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{"title":"Too close for cycling comfort? Social and physical contributors to subjective cycling safety in the context of overtaking: Results from a mixed-methods study combining data from OpenBikeSensors, the SimRa app, and qualitative interviews","authors":"Jennifer Bosen,&nbsp;Annika Herberg,&nbsp;Carmella Pfaffenbach,&nbsp;Carmen Leicht-Scholten","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100123","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100123","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cycling is a central component of the mobility transition towards a sustainable mobility culture. While existing research on cycling largely focuses on transport infrastructure, the influence of subjective safety as a key factor in the decision to cycle remains understudied.</div><div>This study contributes to the growing body of research on subjective safety in cycling, presenting findings from an explorative, mixed-methods, inter- and transdisciplinary examination of subjective safety in the context of overtaking of cyclists in Aachen, Germany. Ten participants (gender-balanced, non-disabled, white, German, with a mix of ages, household sizes, and care responsibilities), were equipped with OpenBikeSensors (OBS) and the SimRa (German acronym for ‘safety in bicycle traffic’) app to measure overtaking distances and track incidents such as near misses. The individual OBS and SimRa data maps were then used as prompts in problem-centred qualitative interviews, which were analysed following qualitative content analysis and contextualised with the OBS and SimRa data.</div><div>Results show that factors contributing to subjective cycling safety are highly individualised and multifaceted. Beyond physical vulnerability, subjective cycling safety includes factors of social vulnerability. The mitigation of factors contributing to subjective safety can be a route to cycling resilience and cycling agency. Planning for a cycling-friendly mobility culture requires addressing aspects related to transport equity and inclusion, particularly in relation to social vulnerability, in order to improve subjective cycling safety. Inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations, and mixed-method analyses, can generate scientific results to support and inform policy and practice, ultimately increasing the relevance of research results for sustainable transport planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100123"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144223532","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}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “Autonomous delivery robots: differences in consumer´s acceptance in the USA, Europe, and Asia” [Journal of Urban Mobility, Volume 7 (2025), 100110]","authors":"Mariana Montero-Vega ,&nbsp;Miquel Estrada ,&nbsp;Matthieu Prouvier ,&nbsp;Alexander Siebeneich","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100129","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100129","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100129"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212928","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}

{"title":"Identifying optimal locations for street experiments: A digital case study in Bologna","authors":"Corneel Casier ,&nbsp;Lennert Verhulst ,&nbsp;Giovanni Lanza ,&nbsp;Maria José Zúñiga Solórzano ,&nbsp;Ulrike Jehle ,&nbsp;Paola Pucci ,&nbsp;Benjamin Büttner ,&nbsp;Frank Witlox","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100131","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100131","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper examines the integration of digital urban planning tools to identify optimal locations for street experiments, considering multiple parameters. A detailed case study in Bologna, Italy, demonstrates the effective use of three primary digital tools: (i) in-depth accessibility analysis, (ii) GIS walkability mapping, and (iii) comprehensive traffic forecasting. Together, these tools strategically identify optimal spots for transformative street experiments. The study outlines the methodology, highlighting specific parameters used to evaluate the urban landscape. This approach demonstrates how digital tools can revolutionize traditional urban planning, offering precise measurements and insightful visualizations of potential outcomes. The Bologna case study vividly illustrates the transformative power of digital technologies in creating pedestrian and cyclist-friendly environments and their crucial role in future urban development. By harnessing digital innovation, cities can achieve sustainable transformations that enhance residents' well-being and quality of life. Ultimately, this research emphasizes the pivotal role of digital innovation in driving sustainable urban development, fostering inclusivity, accessibility, liveability and overall urban vitality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100131"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144168851","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}

{"title":"Uncovering distinct public transport user profiles and the factors influencing the users’ intentions","authors":"Willy Kriswardhana ,&nbsp;Karzan Ismael ,&nbsp;Szabolcs Duleba ,&nbsp;Domokos Esztergár-Kiss","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100127","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Given the escalating environmental challenges, it is clear that the approach to the usage of public transport (PT) must be reconsidered. Loyal PT users help attract other travelers through positive recommendations, this drives interest in exploring the relationships between service quality, satisfaction, and loyalty. Although these relationships in the PT context have been studied, there have been limited efforts to explore the variability of their effects. Therefore, this research explores how service quality, satisfaction, involvement, and prior knowledge influence the behavioral intentions to use PT across various traveler groups. The hypotheses are tested by using multi-group analysis in the structural equation modeling framework, and three user profiles are revealed by applying the latent class cluster analysis. The results indicate that involvement strongly influences the behavioral intentions, while satisfaction impacts the intentions solely when involvement acts as a moderator. Class-specific results indicate that younger females living outside the city center put greater emphasis on service quality improvements for their satisfaction and involvement in PT services compared to males and older individuals residing in the city center. Low-income students living in the city center are more likely to use PT if they feel confident how to use the service. The results are relevant for PT operators and related stakeholders in maintaining travelers’ loyalty.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100127"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144146717","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}

