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{"title":"The promise of Universal Basic Mobility","authors":"Madeline Wander ,&nbsp;Evelyn Blumenberg ,&nbsp;Madeline Brozen ,&nbsp;Tamika L. Butler","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2574358","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2574358","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Historically, U.S. transportation policy efforts to meet the needs of those facing transportation insecurity focus on public transit supply. However, the provision of public transit alone has largely kept such travellers at a disadvantage in accessing opportunities. A growing number of U.S. agencies have begun to promote the notion of Universal Basic Mobility (UBM), a mode-agnostic concept that emphasises individuals’ right to the mobility sufficient to meet their daily needs. In this review, we draw on the literature on social policy formation, previous transportation policy efforts, and theories of transportation and mobility justice to reflect on UBM and its potential. The research suggests three essential elements: (1) a recognition that mobility, or freedom of movement, is essential for human well-being; (2) the targeting of resources toward those disproportionately suffering from transportation insecurity; and (3) the inclusion of both supply and demand components to enable individuals to take advantage of the transportation services that best meet their travel needs. In so doing, UBM has the potential to avoid the shortcomings of previous transportation policy efforts – in the U.S. and elsewhere – and to significantly improve transportation outcomes for those most in need.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 3","pages":"Pages 345-365"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147865374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding off-hour deliveries in cities: a critical review of determinants and impacts","authors":"Woojung Kim ,&nbsp;Oriana Calderón ,&nbsp;José Holguín-Veras","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2582016","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2582016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Freight delivery vehicles in urban areas have both advantages and disadvantages: they serve the urban economy but also contribute to significant negative externalities, including but not limited to environmental pollution and traffic congestion. To mitigate their negative impacts, the concept of off-hour delivery (OHD), which shifts delivery vehicles from daytime to nighttime, is gaining popularity worldwide. For successful implementation of the strategy and more informed decision-making by public sectors, this paper reviews academic studies on (a) determinants of OHD including business attributes, logistical factors, policy instruments, and stakeholder perspectives and (b) its impacts on traffic, energy and emissions, and operations. As a result, the review highlights the need for carefully designed OHD programmes that account for key determinants such as receiver participation and the role of incentives. The evidence confirms that OHD can substantially improve traffic conditions (e.g. increases in truck speeds of up to 200% and reductions in travel times of up to 52%) and reduce energy use and emissions (fuel savings of up to 17% and emission reductions of up to 70%), while noting the importance of mitigating potential nighttime noise. The review also identifies critical knowledge gaps, including limited empirical evidence beyond simulation studies and the need to assess OHD within the context of emerging trends such as electrification and home deliveries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 3","pages":"Pages 436-461"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147865386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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 socio-economic impacts of high-speed rail: a cross-national comparative review","authors":"Xiuxin Ma ,&nbsp;Anton Van Rompaey ,&nbsp;Ben Derudder","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2566677","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2566677","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High-speed rail (HSR) has become a transformative mode of transportation, generating significant socio-economic impacts across different national contexts. This paper presents a comprehensive cross-national review of HSR’s effects, analyzing 491 empirical studies published between 2008 and 2023. We systematically compare outcomes across three distinct governance models: China's centralized, state-led approach; Japan's market-integrated system; and Europe's decentralized, cohesion-focused framework. Our analysis is structured around six key socio-economic domains: population distribution, economic development, social welfare, innovation, environmental outcomes, and integration with other transport modes. Findings show that while HSR enhances connectivity, fosters innovation, and stimulates economic growth, it can also deepen spatial inequalities – particularly when not supported by inclusive regional policies. In China, HSR has accelerated agglomeration, reinforcing the dominance of megacities and facilitating industrial upgrading, yet often at the expense of peripheral regions, thereby deepening spatial inequalities. Conversely, the European Union has strategically utilized HSR within its cohesion policies to foster more balanced, polycentric developmen. Japan’s mature Shinkansen network demonstrates how market-driven systems can enhance efficiency but also tend to reinforce existing urban hierarchies, particularly problematic in the context of an aging and stagnating population. We emphasise that HSR is not an inherently equitable technology. Its outcomes are mediated by underlying institutional structures, demographic conditions, and specific policy objectives. The paper concludes with policy recommendations designed to promote equitable and sustainable HSR development. It identifies key research gaps in areas such as multi-scalar integration, long-term social impacts, and intermodal coordination.