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{"title":"Do box-wing aircraft configurations add financial value? Results from an academic-based experience","authors":"Fabio Magnacca","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101323","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101323","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, the air transport system has faced a number of major setbacks and demands, making the re-evaluation of traditional design and operational paradigms essential. This has also highlighted the need to explore new aircraft configurations offering improved capacity, efficiency, reduced environmental impacts, and better adaptability to evolving market demands. Consequently, this paper focuses on box-wing aircraft, an innovative aircraft configuration that might be a future improvement of current commercial airplanes' tube-and-wing design. While the innovative box-wing configuration has been studied from various perspectives, no research has examined it from a financial standpoint. This paper aims to explore this issue in depth. By leveraging data and financial models developed over a three-year interventionist experience with the Horizon 2020 PARSIFAL project, this article evaluates whether a box-wing aircraft could be a financially viable alternative to existing aircraft configurations. The results suggest that the introduction of a box-wing aircraft as a future mode of air transportation could provide the aviation sector and society with substantial financial benefits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101323"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143592592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pursuing higher compliance for the mandatory electric bus program in Vietnam: Should we keep a traditional business model or promote a fleet leasing model?","authors":"An Minh Ngoc ,&nbsp;Hiroaki Nishiuchi ,&nbsp;Yasuhiro Shiomi ,&nbsp;Le Hoan","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101327","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101327","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper investigates and compares the economic and environmental benefits of a traditional business model as opposed to a fleet leasing model for electric buses (e-buses). A combination of the emission model and financial model, along with secondary data, was adopted to simulate the environmental and economic impacts of three bus technologies (i.e. diesel buses, compressed natural gas buses, and electric buses). The environmental aspects were evaluated by setting the energy flow of CO₂ emission simulation, considering both direct and indirect emissions. The economic impacts of e-bus versus baseline diesel and CNG alternatives were estimated using the metric total cost of ownership (TCO) per km. We determined that although the mandatory e-bus program might represent a viable option when compared to the combustion alternatives from an environmental standpoint, e-buses are less appealing to bus companies due to their significantly lower cost-competitiveness under a traditional (current) business model. In contrast, a fleet leasing model brings large financial benefits to bus companies, increasing more probability of acceptability and intention of compliance from bus operators. Specifically, our analysis estimates that implementing the e-bus mandatory program with a new leasing model will result in a maximum of 47 %, 90, and 97 % emission removal in 2030, 2040, and 2050 respectively. In the same period, the TCO per km reduces a maximum of 41.8 %, 31.0 %, and 17.4 %, respectively, compared to the traditional business model. The findings can be valuable for cities, practitioners, and bus companies, aiding in a better understanding of the challenges and benefits of the bus leasing model in order to better plan for e-bus uptake in Vietnam.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101327"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143592523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of toll road maintenance system reform on the cost and efficiency of state-owned toll road operators: Evidence from China","authors":"Sheng Cao ,&nbsp;Yingjie Zheng ,&nbsp;Haicheng Xu ,&nbsp;Yanling Li ,&nbsp;Yijing Song","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101330","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101330","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Serious debt problems have greatly hindered the healthy development of China's toll road industry. The key aspect concerns increasing costs, especially maintenance costs. To address this issue, this paper analyzes the effectiveness of China's toll road maintenance system reform policy by using a sample of state-owned toll road operators (STROs). Based on the time-reversed difference-in-differences (DID) model of transition time, the results show that the implementation of the policy has not achieved the expected cost reduction or efficiency improvement. A further analysis reveals that the main reasons for this policy failure are the incompleteness of the management system reform and insufficient marketization. The findings of this paper provide theoretical and empirical references for implementing further reforms in the toll road industry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101330"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143579278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strategic sustainability assessment of rideshare and automated vehicles using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP)","authors":"Mark Muller ,&nbsp;Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia ,&nbsp;Seri Park ,&nbsp;Yimin Zhang ,&nbsp;Brett Fusco ,&nbsp;Ross Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101336","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101336","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>New mobility concepts such as Mobility as a Service (MaaS) are emerging as potential solutions to move people more sustainably in an increasingly urbanized world. Planning for this multi-modal mobility requires a whole system approach (STEEP - social, technical, economic, environmental, and political) to evaluate alternative future scenarios and address varied stakeholder concerns. A strategic planning tool was selected that can model alternative scenarios for how urban mobility systems may evolve over time. A sustainable mobility scorecard was defined, comprised of individual metrics generated from the tool's output. