Ride-hailing applications create new challenges for governments providing transit services, but also create new opportunities to raise tax revenue. To shed light on the effect of taxing or subsidizing ride-hailing applications, we extend a pseudo-monocentric city model to include multiple...

This paper considers the impact of the introduction of a metro network in the Copenhagen metropolitan area. Using travel surveys from years before and after the opening of the metro network, we observe a significant change in travel times, speeds and mode choice for commutes that can completely...

What are the implications of mass transit improvements for residential income segregation within cities? I observe large income differences in households' usage of and residential proximity to `fast' versus `slow' transit (e.g. subways versus buses on shared lanes). Consistent with these...

In the last years, sustainable travels have included bike tourists visiting cities to enjoy cultural and urban environments. Yet, when considering cycling tourists' intra-destination trips by motorized vehicles, the extent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could reduce the sustainability of...

This study of African fare payment systems seeks to understand the emerging payment landscape in public transport in Sub-Saharan Africa, identifying key trends and their implications. The research draws on case studies undertaken in five African cities-Cape Town, Kigali, Lagos, Maputo and...

Informal public transport has been growing rapidly in many developing countries. Because urban infrastructure development tends to lag rapid population growth, informal public transport often meets the growing gap between demand and supply in urban mobility. Despite the rich literature primarily...

We propose a theory-inspired measure of the accessibility of a city's center: the size of the surrounding area from which it can be reached within a specific time. Using publicly-available optimal routing software, we compute these "accessibility zones" for the 109 largest American and European...

Auf der Basis einer aktuellen empirischen Untersuchung wird das 9-Euro-Ticket, das in den Monaten Juni, Juli und August 2022 in Deutschland genutzt werden konnte, bewertet. Trotz erheblicher Vorbehalte gegenüber dem Ticket vor dessen Einführung und trotz der teilweisen Überforderung des...

COVID-19 has fundamentally changed lives across Canada. This change may be most pronounced in Canada’s major cities and for public transit operators. Public transit is the essential component that enables the benefits of people coming together. These wider economic benefits – what economists...

Subsidization of urban public transportation systems is often motivated by economies of scale and second-best considerations such as an underpriced road alternative. We model a public transit line subject to frictions between users, users and vehicles, and vehicles. We derive the profit- and...

The epidemic disease emerged in Wuhan/China in December 2019, which primarily causes acute respiratory syndrome and spread worldwide in a very short time. Although the countries took numerous precautions, the spread of the virus could not be controlled. Furthermore, due to the inability to...

Informal public transport has been growing rapidly in many developing countries. Because urban infrastructure development tends to lag rapid population growth, informal public transport often meets the growing gap between demand and supply in urban mobility. Despite the rich literature primarily...

This study of African fare payment systems seeks to understand the emerging payment landscape in public transport in Sub-Saharan Africa, identifying key trends and their implications. The research draws on case studies undertaken in five African cities - Cape Town,Kigali, Lagos, Maputo and...

Demand is frequently found to react differently to price increases than to price decreases. This finding is usually attributed to psychological phenomena such as loss aversion or to the different pace with which price changes become known to potential buyers leading to a kinked demand curve....

Demand is frequently found to react differently to price increases than to price decreases. This finding is usually attributed to psychological phenomena such as loss aversion or to the different pace with which price changes become known to potential buyers leading to a kinked demand curve....

In this paper, we study the commuting behavior of citizens living in or near a city who must decide how to get to work. Such citizens can always use their own car and drive to work. However, they can also take public transport to work. The two public transport options we consider involve taking...

In the last years, sustainable travels have included bike tourists visiting cities to enjoy cultural and urban environments. Yet, when considering cycling tourists’ intra-destination trips by motorized vehicles, the extent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could reduce the sustainability of...

One of the industries with the fastest growth rates worldwide, and notably in Thailand, is medical tourism. With connections to Cambodia and Laos, Ubon Ratchathani is located in lower northeastern Thailand, close to Vietnam and Myanmar. Therefore, there is a significant chance that this region...

Das vorliegende Gutachten gibt einen Überblick über die Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie auf den Personenverkehrsmarkt und insbesondere auf den ÖPNV. Es wird anhand aktueller Studien und eigens angestellter Marktrecherchen ausgeführt, welche Veränderungen in Verkehrsnachfrage und...

Accurate short-term forecasting of public transport demand is essential for the operation of on-demand public transport. Knowing where and when future demands for travel are expected allows operators to adjust timetables quickly, which helps improve service quality and reliability and attract...

A public transport system is the most efficient and equitable solution to the challenges of urban mobility and climate change. To improve public transport, technological innovations, policy interventions, and behavioral changes should all be applied appropriately; however, there is a lack of...

Women and men travel differently in low- and middle-income countries and women face different constraints on their mobility. _is Brief is the second in a two-part series that provides an overview of the evidence on key features of women's travel behavior and the safety barriers they face in...

Planning in public transportation is traditionally done in a sequential process: After the network design process, the lines and their frequencies are planned. When these are fixed, a timetable is determined and based on the timetable, the vehicle and crew schedules are optimized. After each...

As transit ridership continues to fall in many cities across the globe, key policy debates continue around whether Uber and other ride-hailing services contribute to this trend. This research explores the effects of ride-hailing to Colombian cities on public transportation ridership using...

Public transit ridership tumbled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to enormous budget deficits and prompting slashed or eliminated service offerings across the United States. These service cuts may cause a vicious cycle and end up hurting the most vulnerable riders who cannot afford to...

Urban transport is a significant contributor to climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in cities, with most urban transport emissions coming from cars. More than seventy percent of global carbon dioxide emissions come from cities, making mitigation efforts at the local level an important...

In the last decade, private companies have successfully used crowdsourcing to revolutionise mobility, while public transport companies are still mostly failing to utilise the benefits of crowdsourcing. The application of crowdsourcing in public transport is a new area of academic research, and...