Yang Xu , Zhe Han , Zhanmin Zhang , Michael Murphy
{"title":"A methodological procedure for evaluating curve-related misclassifications in motor vehicle crash databases","authors":"Yang Xu , Zhe Han , Zhanmin Zhang , Michael Murphy","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101389","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101389","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Motor vehicle crashes have been identified as a leading cause of death all over the world. To better promote traffic safety and protect lives of the traveling public, transportation agencies develop crash databases to effectively manage reportable motor vehicle crashes. Crash reports from law enforcement authorities usually serve as the primary source for motor vehicle crash data. However, unintentional errors in law enforcement crash reports, errors in state-maintained crash databases, and the migration and rearrangement of data could introduce problems of data consistency in crash databases. One such identified data inconsistency is regarding horizontal curves. It can result in misidentifications of curve-related crashes, which can affect safety analysis using these data. This is significant since many studies have related horizontal curves to crash frequency and severity. To solve this problem, this study proposed a methodological procedure for evaluating (i.e., identifying, classifying, and quantifying) curve-related misclassifications in crash databases. The applicability of the proposed methodological procedure was illustrated through a case study using the Crash Records Information System (CRIS) maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The results indicated that transportation agencies could employ the proposed methodological procedure to evaluate inconsistencies associated with curve-related crash data both effectively and efficiently.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 101389"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138687405","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}
Bo Lin , Jie Tang , Yicong Zhong , Chang Dai , Bo Lu
{"title":"Spatial effect of digital economy on the coordinated development of Port cities","authors":"Bo Lin , Jie Tang , Yicong Zhong , Chang Dai , Bo Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101385","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Under the background of thriving digital economy and the digitization of port industry, using data derived from port cities in Guangdong, this study intends to investigate the spatial effect of digital economy on the port city coordination. This paper firstly measures the port city coupling coordination degrees and the digital economy comprehensive development levels, then estimates the spatial spill over effect of digital economy on the port city coordination by constructing the dynamic Spatial Durbin Model (SDM). To further clarify local patterns of the spatial effect, this paper subsequently analyses the spatial effects within and between three sub regions in Guangdong. The results show that first, the port city coordination has a habit persistence; second, the digital economy development may be mainly due to the local policy; third, the digital economy has a positive spatial spillover effect on the port city coordination, and the effect will increase over time; forth, the spatial effects in the Pearl River Delta and in the western and eastern areas present different patterns. The quantitative research enriches the port city theory under the new circumstances of digital economy, and brings new insights into regional integration and sustainable development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 101385"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0739885923001257/pdfft?md5=e34fc2f3ed1c9dee9739afef02319c87&pid=1-s2.0-S0739885923001257-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138577748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alinda Kokkinou , Hans Quak , Ondrej Mitas , Albert Mandemakers
{"title":"Should I wait or should I go? Encouraging customers to make the more sustainable delivery choice","authors":"Alinda Kokkinou , Hans Quak , Ondrej Mitas , Albert Mandemakers","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101388","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The rise of e-commerce has led to an increase in parcel deliveries, increasing the need to address the cost and environmental impact of last-mile delivery. Customers who have become accustomed to next-day free delivery can play an important role therein by choosing more sustainable delivery options. Retailers and logistic service providers could give customers the choice to wait for their delivery or pick up their parcel from collection-and-delivery points. The purpose of this study was to examine how customers (the parcel recipients) can be stimulated to choose a more sustainable delivery option, and how this affects their satisfaction. Using two scenario-based experiments we found that customers can be steered towards more sustainable last mile delivery choices using financial and non-financial incentives. Financial incentives, in the form of a surcharge for the least sustainable option, were found to be very effective at extrinsically motivating customers to choose a more sustainable option yet had a negative impact on their satisfaction. The results provide insights for retailers to include sustainable delivery options at the check-out, and contribute to decision making on urban planning and utilization of urban space for e-commerce activities, as both parcel lockers and pick-up points require urban space.