Inferring origin-destination pairs and utility-based travel preferences of shared mobility system users in a multi-modal environment

Our mobility system is changing rapidly. We are at the crossroad of major changes in the way we travel and deliver goods. Research agendas are adapting to this changed environment with new challenges and opportunities. This paper presents a research agenda for the future of transportation research structured along eight cluster topics of the Network on European Communication and Transport Activities Research (NECTAR). The research agenda firstly highlights the growing complexity and need for multi- and interdisciplinary transportation research. Secondly, sustainability needs to be addressed in transportation research in its full meaning, including relationships between policy-making investigations and environmental and equity effects. Thirdly, ICTs and digitalisation, the development of (shared) autonomous vehicles and shared mobility will have profound impacts on economies and spatial interactions all-around the world, and availability of high resolution spatial and transportation data. Digitalisation generates many new research opportunities but also give rise to new concerns about privacy, safety, equity and public health.

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Bilateral Force Feedback Control for a Vehicle-Type Tele-Mobility System

IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications ◽

10.1541/ieejias.133.795 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 133 (8) ◽

pp. 795-803

Author(s):

Kazuki Nagase ◽

Shutaro Yorozu ◽

Takahiro Kosugi ◽

Yuki Yokokura ◽

Seiichiro Katsura

Keyword(s):

Feedback Control ◽

Force Feedback ◽

Vehicle Type ◽

Mobility System

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Autonomous Vehicles in the Mobility System

The Oxford Handbook of Mobile Communication and Society ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190864385.013.33 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 500-514

Author(s):

Thilo von Pape

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Mobile Communication ◽

Autonomous Vehicles ◽

Communication Research ◽

Collective Control ◽

System P ◽

Mobility System ◽

And Control ◽

Transportation Technologies

This chapter discusses how autonomous vehicles (AVs) may interact with our evolving mobility system and what they mean for mobile communication research. It juxtaposes a conceptualization of AVs as manifestations of automation and artificial intelligence with an analysis of our mobility system as a historically grown hybrid of communication and transportation technologies. Since the emergence of railroad and telegraph, this system has evolved on two layers: an underlying infrastructure to power and coordinate the movements of objects, people, and ideas in industrially scaled speeds, volumes, and complexity and an interface to seamlessly access this infrastructure and control it. AVs are poised to further enhance the seamlessness which mobile phones and cars already lent to mobility. But in assuming increasingly sophisticated control tasks, AVs also disrupt an established shift toward individual control, demanding new interfaces to enable higher levels of individual and collective control over the mobility infrastructure.

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Car Sharing as a Strategy to Address GHG Emissions in the Transport System: Evaluation of Effects of Car Sharing in Amsterdam

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13042418 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 2418

Author(s):

Ana María Arbeláez Vélez ◽

Andrius Plepys

Keyword(s):

Ghg Emissions ◽

Transport Systems ◽

Car Ownership ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Car Sharing ◽

Shared Mobility ◽

Before And After ◽

Business To Consumer ◽

The City ◽

Carbon Transport

Shared mobility options, such as car sharing, are often claimed to be more sustainable, although evidence at an individual or city level may contradict these claims. This study aims to improve understanding of the effects of car sharing on transport-related emissions at an individual and city level. This is done by quantifying the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the travel habits of individuals before and after engaging with car sharing. The analysis uses a well-to-wheel (WTW) approach, including both business-to-consumer (B2C) and peer-to-peer (P2P) car-sharing fleets. Changes in GHG emissions after engaging in car sharing vary among individuals. Transport-related GHG emissions caused by car-free individuals tend to increase after they engage in car sharing, while emissions caused by previous car owners tend to fall. At the city level, GHG emissions savings can be achieved by using more efficient cars in sharing systems and by implementing greener mobility policies. Changes in travel habits might help to reduce GHG emissions, providing individuals migrate to low-carbon transport modes. The findings can be used to support the development and implementation of transport policies that deter car ownership and support shared mobility solutions that are integrated in city transport systems.

