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Evaluating the performance of the vessel train concept

To improve safety and address current employment challenges in the waterborne transport sector, the VT concept is developed. The VT is a vessel platooning concept that is semi-autonomous. The VT is composed by...

Authors: Hilde Meersman, Eleni Moschouli, Loghman NanwayBoukani, Christa Sys, Edwin van Hassel, Thierry Vanelslander and Eddy Van de Voorde

Enabling a green just-in-time navigation through stakeholder collaboration

The shipping industry has grown spectacularly during the last 50 years transporting nowadays, approximately, the 80–90% of goods worldwide. However, maritime transport remains a highly inefficient industry. On...

Authors: Jordi Arjona Aroca, José Andrés Giménez Maldonado, Gabriel Ferrús Clari, Nuria Alonso i García, Lucía Calabria and Jorge Lara

Improving inbound logistic planning for large-scale real-world routing problems: a novel ant-colony simulation-based optimization

This paper presents the first results of an agent-based model aimed at solving a Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP) for inbound logistics using a novel Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm, develope...

Authors: Giovanni Calabrò, Vincenza Torrisi, Giuseppe Inturri and Matteo Ignaccolo

Which factors affect willingness-to-pay for automated vehicle services? Evidence from public road deployment in Stockholm, Sweden

Travel demand and travel satisfaction of a transport service are affected by user perceptions of the service quality attributes, and such perceptions should be included in studying user willingness-to-pay (WTP...

Authors: Pei Nen Esther Chee, Yusak O. Susilo, Yiik Diew Wong and Anna Pernestål

A systematic review of indicators to assess the sustainability of road infrastructure projects

This study aims to examine to what extent sustainability has been incorporated into assessments of road infrastructure projects. It identifies promising approaches that include indicators reflecting core susta...

Authors: Gede B. Suprayoga, Martha Bakker, Patrick Witte and Tejo Spit

Internal versus external European air market realities: the competitive divide

This paper looks at how ongoing attempts to improve air market competitiveness in Europe are challenged by the differing internal and external realities that exist. Europe’s internal multilateral single air ma...

Authors: Darren Ellis

The energy impact of adaptive cruise control in real-world highway multiple-car-following scenarios

Surging acceptance of adaptive cruise control (ACC) across the globe is further escalating concerns over its energy impact. Two questions have directed much of this project: how to distinguish ACC driving beha...

Authors: Yinglong He, Michail Makridis, Georgios Fontaras, Konstantinos Mattas, Hongming Xu and Biagio Ciuffo

Speedometer monitoring when driving with a speed warning system

The study investigated how a speed warning system influence drivers’ speedometer monitoring, and how drivers respond when they receive a speed warning. With a speed warning system, drivers may pay more attenti...

Authors: Esko Lehtonen, Neha Malhotra, Nicola J. Starkey and Samuel G. Charlton

The impact of driving homogeneity due to automation and cooperation of vehicles on uphill freeway sections

This work presents a microsimulation study on the topic on an uphill network, regarding the potential impact of AVs and Cooperative-AVs (Coop-AVs or CAVs), vehicles able to cooperate with the infrastructure. T...

Authors: Michail Makridis, Ludovic Leclercq, Konstantinos Mattas and Biagio Ciuffo

Impacts of increasing maximum truck weight – case Finland

Finnish government allowed in October 2013 operating high capacity vehicles (HCV) with a maximum weight limit of 76 t on Finnish roads. An analysis on how HCVs have affected the Finnish road freight transport ...

Authors: Heikki Liimatainen, Markus Pöllänen and Lasse Nykänen

Mobility styles and car sharing use in Europe: attitudes, behaviours, motives and sustainability

What are the profiles of both users and non-users of car sharing in European cities regarding their travel patterns and psychological aspects? Two subsamples (1519 users and 3695 non-users of car sharing) part...

Authors: Érika Martins Silva Ramos, Cecilia Jakobsson Bergstad, Andrea Chicco and Marco Diana

Trade-offs in traffic: does being mainly a car driver or a cyclist affect adaptive behaviour while driving and cycling?

Road users, such as cyclists and car drivers, are constantly adapting to each other and to the road infrastructure. This study aimed to investigate what trade-offs can be observed when drivers and cyclists ada...

