{"title":"An enhanced Modelling approach for warehouse sharing platform system designing problem","authors":"Zeren Xing , Yuehui Wu , Shuangyuan Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100147","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100147","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the increasing importance of sustainability, warehouse sharing arises as a possible way to improve the logistics system efficiency. This paper studied the warehouse sharing platform systems (WSPS) and proposed an enhanced modelling approach for the WSPS design problem (WSPSDP) using the multi-allocation hub location routing problem framework. New elements, such as inter-warehouse transportation and multi-allocation scheme, were considered compared to the existing WSPS model. Then, an adaptive large neighbourhood decomposition search heuristic was applied to solve our problem. Computational experiments were conducted on different-sized instances to compare the WSPS model without inter-warehouse transportation (WSPSDP-WI) and the WSPS model with single-allocation scheme (WSPSDP-SA). The results suggested that our proposed WSPSDP model is more cost-efficient than the existing WSPS models, reducing 15.38% and 1.43% operation costs compared to the WSPSDP-WI and WSPSDP-SA models. Finally, our proposed WSPSDP model also has the potential to promote the utilisation of existing cheap idle warehouses.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100131,"journal":{"name":"Asian Transport Studies","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2185556024000257/pdfft?md5=e4aa50c3e4255a319626f051c33fefd5&pid=1-s2.0-S2185556024000257-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141963277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drivers' collision avoidance behavior: Timing of pedestrian detection when turning right at signalized intersections","authors":"Chinami Fukui , Sho Takahashi , Toru Hagiwara","doi":"10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study evaluated drivers' collision avoidance behavior by focusing on the timing of their visual detection of pedestrians when turning right at signalized intersections. A headset-based virtual reality driving simulator was used to monitor drivers' behavior. The experiment showed that early detection of pedestrians can reduce the potential for severe conflicts. Drivers found it difficult to detect pedestrians early when using a gap between oncoming vehicles to turn right. Based on gaze tracking, we propose and validate a safety level that could potentially evaluate the potential for conflict between pedestrians and a right-turning vehicle. To increase safety level reliability, the speed of the right-turning vehicle should be included in addition to the eye measurements.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100131,"journal":{"name":"Asian Transport Studies","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2185556024000105/pdfft?md5=e7895b9385aeb51a69bc585f6ed9f448&pid=1-s2.0-S2185556024000105-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140553861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yue Wang , Meilan Jiang , Toshiyuki Yamamoto , Jia Yang , Motohiro Yamazaki
{"title":"Potential of promoting electric vehicle-sharing services for tourists in Japan’s nonurban destinations","authors":"Yue Wang , Meilan Jiang , Toshiyuki Yamamoto , Jia Yang , Motohiro Yamazaki","doi":"10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100141","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Electric mobility is a potential solution to address the environmental challenges posed by climate change. In addition, car-sharing can serve as a solution to local problems, such as traffic congestion and parking pressure in nonurban areas. Although electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more common in car-sharing fleets globally, the momentum is less prominent in Japan. In this study, the potential of EV sharing to serve domestic tourists in Japan’s nonurban areas was investigated by examining tourists’ choices in transportation mode to reach their destinations and the use of EV sharing after arrival. A hybrid choice model was specified to analyze the effects of observed and latent factors on tourists’ behavior. Although the analysis results generally indicate strong obstacles to EV sharing, reducing the cost of access to EV-sharing services in nonurban areas where public transportation and parking services are limited could increase potential demand.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100131,"journal":{"name":"Asian Transport Studies","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2185556024000191/pdfft?md5=c36bf7fafb9979458a47d320f91282c1&pid=1-s2.0-S2185556024000191-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141249809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Verifying the effectiveness of area division for land and population: The case of the Kofu urban area, Japan","authors":"Qiaoyu Pan, Kuniaki Sasaki","doi":"10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100124","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Japan has used the Area Division Policy to control the disorderly spread of urban space for over 50 years. As a key component of area division, “urbanization promotion areas” are expected to promote land development, concentrate population within it, and prevent or slow down land and population expansion outside. To review the implementation of this system and provide a reference for future spatial optimization, quantitative methods to analyze the influence of urbanization promotion areas are important. This paper applies a regression-discontinuity design to study the impact of an urbanization promotion area on land development and population density in the Kofu urban area. The results indicate that the urbanization promotion area retains control over land and population, but development pressure remains on the urban periphery. To achieve orderly urban development, area division should be adjusted according to residential demands and coordinated with other recent land control policies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100131,"journal":{"name":"Asian Transport Studies","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2185556024000026/pdfft?md5=482b13daaac0e1769c84096783ccd46a&pid=1-s2.0-S2185556024000026-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139699905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noboru Ise , Wan Adam Bin Wan Mohd Suhaimi , Takeshi Hirose
