processes, the involved transport and logistics operators face with internal and external issues that should tackle to improve last-mile levels of service and decrease total costs while performing delivery operations. Customers (i.e., freight receivers) perceive the level of service through the acceptance of their requests, while total operational
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Sustainability assessment of inter-urban crowdshipping - A case study approach Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Usman Akbar, Avi Anand Jain, Svein Bråthen
Given the severity and effects of global warming, countries are undertaking attempts to restrict emissions through research, carbon taxes, and other means and policies. Over the last decade, one promising emerging concept in the sharing economy has been crowdshipping. It is currently in its early phases, with little research on its sustainability, particularly while operating in inter-city or inter-urban
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Estimating tactical surface metering management’s effect on aircraft fuel savings at airport Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Hideki Fukui, Chikage Miyoshi
We estimated the effect of surface metering technology deployed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on fuel and CO2 savings. We employed a difference-in-differences strategy, covariate-balancing methods, and a fixed-effects model. Furthermore, we used a doubly robust strategy that
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Consumer acceptance of drone-based technology for last mile delivery Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Sebastian Schmidt, Adriana Saraceni
Drones are expected to allow faster and more efficient last mile parcel delivery while at the same time reducing relevant costs. This studies’ purpose is to understand what factors influence consumer acceptance in Germany. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model was expand using an incremental approach. The construct performance expectancy was replaced with the three context-specific
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Multi-product airport competition and optimal airport charges Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Xi Wan, Benteng Zou
This paper examines the importance of commercial revenue on optimal airport charges in a Hotelling-type duopoly airports competition. Each airport offers multi-products to heterogeneous consumers (airlines and passengers) and sets commercial and landing charges and serves. The airport-airline bundle competes for leisure and business passengers. The setting of landing charges under different regulatory
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The value of time in a repeated and one-off setup Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Renata Kosíková, Ondřej Krčál, Stefanie Peer
Some recent studies have highlighted the importance of considering the temporal context as a potential factor influencing time valuation estimates. However, in studies that compare shorter and longer-run choice settings, various elements tend to differ between the two settings, rendering it difficult to infer what drives short- and long-run estimates apart. This paper focuses on the comparison between
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Cable cars: From optimal design to optimal pricing Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Sergio R. Jara-Diaz, Esteban Muñoz-Paulsen
Although cable car services have become an integral part of the transit system in many cities in the world, their specific technology has never been studied from the viewpoint of the links between optimal design and marginal cost pricing. Here we formulate, solve and apply a first model to represent the specific features of a cable car system considering operators' and users' costs. The links among
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Gender and generational differences in omnichannel shopping travel decisions: What drives consumer choices to pick up in-store or ship direct? Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Aparna Joshi, Agnivesh Pani, Prasanta K. Sahu, Bandhan Bandhu Majumdar, Lóránt Tavasszy
Omnichannel distribution is a retail innovation that provides a seamless purchasing experience to customers through cohesive experience across channels, cross-channel integration, and integrated assistance. Blurring the lines between offline and online shopping, concepts like “Buy-Online-Pickup-In-Store” (BOPIS) and “Buy-In-Store-Ship-Direct” (BSSD) are increasingly becoming accepted in retail operations
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The many costs of operating school buses in America Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 William A. Ellegood, Jason M. Riley, M. Douglas Berg
The research seeks to quantify the marginal cost impact of transportation cost drivers on the total operating cost of Texas's public schools and how these costs differ between district type and environment setting. The analysis tests the validity of often cited research findings examining the widely used School Bus Routing Problem (SBRP). We present results from fixed effects regressions with panel
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Workshop 2B report: Governance of relationships between authorities and operators with particular reference to situations of fundamental change Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-24 Brendan Finn, Barbara T. Yen