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 3","pages":"Pages 390-412"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147865376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Heat and noise exposure during active travel: a systematic review","authors":"Ruochen Yin ,&nbsp;Huyen T. K. Le","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2577401","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2577401","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Exposure to heat and noise during active travel can offset some health benefits from walking and cycling as well as reduce travellers’ motivations to walk or bike. Most travel-based exposure studies focus on air pollution while neglecting heat and noise exposure. We systematically reviewed 94 empirical studies on heat and noise exposure during active travel and identified research gaps and future directions. We found that few studies have considered the bidirectional relationship between exposure and active travel. Most previous studies investigate the effects of active travel on exposure through simple designs with few designated travel routes or locations. They have identified a strong association between objective exposure and perception of exposure. However, little is known about how exposures affect active travel behaviour and human perception in actual travel. We identify research gaps such as the low space–time variability in exposure estimation and limited focus on different vulnerable groups. Few studies have focused on the combined effects of exposure to multiple environmental hazards and the effectiveness of mitigation strategies to reduce exposure. We also point out the need for studying the effects of exposure on travel behaviour and well-being. Overall, improved study designs – such as long-term mobility tracking of real-life active travel combined with high-resolution environmental data – could significantly enhance exposure assessment during active travel and better inform interventions for multiple exposure types.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 3","pages":"Pages 366-389"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147865375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Equity in transit fare policy: a literature review","authors":"Matthew Bruno ,&nbsp;Machiel Kouwenberg ,&nbsp;Niels van Oort","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2601689","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2601689","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This literature review examines 58 studies on equity in transit fare policy, addressing developments since the last comprehensive review in 1990. It divides the literature into seven categories: (1) fare equity calculation methods; (2) flat versus distance based fares (3) equity impacts of fare changes; (4) differentiated fares; (5) creating equitable fare policy for people with low incomes; (6) fare capping; and (7) free fare public transport. For each category, the review outlines the key findings and suggests areas for future research. Overall, the current literature shows that fare equity outcomes are highly context-dependent and shaped by system design, demographic patterns, and policy implementation. The literature suggests that direct subsidies to low income people result in better equity outcomes than subsidies to groups that collectively have a lower than average income. Additionally, free fare public transport has received considerable attention even as the literature suggests its benefits may be quite limited. In contrast, the limited attention given to fare capping has suggested that it has the potential to significantly improve equity outcomes with limited cost burdens to transit providers. Future research should focus on methods for identifying low-income users, best practices for implementing new payment structures such as fare capping, and different ways of using fares to increase transit accessibility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 3","pages":"Pages 525-546"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147865383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Infrastructure (in)Justice: a multi-scalar framework and review of epistemic, restorative, and reparative justice dimensions","authors":"Collin Yarbrough ,&nbsp;Janille Smith-Colin","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2585037","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2585037","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Distributive, recognition, and procedural dimensions of justice in environmental justice frameworks are common starting points for justice-oriented research and practice. Additional dimensions of justice are being applied within mobility and transportation research to account for multi-faceted infrastructure development impacts. Epistemic, restorative, and reparative justice are emerging within several environmental and mobility justice frameworks in the literature and a review of these dimensions is lacking. In this paper, these three dimensions of justice are reviewed from the political philosophy literature. A clarifying distinction is made between restorative and reparative justice, two dimensions often applied interchangeably in research. To better incorporate epistemic, restorative, and reparative justice dimensions into practice and account for their unique and interrelated implications, an analytical Infrastructure (in)Justice (IJ) framework is proposed. The IJ framework further develops the 6 + 1D typology of injustice: <em>Disinvest, Disrespect, Disenfranchise, Dismiss, Distress, and Dispossess</em>. Scale, time, and intersectionality are accompanying frames of reference used to characterise past, present, and future (in)justice. In a time of significant transportation infrastructure investment, comprehensively characterising impacts experienced through transportation project delivery processes creates clearer pathways towards just transportation outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 3","pages":"Pages 462-486"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147865384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does economic regulation improve efficiency? The case of airports","authors":"Nicole Adler ,&nbsp;Hans-Martin Niemeier ,&nbsp;Shravan Kumar","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2572516","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2572516","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Over the past 30 years, regulatory reforms have been introduced to enhance airport efficiency compared to traditional rate-of-return regulation. But have these reforms succeeded? We survey research on the impact of airport regulatory frameworks on technical, cost and allocative efficiency, addressing methodological challenges and identifying gaps for future study. We find that approaches such as total factor productivity, stochastic frontier analysis and data envelopment analysis are useful for assessing the effects of regulation, but many studies miss salient inputs and outputs, particularly in measuring capital. In second stage analyses, governance related variables, such as ownership structure, competition and regulatory design, are often overlooked. Most studies conclude that regulation improves airport efficiency, with dual-till price-caps and light-handed regulation being the more effective. However, light-handed regulation fails to reduce aeronautical charges and there is no consensus on which regulatory model achieves lower charges. Finally, allocative efficiency through peak pricing and slot trading remains unexplored.