Transport ReviewsPub Date : 2026-01-02Epub Date: 2025-08-12DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2025.2545224
Kendrick Hardaway , Hua Cai
{"title":"Reviewing autonomous vehicle simulation literature: policy insights for transportation","authors":"Kendrick Hardaway , Hua Cai","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2545224","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2545224","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As autonomous vehicle (AV) technology progresses, a substantial amount of AV simulation work has studied potential future outcomes that could occur given different assumptions, scopes and technologies. As a revolutionary technology, AVs could have significant impacts on urban economic, environmental and social systems. In many cases, the research is directed towards decisionmakers: transportation authorities, policymakers and fleet operators. However, due to the complexity and uncertainty of AV adoption in interconnected urban systems such as transportation and land use, it is difficult for policymakers to understand the overlapping policy suggestions and results across the many simulation studies. In this paper, we summarise the suggested policies in AV simulation research from 170 studies published during 2016–2024 and provide context for the policies being suggested. Specifically, the key question we try to answer is: <em>what are the recommended AV policies based on simulation studies?</em> Many simulation results have shown increased vehicle miles/kilometers travelled (VMT/VKT) due to induced demand, empty vehicle repositioning, or cruising instead of parking. In response, we found common policy recommendations such as congestion pricing, subsidising car-sharing and ride-pooling, increasing parking costs, investing in public transportation and restricting AV demand as ways to address the increase in VMT/VKT. We also identified common policy bundles, or joint recommendations, such as congestion pricing with increased parking costs. Finally, we compare and contrast simulation policy suggestions with a few qualitative AV policy studies, pointing out key research gaps for the future and possible mixed-methods opportunities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 1","pages":"Pages 1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145814304","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}
Transport ReviewsPub Date : 2026-01-02Epub Date: 2025-08-29DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2025.2549028
Alfredo J. Ojeda-Diaz , Rico Krueger , Anders Fjendbo Jensen , Sonja Haustein
{"title":"The (un-)intended consequences of transport electrification: a scoping review of rebound and spillover effects","authors":"Alfredo J. Ojeda-Diaz , Rico Krueger , Anders Fjendbo Jensen , Sonja Haustein","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2549028","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2549028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, many policies have been implemented to boost the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). Despite these efforts and an increase in EV adoption, the actual contribution of the transport sector to a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is limited and insufficient to reach the ambitious environmental goals needed to limit global warming. One of the reasons for this might be that EV adoption partly generates different behavioural responses to those expected. In the literature, these effects are often referred to as “rebound” and “spillover” effects. The behavioural changes in response to EV adoption measured at individual and aggregated levels are the subject of this scoping literature review. Our review includes and classifies 62 studies. The studies are related to behavioural changes that offset or partially offset the expected GHG reduction, for example, as people drive more (rebound effect), while there are also studies that address behavioural changes in other domains (spillover effect). The proposed framework and search strategy allow us to systemise the underlying economic and psychological mechanisms that are suggested to generate a change in different behavioural domains in the selected studies. The review also focuses on how these behavioural responses have been defined and measured in the academic literature, as well as the limitations and research gaps of these studies. These include an unclear use of terminologies and a lack of longitudinal studies that focus on the management of rebound and spillover effects to fully exploit the emission-saving potential of electric vehicles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 1","pages":"Pages 77-108"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145814309","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}
Transport ReviewsPub Date : 2026-01-02Epub Date: 2025-09-30DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2025.2550447
Alessandro Piazza , Karel Martens
{"title":"Relations matter: towards relational egalitarianism in transport","authors":"Alessandro Piazza , Karel Martens","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2550447","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2550447","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper proposes a relational egalitarian framework for conceptualising justice in transport planning and policymaking. Drawing on Elizabeth Anderson’s work, it argues that transport justice should be understood in terms of dismantling structural inequalities rather than merely redistributing resources. The paper outlines three key dimensions of relational inequality in transportation: hierarchies of power, standing, and esteem. It explores how these hierarchies are embedded in governance processes, transport infrastructure and service delivery, evaluative frameworks, and the social and physical fabric of cities. By focusing on relational inequalities, this approach broadens and sharpens our understanding of transport injustice, providing planners with guiding principles to identify and address forms of discrimination often overlooked in conventional approaches. The aim of the paper is thus to propose a framework that reorients transport planning as a powerful driver of social equality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 1","pages":"Pages 131-150"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145814306","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}
Transport ReviewsPub Date : 2026-01-02Epub Date: 2025-08-19DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2025.2545221
Roxani Gkavra , Yusak O. Susilo
