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{"title":"Fuel prices and commuting frequencies: Exploring revealed and anticipated changes among university students","authors":"Muhammad Abdullah ,&nbsp;Nazam Ali ,&nbsp;Muhammad Ashraf Javid ,&nbsp;Muhammad Aamir Basheer","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100139","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100139","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The recent surge in fuel prices has disrupted daily life globally, with transportation costs posing a significant barrier to educational access and student retention. Rising fuel expenses may lead to reduced commuting frequency among students, particularly affecting those from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds. This study investigates the effects of rising fuel prices on university students’ commuting frequency across three phases: a pre-hike phase (late 2021), a current hike phase (early 2023), and a projected future hike phase (beyond mid-2023). Data were collected via a questionnaire survey from four private universities in Lahore, Pakistan. Revealed (actual) commuting frequency changes, based on differences between the pre-hike and current hike phases, and stated (anticipated) commuting frequency changes, based on stated intentions for the future hike phase, were analyzed. Trip frequency differences within and across fuel price phases were examined using bivariate hypothesis testing, while multinomial logistic regression was employed to identify significant predictors of across-phase trip frequency changes, controlling for the influence of socio-economic and demographic variables. Hypothesis testing showed significant differences in commuting behavior across phases, with a stronger intention to reduce trips during the future hike phase. Female students and private vehicle owners reported a significantly higher intention to reduce trips under the future fuel price scenario, and low-income students were also disproportionately affected. Multinomial logistic regression revealed that gender and commuting distance were significantly associated with anticipated changes. Female students were significantly less likely than males to indicate an intention to increase trips (relative to no change), suggesting that male students were more likely to expect increased commuting under the future hike scenario. Additionally, students commuting 5–10 km were nearly three times more likely than those commuting over 10 km to anticipate reducing their trips. These findings highlight unequal impacts of fuel price increases on student mobility and support the need for targeted transportation policies to ensure equitable access to higher education.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100139"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144678939","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":"Transport and mobility governance: Uncovering barriers to walking infrastructure decision-making processes in urban areas in Kenya and Malawi","authors":"Gladys Nyachieo ,&nbsp;Theodora Ndipo Charlotte Thindwa ,&nbsp;Anthony Bert Tasosa ,&nbsp;Paschalin Basil ,&nbsp;Yvonne Moseti ,&nbsp;Joel Jere","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100138","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100138","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examined the barriers to implementing walking infrastructure in Kisii Town, Kenya, and Mzuzu City, Malawi. The inter-country research was motivated by evidence of high pedestrian fatalities in these two cities, among other mobility challenges. It focused on smaller, rapidly growing urban centres where early interventions could drive meaningful improvements in overall urban governance, thereby enhancing transport planning and financing. Additionally, the study aimed to address the scarcity of literature on this subject, which remains limited in Africa, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where little research has been conducted on decision-making and the implementation of walking infrastructure in urban areas. The findings reveal that decision-making for walking infrastructure faces numerous challenges. The study recommends taking deliberate steps to improve walking infrastructure, as walking remains the preferred mode of transport for the majority of urban residents in sub-Saharan Africa due to prevailing economic conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100138"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144665571","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":"Delineating potential DRT operating areas: An origin–destination clustering approach","authors":"Hussein Mahfouz ,&nbsp;Malcolm Morgan ,&nbsp;Eva Heinen ,&nbsp;Robin Lovelace","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100135","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100135","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Investment in Demand-Responsive Transport (DRT) has emerged as a sustainable transport intervention option for areas that are traditionally hard to serve by high frequency public transport. When used as a first- and last-mile feeder, DRT has the potential to reduce car dependency and enhance access to the wider network. However, many DRT schemes fail—often due to overly flexible, poorly targeted service areas that do not align with actual travel patterns, making efficient pooling difficult. While planners may already have a general sense of where DRT might be useful, there is limited guidance on how to identify precise operating zones based on spatiotemporal demand. This paper presents a method for identifying potential DRT service areas