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Towards the electrification of freight transport: A network design model for assessing the adoption of eHighways Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Aleksandra Colovic, Mario Marinelli, Michele Ottomanelli
The development of new technological innovations for eco-friendly vehicles combined with the usage of renewable energy sources is essential for mitigating the environmental impact of freight transport. In this context, this paper investigates the opportunities for implementing the eHighway system, a novel recent technology designed to supply new hybrid trucks. This technology uses overhead catenary
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TrafficGPT: Viewing, processing and interacting with traffic foundation models Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Siyao Zhang, Daocheng Fu, Wenzhe Liang, Zhao Zhang, Bin Yu, Pinlong Cai, Baozhen Yao
With the promotion of ChatGPT to the public, Large language models indeed showcase remarkable common sense, reasoning, and planning skills, frequently providing insightful guidance. These capabilities hold significant promise for their application in urban traffic management and control. However, large language models (LLMs) struggle with addressing traffic issues, especially processing numerical data
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Incentive policy for rail-water multimodal transport: Subsidizing price or constructing dry port?☆ Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Haonan Xu, Jiaguo Liu, Siwen Qi
The environmental issues within the transport industry need to be given priority attention. Optimizing the transport structure and promoting low-carbon transport are essential measures for achieving carbon emission reduction. However, the rail-water multimodal transport scale is currently limited. The government has to intervene in the market through incentive policies, so how to expand the revenue
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Period-dependent pricing methods of multi-type vehicles for BOT highway projects with pavement rehabilitation effects Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Zhaoyang Lu, Yanfeng Li, Dajie Zuo
In the planning stage of a BOT highway project, the future traffic demand plays a pivotal role on designing contract factors. Considering that the traffic demand generally has variations with time, the constant tolls during the concession period obviously is not a good choice. And the different toll charges classified by vehicles types definitely affect the traffic composition and maintenance cost
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Place-Based Decarbonisation in Low and Middle Income Countries: A whole systems view Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, Holger Dalkmann
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Space-time analysis of accident frequency and the role of built environment in mitigation Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Ali Soltani, Mohsen Roohani Qadikolaei
The focus of this paper is to analyze the trends and locations of accidents in the Greater Melbourne Area (GMA) during a 15-year period (2006–2020). The places where accidents were most prevalent were discovered and the reasons which are contributing to the high accident rates in those areas are determined. Analyzing the patterns over time and variations in the frequency of accidents helped to identify
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“God, whatever you do, don't tell people it's unsafe”: Public transport service providers' perspectives on women's safety from sexual violence on public transport Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Kirsty Forsdike, Jessica Ison, Leesa Hooker, Nicola Henry, Angela Taft
In Australia, one in two women have experienced sexual harassment in their lifetime and one in five women has experienced sexual violence since the age of 15. Public facing organizations, such as public transport providers, have a role to play in providing safe environments and preventing violence.
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Urban Air Mobility (UAM): Airport shuttles or city-taxis? Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Pierluigi Coppola, Francesco De Fabiis, Fulvio Silvestri
In the last years, Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has been receiving increasing attention and even if the first services are expected to be launched shortly, there is still uncertainty about which type of commercial services (e.g., airport shuttles or city-taxis) will be implemented at an early stage, as well as which price point will be perceived as affordable by travelers. Based on data collected through
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Have mixed traffic restrictions improved air quality in different regions? Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Xiaodong Zhang, Qi Yang, Xiaoqing Xu, Qipeng sun, Xinhua Mao
Governments have implemented many regulations to solve traffic congestion and pollutant emissions. Traffic restriction (TR) policy is the most common and widely used traffic regulation. However, it is difficult to alleviate traffic pollution through TR policies. Only a few studies focus on TR policies in multiple cities. In this paper, we classify traffic restrictions by geographical factors and evaluate
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Mobility-as-a-Service and unsustainable travel behaviour: Exploring the car ownership and public transport trip replacement side-effects of the MaaS paradigm Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Elena Alyavina, Alexandros Nikitas, Eric Tchouamou Njoya
Car-centred development adds significantly to the climate change threat our planet faces. Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is a concept looking to generate modal shift via the digital and physical integration of alternative on-demand transport services. Recent research raises concerns, however, that contrary to the hype, MaaS may result in unsustainable travel behaviour. On the one hand, future MaaS users
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Assessing the impact of ride-sourcing vehicles on HOV-lane efficacy and management strategies Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Fangfang Yuan, Xiaolei Wang, Zhibin Chen