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 101388"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0739885923001282/pdfft?md5=c15164208679b88ad967909e5a842f83&pid=1-s2.0-S0739885923001282-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138564539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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 new energy transportation means on China's food import","authors":"Kai Ma , Lei Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101386","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The significance of new energy transportation in China's transportation sector is growing, accompanied by its increasing impact on the economy. Food production and importation play a crucial role in ensuring food security in China, with a specific emphasis on the importance of food import. Transportation is a key factor influencing food import, and China's current new energy transportation means may affect the efficiency of food transportation due to factors such as limited range, lower payload capacity, etc. These uncertainties pose potential risks to China's national security. This study aims to investigate the influence of new energy transportation on food import. The findings indicate that when the proportion of new energy transportation in total transportation is relatively low, its impact on food import is minimal. However, as the proportion increases significantly, it leads to a substantial decline in food import. These findings offer valuable insights for policymakers, emphasizing the need for cautious consideration when employing new energy transportation means for food transport.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 101386"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138475071","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":"Ecommerce and environmental justice in metro Seattle","authors":"Travis Fried, Rishi Verma, Anne Goodchild","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101382","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Urban distribution centers (UDCs) are opening at unprecedented rates to meet rising home delivery demand. The trend has raised concerns over the equity and environmental justice implications of ecommerce's negative externalities. However, little research exists connecting UDC location to the concentration of urban freight-derived air pollution among marginalized populations. Using spatial data of Amazon UDCs in metropolitan Seattle, this study quantifies the socio-spatial distribution of home delivery-related commercial vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT), corresponding air pollution, and explanatory factors. Results reveal that racial and income factors are relevant to criteria air pollutant exposure caused by home deliveries, due to tracts with majority people of color being closer in proximity to UDCs and highways. Tracts with majority people of color face the highest median concentration of delivery vehicle activity and emissions despite ordering less packages than white populations. While both cargo van and heavy-duty truck emissions disproportionately affect people of color, the socio-spatial distribution of truck emissions shows higher sensitivity to fluctuations in utilization. Prioritizing environmental mitigation of freight activity further up the urban distribution chain in proximity to UDCs, therefore, would have an outsized impact in minimizing disparities in ecommerce's negative externalities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 101382"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138472008","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":"Willingness to pay for changes in travel time and work time: A stated choice experiment of US commuters","authors":"Niranjan Poudel, Patrick A. Singleton","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101381","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Studying the tradeoffs between commuting, working, and money—including the </span>willingness to pay<span> (WTP) for changes to travel time and work time—is of interest in both travel behavior research and transportation practice. Our study's objectives were to: (1) quantify WTP for travel time and work time changes; (2) measure preference heterogeneity in these time values; and (3) examine sensitivities to changes in income and travel cost. First, we conducted a stated choice experiment that added work time and income to traditional travel time and cost attributes, collecting data from 675 US adult commuters in late 2020. Second, we estimated pseudo panel mixed multinomial logit models with random and systematic preference heterogeneity. Average WTP was larger for travel time changes than for work time changes, although values varied across personal, household, and commute/work characteristics. Overall and on the margin, US commuters appear to dislike commuting more than they dislike working, a finding which differs from previous studies in Chile and Austria. Although future work could improve the realism of the choice experiment, our research offers a simple </span></span>stated preference method to help work towards advancing an understanding of the values and tradeoffs involving both working and commuting.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 101381"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138466718","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":"Acceptability of transportation demand management policy packages considering interactions and socio-economic heterogeneity","authors":"Amin Moeinaddini , Meeghat Habibian","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101374","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Transportation Demand Management (TDM) policies will not be authorized if they have not enough public acceptability. In this study, policy packing is proposed as a way to alleviate the unacceptability of coercive (push) TDM policies that have considerable effectiveness (e.g., cordon and parking pricing) by using some non-coercive (pull) TDM policies (e.g., transit development). Furthermore, in addition to the main effects, the interaction effects of TDM policies on the acceptability of two policy packages are addressed. Policy package (I) includes cordon pricing and reduction of transit access time, and Policy package (II) contains parking pricing and reduction of transit access time. A Random Parameter Ordered Logit (RPOL) model is developed based on a choice experiment designed for car commuters of Tehran, Iran. Results confirm that while reducing transit access time have a significant interaction effect with cordon pricing on the acceptability of Package (I) it has not a significant interaction effect with parking pricing on the acceptability of Package (II). Furthermore, the heterogeneity of respondents' cars value and the presence of free parking at the workplace can significantly affect the acceptability of Package (II). This study also addresses the effect of respondents’ trip and socio-economic characteristics on the acceptability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 101374"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138453718","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}
