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Older adults’ perceptions and behaviors on driving: A mixed method study Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 Juana Perez, Mohammad Hossein Rashidi, Jobaidul Alam Boni, Kate Hyun, Bahareh Farrokhi, Seri Park
Understanding older adults' driving behavior based on their personal assessment, along with challenges they encounter when driving will support community leaders and policymakers to develop effective supportive strategies for their safety on the road. This study uses a mixed methodology approach, including a survey and an interview to examine older drivers' perceptions and concerns regarding their
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The deeper and wider social impacts of transportation infrastructure: From travel experience to sense of place and academic performance Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Ho-Yin Chan, Yingying Xu, Zhuowei Wang, Anthony Chen
Traditional transportation planning emphasized the direct economic benefits of transportation infrastructure. While there is a growing awareness of the environmental consequences, social impacts are frequently overlooked due to methodological complexities and political neglect. Although existing literature acknowledges the existence of transportation-related social exclusion, it primarily concentrates
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Voyage charterparty arrangement for river tramp shipping: Green and traditional vessels comparison Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 De-Chang Li, Hua-Long Yang
Voyage charterparty arrangement (VCA) for river shipping is a common agreement between a shipowner and a charterer regarding the transportation of specific cargoes from one port to another via a tramp vessel. Optimizing VCA with the essential terms such as laytime and sailing speed of the vessel, is a crucial task for both parties to reduce potential disputes and achieve win-win outcomes. This paper
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“How much should public transport services be expanded, and who should pay? Experimental evidence from Switzerland” Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Florian Lichtin, E. Keith Smith, Kay W. Axhausen, Thomas Bernauer
The twin challenge of increasing capacity to accommodate growing travel demand while simultaneously decarbonizing the transport sector places enormous pressure on public transport (PT) systems globally. Arguably the most fundamental policy choice and trade-off in designing and operating PT systems in the coming years will be service levels versus cost implications. On the presumption that public (citizen
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Impact of high-speed railway network improvement on consumption synergy in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Wenliang Ma, Huiwen Gao
This paper investigates the impact of high-speed rail (HSR) network improvement on the consumption synergy of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region by using the panel data of 13 prefectural-level cities from 2006 to 2021. The results show that: (1) The improvement of the HSR network in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has a significant positive impact on raising overall regional consumption levels. (2)
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Uncovering merchants’ willingness to wait in on-demand food delivery markets Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Jian Liang, Ya Zhao, Hai Wang, Zuopeng Xiao, Jintao Ke
While traditional on-demand food delivery services help restaurants reach more customers and enable doorstep deliveries, they also come with drawbacks, such as high commission fees and limited control over the delivery process. White-label food delivery services have emerged as an alternative, ready-to-use platform for restaurants to arrange delivery for customer orders received through their applications
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Air travel during times of crisis: The role of social preferences and uncertainty Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Laingo M. Randrianarisoa
This paper investigates the role of social preferences and uncertainty for air travel demand, by linking experimentally validated measures of social preferences and uncertainty index to passenger data for 36 European countries from 2019 to 2022. The empirical analysis separates the effects of government restrictions from that of social preferences, while considering the impact of uncertainty surrounding
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Exploring the role of configurational accessibility of alleyways on facilitating wayfinding transportation within the organic street network systems Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Reza Askarizad, Patxi José Lamíquiz Daudén, Chiara Garau
Despite the significant role of alleyways in urban spatial configuration and accessibility as critical structures of urban infrastructure, there remains a noticeable gap in understanding their specific role in urban transportation policies. The main aim of the present study is to investigate the role of configurational accessibility of alleyways in facilitating wayfinding within organic street network
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The effect of carbon quota allocation methods on maritime supply chain emission reduction Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Tingsong Wang, Zehua Wu, Peiyue Cheng, Yadong Wang
