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{"title":"The value of accessibility, health, safety, inclusion and sustainability: a public willingness to pay experiment","authors":"Martijn Olivier de Vries ,&nbsp;José Ignacio Hernández ,&nbsp;Niek Mouter","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101605","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101605","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many countries use Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) as an ex-ante evaluation method to support transport decision-making. A critique on CBA is that it favours policies which produce easy to monetize impacts (e.g. travel time savings), whereas it disfavours policies which produce difficult to monetize impacts (e.g. minimum level of accessibility for people with a disability and environmental effects). Public willingness to pay (WTP) experiments have been introduced to value difficult to monetize policy impacts. This paper investigates how citizens of the Transport Authority Amsterdam value nine social impacts of transport policies through five Public WTP discrete choice experiments. In the experiments, respondents were asked to choose between transport policies, trading of social impacts against a uniform tax increase. We show that participants particularly value that people can reach key facilities within 15 min and assigned a relatively low value to preventing delays. This suggests that citizens prioritize accessibility over mobility. We also observe that participants assign a significant value to all the nine social impacts and identify Public WTP metrics for all the impacts. This suggests that the Public WTP approach has to potential to resolve the critique on CBA that not all impacts can be monetized.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 101605"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144723600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digitally enabled collaborative governance for sustaining bus reforms on the EDSA Busway in Metro Manila","authors":"Noriel Christopher C. Tiglao ,&nbsp;Erris Sanciangco ,&nbsp;Niki Jon Tolentino","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101633","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101633","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Epifanio de los Santos Avenue or EDSA is a major arterial road in Metro Manila, Philippines which connects several Central Business Districts (CBDs) and major shopping malls of the metropolis with an average daily vehicle traffic reaching more than 400,000 plying its 23.8-km stretch. EDSA serves as a major public transport corridor due to the alignment of other mass transit systems. Over the years, serious attempts were made to increase the quality of bus services, but these were not sustained. In 2021, the city bus routes passing along EDSA were revamped and around 150 bus operators were consolidated into two consortia to operate the EDSA Busway during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally intended to provide an augmentation service to the EDSA-MRT3 which was undergoing repairs along with passenger capacity restrictions to curb the spread of the virus, the government is trying to improve bus operations and infrastructure yet again. This paper describes the collaborative digital twin model, giving a detailed explanation of its development, components, and validation process, providing an analytical tool to improve governance and operations for the EDSA Busway.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 101633"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145010629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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 paratransit in sustainable urban mobility: A scoping review","authors":"Abubakar Sadiq Abass,&nbsp;Mohammed Aljoufie,&nbsp;Abdulrhman M. Gbban","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101613","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101613","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Meeting the mobility needs of urban residents using formal transport systems in developing country cities such as Accra is often fraught with challenges. Paratransit modes have thus, over the years, tended to fill the void created by the shortcomings of formal systems. Their dominance is however often associated with various setbacks which often militate against achieving sustainable urban mobility in developing countries' towns and cities such as Accra. The quest to develop sustainable urban transport modes has often led to marginalisation and outlawing of paratransit operations in these regions despite their notable contributions to urban mobility. This scoping review presents a deeper understanding of paratransit's role by addressing: its broader scope and meaning; its contribution to first- and last-mile connectivity; how it serves underserved populations; its operational strengths and weaknesses; the extent to which it complements formal transport systems and its general overview in the Ghanaian context. These findings are expected to set the stage for further empirical study of how paratransit can be integrated into formal urban transport systems to achieve sustainable public urban transport in Accra given the failure of previous attempts to implement the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems in the city.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 101613"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144771100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quantifying direct public costs and externalities for a just and sustainable urban transport","authors":"Magdala Arioli,&nbsp;Luis Antonio Lindau,&nbsp;Cristina Albuquerque,&nbsp;Francisco Pasqual,&nbsp;Pollyana Rêgo","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101611","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101611","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The quest for a just and sustainable urban transport requires a better understanding of public resources use and transport systems impacts. In the global south we know little about city transport spending and how passenger and freight movement affects society. We developed a method to assess the investments of a Brazilian city in different transport systems (direct costs): bus public transport, freight, private motorised transport, cycling and walking. We also estimated the costs of some of the main externalities: air pollution, climate change and road