With the accelerated aging process, the increased willingness of elderly people to travel, and the concessionary bus travel policy implementation, public transport, especially buses, has become one of the important ways for China's elderly people to participate in social activities. Meanwhile, the increased use of public transport by elderly people results in serious conflicts with commuters. In order

A high-comfort bike network that connects people's homes with their destinations is crucial to attracting more people to cycling. While avoiding high traffic stress is one critical dimension of comfort, another is avoiding steep climbs. In this study, we propose “Steepness Level” criteria that can complement Level of Traffic Stress criteria for evaluating bike networks, drawing from best-practice guidelines

The objectives of reducing income inequality and providing sustainable transport systems are part of the Sustainable Development Goals and are inter-related. On the one hand, income distribution influences transport decisions and accessibility. On the other hand, transport can be a source of redistribution by facilitating access to opportunities, and by being a target for public spending. Yet, two

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The extent individuals can choose a residential location based on their travel needs and preferences is an important topic within the realm of research on land use-transport interactions. However, little attention has been paid to the characteristics of residents who experience a dissonance between their preferred and actual residence in terms of travel preferences (i.e., residential dissonance), and

Human mobility is an important carrier of material flow, information flow, capital flow, and technology flow between locations. A better understanding of human mobility in rural areas could inform efforts to achieve rural revitalization. However, there have been limited evaluations of the characteristics of human mobility in rural areas. Based on human movements estimated from mobile phone data, we

As public transit becomes increasingly personalized with services that can dynamically adapt to demand as it is realized over the course of a day, it is important to ensure that the services are equitable and do not grow on unintended or endemic biases, or create new biases. Such biases might arise from prioritizing cost-effectiveness or system efficiency. This paper explicitly integrates equity considerations

Under the threat of climate change, many global cities nowadays are promoting shared commuting modes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Shared electric bikes (e-bikes) are emerging modes that compete with bikes, cars, or public transit. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence for the net effect of shared e-bikes on carbon emissions, as shared e-bikes can substitute for both higher carbon emissions

This paper draws on ethnographic research conducted 2019–2022 in three quite diverse city regions - Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis - to understand women's lived experiences of work in the road transport sector. The strength of connection between male identity and motor-mobility in Africa is ubiquitous and has rarely been questioned by transport sector actors. Women are still largely absent from the story

In most countries worldwide, the transport sector is responsible for a large proportion of energy consumption, the emissions of which have adverse effects on the environment and human health. It is therefore important to understand the determinants of road transport energy consumption in an attempt to minimise these adverse effects. This paper examines the association which road transport energy consumption

This study comprehensively describes travel behavior to various destinations among adolescents from Germany aged 11–15 years and how this varies according to residential location type and adolescents' socio-demographics. Overall, more than a half of adolescents use active transport modes to reach school and non-school destinations. Prevalence of passive transport modes was higher in girls compared

As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, congestion is an important component in access to medical care. This study expands congestion-based accessibility research by imposing upper limits on demand levels and introducing minimum demand thresholds at individual facilities using the bounded transportation problem to develop different variants of congestion/threshold constrained accessibility metrics. The

The rise of e-commerce helped fuel consumer appetite for quick home deliveries. One consequence has been the placing of some logistics facilities in proximity to denser consumer markets. The trend departs from prevailing discussion on “logistics sprawl,” or the proliferation of warehousing into the urban periphery. This study spatially and statistically explores the facility- and region-level dimensions

Working from home (WFH) was prevalent among previous daily commuters during the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to continue in post-COVID-19 society. By using WFH enforced by the UK government during the pandemic as a real-world experiment, our study investigates the relationship between switching from commuting to WFH, and subjective wellbeing (SWB). Particular interest lies in determining the extent

To combat climate change, carbon emissions from everyday mobility must be lowered. This can be achieved by improving vehicle efficiency, shifting to low-carbon modes of transport and avoiding travel. Most of the literature focuses on shifting mobility away from cars, mainly in the context of commuting. However, mobility is embedded deeply in everyday life and is much more complex. This research tries

Understanding how the built environment influences e-scooter sharing (ESS) travel behavior is essential for informing effective built environment modifications to promote ESS usage. This study introduces a novel approach by utilizing link flow data, a different type of data compared to previous studies that focused on trip origin or destination information. By incorporating route-based built environment