High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, which exclusively allow vehicles with two or more travelers on board to enter, has been recognized as a promising and practical way to motivate travelers to carpool. However, in the presence of ride-sourcing services, ride-sourcing vehicles with one driver and one (or more) passenger on board also meet the vehicle requirements of HOV lanes. So instead of encouraging
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Towards a better comparison of ex-post and ex-ante BCA's by decomposing potential causes of difference Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Ernst Bos, Linette de Swart
Ex-post benefit-cost analyses (BCAs) can improve the accuracy of future ex-ante BCAs and strengthen accountability for policy implementation. However, benefits and costs are usually analyzed prior to policymaking, not after. The rare ex-post BCAs available consider road and rail projects and often face methodological challenges such as difficulties describing what would have occurred in the absence
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On causal links of the municipal concentration of logistics warehouses Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 William Douglas Barros Simões, José Geraldo Vidal Vieira, Renata Lúcia Magalhães de Oliveira
Spatial dynamics of logistic allocation in large urban centers has gained relevance in urban economics, public policy formulation and transport engineering. A crucial aspect of these spatial, agglomerative, and dispersive phenomena are the causal links that such processes generate or by which they are generated. This study investigates the causal relationships linked to the allocation of logistics
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Public support for proposed government policies to optimise the social benefits of autonomous vehicles Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Simone Pettigrew, Leon Booth, Victoria Farrar, Julie Brown, Charles Karl, Branislava Godic, Rajith Vidanaarachchi, Jason Thompson
Governments will have a key role in establishing the policy environment needed to optimise the social outcomes associated with the evolution of autonomous vehicles (AVs). However, little is known about the extent to which the general public would support the diverse range of policies that could be implemented across human transport and product delivery AV applications. To address this deficit, the
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Bicycles and micromobility for disaster response and recovery Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Dillon T. Fitch-Polse, Chen Chen, Stephen D. Wong
Bicycles and other forms of micromobility have been anecdotally used in past disasters to help save lives and improve community recovery. However, research and practice are scarce on this resilient transportation strategy, which limits its usefulness and possible benefits. To fill this gap, our paper investigates the potential role bicycles and micromobility in facilitating (or limiting) disaster response
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Building sustainable performance in the maritime industry via digital resources and innovation Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Celine Chua, Xue Li, Kim Hock Tan, Kum Fai Yuen
Given the growing limelight on digital revolution and sustainability in the maritime industry, this paper aims to investigate the overlaps and interconnectedness of these two significant topics. Anchored on resource-based view and organisational ambidexterity theories, this study investigates the influence of key technical and social digital resources on exploratory and exploitative innovation capabilities
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Private vehicle drivers’ acceptance of autonomous vehicles: The role of trait mindfulness Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Jinping Guan, Xinyu Du, Jiayue Zhang, Philip Maymin, Emma DeSoto, Ellen Langer, Zhengbing He
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are stepping into our daily life. The acceptance of AVs by people, especially private vehicle drivers (PVDs), would significantly influence the deployment of AVs and the future shape of our transportation. Trait mindfulness, characterized by novel distinction-drawing that results in being sensitive to the novelty, is an enduring mindset that may, though not certain, facilitate
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How stakeholders influence MaaS implementation? An analysis based on evolutionary game theory Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Jianhong Ye, Jiaqi Zheng
Mobility as a service (MaaS) is an emerging mobility service that has received high expectations from the transportation sector in recent years. MaaS integrates multiple transportation services into a single platform, enhancing the accessibility of various transportation resources. However, the complex integration involved in MaaS leads to uncertainty in stakeholder interaction and system implementation
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Evaluating fatigue management regulations for flight crew in Australia using a new Fatigue Regulation Evaluation Framework (FREF) Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Chanika D. Mannawaduge, Silvia Pignata, Siobhan Banks, Jillian Dorrian
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The environmental impact of buying groceries online/offline pre and during COVID-19. Any changes? Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Edoardo Marcucci, Valerio Gatta, Carla de Oliveira Leite Nascimento, Soukaina Aziz, Prince Ayagah, Tania Montero
COVID-19 has represented a watershed in people's lifestyle. One important consequence has been the change in how people buy groceries online/offline that represent the most frequent shopping-related trip any household performs. Since this has substantially different transport and environmental implications, it is crucial to investigate what are the COVID-19-induced variations. This paper estimates
