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{"title":"Territorial equity, energy performance, and policy orientation in Tunisian public transport: A multi-objective DOE-based analysis","authors":"Mohamed Karim Hajji ,&nbsp;Asma Fekih ,&nbsp;Marwa Mlaouah","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102023","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Public transport systems operating across heterogeneous territories must balance operating costs, operational energy performance, and territorial fairness under constrained planning conditions. This study analyses these interactions in the Tunisian context using an integrated vehicle-crew scheduling framework combined with a full factorial design varying demand intensity, spatial imbalance, and policy orientation. Twenty-seven scenarios are solved on a single-day tactical horizon, and four responses - -cost, energy use, territorial equity, and a composite sustainability score — are examined using ANOVA and response-surface modelling. The results show that spatial imbalance and policy orientation are the main drivers of energy and equity outcomes, whereas short-term demand variations exert a more limited influence once the timetable is fixed. Energy use tends to increase when territorial or policy choices expand service coverage, highlighting the operational tension between fairness and resource intensity. Overall, the framework provides a policy-relevant and analytically transparent basis for identifying trade-offs and compromise regions in sustainability-oriented public transport planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 102023"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147858777","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":"Game theoretic analysis of centralised road backhauling market","authors":"P. Delle Site,&nbsp;Q. Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102000","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102000","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Geographic imbalances of trade are a major reason for empty travel in long-distance road freight markets. One strategy to reduce empty vehicle-kilometres is backhauling. This consists in matching the supply of trips by hauliers who have empty vehicles available with the demand of trips by shippers. A spatial model is proposed to explain and predict matchings and shipment prices in networks of any size and topology. The model formulation is the one of assignment games. A digital platform managed by a social planner receives trip offers and shipment requests. Hauliers and shippers are matched to minimize travel standard costs. This centralized socially optimal market is stable, i.e. no pair of haulier and shipper (fronthaul service) and no triplet composed by one haulier and two shippers (backhaul service) has an incentive to break up the current partnership. Equilibrium conditions are satisfied, in the sense that each player individually maximises her surplus. Additionally, no haulier and no shipper loses, and, therefore, subsidies are not needed. Prices can be set to achieve backhaul, or fronthaul, Pareto optimal shipper surplus allocations. Toy cases and one real case related to regional transport of products of a specific industry are used for illustration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 102000"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147802353","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":"SafePass: Efficient emergency vehicle passage with minimal disruption to traffic flow","authors":"Osho Osho ,&nbsp;Suchetana Chakraborty ,&nbsp;Sajal K. Das","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emergency vehicle passage in congested urban networks poses a dual challenge: ensuring rapid response while minimizing disruption to surrounding traffic. This study addresses this challenge in the context of Connected Autonomous Emergency Vehicles (CA-EVs), proposing <em>SafePass</em>, a lightweight distributed framework for seamless CA-EV passage through decentralized, cooperative maneuvering of surrounding Connected Autonomous Non-Emergency Vehicles (CA-NEVs). At its core, <em>SafePass</em> employs the Target Lane Potential (TLP), a novel utility-based metric combining lane-choice utility with probabilistic gap acceptance, augmented by a cascade-aware penalty that suppresses upstream shockwaves triggered by gap-creation maneuvers. Evaluated in Simulation of Urban Mobility (SUMO) using synthetic traffic and real-world trajectory data from the Next Generation Simulation (NGSIM) US-101, Wuhan University Next Generation Simulation (WUT-NGSIM), and modified Waymo Open datasets, <em>SafePass</em> consistently clears lanes well before the CA-EV’s Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA), reducing CA-EV travel time by up to 30% compared to baselines while lowering surrounding vehicle travel time by 8%–10%, demonstrating that safety and efficiency need not be traded off.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 102011"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147802414","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":"How does the novelty effect influence speed impacts? An exploratory meta-analysis of five types of traffic calming measures","authors":"Jiří Ambros,&nbsp;Martin Šípek","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102037","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102037","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although traffic calming measures (TCMs) have been used internationally for several decades, their reported speed impacts remain inconsistent, partly due to differences in evaluation design and follow-up duration. One underexplored source of bias is the novelty effect, whereby the initial effectiveness of an intervention may decline over time as drivers become familiar with it. This exploratory study examines the influence of novelty effects on speed outcomes for five common traffic calming measures (3D pedestrian crossings, driver feedback signs, optical speed bars, reduced speed limits without enforcement, and physical vertical measures). Based on 51 international studies and 275 effect estimates, a random-effects <em>meta</em>-analysis with time-based subgroups was conducted. The results indicate that effectiveness generally decreases over time across all intervention types. After adjusting for publication bias, the decreases were approximately between 40% and 100%, which means that the effectiveness of TCMs may be halved or even nullified over time. The findings suggest that no category of TCMs is immune to novelty effects and that short-term evaluations are likely to overestimate long-term effectiveness. These results have important