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Activity-end access/egress modal choices between stations and campuses located on a hillside
Published 2020This study investigates activity-end access/egress modal choices between railway stations and university campuses where topographical factors play an important role. Four campuses of Kobe University, Kobe, Japan are located ...Open AccessConference paper -
Application of an incentive for bus drivers to achieve an improvement in the quality of service
Published 2020Concession contracts of operating companies of the public transport system of Santiago, consider important fines if companies fail to comply with the operating plan, regularity and other operational variables included in ...Open AccessConference paper -
Can multi-modal integration provide enhanced public transport service provision to address the needs of vulnerable populations?
Published 2020This paper examines the challenges associated with provision of effective transport services to the ‘mobility poor’ and identifies potential methods to overcome these challenges. “Prioritised area” types representing a mix ...Open AccessConference paper -
The coming disruption – the rise of mobility as a service and the implications for government
Published 2020Technology and changing consumer behaviour mean governments need to rethink and redefine their role in land passenger transport. New transportation service offerings are emerging from the private sector ― such as ride-sharing, ...Open AccessConference paper -
Competence distribution and policy implementation efficiency towards sustainable urban transport: a comparative study
Published 2020In this research, aiming at understanding relationships between competence distributions for public transport among various stakeholders such as public bodies and operators, and implementation efficiency of policy measures ...Open AccessConference paper -
Delivering mobility as a service (MaaS) through a broker/aggregator business model
Published 2020-05-07Mobility as a service (MaaS) promises a bold new future where bundled public transport and shared mobility options (carsharing, ridesharing, bikesharing and microtransit) will provide consumers with seamless mobility on ...Open AccessArticle -
Distilling Actionable Insights from Big Travel Demand Datasets for City Planning
Published 2020Working towards a more data-informed land use, amenities and infrastructure planning process, the Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) harnesses big data and spatial analytics to deepen its understanding of urban ...Open AccessConference paper -
Economic Assessment of a Dynamic Autonomous Road Transit System for Singapore
Published 2020Autonomous vehicle (AV) has been discussed as a promising solution to substantially improve transit system performance. However, the feasibility of AVs at a system level remains unclear. This paper offers an early glimpse ...Open AccessConference paper -
Economic impacts of being close to subway networks: A case study of Korean metropolitan areas
Published 2020Subway networks are often developed in densely populated metropolitan areas that have enough potential passengers to merit their operation. Once a network has been constructed, it provides mobility to passengers and improves ...Open AccessConference paper -
The effect of public transport quality on car ownership – a source of wider benefits?
Published 2020This paper discusses the potential impact of public transport service levels on car ownership and it is discussed whether this connection can be seen as a source of wider economic benefits that would ensue from improving ...Open AccessConference paper -
Emerging business models and implications for the transport ecosystem
Published 2020This paper summarises our findings from discussing emerging business models in transportation. Going well beyond big data and regulatory issues, we also examine how new and emerging business models, leveraging on advances ...Open AccessPresentation -
Factors of successful implementation and diffusion of services based on autonomous vehicles: users’ acceptance and operators’ profitability
Published 2020The use of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is becoming more and more likely as they offer promising solutions to improve urban mobility. They have the potential to reduce energy consumption and traffic jams. As a result, they ...Open AccessConference paper -
Flexibility in contract design - is that possible?
Published 2020Public procurement is widely used in order to incorporate competition into public services. Competition in procurement often leads to efficiency but the process can also raise some problems. While providing the procurement ...Open AccessConference paper -
Formalising the jeepney industry in the Philippines – a confirmatory thematic analysis of key transitionary issues
Published 2020Jeepneys are paratransit vehicles which constitute the bulk of urban transport in many cities in the Philippines. There are around 179,000 jeepneys of which 90% are fifteen years or older. However, this is not without so ...Open AccessConference paper -
The governance of attractive public transport: Informal institutions, institutional entrepreneurs, and problem-solving know-how in Oslo and Amsterdam
Published 2020Public authorities are under mounting pressure to promote more sustainable urban mobility, including a modal shift from cars. With an empirical focus on Oslo and Amsterdam metropolitan areas, this paper analyses how the ...Open AccessConference paper -
Hybrid markets in public transport – contract design, performance and conflicts
Published 2020Nearly all regional public bus services in Sweden have been competitively tendered for 30 years. The way to perform tenders has undergone significant changes since the first tenders were carried out in the late 1980s. The ...Open AccessConference paper -
The impact of regional railways on travel behaviour and social capital
Published 2020This paper focuses on the impacts of regional railways on travel behaviour and social capital, and describes quantitative analyses based on our survey research of residents in communities along two regional railways in ...Open AccessConference paper -
Impacts of replacing a fixed public transport line by a Demand Responsive Transport system: case study of a rural area in Amsterdam
Published 2020The diffusion of the smartphone and the urban sprawl is pushing both private and public actors to revisit the concept of demand-responsive transport (DRT). This paper provides a historical overview of DRT experiences, ...Open AccessConference paper -
Integrated transport management: Lessons from a Chinese city
Published 2020Sustainable transport typically requires a broad spectrum of policy measures, with responsibilities shared by different authorities and with various public values competed with each other, such as commuting, health, spatial ...Open AccessConference paper -
Interpretations of Downs–Thomson Paradox with Median Bus Lane Operations
Published 2020The Seoul Metropolitan Government has implemented a public transportation priority policy with the introduction of a 121.1 km long of the Median Bus Lane (MBL). Therefore, to analyze the impacts of the introduction of ...Open AccessConference paper