Ibrahim Savadogo , Mathieu Gardrat , Martin Koning
{"title":"Environmental and economic evaluation of a low emission zone for urban freight transport","authors":"Ibrahim Savadogo , Mathieu Gardrat , Martin Koning","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101369","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper aims to quantify the environmental and economic impacts of a low emission zone in the context of urban freight transport. The research's originality lies in its combination of behavioral data, urban freight transport and environmental models, and cost-benefit analysis methodologies. Through this methodological framework, we examine the costs and benefits of implementing a low emission zone using different scenarios with varying perimeters and environmental requirements in the urban area of Lyon. The findings of this study suggest that increasing the size of the perimeter is more economically and environmentally efficient than tightening the level of environmental standards.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"102 ","pages":"Article 101369"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134656391","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}
Alessandro V.M. Oliveira , Bruno F. Oliveira , Moisés D. Vassallo
{"title":"Airport service quality perception and flight delays: Examining the influence of psychosituational latent traits of respondents in passenger satisfaction surveys","authors":"Alessandro V.M. Oliveira , Bruno F. Oliveira , Moisés D. Vassallo","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101371","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The service quality of a passenger transport operator can be measured through face-to-face surveys at the terminals or on board. However, the resulting responses may suffer from the influence of the intrinsic aspects of the respondent's personality and emotional context at the time of the interview. This study proposes a methodology to generate and select control variables for these latent psychosituational traits, thus mitigating the risk of omitted variable bias. We developed an econometric model of the determinants of passenger satisfaction in a survey conducted at the largest airport in Latin America, São Paulo GRU Airport. Our focus was on the role of flight delays in the perception of quality. The results of this study confirm the existence of a relationship between flight delays and the global satisfaction of passengers with airports. In addition, favorable evaluations regarding airports' food/beverage concessions and Wi-Fi services, but not their retail options, have a relevant moderating effect on that relationship. Furthermore, dissatisfaction arising from passengers' interaction with the airline can have negative spillover effects on their satisfaction with the airport. We also found evidence of blame-attribution behavior, in which only delays of internal origin, such as failures in flight management, are significant, indicating that passengers overlook weather-related flight delays. Finally, the results suggest that an empirical specification that does not consider the latent psychosituational traits of passengers produces a relevant overestimation of the absolute effect of flight delays on passenger satisfaction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"102 ","pages":"Article 101371"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91987528","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}
Anna S. Reiffer, Jelle Kübler, Martin Kagerbauer, Peter Vortisch
{"title":"Agent-based model of last-mile parcel deliveries and travel demand incorporating online shopping behavior","authors":"Anna S. Reiffer, Jelle Kübler, Martin Kagerbauer, Peter Vortisch","doi":"10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101368","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, we present an extension of the agent-based travel demand model mobiTopp with a last-mile parcel delivery module called logiTopp, in which online shopping choice is modeled explicitly. Online shopping behavior is modeled using logistic and Poisson regression models, which consider both the socio-demographic characteristics of the customer and aspects of their travel behavior. As mobiTopp is a framework that simulates travel demand over one week, we are able to capture interactions between travel behavior and online shopping that do not become apparent in single-day simulations.</p><p>The results show that the integrated choice model reflects the findings presented in the literature in that male, affluent, young professionals are most likely to (frequently) order parcels online compared to other groups of the population. Application of the agent-based model to a city in Germany shows that socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics are considered realistically within the simulation.</p><p>The model presented here is a suitable simulation tool for alternative urban last-mile delivery solutions, and the open-source and modular framework allows for transfer to other regions as the underlying choice models are consistent with literature from other spatial contexts.</p><p>The findings are of interest to transportation planners and policymakers as they contribute to the understanding of how increased e-commerce demand influences the transportation system and solutions to mitigate adverse effects.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47810,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Economics","volume":"102 ","pages":"Article 101368"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0739885923001087/pdfft?md5=8d1adabc8b07f6111359a4936f428618&pid=1-s2.0-S0739885923001087-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91729473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}