Key Elements of Mobility Apps for Improving Urban Travel Patterns: A Literature Review

In recent decades cities have applied a number of policy measures aimed at reducing car use and increasing public transportation (PT) patronage. Persuasive strategies to change mobility behavior present notable limitations in economic and logistical terms and have only minor impacts. The smartphone has emerged as a promising tool to overcome these challenges, as it can host persuasion strategies through mobility apps. Simultaneously, Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) schemes could open up new possibilities for addressing both sustainability goals and the needs of urban travelers. This paper carries out a literature review to identify the key elements of mobility apps that foster more sustainable travelers’ choices. The findings show that some persuasive strategies such as eco-feedback, rewards or social challenges are effective because they are well received by users. From the users’ point of view, the perceived barriers (e.g., usability, privacy) relate negatively to app adoption, and it is considered useful to include functional needs such as real-time information (e.g., to avoid congestion), cost savings (e.g., customized multimodal packages), comfort (e.g., crowding on public transport) or health (e.g., calories burned). We have found that a proper design of multimodal travel packages based on (i) financial incentives and (ii) environmental awareness, could help increase public transport patronage and reduce private car use.

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Public Transport in Developing Countries

Journal of Public Administration Studies ◽

10.21776/ub.jpas.2021.006.02.7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 006 (02) ◽

pp. 35-39

Author(s):

Rendra Adinata ◽

Wike Wike ◽

Alfi Haris Wanto

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Literature Review ◽

Public Transport ◽

Public Transportation ◽

Transport Planning ◽

Multimodal Transport ◽

The Right

The changes and challenges in public transport in developing countries are need to be address with the right policy, yet to make the right policy, we need to identify the main problem and characteristics of public transport in developing countries itself. This article explain the characteristics of public transportation in developing countries using literature review. In general, it is based on its organization, multimodal transport planning and finance, fare control, fare exemptions and social obligations, vehicle specifications, competition and regulation and finally ownership and investment.

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O Direito ao Transporte Coletivo Urbano na Região Metropolitana do Cariri-CE: Sustentabilidade, Problemáticas e Alternativas

Veredas do Direito Direito Ambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentável ◽

10.18623/rvd.v10i20.360 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 10 (20) ◽

pp. 207

Author(s):

Diego Coelho do Nascimento ◽

Josefa Cicera Alves Martins ◽

Suely Salgueiro Chacon

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Literature Review ◽

Waiting Time ◽

Public Transport ◽

Public Transportation ◽

Research Focus ◽

Methodological Procedures ◽

Public Transportation System ◽

Object Of Study

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a atual conjuntura do transporte público coletivo nos principais municípios da Região Metropolitana do Cariri – CE. A pesquisa em foco caracteriza-se por ser um estudo de caso, cujo objeto de estudo é o Transporte Coletivo Urbano nas principais cidades da Região Metropolitana do Cariri - RMC. A pesquisa possui cunho qualitativo de natureza exploratória-descritiva e os principais procedimentos metodológicos utilizados foram a revisão bibliográfica e visitas de campo. Contatou-se que são muitos os problemas enfrentados pelos usuários do transporte coletivo nos municípios do estudo, como: a superlotação dos veículos; sucateamento dos veículos; descumprimento de horários; baixa oferta de linhas; e o tempo de espera pelos veículos. Percebe-se que há a necessidade de implantação nos municípios da RMC, de um sistema de transporte coletivo eficiente que atenda as necessidades da população no que diz respeito a conforto, segurança, rotas e minimização de impactos ambientais. AbstractThe objective of this work is to analyze the current situation of public transportation in major cities of metropolitan Cariri - EC. The research focus is characterized by being a case study, whose object of study is the Urban Public Transportation in the main cities of metropolitan Cariri - RMC. The research has a qualitative exploratory-descriptive and key methodological procedures used were literature review and field visits. It was noted that there are many problems faced by users of public transport in the cities of the study, such as overcrowding of vehicles, scrapping of vehicles; noncompliance schedules, low supply lines, and the waiting time for vehicles. It is noticed that there is a need for implementation in the municipalities of the MRC, an efficient public transportation system that meets the needs of the population with regard to comfort, safety, routes and minimizing environmental impacts. KeywordsTransportation. Sustainable development. Urbanization. Transportation.

