{"title":"A tripartite evolutionary game study on the governance of online catering riders’ traffic violations from the perspective of collaborative regulation","authors":"Liang Xiao , Hongyong Li , Fumao Yu , Yuqi Wang","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2378612","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2378612","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the online catering industry, delivery riders’ traffic violations significantly threaten public transportation safety, inadequately addressed by current regulations from the government and online platforms. This paper proposes a government-led collaborative regulatory mechanism with active platform participation. A tripartite evolutionary game model, including the government, platforms, and riders, evaluates this approach. Findings suggest that collaborative regulation forms when the combined start-up and subsidy costs of government-led regulation are less than the total benefits of collaboration and when the cost difference between active and passive platform participation is less than the total benefit of active participation. Effective regulation occurs when combined penalties for riders’ violations exceed the profit difference between illegal and compliant deliveries. Reducing government regulation start-up costs and increasing penalties and enforcement probabilities can promote compliance among riders. Excessive subsidies to platforms do not effectively control violations, indicating the need for balanced subsidy allocation for optimal regulatory effectiveness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"17 4","pages":"Pages 732-746"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141815188","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":"Integrated optimization of train line planning and timetabling: a new method of changing train operation zone and direct-service of cross-line ODs","authors":"Ruxin Wang , Lei Nie , Yuyan Tan","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2374171","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2374171","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cross-line operation increases accessibility to the railway network. However, its long-distance operation is quite difficult due to the transport resource limitations. To provide good transportation plans for operators and more direct services for cross-line passengers, we propose a new method of changing operation zones of cross-line trains, which can be summarized as the integrated train line planning and timetabling problem. A model is established to minimize deviation of same-line trains from ideal timetables and maximize cross-line origin-destination direct services. A Lagrangian relaxation approach and an improved priority-rule heuristic algorithm are developed to solve large-scale problems and obtain feasible solutions. Reality-based instances are conducted on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway and its connecting lines to verify the performance of the model and solution approach. The results show the benefit of changing train operation zones, and the model and approach can help to generate a good balance between operating profit and passenger demand.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"17 4","pages":"Pages 666-686"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141828083","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":"Exploring the impact of time pressure on motorized two-wheeler riders’ over-speeding behavior","authors":"Ishant Sharma , Monik Gupta , Sabyasachee Mishra , Nagendra R. Velaga","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2368348","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2368348","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite being inexpensive and the most accessible travel mode, motorized two-wheelers (MTW) are more prone to crashes than other travel modes. Over-speeding is one of the principal causes of such MTW-related crashes. Past studies are nonexistent in exploring the impact of time pressure and psychological constructs on MTW riders’ over-speeding behavior. Therefore, this paper captures the impact of the time pressure situations and identifies psychological segments (based on travel time-related anxiety) on the over-speeding behavior among MTW riders. A two-step modeling approach, including latent class analysis and multinomial logit model (MNL), was utilized for a stated preference survey of 513 Indian MTW riders. The latent class analysis identified three different psychological segments, i.e. minimally anxious, moderately anxious, and highly anxious. Results showed that over-speeding behavior is more likely to increase with travel time-related anxiety levels and hurriedness. The findings are expected to offer potential policy implications for mitigating speeding-related violations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"17 4","pages":"Pages 595-611"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141505413","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":"Private parking space owners’ choice behavior of different sharing modes: hybrid choice model using justified latent variables","authors":"Zengrui Wang , Xia Luo , Yiyuan Zhang , Qixin Mai","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2366399","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2366399","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Private parking spaces account for a large proportion of potential parking resources, whose utilization rate could be raised by sharing them. To investigate private parking space owners’ sharing choice behavior, this paper applies a framework of Combined Technology Acceptance Model and the Theory of Planned Behavior for a more comprehensive consideration of psychological attitudes on these suppliers in urban residential areas. A web-based survey was conducted to collect data. The justified factors are then incorporated in hybrid choice model (HCM) as latent variables. HCM results showed that incorporation of latent variables such as perceived risk provides better fitting effect than traditional multinominal models, and that revenues and community participance are influential factors for sharing choice. Our findings indicate behavioral intention framework could serve as argumentation of rational selection of latent variables. These findings could also support better implementation of shared parking from managerial and operational perspectives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 552-565"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141505415","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}
Hongjun Cui , Wanru Sun , Minqing Zhu , Xinwei Ma , Jinping Xie
{"title":"Modeling travel mode choice behavior for planned special events using CPT-based HI-MADM approach","authors":"Hongjun Cui , Wanru Sun , Minqing Zhu , Xinwei Ma , Jinping Xie","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2354015","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2354015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Planned special events (PSEs) can significantly increase traffic demand, posing greater challenges than daily operations. In response, host cities often invest heavily in transportation upgrades. This study proposes a model integrating cumulative prospect theory (CPT) and multiple-attribute decision-making to understand mode choice behavior of PSE attendees. This integration enables direct extraction of traveler preference information, offering a more suitable description of the decision-making process. The decision matrix considers mode and attribute heterogeneity. The reference point for CPT is derived from previous PSE trips or commutes. Furthermore, this paper assesses asymmetric nonlinear sensitivity and distorted perceptions of different attributes. Analysis of mode-choice behavior for PSE participation, using survey data from Tianjin, China, validates the approach. It better characterizes PSE choice behaviors and demonstrates varying sensitivity to gains and losses, dependent on different attributes and distances. Thus, event planners should prioritize improving travel time and convenience to increase public transport mode share.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 406-422"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140969742","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}