Contracting public transport services is one of the traditional topics in the Thredbo conference series. Nine papers were presented in this workshop, leading to in-depth discussions on a better contracting framework for informal sectors and on improving stakeholder relationships. The evidence from papers in this workshop fell broadly into three areas. The first considered contracting frameworks to
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Daily commuting Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Marcus Berliant
Workers generally commute on a daily basis, so we model commuting as a repeated game. The folk theorem implies that for sufficiently large discount factors, the repeated commuting game has as a Nash equilibrium any feasible strategy that is uniformly better than the minimax strategy payoff for a commuter in the one shot game, repeated over the infinite horizon. This includes the efficient equilibria
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How does autonomous vehicles affect taxi industry? A two-stage Van Damme based tripartite evolutionary game perspective Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Lipo Mo, Zhaoyu Cui, Rongwen Jia, Kangyin Dong, Chuan Zhao
As urban passenger transportation focuses more on economic efficiency and road safety, autonomous driving technology is being introduced in the taxi industry. Interests differ among automobile manufacturers, taxi companies, and the government in promoting the adoption of autonomous taxis (ATs). This paper investigates the impact of multiple factors in the mixed traffic operation mode on the tripartite
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Workshop 5 report: New service models: Governing emerging mobility services Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Göran Smith, Chinh Ho
The rise of new service models for passenger transport is arguably transforming the mobility landscape. Concurrently, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted mobility practices and questioned traditional public transport models. Given the negative externalities of transport, and the key role of shared mobility in reducing these, it is therefore critical to work out what governments can do to ensure that
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Workshop 7 report: Sustainable transport systems designed to meet the needs of both users and residents Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Roger Vickerman, Julie Gee
Workshop 7 looked beyond the narrow focus on efficiency and sustainable funding of transport systems to a wider view to meet a variety of different users’ needs as well as those of residents and taxpayers, recognising that these are not always the same people. The focus was on identifying the factors which lead to different levels of accessibility for different individuals and households and how these
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Workshop 1 report: Regulatory regimes: National and comparative regulation of public transport Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 John Preston, Anders Wretstrand
This workshop considered whether there was a need for a fourth way (or ways) to organise and regulate public transport to complement the three existing models of classic regulation, deregulation and limited competition (including competition for the market). This was particularly viewed from the perspective of what constitutes a good (public) transport authority. The evidence was based on five source
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Workshop 2A report: Public transport governance via contracting, collaboration, and hybrid organisational arrangements Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Andrei Dementiev, Gunnar Alexandersson
A key focus for this workshop was the interaction between authorities, operators and other corporate actors involved in public transport, with particular reference to how long-established contracting practices are surviving. Interorganisational relationships were considered from a broader perspective to provide a theoretical rationale for the scope of renegotiation and contractual flexibility, for
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Workshop 3 report: Infrastructure, services and urban development Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Lisa Hansson, Waiyan Leong
Workshop 3 concentrated its discussion on critical factors for strategic transport planning, implementation, and service provision in the post-pandemic era. The workshop report makes a strong case for social and environmental considerations to be included in transport and land use planning. Bottom-up and top-down processes must converge, and policies that put focus on equity in transport planning are
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Workshop 4 report: Optimising the impact of technological innovation on achieving sustainable public transport outcomes Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Rico Merkert, John D. Nelson
Under the workshop's theme of optimising the impact of technological innovation on achieving sustainable public transport outcomes a total of 7 papers were presented and discussed and participants also completed a public transport contract “experiment”, taking the role of operators and authorities. The experiment benefited from having C-suite level representatives from both sides at the negotiation
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Workshop 6 report: Micromobility movement in urban transport Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Maria Attard, Camila Balbontin
The theme of micromobility was introduced for the first time in Thredbo 17 as the growth of shared and privately-owned e-scooters, bicycles and e-bicycles continue to affect the nature and structure of urban transport systems worldwide. And whilst in some cases they challenge the priority afforded to the private car, in others they complement already existing and well-established greener transport
