{"title":"Performance-based transit subsidy allocation scheme to fulfill multiple policy criteria","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2247895","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2247895","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Performance-based subsidy allocation schemes are typically intended to satisfy a single policy goal (e.g. social welfare maximization) and often do not include objective approaches to quantifying bus service efficiency. This paper proposes a framework for network data envelopment analysis and introduces an innovative transit subsidy allocation scheme with a fixed budget that fulfills multiple policy criteria. The proposed basic scheme minimizes the maximum deviation from efficient allocation in proportion to the operating scales across all routes in a two-stage production system. Multiple policy criteria are then added to the basic scheme as additional goal components. The proposed scheme is evaluated by using an empirical dataset of 344 subsidized intercity bus routes collected from 20 Taiwanese bus operators. The results demonstrate that the subsidies allocated on the basis of the proposed scheme can satisfy the policy criteria incorporated into the scheme. The proposed modeling framework is flexible, and therefore, local governments can easily incorporate policy criteria into the scheme according to their own interests and needs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"16 8","pages":"Pages 814-828"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49162188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What causes severe truck crashes on the flat and mountainous expressways? A comparative study in China","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2254126","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2254126","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The severity of collisions involving heavy trucks exhibits a difference between the flat and mountainous expressways. Based on 1,175 records of truck crashes from 2015 to 2020 on two typical expressways in China, a heteroskedastic ordered probit model was applied to determine the significant factors among driver-vehicle-roadway-environment interactions and their marginal effects on the collision severity outcomes. The modeling results demonstrated that some variables (i.e. speeding and risky following behaviors of drivers, existence of curves and downgrades, adverse weather, etc.) are significant predictors of truck crashes on both flat and mountainous expressways. In contrast, some variables were significantly correlated with truck crashes on only the flat expressway (upgrade section) or the mountainous expressway (involvement of multiple vehicles, truck’s overloading status, nighttime period). The findings, taken collectively, may be valuable as a reference for drafting traffic rules and implementing technical solutions to ensure a safer traffic environment for heavy trucks on expressways.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"16 8","pages":"Pages 883-893"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45871023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of a pedestrian call extension and cancelation system at a signalized midblock crossing","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2254959","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2254959","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Unnecessary vehicular delay occurs at actuated signalized intersections during ‘ghost’ pedestrian intervals when a pedestrian activates the pushbutton then jaywalks. Safety issues arise when pedestrians remain in the crosswalk at the end of the Flashing Don’t Walk phase, and vehicles receive a circular green. A Pedestrian Call Extension and Cancelation System was evaluated at a signalized midblock crossing in Hillsboro, OR. Thermal sensors and controller logic were implemented to detect pedestrians and passively cancel or extend calls. A Case 1-after study was conducted to evaluate how vehicular delay and pedestrian behavior was impacted by the system. 1,649 observations Case 1 and 3,002 observations after system installation were recorded. Pedestrian delay did not change, but average vehicular stop time delay significantly decreased by 12 sec. 76 extensions occurred with 99.2% accuracy. Findings suggest that transportation agencies could improve driver waiting time and pedestrian safety by using dynamic passive pedestrian detection.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"16 8","pages":"Pages 911-920"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47098261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving bus arrival time predictors using only public transport API data","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2245994","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2245994","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Accurate prediction of bus arrival times can greatly benefit public transport users, allowing them to better plan their journeys in cities. The usual <em>Expected Time of Arrival (ETA)</em> estimators provided to citizens use all the information available to the bus service provider (vehicle position, traffic, etc.); in this paper we propose a procedure to improve these estimators that relies <em>solely</em> on historical ETA records provided by public transport councils through application programming interfaces (APIs). This improvement is achieved by means of a machine learning scheme that predicts and corrects the systematic errors of the available ETA estimators. Significant improvements in terms of error mean and standard deviation are achieved for the Madrid and Paris bus fleets. These robust results and the fact that the proposed scheme uses <em>only</em> historical and online information provided by APIs, without requiring the cooperation of the service provider, support the suitability of the proposed method for general public benefit applications toward the sustainability of cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"16 8","pages":"Pages 804-813"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46119678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The development of automated driving in China: a comparison to Germany regarding the government policies, laws and regulations, and industries","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2238467","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2238467","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Autonomous technologies have developed incrementally, especially in the car industry. Countries worldwide are giving impetus to developing automated driving (AD) and autonomous vehicles (AVs). China is used as an example of an innovative development model for autonomous driving that has significant practical implications for AD’s development in the global context. Germany also keeps its role as a global hub for the AVs industry, and it has released the most advanced AD laws. This research conducted a thorough comparison of related policies, regulations, and industries in China and Germany in an effort to support the development of AD in China. Further, AD’s advantages, disadvantages, opportunities, and threats in China and Germany are discussed. It sought to identify any shortages of AD in China and find an efficient way to enhance AD cooperation between China and Germany. Based on the dissimilarity of the current status and the disparity in policies, a series of countermeasures and suggestions for the development of the Chinese AD are presented in this study.