implications for traffic calming evaluation, programme design, and evidence-informed transport policy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 102037"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147858512","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":"Environmental benefits of urban logistics facilities – A trade-off analysis of transportation and real estate impacts","authors":"Claire Schelfhout ,&nbsp;Koen Mommens ,&nbsp;Waldo Galle ,&nbsp;Jeroen Poppe ,&nbsp;Heleen Buldeo Rai","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102036","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102036","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rapid urbanization and increasing emphasis on environmental sustainability have made logistics a prominent part of today’s urban planning challenges. In densely populated cities, logistics facilities are crucial for efficient and sustainable goods transportation. This article examines the environmental benefits of urban logistics facilities, focusing on the trade-off between reduced transportation emissions and the real estate impacts of the added facility in the supply chain. Traditional transportation analyses often overlook the environmental impact of logistics facilities. This study addresses that gap by integrating both transportation and building-related emissions into the assessment. This analysis focuses on proximity logistics, where facilities are added in dense urban areas. Using a case study in Brussels (Belgium), we explore how a multimodal consolidation center for construction logistics (called Brussels Construction Consolidation Center or BCCC) can reduce transportation emissions, taking the carbon footprint of the facility into account. The results show that using the BCCC leads to an annual reduction of approximately 45 tons CO₂e in transportation emissions. However, construction and operation of the logistics facility introduce a combined total of approximately 16 tons CO₂e in average annual service life emissions. This result is a net positive effect of approximately 29 tons CO₂e reduced annually. Our research also indicates that as urban freight decarbonizes, emissions from transportation decreases and the relative share of emissions of buildings becomes more prominent. This underscores the importance of balancing transportation emissions with the carbon footprint of real estate.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 102036"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147858533","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":"Impact of VR headset-based training on drivers’ hazard avoidance and mental models when driving with ADAS","authors":"Ganesh Pai ,&nbsp;Anuj K. Pradhan","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The introduction of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) presents new human factors challenges. Research indicates that users often lack sufficient knowledge about these systems, which can impair hazard avoidance abilities. Improving users’ mental models and knowledge can foster safer interactions with vehicle automation. However, hazard avoidance for ADAS differs from traditional driving due to system-specific changes that influence how vehicles respond and control themselves and how drivers should monitor and respond. Failure to recognize these changes may have serious consequences. Error-based training approaches have been effective in improving drivers’ mental models and hazard avoidance. A new training program was developed utilizing Virtual Reality (VR) to enhance understanding of adaptive cruise control (ACC) and develop hazard avoidance skills. In a mixed-subject design, 36 participants were assigned to one of three groups: VR training, state diagram (SD) visualization, or basic text (BI) information. Mental models were assessed before and after training, and driving simulator data captured interactions with ACC and hazard avoidance. Findings showed that while the VR training influenced mental models and hazard avoidance, the effects were not statistically significant. Notably, VR training positively impacted participants’ glance behavior during edge case events—an intended training goal. Relationships between training and mental models emerged, although no significant correlations were found between mental models and hazard avoidance behaviors. These findings address a literature gap regarding hazard avoidance in vehicle automation and suggest that VR training could be expanded to include more ADAS features, fostering improved training in an increasingly automated driving landscape.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 102012"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147802358","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":"Safe System maturity and Safe System readiness in three European and three African countries: A comparison of an emerging versus a mature context","authors":"Tor-Olav Nævestad ,&nbsp;Enoch F. Sam ,&nbsp;Haneen Farah ,&nbsp;Daniel Mwamba ,&nbsp;Jaqueline Masaki ,&nbsp;Aliaksei Laureshyn ,&nbsp;Matilda Magnusson ,&nbsp;Thomas Miyoba ,&nbsp;Ingeborg Hesjevoll ,&nbsp;Andras Varhelyi ,&nbsp;Rune Elvik ,&nbsp;Jenny Blom ,&nbsp;Laxman Singh Bisht ,&nbsp;Filbert Francis ,&nbsp;Lars E. Egner","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The study provides a comparison of Safe System maturity and Safe System readiness in three European countries (Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands) and three African countries (Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia), based on document studies and focus group discussions (n = 73 interviewees and n = 44 interviewees). Safe System maturity refers to the level of Safe System implementation related to national road safety management, while the readiness assessment focuses on the factors influencing maturity. The study develops a model to assess Safe System readiness. Interviewees in the focus groups discussions in the African countries discussed insufficient implementation from the position of an emerging Safe System context, where factors like insufficient economic resources, corruption and insufficient institutional robustness limit Safe System implementation. Interviewees in the European countries discussed insufficient implementation from a mature Safe System context. These countries have had considerable reductions in fatal accidents since they implemented Safe System policies, but there is still room for improvement. Interviewees in the European countries generally indicated that they know what is needed to reach the Safe System, but that societal factors are constraining this implementation (e.g. cultural focus on freedom to take risk, lacking political sense of urgency related to road safety). There are several very effective measures that are not being used in the European countries, because factors like explicit political choices, goal conflicts and values limit Safe System implementation. The study concludes that there are considerable implementation barriers in both the emerging and the mature Safe System context, although they differ in nature.