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Measuring market power of rail incumbents Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Jakub Chini, Ondřej Špetík, Martin Kvizda
The aim of this article is to assess the market power of the state-owned incumbents within the open-access lines in Europe and compare it among themselves. This article investigates three open-access lines in Europe: Prague-Ostrava line (in the Czech Republic), Vienna-Salzburg line (in Austria) and Bratislava-Košice (in Slovakia). The market power assessment of each of the state-owned incumbents on
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A methodological procedure for evaluating curve-related misclassifications in motor vehicle crash databases Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Yang Xu, Zhe Han, Zhanmin Zhang, Michael Murphy
Motor vehicle crashes have been identified as a leading cause of death all over the world. To better promote traffic safety and protect lives of the traveling public, transportation agencies develop crash databases to effectively manage reportable motor vehicle crashes. Crash reports from law enforcement authorities usually serve as the primary source for motor vehicle crash data. However, unintentional
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Transitioning e-commerce: Perceived pathways for the Norwegian urban freight sector Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Kristin Ystmark Bjerkan, Sahar Babri
E-commerce is becoming an increasingly visible feature of modern society that places increasing strain on transport systems. Research has hitherto paid substantial attention to ways in which e-commerce might modify personal travel behaviour but has been less attentive to the ramifications of e-commerce for urban freight. Although contemporary conditions of urban freight are increasingly scrutinised
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Spatial effect of digital economy on the coordinated development of Port cities Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Bo Lin, Jie Tang, Yicong Zhong, Chang Dai, Bo Lu
Under the background of thriving digital economy and the digitization of port industry, using data derived from port cities in Guangdong, this study intends to investigate the spatial effect of digital economy on the port city coordination. This paper firstly measures the port city coupling coordination degrees and the digital economy comprehensive development levels, then estimates the spatial spill
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Should I wait or should I go? Encouraging customers to make the more sustainable delivery choice Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Alinda Kokkinou, Hans Quak, Ondrej Mitas, Albert Mandemakers
The rise of e-commerce has led to an increase in parcel deliveries, increasing the need to address the cost and environmental impact of last-mile delivery. Customers who have become accustomed to next-day free delivery can play an important role therein by choosing more sustainable delivery options. Retailers and logistic service providers could give customers the choice to wait for their delivery
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Foreword Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-09
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Editorial: Thredbo 17 conference Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 David A. Hensher, Rico Merkert, John Nelson, Rebecca Connell, Ruth Steel
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Willingness to pay for changes in travel time and work time: A stated choice experiment of US commuters Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Niranjan Poudel, Patrick A. Singleton
Studying the tradeoffs between commuting, working, and money—including the willingness to pay (WTP) for changes to travel time and work time—is of interest in both travel behavior research and transportation practice. Our study's objectives were to: (1) quantify WTP for travel time and work time changes; (2) measure preference heterogeneity in these time values; and (3) examine sensitivities to changes
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Ecommerce and environmental justice in metro Seattle Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Travis Fried, Rishi Verma, Anne Goodchild
Urban distribution centers (UDCs) are opening at unprecedented rates to meet rising home delivery demand. The trend has raised concerns over the equity and environmental justice implications of ecommerce's negative externalities. However, little research exists connecting UDC location to the concentration of urban freight-derived air pollution among marginalized populations. Using spatial data of Amazon
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Acceptability of transportation demand management policy packages considering interactions and socio-economic heterogeneity Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Amin Moeinaddini, Meeghat Habibian
The Transportation Demand Management (TDM) policies will not be authorized if they have not enough public acceptability. In this study, policy packing is proposed as a way to alleviate the unacceptability of coercive (push) TDM policies that have considerable effectiveness (e.g., cordon and parking pricing) by using some non-coercive (pull) TDM policies (e.g., transit development). Furthermore, in
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Editorial Board Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-11-22