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Preferences for public electric vehicle charging infrastructure locations: A discrete choice analysis Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Furqan A. Bhat, Gaurav Yash Tiwari, Ashish Verma
Electric vehicles are finding it difficult to make faster inroads into the markets, and one of the most cited barriers to the faster adoption of electric vehicles in the academic literature is the lack of charging infrastructure and the associated range anxiety. However, densifying the charging infrastructure network is cost-intensive and should be meticulously planned. This study estimates discrete
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Spatial and temporal variance in public perception of electric vehicles: A comparative analysis of adoption pioneers and laggards using twitter data Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Xiaodong Qian, Konstantina Gkritza
Promotional strategies for electric vehicle (EV) adoption need to be tailored to the public's perception of these vehicles. However, there is a notable gap in understanding how public perception of EVs differs between adoption pioneers and those slower to adopt (“adoption laggards”) in terms of the percentage of registered EVs. This understanding is vital for the development of effective promotional
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Explaining the adoption of electric vehicle fees across the United States Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Camila Fonseca, Haiyue Jiang, Raihana Zeerak, Jerry Zhirong Zhao
Improvements in vehicle fuel efficiency, inflation, and the increasing adoption of electric vehicles (EV) have negatively affected the revenue-generating ability of the motor fuel tax, a major source of highway funding. Many U.S. states have adopted a surcharge levied on electric vehicles as a revenue-generating mechanism to address transportation funding challenges. In this study, we explore the determinants
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Entry and competition in the European bike-sharing industry Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Hana Fitzová, Richard Kališ, Vilém Pařil, Milan Fila
Assessments of the bike-sharing industry traditionally focus on its effects on other markets, municipalities, or general well-being. This paper deviates from this on how the market is organised. Using information on the aggregate number of firms in cities and greater cities across Europe, we found non-proportional changes in market size with respect to changes in market structure. This is crucial information
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The transport problem: The need for consistent policies on pricing and investment Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Roger Vickerman
This paper reviews the basic issues involved in identifying and providing solutions to transport problems. The paper argues that solutions focusing solely on investment in capacity or second-best solutions to pricing such as road pricing and free public transport ignore the essential economic relationships involved in transport. The paper provides a critique of investment and pricing and argues for
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Gender equality through sustainable transport policy Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Sharmin Nasrin PhD, Jonathan Bunker PhD
Bangladesh needs to improve women's health, security, convenience, and financial independence, particularly regarding urban mobility. An inefficient and unaffordable urban transport system limits women's access to better job opportunities, hindering their personal growth. This study aims to achieve sustainable development in women's mobility. It attempts to identify the most preferred policy option
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Imagine the financial barrier to public transport use disappears. The impact of the 9-Euro-Ticket on the mobility and social participation of low-income households with children Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Caroline Rozynek
From June to August 2022, the financial barrier to public transport use almost completely disappeared in Germany due to the 9-Euro-Ticket. It enabled anyone with access to public transport infrastructure across Germany to use public transport for 9 euros per person per month. As this completely changed the conditions for public transport use, especially for low-income households with children, the
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Fleet operator perspectives on alternative fuels for heavy-duty vehicles Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Youngeun Bae, Craig R. Rindt, Suman Kumar Mitra, Stephen G. Ritchie
Despite the deployment of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) being one of the promising measures to reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, AFVs still represent a very small share in the heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) sector. Understanding HDV fleet operator perspectives on alternative fuels is critical to developing effective demand-side strategies to facilitate wider and more rapid adoption of
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Simulating electric vehicle policy in the Australian capital territory Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Yogi Vidyattama, Robert Tanton, Darren Sinclair, Jacki Schirmer
Increased use of electric vehicles (EVs) has the potential to reduce carbon emissions. Therefore, predicting the impact of governments' EV incentive policies on the future uptake of EVs is important. This study estimates the impact of incentive policies introduced in the Australian Capital Territory. This estimation is conducted through constructing a microsimulation model and using it to assess the
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Governance of urban mobility policies and plans in Asian cities Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Madan B. Regmi
Taking a mixed method and comparative case study approach, this paper has analyzed the formulation process of mobility policy strategies and plans and their implementation in four Asian cities. The key findings are: (1) there was some evidence on leadership shown by mayors, governors, public transport administrators and police in all four cities; (2) limited stakeholder engagement in the whole process