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Institutional Development in Public Transport Policy: A Literature Review

Journal of Asian Multicultural Research for Social Sciences Study ◽

10.47616/jamrsss.v1i2.31 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 41-47

Author(s):

Kwan Hue Thuang

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Literature Review ◽

Public Transport ◽

Public Transportation ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Institutional Development ◽

Transport Policy ◽

City Government ◽

City Community ◽

The City

This article discusses institutional development in public transport policy in terms of concepts and theories. The institutionalized organization must establish and maintain a network in its environment to keep it alive and functioning, by adjusting to the relationships in an organization's life. The development of the transportation system is carried out in a sustainable, consistent, and integrated manner, both inter and between modes, with other development sectors and taking into account the existence of the local government. The policies formulated by the city government should take into account all available modes of public transportation and may be utilized by the city community. The design of vehicles that will be used as public transportation must also be adapted to the needs of the community and conditions in urban areas.

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Economic, Ecological and Social Analysis Based on DEA and MCDA for the Management of the Madrid Urban Public Transportation System

Mathematics ◽

10.3390/math10020172 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 172

Author(s):

Lourdes Rivero Gutiérrez ◽

María Auxiliadora De Vicente Oliva ◽

Alberto Romero-Ania

Keyword(s):

Public Transport ◽

Public Transportation ◽

Hybrid Vehicles ◽

Point Of View ◽

Social Dimension ◽

Data Envelopment ◽

Electre Iii ◽

The Social ◽

System Data ◽

Public Transportation System

The aim of this research is to help public transport managers to make decisions on the type of buses that should compose their public transport fleet, taking into account economic, environmental and social criteria from the point of view of sustainability. This paper fills a knowledge gap by including the social dimension of sustainability in addition to the economic and environmental dimensions. The original nature of this study lies in analyzing complementarities in the structuring of an efficiency and multicriteria problem. Our research analyzes Madrid public bus system data; the problem is structured in a comparative way between two analytical methods, a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and an ELimination Et Choice Translating REality (ELECTRE) III. Our research results show that two main groups of vehicles could play a part in part the theoretical solution. The main conclusions of this research are that (a) plug-in and induction electric vehicles are not comparable to GNC and diesel–hybrid vehicles in terms of cost, pollution and service; and (b) the ELECTRE III model provides more information in solving this problem than the DEA model.

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Making educational organizations able to change: a literature review

International Journal of Educational Management ◽

10.1108/ijem-02-2018-0051 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 734-752 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rocco Palumbo ◽

Rosalba Manna

Keyword(s):

Organizational Change ◽

Literature Review ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Point Of View ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Educational Organizations ◽

Organizational Evolution ◽

Educational Management ◽

Content Type ◽

Social Challenges

PurposeEducational organizations have to continuously adapt their structures, processes and practices to meet the evolving institutional and social challenges raised by the external environment. From this point of view, organizational change is a fundamental ingredient of the recipe for success in educational management. The purpose of this paper is to contextualize organizational change to educational institutions, pointing out its determinants, barriers and consequences.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review was performed. On the whole, it concerned 330 scientific contributions. Manuscripts were searched in two large citation databases. Tailored selection and inclusion criteria were designed in order to exclusively focus on papers investigating organizational change dynamics in the educational environment. In sum, 41 contributions were included in this literature review.FindingsOrganizational change in the educational context paves the way for various managerial challenges. First, the internal and external triggers of change should be concomitantly handled, in order to curb isomorphic pressures and steer organizational evolution. Second, specific strategies should be implemented to overcome the barriers to organizational change, including ambiguity and uncertainty. Finally, yet importantly, the side effects of organizational change should be recognized, in an attempt to attenuate their drawbacks on employees’ working conditions.Practical implicationsOrganizational change should be understood as an iterative process, rather than as a circumscribed event. Educational managers should design specific approaches and deploy ad hoc tools to effectively implement organizational change.Originality/valueThis study attempts to systemize the current scientific literature about organizational change in the field of educational management, illuminating some intriguing avenues for further research.

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The Importance of Knowledge Transfer to Industry

Transport and Communications ◽

10.26552/tac.c.2016.1.1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Emília Madudová ◽

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Competitive Advantage ◽

Divergent Thinking ◽

Business Environment ◽

Point Of View ◽

Creative Industry ◽

Specific Knowledge ◽

Creative People ◽

Industry Needs ◽

Firm Owners

The paper examines the specific knowledge universities transfer to industry, reflecting to creative industry needs. As results shows, the most asked alumni competences should be tacit knowledge and divergent thinking. Divergent thinking influence the creativity. Creativity is often defined as the ability to develop new and useful ideas, but in deep literature review, we can see few irregularities and different definitions of creativity. The paper also evaluates the importance of creativity from business environment point of view and from the creative industry perspective and creative firm owners. As point of view. Another key finding is, that to educate creative people will be one of the key competitive advantage, because mainly the ability to create and disseminate knowledge is often at the heart of the organization's competitive advantage not only in creative industry, but in transport industry as well.