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Sustainable Electric Personal Mobility: The Design of a Wireless Charging Infrastructure for Urban Tourism

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13031270 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 1270

Author(s):

Sung Il Kwag ◽

Uhjin Hur ◽

Young Dae Ko

Keyword(s):

Public Transportation ◽

New Technologies ◽

Point Of View ◽

Urban Tourism ◽

Electric Mobility ◽

Wireless Charging ◽

Efficient Design ◽

Personal Mobility ◽

Charging Infrastructure ◽

Mobility System

Though new technologies have been applied in all industries, electric mobility technology using eco-friendly energy is drawing a great deal of attention. This research focuses on a personal electric mobility system for urban tourism. Some tourism sites such as Gyeongju, Korea, have broad spaces for tourists to walk around, but the public transportation system has been insufficiently developed due to economic reasons. Therefore, personal mobility technology such as electric scooters can be regarded as efficient alternatives. For the operation of electric scooters, a charging infrastructure is necessary. Generally, scooters can be charged via wires, but this research suggests an advanced electric personal mobility system based on wireless electric charging technology that can accommodate user convenience. A mathematical model-based optimization was adopted to derive an efficient design for a wireless charging infrastructure while minimizing total investment costs. By considering the type of tourists and their tour features, optimal locations and lengths of the static and dynamic wireless charging infrastructure are derived. By referring to this research, urban tourism can handle transportation issues from a sustainable point of view. Moreover, urban tourism will have a better chance of attracting tourists by conserving heritage sites and by facilitating outdoor activities with electric personal mobility.

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A systematic review on shared mobility in China

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation ◽

10.1080/15568318.2021.1879974 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Jia-Wei Hu ◽

Felix Creutzig

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Shared Mobility

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Perceived risk of using shared mobility services during the COVID-19 pandemic

Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour ◽

10.1016/j.trf.2021.06.012 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ehsan Rahimi ◽

Ramin Shabanpour ◽

Ali Shamshiripour ◽

Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian

Keyword(s):

Perceived Risk ◽

Shared Mobility

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Post-COVID-19 travel behaviour patterns: impact on the willingness to pay of users of public transport and shared mobility services in Spain

European Transport Research Review ◽

10.1186/s12544-021-00476-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Samir Awad-Núñez ◽

Raky Julio ◽

Juan Gomez ◽

Borja Moya-Gómez ◽

Julián Sastre González

Keyword(s):

Willingness To Pay ◽

Public Transport ◽

Nationwide Survey ◽

Travel Behaviour ◽

Revealed Preferences ◽

Trip Purpose ◽

Willingness To Adopt ◽

Shared Mobility ◽

Considerable Impact ◽

Willingness To Use

Abstract Background The COVID-19 crisis has meant a significant change in the lifestyle of millions of people worldwide. With a lockdown that lasted almost three months and an impulse to new normality, transport demand has suffered a considerable impact in the Spanish case. It is mandatory to explore the effect of the pandemic on changes in travel behaviour in post-COVID-19 times. Methodology A nationwide survey was carried out during the lockdown in Spring 2020 to overview the recent changes. The survey collected both stated preferences (socio-demographic characteristics and mobility-related attributes), and revealed preferences (individuals’ habits, especially in the frequency of the trips according to the trip purpose, and opinions regarding the willingness and acceptability of these changes, and which actors would have to drive them, and how) of individuals. This paper aims to study and understand the willingness to adopt a set of measures to improve the safety conditions of public transport and shared mobility services against possible contagion from COVID-19 and the willingness to pay for them. Results The results obtained show that some measures, such as the increase of supply and vehicle disinfection, result in a greater willingness to use public transport in post-COVID-19 times. Similarly, the provision of covers for handlebars and steering wheels also significantly increases individuals’ willingness to use sharing services. However, respondents expect that these measures and improvements would be implemented but maintaining the same pre-COVID-19 prices. The results of this research might help operators deploy strategies to adopt their services and retain users.

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Cracks in the wall of a car-oriented local mobility system – Results of an urban living lab

Journal of Environmental Psychology ◽

10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101678 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 77 ◽

pp. 101678

Author(s):

Philipp Rollin ◽

Sebastian Bamberg ◽

Carmen Ketterl ◽

Stefan Weiland

Keyword(s):

Urban Living ◽

Local Mobility ◽

Living Lab ◽

Mobility System

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