{"title":"Understanding the e-scooter user puzzle: a systematic literature review","authors":"Roxani Gkavra , Yusak O. Susilo","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2545221","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2545221","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research on e-scooter sharing has increased rapidly over the last six years. The present paper provides an in-depth review of the scholarly literature on the characteristics of e-scooter-sharing users. The present review is the first one dedicated to the e-scooter (potential) user profile. The review covers geographically spread studies which examined e-scooter users in the early (pilot) operation periods, during the Covid-19 pandemic, and after the maturity of the e-scooter sharing schemes. Following the PRISMA method, the systematic literature search ended with seventy-five empirical scientific publications. The review contributions include mapping the determinants of e-scooter sharing current and stated usage, completing the dominant user characteristics puzzle, and designing a conceptual framework for the e-scooter user profile. The framework was built upon revealed statistically significant main interaction effects of four variable categories: sociodemographic, mobility, household characteristics, and attitudes. The proposed framework can assist and guide researchers and system stakeholders in the variable and effect testing selection process of identifying users’ profiles. The review also uncovers research gaps regarding not only the characteristics and their relationship types investigated in the existing literature but also the study data, methods and context. Concluding upon the knowledge status quo and the limitations of past research, the review proposes future research paths which could lead to more systematic, generalisable, and holistic knowledge of e-scooter sharing (potential) user groups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"46 1","pages":"Pages 52-76"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145814308","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}
Transport ReviewsPub Date : 2025-11-02Epub Date: 2025-06-12DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2025.2517210
Ana Luiza S. de Sá , Patrícia S. Lavieri , Jacek Pawlak , Aruna Sivakumar , Russell G. Thompson
{"title":"The effects of travel time use on activity-travel behaviour: knowledge consolidation and research agenda for current and future transport options","authors":"Ana Luiza S. de Sá , Patrícia S. Lavieri , Jacek Pawlak , Aruna Sivakumar , Russell G. Thompson","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2517210","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2517210","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Travel time use – also called “travel-based multitasking” – has been increasingly recognised as an important component of activity-travel behaviour, influencing time-use and travel-related choices. This paper discusses a taxonomy issue in the literature and is the first to provide a systematic and comprehensive overview of the state of knowledge on the effects of travel time use on different dimensions of activity-travel behaviour, namely, time-use, mode choice, value of travel time savings, travel experience, and second-order effects. Regarding the taxonomy issue, we conceptualise when it is suitable to employ the terms “travel time use” and “(travel-based) multitasking”. Particularly, we suggest employing “travel time use” as the overarching term to refer to the act of undertaking activities while travelling, while “(travel-based) multitasking” is regarded as special case of travel time use when two or more cognitively/physically demanding tasks overlap. Regarding the knowledge consolidation, considering current and future transport options, we conduct a meta-synthesis to identify prevailing hypotheses about the effects of travel time use on activity-travel behaviour and then review empirical studies to examine the extent to which the current knowledge corroborates predominant hypotheses. Considering these findings, we discuss a research agenda to appraise the effects of travel time use on activity-travel behaviour.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"45 6","pages":"Pages 869-896"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145371133","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}
Transport ReviewsPub Date : 2025-11-02Epub Date: 2025-08-20DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2025.2538077
Apoorv Agrawal , Francesco Pilla , Anna Mölter
{"title":"Commuters’ perception of safety in public transport: a review of approaches, gaps and emerging research opportunities","authors":"Apoorv Agrawal , Francesco Pilla , Anna Mölter","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2538077","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2538077","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Commuter priorities in public transport have shifted from mere service availability and cost–benefit considerations to include perception of safety, which has become a key determinant of ridership and overall satisfaction. This review critically examines how commuters’ safety perceptions are studied in public transport and evaluates current methodological approaches, including the use and potential of novel data sources and machine learning (ML) techniques. A systematic review of 54 studies reveals three key research gaps. First, existing studies rely on conventional mapping and analysis methods, with limited use of novel data sources and ML techniques in geospatial analysis. This restricts the ability to capture non-linear relationships, uncover latent variables, and integrate multimodal data relevant to safety perception. Second, studies often overlook a comprehensive analysis of physical and environmental factors, despite the literature consistently identifying them as critical impacts on commuters’ safety perceptions, thus limiting the understanding of the role of the built environment. Third, reliance on traditional approaches for adopting theoretical frameworks restricts methodological innovation and limits the diversity of contexts addressed, reducing the scalability of existing studies. While ML techniques have demonstrated value in multiple urban studies, their potential remains underutilised in public transport safety research. Addressing these gaps through theory-driven, data-integrated approaches is vital to advancing a more inclusive and responsive public transport environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"45 6","pages":"Pages 1048-1084"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145371131","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}
Transport ReviewsPub Date : 2025-11-02Epub Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2025.2523282
Gunnar Grandel , Martin Berger
{"title":"Pathways from street experiments to transformation: a systematic review of theories of change","authors":"Gunnar Grandel , Martin Berger","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2523282","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2523282","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the face of the challenge of a transformation of urban mobility, experimental approaches have seen a rise: Tactical urbanism, open streets, pop–up bike lanes, and superblocks have spread globally, and under the term <em>street experiments</em>, an expansive body of literature has emerged. This debate is based on the notion that experiments have a transformative capacity to provide an impetus for wider change. However, the understanding of this is still limited and forms only a tacit background in most articles. This systematic review therefore analyses the implicit and explicit theories of change that underpin the literature on street experiments. From a qualitative content analysis of 62 papers, it distinguishes four perspectives: the <em>local implementation, innovation, citizens,</em> and <em>critical</em> perspective. It also identifies the theoretical frameworks and components used to analyse or conceptualise the pathways from street experiments to transformation, finding a wide range from comprehensive frameworks – such as the multi–level perspective – to smaller, inductive components. However, their added value is partially limited because they are not sufficiently empirically grounded or conceptually adapted to the specificities of street experiments. The paper concludes that to construct more robust theories of change, there is a need to use available theory to conceptualise key impact mechanisms such as “learning” or “acceptance”, inductively connect abstract theoretical models with the complex reality of street experiments, and empirically assess assumptions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"45 6","pages":"Pages 924-947"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145371135","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}
