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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 ...Open AccessConference paper -
An application of land use, transport, and economy interaction model
Published 2023Governments need to assess the benefits of transport projects to prioritize investments. It is imperative for governments to have tools that can closely estimate the actual benefits and impacts of investments in ...Open AccessConference paper -
Assessing free-fare public transport in Chilean cities through optimization models
Published 2023Many public transport services receive operating subsidies from national, regional, or local Governments, part of which are directed to reducing fares. In recent years, different cities, most of them located in Europe, ...Open AccessConference 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 ...Open AccessConference 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 ...Open AccessConference paper -
Crowdsourcing, digital co-production and collaborative governance for modernizing local public transport services: The exemplar of General Santos City, Philippines
Published 2023Informal transport continues to play a significant role in the urban transport systems of developing countries. Modernizing informal transport requires a co-ordinated approach to ensure inclusive and sustainable ...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 ...Open AccessConference paper -
E-scooters and public transport – Complement or competition?
Published 2023The rapid deployment of shared electric scooters (e-scooters) has resulted in much attention from the public and regulators. In this paper we look at what role e-scooters have in the mobility system in Oslo, Norway. Previous ...Open AccessConference paper -
Editorial: Thredbo 17 conference
Published 2023This volume of Research in Transportation Economics collects the workshop reports as well as the best papers presented at the 17th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (the ...Open AccessArticle -
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 ...Open AccessConference paper -
Efficiency benchmarking and its determinants in high-speed railways: Reference for China
Published 2023The high-speed railway (HSR) performance has drawn considerable attention from international scholars and policymakers. One heatedly-discussed topic is measuring HSR efficiency and its important determinants, particularly ...Conference paper -
Expectations and satisfaction towards railway companies by residents in Japan
Published 2023Railway companies in Japan, which have successfully managed their business using TOD approach, now face a decrease in the general population under a motorised society. They are trying to cooperate with residents along their ...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 ...Open AccessConference 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 -
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 -
Governance of uncertainty in implementing mobility innovations: A comparison of two Dutch cases
Published 2023To make the supply of transport services more attractive and sustainable, mobility suppliers and governmental actors expect much from mobility innovations. When developing and realizing these innovations, they experience ...Open AccessConference 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 ...Open AccessConference paper -
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 -
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 ...Open AccessConference 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 ...Open AccessConference paper