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{"title":"Contrasting Stakeholders’ Perspectives on the First Full-Year School Street Initiatives in Ontario, Canada","authors":"Patricia A. Collins ,&nbsp;Carise Thompson ,&nbsp;Makenna Humes ,&nbsp;Katherine L. Frohlich","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100094","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100094","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A growing number of municipalities in North America and globally are experimenting with various forms of street closure interventions to support non-motorists in reclaiming city streets as public spaces. While many interventions are episodic in nature, intensive interventions that operate daily for months or years are difficult to implement because they are more disruptive of the status quo and more likely to face opposition from influential stakeholders. The objective of this study was to capture and compare the perspectives of three distinct stakeholders – residents, parents, and children – regarding school street interventions that operated daily from September to June in two neighbourhoods in a mid-sized Canadian city. Resident and parent perspectives were captured using anonymous online surveys, while child perspectives were captured using focus groups. Children and parents from both neighbourhoods perceived a need for the intervention to eliminate the hazards posed by vehicular congestion around the school entrance. Both groups reported that the intervention increased safety for children as they come and go from school each day. Residents were less convinced that the intervention was necessary and reported increased congestion on neighbouring streets. There were notable differences in residents’ perspectives between the two neighbourhoods regarding perceived changes in safety and in their experiences of the interventions, which are likely attributable to differences in built form and pre-existing traffic patterns in each neighbourhood. Motorists, whether as parents or residents, were much less likely to observe the intervention as beneficial and pleasant, and more likely to report observing problems with how it operated. These findings offer critical insights for policy and practice for street closure interventions, including having an effective strategy for traffic management to minimize opposition, the value of pilot testing to build support, and centering children's needs and voices in efforts to reclaim streets as public space.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100094"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142655759","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":"Just around the corner: Accessibility by proximity in the 15-minute city","authors":"Benjamin Büttner ,&nbsp;Cecília Silva ,&nbsp;Louis Merlin ,&nbsp;Karst Geurs","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100095","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100095","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100095"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142655760","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":"Diminishing returns of additional active travel infrastructure: Evaluating Barcelona's decade of sustainable transportation progress","authors":"Jaime Orrego-Oñate,&nbsp;Marta-Beatriz Fernández Núñez,&nbsp;Oriol Marquet","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100092","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100092","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the context of the urgent climate crisis in urban areas, transportation policymakers are actively working to shift from car travel to sustainable transportation options through strategic interventions in the built environment. These efforts often involve a dual approach: promoting higher activity density to increase proximity to destinations while enhancing the experience of active mobility. However, a notable gap exists in addressing densely populated areas with established built environments, where the focus remains primarily on improving active mobility infrastructure. This study represents a crucial initial step in tackling this challenge. It examines mode distribution trends and trip purposes in Barcelona, an urban area that has recently seen significant enhancements in active mobility spaces. Our study sheds light on evolving modal share trends by analyzing local travel surveys from 2010 to 2019. The findings reveal relatively unchanged patterns in travel behavior at the city level during the examined years. Nevertheless, a closer examination of mode distribution for specific trip purposes, age ranges, and gender exposes noticeable shifts. The newly implemented infrastructure may have helped prevent a shift from active mobility to car usage, particularly for trips traditionally associated with public transit or walking, such as accessing public or health services. Further research is needed to explore this hypothesis and determine the extent of its impact.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100092"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142532693","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":"Effects of different mobility concepts in new residential areas","authors":"Matthias Heinrichs ,&nbsp;Stefanie Schöne ,&nbsp;Jakob Geischberger ,&nbsp;María López Díaz","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100090","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100090","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Growing cities need new residential areas, which are often either not connected to the existing transport infrastructure or are poorly connected to it. A fast way to connect these areas is the construction of roads. However, this generates a car-depending mobility among the inhabitants, which is in conflict with several sustainability goals. Moreover, the impact of the implementation of new public transport options is only partly known and this fact reduces the willingness to invest in expensive public transport measures. In this work we examine different mobility concepts, including shared mobility, bicycle highways, a high-frequency bus service, suburban trains and car limitations in a new residential area of 2000 households in Berlin, Germany, which is currently under construction. The households and inhabitants are created synthetically using statistical data derived from a survey among the first people moved in. The age and size structure of these households turn out to be different from the neighboring households. Then, we implement all measures in a microscopic travel demand simulation and quantify the potential modal shifts for four different mobility concepts. The results show that weak and short-term mobility concepts show no significant change in mobility behavior. Only highly integrated projects like bicycle highways into the inner city combined with suburban trains can reduce the need for car-dependent mobility. Shared mobility only fills in the gaps for special occasions but not for daily mobility due to the high costs. In a final step we examine the usage of the introduced public transport services and compare the change in the occupation of the buses and trains. Here our work shows that interchanging from bus to subways and suburban trains drastically reduces the attractiveness of public transport. Introducing a new suburban train changes this situation and the whole region shows a drop of 40% of car trips.