Os gastos com transporte constituem uma parte expressiva dos orçamentos públicos municipais no Brasil. Tradicionalmente concentrados em investimentos de capital voltados à infraestrutura viária, os recursos têm sido progressivamente redirecionados para o custeio da operação dos sistemas...

Do citizens support policy instruments because they appreciate their effects or because they are convinced by their objectives? We administered a large-scale representative survey with randomised video treatments to test how different policy frames - time savings, health and environment - affect...

EIT Urban Mobility is a knowledge and innovation community established by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) in 2019. The EIT is Europe's largest innovation ecosystem, offering education, innovation and business creation services to solve global challenges. EIT Urban...

Mass rapid transit systems around the world are typically designed for all-stop operation schemes, in which train overtaking is not possible. To accelerate transit operation, the conventional A/B skip-stop scheme may be planned. This research explores alternative skip-stop schemes with three...

Background: Cities worldwide face continuous challenges in sustainable development, particularly in transportation systems where decisions have long-lasting impacts on urban infrastructure and quality of life. The evaluation of sustainable transportation alternatives requires careful...

Urban transportation projects are massive public investments that can transform cities. This article reviews evidence on how these projects shape where people live, and how their benefits are shared across income groups. A simple model helps organize the findings. Three factors are especially...

In September 2021, the city of Bogota' introduced a major market-based reform to its odd-even driving restriction, known as Pico y Placa. Since then, drivers have had the option to pay a daily congestion fee to be exempt from the restriction. We find t hat while the reform increased traffic, it...

Background: Urban mobility management faces growing challenges that require the analysis and optimization of sustainable solutions. Digital twins (DTs) have emerged as innovative tools for this assessment, but their implementation requires standardized procedures and languages; Methods: As part...

Cities around the globe face major last mile delivery (LMD) challenges as a result of surging online commerce activity, increased parcel delivery demands, lack of parking capacity, and severe traffic congestion particularly in inner city areas. Although a number of innovative solutions and...

With fast urbanization rates and growing multifaceted pressure on cities, urban health has become a paramount issue to be addressed at the institutional level. As such, the Mediterranean region is no exception, facing additional challenges related to its peculiar geographic and historical...

Cities are essential for fostering wealth and economic growth. The impact of infrastructure on a city's physical, social, and institutional growth is significant. The significance of urban transportation is crucial in this situation. This paper provides an overview of the different initiatives...

This paper introduces a type of circular causation called Congestive Mode-Switching (CMS) that may arise when an increase in congestion penalizes transit relative to driving. If demand is also elastic, rising congestion persuades some transit riders to drive, which exacerbates congestion...

The research aims to analyse the influence of selected factors on the demand for urban public transport in the Czech Republic. Urban public transport is important publicly provided service worldwide. In the Czech Republic this means public ownership of transport companies and massive subsidies...

We study the interaction between transit improvements and land use policies in the context of Bengaluru, one of India's largest cities. The city inaugurated a metro system in 2011. Yet it has low building heights even near metro stations, reflecting low floor-area ratio limits. We construct a...

The path to low-carbon urban transport looks fundamentally different in developed and developing countries. Most cities in developing countries have not yet developed their land use and transportation infrastructure around cars, leaving a window of opportunity to chart a new path to low-carbon,...

In many countries and cities, both a driver’s license and a car, grants the de facto freedom to move and travel, whereas waiting at a bus stop or bicycling is a de facto public declaration of urban immobility. Cars, however, are becoming accepted as an unsustainable mode of transportation by...

In today's customer-centric urban world, service platforms like shopping mall and transportation infrastructure are growing rapidly. It is vital to improve, maintain and manage operations to achieve a consistent level-of-service. In this study, factors influencing traffic attraction in various...