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A comparative analysis of mobile phone data and travel surveys in understanding travel behaviour

  • Open Access

This study evaluates the comparability of aggregated mobile phone data (MPD) derived from passive network signalling events and traditional travel survey data for urban transport planning, using the province of Liège as a case study. Our analysis …

Public transport market segmentation based on space-behavior analysis

The objective of this research is to better understand the heterogeneity of passengers' travel behavior and their spatial locations, which can be used to optimize public transport network structure. Based on individual passenger’s space-behavior …

Modeling activity capacity of multimodal transportation network: a bi-level optimization framework with land use constraints

Urban residents’ activity-travel demands exhibit continuous enrichment and diversification, necessitating urgent evaluations of urban facility and resource supply adequacy and sustainability. Within urban planning and management, capacity is a key …

Can the environmental policies of transport and logistics enhance their economic viability?

Transport and logistics organisations have been struggling to find practical and effective ways to achieve net-zero carbon. Multiple environmental policies that could help them do so have been proposed, but their impacts on the economic viability …

The impact of migration background and ethnicity on car, bus and bicycle use in England

  • Open Access

People with a migration background and/or who belong to ethnic minorities tend to have different travel behaviour, mainly in terms of lower car use. A better understanding of this nexus is needed, yet there is a lack of quantitative studies on …

Dynamic user optimal simultaneous departure time and route choice with inflow, outflow, and density constraints

The constraints on link density and link inflow/outflow must be included in modeling the dynamic user optimal simultaneous departure time and route choice problem (DUO-SDTRC) to be consistent with the reality. However, the research on the …

Travel time prediction: unveiling the impact of spatio-temporal features on trip duration with eXplainable AI

Leveraging travel time data is essential for various applications such as ride sharing, traffic management, and traffic accident detection. Despite significant advancements in travel time forecasting, selecting the most appropriate prediction …

Evaluating pre-travel decision making under snowy weather for commuting trips

  • Open Access

Traveling in inclement winter weather is challenging due to reduced mobility and increased travel risks. It is essential to aid commuters in making adequate pre-travel decisions under such conditions by providing real-time information on road and …

Melbourne’s parking dynamics and traffic flow: a dataset for microscopic agent-based simulation

Private vehicles park 95% of the time, prompting urban planners and policymakers to implement policies to manage parking supply and demand in city centres efficiently. Understanding the parking dynamics and its correlation with traffic flow is …

Exploring the spatial heterogeneity of micro-mobility ownership based on the geographically weighted Poisson regression model: an empirical study from a small and medium-sized plain city

Micro-mobility contributes to the transformation of car-centric urban transport systems. Few studies have focused on micro-mobility ownership, a non-negligible indicator for understanding the popularity and development of micro-mobility. Using …

Mobility variability of favela residents of São Paulo based on mobile phone data

Analyzing intrapersonal variability in mobility patterns (i.e., how individuals’ daily travel behaviors, such as destination and route choice, change over time) requires multi-day datasets, which are not commonly available for transportation …

Classification of urban freight activity patterns via heavy truck flow data

The freight system serves as the fundamental support for urban logistics, in which heavy trucks constitute the majority of the flow of goods. Hence, the flow of heavy trucks can be regarded as a proxy for analyzing dominant freight activities …

Standards of fairness in the transportation literature

This work provides a synthesis of how transportation fairness, justice and equity academic literature has defined and operationalized standards. We first clarify the key concepts of fairness, equity, justice and standards, and introduce a flexible …

How do app users select a free-floating bicycle? A stated preference survey investigating choice behaviour using generated screenshots

  • Open Access

Since 2015, free-floating bicycle schemes have been flourishing worldwide due to their easy booking and mobile payment systems. Despite numerous publications, there remains a significant gap in understanding how app users select their bikes and …

Factors associated with public transport use to school and non-school destinations among adolescents

Even before they can legally drive, the majority of Australian adolescents are car-dependent. Public transport can play an important role in reducing car dependence and increasing independent travel among adolescents. To date, much of the research …

Vehicle trajectory changes on a closed road network due to major renewal works

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Currently, Japan is entering a phase of infrastructure improvement that requires repair of highways and bridges. However, large-scale renewal work that requires long-term road closure is rare. Therefore, this study analyzes the construction …

Evolutionary optimization for neural network-based discrete choice modeling: enhancing stability and efficiency

The integration of theory-driven discrete choice modeling (DCM) with neural networks has demonstrated promising advances in choice behavior analysis, yet existing hybrid approaches face persistent challenges in parameter stability, overfitting …

Estimating the impact of new rail station openings on through-passenger demand: a difference-in-differences approach

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When a new rail station is built on an existing line, it causes an increase in in-vehicle time – typically, between 2 and 4 min – for all existing trips that now stop at the new station. To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first to …

Who travels more and longer in Switzerland? Insights into mode choice, daily travel time, and trip frequency from GPS-based data

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Understanding the relationship between socio-economic factors and travel behavior is crucial for developing sustainable and inclusive transportation policies. This study analyzes mode choice, daily trip frequency, and daily travel time in …

Shifts in shopping trips and multicategory interactions post COVID-19

This study examines shifts in shopping activity patterns among grocery and non-grocery purchasers in Nagpur, India, by comparing pre- and post-COVID-19 scenarios. Using descriptive statistics and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) on 1,546 …