Transport ReviewsPub Date : 2025-11-02Epub Date: 2025-07-23DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2025.2535975
Yihe Huo , Congmian Liu , Duo Li , Lijie Yu , Yonggang Wang
{"title":"Multistage electric vehicles charging station location, scheduling and pricing strategies research: a review","authors":"Yihe Huo , Congmian Liu , Duo Li , Lijie Yu , Yonggang Wang","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2535975","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2535975","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Electric vehicles (EVs), acknowledged worldwide as a sustainable mode of transportation, are experiencing a surge in charging demand. In response to this rise, strategies regarding the location of charging station (CS), scheduling of charging times, and pricing mechanisms have been developed. Nevertheless, the variable nature of charging demand requires these strategies to be flexible and adaptable to future conditions, complicating the optimisation process. To effectively address these complexities, scholars have engaged in multistage optimisation research. This paper reviews such research applied to EV charging, categorising it in terms of research contents and design methods. As the first systematic review in this field, it presents a structured framework for the study of multistage optimisation in EV charging. It also evaluates the practicality and feasibility of dividing the research into multiple stages, as well as the comprehensiveness and precision of the design methods utilised. Exploring multistage optimisation problems provides targeted options for strategy development. Our findings demonstrate how multistage optimisation can enhance the effectiveness of CS location, scheduling, and pricing strategies, while also highlighting potential avenues for further research in this domain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"45 6","pages":"Pages 970-992"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145371130","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}
Transport ReviewsPub Date : 2025-11-02Epub Date: 2025-08-19DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2025.2537200
Miguel Costa , Manuel Marques , Felix Wilhelm Siebert , Carlos Lima Azevedo , Filipe Moura
{"title":"Bridging the gap: a scoping review exploring the relationship between objective and subjective cycling safety","authors":"Miguel Costa , Manuel Marques , Felix Wilhelm Siebert , Carlos Lima Azevedo , Filipe Moura","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2537200","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2537200","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research on cycling safety helps create urban environments where cyclists feel and are safe. Cycling safety is studied from two perspectives: objective safety, which examines crashes' causes and consequences, and subjective safety, which explores individuals' perceptions of said crashes. While studying both aspects are important, they are often studied separately. However, understanding their relationship is vital to ensure policies and measures benefit both without unintended negative effects on each. This study reviews literature on the connection between objective and subjective safety. Results show this relationship is complex and context-dependent, with both alignments and discrepancies. Key methodologies, findings, and challenges are discussed to better understand how this relationship can be influenced. The roles of individual behaviour, self-selection, and risk homeostasis in shaping this dynamic are hypothesised and discussed. Overall, the findings highlight the importance of aligning urban planning and safety measures with cyclists' actual and perceived safety. Future research directions are proposed to help authorities and practitioners design interventions that effectively enhance both safety dimensions, ensuring cycling becomes a safer and more appealing mode of transportation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"45 6","pages":"Pages 993-1015"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145371136","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":"Ridesourcing and vehicle ownership: a systematic review","authors":"Pinar Bilgin , Giulio Mattioli , Malcolm Morgan , Zia Wadud","doi":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2515453","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01441647.2025.2515453","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ridesourcing has received significant attention globally due to its rapid expansion. As it has been more than a decade since the first ridesourcing operation, there is a growing interest in its long-term impacts, in particular on vehicle ownership, which is a key factor behind car use and various traffic-related and environmental externalities. The two-sided business model of ridesourcing positions both drivers and passengers as customers of these platforms, making the net impact a function of effects on both groups. This systematic literature review explores the relationship between ridesourcing and vehicle ownership from both perspectives. Utilising the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology, this review analyses 31 peer-reviewed articles and three reports to evaluate these impacts. The findings reveal a general negative association between the use of ridesourcing and the number of vehicles in the household, though the causality of this relationship remains unclear. Notably, while a stated reluctance to purchase cars exists among individuals in the presence of ridesourcing, in most cases in developing countries the \"value enhancement effect” (the incentive for ridesourcing drivers to acquire new vehicles) has dominated the “substitution effect” (the reduction in car purchases among ridesourcing customers), leading to an increase in vehicle ownership, whereas developed countries exhibit mixed outcomes. The review thus highlights the heterogeneous relationship between ridesourcing and vehicle ownership across different countries and regions, varying with many factors including levels of development and urbanisation. Additionally, the study identifies gaps in existing knowledge and proposes directions for further research on the impacts of ridesourcing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48197,"journal":{"name":"Transport Reviews","volume":"45 6","pages":"Pages 835-868"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2025-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145371137","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}