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Environmental and economic evaluation of a low emission zone for urban freight transport Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Ibrahim Savadogo, Mathieu Gardrat, Martin Koning
This paper aims to quantify the environmental and economic impacts of a low emission zone in the context of urban freight transport. The research's originality lies in its combination of behavioral data, urban freight transport and environmental models, and cost-benefit analysis methodologies. Through this methodological framework, we examine the costs and benefits of implementing a low emission zone
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Airport service quality perception and flight delays: Examining the influence of psychosituational latent traits of respondents in passenger satisfaction surveys Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-11-11 Alessandro V.M. Oliveira, Bruno F. Oliveira, Moisés D. Vassallo
The service quality of a passenger transport operator can be measured through face-to-face surveys at the terminals or on board. However, the resulting responses may suffer from the influence of the intrinsic aspects of the respondent's personality and emotional context at the time of the interview. This study proposes a methodology to generate and select control variables for these latent psychosituational
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Agent-based model of last-mile parcel deliveries and travel demand incorporating online shopping behavior Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Anna S. Reiffer, Jelle Kübler, Martin Kagerbauer, Peter Vortisch
In this paper, we present an extension of the agent-based travel demand model mobiTopp with a last-mile parcel delivery module called logiTopp, in which online shopping choice is modeled explicitly. Online shopping behavior is modeled using logistic and Poisson regression models, which consider both the socio-demographic characteristics of the customer and aspects of their travel behavior. As mobiTopp
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The effect of bus rapid transit on local home prices Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 Justin Beaudoin, Justin Tyndall
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems have become increasingly common in US cities. BRT stations provide a local amenity by improving transportation options for local residents, but may also represent a local nuisance due to noise or displacement of other road users. We estimate whether BRT is priced into local real estate by studying a recently opened BRT project in Vancouver, Washington. We use a diff
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Long-distance rail in Europe: Comparing the forms of head-on competition across Europe Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Paolo Beria, Vardhman Lunkar, Samuel Tolentino, Vilém Pařil, Michal Kvasnička
Europe is finally entering a season of liberalisation in the long-distance rail passenger market, which takes the form of on-track competition among public and private operators. The paper provides a broad-scope comparison of relevant European markets, belonging to liberalised and non-liberalised countries, aiming to point out the patterns in terms of supply, competition model and prices. The paper
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A study on the possibility of a BUS route network with connections based on an analysis of the efficiency of the BUS route network and resistance OF BUS users to transfer Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-10-14 Yu Suzuki, Satoru Hino, Takafumi Kanno, Daigo Amemiya
In this study, data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used to evaluate the efficiency of the bus route network in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The DEA efficiency indices utilized route length (km) and overlap index (number of lines/km) as input values for the network efficiency, while the number of buses per year was used as the output value for the deployment efficiency. Operating costs (yen)
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Changes in rail rates for U.S. commodity grain shipments over time Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Keaton Miller, Wesley W. Wilson
The deregulation of the U.S. railroad industry has largely been considered a success, as costs and rates have fallen due to changes in the mix of traffic and industry consolidation. However, rates did not fall as quickly as costs, and since 2000 rates have been rising while many measures of cost have remained relatively stable. We investigate these changes in rail rates using a sample of agricultural
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Online shopping, brick-and-mortar retailers and transit ridership in the U.S. Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-10-07 Narendra Malalgoda, Siew Hoon Lim
With increasing trends in online shopping, brick-and-mortar retailers have experienced declines in businesses forcing them to close down completely, downsize or go online. Shopping malls and strip malls, for example, have been faced with less foot traffic in recent years, while struggling to retain and attract new businesses to operate in various locations. Similarly, public transit agencies in the
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Carrier-provided freight data for improved sustainable urban mobility planning Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Johanne Lægran, Kelly Pitera, Trude Tørset