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"16 8","pages":"Pages 933-941"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46066674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantum computing to solve scenario-based stochastic time-dependent shortest path routing","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2238461","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2238461","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Networks are inherently uncertain and require scenario-based approaches to handle variability. In stochastic and time-dependent networks, optimal solutions cannot always be found using deterministic algorithms. Furthermore, Stochastic Time Dependent Shortest Path problems are known to be NP-hard. Emerging Quantum Computing Methods are providing new ways to address these problems. In this paper, the STDSP problem is formulated as a Quadratic Constrained Binary Optimization Problem. We show that in the case of independent link costs, the size of the problem increases exponentially. Finally, we find that using the quantum solver provides a linear computational experience with respect to the size of the problem. The proposed solution has implications for stochastic networks across different contexts including communications, traffic, industrial operations, electricity, water, broader supply chains, and epidemiology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"16 8","pages":"Pages 793-803"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134919684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A fast simulated annealing heuristic for the multi-depot two-echelon vehicle routing problem with delivery options","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2257923","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2257923","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We studied a variant of the vehicle routing problem (VRP) arising in last-mile distribution, called the multi-depot two-echelon vehicle routing problem with delivery options (MDTEVRP-DO). The MDTEVRP-DO involves two decision levels: (i) designing routes for a fleet of vehicles located in multiple depots to transport customer demands to a set of satellites and (ii) routing a fleet of vehicles from the satellites to serve the final customers. Nowadays, a relevant feature of the problem characterizing delivery services is that customers can collect their packages at pickup stations near their homes or workplaces. We designed an effectively simulated annealing (SA) heuristic for the problem. The new algorithm was extensively tested on benchmark instances from the literature, and its results were compared with those of start-of-the-art algorithms. The results show that the proposed SA obtains 30 out of the 36 best solutions for the MDTEVRP-DO benchmark instances. Moreover, its computation performance is superior to state-of-the-art algorithms for the MDTEVRP-DO.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"16 8","pages":"Pages 921-932"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135149921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying risky driving behavior: a field study using instrumented vehicles","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2233782","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2233782","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Road crashes continue to be a leading cause of death globally, with most of these crashes reportedly occurring due to human factors. Traditional road safety assessment utilises geometric and traffic parameters that consider road design inadequacies and identify traffic conflicts. However, previous studies do not represent risky driving behavior and its influence on crash occurrence. Incorporating human factors into safety evaluation is crucial to enhance the prediction and subsequent prevention of unsafe events. This research establishes a methodology to identify risky driving behavior using driving performance measures. These measures are computed based on continuous driving profiles collected using instrumented vehicles from a sample set of drivers on an expressway and are compared with historical crash data. The results indicate the significance of driving performance measures in evaluating road safety. The performance measures find application in collision avoidance systems, assessing the road design quality, testing safety countermeasures and guide for policymakers..</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"16 7","pages":"Pages 688-702"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47388907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital and social distractions’ impact on pedestrian road crossing behavior at signalized intersection crosswalks","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2233209","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2233209","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The study primarily seeks to investigate the behavioral attribution of distraction in pedestrian road crossing. A distraction-themed questionnaire survey was conducted across Kolkata city, India, to understand the contribution of distraction to near-misses and injuries. The survey response showed that among all reported respondents, 13.7% (61) encountered at least one near-miss and 4.5% (20) experienced at least one accident in the past. The video-based observational field study of 2,360 pedestrians revealed that 28.7% of the pedestrians were distracted while crossing the road. Pedestrians who text walked relatively slowly and 7.9% more likely to violate signal. Additionally, mobile phone talkers were observed to be 4.5% more likely to nearly hit/bump into another oncoming pedestrian. The present study constitutes vital information for planners and policymakers and plays a pivotal role in identifying critical intersections and developing countermeasures to minimize the impact or occurrence of pedestrian distraction and unsafe behavior.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"16 7","pages":"Pages 672-687"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41693711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How does tourism affect permanent residents’ travel preferences? The case of Rhodes, Greece","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2234709","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2023.2234709","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Tourism is a major source of income for many regions; however, its impacts on residents’ daily lives are significant, especially regarding their travel behavior. Local transportation infrastructure is challenged by large tourist flows, and thus residents need to adapt to the new environment by changing their usual habits, such as travel mode, frequency, destination etc. In this study, a multinomial logistic regression mode choice model is developed to capture tourism impacts on residents’ travel behavior, using data from the island of Rhodes, Greece. According to study findings, tourism has in fact an impact on residents’ travel mode preferences, as they tend to opt for more agile modes such as motorcycles, instead of cars, and adopt defensive driving during tourist seasons. This study can facilitate public transport operators, planners, and municipalities in tourist regions, to apply effective policies to mitigate negative impacts of tourism in local traffic conditions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"16 7","pages":"Pages 703-714"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46951835","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}