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was selected and applied to generate stakeholder weightings from an online survey of U.S. transportation planning professionals. Those weightings were applied to the scorecard to demonstrate their influence on alternative planning outcomes. Results include the scorecard metrics assessed with the greatest relative importance to sustainability; increases in no car ownership, increases in the transit/walk/bike mode share especially in lower income populations, maintaining the average peak traffic speed (actual/posted), and reducing cars per capita. The resulting weighted scorecard, part of a strategic assessment methodology for mobility sustainability (SAMMS), is then used to evaluate four future planning scenarios with contrasting trends (socio-demographics, travel behavior, employment, land use, transport supply) for the greatest overall sustainable mobility outcome.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101336"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143562537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing port performance and competitiveness through innovation, resilience, and strategic integration: A case study of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port","authors":"Siqi Liu,&nbsp;Bo Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101320","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101320","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines Ningbo Zhoushan Port as a case to explore how emerging ports enhance global competitiveness through the synergistic effects of multidimensional factors such as innovation input (RD), organisational resilience (RES), and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The research, based on grounded theory using qualitative and quantitative analyses, systematically reveals the internal mechanisms of port development. The findings indicate that innovation input significantly enhances port operational efficiency and economic performance, with organisational resilience as a mediating variable to strengthen this effect further. Moreover, CSR demonstrates a dual effect in moderating the relationship between innovation input and economic performance: it amplifies the positive impact of innovation under conditions of efficient resource allocation, whereas it may diminish innovation efficiency in scenarios of resource dispersion. The study further identifies that national policy integration and the coordinated development of port-adjacent industries significantly enhance the port's adaptability to market fluctuations and long-term competitiveness. By identifying the multiple driving factors and their interactive mechanisms in port development, this study enriches the theoretical framework of port management and economic growth while offering systematic strategic guidance for other ports worldwide. The paper further discusses the critical role of integrated strategies involving innovation input, organisational resilience, and CSR in achieving long-term sustainable development for ports while highlighting the study's limitations and future research directions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101320"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143562472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of economic size in the interaction between international trade, international tourist arrivals, and transport modes: Empirical evidence in Vietnam","authors":"Quang Hai Nguyen","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101349","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101349","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the role of economic size in the interaction between international trade, international tourist arrivals, and transport modes using the SARIMAX-(E)GARCH model. Using quarterly data for the period 2000–2023 in Vietnam shows that GDP is an important factor explaining the volatility of international trade, international tourist arrivals, and the majority of transport modes in Vietnam. International trade drives the majority of freight transport modes, but it is also positively impacted by sea and air transport. International tourist arrivals is a factor that promotes international trade and has a two-way relationship with passenger transport modes. The growth of international tourist arrivals also contributes to the development of air, road, and rail transport, and vice versa. Meanwhile, its relationship with passenger transport by sea and inland waterways has had the opposite trend. The interaction also shows the tendency for products to be complementary or substitutes between modes of transport. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected international tourist arrivals and most modes of passenger transport, but it has had little impact on international freight and trade. These findings show the different roles of factors and are the basis for forecasting and setting out policies for the development of trade, tourism, and transport.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101349"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143562470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Embracing strategies to overcome the electric vehicles adoption barriers in emerging market","authors":"Atul Rawat ,&nbsp;Chandra Prakash Garg ,&nbsp;Priyank Sinha","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101337","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101337","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With 24 % of all direct CO2 emissions, the transportation industry is the biggest consumer of fossil fuels. Over 75 % of transportation-related CO2 emissions come from road vehicles, underscoring the need for greener transportation options like electric vehicles (EVs). Many countries are switching to EVs to replace internal combustion engine vehicles and minimize CO2 emissions. The government of India has introduced multiple policies, such as subsidies, PLI and battery swapping programs, tax incentives, a special electric mobility zone in India, etc., to expedite the adoption of EVs, which is still below the desired level due to various challenges and barriers deteriorating air quality and ecological equilibrium. Therefore, it is imperative to implement resilient and responsible strategies to vanquish these barriers to EV adoption. The study proposed an integrated decision framework using Fuzzy-based AHP-TOPSIS methods