Authors: Sara Nygårdhs, Katja Kircher and Björn J. E. Johansson

Materials selection for structured horizontal road markings: financial and environmental case studies

On majority of roads, horizontal road markings are essential safety feature that must be periodically renewed to maintain appropriate performance.

Authors: Tomasz E. Burghardt and Anton Pashkevich

Robust methods and conditional expectations for vehicular traffic count analysis

We study the problem of making algorithmic statistical inferences about the dynamics of city traffic. Our data is based on loop detector counts of observed vehicles in various roads in the city of Tampere, Fin...

Authors: Jorma Kilpi, Ilkka Norros, Pirkko Kuusela, Fanny Malin and Tomi Räty

Influence of seat-belt use on the severity of injury in traffic accidents

About 1.35 million people died in traffic accidents around the world in 2018, make this type of accidents the 8th cause of death in the world. Particularly, in Spain, there were 204,596 traffic accidents durin...

Authors: Juan Diego Febres, Susana García-Herrero, Sixto Herrera, J. M. Gutiérrez, J. R. López-García and Miguel A. Mariscal

The disruption transport model: computing user delays resulting from infrastructure failures for multi-modal passenger & freight traffic

Transport infrastructure owners are moving from reactive toward proactive infrastructure management. This involves computation of costs associated with failure or maintenance, including expected transport dela...

Authors: Marieke S. van der Tuin and Adam J. Pel

Opportunities and barriers to multimodal cities: lessons learned from in-depth interviews about attitudes towards mobility as a service

With the emergence of the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) concept, it is important to understand whether it has the potential to support behaviour change and the shift away from private vehicle ownership and use....

Authors: Melinda Matyas

Impact of conflict resolution parameters on combined alternate-directions lane assignment and reservation-based intersection control

We recently proposed a concept, called Combined Alternate-Direction Lane Assignment and Reservation-based Intersection Control (CADLARIC), for organizing directionally unrestricted traffic flows in automated v...

Authors: Aleksandar Stevanovic and Nikola Mitrovic

Exploring everyday mobility in a living lab based on economic interventions

New mobility solutions, such as Mobility as a Service, have been suggested to have the potential to reduce car ownership and be part of a transition towards a more sustainable transportation system. However, r...

Authors: Martin Sjöman, Tina Ringenson and Anna Kramers

Forecasts of future scenarios for airport noise based on collection and processing of web data

This paper presents an analysis of short-term (2025) scenarios for noise emission from civil air traffic in airport areas.

Authors: Marco Pretto, Pietro Giannattasio, Michele De Gennaro, Alessandro Zanon and Helmut Kuehnelt

Multi-year maintenance planning framework using multi-attribute utility theory and genetic algorithms

This paper introduces a comprehensive framework for the development of optimal multi-year maintenance plans for a large number of bridges. A maintenance plan is said to be optimal when, within the given budget...

Authors: Zaharah Allah Bukhsh, Irina Stipanovic and Andre G. Doree

Energy minimization for an electric bus using a genetic algorithm

This paper addresses, in simulation, energy minimization of an autonomous electric minibus operating in an urban environment. Two different case studies have been considered, each involving a total of 10 diffe...

Authors: Sina Torabi, Mauro Bellone and Mattias Wahde

Modelling travelers’ appraisal of ridepooling service characteristics with a discrete choice experiment

Ridepooling services have been predicted a bright future since they promise a flexible and user-centered mobility service. However, there is a research gap in examining the travelers’ perception of ridepooling...

Authors: Alexandra König and Jan Grippenkoven

Vision-based vehicle detection and counting system using deep learning in highway scenes

Intelligent vehicle detection and counting are becoming increasingly important in the field of highway management. However, due to the different sizes of vehicles, their detection remains a challenge that dire...

Authors: Huansheng Song, Haoxiang Liang, Huaiyu Li, Zhe Dai and Xu Yun

Manage with care: the frailty of self-connections in the European airport network

This study evaluates the attractiveness of self-hubbing in terms of the (a) symmetry of itineraries and the consequences for passengers in the case of missed flights. We compute the most attractive European or...