In September 2020, the European Parliament decided to include the CO2 emitted on the all intra-European and 50% of extra-European voyages in the European Union Emission Trading System (EU-ETS) starting from 2022, in order to reduce the CO2 emission. With the implementation of EU-ETS, the maritime supply chain will inevitably be significantly affected. Different carbon quota allocations in ETS have
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Conceptualising trust and collaboration among stakeholders in MaaS ecosystems Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Thiranjaya B. Kandanaarachchi, John D. Nelson, Chinh Q. Ho
Understanding the factors that facilitate trust and collaboration in Mobility as a Service (MaaS) ecosystems is crucial to the effective delivery of a MaaS scheme given the involvement of both public and private stakeholders. This paper presents the findings of a study investigating the factors that build trust and collaboration among the stakeholders in a MaaS ecosystem and provides insights into
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A review on research regarding HSR interactions with air transport and outlook for future research challenges Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Xiaoqian Sun, Changhong Zheng, Jiachang Li, Changmin Jiang, Anming Zhang, Sebastian Wandelt
The interactions between high-speed rail (HSR) and air transportation systems constitute a complex, evolving integral component of our modern transportation landscape. Over recent decades, changes in travel patterns and growing environmental concerns, spurred by advancements in railway technology, have significantly influenced the dynamics of these two transportation modes. While previous reviews on
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Opinions matter: Contrasting perceptions of major public transit projects in Montréal, Canada Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Lancelot Rodrigue, Aryana Soliz, Kevin Manaugh, Yan Kestens, Ahmed El-Geneidy
Public opinion has been identified as one of the main drivers of political action in support of sustainable-transport transitions, making it essential to understand when aiming for effective transport policy. Drawing from both quantitative and qualitative data from the 2021 Montréal Mobility Survey, this paper analyzes public perceptions towards two transport projects—a light-rail transit (LRT) and
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Examining the influence mechanisms of gateway ports on inland ports in the context of Port regionalization - A case study of the Yangtze River Port system Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Zhen Wu
This study examines the influence of gateway seaports on inland ports within a river port system, focusing on the Yangtze River port system as a case study. The research initially employs a fixed-effects panel model to confirm the overall positive impact of Shanghai Port on Yangtze River inland ports. Subsequently, using Panel data model with individual-specific slopes, this study reveal that Shanghai
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A national survey and roadmap on complete streets infrastructure asset management policy Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-13 April Gadsby, Ronald Knezevich, Pingzhou Lucas Yu, Yichang James Tsai, John Harvey
Complete Streets are being implemented across the US, and transportation agencies need to incorporate them into asset management systems cost-effectively maintain functionality. Although there has been a range of progress at the state level, many gaps need to be filled to include Complete Streets in asset management policies and improve practices, and there is no national guidance or comprehensive
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Ship deployment problem with green technology adoption for an inland river carrier under non-identical streamflow and speed limits Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-10 Shuai Shao, Min Xu, Zhijia Tan, Lu Zhen
The maritime industry is currently experiencing a shift towards green corridors. The inland waterway is the main transportation corridor with a relatively low adoption of green technologies, which produces heavy air pollution in inland cities. This paper investigates the ship deployment problem for an inland river carrier considering the adoption of green fuel and green technologies for a given ship
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Limited impact of roadway construction and traffic congestion on nearby housing prices Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Lena Harris, Max Harleman, Mary D. Willis, Perry Hystad, Elaine L. Hill
Constructing new roads and upgrading existing roads are two common approaches to address congestion caused by increasing traffic volumes. But they can also impact local communities if roads are built through neighborhoods or existing roads and intersections are widened and placed closer to nearby homes. In this paper, we estimate how local communities are impacted by these changes using data on housing
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Affordable transportation access to treatment for opioid use disorder Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-05 Nicole S. Ngo, Krishna Anand
Transportation is a key barrier for accessing healthcare services. This is particularly concerning for the millions suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD) since treatment for OUD can require in-person visits daily or a few times a week. To better understand how public transit influences access to treatment for OUD, we observe distances among opioid treatment programs (OTPs), buprenorphine providers
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Vaccination and transportation intervention strategies for effective pandemic control Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Yang Liu, Kashin Sugishita, Shinya Hanaoka
