{"title":"From queueing performance evaluation to policy guidance: A new modeling framework for escalator systems","authors":"Fahan Chen, Xinyu Wang, Chao Guo, Moshe Zukerman","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102073","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102073","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Escalators play a critical role in vertical transportation in urban transit systems such as metro and subway stations, yet their efficiency is often constrained by informal usage norms such as the “walk left, stand right” rule. This study presents a new framework to characterize passenger boarding behaviors and evaluate the resulting delays on escalators. In particular, we focus on the average passenger queueing delay before boarding the escalator and define it as our performance metric designated as Average Delay Before Escalator (ADBE). Two distinct arrival processes, Poisson and Single Batch, are considered to estimate lower and upper bounds for the ADBE. A probabilistic output process is used to simulate boarding decisions under varying traffic and behavior scenarios. We analyze three boarding policies: (1) all-standing, (2) walk-left-stand-right with two variants, and (3) a hybrid strategy reflecting real-world behavior. Four passenger types are defined to emulate behavioral diversity, reflecting differing urgency and space preferences. Simulation results reveal that the all-standing policy significantly reduces the ADBE and increases throughput, especially under congestion. Our model offers actionable insights for transit planners and metro system operators, providing a quantitative basis for optimizing escalator usage policies and enhancing both throughput and safety.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 102073"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476594","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}
Lorenzo Dorbolò, Marco Pretto, Pietro Giannattasio
{"title":"A general data-driven methodology for predicting future air traffic distributions around airports","authors":"Lorenzo Dorbolò, Marco Pretto, Pietro Giannattasio","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102108","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102108","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A reliable forecast of future low-altitude air traffic distributions is essential for the prediction of aircraft noise and pollutant emissions in airport areas. This work proposes a novel methodology for generating aircraft movements around airports based on historical flight tracking data. These data are exploited to derive representative flight paths via unsupervised machine learning and typical airport operations via statistical analysis. These outcomes feed a custom-made algorithm that generates future traffic distributions, requiring only traffic intensity and forecast timeframe as inputs. The methodology, tested at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, uses 2022 tracking data to predict the traffic distribution in 2024 and is validated comparing simulated and actual 2024 day-evening-night noise levels <span><math><msub><mi>L</mi><mrow><mi>DEN</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>. An accurate prediction is achieved, as moderate <span><math><msub><mi>L</mi><mrow><mi>DEN</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> differences involve regions under 45 dB(A) while <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>L</mi><mrow><mi>DEN</mi></mrow></msub><mo>≥</mo><mn>45</mn></mrow></math></span> dB(A) contour areas are overestimated by less than 6 %. Errors come mostly from changes in airport operations, to be addressed in future developments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 102108"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476596","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}
Ali Heidari, Mohammad Khalilzadeh, Fariborz Jolai, Matineh Ziari
{"title":"A multi-objective mathematical model for hub location-allocation with inspection under uncertainty: a benders decomposition approach","authors":"Ali Heidari, Mohammad Khalilzadeh, Fariborz Jolai, Matineh Ziari","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102112","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102112","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growing demand for rail transportation has intensified the need for designing an optimal and sustainable network to facilitate freight movement with minimal cost, time, and environmental impact. A key challenge in this domain is wagon failures and the resulting delays, underscoring the critical importance of timely and preventive maintenance. In this study, major stations are considered as hubs where defective wagons are consolidated and repaired. To address the multifaceted requirements of rail transport systems, a robust multi-objective mathematical model has been developed, incorporating economic and environmental objectives alongside social responsibility components, specifically, enhancing customer satisfaction (by reducing transit time) and improving employment opportunities as primary decision-making criteria. For solving the model, an enhanced epsilon-constraint method is employed for small-scale instances, while a combination of the weighted-sum approach and the Benders decomposition algorithm is applied to large-scale problems. Subsequently, a sensitivity analysis is conducted to evaluate the stability of solutions against variations in key parameters. Sensitivity analysis shows that wagon capacity is the most influential parameter, as increasing it significantly reduces infrastructure, transportation, inspection, and reward costs. Demand is another highly sensitive factor, directly affecting the number of hubs, locomotives, and the overall network size. Within the tested ranges, the model remained stable and no infeasibility was observed. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed model not only exhibits high efficacy in managing rail transport networks but also simultaneously fulfills sustainability, economic, and social objectives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 102112"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476599","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}
Floor Bontje, Bas Spierings, Roland Geraerts, Taoufik Bakri, Leendert van Maanen, Christian P. Janssen
