scholarly journals FACILITATING MICROMOBILITY FOR FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN: A CASE STUDY OF CALIFORNIA BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1577-1586
Author(s):  
Beth Ferguson ◽  
Angela Sanguinetti
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Public Transit ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Fleet Size ◽  
Service Characteristics ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Mobility Service ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Shared Mobility

AbstractMicromobility has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, traffic congestion, and air pollution, particularly when replacing private vehicle use in conjunction with public transit for first- and last-mile travel. The design of the built environment in and around public transit stations plays a key role in the integration of public transit and micromobility. This research presents a case study of rail stations in the California Bay Area, which are in the operation zone of seven shared micromobility operators. Nineteen stations and their surroundings were surveyed to inventory design features that could enable or constrain use of micromobility for first- and last-mile access. Shared mobility service characteristics, crime records, and connections to underserved communities were also documented. Key design solutions were identified based on the findings, including protected bike lanes, increased shared bike and scooter fleet size and service area, and clear signage indicating parking corral and docking points.

Incorporating Equity and Resiliency in Municipal Transportation Planning: Case Study of Mobility Hubs in Oakland, California

2017 ◽  
Vol 2653 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Karl Anderson ◽  
Samuel D. Blanchard ◽  
Derek Cheah ◽  
Drew Levitt
Keyword(s):  
Transportation Planning ◽  
Public Transit ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Municipal Governments ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Transportation Modes ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Shared Mobility

This paper presents a multicriteria suitability analysis framework to aid municipal governments in efforts to determine optimal siting of mobility hubs in their jurisdictions. Mobility hubs are agglomerations of transportation modes that concentrate emerging shared mobility services in well-defined locations, delivering several benefits to users. These benefits include primarily increased connectivity among modes and augmentation of public transit with improved first- and last-mile connections. The framework was applied to a case study in Oakland, California. The presented methodology has the potential for broader use by transportation planners and policy makers to advance various qualitative values in their practice, including equity and resiliency, and can quantitatively inform geographic, values-oriented outcomes.

Study Behaviour of Passengers on Transit Operation

2011 ◽  
Vol 97-98 ◽  
pp. 1154-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hesam Hafezi ◽  
Amiruddin Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Waiting Time ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Operation Time ◽  
Arrival Rate ◽  
Fleet Size ◽  
Transit Operation ◽  
Demand Patterns ◽  
Study Behaviour

Nowadays, delays problem are important issue in preparing schedule for public transportation. It is related to behaviour of passengers, behaviour of transportation means and interaction with traffic. Behaviour of passengers are including: demand patterns of passengers, fare payment and waiting time in station and in-vehicle. Behaviour of transportation means included fleet size and frequency of operation. The most interaction between public transportation and others traffic is in traffic congestion. In this paper, we studies different behaviour of passengers duration operation time in two points: in-station and in-vehicle. They are including: arrival rate of passengers, kinds of fare payment and waiting time. For illustrate behaviour of passengers on delays problem we survey they affects in bus operation. Hence, a case study based on an actual public bus operation in Tehran, Iran is used to demonstrate it.

Integrating Price-Incentive and Trip-Selection Policies to Rebalance Shared Electric Vehicles

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 148-173
Author(s):  
Zihao Jiao ◽  
Lun Ran ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Yuli Zhang ◽  
Robin G. Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Exact Algorithm ◽  
Labor Cost ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Mixed Integer ◽  
Fleet Size ◽  
Integrated Strategy

Because electric vehicle sharing (EVS) offers the advantages of high flexibility and convenience, it has been receiving increasing attention worldwide as an effective approach to easing traffic congestion and environmental pollution. However, unbalanced electric vehicle distribution is an obstacle in the development of EVS. In this paper, we propose an integrated strategy to mitigate the imbalance issue and enhance customers’ adoption of EVS. We construct an integrated strategy that combines the price-incentive approach with the trip-selection policy and models uncertain travel demand in a continuous trip-adopting process based on our integrated strategy. Aiming to improve EVS operating profits, we apply spatiotemporal nonlinear mixed-integer programming to formulate the travel pricing and rebalancing plan. Additionally, we approximate the model in a tractable form after analyzing the optimal service adoption and develop an efficient exact algorithm to handle the nonlinear items. The computational results of a real-world car2go Amsterdam case study demonstrate several economic and environmental benefits generated by our integrated policy, including (i) higher profits for EVS operators, (ii) improved service satisfaction for consumers, and (iii) a higher level of carbon emissions reduction, from 381 grams per mile to 225 grams per mile, beneficial for the social environment. Moreover, according to the case study, an appropriate initial fleet size, high rebalancing frequency, low labor cost, high potential travel demands, and short charging time also benefit EVS operation.

Towards Sustainable Liveable City: Management Operations of Shared Autonomous Cargo-Bike Fleets

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-532
Author(s):  
Imen Haj Salah ◽  
Vasu Dev Mukku ◽  
Malte Kania ◽  
Tom Assmann
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Service Level ◽  
City Management ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Fleet Size ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Mobility Service ◽  
Cargo Bike ◽  
The Impact

Finding a sustainable mobility solution for the future is one of the most competitive challenges in the logistics and mobility sector at present. Policymakers, researchers, and companies are working intensively to provide novel options that are environmentally friendly and sustainable. While autonomous car-sharing services have been introduced as a very promising solution, an innovative alternative is arising: the use of self-driving bikes. Shared autonomous cargo-bike fleets are likely to increase the livability and sustainability of the city, as the use of cargo-bikes in an on-demand mobility service can replace the use of cars for short-distance trips and enhance connectivity to public transportation. However, more research is needed to develop this new concept. In this paper, we investigate different rebalancing strategies for an on-demand, shared-use, self-driving cargo-bikes service (OSABS). We simulate a case study of the system in the inner city of Magdeburg using AnyLogic. The simulation model allows us to evaluate the impact of rebalancing on service level, idle mileage, and energy consumption. We conclude that the best proactive rebalancing strategy for our case study is to relocate bikes only between neighboring regions. We also acknowledge the importance of bike relocation to improve service efficiency and reduce fleet size.