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the pivotal role of transportation-related controls and vaccination in mitigating widespread infections. However, the substantial costs associated with these interventions necessitate a nuanced equilibrium between control measures and infection risks. This study, driven by the recognition of spatial heterogeneities in mobility networks and epidemic vulnerability, presents
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Urban passenger-and-package sharing transportation by e-hailing taxis: A simulation-based pricing analysis in shanghai Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-27 Yuxiong Ji, Minhang Zhou, Yujing Zheng, Yu Shen, Yuchuan Du
This study proposes a framework of an urban passenger-and-package sharing (PPS) system that utilizes e-hailing taxis to transport packages in addition to passengers. We examine the interactions between stakeholders and highlight the role of the pricing strategy in the system, including passenger fare discounts and driver incentives for PPS trips. Higher discounts and incentives stimulate more passengers
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Practitioner views on transport planning's evolution – A Sisyphean task still ahead? Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Daniela Paddeu, Glenn Lyons, Kiron Chatterjee, Thomas Calvert
Transport planning as a formalised profession is relatively young and there is no doubt it has evolved over time. In Europe, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans reflect a change in emphasis from keeping traffic moving to place-based, people-centric planning. Three new developments of significance present themselves to contemporary transport planning: the collision and merging of the digital age with the
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An empirical study on electric vehicle adoption in India: A step towards a greener environment Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Monika Jain, Archana Singh
The Indian automobile industry is witnessing a paradigm shift from fossil fuel to green energy. The current study employs an extended version of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to investigate the impact of attitudes, green nudges and perceived behavioural control on the behavioural intention (BI) for adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) by Indian consumers. Environmental concern is also added
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Assessing the spatial transferability of mode choice models: A case of shared electric mobility hubs (eHUBS) in Amsterdam and Manchester Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Kuldeep Kavta, Gustav Bösehans, Margaret Carol Bell, Fanchao Liao, Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia, Dilum Dissanayake
Electric mobility hubs (eHUBS) represent an innovative approach to providing diverse shared electric transportation options, aimed at curbing private car use, and mitigating associated environmental impacts. Assessing the impact of eHUBS on travel choices across different cities requires significant resource and time investment due to the need for localized data collection and model development. This
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An analysis of intermodal competition and multiproduct Incumbent's strategies in the French market: What drive high-speed trains' prices and frequencies? Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Thierry Blayac, Patrice Bougette, Florent Laroche
This paper presents an empirical analysis that examines the factors influencing service prices and frequencies of conventional high-speed trains (HSTs) in France. The study utilizes original data spanning from September 2019 to March 2020, focusing on the level of intermodal competition and the diversification strategy employed by the primary rail operator. The primary findings of the econometric analysis
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Price impact of high-speed rail competition between multiple full-service and low-cost operators on less congested corridors in Spain Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Claudio Brenna
The Spanish passenger railway market saw the entrance of two competitors in 2022–2023: the full-service operator Iryo and the low-cost operator Ouigo. Using a unique dataset of Spanish ticket price collected throughout an entire year and the Diff-In-Diff method, this paper investigates the impact on incumbent's prices of newcomers' entrance on the less congested corridors Madrid - Alicante and Madrid
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Port efficiency types and perspectives: A literature review Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-14 Jing Zhang, Dong Yang, Meifeng Luo
Port efficiency has different meanings for various stakeholders. This paper examines the existing studies on the efficiency types and analysis perspectives. Most studies focused on traditional port efficiencies (i.e., the technical, allocative and economic efficiency). Some extended these traditional types by considering ships’ time in port and the negative environmental impacts. The majority of studies
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Critical success factors for the adoption of AVs in sustainable urban transportation Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-14 Navid Zarbakhshnia, Zhenliang Ma
