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Survival of small firms after new transit lines: Evidence from Seoul 新建公交线路后小企业的生存：来自首尔的证据

IF 4.4 2区工程技术 Q2 BUSINESS

Research in Transportation Business and Management

Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101519

Jangik Jin , Danya Kim

We examined the impact of a new subway line on the closing rates of small businesses in Seoul, focusing on the changes in business survival rates before and after the opening of subway line 9. We obtained individual business license data that contain information on the geographic coordinates, opening and closing dates, and business types, and then selected subsamples located within 500 m from the subway stations. To identify the causal relationship between a new transit line and the survival rates of small businesses, we adopted difference-in-differences models combined with the Cox proportional hazards regression model. Empirical results indicate that the opening of the subway network does not have a statistically significant impact on firms located near subway stations. However, heterogeneous effects were observed depending on the type of firm and its proximity to the stations. Coffee shops are one of the business types most likely to turn over near new subway stations. Results also show that the impact of opening the new transit line varies by business type and distance to the subway station. Specifically, among the businesses, restaurants within 250-500 m from the station have higher survival rates (12.72 %), while non-restaurants within 250 m from the station have lower survival rates (10.87 %) after the opening of the new subway line compared to those in control areas.

我们以地铁9号线开通前后中小企业存活率的变化为中心，分析了地铁开通后中小企业倒闭率的变化。我们获得了包含地理坐标、营业日期和业务类型信息的个人营业执照数据，然后选择了位于距地铁站500 m范围内的子样本。为了确定新公交线路与小企业存活率之间的因果关系，我们采用了差中差模型结合Cox比例风险回归模型。实证结果表明，地铁网络的开放对位于地铁站附近的企业没有统计学上显著的影响。然而，根据公司类型及其与监测站的接近程度，观察到异质性效应。咖啡店是新地铁站附近最有可能出现转机的商业类型之一。结果还表明，开通新公交线路的影响因业务类型和到地铁站的距离而异。具体来看，地铁开通后，距离车站250 ~ 500米范围内的餐馆的生存率（12.72%）比对照区高，而距离车站250米范围内的非餐馆的生存率（10.87%）比对照区低。

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Timeliness and fairness: The practical model of healthcare emergency logistics during the pandemic - A case of Taiwan 时效性与公平性：大流行期间医疗应急物流的实践模式——以台湾为例

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Research in Transportation Business and Management

Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101522

Yi-Fei Chuang, Chin-Wei Huang, Chia-Hung Hsieh

This research explores the supply and delivery of medical masks in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to develop a practical model for the emergency logistics of epidemic prevention supplies. This model ensures both timeliness and fairness, meaning during the outbreak of the epidemic that all individuals received masks in a timely manner. Data for this study come from semi-structured interviews, supplemented by government publications and news reports. Based on the framework proposed herein, a practical model is developed through content analysis including coding and categorizing. The research results indicate that the key elements of the practical model include a legally-empowered Central Epidemic Command Center, logistical support from the state-owned postal company, sales through dense retail networks, the set-up of a real-name mask system, and multi-stakeholder collaboration across the public and private sectors. This paper offers a detailed account of the emergency supply and distribution processes for medical supplies during the epidemic. The findings give valuable insights for governments and help bridge the gap in the emergency logistics literature.

本研究旨在探讨新冠肺炎疫情期间台湾地区医用口罩的供应和配送情况，为防疫物资的应急物流提供实用模式。这种模式既保证了时效性，又保证了公平性，即在疫情发生期间，所有个人都能及时获得口罩。这项研究的数据来自半结构化访谈，辅以政府出版物和新闻报道。在此框架的基础上，通过内容分析，包括编码和分类，建立了一个实用的模型。研究结果表明，实践模式的关键要素包括法律授权的中央疫情指挥中心，国有邮政公司的后勤支持，通过密集的零售网络进行销售，建立实名面具制度，以及公共和私营部门的多方利益相关者合作。本文详细介绍了疫情期间医疗物资的应急供应和分配过程。研究结果为各国政府提供了宝贵的见解，并有助于弥补应急物流文献中的空白。

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To own or share e-scooters? Factors in ownership and sharing of e-scooters 拥有或共享电动滑板车？电动滑板车所有权和共享的因素

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Research in Transportation Business and Management

Pub Date : 2025-10-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101520

Phil Justice Flores , Johan Jansson , Jonas Nilsson , Annika Nordlund , Kerstin Westin

