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Introducing renewable fuel in public bus transport – challenges and opportunities
Published 2017-01-01The differences between type and share of renewable fuel in Swedish public bus transport is large today. A previous study showed that the differences between regions could possibly be related to regional context and choice ...Open AccessConference paper -
Stakeholder Value Network: modelling key relationships for advancing towards high quality bus transit systems
Published 2017-01-01Most urban transport projects are complex as they involve different areas of knowledge and have to accommodate conflicting interests of many stakeholders. Despite existing good practices in public transportation, many ...Conference paper -
Urban transport: eliminating blind spots and missing links in the era of the fourth industrial (r)evolution A digital platform and new business model
Published 2017-01-01Open AccessPresentation -
Understanding the trip and user characteristics of the combined bicycle and transit mode
Published 2017-01-01Several cities around the world are facing mobility related problems such as traffic congestion and air pollution. Although limited individually, the combination of bicycle and transit offers speed and accessibility; by ...Open AccessConference paper -
Introducing renewable fuels in public bus transport – challenges and opportunities
Published 2017-01-01Open AccessPresentation -
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 ...Open AccessConference paper -
Effects of road pricing – some suggestions based upon experience from urban areas like Stockholm
Published 2017-01-01In this paper, we list the experiences of road congestion regulation using a road price system in Stockholm, Sweden. We add findings of a quantitative regulation system in Oslo, Norway when the road authorities closed ...Open AccessConference 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 -
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 ...Open AccessConference paper -
Do Direct Awards Lead to Better Public Transport?
Published 2017-01-01The best public transport with regard to patronage numbers operates in Switzerland: Zurich and Bern, for instance, achieve a public transport demand that is several times higher than in other European cities of their size. ...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 ...Open AccessConference paper -
Accessibility and Uncertainty: the Option Value of Public Transport
Published 2017-01-01Are there option values of public transport services? A few studies have tried to answer this question through various stated preference methods but the question is so far unanswered. In this paper we set out to present ...Open AccessConference paper -
Mobility as a Service: Implications for future mainstream public transport
Published 2017-01-01Bundled offerings that facilitate using multiple means for solving everyday travel needs are proposed to hold potential to facilitate a modal shift from private cars to servitized transport modes, including public transport ...Open AccessConference paper -
Land Enhancement and Intensification Benefits of Investing in an Urban Rail Network
Published 2017-01-01Authorities around the world are looking for new approaches to justify the implementation of capital intensive transport infrastructure such as urban rail solutions. Traditionally, the benefits of an urban rail line include ...Open AccessConference paper -
Managing unprofitable passenger rail operations in Japan: Lessons from the experiences in Sweden
Published 2017-01-01Open AccessPresentation -
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 ...Open AccessConference 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 ...Open AccessConference paper -
The Role of Bus Partnerships
Published 2017-01-01Great Britain (outside London) is unusual among Western European economies in leaving the planning of its bus networks to the private sector, albeit working from a long-established historic basis. It took several years ...Open AccessConference paper -
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 ...Open AccessConference paper