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Equity and Social Justice considerations in road safety work: The case of Vision Zero in New York City Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Henok Girma Abebe, Matts-Åke Belin, Karin Edvardsson Björnberg
This paper analyses how Vision Zero (VZ) efforts in New York City (NYC) account for equity and social justice implications of road safety work. VZ policy documents, research literature, popular science and opinion articles on road safety work in the city were studied with a prime focus on equity and social justice. Twelve semi-structured interviews with stakeholders involved in road safety and transport
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Achieving social routing via navigation apps: User acceptance of travel time sacrifice Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Shaghayegh Vosough, Claudio Roncoli
Trip information and navigation systems are expected to become key components of future traffic management strategies, which, if properly exploited, may contribute to the mitigation of car usage externalities. In this study, we investigate social routing recommendations, which could be associated with nudges, and delivered via a navigation app, aiming at promoting sustainable routing behavior, where
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Managed residential electric vehicle charging minimizes electricity bills while meeting driver and community preferences Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Tinghan Ye, Shanshan Liu, Eleftheria Kontou
Transitions to electric vehicles (EV) are expected to increase electricity use in residences, where most tend to recharge. We develop a mathematical programming framework for shifting residential EV charging during low electricity pricing hours to minimize the additional electricity costs that a household incurs from charging their vehicle. The model also aims to meet additional household and their
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Evolutionary analysis of participation behavior of shared parking in traditional business district Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Jun Guo, Hongzhi Guan, Yan Han, Wanying Li
This paper explores ways to promote the Shared Parking Business Economy Model (SPBEM) in traditional business districts (TBD) to mitigate their declining survival. A microscopic four-party evolutionary game model investigates the mechanisms behind the complex interactions among four typical businesses in TBD. Evolutionary stability is also analyzed based on three different scenarios. Secondly, this
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Effect of ice class to vessel fuel consumption based on real-life MRV data Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Mikko Heikkilä, Tiia Grönholm, Elisa Majamäki, Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen
Ice classed ships have specially designed, reinforced hulls and large engines, which may influence open-water fuel efficiency. Ice classification typically requires minimum engine power limit, possibly leading to an over-sized engine for open water operation. Most of the existing studies of energy efficiency of ice classed ships assume that these vessels consume more fuel also in open water conditions
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Influence of perceived risk on travel mode choice during Covid-19 Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Yu Wang, Charisma Choudhury, Thomas O. Hancock, Yacan Wang, Juan de Dios Ortúzar
We aim to understand the effect of different information types on risk perception and examine the relationship between perceived risk and travel behaviour during a pandemic outbreak. A hybrid choice model structure, incorporating a multiple discrete-continuous extreme value model, was formulated and estimated to explore travellers' mode choice and usage changes. We used a risk perception map to visually
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Assessing airport ground access interventions: An integrated approach combining mode choice modeling and microscopic traffic simulation Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Nicolò Avogadro, Sebastian Birolini, Renato Redondi, Paolo Deforza
Airport ground accessibility is an important and integral part of airport planning, which significantly impacts airport attractiveness and its environmental sustainability. In this paper, we propose the combined use of road micro-simulation with meso-scope discrete choice modeling to support the evaluation of airport access interventions. The proposed integrated framework allows us to appraise mode
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Re-claiming urban neighbourhood streets for active transport – Evidence from Vasai, Maharashtra Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Merlyn Natasha Abreo, Prashant Prasad, Anila S. Surin
All means of transportation that involves using one's own muscle power to get from one place to another is referred to as ‘active transportation’. The current study intends to revive urban neighbourhood streets by enabling the use of active modes of transport. An attempt is made to enable the use of active modes of transport through analysing citizens' perceptions and their needs in line with infrastructure
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Research and innovation paving the way for climate neutrality in urban transport: Analysis of 362 cities on their journey to zero emissions Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Panayotis Christidis, Giulia Ulpiani, Marcin Stepniak, Nadja Vetters
The EU Mission on Climate Neutral and Smart Cities is an ambitious initiative aiming to involve a wide range of stakeholders and deliver 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030. We analysed the information submitted in the expressions of interest by 362 candidate cities. The majority of the cities’ strategies for climate neutrality include urban transport as a main sector and combine the introduction
