scholarly journals The sociotechnical roots of smart mobility: Bike sharing since 1965

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-159
Author(s):  
Jan Ploeger ◽  
Ruth Oldenziel
Keyword(s):  
Public Transit ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Electric Cars ◽  
The Public ◽  
System A ◽  
Embedded Design ◽  
Bike Sharing ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The 1960S

The search for “smart” or Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based mobility solutions goes back to at least the 1960s. The Provo anarchist Luud Schimmelpennink is well-known for designing mobility solutions and for being the driving force behind the 1965 “white-bike” experience. Less known is his 1968 project for shared electric cars (“Witkar”), which laid the foundations for the ICT-based bicycle sharing systems as we know today. By combining his talent for innovation with activism, he created a socially embedded design that could be part of the public transit system. Based on primary sources, we argue that these sociotechnical experiences paved the way for today’s mainstream bicycle sharing projects worldwide. We then show how since the 1990s, the Dutch railroad’s public transit bicycle (OV-fiets) has transformed Schimmelpennink’s original anarchist idea of bike sharing into a sustainable public transit system – a feat that has eluded other programmes worldwide: the integration of the bicycle’s share in a door-to-door experience.

Comparison of Two Common Approaches to Public Transit Service Equity Evaluation

2015 ◽  
Vol 2531 (1) ◽  
pp. 170-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Karner ◽  
Aaron Golub
Keyword(s):  
Census Data ◽  
Public Transit ◽  
Transit System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transit Service ◽  
Transit Ridership ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Equity Evaluation ◽  
Equity Effects ◽  
Service Change

Understanding the equity effects of transit service changes requires good information about the demographics of transit ridership. Onboard survey data and census data can be used to estimate equity effects, although there is no clear reason to conclude that these two sources will lead to the same findings. Guidance from the FTA recommends the use of either of these data sources to estimate equity impacts. This study made a direct comparison of the two methods for the public transit system in the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area. The results indicated that although both sources were acceptable for FTA compliance, the use of one or the other could affect whether a proposed service change was deemed equitable. In other words, the outcome of a service change equity analysis could differ as a result of the data source used. To ensure the integrity and meaning of such analyses, FTA should recommend the collection and use of ridership data for conducting service change analyses to supplement approaches that are based on census data.

scholarly journals Improving the public transit system for routes with scheduled headways

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jones Chuang ◽  
Peter Chu
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Unique Solution ◽  
Public Transit ◽  
Traffic Model ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transit Performance

This research contributes to the improvement of the optimal headway solution for the transit performance functions (e. g., minimize total cost; maximize social welfare) derived from the traffic model proposed by Hendrickson. The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, we prove that that model has a unique solution for headway. Second, we offer a formulated approximation for headway. Third, numerical examples illustrate that our formulated approximation performs more accurately than the Hendrickson?s.

Rethinking the Formation of Public Distribution System: A Class-Focused Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 048661342110349
Author(s):  
Soumik Sarkar ◽  
Anjan Chakrabarti
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Surplus Labor ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
System A ◽  
Historical Condition ◽  
Indian State ◽  
The 1960S

Using the methodology of overdetermination, class process of surplus labor as the entry point and socially determined need of food security, we deliver an alternative class-focused rendition of the public distribution system (PDS) in India. We first surmise our theoretical framework to infer that the overdetermined and contradictory relation of class and social needs matter for PDS. Beyond the reasoning of being pro-poor, fair, or wasteful, we deploy this framework to reinterpret the formation of Indian PDS in the 1960s. Its demonstration requires revisiting the historical condition that shaped capital’s passive revolution through the post-independence Indian state and its subsequent crisis arising out of the contradictions and conflicts in the class-need space. We argue that PDS signals a case of success and not failure of capitalism.

Incentive schemes for bus drivers: The case of the public transit system in Santiago, Chile

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 77-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Tiznado ◽  
Patricia Galilea ◽  
Felipe Delgado ◽  
Markus Niehaus
Keyword(s):  
Public Transit ◽  
Bus Drivers ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Incentive Schemes ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals Internet GIS-Based Multimodal Public Transport Trip Planning Information System for Travelers in Lithuania

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakimavičius ◽  
Palevičius ◽  
Antuchevičiene ◽  
Karpavičius
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Public Transit ◽  
Route Planning ◽  
Trip Planning ◽  
Transit System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Trip Planner ◽  
Transit Routes

The main purpose of this research is to present the developed VINTRA system, a comprehensive solution to a fully developed public transit system in Lithuania, and it is very important in encouraging travelers to use public transport. VINTRA is not simply a trip planner; it is capable of planning multimodal public transport trips, using different parameters in public transport trip planning. This system has the functionality to create and edit public transport route trajectories and to edit and calculate timetables according to the distance between stops. This research presents the public transport trip planning parameters procedure of the calculated walking route directions, integrated with the calculation results of public transit routes, as well as combining visualization in digital maps. This paper also discusses how route-planning systems could perform data exchange based on General Transit Feed Specification and how assessment of the public transport trip planning results, compared to the VINTRA system created with Google, was performed.

Measuring dynamic public transit accessibility to local centres in Warsaw

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Goch ◽  
Szymon Ochota ◽  
Monika Piotrkowska ◽  
Zuzanna Kunert
Keyword(s):  
Public Transit ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Transit System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transit Accessibility ◽  
Reliable Assessment ◽  
Scope Of Application ◽  
Dynamic Time ◽  
Transit Operation

Abstract Over the last decade the number of studies on public transit accessibility has significantly increased. The aim of the study was to analyse the scope of application of measurements of the dynamic time accessibility in transportation systems for evaluation purposes. It was assumed that the indicator is a feasible measure for basic analysis however additional indicators are needed for reliable assessment. The study included assessing access to the global centre of Warsaw and to local and district centres in particular units. Public transit accessibility was analysed using schedule-based travel time and the population data statistic. The results of the study confirm the dynamic character of public transit time accessibility and its usefulness as a measure. Spatial and transit barriers were identified in local distribution centres and public transit operation. The work presented in the paper highlights the relevance of the in-depth evaluation of the public transit system in relation to the major congestion problems in Warsaw.

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