Before integrating Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) into transportation systems, it's important to evaluate various aspects to facilitate their adoption. Numerous factors are likely to be crucial in this process. This research investigates the critical success factors influencing the adoption of AVs in sustainable urban transportation through a hybrid fuzzy Multiple-Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) approach
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Airline competition in Indonesian domestic market: Airline-within-airline strategies and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-14 Weicheng Wang, Xiangru Wu, Xiaowen Fu, Kun Wang
This study investigates the competition among four carriers from two major airline groups in Indonesia, namely Indonesia group (Garuda Indonesia and Citilink of Garuda), and Lion Air group (Lion Air and Batik Air). An airline route choice econometric model in the spirit of Probit model is constructed and estimated to shed light on the interactions of the four airlines of these two groups. Specifically
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Impact of an eHighway on the directly emitted greenhouse gases by road freight transport Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Ferdinand Schöpp, Özgür Öztürk, Jürgen Wilke, Regina Linke, Eva Kaßens-Noor
German legislation sets forth that anthropogenic greenhouse gases must be net-zero from 2045 onward (KSG, 2019). In contrast, road freight transport is projected to grow significantly (BMVBS, 2008; BMVI, 2021). If sustainable solutions for road freight transport are not implemented swiftly, Germany will not be able to meet its climate protection targets. This study analyzes the potential of the eHighway
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Mitigating airborne infection risks in public transportation: A systematic review Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Saeed Jaydarifard, Lidia Morawska, Alexander Paz
Airborne infections pose significant challenges to public transportation systems which can result in significant decline in ridership levels and financial stress for operators. This systematic review presents a comprehensive overview of measures and strategies employed by ground public transportation agencies to protect passengers and staff while ensuring the uninterrupted operation. This study also
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Impact of information provision on tsunami evacuation behavior of residents and international tourists in Japan Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Sunkyung Choi, Rajali Maharjan, Tran Thi Nhat Hong, Shinya Hanaoka
Effective disaster management can help mitigate both human and financial damage. However, the absence of appropriate disaster preparedness and management efforts can increase the vulnerability of international tourists to natural disasters. International tourists differ from residents and local tourists in various ways, including limited knowledge of disasters and disaster responses, use of different
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Driving A-loan: Automobile debt, neighborhood race, and the COVID-19 pandemic Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-08 Evelyn Blumenberg, Fariba Siddiq, Samuel Speroni, Jacob L. Wasserman
COVID-19 altered travel patterns in the U.S. Studies have analyzed the effect of the pandemic on travel mode, including working from home, but few have focused on automobile ownership—a relationship with potentially long-term consequences for accessibility, household budgets and debt, and policy efforts to meet climate goals.
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Sustainable Mobility Guarantee: Developing the concept from a transport planning perspective Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 Takeru Shibayama, Barbara Laa
In this paper, we develop the concept of a “Sustainable Mobility Guarantee”. We first review existing “Mobility Guarantees”, which are rather motivated by socioeconomic interests than environmental sustainability and classify them. Based on this assessment, we define a Sustainable Mobility Guarantee, which extends existing approaches with environmental interests. It is an emerging concept in policymaking
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Integrating Non-CO2 climate impact considerations in air traffic management: Opportunities and challenges Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 Fateme Baneshi, María Cerezo-Magaña, Manuel Soler
This study investigates the potential for mitigating the non-CO climate impact induced by air traffic operations at the network scale. Due to the spatiotemporal dependency of non-CO climate impact, aircraft trajectory planning emerges as an operational strategy to mitigate their corresponding effects. However, trajectory planning without considering the interactions between flights is inadequate when
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IMPReSS: A comprehensive method to classify MaaS systems Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 Mauricio Orozco-Fontalvo, André Soares Lopes, David Vale, Filipe Moura
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) has the potential to improve urban mobility by reducing car ownership and promoting multimodal transport through a single mobility app that provides trip planners, booking, ticketing, and payment for different modes and bundles. However, not all existing MaaS (or potential MaaS) systems provide a fully integrated system. Several authors have proposed different methodologies
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Spatial effects of carbon pricing on transport equity Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Stephan Keuchel, David Lohrmann
