Browsing ITLS Working Papers 2026 by publication year
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Who is inclined to embrace sustainable options in on-demand mobility?
Published 2025-12-01Shared on-demand mobility can be made more sustainable, but this often involves trade-offs in comfort and cost. For example, electric vehicles emit less CO2 but may require higher fares to compensate for charging time, ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Understanding charging duration patterns of electric vehicle users: Evidence from an Australian field study
Published 2025-12-01In this study, we examine the charging location and duration choices made by Australian electric vehicle owners over a one-week period. To do so, we employ a multivariate multiple discrete-grouped extreme value (MDGEV) ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
A Nexus or Not? A First Examination of Cost-of-Living Concern, Neighbourhood Perceptions, Active Travel, and Wellbeing in Cities
Published 2026This paper is a first step in the literature, looking at potential links between cost-of-living stress and the perceptions of local neighbourhoods, under the hypothesis that greater pressure about housing affordability, ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Identifying circumstances in which the introduction of distance-based, cordon-based, and congestion-free lane road user charge regimes garner support
Published 2026-01-13The most challenging transport reform has always been associated with re-pricing of car use. Despite the growing levels of congestion on our roads, there is general reluctance to support a package of pricing reforms designed ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Establishing the Level of Support for Transport Initiatives which make a Positive Impact on Travel Behaviour
Published 2026-01-13The concept of “windows of change” (WoC) highlights periods when established behaviours are unsettled and individuals are more open to alternatives. This paper advances the understanding of sustainable transport policy by ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Towards a conceptual framework of hard and soft behaviour change interventions in sustainable transport
Published 2026-01-15This paper aims to identify effective strategies for promoting behavioural change towards more sustainable travel patterns, drawing on evidence from the literature and practice. Established objectives for behaviour change ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Establishing Evidence of Initiatives undertaken by Non Mobility Service Providers that are aligned with Sustainable Travel Behaviour Change as a next generation focus of MaaS as MaaF
Published 2026-01-15Mobility as a Service (MaaS) has garnered a significant amount of interest over the last 15 years and yet we have very little to show in Western nations in terms of its influence on travel behaviour aligned with sustainability ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
A decade of Mobility-as-a-Service research: A systematic review of modeling methods and future research agenda
Published 2026-01-20Over the last decade (2015–2025), Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) has rapidly evolved from a visionary concept into a mature, user-centric socio-technical ecosystem. This paper marks a ten-year methodological milestone by ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Is the Debate on Net Zero Emission Targets in Australia Aligned with Political Preference Bias?
Published 2026-01-28Net Zero emission targets have become a politically sensitive policy in many, but not all, countries. It is suggested that they are not achievable and are potentially misaligned with energy security as Net Zero becomes ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Valuing the eudaimonic wellbeing benefits of land use transport measures
Published 2026-02-09Benefit measurement for locally-focused land use transport interventions is often narrow. The ultimate purpose of such interventions is often improved citizen wellbeing, yet this is seldom measured or monetized. Adding ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Multivariate Perceptions of Post-Purchase EV Ownership Issues
Published 2026-02-10The objective of this study is to examine how electric vehicle (EV) owners perceive a range of post-purchase issues that are relevant to EV adoption. Using a nationwide sample of 1,794 Australian EV owners, we analyse the ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
From New to Second-Hand: Consumer Trade-offs Between Price, Range and Vehicle Condition for BEVs and Hybrids in Australia
Published 2026-02-10Most empirical work on vehicle choice has focused on new-vehicle purchase decisions, even though households often acquire vehicles through the second-hand market and face a different set of constraints and information ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Achieving sustainable travel behaviour change – Insights from practitioners
Published 2026-02-26Sustainable travel behaviour change has garnered increasing attention in response to the pressing challenges posed by traffic congestion, greenhouse gas emissions, and the broader impacts of travel on public health and ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Ready to Begin: Driving Towards the Best and Steering Away from the Worst in Road Pricing Policy Reform
Published 2026-04-10Declining revenue from traditional road funding sources, rising infrastructure costs, and the transition to electric vehicles have increased the urgency of road user charging reform as a key demand management strategy. ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Who Accepts Parking Pricing? Trust and Legitimacy in a Contentious Policy Change
Published 2026-04-13This paper examines public responses to the introduction of paid visitor parking as a contentious local policy change in a tourism-dependent region. While parking pricing is widely recognised as an effective tool for ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The impact of fuel prices and supply availability on user behavioural change in Australian household travel amidst global turmoil
Published 2026-05-08The global conflict in the Middle East is having a significant impact on the availability of oil to many countries, with Australia feeling the impact more than most countries. Fuel prices escalated during the first three ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Should I stay or should I travel? An analysis of increasing petrol prices on travel behaviour
Published 2026-05-12This paper examines how rising petrol prices affect weekly travel behaviour, with particular attention to modal substitution and trip suppression. The analysis draws on stated responses from 808 Queensland residents, each ...Open AccessWorking Paper