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{"title":"Gender differences in commuting patterns: a study of FEUP students' travel behaviour in selected academic years","authors":"Catarina Cadima ,&nbsp;Isabel Cunha ,&nbsp;Lauren Pearson ,&nbsp;Paulo Pinho","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100151","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100151","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Gender equity in transport systems has become a central concern in urban mobility research, particularly as societal roles evolve and new mobility paradigms emerge. University students, as both representatives of current socio-cultural dynamics and precursors of future behavioural trends, offer a unique lens through which to examine changing mobility patterns. This study presents a longitudinal analysis of gender differences in commuting behaviours among students at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), located in the Greater Porto area of Portugal. This Faculty is an important traffic generator. The study uses personal survey data and spatial analysis from the 2006, 2012, 2017 and 2023 academic years. It employs a mixed-methods approach to examine the influence of gender equity on travel behaviour and housing choices and its evolution over time. The results explain tendencies and multifactorial gender differences in the choice of transport mode to reach the University. The researchers observed differences in transport mode preference between women and men. These findings suggest that urban planners, practitioners, policy and decision-makers should join efforts towards developing gender-sensitive strategies and integrated transport policy packages in university settings to reduce gender inequities in sustainable mobility. Promoting equitable and sustainable transport options is essential to addressing mobility-related gender disparities and fostering inclusive access to higher education.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100151"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145219049","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":"2025-12-01","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":"A systematic review of user preferences toward private charging point sharing service for electric vehicles","authors":"Sietse Touker,&nbsp;Aloys Borgers,&nbsp;Feixiong Liao","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100146","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100146","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As electric vehicle adoption grows, the demand for efficient and accessible charging infrastructure increases. Private charging point sharing (PCPS) emerges as a solution to allow private charging point owners to share their infrastructure with others, potentially reducing reliance on public charging points and alleviating grid capacity issues. Although PCPS has been in operation in several countries, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding of user preferences and behaviors related to PCPS, which is critical for the successful implementation and scalability of such services. The systematic review includes 40 studies after an initial literature search with relevant keywords, a forward and backward search process, and a final eligibility check. Based on limited studies on PCPS itself and general peer-to-peer shared mobility services, this systematic review identifies key factors influencing user preferences, including socio-demographic characteristics, charging behavior, and the potential benefits for both providers and users. This study contributes to the development of sustainable urban mobility solutions by providing a comprehensive overview of the current demand, benefits, and user profiles of PCPS and outlining a research agenda to further explore user preferences toward PCPS.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100146"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144931611","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":"What drives car use: Parking policy or perceived parking accessibility?","authors":"Cong Qi ,&nbsp;Jonas De Vos ,&nbsp;Xiucheng Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100167","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100167","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Evaluating the effectiveness of parking policies on travel decisions is crucial to reduce car use and improve transport sustainability. Existing research has primarily focused on the impact of parking policies using cross-sectional data, which is unable to assess the subjective and personal perceptions of parking accessibility and potential changes over time. This paper uses a K-means cluster analysis to identify heterogeneous groups and then constructs four Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models to analyse the associations between parking policy, perceived parking accessibility and car use based on longitudinal data from the Netherlands Mobility Panel (2014–2016). We identify three distinct groups of travellers: infrequent urban car users, functional car users, and dependent suburban car users. The results show that parking policy indirectly influences car use via perceived parking accessibility. The causal effects of parking policy on perceived parking accessibility are only significant among functional car users and dependent suburban car users, who have high levels of car ownership and car availability. Different causal effects have been found between perceived parking accessibility and car use among these three groups. For infrequent urban car users, a negative causal effect is found between perceived parking accessibility and car use. For functional car users, however, the causal effect of perceived parking accessibility on car use is significantly positive. For dependent suburban car users, the causal effect is positive but not significant. These findings are valuable for implementing differentiated parking policies and reducing car use among different population groups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100167"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145578629","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":"Willingness to use urban air mobility (UAM) as an airport shuttle across levels of automation","authors":"Soyeon Kim ,&nbsp;Kaihan Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is an emerging transportation solution aiming to alleviate congestion and enhance sustainability in urban areas. Automation capabilities are evolving from manned control to full autonomy, and at each stage of this progression, the willingness to use each system represents a behavioural intention toward adoption. This study investigates willingness to use UAM for airport shuttle services across three levels of automation: Manned control, Remotely piloted, and Fully autonomous. The study employed survey data from 1613 respondents in South Korea. Using ordered logit models, we examine how socio-demographic and current airport travel behaviour influence adoption. Results show that approximately 60% of respondents were willing to use manned control UAM, whereas only about 30% expressed willingness under remotely piloted or fully autonomous UAM. Adoption patterns and predictors of adoption vary depending on the level of automation. While current travel time to the airport and the primary purpose of airport use are prominent predictors of willingness to use UAM at the manned control level, demographic characteristics, particularly gender and age, become more significant