Browsing ITLS Working Papers 2019 by publication year
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Mode-agnostic mobility contracts: identifying broker/aggregator models for delivering mobility as a service (MaaS)
Published 2019-01-01Mobility as a service (MaaS) promises a bold new future where bundled public transport and shared mobility options will provide consumers with seamless mobility on par with and exceeding that of private vehicle ownership. ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Performance Contributors of Bus Rapid Transit Systems within the ITDP BRT Standard: An Ordered Choice Approach
Published 2019-01-01Bus rapid transit (BRT) is a mode of public transportation with relatively fast, flexible, comfortable, affordable and environment-friendly services. In this paper, the potential contributors to BRT performance are ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Disassortativity in Biological and Supply Chain Networks
Published 2019-02-01Network science has allowed researchers to model complex real world systems as networks in order to identify non trivial topological patterns. Degree correlations (or assortativity) is one such non trivial topological ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Context Dependent Process Heuristics and Choice Analysis: A note on the Behavioural Setting Guiding the Research Focus
Published 2019-02-01This note is written to remind us of the recognition of behavioural realism in the economic literature over 60 years ago, which seems to have been given limited recognition in the formal axiomatic development of economic ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Collaboration as a service (CaaS) to fully integrate public transportation – lessons from long distance travel to reimagine Mobility as a Service
Published 2019-03-01Integrated mobility aims to improve multimodal integration to make public transport an attractive alternative to private transport. This paper critically reviews extant literature and current public transport governance ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Airline Network Choice and Configuration
Published 2019-03-01As an increasing number of countries liberalize their skies, some airlines, notably carriers in the Middle East, have been able to extend their hub-and-spoke networks beyond domestic borders. This allows them to serve ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Supply Chain Carbon Management
Published 2019-04-01Sustainable supply chain and carbon management have seen a growing interest in the last decade due to the increasing concerns about global warming and climate change. Policymakers, researchers, and executives have taken ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
A review of (dis)aggregation and decomposition methods in traffic assignment
Published 2019-04-01In this study we provide a comprehensive review of the existing literature on (dis)aggregation and decomposition methods in traffic assignment. The study takes on two different perspectives. First, we explore existing ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Inland shipping network of LNG-fueled ships under emission control, - The case of China’s Belt and Road shipping corridor along the Yangtze river
Published 2019-05-01Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is used as an environmentally friendly source of fuel for inland river shipping in selected markets. However, the investment costs for bunkering stations and the price volatility of LNG have ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Absorbing Markov Chain Approach to Modelling Disruptions in Supply Chain Networks
Published 2019-05-01Recent developments in the area of network science has encouraged researchers to adopt a topological perspective in modelling Supply Chain Networks (SCNs). While topological models can provide macro level insights into the ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Vertical Integration and its Implications to Port Expansion
Published 2019-06-01Over the years many shipping lines have established terminal operation companies, with some set up as independent firms. However, port authorities and local governments have not always welcomed external investment and ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The Wider Economic Benefits of Transport Infrastructure: A Review
Published 2019-06-01The standard evaluation of transport infrastructure focuses on transport user benefits. Wider economic benefits (WEBs) are claims for additional economic benefits over and above user benefits. This paper reviews five main ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Socioeconomic Differences in Ambiguity Attitudes, Partial Ambiguity and A-insensitivity: Evidence from Real-World Decision Making under Uncertainty
Published 2019-07-01Using a nonlinear mixed logit model, this study investigates commuter choice behaviour in the presence of uncertain travel time. Within the proposed source-dependent extended expected utility framework, the uncertainty-risk ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Experience as a conditioning effect on choice – Does it matter whether it is exogenous or endogenous?
Published 2019-07-01Hensher and Ho (2017) proposed a way to condition the utility of each alternative in a choice set on experience with the alternatives accumulated over previous periods. The paper found that the overall statistical performance ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Review of bus rapid transit and branded bus service performance in Australia: From workhorse to thoroughbred
Published 2019-08-01Bus rapid transit on dedicated right-of-way and branded bus services with a distinct visual identity have been implemented in various forms around Australia over the past three decades. A major public policy debate has ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Panic, irrationality, herding: Three ambiguous terms in crowd dynamics research
Published 2019-08-01Background: The three terms “panic”, “irrationality” and “herding” are ubiquitous in the crowd dynamics literature and have a strong influence on both modelling and management practices. The terms are also commonly shared ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Capacity Alignment Planning for a Coal Chain: A Case Study
Published 2019-09-01We study a capacity alignment planning problem for a coal chain. Given a set of train operators, a set of train paths, and a terminal comprising of a dump station and a set of routes from the dump station to the stockyard, ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Are respondents aware of the process strategies used in decision-making? Modelling business location decisions using multiple stated process strategies
Published 2019-09-01Discrete choice studies are increasingly used in urban planning to understand preferences and to make informed decisions based on its outcomes. Traditional discrete choice modelling approaches have evolved in a setting in ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Passive value capture through income taxation, and a beneficiaries-based funding model for infrastructure
Published 2019-10-01Value capture is used to describe a range of mechanisms used to fund infrastructure projects. Active value capture mechanisms, specifically designed to raise revenue are well documented including land taxes, asset sales ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Cycling in Australia and Japan: some preliminary perspectives
Published 2019-10-01This brief paper contributes to ongoing dialogue around arresting the stagnation and in some cases decline in cycling in Australian cities by looking to Japan, a nation that has achieved comparatively high levels of cycling ...Open AccessWorking Paper