Focused on the city of Recife, the fourth most densely populated state capital in Brazil, this study uses a probit model and precise and unique information about individuals' residential and job locations to estimate the effect of job accessibility on the individual probability of being a low-wage worker. To deal with the potential endogeneity of the job accessibility measure, we consider an instrumental

In the post-pandemic era, park walkability plays a vital role in promoting residents' physical and mental health in all aging societies. In current walkability calculation methods, the number of indicators reflecting park quality is limited, and the data resolution is too low to capture accurate park demand patterns. Moreover, the travel impedance based on the ArcGIS network cannot reveal the impedance

Transportation has become one of the fastest-growing fields for greenhouse gas emissions. It is important to promote the coordinated development of cities and transportation. To deeply understand the emission distribution for urban travel, this study first applies a map matching algorithm to correct the vehicle Global Positioning System (GPS) trajectories on the road network and calculates the travel

Urban planners and transportation policy makers around the world are proposing initiatives for greener mobility, particularly by promoting higher urban development densities, active transport modes, and non-auto access to destinations. This Special Issue engages critically with the sustainable mobility and 15-Minute City concepts by outlining an Equitable Sustainable Mobility Model that integrates

Spatial segregation of social groups within cities and inadequate transport conditions are frequently pointed to as major barriers to improving urban livelihood conditions for disadvantaged groups. For that reason, accessibility measures have increasingly been used as a tool to measure inequality. However, traditional accessibility measures fail to capture both travel costs and individual characteristics

Transit ridership modeling at the bus stop level is an important tool for bus network planning and transit-oriented development. However, many cities, especially in developing countries, face a lack of boarding and alighting data due to the high costs of collection. Solutions based on smartcards often rely on assumptions that negatively affect the data accuracy. Noting that previous studies suggest

The COVID-19 pandemic led to fast and ambitious implementation of bike lanes in many Canadian cities and also presented a window of opportunity to study the effects of new cycling infrastructure. While an emerging literature has focused on the use of cycling infrastructure that resulted from pandemic-time street reallocation initiatives, not much is known about the differences in the use and public

There is now a long tradition of accessibility research, with an increasingly rich set of frameworks and methods from a distributional perspective. Despite such a positive outlook, many accessibility metrics deployed in research and practice do not consider (dis)utility, which may resonate more clearly with mainstream transport decision-making and planning. This paper seeks to contribute to debates

The relationship between cycling and spatial characteristics has focused more on push & pull factors, such as distance and time between A and B, rather than on the actual experience of cycling on the route between A and B. Several studies have examined cycling experiences, and their geospatial relations, but few have linked the two in a quantitative matter. In this paper we provide insight into urban

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Individuals undertake both solo and joint activities as part of their overall activity-travel patterns. Compared to work and maintenance activities, social and leisure activities differ in that they exhibit high levels of temporal and spatial flexibility. In this study we used data from an ego-centric social networks survey in the Greater Tokyo Area and a follow-up group activity survey to estimate

Transport disadvantage continues to be experienced by disabled people of all ages. While barriers to transport have been documented, less is known about the impact and consequences of not being able to make trips because of these barriers. In this article, we share what trips are not being made and their impact on the everyday lives of 30 disabled people,1 half of which are disabled young people, from

Accessibility to essential amenities such as food and health is crucial for all individuals and is the key to realizing the goal of the 15-min city. However, so far, few studies have fully considered the service congestion of the facility and mobility difference among age groups in accessibility modeling. Here we propose the improved Three-step Floating Catchment Area (3SFCA) method that incorporates

A fair distribution of accessibility to key activities is a central concern for distributive justice in transport planning. This implies that disparities in accessibility and the negative effects associated with a lack of accessibility should be mitigated. However, even though accessibility is not purely spatial or static, it is conventionally treated as if it were. Several studies have significantly

This think piece discusses current barriers to the rapid decarbonization of transport and ways to overcome them. Policymakers face a set of contradictory goals, leading them to ponder only incremental measures: The need to reduce carbon emissions conflicts with accessibility improvements and the resulting induced traffic. At the same time, the prevention of urban sprawl as a means of promoting sustainable