at remotely piloted and fully autonomous UAM, as the level of automation increases. The frequency of international travel consistently predicts a higher willingness to adopt UAM, regardless of the level of automation. These findings highlight the need for level-specific adoption strategies and suggest that trust and risk perception need to be addressed as automation increases. This study contributes empirical evidence for policymakers, service operators, and urban planners informing differentiated communication and integration strategies tailored to user profiles and system maturity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100162"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145528216","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":"2025-12-01","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":"The role of the Digital Participatory Platforms in street experiment processes. Two cases from Italy","authors":"Paola Pucci,&nbsp;Giovanni Lanza,&nbsp;Giulia Galbiati","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100171","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100171","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Digital Participatory Platforms (DPPs) play a significant role in expanding citizens' opportunities to engage in public debate through their technical agency and crowdsourcing approach. They enable the collection and sharing of opinions, ideas, direct experiences, and data without the spatial, temporal, financial, and practical limitations of traditional, non-digital participatory processes. In the mobility domain, DPPs have been used to improve knowledge of mobility habits and needs, assess the quality of mobility services, and facilitate interaction among stakeholders involved in planning, managing, and implementing mobility solutions. Despite these advantages, DPPs also present various drawbacks and limitations. These stem both from the inherent challenges of managing any public participation process and from the digital nature of such platforms, which require disruptive changes compared to traditional engagement techniques. This paper examines the processes in which DPPs are embedded, as well as the type, structure, design, and functionality of two platforms (Commonplace and Decidim) tested in Bologna and Milan (Italy). It applies five analytical lenses -objectives, management, participation, technology, and effects - to advance understanding of the role of DPPs in supporting the co-creation and evaluation of tactical urbanism experiments. Key lessons highlight the importance of aligning participation goals with the administrative and resource capacity to manage platforms effectively; ensuring continuous management, promotion, and integration with existing local engagement methods; and adopting complementary offline approaches to guarantee inclusivity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100171"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145622825","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":"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":"2025-12-01","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":"Acceptability of a mobility pricing scheme: Reducing externalities in urban transportation","authors":"Filippos Adamidis,&nbsp;Mohamed Abouelela,&nbsp;Constantinos Antoniou","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100141","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100141","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growing reliance on private motorised transportation in urban areas has been associated with societal effects such as congestion, adverse effects of climate change, health effects from traffic emissions and crashes. Road pricing has long been used as a means to manage road traffic or to raise revenue for new infrastructure. Nonetheless, it is not only cars that produce external effects but also other modes. This study introduces an innovative <em>mobility pricing scheme</em> to encourage a shift from modes with high external costs to more sustainable alternatives by internalising transportation’s external costs. It then explores the factors explaining the public’s willingness to adjust travel behaviour in order to mitigate those externalities. For this purpose, an online survey was conducted in metropolitan Munich, Germany, gathering data (<em>N</em> <em>=</em> 1013) about respondents’ reactions to the mobility pricing scheme. Using exploratory factor analysis and discrete choice modelling, we confirmed the prevalence of attitudes and travel behaviour over sociodemographic characteristics in explaining the acceptability of the proposed scheme. Furthermore, an elasticity analysis of explanatory variables revealed that latent attitudes may be the most important determinant of acceptability but also associated with the highest uncertainty. Although this study provides only first insights into the complex subject of mobility pricing, which intends to internalise the external costs of cars, public transport, cycling, walking and shared mobility, it could be helpful to decision-makers when refining relevant policies and opens the discussion about their applicability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100141"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144829740","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":"Rail transit ridership changes in COVID-19: Lessons for station area planning in California","authors":"Meiqing Li ,&nbsp;Daniel A. Rodriguez ,&nbsp;Susie Pike ,&nbsp;Michael McNally","doi":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100153","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100153","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emerging evidence suggests that the recovery of transit ridership post-COVID has been uneven, especially for rail transit. This study aims to understand the station area land use, built form, and transit network characteristics that explain station-level changes in transit ridership pre- and post-COVID, and explores the degree to which those changes are rail transit-specific or the result of overall changes in visits to station areas. Specifically, we examine ridership changes between 2019 and 2021 for 242 rail stations belonging to the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), Sacramento Regional Transit (SACRT), and LA Metro and associate those changes with the built environment, socio-demographics, and rail network characteristics around each station using regression analysis. We also compare these changes in ridership to overall changes in activity aggregated by station area type. We find there was an overall decrease in station-level ridership of 72 %, but changes were not uniform, with 92 stations decreasing more and 152 stations decreasing less. We also find that ridership declined more drastically than overall station area activity across all four rail systems, which implies that rail transit riders were more sensitive to pandemic-related changes than other commuters. The findings suggest that a rail transit ridership recovery strategy should strategize to reinvent and reinforce downtowns as destinations, and shift rail transit services to appeal to non-commute travel, as well as enhance bike and pedestrian accessibility around stations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100852,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Mobility","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100153"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145121192","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}