fatalities. Total externalities costs (€225/capita/year) were three times higher than total direct cost (€75/capita/year). Charging externalities costs, often overlooked in public urban policies, represents significant opportunity for more equitable transport. For individual vehicles, full externality cost recoverry would add to €174/car/year. Private motorised transport, accountable for the highest external costs (54 %), received the largest share of city investments (53 %–82 %, representing up to €255/vehicle/year) while walking and cycling got the lowest (6 %–10 %). Spending on public transport during the first year of COVID19 required significant contributions from city budgets and imposed a new trend in the way bus systems are financed in Brazil, that now counts with hundreds of cities subsidising its operation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 101611"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144723706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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 evolution of consumer preferences in last-mile delivery methods and the impact on urban logistics—A simulation study in the Rotterdam-The Hague region","authors":"J.E. van Vliet ,&nbsp;M.A. de Bok ,&nbsp;B. Atasoy ,&nbsp;G. Homem de Almeida Correia","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101624","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101624","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growing demand for parcel delivery contributes to traffic congestion, high emissions, and rising costs of freight logistics, particularly in urban areas. To address these issues, new and sustainable last-mile delivery methods must be implemented. However, estimating the impact of different logistics systems is complex, as it depends heavily on consumer adoption of these new delivery methods.</div><div>This paper presents a simulation model that captures and explores the interconnections between multiple last-mile delivery methods and corresponding consumer preferences. Two key factors affecting consumer preferences are simulated: (1) consumers’ response to the performance and availability of delivery methods, and (2) the sharing of knowledge through word of mouth and familiarisation. System dynamics is applied at the aggregate level to simulate the evolution of consumer preferences for last-mile delivery across multiple methods. At the disaggregate level, an agent-based model simulates the operational performance of these delivery methods, which in turn influences consumer preferences in the system dynamics model. This integrated approach allows for the observation of the evolving interaction between urban logistics supply and demand, providing key performance indicators on consumer preferences and the delivery method operations at consecutive time points.</div><div>The developed simulation model is applied to a case study in the Rotterdam-The Hague region, a highly urbanised region in The Netherlands. Results show that consumer preferences strongly depend on the carriers’ ability to fulfil the demand. The dynamic interaction between supply and demand creates a reinforcing feedback loop, where the adaptability of carriers is crucial for the long-term success of a delivery method. Additionally, the spatial results reveal that there are zonal differences in the performance of the delivery methods. Further findings indicate that, while total vehicle kilometres and CO₂ emissions will rise due to increasing parcel demand in all scenarios, the average number of van kilometres and CO₂ emissions per parcel will decrease as demand grows.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 101624"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144841806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Value of travel time savings for children: an analysis of questionnaire surveys in Japan","authors":"Kiyohito Utsunomiya","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101634","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101634","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The value of travel time savings (VTTS) is a critical parameter for estimating the social benefits of transport projects. However, only a few studies have focused on VTTS for children. We conducted two questionnaire surveys in Japan: a nationwide web-based survey and a mail-based survey in the regional city of Hitachinaka, where a new railway station was built in front of a school. Respondents were asked to compare VTTS for children with that for adults. In the nationwide survey, many participants stated that VTTS for children was similar to that for adults. However, in Hitachinaka, most respondents perceived VTTS for elementary school students to be higher than that for adults. Even in the nationwide survey, responses indicating that VTTS for children is ‘higher than for adults’ outnumbered those indicating it is ‘lower’ or of ‘little value’. The key reasons cited included parental concerns for safety during travel and children's higher absorptive potential. These findings suggest that current evaluations may underestimate the benefits of reducing children's travel time, potentially distorting public transportation investment decisions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 101634"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145094784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Emerging economic geography of urban restaurants as freight generators: Logistics policy implications for managing dark kitchens and food trucks","authors":"Suprava Mishra ,&nbsp;Agnivesh Pani ,&nbsp;Ivan Sanchez-Diaz ,&nbsp;Heleen Buldeo Rai ,&nbsp;Ankit Gupta","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101627","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101627","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rapid rise of app-based food delivery platforms has redefined how restaurants shape urban space. However, little is known about how these evolving restaurant types cluster and interact with urban land use. Using spatial analysis involving Ripley's-<span><math><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow></math></span> and Moran's-<span><math><mrow><mi>I</mi></mrow></math></span> and predictive models involving decision trees, random forest, and multinomial logit models, this study attempts to explain the location choices of restaurants based on their relative distance to the city centre, rent, population density, and night-time light (NTL) intensity. Analysis