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100090"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142446922","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":"Enhancing last mile connectivity using shared mobility: A stated preference survey of business park commuters","authors":"Fredrik Solvi Hoen ,&nbsp;Hanne Finsveen ,&nbsp;Kelly Pitera ,&nbsp;Trude Tørset","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100089","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100089","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An important step towards more sustainable transport is to reduce the use of private cars. There is a significant unrealized potential of replacing car-based commute with public transportation, especially to and from business parks where many people are co-located, and where the use of private cars are quite common. This study examines the potential of shared mobility solutions to enhance the appeal of public transportation by addressing the last mile challenge. Various types of shared mobility are evaluated and compared in a stated preference survey conducted at the Sluppen business park in Trondheim. Results show that more people may choose the bus if there is a shared mobility solution available to complete the last mile of the commute. The respondents prefer e-scooters if there is no extra cost, but to a lesser degree if they must pay 20NOK. Car commuters who are willing to shift to from car to public transport and shared mobility, are also more willing to both wait and pay extra for a shuttle.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100089"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142433950","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":"Towards full electrification of local public transport: A tool to guide strategies for implementing the electric charging network","authors":"Brunella Caroleo ,&nbsp;Paolo Lazzeroni ,&nbsp;Maurizio Arnone","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100088","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100088","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper describes a methodology and a Decision Support Tool (DST) for the assessment of the impacts of future scenarios of public electric mobility on the electric Distribution Network (DN) of a city, aimed to support the implementation strategies of the electric charging network for the Local Public Transport (LPT).</div><div>The objective of the proposed tool is supporting the decision makers in estimating the effect of the future development of electromobility on the urban electric grid considering the evolution of both electric buses and their charging infrastructure.</div><div>Some scenarios for the development of electric charging infrastructure for LPT were identified together with the local public transport operator and the energy provider. The results, which are of interest to both the local Public Transport Operator (PTO) and the local Distribution System Operator (DSO), have been quantified for the city of Turin (Italy), but the methodology can be adopted in any urban context: DSOs and PTOs of each city can use the proposed tool as a support to define their public transport electrification strategies.</div><div>Some results from the case study examined in this paper (Turin, Italy) show that the energy demand related to the electrification of LPT on a typical weekday is about 45 MWh in 2030 (corresponding to 40 % e-bus), and about 90 MWh when the entire bus fleet is electric. It is also shown how more distributed recharging during the day (with intermediate recharging at the terminus) can dampen the energy/power peaks required at the depot compared to overnight recharging alone: a reduction of up to 27 % of energy demand at the depot is observed due to opportunity charging.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100088"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142425621","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":"LGBTQI+ safety perceptions in transit environments","authors":"Vania Ceccato ,&nbsp;Gabriel Gliori ,&nbsp;Catherine Sundling","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100087","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100087","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article seeks to investigate the nature of safety perceptions of train travellers, focusing on the experiences of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals of the environments of railway stations and the way to them. This study makes use of descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression with a dataset specially tailored from a safety survey collected in 2022 in Southern Sweden. Large variations of travellers' safety perceptions are found in relation to the time of day and across transit environments, regardless of gender or any other individual attributes or characteristics relating to their particular trips. Previous victimisation impacts safety for all groups, but travellers fear crimes that are not common in transit situations. Women are more likely to be fearful, but the most fearful of all are women who identify themselves as LGBTQI+ /other. Such a pattern is not found in men, who declare themselves to be the safest of all travellers. The implications of these results are explored both in terms of future research questions and practical implications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100087"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142320187","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":"Parking search identification in vehicle GPS traces","authors":"Siavash Saki,&nbsp;Tobias Hagen","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100083","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100083","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The challenge of “cruising for parking” in urban areas has long been a subject of study, but existing research often relies on biased surveys or arbitrary assumptions in the absence of ground truth data. This paper addresses these gaps by introducing the first-ever