This study investigates the influence of transport infrastructure, income inequality, information and communication technology on transport-oriented household expenditures. For this purpose, we chose the data set period from 1997 to 2021 for the …
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Zahid Hussain, Chunhui Huo, Jabbar Ul-Haq, Hubert Visas, Muhammad Umair
Micro-mobility transport modes like e-bikes and e-scooters promise higher flexibility when covering the first/last mile trip from/to the public transport stop/station to the destination point and vice-versa. However, safety concerns about riding a …
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Panagiotis G. Tzouras, Valentina Pastia, Ioannis Kaparias, Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou
The demand for public transport by tourists increases significantly in tourist-attractive destinations. This is in addition to regular passengers commuting to school and work. The level of irregular demand is influenced by several factors related …
In making daily commuting trips, a part of travelers, which are called captive travelers, rely on one transport mode due to a lack of access or affordability to other transport modes. To account for the effect of such captive travelers on network …
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Guangchao Wang, Defeng Song, Hang Qi, Juanhua Zhou, Zhengbing He
The COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented global crisis that has impacted virtually everyone. We conducted a nationwide online longitudinal survey in the United States to collect information about the shifts in travel-related behavior and …
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R. S. Chauhan, M. Bhagat-Conway, T. B. Magassy, N. Corcoran, E. Rahimi, A. Dirks, R. M. Pendyala, A. Mohammadian, S. Derrible, D. Salon
Smooth cycling can improve the competitiveness of bicycles. Understanding cycling speed variation during a trip reveals the infrastructure or situations which promote or prevent smooth cycling. However, research on this topic is still limited.
This paper investigates factors affecting people’s preferences for shared micromobility when autonomous technology is available. Using combined stated and revealed preference data from an online choice experiment, focusing on vehicle availability …
Under the increasingly prosperous nighttime economy, it is necessary to develop an operation extension strategy to optimize last train connections to improve urban rail transit service levels. A novel MILP model is proposed that aims to optimize …
Urban road traffic congestion remains challenging due to global urbanisation and has caused travel delays, energy consumption, and detrimental emissions. Therefore, exploring the potential dominant factors associated with traffic congestion …
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Yan Shi, Da Wang, Baoju Liu, Min Deng, Bingrong Chen
The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, specifically identified as B.1.617.2, is responsible for the severe outbreaks witnessed globally, including in various countries and cities, with Sydney Greater Metropolitan Area (Sydney GMA) being no exception.
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Maliheh Tabasi, Ali Najmi, Eric J. Miller, C. Raina MacIntyre, Taha H. Rashidi
Since 2017, cities across the US have introduced shared e-scooter sharing programs that often co-exist with docked bikeshare services. Previous research has compared e-scooter and bikeshare service geographies and travel patterns, but few studies …
Taking learning into account when modelling passengers’ route choice behaviour improves understanding and forecasting of their preferences, which helps stakeholders better design public transport systems to meet user needs. Most empirical studies …
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Jacqueline Arriagada, C. Angelo Guevara, Marcela Munizaga, Song Gao
In the context of increasing urgency and interest in the need to reduce private car dependence, it is surprising that we know very little about people who choose to live without cars. This is particularly so for those living through life-stages …
Studies have shown that sociodemographic attributes significantly influence individuals' transportation choices. However, not all travel demand models do not account for this effect when predicting future travel scenarios. On the other hand …
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Mohamad Ali Khalil, Mahmudur Rahman Fatmi, Muntahith Orvin
Post-secondary students are a segment of the population whose activity-travel behaviour is not well understood. In particular, there is a relative dearth of studies that have examined the determinants of behaviours related to participation in …
While much research has explored the determinants of car ownership, there is little understanding of these factors in the context of apartment households, where off-street car parking provision is frequently stipulated by planning requirements and …
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Chris De Gruyter, Long T. Truong, Gerard de Jong, Sarah Foster
Transportation research has benefited from GPS tracking devices since a higher volume of data can be acquired. Trip information such as travel speed, time, and most visited locations can be easily extracted from raw GPS tracking data. However …
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Paria Sadeghian, Arman Golshan, Mia Xiaoyun Zhao, Johan Håkansson
Promoting social inclusion through facilitating the participation in social and economic activities is a central goal of land-use and transport planning. This study examines the relationship between activity participation and experiences of …
This study aims to investigate people’s behavior toward mobility system by identifying the factors contributing to car dependence in the city. Understanding whether people can change their behavior and shift toward sustainable modes is essential …