using spatial clustering of origin–destination (OD) flows. We apply the method in Leeds, UK, focusing on OD pairs with poor public transport supply and low potential demand. The approach identifies spatial clusters where demand is both underserved and sufficiently concentrated to support DRT operation. By narrowing service areas to zones where pooling is more likely and where DRT complements rather than competes with fixed-route services, the method helps address two key challenges in DRT planning. The results offer a reproducible, data-driven input for delineating preliminary DRT service areas—supporting strategic planning, integration with downstream agent-based models, and further refinement through local knowledge. The method provides a foundation for future work on designing DRT services that complement the public transport network, particularly in low-density urban peripheries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100135"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144657218","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":"Media influence, trust, and perceived risks in passengers’ intentions to discontinue the ride-hailing services in Lahore, Pakistan","authors":"M. Aamir Basheer ,&nbsp;Aqsa Mehmood ,&nbsp;Farrukh Baig ,&nbsp;Muhammad Abdullah","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100137","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100137","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The popularity of ride-hailing services has gained momentum in recent years in developing countries due to the lack of proper public transport infrastructure to meet travel demand. However, security and safety issues may influence customers’ willingness to use ride-hailing services. To understand passengers’ intentions to discontinue the use of ride-hailing services, this study developed twelve hypotheses. Using partial least square structural equation modeling, the hypotheses of this study were tested using data collected from Lahore, Pakistan, through a questionnaire survey. Results highlight the factors contributing to discontinuing ride-hailing services, including trust, attitude, psychological risks, functional and financial risks, media influence, and shared prosperity. According to the results, psychological and perceived financial and functional risks significantly positively affect intention to discontinue ride-hailing services, while trust negatively affects users intending to discontinue services. Besides, media influence also positively affected the intention to discontinue the usage of ride-hailing services. The findings of the study indicate the need for new marketing strategies to tackle negative views in the media about ride-hailing services. The study also highlighted the need to develop passengers’ trust in ride-hailing platforms and the drivers to discourage the shift from using ride-hailing services. The study provides valuable insights for service providers and policymakers to encourage the usage of ride-hailing services.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100137"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144604877","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":"Understanding user satisfaction with university parking: A grounded theory approach","authors":"Sai Sneha Channamallu ,&nbsp;Apurva Pamidimukkala ,&nbsp;Sharareh Kermanshachi ,&nbsp;Jay Michael Rosenberger ,&nbsp;Greg Hladik","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100136","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100136","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban growth has intensified parking issues in densely populated settings like university campuses, where demand for parking is high. Existing research on parking management often overlooks the unique challenges of urban universities, especially in adopting suitable technologies and strategies. This study explores parking challenges specific to an urban university campus, offering insights that may inform strategies at similar institutions while recognizing the contextual nature of the findings. Structured interviews with 19 participants, each lasting about 25 min, were analyzed using grounded theory and MAXQDA software through a three-stage coding process. Open coding identified three main themes: parking experience, perception of the parking system, and potential solutions. Axial coding then connected these themes to reveal relationships and patterns, which selective coding refined into a coherent theoretical framework. The study found that personal cars are the preferred mode of transportation due to their convenience, highlighting the need for adequate campus parking. Challenges such as limited space availability, long search times, cost-value disparities, and increasing interest in innovative solutions indicate the necessity for a more efficient, tech-driven, and adaptable parking system. Recommendations include flexible pricing and advanced technologies to address immediate issues. Strategic parking placement and promoting alternative transport are proposed as long-term improvements to reduce demand and enhance campus parking experiences. This study provides valuable insights into transportation issues on university campuses and offers a foundation for developing effective, sustainable parking strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100136"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144535765","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":"Exploring the future of Mobility as a Service (MaaS): A co-design approach to scenario planning in European cities","authors":"Valeria Caiati ,&nbsp;Soora Rasouli ,&nbsp;Helber