results reveal that dark kitchens exhibit the tightest clustering, often in low-rent, high-density zones, while in-person dining is concentrated in high-rent, high-NTL areas. Among the models tested, random forest outperformed decision trees and multinomial logit models in predicting restaurant types, with night-time light emerging as the strongest spatial predictor. The clustering patterns observed in emerging urban restaurant types differ significantly from traditional brick-and-mortar establishments; study findings highlight the urgent need for adaptive freight planning and zoning policies to address the growing logistical footprint of digitally mediated food establishments. While based in Indian cities, the framework and insights of this study are transferable to other global contexts where on-demand food delivery and mixed-use zoning intersect in urban areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 101627"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144925297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How can long-distance battery-powered container ships stack up? A speculative Asia-Europe illustration","authors":"Anthony Wiskich","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101636","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101636","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Are batteries too costly and insufficiently energy-dense for long-distance shipping? We consider a container ship on a round trip between Asia and Europe under two speculative assumptions. First, in addition to a battery-on-container-ship (“<em>on-ship</em>”) approach, we study an “<em>off-ship</em>” concept where a dedicated battery vessel can power the ship en route. Second, we allow (dis)connection of battery vessels and charging at sea (stops). We describe an economic model that optimises ship speed, number of sea stops, battery capacities and battery vessel adoption for a hybrid (fuel/battery) container ship. Our main insights: (i) the <em>off-ship</em> approach allows greater flexibility and partial electrification at higher battery costs, (ii) optimal speeds increase and vary depending on the route segment with battery-powered propulsion, and (iii) battery uptake is more sensitive to battery costs than energy density. We hope these insights promote research into the technical feasibility of the <em>off-ship</em> approach.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 101636"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145010631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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 impact of the I-35 HOT lane toll cap on congestion and revenue","authors":"Vivek Kumar Gupta ,&nbsp;Mark Burris ,&nbsp;Xiubin \"Bruce\" Wang ,&nbsp;Katherine F. Turnbull","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101628","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101628","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Minnesota Department of Transportation charges tolls to single-occupant vehicles using MnPASS lanes. Their toll algorithm varied tolls from $0.25 up to $8 (the toll cap), based on the traffic conditions in the MnPASS lanes. This research analyzed the occurrences of tolls hitting the cap using two years of toll transaction, speed, and volume data. Many single occupancy vehicle (SOV) travelers continued to use the MnPASS lanes at the maximum toll. Nearly 65 % of MnPASS trips where users paid the maximum toll ($8), had an average trip speed below 50 mph (80 kph). This suggests that the $8 toll cap failed to discourage enough MnPASS users to keep traffic flowing faster than 50 mph. Thus, the MnPASS toll policy might be improved by removing or increasing the $8 toll cap. Our results showed better throughput and increased revenue could be attained if the tolls were allowed to exceed the $8 toll cap.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 101628"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145219917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing AI-based eco-driving solutions for reducing GHG emissions in green transportation systems","authors":"Rakan Alyamani ,&nbsp;Yasir Ahmed Solangi ,&nbsp;Muddesar Iqbal ,&nbsp;Dhafer Almakhles ,&nbsp;Cosimo Magazzino","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101632","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101632","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The transportation sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, driven by the country's heavy reliance on oil and fossil fuels. Transitioning to a green and sustainable transport system is critical for reducing emissions and aligning with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 goals of diversifying its economy and promoting environmental sustainability. Thus, this research examined the adoption of a green sustainable transport system to reduce GHG emissions and reduce dependence on fossil fuels for sustainable development in the KSA. The study evaluates various factors and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based eco-driving solutions to systematically implement green transportation systems. In this study, the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP) method is applied to evaluate the five factors and eighteen sub-factors crucial for developing a green transportation system in the country. Next, the Fuzzy Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (FTOPSIS) method is used to prioritize the most significant AI-based eco-driving solutions for the implementation of smart and green transportation in KSA. The findings of the FAHP show that environmental impact (33 %) is the most crucial factor, followed by regulatory compliance (21.3 %) and economic viability (16.9 %). The FTOPSIS indicates that the smart navigation system (<em>CC</em>_<em>i</em> = 0.682) is the most critical AI-based eco-driving solution because this can help reduce GHG emissions and increase the efficiency of traffic regulation in the country. The electric and hybrid vehicle integration (<em>CC</em>_<em>i</em> = 0.585) and carbon footprint tracking systems (<em>CC</em>_<em>i</em> = 0.355) are the next most significant solutions. This study is helpful in reducing GHG emissions, supporting sustainable development, and guiding policymakers toward effective green transport initiatives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 101632"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144925298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}