There is an ongoing process that greenhouse gas emissions of transport will be incorporated in the European Emissions Trading System. The cap-and-trade approach will result in substantial price increases for fossil fuels which will affect affordability of the transport systems. Within this paper the regressive effect on car-owning households is described in different area categories of the urban and
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Exploring reference-dependency in route switching behavior on intercity travel: Endowment effect and disparities between willingness to pay and willingness to accept Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Sunghoon Jang, Doosun Hong, Yeonwoo Jung, Chungwon Lee
This study explores asymmetric preferences in route switching behavior on intercity travel. A reference-dependent travel choice model reflecting the endowment effect is empirically compared with the classical symmetric travel choice model to investigate the significance of the reference-dependency. Based on the application to stated preference data, our results reveal that the reference-dependent travel
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Airline stock market performance and political relations: A cross-quantilogram analysis of Chinese and US carriers Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Yifei Cai, Yahua Zhang, Yanrui Wu, Tsangyao Chang
This study focuses on examining the quantile dependence and directional predictability between airline stock returns and various political variables, including the US-China political relations, geopolitical risks, and partisan conflicts. To achieve these goals, a novel cross-quantilogram method is employed. The findings reveal that directional predictability is more pronounced when airline stock returns
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Regulatory compliance and operational efficiency in maritime transport: Strategies and insights Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Seongbeom Park, Hyunju Lee, Dowon Kim
In recent years, with increasing maritime trade, the shipping industry has faced the challenge of mitigating escalating greenhouse gas emissions. This study investigates the cost mitigation strategies of shipping companies in response to three key regulations: the Carbon Intensity Indicator, the EU Emissions Trading System, and the FuelEU Maritime regulation. By proposing optimal speeds for container
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Charging infrastructure assessment for shared autonomous electric vehicles in 374 small and medium-sized urban areas: An agent-based simulation approach Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Zihe Zhang, Jun Liu, Javier Pena Bastidas, Steven Jones
This research examines the use of Shared Autonomous Electric Vehicles (SAEVs) in 374 U.S. small and medium-sized urban areas, focusing on fleet and infrastructure needs through agent-based simulations. It assesses metrics such as fleet size, trips per vehicle, and charging station requirements, considering two charger types: Level 2 and Level 3. The findings show significant spatial differences in
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Spatial analysis of geographical disparities in pedestrian safety Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 Jinli Liu, Subasish Das, F. Benjamin Zhan, Md Nasim Khan
Investigating pedestrian safety disparities across sociodemographic groups is essential for enhancing traffic safety. This study examines the impact of sociodemographic and built environment characteristics on pedestrian crashes. It introduces a comprehensive macro spatial analysis framework that includes a global regression model, spatial autoregressive models, and a local spatial regression model
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Potential-based dynamic parking navigation for autonomous vehicles: Near-priority vs. distant-priority Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 Xiao-Shan Lu, Ren-Yong Guo, Hai-Jun Huang, Heng Ding
We aim to enhance the parking efficiency for a group of autonomous vehicles in a large parking lot during peak hours. Two parking principles, i.e. the near-priority (NP) and distant-priority (DP) principles, are proposed and quantitatively examined. The NP principle characterizes individual parking behavior, where autonomous vehicles tend to select available parking spaces that are closer in proximity
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Integrating environmental issues into the design of mobility plans: Insights from French practices Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 Julien Baltazar, Ghada Bouillass, Flore Vallet, Jakob Puchinger, Nicolas Perry
Local authorities have a strategic role in mitigating the environmental impacts of the transport sector. However, they struggle to integrate environmental issues into their decision-making processes, especially planning. In the European context of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan approach and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs), this paper scrutinises three French localities to determine
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Disentangling policy and structural effects on car-ownership for car-owning and carless US households during and after the COVID-19 pandemic Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-22 Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah
This research analyzed car-ownership in the US during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, by utilizing a nationally representative household survey spanning from January 2020 to March 2022. Using a multilevel Hurdle model with month and state random effects, vehicle ownership trends are separately modeled for car-owning and carless households within the same modeling framework, while accounting for endogeneity
