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Transit network expansion and accessibility implications A case study of Gwangju metropolitan area, South Korea
Published 2017-01-01Densely populated metropolitan areas require a well-functioning transit system to serve the travel demands in the area. Because of this, transit networks have evolved with the growth of the metropolis and this has entailed ...Conference paper -
Future bus transport contracts under a mobility as a service (MaaS) regime in the digital age: are they likely to change?
Published 2017-01-01The digital age has opened up new opportunities to improve the customer experience in using public transport. Specifically, we see the role of smart technology in the hands of customers as the new rubric to deliver services ...Conference paper -
Accessibility and Social Welfare: A study of the City of Johannesburg
Published 2017-01-01Within the corpus of accessibility measures is the Net Wage After Commute which describes the potential wage earnable less the transport costs incurred to commute to work from a particular location. This paper explores the ...Conference paper -
Public Transport Accessibility Needs Assessment Using Gaming Simulations
Published 2017-01-01Accessibility is a complex measure, defined as the ability to perform activities that are necessary or desired by the users of the system. While being difficult to quantify, it is currently recognised as an important measure ...Conference paper -
Measuring agglomeration in transport system planning: Effective density as a measure in Helsinki Region
Published 2017-01-01This paper aims to create estimates for effective densities in Helsinki Region. The context is the regional transport system, land use and housing planning process, which defines the strategic direction for the region’s ...Conference paper -
Urban Demand Responsive Transport in the Mobility as a Service ecosystem: its role and potential market share
Published 2017-01-01Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is entering the transportation market. MaaS aims at the full integration of the existing transportation services and it offers tailored mobility packages to the user. In MaaS ecosystems, on-demand ...Conference paper -
How does the ride-hailing systems demand affect individual transport regulation?
Published 2017-01-01This paper analyses, on the light of the Brazilian legislation, the individual transport legal issues derived by the entrance of the ride-hailing companies into the market. The legal problem of ridesourcing services revolves ...Conference paper -
Multimodal transportation performance certificates (MTPC) for buildings and neighborhoods – comparing methods for benchmarking the effect of built environment on travel
Published 2017-01-01The ambition in Europe is to create cities with integrated, multimodal transportation systems where it is easy to walk, cycle or use public transportation. There is extensive research on urban form and travel, sustainability ...Conference paper -
Competitive Tendering and Other Forms of Contracting‐Out: Session B: Rail and Public Transport
Published 2017-01-01Conference paper -
Current trends and innovations affecting the potential for a widespread adoption of electric buses - A comparative case study of 22 cities in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe
Published 2017-01-01Electric buses have environmental, economic, and health benefits, which many cities want to achieve by transitioning their fleets. However, the actual worldwide electric bus adoption is geographically uneven and limited ...Conference paper -
Measuring the Impact of Transportation in Quality of Life, Social Support, and Health.
Published 2017-01-01Transportation has a great impact on the evolution of societies, such as the level of communication, exchanges of goods and a great social importance. Through transportation the connection and contact with friends, family, ...Conference paper -
Integrating rail and bus based modes (including BRT) into a user‐relevant transport system
Published 2017-01-01Conference paper -
Competition and substitution between public transport modes
Published 2017-01-01The management and understanding of modal split between public transport (PT) modes is of interest for numerous reasons. It may, for example, be desirable to stimulate passengers to switch from crowded buses and over to ...Conference paper -
The 15th International Conference on Competition and Ownership of Land Passenger Transport (Thredbo 15)
Published 2017-01-01Conference paper -
Implications of ridesourcing and self-driving vehicles on the need for regulation in unscheduled passenger transport
Published 2017-01-01One of the major recent developments in passenger transport is the arrival of large scale ridesourcing services, such as Uber and Lyft. These actors have challenged the definitions of what private and commercial transport ...Conference paper -
The Thredbo story: a journey of competition and ownership in land passenger transport
Published 2017-01-01This is a companion paper to Bray, Hensher, and Wong (2017), reviewing developments in public transport institutional reform, contract design and implementation over the past 30 years since the inception of the International ...Conference paper -
Emerging transport technologies and the modal efficiency framework: A case for mobility as a service (MaaS)
Published 2017-01-01The land passenger transport sector lies on the cusp of a major transformation, guided by collaborative consumption, next generation vehicles, demographic change and digital technologies. Whilst there is widespread enthusiasm ...Conference paper -
A New Approach to Accessibility – Perceived accessibility versus objectively measured accessibility in daily travel
Published 2017-01-01Accessibility has conventionally been measured and evaluated ignoring the user-perspective in favor for focus on travel time and distance to a number of pre-determined destinations. Acknowledging this gap, we recently ...Conference paper -
Managing unprofitable passenger rail operations in Japan: Lessons from the experiences in Sweden
Published 2017-01-01Presentation -
The wheels keep on turning. Is the end of rail franchising in Britain in sight?
Published 2017-01-01Presentation