Bisma Khalid , Zia ur Rehman , Farhan Haider , Ammad Hassan Khan , Qaiser Naheed Hashmi , Ali Raza , Muhammad Sohail Jameel
{"title":"Regression approach to analyze the travel characteristics of university students","authors":"Bisma Khalid , Zia ur Rehman , Farhan Haider , Ammad Hassan Khan , Qaiser Naheed Hashmi , Ali Raza , Muhammad Sohail Jameel","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2366327","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2366327","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study at the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, examined students’ travel behavior, mode choice and constraints. Data from 1,449 students were analyzed using various statistical methods, including descriptive analysis, latent class analysis (LCA), multinomial logistic regression (MNL), correlation, and linear regression. The model’s accuracy was evaluated by calculating the percent error. Walking was the most popular mode of transportation within the campus, preferred by 37% of students. Most students traveled 1-15 km, taking 10-15 minutes, with off-campus students typically making three trips to their destination. Safety concerns significantly influenced 37% of students’ travel behavior due to built-in constraints.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 512-527"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141348388","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":"Optimal electric bus scheduling considering battery degradation effect and charging facility capacity","authors":"Mingye Zhang , Min Yang","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2363659","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2363659","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Electric buses are environmentally friendly with the features of low noise levels and zero-emissions. However, higher upfront costs due to the battery degradation effect, charging facility capacity and operational issues are the main obstacles to large-scale application of electric buses. This study proposes a mixed-integer nonlinear model for optimizing electric bus scheduling with a partial charging strategy, battery degradation and constraints of charging facility capacity. A genetic algorithm is then proposed to solve the model. Last, a case study based on a real transit network in Nanjing, China is conducted. The experimental results show that compared with the existing scheduling scheme, the optimal scheduling model can reduce the total system costs by 8.20%, which validates the effectiveness of the proposed model. The findings in this paper can provide a reference for operators to formulate electric bus scheduling schemes and promote the sustainable development of public transport.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 491-501"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141650432","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":"A Stackelberg game-based on-ramp merging controller for connected automated vehicles in mixed traffic flow","authors":"Yangsheng Jiang , Hongyu Chen , Guosheng Xiao , Hongwei Cong , Zhihong Yao","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2359251","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2359251","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper proposes a game theory-based on-ramp merging controller for connected automated vehicles (CAVs) in mixed traffic flow. First, a two-layer decision-making framework based on the Stackelberg game is designed to consider the fuel consumption and safety payoffs of mixed traffic flow under different driving behaviors. The upper layer of the framework determines the optimal merging decision (i.e. merging time and location) for on-ramp vehicles (RVs) based on the Stackelberg game. The lower layer optimizes the merging trajectory of CAVs to reduce energy consumption and safety risks during the ramp-merging process. Then, a driving behavior estimation algorithm is developed to describe the differences in mainline vehicles (MLVs) response to the merging behavior of RVs. Finally, the simulation experiments are adopted to verify the effectiveness and stability of the proposed framework. The results indicated that, the proposed framework promotes environmental protection, operational efficiency, and traffic flow stability in different traffic scenarios.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 423-441"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141148942","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}
Xinyi He , Yao Hu , Wangyong Chen , Yutao Qin , Chuliang Wu , Wanlian Lu
{"title":"Short-term traffic flow prediction via weight optimization of composite models","authors":"Xinyi He , Yao Hu , Wangyong Chen , Yutao Qin , Chuliang Wu , Wanlian Lu","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2353485","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2353485","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Accurate prediction of peak-hour traffic flow is crucial for congestion management. Neural network models have varying performance in different domains, limiting their effectiveness in traffic data. To address this, we propose the SSA-BiLSTM-BP-Elman ensemble model. It integrates bi-directional long short-term memory (BiLSTM), back propagation (BP) neural network, and Elman network. The model uses the sparrow search algorithm (SSA) to optimize the weight distribution to improve the prediction accuracy. Initially, the BiLSTM, BP, and Elman models are parameter-optimized by the Bayesian approach. SSA then assigns unique weights to each model based on the characteristics of the extracted data features. Results from an application to UK high-speed traffic flow data show that SSA significantly improves the accuracy of model predictions. This integrated model effectively utilizes the strengths of each model by assigning appropriate weighting coefficients by SSA, thus improving the overall prediction performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 395-405"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141113619","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":"Explaining deep learning-based activity schedule models using SHapley Additive exPlanations","authors":"Anil Koushik , M. Manoj , N. Nezamuddin","doi":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2359304","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19427867.2024.2359304","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Artificial neural networks are often criticized for their black box nature in travel behavior literature. The lack of understanding of variable influence induces little confidence in model predictions, significantly affecting their practical utility. This study aims to address this issue by employing SHapley Additive exPlanations to understand the influence of different variables in a deep learning-based activity schedule model. The activity schedule is represented as a time series which enables the study of temporal variations in the influence of each variable at much finer resolutions compared to earlier approaches. The findings reveal that variables such as the day-of-week, month of the year, and social participation wield significant influence over the activity schedule, while household structure and urban class also exert noticeable impacts. This proposed methodology enhances our understanding of variable influences at different times of the day, instilling confidence in the deep learning model’s results, advancing its practical application.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48974,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research","volume":"17 3","pages":"Pages 442-457"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141272689","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}