{"title":"The influence of spatial and social context on cyclists’ anticipatory yielding behavior","authors":"Floor Bontje, Bas Spierings, Roland Geraerts, Taoufik Bakri, Leendert van Maanen, Christian P. Janssen","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102132","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines how cyclists’ anticipatory yielding behavior is influenced by spatial and social contexts. While previous research has shown that cyclists’ yielding behavior is shaped by environmental context, a controlled study isolating the effects of specific spatial and social factors would be a valuable addition. Two controlled video simulation experiments were conducted (total N = 67), in which participants viewed traffic scenarios from a cyclist’s perspective. In each video, a pedestrian crossed, and participants indicated their intended anticipatory behavior in the presented scenario by pressing Continue or Brake. The experiments manipulated kinematics (time-to-arrival and distance gap), pedestrian density, and presence or absence of a dedicated cycling lane. Participants selected braking less often and responded more slowly in low pedestrian-density environments and when a dedicated cycling lane was present. Greater time-to-arrival and distance gaps to the pedestrian (i.e., kinematics) were also associated with fewer selected braking responses and increased response times. Pedestrian density had a stronger influence in shared spaces, while time gap effects weakened under low-density conditions. Together, these findings suggest that participants’ reported yielding responses are influenced by spatial (dedicated cycling lane, kinematics) and social factors (pedestrian density). Implications for infrastructure design are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 102132"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148477134","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}
Eva Kvašňovská, Lucie Vyskočilová, Zbyněk Janoška, Jiří Ambros, Zbyněk Mikolajek, Radim Striegler
{"title":"Pedestrian and cyclist safety in the context of micromobility on the shared-use paths","authors":"Eva Kvašňovská, Lucie Vyskočilová, Zbyněk Janoška, Jiří Ambros, Zbyněk Mikolajek, Radim Striegler","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102116","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102116","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A shared-use path is a route used by pedestrians, cyclists, and others with small non-motor vehicles. Across countries, different attitudes and preferences toward shared-use paths lead to varying challenges, with the main problem being limiting conflicts. In the Czech Republic, shared-use paths are increasingly used by e-bikes and scooters. Higher speeds and traffic volumes on shared-use paths have increased the number and severity of injuries. This research was set out to investigate the impact of measurable parameters on conflict prediction. Locations on 10 different shared-use paths were chosen, and 40 h of bird’s-eye video footage were recorded, analysed using the YOLO algorithm for detection of shared-use path users, and tracking their routes using the BoT-SORT algorithm. For all trajectories, lengths, average speeds, direction of motion, and time were calculated, along with mutual interactions. For every location, path width was measured, and conflicts and potential conflicts were evaluated. Volumes were processed into 15-minute intervals, and baseline characteristics were calculated. Machine Learning methods were used to analyse the dataset and visualise the results to better understand the conflict prediction model. The results confirm that higher traffic volumes increase the proportion of conflicts, while greater path width helps mitigate these risks. Conflicts are more likely with a higher proportion of cyclists and at lower speeds and higher volumes, suggesting congestion is a contributing factor. These findings underscore the importance of well-designed infrastructure, particularly wider paths, in enhancing safety and fostering harmonious coexistence among diverse user groups on shared-use facilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 102116"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476689","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":"Transit-oriented development as a catalyst for urban economic growth: evidence from the Chaoyang district of Beijing","authors":"Rasheed Rabia, Hongguang Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102110","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102110","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the perceived economic impacts of transit-oriented development (TOD) in the Chaoyang District of Beijing by focusing on three critical outcomes: property value (PV), business growth (BG), and employment opportunities (EO). Despite extensive policy support for TOD, empirical evidence capturing how local economic actors perceive its economic impacts remains limited, particularly in rapidly urbanizing cities in developing contexts. This study investigates how small business owners perceive the influence of key TOD characteristics on local perceived economic outcomes. Using survey data from 2,346 respondents, six TOD dimensions accessibility, density, land-use mix, walkability, service quality, and proximity to transit stations were examined using a Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) framework. The results indicate that all TOD dimensions are positively associated, in the perception of respondents, with PV, BG, and EO. Among these factors, density shows the strongest association with perceived PV, while accessibility and proximity to transit demonstrate comparatively stronger links with perceived EO and BG. Overall, the findings suggest that TOD characteristics are consistently associated with favorable economic perceptions among local business actors. By adopting a perception-based analytical approach, this study contributes theoretically by extending TOD research beyond objective indicators and practically by offering policy-relevant insights into how TOD benefits are interpreted in high-density urban settings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 102110"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476606","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":"‘Maritime regulations crossroads: bridging IMO’s CII and EU ETS through the EUA efficiency indicator’","authors":"Anastasia Christodoulou, Jason Kontochristos","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102126","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102126","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In order to reduce shipping Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, both global and regional regulatory frameworks have been developed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the European Union (EU) respectively. The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship among these regulatory frameworks within the shipping industry. In order to facilitate this comparison, the IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) and the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) are analyzed in order to identify similarities, differences and examine if a correlation between the two regulations exists. Voyage data from selected vessels were gathered and analyzed to provide the CII rating of the vessels and EU ETS costs associated with