Showing papers in "Research in Transportation Economics in 2015"

TL;DR: In this article, a suite of life cycle GHG emissions considerations were modeled to estimate the GHG abatement potential from switching from an internal combustion engine vehicle (ICE) to an EV in the continental U.S.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a framework for evaluating public transit investment, taking account of the effects of transit investment on traffic congestion and air quality, and discuss how to assess the sustainability of transit investments.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated how practitioners could choose adequate values for the Bass model parameters to forecast new automotive technologies diffusion with a focus on electric vehicles in Germany, based on the findings of a research project about policy measures to promote the diffusion of Electric Vehicles in Germany.

TL;DR: The Norwegian market is expected to continue to grow as more models are coming into the market and given the governmental decision to extend the economic incentives until the end of 2017, as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the development of a fully segregated network of cycle paths in the period 2006-2011 is analyzed, with particular emphasis on its consequences for mobility in Seville, showing that this effort, in such a short period of time, has been a valuable tool for the promotion of bicycle mobility in a city without a tradition for cycling.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the correlation between social, economic, geographic, and policy factors on plug-in electric vehicle adoption across U.S. states for the purpose of understanding: which factors are significantly correlated to variations in battery electric vehicle (BEV) and plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) market shares, how those factors vary between BEV and PHEV markets, and those factors compare with those identified as influential in driving early hybrid (HEV) markets.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the impacts of carsharing on travel behavior utilizing a San Francisco Area subsample of the 2010-2012 California Household Travel Survey and find that vehicle holdings of car-sharing members are substantially and significantly lower than for non-members with similar characteristics in terms of individual and household demographics and built environment features of both residential and job location.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used empirical analysis of travel survey data to estimate the relationship between built environment characteristics and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in California and found that for certain trip types and in certain neighborhood types, the built environment is strongly related to travel choices.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the total cost of ownership, social lifecycle cost and energy consumption of 66 cars with different fuel/powertrains available in Italy in 2013 and found that the car operated by conventional fuels (gasoline, diesel) is currently the least expensive as far as the total costs of ownership are concerned.

TL;DR: In this paper, an eco-routing and navigation system for heavy-duty trucks, including an underlying truck energy and emission model that accounts for vehicle weight, real-time traffic speed, and road grade, is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a method is proposed to include the economic impact of GHG emissions on a mobility plan through a monetization process, and the unitary value of emissions has been inferred through a meta-analysis of about 700 studies and a metaregression function, showing the importance of a long-term strategy in obtaining consistent GHG reduction and of a congruent valuation strategy to appraise its impacts.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss important design elements of the policy, and provide a background on prominent policies that are currently enacted or proposed, using a simple conceptual model, and the economic literature on the policy is reviewed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the economic validity of the diffusion of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) and all-electric vehicles (EVs), employing a cost-benefit analysis from the social point of view.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used generalized structural equation modeling (SEM) to investigate the relationship between land use, gasoline prices and travel behavior, and found that owners of more fuel efficient vehicles tend to be more educated and Asian.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the bicycle parking preferences of train travellers by reporting the results of a stated choice experiment (n = 866) conducted in Delft, where respondents chose between paid and free parking alternatives, that varied in costs, walking time to platform and the type of surveillance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a mode-to-school choice model to quantitatively evaluate the impact of various bicycle services and facilities on adolescents' mode choice behavior, which explicitly considers taste heterogeneity and panel effects.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a model that helps to determine business areas a-priori by predicting inner-city booking hot-spots, based on modeling success factors as independent variables, namely population density, housing rent, city center distance, and hotel/restaurant density.

TL;DR: Through this new integrated view, the evaluation of the proposed optimal speed profiles can fully take into account the operational requirements of the services, such as trains scheduling, absence of or small allowance for delays and respect for buffer times for passenger transfer at connecting stations.

TL;DR: In this article, a decision was made on the suitable investment mechanism from two alternatives - whether to include or not the enterprises of Russian Railways (JSC RZD) in the financing of the PPP project.

TL;DR: In this article, a decision rules model is proposed to plan and schedule the heavy maintenance interventions for TGC, where both travel costs and number of work days spent on track are minimized, ensuring at the same time, an adequate quality for the track.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the changes in urban form and location correlates of travel distances in the Danish Zealand/Copenhagen region from before the financial crisis (2006/07) to some years after the financial downturn (2010/11).

TL;DR: In this article, the location of bicycle stations and the use of a community cycle system (CCS) in Nagoya city, Japan, based on survey data collected through a social experiment using 300 bicycles and 30 bicycle stations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of technical parameters of the wagons on variable costs was analyzed from a management perspective and costs were calculated with a conversion calculation method using norms and standards for rail transport in Slovakia.

TL;DR: In this paper, a concept that considers the issue of risk by transport infrastructure evaluation concepts, on the basis of already applied methodologies, is presented. But the authors do not discuss the application of this concept in the assessment of transport infrastructure projects.

TL;DR: In this article, a dedicated examination of Thessaloniki was conducted to determine users' needs and the impact on perceived time savings (and on modal shift) of key investments based on the exploitation of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for PT.

TL;DR: In this paper, it is shown that the estimate of the standard deviation of trip time is sensitive to correlation between the travel speeds on the segments of a trip, and that ignoring correlation can result in substantial errors in estimates of the benefits of road network improvement projects that are expected to result in an improvement in reliability.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed an innovative approach integrating simulation and optimization to help design DRT services, and compared a real night-time bus service in the city of Porto, Portugal, with a hypothetical flexible DRT service for the same scenario.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the utility of poverty mapping in developing sustainable transport systems and explore the tension between the funding of expanded mobility and the funding for enhanced local accessibility to services within a digitalized environment.

TL;DR: In this article, an integrated method of valuation, covering both manufacture and use of the vehicle, with location of these two stages within or outside the country concerned, was established to quantify the respective impacts on the public finances of an electrically powered or petrol-fuelled private car.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that applying the Rule of Half with regard only to the generalized costs and neglecting the shadow prices is valid in the case of travel demand models with multiple constraints.