to overcome the challenges of EV adoption. This integrated fuzzy based decision framework is advantageous due to its ability to handle uncertain and ambiguous factors that often characterize strategic decisions. The result of the study indicates that low-interest rate loans or interest rate subvention and tax exemption, developing a pan-India network of public charging points, and reducing investment costs for EV infrastructure deployment by enhancing cooperation among the stakeholders, etc. are the salient strategies to vanquish the mass EV adoption barriers. The suggested strategies will assist companies, policymakers, and stakeholders in drafting policies for strategy implementation to mitigate the EV adoption barriers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101337"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143548248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strong facilities but weak benefits: An empirical evaluation of facility performance and business performance of 14 cruise ports in China","authors":"Xianhua Wu,&nbsp;Zichen Dong,&nbsp;Shuhan Meng","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101334","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101334","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>China has been contributing a significant number of tourists to cruise trips. In recent years, China has undertaken large-scale investments in the construction of cruise ports. However, due to the lack of top-level design at the national level, these investments have been somewhat premature, leading to concerns regarding the operation of most cruise ports. A common issue is the discrepancy between strong infrastructure and weak operational efficiency, evidenced by the underutilization of port facilities, low berth occupancy rates, and a mismatch between dock construction standards and service functions. Currently, there is a scarcity of empirical studies based on data addressing these issues. This paper presents an empirical study using 14 cruise ports in China as examples. The study involves the following: 1) An evaluation index system was constructed, and the entropy - TOPSIS model was employed to assess the ‘facility performance’ of the 14 cruise ports. The results revealed a clear differentiation in facility performance, with ports in the Pearl River Delta showing the strongest facilities, while those in the southwestern coastal region exhibited the weakest. 2)The evaluation index system was divided into two categories based on the ‘input-output’ standard, and dimensionality reduction was performed using the PCA model. The DEA model was then used to evaluate ‘operational performance,’ revealing that ports in the Pearl River Delta had the highest efficiency, while those in the southwestern coastal region had the lowest. Controlling input is essential for each port to achieve DEA efficiency. 3)A comparison of the evaluation scores for ‘facility performance’ and ‘operational performance’ of individual and overall Chinese cruise ports indicated significant disparities between the two. This suggests a potential issue of ‘strong facilities, weak benefits ‘among Chinese cruise ports. 4)Eight influencing factors were hypothesized, and the Tobit model was used to analyze the impact of each factor on ‘facility performance’ and ‘operational performance.’ The results showed that the quality of urban economic development and the potential of the consumer market have a significant positive impact. In conclusion, the study suggests that the lag in the ‘operational performance’ of Chinese cruise ports is primarily due to the emphasis on cruise ships over passengers, and on hardware over software, leading to redundant investment from premature construction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101334"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143548247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Users' adoption intentions of ridesharing services in Lahore, Pakistan: An empirical examination with an extended technology acceptance model","authors":"Syed Arif Hussain Shah,&nbsp;Kubota Hisashi","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101335","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101335","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The advancement of information and communication technologies (ICT), especially smartphones have fueled the growth of the sharing economy. Ridesharing is a sustainable and viable future transport mode that efficiently matches passengers with similar origins and destinations in the same vehicle. It is imperative to understand the determining factors that influence the users' intent towards these services. This research extends the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by incorporating user innovativeness (UI), environmental awareness (ENA), trust (TRU), and perceived risk (PR) to analyze intentions towards ridesharing. The theoretical model was tested using the data collected through a questionnaire survey from 302 users in Lahore, Pakistan. The results showed the positive association of factors such as UI, perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), TRU and ENA with attitude towards the use (ATU), which indirectly leads to the adoption of such services whereas the factors such as PR has a negative association with users' attitude towards ridesharing services. Furthermore, the users' attitude has a positive relationship with their intentions towards the adoption of such services. Research has identified gender, profession, car ownership, and age as significant factors in determining behavior towards adopting ridesharing services. The research suggests implementing effective policy measures to authorities based on these results.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101335"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143548242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “Errand delivery adoption by business users: Integrated perceived SERVQUAL model within TOE- TAM model” [Research in Transportation Business & Management, Volume 59, March 2025, 101313]","authors":"Jinjing Zhao ,&nbsp;Qing Liu ,&nbsp;Hosung Son ,&nbsp;Yanfeng Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101326","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101326","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"59 ","pages":"Article 101326"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143520177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}