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Barriers to autonomous vehicles adoption in Europe: Insights from literature and interviews 自动驾驶汽车在欧洲采用的障碍：来自文献和访谈的见解

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Journal of Urban Mobility Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.urbmob.2026.100194

Giuseppe de Leo, Giovanni Miragliotta

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Urban cycling infrastructure performance: A multicriteria index-based assessment of guideline compliance and design gaps 城市自行车基础设施性能：基于多标准指标的准则遵从性和设计差距评估

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Journal of Urban Mobility Pub Date : 2026-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.urbmob.2026.100240

Magdalini Tsavala, Lambros Mitropoulos, Christos Karolemeas

{"title":"Urban cycling infrastructure performance: A multicriteria index-based assessment of guideline compliance and design gaps","authors":"Magdalini Tsavala, Lambros Mitropoulos, Christos Karolemeas","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2026.100240","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2026.100240","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban cycling infrastructure plays a critical role in promoting sustainable mobility and public health; however, its effectiveness depends strongly on compliance with established design and operational standards. While many cities have expanded their cycling networks, systematic, legislation-based assessments, particularly those addressing both linear segments and safety-critical locations such as intersections and crossings, remain limited. This study develops and applies a multicriteria evaluation framework based on national design guidelines to assess urban cycling infrastructure. The methodology is structured around two complementary checklists, one for linear bikeway segments and one for intersections and crossings, evaluated across six criteria: road safety, consistency, conciseness–directness, comfort, attractiveness, and accessibility. The framework is applied to four cycling infrastructures in the Attica region of Greece using field surveys and GIS-based analysis, with performance synthesized through composite indicators. Results indicate moderate overall performance, with recurring deficiencies in road safety, network consistency, and attractiveness. Intersections and crossings emerge as the weakest elements, characterized by inadequate signage, incomplete geometric treatments, and partial non-compliance with national specifications. The findings indicate the need to move from an emphasis on network expansion toward ensuring compliance with design and safety standards. This requires the introduction of post-construction audits, consistent maintenance practices, and clearer standardization of intersection design. The proposed framework serves as a decision-support tool that helps engineers and urban planners identify design gaps and supports the development of safer and more functional urban cycling networks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100240"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148184346","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}

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Transport poverty and gendered inequalities: Evidence from expert interviews in Karachi 交通贫困和性别不平等：来自卡拉奇专家访谈的证据

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Journal of Urban Mobility Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100180

Sana Iqbal

{"title":"Transport poverty and gendered inequalities: Evidence from expert interviews in Karachi","authors":"Sana Iqbal","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100180","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100180","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper studies the perceptions of transport experts towards the state of transport and mobility barriers faced by women in the context of Karachi, Pakistan, a representative megacity in the global South. It is based on the data gathered by ‘conversations with purpose’ with eleven experts in the transport sector to understand their attitudes towards transport provision and operation. These experts were opportunistically identified based on their presence at transport-related public events in Karachi. It was found that poorly coordinated planning, a lack of effective governance structure and investment have allowed the growth of an almost unregulated and ungovernable informal transport sector in Karachi. Apart from these issues, most experts displayed a patriarchal mindset that manifested itself by demeaning women’s importance and their contributions. Due to the lack of female representation, such views remained unchallenged, and the majority of the informants did not express a desire to integrate women into decision-making or consultation processes. It can thus be argued that improving women’s mobility requires changing the mindset of transport planners, who consider women as mainly responsible for household tasks and therefore beneath their consideration. The paper also suggests some preliminary recommendations to address the issue of breaking away from gender stereotypes in the transport sector. The study contributes to wider academic studies on gender and transport geography and will feed into and shape governmental and non-governmental interventions and policies on public transport in third-world countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100180"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145938942","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}

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ZuriACT: Zurich Accessible CiTy – Promoting inclusive urban mobility in Zurich through digitalization and participatory research ZuriACT：苏黎世无障碍城市——通过数字化和参与式研究促进苏黎世的包容性城市交通

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Journal of Urban Mobility Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.urbmob.2026.100241

Hoda Allahbakhshi , Annina Ardüser , François Rüttimann

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Benefits and harms of DRT in suburban areas – analysis of user motivations, ridership, and side effects of an app-based demand-responsive transit 郊区DRT的利弊——基于应用程序的需求响应式交通的用户动机、乘客和副作用分析

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Journal of Urban Mobility Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.urbmob.2026.100192

