Browsing ITLS Working Papers by subject "1507 Transportation and Freight Services"
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Applications of brain imaging methods in driving behaviour research
Published 2020-01-01Applications of neuroimaging methods have substantially contributed to the scientific understanding of human factors during driving by providing a deeper insight into the neuro- cognitive aspects of driver brain. This has ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
A Framework to Model and Compare Rest Break Policies in Logistics Industry
Published 2021Carriers and postal companies are under increasing pressure to reduce their operating costs and increase efficiency. One way to reduce costs is to improve the utilisation of drivers’ working hours by employing more efficient ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Hypothetical bias in stated choice experiments: Part I. Integrative synthesis of empirical evidence and conceptualisation of external validity
Published 2021-02-15The notion of hypothetical bias (HB) constitutes, arguably, the most fundamental issue in relation to the use of hypothetical survey methods. Whether or to what extent choices of survey participants and subsequent inferred ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Hypothetical bias in stated choice experiments: Part II. Macro-scale analysis of literature and effectiveness of bias mitigation methods
Published 2021-02-26This paper reviews methods of hypothetical bias (HB) mitigation in choice experiments (CEs). It presents a bibliometric analysis and summary of empirical evidence of their effectiveness. The paper follows the review of ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The influence of working from home on the number of commuting and non-commuting trips by workers during 2020 and 2021 pre- and post-lockdown in Australia
Published 2022-08-31Since the start of 2020, we have seen major changes in the way communities operate. Mobility behaviour has been drastically impacted by work from home (WFH) and by lockdowns and restrictions in different jurisdictions. ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
An investigation of Regional Public Transport Spend in Australia
Published 2022-03-23This report presents the outcome of an investigation of the regional public transport spend in each state of Australia. Deriving reliable figures for comparison was a key objective and the core metric used is government ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Quantifying the impact of COVID-19 on travel behavior in different socioeconomic segments
Published 2022-08-24This paper investigates the impact of COVID-19 on travel behavior in different socio-economic segments in the USA using integrated mobile device location data over the period 1 Jan 2020 ~ 20 Apr 2021. A fixed-effect panel ...Open AccessArticle -
Riding the Storm: Humanising Our Response to Induced Global Warming
Published 2021Climate change is a complex challenge. Addressing it successfully requires a mindset that draws directly from the heart of what makes us human. Our moral responsibilities to each other, future generations and the planet ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Slow recognition of seminal papers and fast growth of author connectivity in economics
Published 2023-02-06A bird’s-eye view of the economics literature and its temporal evolution during the last three decades is provided by analysing titles, abstracts, keywords, reference lists and author affiliations of nearly 204,000 economics ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Taken for a Ride: How the poor cost-effectiveness of Sydney’s automated Metro Railways provides a salutary lesson for infrastructure planning
Published 2022-12-12Building rail infrastructure creates a significant opportunity cost for taxpayers. This makes it imperative for new rail capacity to obtain the best possible value. In this paper, we examine Sydney’s current programme of ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
TDM measures for Education Precincts – past progress and future prospects
Published 2022-04-01Travel Demand Management (TDM) initiatives are widely applied by transport planners to establish and enable appropriate use of critical transport infrastructure. This paper considers the specific case of TDM in an education ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Two MaaS paradigms: Private Assets as a Service (PAaaS) with reference to the Private Car as a Service (PCaaS) and Corporate MaaS (C-MaaS)
Published 2022-11-11Mobility as a service, or MaaS, is the most cited idea. MaaS however, despite its intuitive appeal, is struggling to develop a future. While a growing number of App developers are parading their digital capability as ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Two Mobility as a Service (MaaS) paradigms: Private Assets as a Service (PAaaS) with reference to the Private Car as a Service (PCaaS) and Corporate MaaS (C-MaaS)
Published 2023-02-06Mobility as Service (MaaS) continues to garner significant interest and yet we still appear to be a long way from any signs of a product profile that has the merit of a business case let alone a commercial case. We continue, ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The Value of Green Infrastructure: Evidence from the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Published 2021-03-25Green infrastructure is important to underpin residential choice, provide sustainable transport and contribute to a liveable neighbourhood. This study investigates the value of green infrastructure to property owners where ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Vehicle choice and use under alternative policy scenarios: What needs to be done to promote electric vehicle uptake and usage
Published 2023-01-12The aim of this study is to evaluate the determinants affecting two interrelated discrete and continuous decisions that households typically make when purchasing a new vehicle, consisting of vehicle type choice and their ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
What have we learned about long term structural change brought about by COVID-19 and working from home?
Published 2023-02-06March 2020 will forever be etched in our minds as the beginning of what has become the most concerning health pandemic faced by all generations of the living population. Almost two-and-three quarter years on, we are starting ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
What have we learned about long term structural change brought about by COVID-19 and working from home?
Published 2022-12-20March 2020 will forever be etched in our minds as the beginning of what has become the most concerning health pandemic faced by all generations of the living population. Almost two-and-three quarter years on, we are starting ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Why industrial location matters again in a low-carbon economy
Published 2021-02-02Reductions in freight transportation costs have favoured agglomeration and radically decreased the requirement for production activities to take place adjacent to natural resources. As the world transitions towards energy ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Working from home, health and wellbeing consequences of a pandemic
Published 2022-02-04Drawing from a survey of 1,165 Sydney (Australia) workers conducted in late 2020, when restrictions from the first COVID-19 wave were easing across Australia, we explore the impact of the pandemic on perceived changes to ...Open AccessWorking Paper