{"title":"The impact of a Michi-no-Eki with urban amenities on shopping difficulty and social interaction","authors":"Noboru Ise , Wan Adam Bin Wan Mohd Suhaimi , Takeshi Hirose","doi":"10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100143","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for “Michi-no-Eki.” These roadside stations in Japan help solve food desert problems and enhance social interaction. Accordingly, the number of Michi-no-Eki with various urban amenities (e.g., supermarket, restaurant, and playground) has been increasing. However, there is no statistical model that can calculate the impact of a Michi-no-Eki with urban amenities on shopping difficulty or social interaction. Consequently, it can be difficult for local authorities to assess the need, the location, and the design of a Michi-no-Eki with urban amenities to ease shopping difficulty and enhance social interaction. This study aimed to (1) confirm the influence of Michi-no-Eki with urban amenities on shopping difficulty and social interaction, and (2) identify the factors influencing the impact of such Michi-no-Eki to support development of statistical models for shopping difficulty and social interaction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100131,"journal":{"name":"Asian Transport Studies","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S218555602400021X/pdfft?md5=434adc604c0d191d7f5a3afca0491cbd&pid=1-s2.0-S218555602400021X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141438026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterizing spatiotemporal patterns of bus bunching frequency on a bus route network: A case study of Taipei city","authors":"Yi-Shih Chung, Yi-Chen Chiang","doi":"10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100139","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bus bunching is a critical issue in bus operation management. This study investigated the impacts of potential factors affecting bus bunching on a city-wide bus route network, using Taipei City as an example with its 267 bus routes and 4741 bus stops. Frequency of bus bunching was measured on an hourly basis using Automatic Vehicle Location data. Multilevel count models based on Conway-Maxwell Poisson distributions were developed, and the spatiotemporal distributions of random intercepts and residuals were examined. The results showed that the effects of bus lane design, bus route network and operation, and traffic characteristics were consistent with those reported in prior studies. However, a quadratic relationship between bus route length, best measured by number of stops, and bus bunching was identified, which explains the conflicts between the theories of bus bunching propagation and self-repair. Bus route design often faces a dilemma between extending route length to collect additional passengers and reducing in-vehicle travel time to enhance service quality. The findings of the study could be a useful reference for bus route design to minimize bus bunching.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100131,"journal":{"name":"Asian Transport Studies","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2185556024000178/pdfft?md5=355b70c61fd58d6b5e08c36d8b45cfa6&pid=1-s2.0-S2185556024000178-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141083155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the impact of exclusive bus lanes on traffic in Tashkent","authors":"Bilolidin Khakimov , Shinji Tanaka","doi":"10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100151","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100151","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study evaluates the impact of exclusive bus lanes on traffic in broader traffic networks over an extended timeframe. Using PTV Vissim to model existing traffic conditions, we introduced exclusive bus lanes and studied future traffic conditions considering a modal shift, as inferred from a binary logistic model developed using Stata. The findings reveal that, while exclusive bus lanes significantly enhance bus performance on designated streets, reducing travel time by 37%, they do not improve bus performance on other roads, as indicated by the unchanged levels of service (LOS) in the broader network. However, a modal shift analysis suggests a positive long-term effect on overall traffic, indicating that approximately 33% of car users may shift to using buses following the introduction of exclusive bus lanes. Origin-destination analysis revealed that exclusive bus lanes reduce intersection permeability, leading to congestion that varies based on the traffic flow direction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100131,"journal":{"name":"Asian Transport Studies","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142319932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analyzing demand reduction and recovery of major rail stations in Japan during COVID-19 using mobile spatial statistics","authors":"Jiannan Dai, Jan-Dirk Schmöcker, Wenzhe Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.eastsj.2023.100120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eastsj.2023.100120","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Mobile spatial statistics from across Japan are used to analyze the vitality of stations over the COVID period. Time series population information of 500m × 500m meshes that include major stations are extracted. We analyze the demand loss patterns of 69 train stations during the first COVID wave. We firstly discuss the correlation of this data with annual ridership information. We then conduct a clustering analysis of the time series data and distinguish five impact patterns which we try to explain with a multinomial logistic regression. Stations in large cities had higher ridership but were also more affected than smaller cities. We also find that cities with less dense populations and more local population frequenting the station appear to be more robust to the pandemic. Our results can be used to help cities forecasting the impact of future pandemics on the local economy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100131,"journal":{"name":"Asian Transport Studies","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2185556023000251/pdfft?md5=568bda07dce927fa1c14851cc75ca71f&pid=1-s2.0-S2185556023000251-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139033871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isti Hidayati, Yori Herwangi, Bambang Hari Wibisono, Daniel Harjuna Satriawan, Muhammad Alfi Hilman
{"title":"Violations of mobility restrictions during COVID-19 in five Indonesian cities: A reflection of transport policy-practice gap","authors":"Isti Hidayati, Yori Herwangi, Bambang Hari Wibisono, Daniel Harjuna Satriawan, Muhammad Alfi Hilman","doi":"10.1016/j.eastsj.2023.100112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eastsj.2023.100112","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Since the detection of the first COVID-19 case in March 2020, the Indonesian government has implemented various mobility restrictions as a policy response to address the pandemic. To date, violations of mobility restrictions have been discussed in relation to public health risk, but rarely analyzed in terms of understanding the transport policy-practice gap. Using content analysis of news media from March 2020 to May 2021, this article identifies individual actions and institutional factors enabling violations of mobility restrictions. Our findings infer a policy-practice gap regarding operationalization, institutional issues, and lack of consideration of target groups’ behavior. These findings provide insights for transport policy formulation in uncertain times, such as the post-pandemic, especially in the context of rapidly growing Asian cities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100131,"journal":{"name":"Asian Transport Studies","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49713047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}