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{"title":"Corrigendum to “Railway expansions and human capital growth: A 20-year causal analysis in Tokyo” [Journal of Transport Geography 123 (2025) 1–15/104076]","authors":"Junya Kumagai , Sunbin Yoo , Shunsuke Managi","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104293","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104293","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104293"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144220818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Complex network analysis of China's integrated air-high-speed rail network: Topological characteristics, centrality measures, and cluster analysis","authors":"Mengyuan Lu ,&nbsp;Edgar Jimenez Perez ,&nbsp;Keith Mason","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104292","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104292","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents a comprehensive complex network analysis of China's integrated air-High-Speed Rail (HSR) network by constructing a directed weighted network and comparing its complex characteristics with its sub-networks. The findings reveal that, beyond small-world properties, the networks exhibit broad-scale characteristics with a rapid decline in degree distribution, deviating from the traditional scale-free model due to operational constraints and market saturation. Centrality analysis highlights the rising importance of secondary hubs, such as Xi'an, Kunming, and Zhengzhou, as strategic transit points linking urban centres and peripheral regions. The integrated network achieves enhanced efficiency through hybrid modularity, combining the aviation network's centralised structure with the HSR network's corridor-focused design. While this integration fosters economic connectivity and regional development, resilience challenges emerge due to reliance on high-centrality nodes. These findings offer implications for intermodal transport planning and regional development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104292"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144099377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unlocking nighttime mobility: Land use and accessibility in public transit for night commuters","authors":"Meiyu (Melrose) Pan,&nbsp;A. Latif Patwary,&nbsp;Majbah Uddin","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104290","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104290","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Night commuters are integral to urban transportation systems. Essential services such as healthcare and manufacturing rely on workers who travel at night, and reliable mobility options are crucial for them. A gap exists in understanding how land use and accessibility influence public transportation use among night commuters. This study addresses this gap by using public data to explore land use and accessibility factors that affect night commuters' public transportation use in New York State. We investigated (1) the demographic characteristics of night commuters; (2) the influence of land use and accessibility on nighttime public transportation use; and (3) potential improvements to increase public transportation use and their impact. We combined data from the National Household Travel Survey with the Smart Location Database to link home locations with land use characteristics. Using logistic regression, we found that although females are generally less likely to be night commuters, they are more likely to use public transportation. Longer commute distances are associated with higher use of public transportation. Increasing job density along fixed-guideway transit routes and improving overall job accessibility via public transportation significantly enhances public transportation use among night commuters. This research provides actionable insights for public transportation agencies and urban planners to support night commuters, improving access and encouraging nighttime employment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104290"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144084532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gender differences in the travel patterns of Chilean workers: Travel time, number of trips, and public transport use","authors":"Victor Iturra","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104291","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104291","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper analyzes gender differences in work-related travel among Chilean workers through a review of current literature and an analysis of data for 2017 and 2022 using a Tobit model and Poisson regression. Results show that job and household characteristics play a major role in explaining the gendered travel patterns of Chilean workers. Female blue-collar workers exhibit longer travel times and make more work trips with greater dependence on public transport. In addition, the number of children in the household greatly restricts women's mobility. Although women make more trips using public transport, the more children there are in the household, the less women use public transport. This paper discusses some policy implications of the main findings regarding public transport and land-use policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104291"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144089490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Barriers and facilitators to urban mobility for older adults in LMICs: A scoping review","authors":"Octaviani Ariyanti,&nbsp;Dora Sampaio,&nbsp;Ajay Bailey","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104289","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104289","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The number of people aged 65 and older is projected to double by 2050, with the highest increases expected in Low and Middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aims to examine the main barriers and facilitators affecting older adults' mobility in urban areas of LMICs. A scoping review of peer-reviewed scientific literature and grey literature was conducted between January and March 2024. We screened five major databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest, and Google Scholar) for studies reporting barriers