López","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100133","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100133","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article contributes to the discourse on Mobility as a Service (MaaS) by presenting four plausible scenarios for its development in Europe up to 2030. Unlike previous scenario studies, which often relied on desk research or focused on narrow contexts, this study employs a co-design methodology that involved interdisciplinary experts from both public and private sectors across Europe. Their perspectives are integrated throughout the process, from identifying key uncertainties to building the scenario narratives. This approach supports a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities shaping MaaS futures. The four resulting scenarios (i.e. <em>Mobility Walled Garden, Open Data Power in Standby, Everyone on Their Own</em>, and <em>Open Ecosystem</em>) reflect how different configurations of market competition and API openness shape the trajectory of MaaS. While open standards and interoperability emerge as key enablers, their impact depends on the presence of supportive governance and institutional coordination. Imbalances, such as strong data frameworks without market diversity, or open competition with fragmented and poorly coordinated services, can weaken long-term system resilience. The scenario framework offers a structured lens for anticipating these tensions and guiding strategic decisions in MaaS development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100133"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297024","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":"Reshaping transit-oriented development to enhance sociocultural harmonization in the context of Qatar","authors":"Sara Nafi,&nbsp;Djamel Ouahrani","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100132","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The widespread adoption of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) often presents a one-size-fits-all approach that utilizes Western planning concepts, which questions its compatibility for diverse sociocultural and climatic contexts. While Peter Calthorpe formally introduced the TOD model in the early 1990s, many of its core principles have long existed in what is known as the \"Traditional City Model.\" Though, the relationship between these two approaches has not been investigated. This study examines the adaptability of TOD principles in Doha, the capital city of Qatar, a rapidly urbanized city suffering from significant challenges, such as heavy car dependence, limited pedestrian access, and lack of public transportation and land use integration. In addition to the \"last mile\" issue, it is showing difficulties for residents to reach their final destinations from transit hubs. The paper utilized both qualitative and quantitative methods including: (I) comparative analysis of traditional city and TOD model elements, (II) neighborhood perceptions and travel preferences survey, and (II) spatial analysis of TOD potential. Data were gathered from the Qatar Ministry of Transport (MOT), the Qatar Ministry of Municipality (MME), and Qatar Rail. Finaly, this paper proposed an area specific TOD policy that suits the Qatari context and consider the climatic resilience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100132"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144270123","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":"The Hierarchy of Cycling Needs: Modeling the self-assessed propensity to bicycle","authors":"Rosa Félix ,&nbsp;Filipe Moura ,&nbsp;Kelly J. Clifton","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100130","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100130","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As car dependent cities desire a transition to more sustainable and healthful transportation systems, they need guidance on how to support the adoption of cycling. In this research we measure and model the key factors that lead to a progressive behavioral change towards cycling, using Lisbon as the case study. Based on stated responses from a survey (n = 1079), sub-groups of potential cyclists were identified based on sociodemographic information, cycling experience, and their self-assessed willingness to adopt bicycling. Three binary logit models were calibrated to model the probability to shift between behavior-change stages: from “Pessimist” to “Optimist”, then to “Enthusiast”, and, finally, to “Cyclist”. Results suggest that cycling infrastructure and equipment have a greater effect during the earlier stages of change, while facilities and practical needs have more impact during the middle stages. Finally, the individual’s social network and personal concerns and attitudes are crucial for the final push towards changing behavior and taking-up cycling. Based upon these results, a Pyramid of Cycling Needs is proposed, summarizing the hierarchy of needs to cycling. This framework informs which interventions and policies can have the greatest impact at each different stage of the transition to bicycling, and thus, raise cycling levels if those needs are made redundant. This research is a contribution towards understanding of how a city may transition to a higher cycling maturity level, by adopting an approach of targeted policies to different population groups who are willing to bicycle but have different needs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100130"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144280661","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":"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}