Authors: Mattia Cattaneo, Paolo Malighetti, Stefano Paleari and Renato Redondi

Subsidising urban and sub-urban transport – distributional impacts

This paper studies distributional effects of public transport (PT) subsidies focusing on the Greater Oslo region. We identify how different PT markets enjoy different levels of subsidies. We describe how subsi...

Authors: Nils Fearnley and Jørgen Aarhaug

Port selection based on customer questionnaire: a case study of German port selection

A new research idea regarding port selection concerns customer-oriented, rather than product-oriented, thinking. Through investigation and interviews with over 280 active customers in the global shipping indus...

Authors: Yisong Lin and Xuefeng Wang

Relationships between risk of causing a motorway crash in Austria and attributes of drivers

The emphasis of the study presented in this paper was to identify the attributes of drivers who are prone to cause a motorway crash. It was induced byambitions to enhance the effectiveness of traffic safety ca...

Authors: Wolfgang J. Berger and Reinhard Hössinger

Modelling travel time uncertainty in urban networks based on floating taxi data

The prediction of the uncertainty of route travel time predictions for all possible routes in an urban road network is of importance for example for logistics. Such predictions need to take the essential featu...

Authors: Dietmar Bauer, Mirsad Tulic and Wolfgang Scherrer

Influence of drivers’ visual and cognitive attention on their perception of changes in the traffic environment

Drivers are met with numerous elements requiring their attention while driving. The present research focuses on selected visual and cognitive distractions that the driver is faced with, and on their influence ...

Authors: Tina Cvahte Ojsteršek and Darja Topolšek

Preventing the risks of monotony related fatigue while driving through gamification

Driving fatigue can have serious consequences. Too often fatal accidents are caused by fatigue. However, it is not uncommon for fatigue to occur while driving when the driver is under-challenged. Due to the in...

Authors: Lukas Bier, Michael Emele, Kaja Gut, Jasna Kulenovic, David Rzany, Max Peter and Bettina Abendroth

Response-based methods to measure road surface irregularity: a state-of-the-art review

With the development of smart technologies, Internet of Things and inexpensive onboard sensors, many response-based methods to evaluate road surface conditions have emerged in the recent decade. Various techni...

Authors: Teron Nguyen, Bernhard Lechner and Yiik Diew Wong

Electrophysiological and performance variations following driving events involving an increase in mental workload

This study aimed at investigating how driver’s mental workload could be assessed during driving, using driving performance as well as electrophysiological and subjective data. Participants had to follow a lead...

Authors: Hugo Loeches De La Fuente, Catherine Berthelon, Alexandra Fort, Virginie Etienne, Marleen De Weser, Jonas Ambeck and Christophe Jallais

Integrating mobility data sources to define and quantify a vehicle-level congestion indicator: an application for the city of Turin

Traffic congestion is a large-scale problem in urban areas all over the world that can lead to substantial costs for travellers and business operations. This paper focus on how to measure the way in which cong...

Authors: Miriam Pirra and Marco Diana

Modelling the impacts of EU countries’ electric car deployment plans on atmospheric emissions and concentrations

The purpose of this work is to quantify key environmental impacts of electric vehicles deployment in the European Union. This is achieved by soft-linking three models (PRIMES-TREMOVE, DIONE and SHERPA) to expl...

Authors: Jonatan J. Gómez Vilchez, Andreea Julea, Emanuela Peduzzi, Enrico Pisoni, Jette Krause, Pelopidas Siskos and Christian Thiel

Optimisation and personalization technologies and algorithms for future transportation systems

Authors: Evangelos D. Bekiaris

Preferences in regional public transport: a literature review

The purpose of this article is to analyse quality attributes of regional public transport and their influence on modal choice, demand, and customer satisfaction through a literature review. The review is based...

Authors: Joel Hansson, Fredrik Pettersson, Helena Svensson and Anders Wretstrand

The social perception of urban transport in the city of Madrid: the application of the Servicescape Model to the bus and underground services

This paper is a study of the user’s perception of urban and suburban transport and was carried out in an attempt to compare the social value of various means of transport. The measurement of social perceptions...

