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23.04.2024

Estimating the effects of income inequality, information communication technology, and transport infrastructure on transport-oriented household expenditures

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 …

verfasst von:
Zahid Hussain, Chunhui Huo, Jabbar Ul-Haq, Hubert Visas, Muhammad Umair

Open Access 13.04.2024

Exploring the effect of perceived safety in first/last mile mode choices

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 …

verfasst von:
Panagiotis G. Tzouras, Valentina Pastia, Ioannis Kaparias, Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou

Open Access 13.04.2024

Determinants of irregular demand for regional rail passenger services – case study of High Tatras in Slovakia

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 …

verfasst von:
Martin Kendra, Oľga Blažeková, Mária Vojteková

08.04.2024

A multi-modal network equilibrium model considering captive travelers and mode correlation

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 …

verfasst von:
Guangchao Wang, Defeng Song, Hang Qi, Juanhua Zhou, Zhengbing He

06.04.2024

COVID Future panel survey: A unique public dataset documenting how U.S. residents’ travel-related choices changed during the COVID-19 pandemic

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 …

verfasst von:
R. S. Chauhan, M. Bhagat-Conway, T. B. Magassy, N. Corcoran, E. Rahimi, A. Dirks, R. M. Pendyala, A. Mohammadian, S. Derrible, D. Salon

Open Access 05.04.2024

Cycling speed variation: a multilevel model of characteristics of cyclists, trips and route tracking points

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.

verfasst von:
Hong Yan, Kees Maat, Bert van Wee

05.04.2024

Bike lanes and ability to summon an autonomous scooter can increase willingness to use micromobility

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 …

verfasst von:
Tianqi Zou, Don MacKenzie

03.04.2024

Operation extension strategy on last train timetables in urban rail transit network: A Pareto optimality-based approach

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 …

verfasst von:
Feng Zhou, Wenyu Wang, Fangsheng Wang, Ruihua Xu

27.03.2024

Exploring the nonlinear relationships between human travel and road traffic congestions using taxi trajectory data

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 …

verfasst von:
Yan Shi, Da Wang, Baoju Liu, Min Deng, Bingrong Chen

Open Access 16.03.2024

Effectiveness of vaccination, travel load, and facemask use control strategies for controlling COVID Delta variant: the case of Sydney Metropolitan Area

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.

verfasst von:
Maliheh Tabasi, Ali Najmi, Eric J. Miller, C. Raina MacIntyre, Taha H. Rashidi

08.03.2024

How shared e-scooter programs affect docked bikeshare ridership in communities of concern: a tale of two cities

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 …

verfasst von:
Si’an Meng, Anne Brown

06.03.2024 | Correction

Correction to: Advances and pitfalls in measuring transportation equityTransportation

verfasst von:
Alex Karner, Rafael H. M. Pereira, Steven Farber

27.02.2024

An experiential learning-based transit route choice model using large-scale smart-card data

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 …

verfasst von:
Jacqueline Arriagada, C. Angelo Guevara, Marcela Munizaga, Song Gao

Open Access 24.02.2024

The car-free journey to, and through, parenthood

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 …

verfasst von:
Jennifer L. Kent

24.02.2024

Developing and microsimulating demographic dynamics for an integrated urban model: a comparison between logistic regression and machine learning techniques

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 …

verfasst von:
Mohamad Ali Khalil, Mahmudur Rahman Fatmi, Muntahith Orvin

24.02.2024

How does public transit serve post-secondary students in Toronto? A utility-based analysis of accessibility by transit for non-mandatory trips

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 …

verfasst von:
Patrick Loa, Khandker Nurul Habib

Open Access 21.02.2024

Determinants of zero-car and car-owning apartment households

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 …

verfasst von:
Chris De Gruyter, Long T. Truong, Gerard de Jong, Sarah Foster

Open Access 19.02.2024

A deep semi-supervised machine learning algorithm for detecting transportation modes based on GPS tracking data

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 …

verfasst von:
Paria Sadeghian, Arman Golshan, Mia Xiaoyun Zhao, Johan Håkansson

Open Access 17.02.2024

Sufficient access? Activity participation, perceived accessibility and transport-related social exclusion across spatial contexts

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 …

verfasst von:
Felix Johan Pot, Eva Heinen, Taede Tillema

12.02.2024

Eastern paradigm of urban mobility: the case of Erbil city, Iraq

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 …

verfasst von:
Hadeel Alsabbagh