collection of ground truth data on parking search durations gathered through a self-developed app. The dataset encompasses more than 3500 journeys collected in Germany, with approximately two-thirds of them ending in Frankfurt am Main. Utilizing this unique dataset, we developed a deep learning neural network model that accurately identifies parking search routes in GPS data and predicts search duration. Our model outperforms existing parking search identification models proposed in previous studies. The model’s efficacy is further evaluated on an independent park-and-visit dataset and then applied to a large-scale dataset from Frankfurt/Germany. This generates the first reliable statistics on parking search durations and reveals key insights about parking search patterns in this city. Notably, the predicted mean parking search duration from this extensive dataset, comprising over 860,000 journeys, is approximately 1.5 min. This work not only advances the field by providing a new data collection methodology and a superior predictive model but also offers a reusable framework that can be applied to other cities and datasets for broader urban mobility insights.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100083"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266709172400013X/pdfft?md5=50644b0803e656ccd3c7d1e91411e33a&pid=1-s2.0-S266709172400013X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142011280","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":"Could the next generation of bike-sharing with autonomous bikes be financially sustainable?","authors":"Imen Haj Salah,&nbsp;Vasu Dev Mukku,&nbsp;Malte Kania,&nbsp;Tom Assmann,&nbsp;Hartmut Zadek","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100084","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100084","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The field of transportation has undergone changes due to the advancements in technology and the pressing need for mobility solutions. As cities worldwide struggle with the challenges posed by population growth and environmental sustainability, it becomes imperative to introduce adaptive transportation options. The increasing traffic congestion in areas and concerns regarding air quality and carbon emissions emphasize the importance of finding sustainable solutions. In this regard we present the \"On demand shared use bike sharing system (OSABS)\" as an eco-friendly on-demand mobility alternative that has the potential to revolutionize transportation from its core. Self-driving bikes provide a solution by reducing traffic congestion and promoting sustainable modes of transport. Customers can easily reserve a bike through their smartphones and it comes directly to their location within the given time. The user will ride it manually and release it after usage. The bike then drives autonomously to the next destination. This service allows an environment-friendly door-to-door mobility solution.</p><p>This scientific paper focuses on examining the viability of autonomous cargo bike-sharing as a solution for urban transportation. A simulation model has been built to reproduce the OSABS operation using a case study for the city of Magdeburg. Through a set of experiments with different demand scenarios, we analysed and discussed the profitability and feasibility of this new service. These findings would be valuable, in the conversation about the future of transportation through providing important insights into how autonomous bike-sharing systems could be effectively implemented.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100084"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667091724000141/pdfft?md5=203881940163e1566f5721cad922d8ab&pid=1-s2.0-S2667091724000141-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141984710","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":"Data collection for microscopic modelling of urban parcel transport to and from establishments – empirical insights into city logistics in the region of Karlsruhe, Germany","authors":"Lukas Barthelmes,&nbsp;Mehmet Emre Görgülü,&nbsp;Martin Kagerbauer,&nbsp;Peter Vortisch","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100085","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100085","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>City logistics plays a central role in supplying and disposing goods for establishments and residents in urban areas. However, the steadily rising demand for transporting goods puts cities under pressure. Hence, municipalities strive for alternative solutions for urban freight transport, especially parcel shipments on the first and last mile. Freight demand models are suitable to evaluate the transport-related effects of such solutions. However, developing those models requires a sufficient amount of data, which, to date, especially for establishments, cannot be covered in its necessary scope and accuracy by publicly available sources. Although parcel shipments to and from establishments make up to 40 % of the overall courier, express, and parcel market, these are often neglected in existing modelling approaches. Hence, in this study, we present a data collection concept for generating highly relevant data for the microscopic modelling of urban freight, i.e., parcel transport focusing on establishments. To reflect transport demand (i.e., establishments that need to have goods shipped) and transport supply (i.e., carriers that provide a transport service), a mixed-method approach is developed comprising complementary components. On the one hand, an online establishment survey is designed aiming to reveal disaggregated transport demand data for the subsequent modelling process. The survey focuses on the delivery and shipment characteristics of goods, such as temporal and spatial demand patterns. On the other hand, expert interviews are conceptualized to identify relevant patterns of transport supply carriers such as courier, express, and parcel service providers and shall further work as secondary data for the modelling process. The approach is applied in the region of Karlsruhe, Germany. It can be shown that the survey is generally suitable for generating freight transport data on a disaggregated level and that the mixed-method approach is capable of mutually validating the data obtained. However, our approach also emphasizes the necessity to conduct an establishment survey as a personal rather than a self-reporting interview, even if the costs are higher.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100085"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667091724000153/pdfft?md5=3aecbf37700aa6de799604b97a1ec318&pid=1-s2.0-S2667091724000153-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141963759","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}