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The opportunity of shared autonomous vehicles to improve spatial equity in accessibility and socio-economic developments in European urban areas

European Transport Research Review ◽

10.1186/s12544-021-00484-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Norman Eppenberger ◽

Maximilian Alexander Richter

Keyword(s):

Educational Attainment ◽

Unemployment Rate ◽

Public Transport ◽

Public Transportation ◽

Autonomous Vehicles ◽

Well Being ◽

District Level ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Spatial Equity ◽

Economic Well Being

Abstract Background This paper provides insight into the opportunity offered by shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs) to improve urban populations’ spatial equity in accessibility. It provides a concrete implementation model for SAVs set to improve equity in accessibility and highlights the need of regulation in order for SAVs to help overcome identified spatial mismatches. Methodology Through the formulation of linear regression models, the relationship between land-use and transportation accessibility (by car and public transport) and socio-economic well-being indicators is tested on district-level in four European cities: Paris, Berlin, London and Vienna. Accessibility data is used to analyse access to points of interest within given timespans by both car and public transport. To measure equity in socio-economic well-being, three district-level proxies are introduced: yearly income, unemployment rate and educational attainment. Results In the cities of Paris, London and Vienna, as well as partially in Berlin, positive effects of educational attainment on accessibility are evidenced. Further, positive effects on accessibility by yearly income are found in Paris and London. Additionally, negative effects of an increased unemployment rate on accessibility are observed in Paris and Vienna. Through the comparison between accessibility by car and public transportation in the districts of the four cities, the potential for SAVs is evidenced. Lastly, on the basis of the findings a ‘SAV identification matrix’ is created, visualizing the underserved districts in each of the four cities and the need of equity enhancing policy for the introduction of SAVs is emphasized.

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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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Behavior of Traffic Congestion and Public Transport in Eight Large Cities in Latin America during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11104703 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 4703

Author(s):

Renato Andara ◽

Jesús Ortego-Osa ◽

Melva Inés Gómez-Caicedo ◽

Rodrigo Ramírez-Pisco ◽

Luis Manuel Navas-Gracia ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Latin American ◽

Public Transport ◽

Public Transportation ◽

Traffic Congestion ◽

Urban Transport ◽

Control Measures ◽

Johns Hopkins Hospital ◽

Large Cities ◽

Public Data ◽

The Impact

This comparative study analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motorized mobility in eight large cities of five Latin American countries. Public institutions and private organizations have made public data available for a better understanding of the contagion process of the pandemic, its impact, and the effectiveness of the implemented health control measures. In this research, data from the IDB Invest Dashboard were used for traffic congestion as well as data from the Moovit© public transport platform. For the daily cases of COVID-19 contagion, those published by Johns Hopkins Hospital University were used. The analysis period corresponds from 9 March to 30 September 2020, approximately seven months. For each city, a descriptive statistical analysis of the loss and subsequent recovery of motorized mobility was carried out, evaluated in terms of traffic congestion and urban transport through the corresponding regression models. The recovery of traffic congestion occurs earlier and faster than that of urban transport since the latter depends on the control measures imposed in each city. Public transportation does not appear to have been a determining factor in the spread of the pandemic in Latin American cities.

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Evaluating Performance of Public Transport Networks by Using Public Transport Criteria Matrix Analytic Hierarchy Process Models—Case Study of Stonnington, Bayswater, and Cockburn Public Transport Network

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13126949 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 6949

Author(s):

Gang Lin ◽

Shaoli Wang ◽

Conghua Lin ◽

Linshan Bu ◽

Honglei Xu

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Public Transport ◽

Public Transportation ◽

Evaluation Criteria ◽

Performance Standards ◽

Transport Network ◽

Process Models ◽

Transport Infrastructure ◽

Transport Networks ◽

Ahp Model

To mitigate car traffic problems, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) issued a document that provides guidelines for sustainable development and the promotion of public transport. The efficiency of the policies and strategies needs to be evaluated to improve the performance of public transportation networks. To assess the performance of a public transport network, it is first necessary to select evaluation criteria. Based on existing indicators, this research proposes a public transport criteria matrix that includes the basic public transport infrastructure level, public transport service level, economic benefit level, and sustainable development level. A public transport criteria matrix AHP model is established to assess the performance of public transport networks. The established model selects appropriate evaluation criteria based on existing performance standards. It is applied to study the Stonnington, Bayswater, and Cockburn public transport network, representing a series of land use and transport policy backgrounds. The local public transport authorities can apply the established transport criteria matrix AHP model to monitor the performance of a public transport network and provide guidance for its improvement.

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