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Evaluation of integrated transport efficiency and equity at the county level——taking the counties in ningbo city as an example Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Wei Ji, Zhengfeng Huang, Gao Gao, Pengjun Zheng
The evaluation research on integrated transport has mainly focused on urban agglomeration or cities. Yet the integration of various modes of transportation is increasingly being seen at smaller scales, such as counties, due to population concentration and rising affluence levels. Consequently, it is becoming necessary to evaluate the efficiency and convenience of transportation services for people
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A theoretical stakeholder model of automotive industry and policy implications for sustainable transport after Dieselgate Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Fikret Korhan Turan
As an issue of ethical decision making, Dieselgate reveals that secondary stakeholders might be highly influential in electric vehicle (EV) diffusion. Thus, in this research, first a theoretical stakeholder model of automotive industry is developed, and previous EV diffusion studies are reviewed from the perspectives of different stakeholders. Then, to understand how some automobile manufacturers such
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Charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in New Zealand Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Regina Rabl, Melanie Reuter-Oppermann, Patrick E.P. Jochem
The uptake of electric vehicles (EV) is closely interlinked with the availability of charging infrastructure. Fast charging stations (FCS) can facilitate the uptake of EV, but their installation requires significant investments affecting their profitability. An optimal determination of charging locations and capacities based on associated costs can help to provide infrastructure efficiently. As initial
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A dynamic traffic assignment framework for policy analysis in cities with significant share of two-wheelers Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2023-12-30 Sai Bharath Kumar Chapala, Preetha Nair, M. Sreekumar, B.K. Bhavathrathan
High maneuverability of motorized two-wheelers amidst vehicles of bigger size and different dynamics invalidates FIFO to traverse through the gaps between other vehicles for faster mobility. The failure of existing dynamic traffic assignment frameworks with multi-class conditions to capture this behaviour results in inaccurate routing. The study proposes a simulation based two-class dynamic traffic
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Guiding principles for integrating on-demand transit into conventional transit networks: A review of literature and practice Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Alaa Itani, Willem Klumpenhouwer, Amer Shalaby, Brendon Hemily
On-demand transit (ODT) has been widely piloted in recent years by many transit agencies in response to changing travel behaviour and preferences among people. Some agencies have adopted ODT to replace underperforming bus routes, as part of a continuous service planning process while others incorporated it within network re-design. All these trends highlight the critical need for transit agencies to
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Price-cutting or incentive? Differentiated competition between regional asymmetric ports Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Bo Lu, Lijie Fan, Huipo Wang, Ilkyeong Moon
In the process of port integration, the competition between ports in overlapping hinterlands has intensified. Ports adopt differentiated strategies to compete, such as incentive strategy and price-cutting strategy. To analyze the optimal competitive strategies for asymmetric ports in the same region, this article develops a game theory model for port competition between superior and inferior ports
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A system dynamics model for vehicle fleet transformation towards energy efficiency and low-carbon development: A case study of Sri Lanka and its strategies Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 M. Mavin De Silva, Oshadhi K. Herath, Tadachika Nakayama, Amal S. Kumarage
Improving the energy efficiency of a vehicle fleet is a complex task that can be identified as having multiple variables and nonlinear feedback loops influenced by different mobility, socio-economical, and environmental factors. Due to the prevailing concerns on the fuel economy and vehicular emissions, formulating a clear policy for electric and other alternative mobility forms requires a clear decision
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Integrating choice freedom, economic health, and transportation infrastructure to forecast tourism demand: A case study of Bishnupur and its alignment with sustainable development goals Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Aditi Nag, Satyaki Sarkar
The relationship between economy, transportation, and tourism has yet to be investigated for small heritage sites. In addition to more research into the elements mentioned above, there is still a need to establish an integrated model that answers the need for economic augmentation in such tourism destinations. The model uses a ‘choice freedom index’ with financial health and transportation infrastructure
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Thresholding-based cellular automata for transportation network derived future urban growth patterns in a peri-urban area Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Samarth Y. Bhatia, Kirtesh Gadiya, Gopal R. Patil, Buddhiraju Krishna Mohan
The present study uses the standalone Cellular Automata (CA) model to predict the transportation network-derived future urban growth patterns of a rapidly expanding peri-urban area in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The Landsat satellite images of 1999, 2009, and 2019 are used to deduce the study region's land use/land cover (LULC) patterns. The road networks, suburban railway stations and proposed
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Voluntary carbon offset programs in aviation: A systematic literature review Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Fabiana Peixoto de Mello