scholarly journals A Sustainable Crowdsourced Delivery System to Foster Free-Floating Bike-Sharing

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Binetti ◽  
Leonardo Caggiani ◽  
Rosalia Camporeale ◽  
Michele Ottomanelli
Keyword(s):  
Network Design ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Design Model ◽  
Mobility Service ◽  
Shared Mobility ◽  
Bike Sharing ◽  
Postal Services ◽  
Urban Contexts

Since bicycles and bike-sharing systems are becoming increasingly important in modern transportation contexts, we suggest in this paper an alternative method to incorporate cycling among the freight transport alternatives within urban areas. We propose pursuing a sustainable initiative of crowdsourced delivery where some of the urban good deliveries may be voluntarily undertaken by users of the free-floating bike-sharing systems while following their prefixed route in exchange for some kind of reward. We believe that a network design model that allows properly allocating the resources of the bike-shared mobility service could improve the potential of crowdshipping, making it a viable support and supplement for the local postal services, and more easily accepted and adopted in urban contexts. An application to a case study has been embodied to show the effectiveness and advantages of our proposal.

scholarly journals Towards Shared Mobility Services in Ring Shape

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabien Leurent
Keyword(s):  
Service Management ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Access Time ◽  
Fleet Size ◽  
Vehicle Type ◽  
Mobility Service ◽  
Ring Shape ◽  
Public Subsidies ◽  
Shared Mobility

A shared mobility service (SMS) under ring shape would combine the principle of service cycle along a fixed route (as in a transit line) and a fairly important territorial coverage, assuming that every user would accept to walk on some length to and from the service. Thus, service availability can be optimised, detours are avoided, vehicles achieve higher productivity. The synergy between the ring-shaped infrastructure and the vehicle fleet enables to optimise the quality of service in terms of access time and ride time, and also to reduce production costs - and therefore the tariff fares, under suitable regulation. The chapter aims to reveal these ‘systemic qualities’ of ring-shaped SMSs by providing a mathematical model called ‘Orbicity’. It has a four-fold architecture: (i) traffic operations, (ii) supply-demand equilibrium under elastic demand, (iii) service management with endogenous fleet size and fare rate, (iv) service policy in terms of technology (vehicle type, number of places, energy vector, driving technology) and also the regulation regime. After outlining the model for ring-shaped shuttle services, we explore a set of scenarios along two axes of technological generation and regulation regime. It appears that ring-shaped shuttle services could be supplied at very affordable prices, while achieving profitability and requiring no public subsidies.

Mobility on Demand

2020 ◽  
pp. 125-155
Author(s):  
Susan A. Shaheen ◽  
Adam Cohen ◽  
Emily Farrar
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Transportation Mode ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Mobility Service ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
Shared Mobility

For as long as there have been cities, there have been suburbs. Shared mobility—the shared use of a vehicle, bicycle, or other travel mode—is an innovative transportation strategy that enables users to have short-term access to a transportation mode on an as-needed basis. Shared mobility can enhance access and reduce social exclusion in lower-density environments and provide transportation options to carless and public transit-dependent households, particularly in areas without high-quality, fixed-route public transportation service. This chapter discusses the design and evolution of suburbs and how this impacts the transportation network. Additionally, this chapter reviews suburban applications of shared mobility services and provides a case study of shared mobility service deployments in Northern Virginia. The chapter concludes with key takeaways and a discussion of the potential future of shared mobility services in lower-density built environments.

scholarly journals Institutional Logics at Play in a Mobility-as-a-Service Ecosystem

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8285
Author(s):  
Hugo Guyader ◽  
Brenda Nansubuga ◽  
Karin Skill
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Mobility Service ◽  
Shared Mobility

The last decade has brought the transport sector to the forefront of discussions on sustainability and digital innovations: practitioners, researchers, and regulators alike have witnessed the emergence of a wide diversity of shared mobility services. Based on a longitudinal case study of a regional Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) ecosystem in Sweden, constituted of a document analysis and 24 semi-structured interviews with 18 representatives from regional authorities, mobility service providers, and other stakeholders from the public and private sectors, this study examines the co-existing and competing institutional logics at play, identified as State logic, Market logic, Sustainability logic, Experimental logic, and Service logic. The analysis reveals that these institutional logics pertain to tensions in the collaboration within the ecosystem’s stakeholders in terms of: (1) finding a common vision and scope for MaaS, (2) establishing a sustainable business model, (3) triggering a behavioral change regarding car travel, (4) being able to find one’s role within the project and to consequently collaborate with other stakeholders, and (5) managing uncertainty through testing and experimenting innovative solutions, which ultimately yielded key learnings about MaaS and the shared mobility ecosystem and its stakeholders. These case study findings, based on an institutional logics framework, provide a novel perspective on emerging ecosystems, from which implications for MaaS developers and further research on shared mobility are drawn.

An Integrated Tourism Model based on Local Identity for Ecological, Historical, and Cultural Tourism

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natapon Anusorntharangkul ◽  
Yanin Rugwongwan
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Design ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern

The objective of this paper is to study local identity and explore the potential for regional resources management and valuation of the historic environment a case study of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand, for guiding the tourism environmental design elements. The point of view has the goal creative integrate tourism model and product development from local identity embedded localism. This concept advocates the philosophy that tourism businesses must develop products and marketing strategies that not only address the needs of consumers but also safeguard the local identity. 

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