{"title":"Risks and opportunities for the sustainability of ridesourcing services in Latin-American small and medium-sized cities: Analyzing perceptions of stakeholders of mobility","authors":"Brenda Medeiros Pereira , Alejandro Ruiz-Padillo","doi":"10.1016/j.latran.2023.100003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latran.2023.100003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ridesourcing services are rapidly expanding in cities around the world. Their implementation in the absence of prior planning of the operation, or without clear rules for management and inspection, can generate negative impacts on urban mobility, as well as opportunities that are not taken advantage of in the best way. However, there are few studies that have measured the impacts of these services on mobility in cities. The ones that exist have targeted large cities in developed countries. This work aims to measure the risks and opportunities created by the insertion of application-based transport in Latin-American small-sized cities. The use of a hybrid qualitative-quantitative analysis methodology is proposed, with uncertainty modeling supported by fuzzy logic, which was applied in a case study of Cachoeira do Sul, a city located in Southern Brazil. The results revealed a positive perception of the use of ridesourcing services, with opportunities being rated higher than risks, especially related to new options for mobility services. The risks associated with the planning, management, and operation of coordinated urban mobility stood out, in addition to those concerning the competition of ridesourcing services with public transport and taxis. The results obtained here should assist in the formulation of appropriate public policies for ridesourcing services in small Latin-American cities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100868,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Transport Studies","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100003"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950024923000033/pdfft?md5=ca02795077bee9328105e94e21a91d3a&pid=1-s2.0-S2950024923000033-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134688284","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}
José Holguín-Veras , Felipe Aros-Vera , Oriana Calderón
{"title":"Potential market of freight demand management","authors":"José Holguín-Veras , Felipe Aros-Vera , Oriana Calderón","doi":"10.1016/j.latran.2023.100006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latran.2023.100006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The paper's main objective is to quantify the potential market for Freight Demand Management (FDM) in metropolitan areas. To this effect, the authors define FDM and describe the various initiatives that could be undertaken to reduce the externalities produced by freight traffic. These changes involve altering the demand patterns enacted by the receivers of supplies. The literature on freight behavior research is reviewed to identify the industry segments most inclined to participate in FDM. Having identified the industry sectors of interest for FDM programs, the authors use freight trip generation models and publicly available data to quantify the freight trip generation for the industry sectors deemed to be the ideal target of FDM initiatives. These estimates are obtained for five large metropolitan statistical areas and a sample of representative medium to small metropolitan statistical areas of different sizes in the US. The paper concludes with a discussion of policy implications and chief results.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100868,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Transport Studies","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100006"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950024923000069/pdfft?md5=8d3da37028572c8df91f107c30470b52&pid=1-s2.0-S2950024923000069-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134688283","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}
Leise Kelli de Oliveira, Rodrigo Affonso Albuquerque Nobrega, Pedro de Souza Coelho
{"title":"Exploring the Transport Landscape in Belo Horizonte, Brazil","authors":"Leise Kelli de Oliveira, Rodrigo Affonso Albuquerque Nobrega, Pedro de Souza Coelho","doi":"10.1016/j.latran.2023.100001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latran.2023.100001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article provides a comprehensive overview of the transport landscape of Belo Horizonte. Belo Horizonte, located in the southeast region, is the capital of Minas Gerais and the first planned city in Brazil in the late 1890 s. Nowadays, the city has 2.3 millions residents , and almost 99% of its residents live in urban areas. Rapid population growth that is out of step with urban and transportation planning has brought challenges to displacement of the population in our times. This article presents the background of Belo Horizonte, with the historical, geographical, demographic, and social context, the transport infrastructure, and the current transportation development agenda. The overview could support further work using Belo Horizonte as a study area.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100868,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Transport Studies","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100001"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S295002492300001X/pdfft?md5=7dcfe05b41813f06016ba4812db113a0&pid=1-s2.0-S295002492300001X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92007052","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}
Luísa Tavares Muzzi de Sousa , Leise Kelli de Oliveira , Lilian dos Santos Fontes Pereira Bracarense
{"title":"Equity in e-commerce accessibility: Gaps and opportunities for a research agenda","authors":"Luísa Tavares Muzzi de Sousa , Leise Kelli de Oliveira , Lilian dos Santos Fontes Pereira Bracarense","doi":"10.1016/j.latran.2023.100002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latran.2023.100002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>E-commerce has been one of the main contributors to urban freight transport. However, equity studies related to e-commerce accessibility are still scarce in the literature. Equity is crucial in freight transportation to understand how access to places or goods is distributed between various social groups. Therefore, this paper aims to identify research opportunities related to equity in ecommerce accessibility through a systematic literature review. The results design a research agenda for future works. The main research gaps concern the use of utilitarianism, libertarianism, and capabilities approach to analyse e-commerce. The research opportunities are related to the use of different equity theories, proposing equity measures.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100868,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Transport Studies","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100002"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950024923000021/pdfft?md5=a9b3dacd434c64ccba72f3251eee267d&pid=1-s2.0-S2950024923000021-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92007051","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}