Browsing Thredbo 17 by subject "ANZSRC FoR code::35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES::3509 Transportation, logistics and supply chains::350905 Passenger needs"
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All things must pass? Recent changes to competition and ownership in public transport in Great Britain.
Published 2023The publication of the National Bus Strategy in March and the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail in May 2021 suggests an end to the period of deregulation and privatisation that has dominated local buses in Great Britain since ...Conference paper -
Assessing passenger preferences for Bus Rapid Transit characteristics: A discrete choice experiment among current and potential Dutch passengers
Published 2023To gain ridership, bus services need to offer more than just high frequencies. An attractive system design for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a result of various configurational choices concerning infrastructure, rolling stock ...Conference paper -
Assessing spatial characteristics to predict DRT demand in rural Switzerland
Published 2023The niche market segment of demand responsive transport (DRT) services is meant to overcome structural economic problems of currently cost ineffective public transport (PT) services in rural areas. Simulation studies for ...Conference paper -
Development of workshop framework empowering local stakeholders for “place strategy” in a district: An implementation at Omotesando, Tokyo
Published 2023This research aims to structure the workshop framework ‘empowering local stakeholders to create a “place strategy”’, a spatial planning and management strategy for enhancing place function in a district. This strategy ...Conference paper -
Effects on operating costs of adjusting bus departure times during peak-hour traffic in Sweden
Published 2023The cost of public transport has increased more than the supply in recent years in Sweden. One of the main cost drivers identified is peak-hour traffic. The major operating cost factors are the need for a large bus fleet ...Conference paper -
An exploratory study of Mobility Hub implementation
Published 2023Mobility Hubs (MH) have been developed, as multimodal interchanges focussed on public transport, active travel modes, and shared mobility, with the aim of encouraging more sustainable forms of travel. There is emergent ...Conference paper -
Has collaboration contributed to goal achievement in Swedish public transport?
Published 2023Collaborative contracting between public transport authorities (PTAs) and bus operators has been presented as a successful method for reaching public transport policy goals. This paper examines management processes and ...Conference paper -
The impact of ‘competition for the market’ regulatory designs on intercity bus prices
Published 2023Spain regulates its intercity bus market by means of a ‘competition for the market’ mechanism, whose design has been modified several times in the last years. This implies that current services are operated under contracts ...Conference paper -
Improving the service of E-bike sharing by demand pattern analysis: A data-driven approach
Published 2023In recent years, there has been a surge in the popularity of free-floating e-bike sharing. However, the shared mobility sector is fiercely competitive demanding, efficient operations and high-quality service to cater to ...Conference paper -
Innovation in stable competitive tendering regimes: An insoluble knot?
Published 2023The transport sector is currently undergoing rapid development, which is to a large extent driven by innovation and technological changes initiated by various market actors. At the same time, public transport operations ...Conference paper -
Personal safety perception of ride-share amongst young adults in Cape Town: The effect of gender, vehicle access and Covid-19
Published 2023This paper investigates ride-share related personal safety of young adults in Cape Town in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic. As a response to gender-based violence, the focus is on the different perceptions of females and ...Conference paper -
Public-private MaaS: Unchallenged assumptions and issues of conflict in Sweden
Published 2023Despite an increase in Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) initiatives that aim to pave the way for both public and private MaaS Operators, such MaaS models have received limited scholarly attention. Uncertainties therefore remain ...Conference 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 ...Conference 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 ...Conference paper -
Reforms in Metro Manila's bus transport system hastened by the Covid-19 pandemic: A policy capacity analysis of the EDSA busway
Published 2023In response to the health and mobility issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Philippine government took advantage of opportunities to expedite public transport reforms by converting a portion of Epifanio delos Santos ...Conference 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 ...Conference paper -
Will the latest British reforms to rail passenger service procurement work?
Published 2023In the 1990s Great Britain embarked on one of the most radical railway reforms undertaken anywhere in the world, with full vertical separation and privatisation of all aspects of the railway and the introduction of competition ...Conference paper