Browsing Thredbo 17 by publication year
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Workshop 3 report: Infrastructure, services and urban development
Published 2023Workshop 3 concentrated its discussion on critical factors for strategic transport planning, implementation, and service provision in the post-pandemic era. The workshop report makes a strong case for social and environmental ...Article -
Workshop 2A report: Public transport governance via contracting, collaboration, and hybrid organisational arrangements
Published 2023A key focus for this workshop was the interaction between authorities, operators and other corporate actors involved in public transport, with particular reference to how long-established contracting practices are surviving. ...Article -
Workshop 6 report: Micromobility movement in urban transport
Published 2023The theme of micromobility was introduced for the first time in Thredbo 17 as the growth of shared and privately-owned e-scooters, bicycles and e-bicycles continue to affect the nature and structure of urban transport ...Article -
Workshop 5 report: New service models – Governing emerging mobility services
Published 2023The rise of new service models for passenger transport is arguably transforming the mobility landscape. Concurrently, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted mobility practices and questioned traditional public transport models. ...Article -
Workshop 4 report: Optimising the impact of technological innovation on achieving sustainable public transport outcomes
Published 2023Under the workshop's theme of optimising the impact of technological innovation on achieving sustainable public transport outcomes a total of 7 papers were presented and discussed and participants also completed a public ...Article -
Workshop 7 report: Sustainable transport systems designed to meet the needs of both users and residents
Published 2023Workshop 7 looked beyond the narrow focus on efficiency and sustainable funding of transport systems to a wider view to meet a variety of different users’ needs as well as those of residents and taxpayers, recognising that ...Article -
Workshop 2B report: Governance of relationships between authorities and operators with particular reference to situations of fundamental change
Published 2023Contracting public transport services is one of the traditional topics in the Thredbo conference series. Nine papers were presented in this workshop, leading to in-depth discussions on a better contracting framework for ...Article -
How the COVID-19 pandemic changed travel behaviour? A case study on public bikes in Seoul
Published 2023This study aims to examine how travel behaviour has changed after the COVID-19 outbreak, specifically focusing on the use of public bikes in Seoul. In January 2020, the Korean government reported its first COVID-19 case ...Conference paper -
Pathways to integrating paratransit and formal public transport: Case studies from Tshwane, South Africa
Published 2023At its core public transport integration is about the collaboration of actors. Collaboration is elusive and difficult to achieve, especially in developing countries where insufficient regulation and dispersed, quasi-formal ...Conference paper -
Review of South Africa’s public transport system
Published 2023This paper provides a review of public transport policy and strategy initiatives in South Africa for the period 1996 to 2021 and reviews the progress made in public transport provision against the policy guidelines and ...Conference paper -
Robotaxi service: The transition and governance investigation in China
Published 2023The Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) views transition as a process resulting from the interaction of social and technological factors at different levels. With the MLP approach, the robotaxi service transition and governance ...Conference paper -
Use of public transport and social capital building: An empirical study of Japan
Published 2023Traditional discussions of public transport management in Japan have been primarily based on profit concerns. However, in recent years, the discourse has shifted to incorporate social capital considerations, with greater ...Conference paper -
Exploring the attitudes and perceptions influencing user participation in gamification schemes for TDM
Published 2023Travel demand management (TDM) strategies and behaviour change initiatives aim to improve travel conditions by reducing or redistribute demand where the transport system is most congested. TDM strategies with gamified ...Conference paper -
Long-distance rail in Europe: Comparing the forms of head-on competition across Europe
Published 2023Europe is finally entering a season of liberalisation in the long-distance rail passenger market, which takes the form of on-track competition among public and private operators. The paper provides a broad-scope comparison ...Open AccessConference paper -
Measuring market power of rail incumbents
Published 2023The aim of this article is to assess the market power of the state-owned incumbents within the open-access lines in Europe and compare it among themselves. This article investigates three open-access lines in Europe: ...Conference paper -
Factors influencing the patronage of flexible transport in urban and rural areas. A case study in NSW, Australia
Published 2023Since 1990, gradual changes have been observed in the implementation of flexible transport service (FTS) schemes. A growing body of evidence suggests FTS are highly supportive for specific groups, like people with disabilities ...Article -
Universal design for people with psychosocial disabilities – The effect of COVID-19
Published 2023We have examined how COVID-19 impacted travel behaviour for people with psychosocial disabilities, identified key barriers when using public transport, and examined how a broad understanding of universal design can be used ...Open AccessConference paper -
Shared micromobility and public transport integration - A mode choice study using stated preference data
Published 2023This paper uses stated preference data collected in the city of Rotterdam and discrete choice modelling techniques to study the relationship between public transport and shared micromobility. It assumes a hypothetical ...Open AccessConference paper -
Re-evaluating roles and relationships between city authorities and informal public transport operators in sub-saharan africa: A comparative analysis of five cities
Published 2023Informal Public Transport (IPT) is the primary form of transport throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, responding dynamically to passenger needs, including those of the poorest travellers. Despite this form of collective transport's ...Open AccessConference paper -
Rationales for transitioning to electric buses in Swedish public transport
Published 2023Public transport systems in different parts of the world are currently undergoing a change characterised by the introduction of battery-powered electric buses in everyday operations. The introduction of electric buses ...Open AccessConference paper