and facilitators affecting older adults' access to mobility in LMICs. Using deductive content analysis and the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF), barriers and facilitators were categorized into behavioral determinant domains spanning four overarching categories: individual, socioeconomic, place-based, and institutional. Forty-four articles from Asia, Africa, and Latin America met the inclusion criteria and were retained for data extraction. Safety concerns, exacerbated by inadequate infrastructure and unsafe road user behavior, represent significant barriers, while gender norms specifically restrict older women's mobility. Conversely, key facilitators include familial support and intergenerational solidarity, subsidized transport, and specific government interventions. Older adults' mobility in urban areas of LMICs is affected by safety concerns, especially for women, and a lack of appropriate infrastructure and reliable public transportation options. These barriers result in limited outdoor mobilities, potentially leading to social isolation and exclusion. These challenges can be overcome through specific interventions that promote more affordable, reliable, and safer public transportation and improved walking options.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104289"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144071027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Locating in informally-developed spaces: Disentangling the spatial preferences of e-commerce logistics microhubs","authors":"Zuopeng Xiao ,&nbsp;Xiangyu Du ,&nbsp;Takanori Sakai","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104287","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104287","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growing demand for first- and last-mile delivery services, driven by the boom in online retailing, makes it crucial to establish a network of microhubs with relatively high density. This need prompts an investigation into how parcel delivery companies (PDCs) balance the goals of increasing microhub density while minimizing facility costs in the deployment process. Although several studies have examined the spatial distribution of microhub locations, few have fully explored the heterogeneity of urban spaces, including formally- and informally-developed spaces, and how these influence microhub placement across different PDC types. Focusing on Shenzhen, this study uses near analysis and identifies the spatial types where microhubs are located across different parcel delivery company (PDC) types. Furthermore, a discrete choice analysis is performed to explore the factors that influence location selection. The results indicate that informally-developed spaces, characterized by low rental prices and loose administrative regulation, are preferred by most types of PDCs. However, the degree of preference for informally-developed spaces varies across different PDC types. Such preference is primarily driven by affordability in terms of rental costs and proximity to customers. Variations in these factors across PDC types, each with different historical contexts, result in distinct patterns of microhub location distribution. These findings provide insights that can inform policy and urban planning strategies regarding the management and development of informally-developed spaces.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104287"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144069002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Needs and norms shaping the mobility of care of women in rural areas: A case study in the Alps","authors":"Carolina Chizzali ,&nbsp;Alberto Dianin ,&nbsp;Chiara Rabbiosi","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104288","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104288","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The mobility of care encompasses trips made to fulfil caregiving and domestic responsibilities, like escorting children, visiting seniors in need, or grocery shopping. Although it plays a prominent role in adults' daily life, the mobility of care is still limitedly explored and most studies focus on its role in large cities. Conversely, it is understudied in rural areas despite the significant challenges their inhabitants face, such as availability and accessibility of care amenities, coordination of work and care duties, or population aging. To address this research gap, our study explores the needs and norms shaping the mobility of care of women in rural areas, by focusing on a case study in the Italian Alps. Specifically, we explore the needs and norms that 1) foster or hinder the care mobility practices of rural female caregivers, and 2) encourage or discourage them to make care trips by collective or active transport. To this end, we use the framework of the Social Practice Theory to interpret the mobility practices described in 12 semi-structured interviews with as many rural female caregivers. The results show some overlaps with urban research and some (partially) novel findings. The latter concern e.g. the third-place value attached to care practices by rural caregivers, the influence of residential dispersion on rural care trips, or the potential chances and barriers of carpooling to decrease the dependency of rural care practices on private car. We use these findings to suggest potential future research directions about the mobility of care in rural areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104288"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143947908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stuck in the sustainable mobility transition: A spatial analysis of transport poverty risk in the Netherlands","authors":"Francesco Dalla Longa ,&nbsp;Peter Mulder ,&nbsp;Reinier Sterkenburg","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104266","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104266","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mobility policies aiming to reduce the use of fossil fuel vehicles put households that cannot afford sustainable transport alternatives at risk of transport poverty - i.e. limited access to work, health-care, education and social relationships. We exploit a unique set of administrative microdata covering 98 % of all privately owned fossil fuel cars in The Netherlands to calculate