{"title":"Modelling commuters’ travel time perception on an urban corridor using the fuzzy logic technique: A case study of Surat, India","authors":"Krishna Saw","doi":"10.48295/et.2023.95.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48295/et.2023.95.2","url":null,"abstract":"On the one hand, travel time is important in planning and managing urban roads; on the other hand, it is important in commuters' route and departure time decisions. Often, mode and route choices and a sense of departure time are mainly based on one’s perceived travel time (PTT). This study focuses on modelling travellers’ PTT considering socio-economic and trip attributes for an urban corridor, taking Surat as a case study. An ANOVA test has been conducted to identify factors governing PTT. Analysis shows that trip attributes (e.g., traffic conditions, traffic environment, and travel distance) influence PTT more than travellers' socio-economic characteristics (e.g., income, occupation, age, and vehicle ownership). Commuters overestimate PTT (min/km) nearly two-fold, and the overestimation decreases with increasing trip distance. A PTT Estimation Model has been developed using Fuzzy Logic, considering the epistemic uncertainty associated with attributes. The developed model can help inform necessary improvement measures to bring travel times to a reasonable level.","PeriodicalId":507704,"journal":{"name":"European Transport/Trasporti Europei","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139192953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of electromobility development on tax revenues: A case study on Norway","authors":"B. Andrlík","doi":"10.48295/et.2023.95.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48295/et.2023.95.5","url":null,"abstract":"The manuscript deals with the development of electromobility in Norway and its impact on tax revenues. The detailed focus of the paper is on registration and road taxes directly related to the acquisition and operation of a road motor vehicle. The paper aims to verify whether a growing share of electric cars in Norway's fleet impacts the decrease in tax collection, namely road and registration tax. Norway was chosen because it is the country with the highest share of electric cars in the vehicle fleet in the world. Impacts on road and registration tax are investigated, focusing on 1998–2021. Our results suggest that the introduction of electromobility has a negative effect on the collection of road and registration tax, with the addition that this impact is statistically significant only in the case of registration tax. In other words, our research assumption was only confirmed in the case of the registration tax.","PeriodicalId":507704,"journal":{"name":"European Transport/Trasporti Europei","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139190716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preliminary Assessment for a Sustainable and Integrated Solar-Powered Transport System in Asmara – Eritrea","authors":"Cristiano Colombo","doi":"10.48295/et.2023.95.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48295/et.2023.95.1","url":null,"abstract":"As a result of the new political stability achieved among Eritrea and Ethiopia, even though not completely consolidated after one year from the peace signed on 8 July 2018, the role of Asmara, the Eritrean capital, is under investigation to understand its potential impact on the economic and technological development of the Horn of Africa. In a region such as the Sub-Saharan one, the main challenge in energy is to guarantee a reliable electric grid based on Renewable Energy Sources (RESs). This paper proposes the development of an integrated urban mobility plan in Asmara, monitored by a performance analysis, and then it was simulated to power the service exclusively by a microgrid provided by photovoltaic panels using the software Homer pro, to sustain the demographic and economic growth of the city. From the analysis carried out, the implementation of the service required 52 e-buses, 2 e-minibuses, 7 e-taxis and 50 e-bikes. Furthermore, to economically and environmentally maintain the Project, a PV (Photovoltaic) plant with a surface area of 94,972 m2, equipped with a rated capacity of 4,966 kW. Furthermore, energy will be available at 0.1547 $/kWh. The aim of this work is to propose a future scenario of electric mobility enhancement for developing countries, evaluating their evolution over time to offer an efficient and suitable service throughout the city of Asmara.","PeriodicalId":507704,"journal":{"name":"European Transport/Trasporti Europei","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139190800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Entry Count vs Occupancy Count to assess sector capacity with Fast Time Simulation","authors":"Paola Di Mascio","doi":"10.48295/et.2023.95.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48295/et.2023.95.3","url":null,"abstract":"An air traffic controller should manage aircraft movements per hour to ensure the safety and efficiency of the traffic system. This study proposed an innovative methodology to estimate the air traffic controllers’ workload through sector occupancy. Starting with a model for the workload of sector controllers designed by Eurocontrol for tower controllers, the authors defined a taskload model from real audio that occurred in an examined Terminal Control Area (TMA). Moreover, trombones have been implemented to sequence arrival flows in the simulated TMA. Therefore, an airside model has been reproduced using Fast Time Simulation software, and its capacity has been calculated in terms of occupancy due to approaching movements. The results permit to evaluate the impact of infrastructural and operative modifications on the sector capacity in terms of hourly entry count and occupancy. Total and maximum occupancy values have been deepened to identify the best predictive factor of controllers’ workload and to manage the airspace configuration.","PeriodicalId":507704,"journal":{"name":"European Transport/Trasporti Europei","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139196179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}