Authors: María Luisa Delgado Jalón, Alba Gómez Ortega and Javier De Esteban Curiel

Impacts of gradual automated vehicle penetration on motorway operation: a comprehensive evaluation

Gradual penetration of automated vehicles (AVs) into current motorway systems will usher the stage of mixed traffic in which AVs will coexist with human driven vehicles. Thus, there is an urgent need to identi...

Authors: Duo Li and Peter Wagner

Driving simulator-based training to improve self-rating ability of driving performance in older adults – a pilot study

The aim was to investigate the potential of using simulator-based training (SBT) to improve older drivers' self-rating ability and to compare two forms of feedback; corrective versus corrective and rewarding f...

Authors: Helena Selander, Christina Stave, Tania Dukic WiIlstrand and Björn Peters

Implementing a quattromodal freight hub: an approach for the city of Vienna

In terms of freight transportation it is essential to pick the most convenient mode(s) of transport (MOT). To get a more flexible system, one can assume that the number of transport options at each hub should ...

Authors: Karin Markvica, Matthias Prandtstetter, Jürgen Zajicek, Bernhard Heilmann, Gernot Lenz, Georg Hauger, Monika Wanjek, Claudia Berkowitsch, Sarah Pfoser, Oliver Schauer, Lisa-Maria Putz, Reinhold Schodl and Sandra Eitler

Developing a user typology considering unimodal and intermodal mobility behavior: a cluster analysis approach using survey data

This paper aims to develop a user typology which enables user-specific analyses in respect of mobility behavior. It addresses the challenge of integrating unimodal and intermodal travel behavior into a user ty...

Authors: Rebekka Oostendorp, Simon Nieland and Laura Gebhardt

Perceived action spaces for public actors in the development of Mobility as a Service

The public sector is showing increased interest in Mobility as a Service (MaaS), as its introduction and market penetration is proposed to potentially disrupt the personal transport system. However, involved p...

Authors: Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Göran Smith

Owning or sharing autonomous vehicles: comparing different ownership and usage scenarios

The impact of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on urban mobility systems is an increasingly discussed topic in recent years. There is currently some discussions about different ownership models and their consequences...

Authors: Abood Mourad, Jakob Puchinger and Chengbin Chu

Last mile delivery by drones: an estimation of viable market potential and access to citizens across European cities

Rapid technological developments in autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV or drones) and an evolving legislation may soon open the way for their large-scale implementation in the last mile delivery of produ...

Authors: Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Konstantinos Gkoumas and Biagio Ciuffo

Truck-bicycle safety: an overview of methods of study, risk factors and research needs

The growing numbers of cyclists either injured or killed in accidents caused by trucks have been generally regarded as a safety problem since the 1980s (McCarthy & Gilbert, Accident Analysis & Prevention 28:27...

Authors: Petr Pokorny and Kelly Pitera

Key factors for the implementation and integration of innovative ICT solutions in SMEs and large companies involved in the multimodal transport of dangerous goods

The increased number of transports with dangerous goods (TDG) increases the risk of both accidents and terrorist attacks. Digitalisation is crucial in order to avoid human errors and to increase safety, securi...

Authors: Gemma Dolores Molero, Francisco Enrique Santarremigia, Sara Poveda-Reyes, Melanie Mayrhofer, Samir Awad-Núñez and Abdullah Kassabji

Combining ITS and optimization in public transportation planning: state of the art and future research paths

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications in public transportation have allowed for automated data collection, which is particularly useful for planning and operations. While technological advancem...

Authors: Christina Iliopoulou and Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou

Interpreting risk factors for truck crash severity on mountainous freeways in Jiangxi and Shaanxi, China

The occurrence and severity of truck crashes generally involve complex interactions among factors correlated to driver characteristics, vehicle attributes, roadway geometry and environment conditions. Thus, th...

Authors: Yonggang Wang, Ye Luo and Fayu Chen

Dual-hub connectivity: a case study on China Eastern Airlines in Shanghai

To deal with slot constraints and insufficient capacity, emerging multi-airport systems have been under construction in China. This paper chose China Eastern Airlines as a case study, evaluating its hub connec...

Authors: Huijuan Yang and Weiwei Liu