the respective voyages. Building on these cases’ results, a new indicator – the EUA Efficiency Indicator − was developed to estimate the accumulative result of the co-existence of the two regulations and determine the prevailing combined mechanism of global and regional decarbonization initiatives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 102126"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476783","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":"Green aviation practices in Singapore and Malaysia: A two-country exploratory policy analysis","authors":"Hansha Kistamah","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102134","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102134","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study offers a comparative analysis of aviation decarbonisation strategies in Singapore and Malaysia, focusing on their distinct policy approaches to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. These two nations are the only ASEAN members to have launched dedicated national aviation decarbonisation blueprints. Using a Theory of Change (TOC) framework and text mining, the research examines the Singapore Sustainable Air Hub Blueprint and Malaysia Aviation Decarbonisation Blueprint to compare key strategic directions/thematics between the two. Singapore strategically positions itself as a competitive air hub with strong financial commitments and advanced regulations, while Malaysia’s incentive-based approach emphasises capacity-building, stakeholder engagement, and primarily focuses on emissions management. Both countries share goals in air traffic management and airport sustainability, but Singapore shows greater regulatory maturity and innovation. The sentiment analysis reveals future-oriented attitudes around SAF and green infrastructure. The study highlights the critical role of green bonds and carbon trading to finance decarbonisation efforts and stresses the importance of capacity-building and knowledge-sharing to support other developing Southeast Asian countries in adopting best practices demonstrated by both countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 102134"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148477106","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}
W.G.A. Van Zwol, J.P. De Jong, E. Rusman, B.I.J.M. Van der Heijden
{"title":"How truck drivers and transport companies co-shape career sustainability: a comparative case study in the Netherlands","authors":"W.G.A. Van Zwol, J.P. De Jong, E. Rusman, B.I.J.M. Van der Heijden","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102121","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102121","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines how truck drivers interpret and exercise agency regarding career sustainability, within an occupation marked by spatial constraints, limited upward mobility, and strong job autonomy. Using a comparative case study design, we analyzed seven cases in various transport companies, grounded in 31 interviews with truck drivers, their direct supervisors, HR managers, and directors. Our aim was to understand how agency plays out across organizational and occupational social spaces, and how this agency shapes truck drivers’ career trajectories . Findings reveal an <em>agency paradox</em>: while drivers report a strong sense of agency—expressed through ownership and individuality in their job, this perceived agency is identity-driven and constrained by existing structural organizational boundaries. Supervisors and other managerial actors often expect drivers to demonstrate long-term, life course agency, yet rarely offer needed support or resources. As a result, career development of truck drivers remains limited, reinforcing a culture of “good enough” satisfaction and static occupational roles. Findings highlight the critical role of social context in shaping how agency is interpreted and enacted in transport companies. These insights call for interventions that foster <em>actual</em> rather than perceived agency, including clearer supervisory roles, attention to health-related job demands, and efforts to challenge occupational stigma, and that aim for fostering truck drivers’ career sustainability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 102121"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476686","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}
Maurice Krauth, Henning Preis, Noah Jalowski, Nikola Bešinović
{"title":"Optimising airport ground handling operations considering multi-skilled resources","authors":"Maurice Krauth, Henning Preis, Noah Jalowski, Nikola Bešinović","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102127","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trip.2026.102127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Efficient airport ground handling operations are critical to ensuring timely aircraft handling and maintaining overall airport performance. These operations face tight schedules, resource constraints, and disturbances that can cause delays. Multi-skilled resources enhance flexibility by enabling multiple operations, reducing idle time and improving resilience to disturbances. Tactical optimisation of ground handling operations is investigated, focusing on allocating and scheduling multi-skilled resources. A new optimisation model is proposed to tackle the problem of allocating multi-skilled resources to interdependent ground handling operations under temporal, spatial, and disturbance-related constraints. To address the computational challenges of solving real-world problem instances, a heuristic-based approach is developed, as these instances prove too complex for traditional linear optimisation methods. The proposed approach is tested using a case study based on a full day of operations at Düsseldorf Airport, applied to a simplified layout representation, showing its ability to minimise delays and improve workforce efficiency. The results show significant advantages of incorporating multi-skilled resources, including increased flexibility and reduced delays. For example, with 600 resources and 60% disturbed operations, the higher-skilled resource set reduced total delay by 26% compared with the lower-skilled set. The heuristic solved all tested instances in less than one second, whereas exact optimisation required up to 24,097 s and became intractable for larger instances. These findings demonstrate that tactical scheduling with multi-skilled resources can improve both operational resilience and computational tractability. The results further show that the proposed approach extends existing ground handling planning methods by enabling proactive tactical scheduling under realistic operational constraints.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 102127"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476685","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}