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Disrupted intermodality: Examining adaptation strategies to public transport e-scooter bans in Barcelona.

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2024-12-09 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2024.2434881

Oriol Roig-Costa, Carme Miralles-Guasch, Oriol Marquet

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Mapping out the current and ideal weekly distribution of remote work in France after COVID-19

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2024.2425726

Leslie Belton Chevallier , Anne Aguilera , Eugênia Viana Cerqueira , Eléonore Pigalle , Benjamin Motte-Baumvol

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Enhancing bikeshare planning and operation: Strategic use of web-based public feedback

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2024.2424419

Xiaodong Qian , Miguel Jaller

{"title":"Enhancing bikeshare planning and operation: Strategic use of web-based public feedback","authors":"Xiaodong Qian , Miguel Jaller","doi":"10.1080/15568318.2024.2424419","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15568318.2024.2424419","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bikeshare system operators have leveraged online platforms to gather user feedback on station experiences and service quality. This crowdsourced data presents a valuable opportunity to enhance bikeshare planning and operations. However, planners have limited methods to analyze those qualitative data given the sparse nature of this data, which is insufficient for training comprehensive machine learning models. Addressing this challenge, our study employs a novel approach combining spatial analysis and Factor Analysis of Mixed Data (FAMD) to delve into bikeshare users’ perceptions and expectations. Focusing on Chicago’s bikeshare system, we utilize its limited online comments to demonstrate the robustness of our algorithm and its applicability to both large and small datasets. Our findings reveal a geographic pattern in feedback: negative comments on bike rebalancing, station locations, and facilities are concentrated in the city center, while dissatisfaction with the cycling environment is consistent across both urban and peripheral areas. Moreover, we discovered that the demographic and employment characteristics of areas surrounding bikeshare stations significantly influence positive feedback, overshadowing the impact of station design and local infrastructure. Overall, this study offers a quantitative framework for leveraging limited crowdsourced feedback effectively, providing strategic insights for refining bikeshare planning and operational decisions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47824,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Transportation","volume":"18 11","pages":"Pages 947-961"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142746641","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}

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Determinants and effects of climate finance in the transport sector

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2024.2421842

Xavier Fageda , Reinaldo Fioravanti

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Exploring the drivers of ecological footprint: Impacts of road transportation infrastructure, transport tax, and environment technologies

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2024.2423726

Junwook Chi

{"title":"Exploring the drivers of ecological footprint: Impacts of road transportation infrastructure, transport tax, and environment technologies","authors":"Junwook Chi","doi":"10.1080/15568318.2024.2423726","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15568318.2024.2423726","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the dynamic effects of road transportation infrastructure, transport taxes, economic growth, trade openness, and environmental technologies on the ecological footprint using three quantile regression techniques: Simultaneous, Powell, and Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR). These variables are selected for their significant influence on both economic outcomes and environmental sustainability, reflecting the interconnectedness of transportation systems, government policies, and technological advancements in shaping ecological impacts. Based on panel data from 19 European countries between 1995 and 2020, the results reveal that investments in road infrastructure and higher transport taxes contribute to reducing ecological footprint. At the middle and high quantiles, advancements in environment-related technologies further decrease the ecological footprint, whereas trade openness tends to worsen ecological quality. Importantly, the relationship between GDP and the ecological footprint follows an inverted U-shape, confirming the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis across all quantiles, which suggests that economic growth can support environmental sustainability in the long run. These findings are validated by robustness checks using fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS), dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS), and canonical cointegration regression (CCR) models. Key policy implications include the need for targeted investments in road infrastructure and transport tax strategies, tailored to national contexts, along with technology-driven strategies to curb environmental degradation. Lastly, the panel causality test reveals unidirectional causality from economic growth, road transportation infrastructure, and environment-related technologies to ecological footprint, highlighting their significance as short-term contributors to environmental improvement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47824,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Transportation","volume":"18 11","pages":"Pages 920-934"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142746636","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}

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Revealing the multiscale impact of external factors on dockless bike sharing and metro integration: Evidence from Shenzhen

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2024.2426681

Junze Ma , Changjiang Zheng , Shukang Zheng , Fei Wu , Lixin Zhang , Zhilong Wu

{"title":"Revealing the multiscale impact of external factors on dockless bike sharing and metro integration: Evidence from Shenzhen","authors":"Junze Ma , Changjiang Zheng , Shukang Zheng , Fei Wu , Lixin Zhang , Zhilong Wu","doi":"10.1080/15568318.2024.2426681","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15568318.2024.2426681","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Dockless bike sharing (DBS) and metro integration offer innovative solutions for the first-mile and last-mile challenges of urban transportation. However, accurately identifying transfer passenger volume, analyzing DBS and metro integration characteristics, and understanding the spatial heterogeneity of factors affecting this volume remain areas to explore. This study, using Shenzhen as a case, constructs a framework to identify transfer passenger volume by considering built environment elements around metro stations and applying a Thiessen polygon. Transfer passenger volumes are classified into six categories, and their spatio-temporal characteristics are analyzed. A multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) model investigates the impacts of socio-economic attributes, built environment, and transportation-related factors on transfer passenger volume, revealing spatial heterogeneity. Results show that the demand for DBS and metro integration is higher in the morning peak than in the evening peak, with access transfer passenger volume peaks occurring earlier than egress peaks. Spatially, transfer passenger volume shows heterogeneity, with higher demand in the urban core than in the suburbs. Commercial and residential and enterprises have the most significant impact on various types of transfer passenger volume, showing the highest spatial heterogeneity in enterprises. In contrast, science education and culture positively influence evening peak access transfer volume and exhibit the weakest spatial heterogeneity. Population density, sports and leisure, shopping and entertainment, and tourist attractions display localized positive or negative impacts. These findings can guide operators and planners in optimizing public transportation resources to enhance DBS and metro integration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47824,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Transportation","volume":"18 11","pages":"Pages 972-997"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142746637","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}