This paper aims to determine how consumer innovativeness, susceptibility to interpersonal influence, personal norms, and innovation attribute perceptions affect the consumer decision to use, share, and own an e-scooter. The decision to use encompasses traveling using an e-scooter, sharing means using an e-scooter on a demand basis, and owning means buying an e-scooter for personal use. Consequently, this paper contributes to understanding novel mobility modes that aim to decrease the environmental problems in transport. It also develops knowledge about green innovations that could be perceived as causing more environmental problems than their traditional counterparts. A survey was conducted in Sweden with 1002 participants, who were non-users, owners, and sharers of e-scooters. Structural equation modelling showed that susceptibility to interpersonal influence and perceived safety attributes of e-scooters consistently positively influence decisions to use and own. This paper increases the understanding of factors influencing e-scooter use, sharing, and ownership, which is valuable for e-scooter businesses and service providers, transport agencies, and policy-makers.

本文旨在确定消费者创新、人际影响敏感性、个人规范和创新属性感知如何影响消费者使用、共享和拥有电动滑板车的决策。使用的决定包括使用电动滑板车旅行，共享意味着根据需求使用电动滑板车，拥有意味着购买一辆电动滑板车供个人使用。因此，本文有助于理解旨在减少运输环境问题的新型移动模式。它还发展了有关绿色创新的知识，这些创新可能被认为比传统创新造成更多的环境问题。在瑞典进行了一项调查，有1002名参与者，他们不是电动滑板车的使用者、所有者和共享者。结构方程模型表明，对人际影响的敏感性和对电动滑板车的感知安全属性始终对使用和拥有的决策产生积极影响。本文增加了对电动滑板车使用、共享和所有权影响因素的理解，这对电动滑板车企业、服务提供商、运输机构和政策制定者有价值。

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Industry Class Stability Index (ICSI): A novel diagnostic metric to enhance the transferability of freight demand models 行业类别稳定指数（ICSI）：一种新的诊断指标，以提高货运需求模型的可转移性

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Research in Transportation Business and Management

Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101513

Bhavani Shankar Balla , Aitichya Chandra , Sai Naveen Balla , Agnivesh Pani , Prasanta K. Sahu

Reliable freight demand models are essential for planning and policy, yet their development often depends on costly establishment-level surveys that are difficult to replicate across regions. This study introduces the Industry Class Stability Index (ICSI), a novel diagnostic metric for assessing the homogeneity and transferability of data-driven industry classifications. A four-stage framework is proposed: (i) deriving industry classes using latent class analysis on shipper characteristics (fleet ownership, commodity value density, and business age cohort); (ii) evaluating similarity with ICSI; (iii) developing industry class-specific freight production models using robust regression; and (iv) assessing spatial transferability through mean absolute errors ratio (R). The framework is demonstrated with establishment-based freight survey data from North and Central Kerala, India. Results show that derived industry classes exhibit high similarity (ICSI >0.97) and that freight production models achieve near-perfect transferability (R ≈ 1). Medium-duty fleet ownership emerges as the most influential driver of industry class stability. From a managerial perspective, the framework enables cost-efficient surveys and model development, reducing redundancy in data collection while ensuring robust forecasting. In the longer term, it supports scalable and sustainable freight planning, policy continuity across regions, and greater efficiency in logistics systems.

可靠的货运需求模型对规划和政策至关重要，但它们的发展往往依赖于成本高昂的企业一级调查，而这些调查很难在各地区复制。本研究引入了行业类别稳定性指数（ICSI），这是一种新的诊断指标，用于评估数据驱动的行业分类的同质性和可转移性。提出了一个四阶段框架：(i)使用对托运人特征（船队所有权、商品价值密度和商业年龄队列）的潜在类分析得出行业类；（ii）评估与ICSI的相似性；（iii）利用稳健回归建立行业特定类别的货运生产模型；（iv）通过平均绝对错误率(R)评估空间可转移性。该框架以印度喀拉拉邦北部和中部的货运调查数据为基础进行了演示。结果表明，导出的行业类别具有很高的相似性（ICSI >0.97），货运生产模型实现了近乎完美的可转移性（R≈1）。中型飞机机队的拥有量成为行业稳定性最具影响力的驱动因素。从管理的角度来看，该框架使调查和模型开发具有成本效益，减少了数据收集中的冗余，同时确保了可靠的预测。从长远来看，它支持可扩展和可持续的货运规划，跨地区的政策连续性以及物流系统的更高效率。