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 2","pages":"Pages 248-269"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Transport, elections and voting","authors":"Xavier J. Harmony","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2567532","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2567532","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent scholarship has increasingly recognised that transport research often overlooks political dimensions, particularly the role of electoral politics. The relationship between transport and electoral politics is multifaceted. Voters influence transport indirectly through elected officials while direct democracy enables citizens to actively shape transport systems. Unlike most policy areas, transport policy also shapes electoral outcomes by affecting access to voting, suggesting potential feedback mechanisms. This paper presents a systematic literature review that explores the intersection of transport and electoral politics, guided by three questions: How does transport intersect with voting and elections? What recent themes emerge from the literature? What biases influence this research area? Analysing 163 peer-reviewed articles published between 2010 and 2024, the study identifies four key types of transport and electoral politics research: (1) how transport systems enable or restrict voting; (2) how transport is included in election campaigns; (3) voting for transport; and, (4) how elections affect transport systems. The literature is primarily focused on cars and roads, developed countries, and local politics, with biases differing across the four key types of research. This review reveals significant gaps and underexplored areas, underscoring the need for more inclusive, diverse, and interdisciplinary research to better understand the complex, reciprocal relationship between transport and electoral politics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 2","pages":"Pages 173-195"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A narrative review of factors associated with drink driving and drug driving in rural areas from a socioecological perspective","authors":"Lisa Buckley ,&nbsp;Hanna Watling","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2561611","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2561611","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drink and drug driving continue to be significant public health concerns, and this holds on rural roads. While few review studies focus specifically on drink or drug driving in rural areas, individual studies identify key factors associated with these behaviours in rural regions. Review studies can provide a synthesised understanding of rural risk, integrating single factors to offer a clearer picture of patterns of influence, including contrast with urban settings. We undertook a systematic search of research examining factors associated with drink and drug driving in rural areas. We searched databases of PubMed, PsycNet, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and TRID. We used a socioecological model as a framework to categorise, synthesis, and compare factors associated with drink and drug driving. We included 35 studies from 2010 to 2025 to identify factors associated with rural drink or drug driving. Studies used administrative datasets, surveys (typically with teens or young adults), and interviews with very specific samples. Analysis revealed factors associated with different socioecological layers, but with a relative absence of factors capturing connections between systems. Patterns of risk and protective factors showed multilayered dynamics shaping rural drink and drug driving, with heterogeneity evident both by substance type and across rural areas themselves. Thus, multiple interrelated factors likely need to be addressed for a safer road use experience. There is scope to continue to understand factors associated with drink and drug driving in rural areas. Opportunities exist to expand and use data linkage to better understand rural behaviour and help tailor approaches with a theory-guided framework to address identified risk and protective factors. Policy level factors may serve as key focal points for initiating change efforts. Further research is warranted to explore differences among various rural populations and the different substances used.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 2","pages":"Pages 196-222"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Steering through uncertainty: a systematic review of liability communication in autonomous vehicles","authors":"Tugra Akarsu ,&nbsp;Paurav Shukla ,&nbsp;Peter Winter ,&nbsp;Daria Onitiu ,&nbsp;Mohammad Naiseh ,&nbsp;Elena Nichele ,&nbsp;Justyna Lisinska ,&nbsp;Richard Hyde","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2571959","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2571959","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Autonomous vehicles (AVs) represent a potential technological transformation of transportation systems, however, incidents involving them have highlighted the complex challenge of assigning liability. While a growing body of literature addresses legal and technical liability, the <em>communication</em> of liability – how legal, moral, or financial responsibility for adverse outcomes is conveyed among stakeholders such as manufacturers, users, insurers and policymakers – remains a critical gap. This multidisciplinary systematic literature review analyzes 90 academic articles published between 2015 and 2024 across a range of disciplines to map the current state of liability communication. Specifically, it examines how liability is communicated: who or what is held accountable for potential harms, under what conditions and through what mechanisms. We find that liability communication is often reactive, inconsistent and poorly aligned with public understanding. Despite the development of expert legal and technical frameworks, communication practices frequently fail to bridge the gap between expert discourse and end-user comprehension. The analysis is organised across five key themes: governance challenges; safety concerns; ownership models; cross-country comparisons; and future AV deployment. Across all five, communication failures are consistently linked to ambiguous terminology and the absence of proactive, standardised protocols. Together, these themes contribute to a more nuanced understanding of how liability is communicated within the evolving AV ecosystem. They also highlight an urgent need for updated policies and more effective, stakeholder-oriented communication strategies. In response, this study offers a necessary reframing of the problem – calling for the development of stakeholder-centric communication practices capable of functioning even amid legal uncertainty. Addressing these challenges is essential not only for effective AV integration but also for ensuring that this transformation unfolds safely and equitably.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 2","pages":"Pages 270-296"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147387530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}