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 102015"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147858778","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":"Cyber resilience skills for AI-enabled incident response in port operations","authors":"Chalermpong Senarak","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102033","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102033","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ports are increasingly deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to support cybersecurity monitoring, analysis, and automated response. While prior research has focused on the technical performance of AI-enabled response systems, far less attention has been given to the human skills required to govern cyber incident response during active disruption. In port environments—where cyber incidents can immediately affect safety, cargo flows, and service continuity—response effectiveness depends not only on automation, but on managerial judgment exercised under time pressure and uncertainty. This study reframes cyber incident response capability as a set of decision-oriented skills enacted by port operations managers during the Respond phase. Using a two-round Delphi method with experts from port operations, cybersecurity, and governance fields in Thailand, the study identifies and validates six core cyber resilience skill domains: Operational Impact Interpretation; Response Coordination and Order-of-Operations Leadership; Criteria-Based Reporting and Stakeholder Communication; Containment–Continuity Trade-off Management; Human–AI Supervision and Decision Governance; and Learning and Response Improvement. The findings advance cyber resilience and port management literature by making the human governance layer of AI-enabled response analytically explicit. The resulting skill framework provides a foundation for future empirical research and offers practical guidance for training, role design, and policy development in AI-enabled port cybersecurity governance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 102033"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147858781","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":"Users of modified pedelecs: a risky group among Czech e-cyclists?","authors":"Kateřina Bucsuházy,&nbsp;Jiří Vedra,&nbsp;Lukáš Kadula,&nbsp;Pavlína Skládaná,&nbsp;Robert Zůvala,&nbsp;Jiří Ambros","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The increasing share of pedelecs in traffic presents new risks for traffic safety. Higher speeds, different handling of pedelecs compared to traditional bicycles and the presence of road users, whose physical condition would not allow them to cycle without support, on the road lead to more crashes and different injury patterns. These problems are intensified for some cyclists by illegal modification that allows even higher speeds of their pedelecs. The presented study aimed to reveal who the riders of modified pedelecs are, why the tuning occurs and whether the riders of modified pedelecs are more prone to risky behaviour. Online and field questionnaire surveys were used in the study, resulting in 1006 complete interviews. The obtained data included information on riders’ demographic characteristics, annual distance ridden, types of roads used, the purpose of riding, helmet use, alcohol consumption when riding, crash experience, and ownership of a manipulated pedelec. It has been revealed that 10% of cyclists had their bikes modified and that the modified pedelecs were more prevalent among males, younger cyclists, and riders with higher annual distance ridden compared to riders of standard pedelecs. The data also indicated that owners of modified pedelecs had generally worse safety characteristics, judging by not using the helmet, alcohol consumption and crash experience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 102026"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147802356","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":"Descriptive analyses of commercial bicyclist injury characteristics, working hours, distances travelled, and injury incidence using a cross-sectional survey","authors":"Ugo Lachapelle ,&nbsp;M. Anne Harris","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102044","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102044","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Worldwide increases in commercial bicycling present a challenge for capturing worker injuries. Counts of injuries require contextualization with indicators of time and distances travelled. Injury epidemiology studies using time-based denominators often assume all workers are full time. Using details on working hours and distances travelled, this study estimated incidence for bicyclist workers.</div><div>We fielded a survey (n = 171) to a cross-section of commercial bicyclists (74.9% men) from Québec (46.8%), rest of Canada (14.6%) and international locations (38.6%). Participants reported their most severe injuries in the past month, average daily distance travelled for work, and weekly average hours worked. We used these to compute time and distance-based injury incidence rates based on worker type, location, experience, gender and compensation model.</div><div>Mean reported monthly working hours was 122.4 (95% CI:113.2–131.6) and mean km traveled per day was 53.4 (95% CI:49.5–57.3). 42% of respondents indicated an injury in the past month, with 7% indicating a “severe” injury that would require medical attention such as broken limb, wound requiring stitches, or concussion. Overall injury incidence was estimated at 38.4 per 100,000 km (95% CI:35.8–40.9) and 334.9 per 100,000 person-hours (95% CI:312.7–357.0). Severe injury incidence was estimated at 6.3 per 100,000 km (95% CI:5.3–7.3) and 55.0 per 100,000 person-hours (95% CI:46.1–64.0). Higher injury incidence was reported among women, less experienced workers, and workers in food and other delivery jobs (versus messenger jobs).</div><div>This descriptive study indicates this worker population faces significant injury rates when compared to those of commuting cyclists and transportation workers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 102044"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147858775","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}