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Affordable excellence! Navigating the future survival strategies of low-cost carriers using text analysis: Insights from air passengers 负担得起的卓越!利用文本分析导航低成本航空公司的未来生存策略：来自航空乘客的见解

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Research in Transportation Business and Management

Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101517

Dingyao Yu , Huali Cai , Jiamin Zhou , Tianhua Yang , Hongtao Li

Air passengers' online reviews contain a wealth of useful information about their experiences, which can influence potential passengers' travel decisions and is crucial for improving airline services. However, no scholar has yet thoroughly explored this “data treasure” to find a “panacea” that supports the future development of Low-Cost Carriers (LCCs). To this end, this study obtained 61,436 airline online reviews from TripAdvisor, used Structural Topic Model (STM) techniques to unlock passenger concerns related to the airline service experience, comparatively analyzed the differences in the service experience between Low-Cost Carriers (LCCs) and Full-Service Carriers (FSCs), revealed the divergence of air passenger satisfaction caused by the differences in service experience, and differentiated between airline types and verified the differential impact of airline service issues in passenger reviews on review usefulness from a sentiment perspective. The results show that passengers of LCCs place more importance on service issues such as cost, while passengers of FSCs have higher expectations of additional services. Through the comparison, this study identifies the focus points for service quality improvement of LCCs and clarifies the priorities for service improvement, which helps to strengthen the competitive advantages of LCCs and provides a basis for the future development route of LCCs.

航空乘客的在线评论包含了大量关于他们体验的有用信息，这些信息可以影响潜在乘客的旅行决定，对改善航空公司的服务至关重要。然而，目前还没有学者对这一“数据宝藏”进行深入的探索，找到支持低成本航空公司未来发展的“灵丹妙药”。为此，本研究从TripAdvisor上获取了61436条航空公司的在线评论，利用结构主题模型（STM）技术解锁乘客对航空公司服务体验的关注，对比分析了低成本航空公司（lcc）和全服务航空公司（FSCs）在服务体验上的差异，揭示了服务体验差异导致的航空乘客满意度差异。并区分航空公司类型，从情感角度验证乘客评论中航空公司服务问题对评论有用性的差异影响。结果表明，低成本航空公司的乘客更重视成本等服务问题，而fsc的乘客对额外服务的期望更高。通过比较，本研究确定了低成本航空公司服务质量提升的重点，明确了服务提升的重点，有助于增强低成本航空公司的竞争优势，为低成本航空公司未来的发展路线提供依据。

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School streets as a booster of sustainable urban mobility and co-creation processes: an analysis of two Italian cases 学校街道作为可持续城市交通和共同创造过程的助推器：对两个意大利案例的分析

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Research in Transportation Business and Management

Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101514

Distefano Natalia, Leonardi Salvatore, Le Pira Michela, De Iorio Alessia Giuseppa, Liotta Nilda Georgina

School streets are considered as potential solutions to increase the safety and liveability of areas surrounding schools, thus contributing to sustainable urban mobility. Since they imply a partial or total closure of the street, their implementation should take into account potential conflicts and multiple interests from different stakeholders. This paper proposes a qualitative/quantitative approach to infer on the motivations that can lead to the success of a school street project. The aim is to ex-post evaluate existing cases to guide the ex-ante implementation of future school streets. The analysis is based on the comparison between two case studies in the city of Catania (Italy), as part of the BEC2SCHOOL project, aimed at empowering citizens with tools to collect and analyse traffic and environmental data in the areas surrounding schools. The qualitative/quantitative approach is based on the analysis of stakeholder questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and on a street layout analysis via ad-hoc indicators derived from the relevant literature. Results highlight that a complex set of structural, relational, educational, and institutional conditions are needed to ensure a successful implementation. By comparing two case studies that, although located in the same context and with similar premises, led to different results, it is possible to conclude that a supportive ecosystem is needed to reach the desired outcomes, especially in a car-centric environment.