{"title":"Predicting active travel durations in Tehran: A multilayer perceptron approach","authors":"Meysam Rezaei ,&nbsp;Ali Soltani ,&nbsp;Hamed Najafi Kashkooli","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100126","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100126","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the impact of built environment factors (BEFs) on active travel (walking and cycling) habits in Tehran, Iran, aiming to reduce car dependency and promote sustainable urban transportation. Utilizing data from the Transport, Health, and Environment Survey (THES), the study employs Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) models to analyze how walkability, cyclability, destination accessibility, and land use density influence the duration and frequency of walking and cycling trips across different purposes: shopping, recreational, cultural, and work-related travel. Key findings reveal that walkability and destination accessibility significantly influence walking trip durations, while cyclability and land use density strongly impact cycling trip durations, particularly for retail and leisure activities. Sensitivity analysis demonstrates that even minor improvements (5–20 %) in perceived BEFs can lead to substantial increases in active travel durations. These findings underscore the critical role of urban planning in promoting sustainable transportation, emphasizing the need for policies that enhance walkability, cycling infrastructure, and accessible land use planning to encourage active travel and reduce car dependency in urban areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100126"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144146735","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}

{"title":"Integrated consideration of the social and ecological dimension of the mobility transition: barriers to using sustainable transport systems by people at risk of poverty","authors":"Franziska Henkel,&nbsp;Alena Fischer,&nbsp;Carsten Sommer","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100124","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100124","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aim of the mobility transition is to significantly transform the transport system from both an ecological and a social point of view and thus to make it ecologically and socially just. Everyone and especially vulnerable groups, such as people on low incomes, should benefit from the mobility transition. Despite very limited financial resources, people often finance a private car and save money in other relevant areas of their life, such as food. Switching to cost-effective sustainable transport systems would therefore have a high individual benefit for people at risk of poverty in addition to the social benefit. Two quantitative surveys with achieved sample sizes of 1031 participants and 420 participants were conducted in the Hanover Region in order to analyse the barriers to using sustainable transport systems by people at risk of poverty. The key results show that these barriers differ greatly between different groups of people and different types of households. The barriers to using public transport are significantly higher in households with children at risk of poverty than in other households at risk of poverty. The attitude of people at risk of poverty towards public transport is worse than towards driving, cycling and walking. This is why public transport is not their preferred means of transport. Regarding the use of bicycles, the main barriers for people at risk of poverty are skills and resources rather than their attitude towards cycling.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100124"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143948081","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}

{"title":"Data-driven vertiport siting: A comparative analysis of clustering methods for Urban Air Mobility","authors":"Tao Guo,&nbsp;Hao Wu,&nbsp;Shahriar Iqbal Zame,&nbsp;Constantinos Antoniou","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100117","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100117","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has emerged as a promising solution to enhance metropolitan urban mobility. A critical determinant of UAM’s success is vertiport siting, which directly influences accessibility and travel time benefits. However, existing research lacks a evaluation of different data-driven clustering approaches for vertiport placement. This study systematically compares six clustering-based vertiport allocation strategies against an expert-defined benchmark (OBUAM) in the Munich Metropolitan Region (Ploetner et al., 2020). More specifically, the travel time efficiency improvements, accessibility enhancements, and transport equity impacts are assessed across different allocation scenarios. Results indicate that clustering-based siting significantly outperforms expert-defined siting in all the three perspectives. Notably, the K-means++ approach achieves the highest travel time saving (10.05%), accessibility gains (7.16%) and the lowest Gini coefficient (0.512), demonstrating its advantages in planing vertiport locations. The inferiority of DBSCAN, OBUAM and MS scenarios reveals that neither concentrating vertiports excessively in urban centers nor distributing them too evenly across the region optimizes transport efficiency. All clustering-based methods offer a practical, data-driven alternative that does not rely on domain expertise or excessive computational resources, making them easily adaptable for real-world UAM planning. Sensitivity analyses further explore the influence of key parameters on the indicators. Findings highlight that reducing pre-flight time has a more significant impact on travel time saving, accessibility and equity than increasing UAM cruise speed, while higher fares significantly disproportionately reduce accessibility benefits and equality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100117"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143937179","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}