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A method for evaluating the functional hierarchy of road networks Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-22 Toshihiro Sekihara, Yuji Kakimoto, Hideki Nakamura, Miho Iryo, Xin Zhang
In Japan, the mobility functions of principal arterial roads are hindered by lined-up roadside facilities and densely located signalized intersections. As one of the solutions, it is necessary to consider a functional hierarchy of road networks, based on the structure and traffic operations of each road. The purpose of this study was to propose an index to evaluate the degree to which the road network
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How to apply the four-step model for 150,000 travel zones: The HIPAT model Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Jan Ihrig, Patrick Jochem, Eckhard Szimba
Current European transport demand models following the classical four-step approach are less suitable for analysing the traffic volumes on inter-regional road infrastructure with relevant demand of regional trips, as they consider only about 10% of the trip demand with passenger cars. Mainly due to runtime problems, these models are limited to operation at the NUTS-3 level. This level comprises around
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Exploring the potential for unbundling off-street car parking in residential apartment buildings Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-20 Chris De Gruyter, Andrew Butt, Liam Davies
Unbundled residential off-street car parking, where spaces are purchased or rented separately to housing, has been shown to reduce car ownership and use, and improve housing affordability. However, there is little understanding of the potential for unbundling parking in the context of residential apartment buildings, including the characteristics of apartment residents who are receptive to unbundling
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Who is more likely to buy electric vehicles? Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Hamed Naseri, E.O.D. Waygood, Zachary Patterson, Bobin Wang
To promote electric vehicles, it is vital to know what impacts the preferences for electric vehicles over conventional fuel-based cars. To address this, a discrete choice experiment is developed and integrated into a survey. An online survey was conducted in Canada with 2062 valid responses. Different labels are designed for the survey to determine the most effective GHG information framing to increase
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The New Norm, a reality or a fiction? A longitudinal passenger satisfaction study on the persisting effects of COVID-19 Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Mohammad Amin Aghighi Bakhshayesh, Mahmoud Mesbah, Meeghat Habibian, Kian Latifi
The concept of the "new norm" implies a shift in societal behavior, and the COVID-19 pandemic is suspected to have long-term effects on customer perceptions of public transportation service factors such as crowdedness and cleanliness as mentioned in the literature. To assess the existence of a new norm in passenger behavior, a six-wave longitudinal customer satisfaction survey was conducted, comprising
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A case for race and space in auto ownership modeling: A Los Angeles County study Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-12 Tat Srisan, Tierra Bills
Auto ownership behavior is driven by complex relationships that can vary dramatically across different traveler groups and communities. Differences in auto ownership among racial groups have been of particular interest, given ongoing efforts to advance equity in transportation outcomes. There are a number of studies documenting racial disparities in auto ownership associated with racial and ethnic
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Are there safe cycleways for school travel? Where are more cycleways needed? Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-12 Sunhyung Yoo, Jinwoo Lee
The study aims to develop an analytical framework for assessing cycling infrastructure from adolescents' safety perspectives, facilitating the prioritisation of areas based on effectiveness and existing conditions. Through an online survey (n = 323), we explored the perceived safety of Australian adolescents with different types of cycling lanes. The majority of survey participants prefer physically
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Transit to parks initiatives in the U.S. and Canada: Practitioners’ perspectives Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-12 Yiyang Wang, Alessandro Rigolon, Keunhyun Park
As large open spaces, such as national and regional parks, have become popular as recreational destinations, car dependency to access those open spaces has created capacity challenges. Due to these issues, transit-to-parks (T2P) initiatives—public transportation services connecting populated areas to large parks—have gained global traction. Limited research has examined these sustainability initiatives
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Risk assessment of achieving greenhouse gas emission reduction target in the maritime industry Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Yuwan Li, Kum Fai Yuen, Yusheng Zhou
To mitigate climate change, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has mandated a 50% reduction in shipping-related greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 compared to 2018. While short-term measures are agreed, several barriers remain in achieving this emission reduction target. Existing research only focuses on specific scenarios and ignores comprehensive risks that influence the target realization