and map in detail, for the first time, how many households are at this risk of ‘getting stuck’ in the transition towards sustainable mobility. We find that a small group (1–3 %) of highly car-dependent Dutch households is at risk of transport poverty. In comparison with the general population, households at-risk of transport poverty drive older cars, display higher shares of single-parent families, and rely more heavily on social benefits; two-thirds of them also deal with energy poverty. Transport poverty risk shares are highest in rural areas, but absolute numbers peak in medium-sized cities. Generic excise duty reduction policies (as applied in the Netherlands) prove ineffective in supporting the most vulnerable households. This calls for targeted policy measures, while the (sub)urban context of the majority of these households suggests that improving metropolitan public transport networks and stimulating the adoption of e-bikes among low-income groups could potentially alleviate transport poverty.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104266"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143947907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Machine Learning driven complex network analysis of transport systems","authors":"Yuqin Xia ,&nbsp;Kewei Wang ,&nbsp;Purin Tanirat ,&nbsp;Bryan Lee ,&nbsp;Irene Moulitsas ,&nbsp;Jun Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104270","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104270","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A complex network is a system of interconnected nodes linked by edges, exhibiting non-trivial structural features such as community structure or scale-free distributions. This study develops a novel and generic Machine Learning-driven framework that integrates Complex Network Theory and Machine Learning methods for a comprehensive and multifaceted analysis of transport systems. Specifically, four key functional development and analysis are undertaken: 1) Network analysis, using complex network indicators to study the static properties of the transport systems; 2) Network clustering, employing K-means and hierarchical clustering methods to identify underlying community structures; 3) Network resilience, examining the networks' dynamic characteristics and structural evolution under escalating node attacks to evaluate their robustness; 4) Link and feature prediction, developing Graph Convolutional Networks (GCNs) and Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) models to predict hidden links and features. The proposed framework is subsequently applied to two distinct transport systems, namely, the China railway network and the Paris multi-modal transport system. The complex network analysis reveals distinct complex network features in network scale, density, and efficiency, yet both demonstrate a power-law distribution. The clustering analysis based on various node and edge properties exhibits a pattern of concentric circles, radiating outward from the urban to peripheral cities in China railway network, while a high density of short-distance connections within central Paris and a prevalence of long-distance connections in the outskirts. The network attack simulations show fine resilience of the Parisian multi-modal system and low resilience of the China railway network. For link prediction, an encoder-decoder model based on GCN and multiple MLPs are developed for various scenarios. The results for the China railway network reveal critical interregional links, emphasizing the need to strengthen regional connectivity, such as expanding the high-speed railway between Hainan Island and the mainland, and establishing a major transportation artery running from south to north. In the Paris transport system, this study predicts an interesting link extending from southern Paris eastward toward northern Seine-et-Marne, indicating a demand for a direct connection. For both networks, the hidden links are largely concentrated in more developed areas, likely driven by strong economic and social interaction demands, highlighting the need for more balanced transport network development. Overall, the results of this study align closely with existing literature and official transport development plans. This research contributes to the theoretical development in Complex Network Analysis using Machine Learning and offers valuable insight to improve the two transport systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104270"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143947903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Characterizing global air cargo: A study profiling air cargo operations worldwide","authors":"Bernardo Puente-Mejia,&nbsp;Anne Lange","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104260","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104260","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Global and local economic growth, international trade trends, logistics infrastructure, and air transport operational characteristics are some of the main drivers affecting the transport of goods by air. Since many of these factors differ among countries and regions, they might define how air cargo flows across different markets. This study explores the characteristics of air cargo operations and introduces a new methodology for categorizing them into individual air cargo logistics archetypes. Considering a set of economic, operational, and infrastructure features, we profile air cargo transport in three steps: 1) selecting and studying relevant variables affecting air cargo operations through regression analysis, 2) clustering together countries of similar relevant characteristics by testing several clustering techniques and studying their origin-destination flows, 3) defining individual air cargo logistics archetypes of unique characteristics. Our results include a set of ten unique archetypes for the air cargo industry. We detail each archetype's predominant characteristics, highlighting the importance of and difference between express and general cargo operating modes. We also position our results with practical implications for private, public, and regional stakeholders.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104260"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143947906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}