Understanding the distribution of traffic in time and space over available infrastructure is a fundamental problem in transportation research. However, pedestrian activity is rarely mapped at fine resolution over large spatio-temporal scales, such as city centres, despite the fact that this information is crucial for assessing the effects of infrastructure changes, for supporting planning and policy

Over the years, research on firm location choice has received less attention than residential location choices. Although valuable efforts have been made to model firms' location choices, investigations on the location choice of smaller economic units (establishments) and differences between location determinants of various activities can provide better insights into the interaction between land use

This article explores the recent and rapid development of fare-free public transport (FFPT) in local public transport networks across Poland. The question of pricing public transport, in particular the idea of abolishing fares, is gathering increased attention among academics, policy-makers and activists. Albeit the literature on FFPT is growing, it usually examines individual cases instead of offering

Exploring the patterns of urban on-road (OR) emissions and their relationship with built environment (BE) is essential for urban planning oriented by transportation carbon emission reduction. This study quantified the road segment OR emissions with high spatial resolution by incorporating massive vehicle trajectory big data and vehicle type data in the metropolis, Shenzhen city in China. Multi-source

The activity space of residents is an important mediator for the exploration of the relationship between residents' activities and the city. In this study, one-month mobile phone data are used to study the activity space of residents from three aspects, namely the radius of the activity space, the frequency of activity, and the diversity of activities. Combined with census data and point-of-interest

The need to shift to an equity-oriented transport planning has long been acknowledged, but its use in actual practice by planners and practitioners is limited. Using a dataset from the practice of transport planning in Western Visayas, Philippines, we provide more comprehensive evidence from the perspective of social practice theory for the pervasiveness of the demand-based epistemic framework on public

Many developed and developing countries are experiencing rapid demographic changes in the form of ageing and depopulation. These processes influence many areas of the economy and are likely to affect the transport behaviours of residents and thus the development of public transport systems. In this study, we combine estimates of age-related determinants of individuals' transport behaviour with demographic

Leisure mobility forms an important part of people's spatial activity and mobility spectrum. This study aims to analyse the inequality dimensions of spatial mobility of individuals who seek to move to recreational and leisure destinations (often ‘green’ and ‘blue’) on designated days. The study traces – through the use of spatially dependent multilevel models – the mobility patterns of people from

Micromobility is often presented as a sustainable, affordable, and active urban transport option, in comparison to motorised modes. Understanding users routing preferences could help policymakers adapt and design facilities that attract a myriad of micromobility users. Whereas previous research largely focused solely on the built infrastructure, the ways in which sociodemographic factors affect micromobility

Lower accessibility to transit services may lead to more constraints, making travel less flexible in space and time. By using information and communication technologies (ICT), travelers can obtain additional travel information on transit stations and transfer routes, possibly attenuating the negative effects of low transit accessibility on the space-time flexibility (SPF) of travel. Based on data from

This paper investigates the effects of high-speed rail (HSR) on household income inequalities in Italy at the province level. Gini index, both including and excluding rent expenses, is used as dependent variable to evaluate the effects of the policy in the timeframe 2003–2019. Two-way fixed-effects model is employed to measure the relationship, while augmented synthetic control with staggered treatment

This paper studies the impact of expected transport accessibility improvement on house prices. We identify the effect exploiting a quasi-natural experiment created by the approval and construction of the Ryfast tunnel system in Rogaland, Norway, which shortened the traveling time to the affected municipality from 62 to 24 min. Estimates of a repeated sales model in a difference-in-differences framework

Sustainable urban planning should include affordable housing and access to essential opportunities among its priorities. Residents of social housing projects are at particular risk of suffering from below-average accessibility levels. This paper proposes the concept of socially sustainable accessibility and applies it to evaluate low-income and medium-income housing projects in the city of Poznań,

With public transport (PT) systems currently heavily affected by the coronavirus pandemic, bike sharing systems (BSS) have gained a new importance as a substitute to car use in urban areas. A possible path to increase the BSS capability of replacing car trips is to understand why some car drivers are currently shifting to bike sharing. Consequently, this study analysed possible differences on the main

Several walkability studies have focused primarily on macro-level environmental factors. Nevertheless, previous research has shown that street-level design can also support walking. In this paper, we present a novel Microscale Walkability Index, ‘MWI’, that measures, ranks, and analyses the pedestrian-friendliness levels of 59 heterogeneous city centres in 26 European countries. We selected 26 case