A comprehensive literature review on voluntary carbon offsetting (VCO) programs in aviation highlights a predominant focus on offsetters' sociodemographic traits, behavioral triggers, and propensity to pay for offsets, inadvertently overshadowing the critical exploration of policy efficacy. Despite enriching our understanding of air passenger behavior, these studies afford limited insights into the
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Behavioural characteristics influencing walking speed of pedestrians over elevated facilities: A case study of India Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Arunabha Banerjee, Sanhita Das, Akhilesh Kumar Maurya
Walking speed is an essential parameter used in determining pedestrians' walking behavioural characteristics, the performance of a pedestrian facility, the capacity of the system, and several traffic engineering policy-related applications. While several studies have focussed on understanding walking behavioural patterns over at-grade facilities, there is still a paucity of research on understanding
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Minimize population exposure to vehicle-generated emissions by road pricing Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Yu Tan, Zhanbo Sun, Baichuan Zhu, Ziye Qin, Yu Zhao, Xuting Wang
Vehicular emissions, as a major source of urban air pollution, are threatening public health. With a goal to regulate population exposure to vehicular emissions, three bilevel road pricing models are established to minimize the exposure to vehicular emissions for on-road travelers, near-road residents, and all populations in the study network. A simulated annealing-based method is applied to solve
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A user perception based approach to derive policy intervention areas for enhancing walkability of cities: Experience in Kerala, India Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Munavar Fairooz Cheranchery, Meenu G Krishnan, Alfiya A A, Parvathy Nanda V S, Akhila Krishna A, Albin Samuel
While walkable pedestrian infrastructure is essential for the sustainable growth of cities, the prevailing facilities in emerging countries such as India are not suitable for pedestrians. A user perception-based approach is presented here to identify intervention areas for enhancing the walkability of cities and also to prioritize catchment areas for improvement. The methodology includes seven stages
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Factors influencing the residential location choice of individuals working at an integrated township Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Chetan Kumar Hanni, K.V. Krishna Rao
The ‘Integrated Township Project’ is an urban development policy scheme by the Government of India to promote mixed land-use and result in reduced trip lengths. This study examines the prevalence of short work trip length scenario and the factors influencing the residential location choice at the Megapolis Township (MGT), Pune, India. The mean work trip length worked out from the trip data collected
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Panel session: Increasing the relevance of air quality improvement as part of the planned transformation of the transport system Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2023-12-31 Huw Davies, James Levine, Francis Pope, Suzanne Bartington
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Allocation and trading schemes of the maritime emissions trading system: Liner shipping route choice and carbon emissions Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2023-12-30 Yulong Sun, Jianfeng Zheng, Lingxiao Yang, Xia Li
In September 2020, the European Union (EU) decided to include the maritime industry into the EU emissions trading system to effectively control carbon emissions from ships, namely the maritime emissions trading system (METS). Various allocation and trading schemes are adopted in practice. This paper investigates a comparison of allocation and trading schemes of the METS from the perspective of liner
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The social benefits resulting from electric vehicle smart charging balancing economy and decarbonization Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Zewei Zhong, Yun Zeng, Xiaoli Zhao, Sufang Zhang
Smart charging is gaining more attention with the popularity of electric vehicles (EVs). Smart charging which aims only at reducing electricity costs or reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is efficient in achieving these objectives. However, the times of lower electricity costs and CO2 emissions are not identical in power grids, putting the two objectives in conflict, which may lower the social
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How effective is automated vehicle education? – A Kentucky case study revealing the dynamic nature of education effectiveness Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Song Wang, Zhixia Li, Yi Wang, Daniel Aaron Wyatt
This study is motivated by the need to quantitatively understand the dynamic nature of Automated Vehicle (AV) education's effectiveness, given the fact that existing research has identified factors that associated with the change of AV acceptance between before and after education. To address this research gap, an online state-wide survey study was conducted in Kentucky, USA, offering the opportunity
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How individual perceptions of transportation systems influence mode choice for mobility-challenged people: A case study in Dhaka using an integrated choice and latent variable model Transp. Policy (IF 6.173) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Md Musfiqur Rahman Bhuiya, Hossain Mohiuddin, Md Musleh Uddin Hassan, Hue-Tam Jamme
This study examines how mobility-challenged persons (MCPs) navigate the limitations of transportation systems, using an integrated choice and latent variable (ICLV) model. Building on the experience of MCPs in a South Asian megacity context, that of Dhaka, Bangladesh, the empirical strategy accounts for perceptions of mode-specific challenges, which arguably vary by mobility impairment. These perceptions