学校街道被认为是提高学校周围地区安全性和宜居性的潜在解决方案，从而有助于可持续的城市交通。由于这些措施意味着部分或全部关闭街道，因此实施时应考虑到潜在的冲突和不同利益相关者的多重利益。本文提出了一种定性/定量的方法来推断导致学校街道项目成功的动机。目的是对现有案例进行事后评估，以指导未来学校街道的事前实施。作为BEC2SCHOOL项目的一部分，该分析基于意大利卡塔尼亚市的两个案例研究的比较，该项目旨在为公民提供收集和分析学校周围地区交通和环境数据的工具。定性/定量方法基于对利益相关者问卷调查、半结构化访谈的分析，以及通过相关文献中衍生的特设指标进行街道布局分析。结果突出表明，要确保成功实施，需要一套复杂的结构、关系、教育和制度条件。通过比较两个案例研究，尽管在相同的背景和相似的前提下，导致不同的结果，有可能得出结论，需要一个支持性的生态系统来达到预期的结果，特别是在以汽车为中心的环境中。

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Macroeconomic drivers of efficiency leadership in electromobility deployment: Evidence from European countries 电动汽车部署效率领先的宏观经济驱动因素：来自欧洲国家的证据

IF 4.4 2区工程技术 Q2 BUSINESS

Research in Transportation Business and Management

Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101511

Adam Kucharski, Aleksandra Bartosiewicz, Paulina Szterlik-Grzybek

This study examines how macroeconomic factors shape efficiency leadership in electromobility in 22 European countries between 2019 and 2022. We first applied an output-oriented DEA-BCC model to measure national efficiency levels. Then, we used a panel probit model with random effects to find the main determinants of leadership status. The results show that the rollout of electromobility in Europe during this period was moderately effective. Nine countries, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and Slovenia, were identified as benchmark leaders, with Germany, Portugal, and Slovenia taking this role most often. On the other hand, Italy and Spain had the lowest efficiency in 2022. The analysis highlights key macroeconomic variables linked to leadership potential, including the expansion of renewable energy, increased highway infrastructure, higher unemployment rates, a shift toward public transport, and stronger environmental taxation. These findings can help policymakers and other actors improve national strategies for sustainable transport and speed up the move toward electromobility.

本研究考察了2019年至2022年期间22个欧洲国家的宏观经济因素如何影响电动汽车的效率领先地位。我们首先应用了以产出为导向的DEA-BCC模型来衡量国家效率水平。然后，我们使用随机效应的面板概率模型来寻找领导地位的主要决定因素。结果表明，在此期间，电动汽车在欧洲的推广效果中等。克罗地亚、丹麦、爱沙尼亚、德国、立陶宛、荷兰、挪威、葡萄牙和斯洛文尼亚这九个国家被确定为基准领导者，其中德国、葡萄牙和斯洛文尼亚最常担任这一角色。另一方面，意大利和西班牙在2022年的效率最低。该分析强调了与领导潜力相关的关键宏观经济变量，包括可再生能源的扩张、高速公路基础设施的增加、失业率的上升、向公共交通的转变以及更强的环境税收。这些发现可以帮助政策制定者和其他参与者改进可持续交通的国家战略，加快向电动汽车的转变。

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An investigation into the enablers and inhibitors of intermodal rail freight in North America 北美铁路多式联运货运的促进因素和抑制因素的调查

IF 4.4 2区工程技术 Q2 BUSINESS

Research in Transportation Business and Management

Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101509

Hendrik Rodemann , Simon Templar , Courtney Palkowski , Nick Little

The growth in intermodal rail freight in North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) has been phenomenal over recent years. The aim of this research study was to identify the contextual factors that will enable or inhibit future growth in this sector. The study adopted the PESTLE framework to classify enablers and inhibitors into contextual themes. An initial review of the literature identified a variety of enablers and inhibitors and highlighted the different stakeholders that existed within the North American intermodal railroad ecosystem. A qualitative research methodology was adopted to gather primary data from these stakeholders using semi-structured interviews to identify the enablers and inhibitors, but also strategies that would minimise the impacts of the inhibitors. A total of 32 interviews were undertaken by the researchers, the primary data collected was combined with the secondary data from the initial literature review and classified using the PESTLE framework. The data analysis identified key themes and variables, which would provide insight and direction for future stakeholder's decisions related to the sector. The study also identified areas for future research, in particular relationships between the stakeholders in the sector, but also the role of the sector in the wider context of supply chain management.