Since the introduction of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), transportation stakeholders have endeavored to include compliant and accessible pedestrian facilities as a part of their roadway improvement and maintenance projects. These projects, often completed in sections, have resulted in piecemeal pedestrian networks with limited holistic ADA compliance in many areas, the full extents of which

Access to public transport is widely recognized as a welfare and livelihood issue. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), public transport is predominately paratransit which holds the largest modal share. Paratransit services are often accessed through their terminals and service routes, critical elements which directly distribute the service to populations. However, the allocation of paratransit terminals and

Ports are usually regarded as hubs for resource allocation, and the identification of port impacts is still worthy of further study. Using 1998–2007 panel data on all 146 ports and 282 cities in China and a quasi-experimental empirical design involving port decentralization reform in China from 2001 to 2004, this work studies the impacts of the decentralization reform on ports and port cities with

The inexorable rise in personal travel in the 20th century has given way to stagnation in the 21st, a phenomenon some call “peak travel.” We use 2003–2019 data from the American Time Use Survey to explore whether and why personal travel per capita has stopped growing. We show that time spent on personal travel has been dropping consistently over these years, and suggest that one important cause is

There has been limited understanding of parcel locker customers' usage behaviour due a lack of operational data. Using Australia Post's dataset of 51 Queensland parcel lockers, we were able to evaluate the growth in locker locations and customers' parcel collection patterns over their formative five years (2013–2017). This allows for the in-depth spatio-temporal analysis of parcel collections, parcel

Understanding the spatial changes in urban illegal parking behavior is of great significance to sustainable urban parking management. At present, the imbalance between the supply and demand of urban parking in China has resulted in more and more illegal parking. Meanwhile, few studies have been conducted on the influencing factors of such behavior. Taking the city of Nanjing as an example, a geographically

Public transport crowding exposure is known to cause discomfort, stress and dissatisfaction. However, the distribution and equity of crowding exposure across socioeconomic groups has been largely unexplored. This paper opens a new research topic connecting crowding exposure in public transport to travelers’ socioeconomic characteristics. We present a framework for assessing the equity of in-vehicle

The COVID-19 pandemic has a significant impact on daily life, leading to quarantines and essential travel restrictions worldwide in an effort to curb the virus's spread. Despite the potential importance of essential travel, research on changes in travel patterns during the pandemic has been limited, and the concept of essential travel has not been fully explored. This paper aims to address this gap

The 15-minute city – providing every resident's daily needs within a 15-minute walk, cycle or public transportation ride – has recently gained popularity among policy makers as a means for a more sustainable and just future. While the goal of a more equitable and sustainable city is laudable, we note that half of the world's population (still) lives in non-urban areas and thus seek to explore how the

Low-income residents are often reliant on public transit for daily travel. In North American cities, they have also historically concentrated in centrally located neighbourhoods with relatively higher levels of transit accessibility. However, during the late 20th and early 21st century, regions have witnessed trends of inner-city neighbourhood change and gentrification and the suburbanization of poverty

Balancing jobs and housing (JH) can induce sustainable travel behavior, reducing dependence on private cars for commuting. Many studies have explored the possibility of either the multi-scale of place or the multi-level of people for examining the impact of JH balancing on sustainable commuting behavior. However, limited studies have focused on both the impact of the combined probability of mode choice

With advanced policy and technology support, driverless cars are expected to be a reality on Australian roads in next 5–10 years. The pace at which driverless cars emerge as a mainstream travel mode greatly depends on public adoption and acceptance; this is likely to be based on multiple factors. The impact these factors may have on various adoption time horizons, however, is rarely discussed in contemporary

The transport sector accounts for more than one-fifth of global CO2 emissions. Reducing fossil fuel consumption and travel-related CO2 emissions (TCE) is a major approach to mitigating global climate change. Urban planners worldwide propose to promote low-carbon travel by changing the built environment. Therefore, understanding the relationships between built environment variables and TCE is key to

Building on Blumenberg and Agrawal's (2014) study of the transportation survival strategies employed by low-income people, this study finds that not only do transit disadvantaged individuals employ adaptive strategies for living without reliable personal transportation, but that these strategies may work to reinforce their social exclusion and marginalization, locking them out of opportunities that