Urban freight transport is expected to increase in volume and share of motorized traffic in cities. Simultaneously, stakeholders responsible for urban development lack access to detailed data on urban freight transport. Private freight actors, i.e., carriers, collect data as part of their operations, which could potentially meet the data needs within public planning. This paper explores the possibilities
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Exploring Logistics-as-a-Service to integrate the consumer into urban freight Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Joris Beckers, Ivan Cardenas, Michela Le Pira, Jia Zhang
E-commerce established the consumer as a freight actor. This new reality in the e-commerce supply chain holds economic, social, and environmental opportunities. First, logistics service providers can capitalize on the willingness to pay of consumers with tailored logistics services. Second, consumers can be confronted with the correct costs of delivery options, raising awareness and influencing their
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Re-evaluating roles and relationships between city authorities and informal public transport operators in sub-saharan africa: A comparative analysis of five cities Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Timothy Durant, Mamaa Grant Monney, Michael Etonam Johnson, Kwame Kwakwa Osei, Joaquín Romero de Tejada, Herrie Schalekamp, Ansumana Tarawally
Informal Public Transport (IPT) is the primary form of transport throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, responding dynamically to passenger needs, including those of the poorest travellers. Despite this form of collective transport's positive contribution to growing cities, there remain important negative aspects to be addressed, including strong competition for passengers, severe air pollution and poor safety
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Improving the service of E-bike sharing by demand pattern analysis: A data-driven approach Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-08-26 Ziru Zhang, Panchamy Krishnakumari, Frederik Schulte, Niels van Oort
In recent years, there has been a surge in the popularity of free-floating e-bike sharing. However, the shared mobility sector is fiercely competitive demanding, efficient operations and high-quality service to cater to user expectations. We propose several data-driven methods that apply demand pattern analysis. We suggest the use of a new spatial unit (i.e., overlapping circles) to enhance the cost-efficiency
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Primed for growth: Amazon Air's freighter fleet, flight activity, and payload capacity compared to FedEx and UPS Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Joseph P. Schwieterman, Carrie Craig
This article measures the growing scale and geographic scope of Amazon Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of the retailing giant Amazon, between May 2020, near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and September 2022. It evaluates data on Amazon Air's evolving flight operations and compares its payload capacity with FedEx Express and United Parcel Service (UPS), both prominent air-cargo integrators focused
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Assessing the economic impact of the single African air transport market: The case of Tanzania Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Eric Tchouamou Njoya, Aliyu Buhari Isah
Tanzania is one of the 21 (out of 54) African countries that are yet to ratify the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) launched in 2018 as the first project of the African Union's agenda 2063. SAATM aims to create a single unified air transport market for Africa thereby opening skies across the whole continent and aiding the economic integration agenda. Using the two-stage least squares estimator
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Managing ridesharing with incentives in a bottleneck model Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Jiyan Wu, Ye Tian, Jian Sun
Ridesharing is recognized as an environmentally friendly alternative to daily transportation that can potentially reduce vehicular carbon emissions. Transportation Network Companies (TNC) have been providing ridesharing services. However, generalized costs need to be balanced between rideshare drivers and passengers via financial instruments to reach a sustainable equilibrium. In this paper, we demonstrate
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Economics of shore power under different access pricing Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Axel Merkel, Erik Nyberg, Karin Ek, Henrik Sjöstrand
Providing shore power to ships at berth is recognized as an effective measure to reduce external costs of maritime transport. However, shore power technology is subject to barriers, part of which relate to insufficient incentives for providers and users. Regulatory proposals in the EU have targeted liner shipping segments to be covered by a shore power mandate. There is much less research focused on
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An exploratory study of Mobility Hub implementation Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Thomas Arnold, Simon Dale, Andrew Timmis, Matthew Frost, Stephen Ison
Mobility Hubs (MH) have been developed, as multimodal interchanges focussed on public transport, active travel modes, and shared mobility, with the aim of encouraging more sustainable forms of travel. There is emergent evidence of MH development and implementation across an increasing number of international cities often with different interpretations of the concept. The aim of this paper is to analyse