近年来，北美（美国、加拿大和墨西哥）多式联运铁路货运的增长非常显著。本研究的目的是确定背景因素，将促进或抑制未来的增长，在这一领域。该研究采用PESTLE框架将促进因素和抑制因素分类为上下文主题。对文献的初步回顾确定了各种促成因素和抑制因素，并强调了北美多式联运铁路生态系统中存在的不同利益相关者。采用定性研究方法，通过半结构化访谈从这些利益相关者那里收集原始数据，以确定促进因素和抑制因素，以及将抑制因素影响降到最低的策略。研究人员共进行了32次访谈，收集的主要数据与最初文献综述的次要数据相结合，并使用PESTLE框架进行分类。数据分析确定了关键主题和变量，这将为未来与该行业相关的利益相关者决策提供见解和方向。该研究还确定了未来研究的领域，特别是该部门利益相关者之间的关系，以及该部门在更广泛的供应链管理背景下的作用。

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Innovating the last mile: Consumer acceptance and economic drivers of drone deliveries in urban logistics 创新最后一英里：城市物流中无人机配送的消费者接受度和经济驱动力

IF 4.4 2区工程技术 Q2 BUSINESS

Research in Transportation Business and Management

Pub Date : 2025-09-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101510

Angela Stefania Bergantino , Giulio Fusco , Mario Intini

Retail e-commerce growth has led to greater demand for urban transport and last-mile deliveries, increasing the associated challenges and issues. In this context, policymakers are called upon to introduce innovative systems toward an environmentally sustainable approach. Using drones for freight deliveries could be a solution, although their use in most countries remains in its infancy for technical, economic, security, and reasons linked to public perception. Through a survey, we shed light on the elements influencing the use of drones for freight deliveries in relation to consumer preferences. Through factor analysis, multinomial, and ordered logit models, we identify factors that facilitate the potential adoption of this service and influence citizens' willingness to pay and sensitivity to drone use. These preliminary results provide important insights for local policymakers and regulators in developing and implementing policies on integrating drone freight services into urban mobility strategies.

零售电子商务的增长导致了对城市交通和最后一英里配送的更大需求，增加了相关的挑战和问题。在这方面，政策制定者被要求引入创新系统，采取环境可持续的办法。使用无人机进行货运可能是一种解决方案，尽管出于技术、经济、安全以及与公众看法相关的原因，无人机在大多数国家的使用仍处于起步阶段。通过一项调查，我们揭示了与消费者偏好有关的影响使用无人机进行货运交付的因素。通过因子分析、多项和有序logit模型，我们确定了促进这项服务潜在采用的因素，并影响公民的支付意愿和对无人机使用的敏感性。这些初步结果为当地政策制定者和监管机构制定和实施将无人机货运服务纳入城市交通战略的政策提供了重要见解。

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Shifting tourist travelers to low-carbon transportation: Evidence from Western Australia 将游客转向低碳交通：来自西澳大利亚州的证据

IF 4.4 2区工程技术 Q2 BUSINESS

Research in Transportation Business and Management

Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101505

Heng Zhou , Jiale Qiao , Keone Kelobonye , Qian (Chayn) Sun , Richard Norman , Jianhong (Cecilia) Xia

This research analyzes tourist mode choices in Western Australia using 883 stated-preference surveys. Using mixed logit and latent class modeling, the study captures tourist travelers' heterogeneous preferences, identifying three distinct market segments: Cost-Driven, Service Quality-Driven, and Objective-Driven. These preferences are evident in responses to factors such as travel cost, journey time, access time, service frequency, and seat comfort. Notably, the study finds that female travelers are more sensitive to flight duration, while elderly travelers are more tolerant of transport accessibility. Targeted reductions in fares, journey times, and access times have been shown to effectively increase bus market share and reduce carbon emissions. These results offer valuable insights for mitigating environmental impacts and improving transport efficiency. The findings also offer strategic guidance for public transport managers to develop low-carbon options tailored to the specific needs of tourists, thereby contributing to the reduction of tourism-related carbon emissions.

本研究使用883份声明偏好调查分析了西澳大利亚州的旅游模式选择。利用混合logit和潜在类别模型，该研究捕获了游客的异质性偏好，确定了三个不同的细分市场：成本驱动、服务质量驱动和目标驱动。这些偏好在旅行成本、旅程时间、到达时间、服务频率和座位舒适度等因素的反应中表现得很明显。值得注意的是，研究发现女性旅行者对飞行时间更敏感，而老年旅行者对交通可达性更宽容。有针对性地降低票价、行程时间和乘车时间已被证明可以有效地增加公交车市场份额并减少碳排放。这些结果为减轻环境影响和提高运输效率提供了有价值的见解。研究结果还为公共交通管理人员提供了战略指导，以制定适合游客特定需求的低碳方案，从而有助于减少与旅游相关的碳排放。

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