Reviewing public water transport literature and their future agenda

IF 4.8 2区工程技术 Q2 BUSINESS

Research in Transportation Business and Management Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-07 DOI:10.1016/j.rtbm.2026.101639

Othman Che Puan , Fadzil Mat Yahaya , Haziman Zakaria , Farah Amalina

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Abstract

Modern cities are grappling with traffic congestion and pollution, prompting a search for sustainable transport solutions like public water transport, which utilizes ferries and water taxis to alleviate road congestion. This paper employs a bibliometric analysis of existing research to map current knowledge and future directions in this field. Key research domains identified include integrating operational efficiency with environmental and urban connectivity goals; optimizing the economic and social aspects of ferry services, such as subsidies and fare structures; and enhancing ferry network design through advanced modeling. Emerging trends point towards improving accessibility and service quality, optimizing operations with technology, and advancing sustainable ferry design with new technologies like electric and hydrogen power. The study concludes by highlighting the need for ongoing research into areas such as ferry-oriented urban development and the real-world performance of innovative, eco-friendly vessel technologies to ensure water transport effectively contributes to sustainable urban mobility.

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回顾公共水运文献及其未来议程

现代城市正在努力解决交通拥堵和污染问题，促使人们寻找可持续的交通解决方案，比如公共水上交通，利用渡轮和水上出租车来缓解道路拥堵。本文采用文献计量学分析现有的研究，以绘制当前的知识和未来的方向，在这一领域。确定的重点研究领域包括将运营效率与环境和城市连通性目标相结合；优化渡轮服务的经济和社会层面，例如补贴和票价结构；并通过先进的建模来加强轮渡网络设计。新兴趋势指向改善可达性和服务质量，利用技术优化运营，以及利用电力和氢动力等新技术推进可持续渡轮设计。该研究最后强调，需要对以渡轮为导向的城市发展和创新、环保船舶技术的现实表现等领域进行持续研究，以确保水运有效地促进可持续的城市交通。

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8.30%

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175

期刊介绍： Research in Transportation Business & Management (RTBM) will publish research on international aspects of transport management such as business strategy, communication, sustainability, finance, human resource management, law, logistics, marketing, franchising, privatisation and commercialisation. Research in Transportation Business & Management welcomes proposals for themed volumes from scholars in management, in relation to all modes of transport. Issues should be cross-disciplinary for one mode or single-disciplinary for all modes. We are keen to receive proposals that combine and integrate theories and concepts that are taken from or can be traced to origins in different disciplines or lessons learned from different modes and approaches to the topic. By facilitating the development of interdisciplinary or intermodal concepts, theories and ideas, and by synthesizing these for the journal''s audience, we seek to contribute to both scholarly advancement of knowledge and the state of managerial practice. Potential volume themes include: -Sustainability and Transportation Management- Transport Management and the Reduction of Transport''s Carbon Footprint- Marketing Transport/Branding Transportation- Benchmarking, Performance Measurement and Best Practices in Transport Operations- Franchising, Concessions and Alternate Governance Mechanisms for Transport Organisations- Logistics and the Integration of Transportation into Freight Supply Chains- Risk Management (or Asset Management or Transportation Finance or ...): Lessons from Multiple Modes- Engaging the Stakeholder in Transportation Governance- Reliability in the Freight Sector