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How the COVID-19 pandemic changed travel behaviour? A case study on public bikes in Seoul Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-08-05 Hyewon Goh, Gahyun Choi, Yena Song
This study aims to examine how travel behaviour has changed after the COVID-19 outbreak, specifically focusing on the use of public bikes in Seoul. In January 2020, the Korean government reported its first COVID-19 case and implemented several levels of social distancing measures excluding movement restrictions. These measures, coupled with the fear of infection, resulted in reduced social interactions
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Feasibility and optimization of freight-on-transit schemes for the sustainable operation of passengers and logistics Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Francesco Bruzzone, Silvio Nocera, Raffaele Pesenti
The integration of passengers and cargo flows is a promising strategy to reduce negative externalities and improve the operational and environmental performances of first-last mile transport and logistics. This is supported by the recent increase in just-in-time and fragmented deliveries, as well as technological advancements in transport and logistics. In this study, we investigate the financial and
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Innovation in stable competitive tendering regimes: An insoluble knot? Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-07-30 Lisa Hansson, Malin Aldenius, Alexander Paulsson, Karin Thoresson, Birgitta Vitestam
The transport sector is currently undergoing rapid development, which is to a large extent driven by innovation and technological changes initiated by various market actors. At the same time, public transport operations are largely framed by extensive procurement processes and a mature market where a few large companies compete for market share. In Europe, there is tension between rapid innovative
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Mobility and the mall: Three solution pathways for efficient and sustainable omnichannel goods transportation for a mall in paris Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-07-29 Heleen Buldeo Rai, Paul Marcher
Urban shopping malls do not only depend on consumer mobility to operate and thrive, but goods mobility as well. With the emergence of omnichannel retail, stores are now multifunctional hubs accommodating collection, delivery, and return of online purchases. As a consequence, goods transportation requirements for stores have intensified. This impacts the malls in which they are localized as well. The
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Will the latest British reforms to rail passenger service procurement work? Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Andrew S.J. Smith, Chris A. Nash
In the 1990s Great Britain embarked on one of the most radical railway reforms undertaken anywhere in the world, with full vertical separation and privatisation of all aspects of the railway and the introduction of competition throughout the sector. However, since then Britain's railways have been plagued with multiple problems, most notably a failure to control costs, as well as multiple franchise
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Review of South Africa’s public transport system Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Jackie Walters, Noleen Pisa
This paper provides a review of public transport policy and strategy initiatives in South Africa for the period 1996 to 2021 and reviews the progress made in public transport provision against the policy guidelines and strategies of the 1996 White Paper on National Transport Policy, relevant strategies, and legislation. Formal public transport is increasingly losing market share against the informal
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Dark stores in the City of Light: Geographical and transportation impacts of ‘quick commerce’ in Paris Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-07-20
Food e-commerce has long remained a limited phenomenon, which only changed noticeably during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only did more consumers take advantage of the options offered online, it also prompted the launch of many food delivery start-ups around the world. Quick commerce in particular, offering grocery deliveries within twenty minutes or less, attracted significant sums of venture capital
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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the perception of on-demand delivery by the younger generation: An exploratory analysis for Brazil Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-07-19
This paper analyses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the perception of young generation (from 19 to 39 years old) about on-demand delivery services. An exploratory analysis was performed using data from a social media questionnaire and estimating a structural equation model. The findings showed that the perception of on-demand services and on-demand deliveries influenced on-demand purchases
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Assessing the economic sustainability of gig work: A case of hyper-local food delivery workers in Kolkata, India Research in Transportation Economics (IF 2.904) Pub Date : 2023-07-17
Gigs were once heralded as work ushering in flexibility, freeing workers from the constraints of time, space, and nagging human managers. However it has been marked by long work hours and an unstable income. This has led to a situation where gig workers are increasingly demanding labor rights. Gig work has been qualitatively explored, highlighting the elements of control exercised by the platform companies