Pub Date : 2023-09-25DOI: 10.1186/s12544-023-00611-3
Johannes Mesimäki, Esko Lehtonen
Abstract Purpose Light electric vehicles (LEVs), such as e-bikes, e-scooters and electric two-wheelers, can potentially assist the transition to a sustainable transport system due to their low energy and spatial demands. This exploratory survey study investigated and compared the views of LEV users and interested non-users on the vehicles’ advantages in Finland, Austria, Spain and Italy among urban residents (n = 4090) to understand factors influencing their adoption. Additionally, differences between personal and shared vehicles were investigated. Method The survey queried respondents on the advantages of either the LEV they used most often, or the LEV they were most interested in using. Of respondents, 26% were LEV users, 37% were non-users interested in using an LEV and 37% were uninterested non-users. Factors concerning comfort, accessibility, safety, and practicality of travel were formed. The effects of respondent type (user vs. non-users), LEV type, whether the LEV was shared or personal, age, gender and country were examined with a full-factorial ANOVA for each factor and some additional variables. Findings In general, LEVs were regarded well for travel comfort and supporting accessibility, but less positively for safety and assisting with practical aspects of travel. LEVs were also perceived environmentally friendly. Furthermore, users perceived LEVs more positively than non-users, while age and gender only mildly influenced views. The results suggest that increased familiarity with LEVs is associated with more favourable views concerning them. Existing positive views may have led to LEV use; however, experience could have changed these views as well. LEVs are novel vehicles with recognised benefits, but low familiarity may hinder adoption. Increasing familiarity with LEVs among non-users could encourage uptake, potentially supporting modal shifts from the car to LEVs and thus assist the transition to a more sustainable transport system.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-11DOI: 10.1186/s12544-023-00605-1
Qingxian Zhao, Xiangling Zhuang, Tong Zhang, Yunqi He, Guojie Ma
Abstract Background Gaze is the primary way for pedestrians to obtain clues from traffic scenes before making decisions. Therefore, understanding pedestrian gaze pattern is vital for traffic safety in general and for the design of autonomous vehicles. Methods In this study, participants made road-crossing decisions in a naturalistic traffic scene, with an eye-tracker recording their gaze behaviors. We manually encoded the recorded videos with 14,898 fixations, and then analyzed the gaze pattern at three levels from general to specific: gaze towards overall scenes, gaze towards vehicles and gaze towards components of vehicles. Findings At the first level, our findings indicate that frequent fixations began to appear at the distance of 100 m and peaked around 5–30 m away from pedestrians. Transversely pedestrians mainly gazed at the two lanes adjacent to themselves. Pedestrians allocated 53% gaze duration to motor vehicles. For a specific vehicle, which is the second level, the gaze duration varied with vehicles' attributes such as distances, sizes, and types. Finally, at the third level, we discovered that pedestrians’ gaze duration on different vehicle components varied with the longitudinal distance. As vehicles approach, the main area of fixation expanded from the near side headlight to the whole front and near side, and finally shift to the near side of a vehicle. Implications The distribution of fixations in space and vehicle components before pedestrian crossing can provide fundamental information for understanding and modeling of pedestrian's road-crossing behaviors. In practice, our findings can guide the timing and position of information displays on autonomous vehicles to facilitate friendly interaction with pedestrians.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-07DOI: 10.1186/s12544-023-00607-z
J. Anke, Madlen Ringhand, Tibor Petzoldt, T. Gehlert
{"title":"Micro-mobility and road safety: why do e-scooter riders use the sidewalk? Evidence from a German field study","authors":"J. Anke, Madlen Ringhand, Tibor Petzoldt, T. Gehlert","doi":"10.1186/s12544-023-00607-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-023-00607-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48671,"journal":{"name":"European Transport Research Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42545566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-07DOI: 10.1186/s12544-023-00600-6
G. Petelin, R. Hribar, Gregor Papa
{"title":"Models for forecasting the traffic flow within the city of Ljubljana","authors":"G. Petelin, R. Hribar, Gregor Papa","doi":"10.1186/s12544-023-00600-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-023-00600-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48671,"journal":{"name":"European Transport Research Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46191412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-06DOI: 10.1186/s12544-023-00603-3
Daniel Valentini, Josefin Wangel, Sara Holmgren
{"title":"Representations of urban cycling in sustainability transitions research: a review","authors":"Daniel Valentini, Josefin Wangel, Sara Holmgren","doi":"10.1186/s12544-023-00603-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-023-00603-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48671,"journal":{"name":"European Transport Research Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46098615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-05DOI: 10.1186/s12544-023-00604-2
Marc Hasselwander, J. Bigotte
{"title":"Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in the Global South: research findings, gaps, and directions","authors":"Marc Hasselwander, J. Bigotte","doi":"10.1186/s12544-023-00604-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-023-00604-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48671,"journal":{"name":"European Transport Research Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44265047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-04DOI: 10.1186/s12544-023-00601-5
Stefan Bakker, Saeda Moorman, Marlinde Knoope, Maurits Terwindt
{"title":"Land use of energy supply for carbon neutral mobility: a well-to-wheel analysis","authors":"Stefan Bakker, Saeda Moorman, Marlinde Knoope, Maurits Terwindt","doi":"10.1186/s12544-023-00601-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-023-00601-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48671,"journal":{"name":"European Transport Research Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45382689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-18DOI: 10.1186/s12544-023-00594-1
Lisa Kraus, Heike Proff, Arne Jeppe
{"title":"Estimation of joint value in mobility as a service ecosystems under different orchestrator settings","authors":"Lisa Kraus, Heike Proff, Arne Jeppe","doi":"10.1186/s12544-023-00594-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-023-00594-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48671,"journal":{"name":"European Transport Research Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42280508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-18DOI: 10.1186/s12544-023-00598-x
J. Mutiganda, M. Skoog, E. Igudia
{"title":"Understanding the process of improving accessibility and affordability of inter-municipal bus transport system","authors":"J. Mutiganda, M. Skoog, E. Igudia","doi":"10.1186/s12544-023-00598-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-023-00598-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48671,"journal":{"name":"European Transport Research Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43181988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-03DOI: 10.1186/s12544-023-00599-w
Bianca Duldner-Borca, E. van Hassel, Lisa-Maria Putz-Egger
{"title":"Understanding the effects of resolving nautical bottlenecks on the Danube: a KPI-based conceptual framework","authors":"Bianca Duldner-Borca, E. van Hassel, Lisa-Maria Putz-Egger","doi":"10.1186/s12544-023-00599-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-023-00599-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48671,"journal":{"name":"European Transport Research Review","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65928739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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