Bartosz Bursa, Nils Rabeneick, Ferdinand Ebner, Markus Mailer

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Corrigendum to “The Hierarchy of Cycling Needs: Modeling the self-assessed propensity to bicycle” [Journal of Urban Mobility 7 (2025) 100130] “自行车需求的层次：自行评估的自行车倾向建模”的勘误表[城市交通杂志7 (2025)100130]

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Journal of Urban Mobility Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100159

Rosa Félix , Filipe Moura , Kelly J. Clifton

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Assessing the importance of travel habit and the built environment in shaping elderly’s mobility patterns: A case study in the Netherlands 评估旅行习惯和建筑环境在塑造老年人移动模式中的重要性：荷兰的案例研究

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Journal of Urban Mobility Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100176

Chao Chen , Mengru Shao , Xiaoning Gu , Tao Feng

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Insights into Ridepooling efficiency: A case study analysis using a novel operational performance measure framework 对拼车效率的洞察：使用新型运营绩效衡量框架的案例研究分析

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Journal of Urban Mobility Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100173

Martin Lehnert , Christian Liebchen , Martin Schiefelbusch , Peter Bruder , Dennis Harmann

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Designing ideal streetscapes with youth: Exploring transport values through participatory urban planning in Flanders 用年轻人设计理想街景：通过法兰德斯的参与式城市规划探索交通价值

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Journal of Urban Mobility Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100157

Hannah Hook , Joyce David

{"title":"Designing ideal streetscapes with youth: Exploring transport values through participatory urban planning in Flanders","authors":"Hannah Hook , Joyce David","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100157","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100157","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research explores the transport-related values and priorities of pre-adolescents (aged 10–12) from socially vulnerable backgrounds through participatory urban planning workshops in Flanders, Belgium. Using a simple streetscape design tool, 16 individual and four group diagrams were analyzed to identify recurring themes in how pre-adolescents envision public spaces. The findings reveal a strong emphasis on slow and active mobility modes, particularly walking and cycling, alongside safety features such as green barriers and well-defined pedestrian zones, reflecting participants’ developmental needs for secure, accessible environments and their reliance on active modes. Participants consistently valued green spaces not only for safety and traffic calming but also for aesthetics and socialization, demonstrating an intuitive understanding of their multifunctional role. Social spaces, particularly benches and greenscapes, emerged as key elements supporting peer interaction and community engagement. Group designs highlighted challenges in balancing competing priorities, as participants struggled to integrate diverse elements into limited spaces, resulting in compromises that mirror real-world urban planning dilemmas. By emphasizing active mobility, safety, and inclusivity, participants’ designs align with principles of sustainable urban development. This study underscores the importance of engaging pre-adolescents in participatory processes, as their perspectives offer valuable insights for creating equitable, child-friendly environments that benefit all users. The results highlight the need for structured guidance to help youth navigate complex planning decisions and advocate for policies that incorporate their voices to shape more inclusive and sustainable cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100157"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145324682","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}

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A systematic review of regression models for street vitality 街道活力回归模型的系统回顾

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Journal of Urban Mobility Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100158

Anastasiia Galaktionova , Aura-Luciana Istrate , Páraic Carroll

{"title":"A systematic review of regression models for street vitality","authors":"Anastasiia Galaktionova , Aura-Luciana Istrate , Páraic Carroll","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Street vitality represents complex phenomena, influenced by multiple interacting factors, but increasingly considered as a mark of successful built environments. Despite the proliferating vitality modelling in urban areas over the past decade, there has been a lack of critical assessment of results’ replicability, particularly concerning whether there are consistent predicting factors and determinants. This systematic review focuses on regression-based studies of street vitality, aiming to comparatively assess the models used, the factors most frequently employed, and their implications. From 62 articles, 155 regression models were extracted, featuring 16 proxies for vitality and 536 significant independent variables. The most robust were the spatial regression models, which successfully predicted 72% of vitality proxies on average. The identified proxies capture the presence of people, user-generated content, street view perceptions, mobility metrics, and other built environment metrics. While the significance of functional diversity and road density as independent variables is reinforced, the relationship between street vitality proxies and other factors is not always consistent, potentially due to contextual and cultural dissimilarities, besides variations in the factors’ measurement or data quality. The emphasis on physical aspects and the high goodness-of-fit observed in certain models may inadvertently diminish the importance of temporal or tactical interventions. Having certain variables serve as both dependent and independent variables in separate models underscores an ambiguity surrounding the vitality notion, while the extent to which different proxies reflect the actual street vitality remains unanswered.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100158"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145578628","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}

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