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How do German cities translate global sustainability visions into local mobility planning? A quantitative analysis of planners' perspectives and priorities Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Jonas Krombach, Juan Nicolas Gonzalez, Rico Wittwer, Stefan Hubrich, Florian Baumgart, Regine Gerike
Sustainable development has been the guiding political principle worldwide since the adoption of the UN SDGs in 2015. Transport is of highest relevance for meeting this ambition; it enables people to move to destinations to meet their needs, and it causes substantial negative effects in the social, economic, and environmental dimensions. Cities are of highest relevance for transport because of their
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Durability of decisions explained by actor-strategies in games: A multiple case study analysis Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Femke Bekius, Vincent de Kwaasteniet, Geert Teisman
Public decision-making contains several decisions taken by multiple actors intended to lead to collective gains. The impact of these decisions varies over time. This paper presents a novel approach to explain the durability, i.e., impact, of decisions in relation to strategies performed by actors involved in infrastructure development projects. The concept of durability is operationalised in terms
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Shedding light on cycling in the dark: Some evidence from Flanders (Belgium) Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Caroline Beckers, Corneel Casier, Frank Witlox
Darkness is a barrier to cycling because the risk of an accident is higher and the feeling of social safety is lower. Factors influencing the choice to cycle (e.g., socio-demographic factors) have already been studied extensively, but rarely in relation to darkness. To implement strategies for increasing bicycle use (also when it is dark), we need to know what decision factors play a role for people
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Risk mitigation in urban bus concession contracts: Overcoming uncertainties with a real options model Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-30 Gabriel Stumpf, Rui Cunha Marques, R. Richard Geddes, Rafael Igrejas da Silva
In this paper, we analyzed a risk-sharing mechanism that can be used in urban bus public service contracts (PSC) to deal with demand uncertainty in the upcoming years. This mechanism is similar to a collar option: an MRG (Minimum Revenue Guarantee) combined with a revenue cap. We applied this mechanism to a case study, the Lisbon Metro Area bus contracts. We compared the chosen model (a gross cost
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Sustainable pathways for mitigating externalities in long-distance terrestrial transport Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Federico Cavallaro, Carlo Costa, Ilaria De Biasi, Alberto Fabio, Silvio Nocera
International agreements and European policies emphasise the necessity to reduce transport externalities, particularly by focusing on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This reduction should align with improved accessibility to major urban areas, which is a goal explicitly associated with the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). However, the correlation between these two objectives is not necessarily
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Evaluating alternative fuels for a bus fleet: An Italian case Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Fabio Borghetti, Martina Carra, Carlotta Besson, Elisabetta Matarrese, Roberto Maja, Benedetto Barabino
A current topic that has surfaced among Public Transport Companies (PTCs) is the selection of alternative fuels for their bus fleets. Both European and Italian regulations are pushing toward abandoning diesel fuel and the consolidation of alternative traction power sources, such as battery-electric vehicles, fuel-cell electric vehicles, and hydrogen-electric vehicles. The literature has provided some
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On ferry users’ willingness to pay for improving environmental quality: A case study for the Canary Islands Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Salvador del Saz-Salazar, Beatriz Tovar
This study, using a contingent valuation framework, provides an initial assessment of the environmental benefits derived from the hypothetical adoption of a low-carbon fuel path, and onshore power supply, by the ferry sector in the Canary Islands in compliance with the FuelEU Maritime Initiative. To this end, a sample of 502 respondents was asked about their willingness to pay (WTP) for the increase
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Is customized bus service for commuter segments the need of the hour? An integrated IPA-machine learning framework to redefine commuter segments based on quality expectations Transp. Policy (IF 6.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-23 Munavar Fairooz Cheranchery, Fathima Ansari, Mubarak Ali
Bus service in emerging countries faces significant challenges such as inferior quality, limited appeal, and declining ridership, which is further aggravated with increased affordability of commuters. The conventional approach of providing a standardized service to all commuters has proven ineffective due to the diverse perception and requirements of commuters. Unlike traditional approaches that categorize