{"title":"Telework and commuting patterns. An empirical study of workers in Flanders, Belgium","authors":"Jente Versigghel ,&nbsp;Jonas De Vos ,&nbsp;Frank Witlox","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100125","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100125","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Teleworking, increasingly adopted in recent years, is often presented as a sustainable alternative work arrangement, but its long-term effects on travel remain inconclusive. This study examined the relationship between teleworking behaviour and travel patterns among workers in East Flanders, Belgium, using data from an online survey conducted between October 2023 and January 2024. First, factors influencing teleworking frequency were identified using Poisson regression. The results showed that teleworking frequency is associated with attitudes and constraints related to teleworking and commuting, as well as with age and work frequency. Next, the commuting characteristics of non-teleworkers were compared with those of infrequent and frequent teleworkers. Given teleworking’s potential to reduce travel, the effect of teleworking frequency on commute distance, duration, travel mode, and the number of commute trips was analysed using Welch ANOVA and chi-square test. Our findings reveal that while teleworkers make fewer weekly commute trips, their commutes are longer in both distance and duration compared to non-teleworkers. Teleworkers also tend to make less sustainable commute trips, although this effect was not statistically significant. These results suggest a possible rebound effect that could offset the positive effects of teleworking on travel and liveability, such as reducing traffic congestion, greenhouse gas emissions, and peak-hour travel.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100125"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143931333","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}

{"title":"When proximity is not enough. A sociodemographic analysis of 15-minute city lifestyles","authors":"Monika Maciejewska ,&nbsp;Jerònia Cubells ,&nbsp;Oriol Marquet","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100119","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100119","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The x-minute city concept has gained prominence over the last decade. This approach promotes environmental and social sustainability by encouraging active transportation and enhancing accessibility for all residents. While the potential benefits of x-minute planning are well-documented, the equitable distribution and actual adoption of these benefits remain unclear. Previous research indicates that very few households manage to conduct all daily activities nearby, even in well-designed environments. Using Barcelona's dense, compact environment with its mixed land use and diverse amenities, this study explores what sociodemographic determinants better predict the use of 15 or 30-minute lifestyles. To do so, we combine highly disaggregated spatial datasets providing minimum walking times to a set of 25 everyday destinations, with travel behavior data. We first use a weighted linear model to assess whether proximity levels vary by sociodemographic factors. Then, we apply generalized additive models to test whether adhering to a 15/30-minute-city lifestyle depends solely on proximity to urban functions or if sociodemographic factors also play a role. The results indicate that, although 95 % and 99 % of respondents live in areas with access to urban amenities within 15 and 30 min respectively, their actual travel behavior shows that potential availability does not necessarily translate into actual usage. This study deepens our understanding of the cultural and societal factors that explain this disconnection—from the expansive nature of modern urban lifestyles to cultural preferences for novelty, variety, and exploration. We thus reflect on the complexity of fostering proximity-based travel behavior through built environment design and planning, highlighting the need for complementary social and policy measures</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100119"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143894552","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}

{"title":"Analyzing young people’s behavioral intention on using demand-responsive transportation and ride-matching apps","authors":"Christos Gkartzonikas,&nbsp;Loukas Dimitriou,&nbsp;Filippos Alogdianakis","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100122","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100122","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rapid intersection of transportation and technology is reshaping the mobility landscape, with shared mobility services and ride-matching apps at the forefront. However, despite their potential to promote sustainable urban transportation, widespread adoption of emerging transportation services remains a challenge - particularly in car-dependent contexts. Previous studies have largely focused on either DRT or ride-matching services separately and often treat young users as a homogeneous group, which may not be the case. This study addresses this gap by exploring young adults' attitudes and intentions towards demand-responsive transportation systems (DRT) and ride-matching apps integrated into carpooling, both as drivers and passengers, addressing urban mobility challenges and promoting sustainable transportation. This study contributes to the current understanding of the factors affecting the behavioral intention of these on-demand shared mobility services by assessing similarities and differences between them, aiding the continuous development of transportation policies. A large-scale survey was conducted among young adults in Nicosia, Cyprus, with 1236 responses collected. The analysis employed econometric modeling techniques, revealing valuable insights. The findings indicate that females and people living in smaller households are more inclined to use DRT services. Furthermore, females and the unemployed are more likely to utilize the ride-matching app as passengers rather than as drivers. These results can inform marketing strategies, pricing schemes, policy-making decisions, and infrastructure planning, offering a comprehensive understanding of alternative transportation services to reduce single occupancy vehicle trips.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100122"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143891321","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}