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An investigation of regional public transport spend in Australia

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2024.2424418

Thiranjaya B. Kandanaarachchi , John D. Nelson

{"title":"An investigation of regional public transport spend in Australia","authors":"Thiranjaya B. Kandanaarachchi , John D. Nelson","doi":"10.1080/15568318.2024.2424418","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15568318.2024.2424418","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper describes the outcome of a study to investigate the regional public transport spend in each state of Australia. The objective is to derive a reliable figure for comparison and the core metric used is spend per capita. The study assessed publicly available data on public transport spend, followed by a series of consultations with key staff from state bus associations and governments. The analysis was conducted separately for metropolitan (metro) and regional areas and then the regional data were further examined. While the Northern Territory (NT), Tasmania (TAS) and regional South Australia (SA) completely rely on bus services, Victoria (VIC) stands out as the state with the highest public transport spend per head in regional areas with robust train and bus networks which deliver the highest patronage. Western Australia (WA) is the state with the highest bus transport spend per head ensuring relatively high patronage despite the low population density. The study identifies low public transport patronage in regional areas as being influenced by low spending per capita and poor connectivity. It recommends prioritizing improvements in connectivity, multi-modal networks, and opening school buses to the general public. Additionally, funding strategies should focus more on patronage trends linked to spend rather than overemphasizing population density. Further, the study reveals that publicly available data seldom clearly segregates public transport spending in terms of regional and metro expenditure, which would lead to inefficiencies when assessing spatial equity in public transport provision.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47824,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Transportation","volume":"18 11","pages":"Pages 935-946"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142746638","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}

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Technological progress: Interconnectedness, innovation systems, and technology delivery systems the case of Indian electric vehicles 技术进步：印度电动汽车案例中的互联性、创新体系和技术交付体系

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2024.2416689

Lakshminarayana Kompella

{"title":"Technological progress: Interconnectedness, innovation systems, and technology delivery systems the case of Indian electric vehicles","authors":"Lakshminarayana Kompella","doi":"10.1080/15568318.2024.2416689","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15568318.2024.2416689","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The electric vehicle (EV) technological supply chain progresses when demand (pull) aligns with supply (push) to perform as a technology delivery system. Actors, institutions, and networks interconnect the technological supply chain with innovation as responses to external pressures to produce and deliver technology products/services. The literature separately examined the progress from a delivery perspective (linking the demand and supply network) and a systems perspective that examines technological change as a socio-technical system. Technological progress requires changes aligning push and pull or one feeding into the other. The ‘motors of innovation’ that shape the innovation system are used in systems dynamics modeling linking technological changes and progress. This study uses ‘motors of innovation’ to combine the two perspectives and uses interconnectedness to examine the alignment of push and pull and the resulting delivery phenomena. The phenomena require studying it in its settings with diverse heuristic and analytic views. Therefore, this study uses case study methodology and selects multiple Indian EV cases comprising all vehicle segments in a government direct market scenario. It makes two contributions to technological progress: one defines the combined delivery and systems perspective and includes interconnectedness. The other is moving knowledge to a broad scope and expertise and striving for interconnectedness with other systems. Further insights are possible with cases that display better technological progress, as findings noted poor interconnectedness with limited technological capability and infrastructure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47824,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Transportation","volume":"18 10","pages":"Pages 858-870"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142593451","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}

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Sustainable last mile logistics employing drones and e-bikes 利用无人机和电动自行车实现可持续的最后一英里物流

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2024.2419378

Stephanie Santiago-Montaño , Daniel F. Silva , Alice E. Smith

{"title":"Sustainable last mile logistics employing drones and e-bikes","authors":"Stephanie Santiago-Montaño , Daniel F. Silva , Alice E. Smith","doi":"10.1080/15568318.2024.2419378","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15568318.2024.2419378","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Last mile delivery is an important and growing part of the supply chain that has a sizeable negative environmental impact. This paper considers more sustainable approaches to home-delivery that are pragmatic for many non-rural environments. We address the two-echelon, multi-trip, capacitated vehicle routing problem with home-delivery and optional self-pickup services using different combinations of drones, trucks, and electric-assisted bikes (i.e. e-bikes). In the proposed approach, parcels are transported from a depot to parcel lockers by either drones or trucks and are then delivered to customer locations by either e-bikes or trucks. The four approaches range from the most sustainable (drones then e-bikes) to partly green (drone then truck or truck then e-bike) to finally the traditional (truck then truck). We formulate a mathematical model that determines the vehicle routes to minimize the total cost, which consists of vehicle operational cost and operator wages. The four types of delivery networks are assessed and compared for both costs and emissions. Experimental results suggest that with a modest increase in total cost (as little as 13%), emission reductions of up to 92%, on average, can be achieved when using the greenest delivery strategy of drones and e-bikes. The other delivery options have varying tradeoffs between costs and environmental impact. The percentage of self-pickup customers is an influencing factor to consider when choosing the delivery strategy that best meets the organization’s budget and environmental goals, especially when using e-bikes in the second echelon.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47824,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Transportation","volume":"18 10","pages":"Pages 887-902"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142593516","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}

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On modeling and enhancing walkability: A review of transport planning and network design elements 关于建模和提高步行能力：交通规划和网络设计要素回顾

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2024.2409238

Zheng Liang , Hong K. Lo , Ka Fai Ng

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