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MOVES model for idling emission of signalised junction in developing country. (2015)
Journal Article
Kumar, R., Parida, P., Shukla, S., & Saleh, W. (2015). MOVES model for idling emission of signalised junction in developing country. World journal of science, technology and sustainable development, 12(1), 25-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/WJSTSD-06-2014-0009

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is estimation of total emission during idling of vehicles and validate emission results from real-world data.

Design/methodology/approach

MOVES201b emission model is customized for developing country like Indi... Read More about MOVES model for idling emission of signalised junction in developing country..

Towards using segmentation-based techniques to personalize mobility behaviour Interventions (2014)
Journal Article
Forbes, P., Gabrielli, S., Maimone, R., Masthoff, J., Wells, S., & Jylha, A. (2014). Towards using segmentation-based techniques to personalize mobility behaviour Interventions. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Ambient Systems, 14(4), https://doi.org/10.4108/amsys.1.4.e4

This paper describes our initial work towards a segmentation-based approach to personalized digital behavior change interventions in the domain of sustainable, multi-modal urban transport. Segmentation is a key concept in market research, and within... Read More about Towards using segmentation-based techniques to personalize mobility behaviour Interventions.

Optimising time-varying network flows by low-revenue tolling under dynamic user equilibrium. (2014)
Journal Article
Stewart, K., & Ge, Y.-E. (2014). Optimising time-varying network flows by low-revenue tolling under dynamic user equilibrium. European journal of transport and infrastructure research, 14, 30-45

This paper presents a dynamic congestion charging framework that includes a dynamic user equilibrium (DUE) network model to optimize a tolling scheme, whose objective(s) may be determined by the transport planner. The framework presented may be utili... Read More about Optimising time-varying network flows by low-revenue tolling under dynamic user equilibrium..

Comparing emissions from 9 European cities and their bus fleets (2014)
Book Chapter
Nanaki, E. A., Koroneos, C. J., Rovas, D., Roset, J., Susca, T., Christensen, T. H., De Gregorio Hurtado, S., Rybka, A., Kopytov, E., Heidrich, O., & Amparo López-Jiménez, P. (2014). Comparing emissions from 9 European cities and their bus fleets. In Understanding Cities: Advances in integrated assessment of urban sustainability

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Converging structures? Recent regulatory change in bus-based local public transport in Sweden and England (2014)
Journal Article
Rye, T., & Wretstrand, A. (2014). Converging structures? Recent regulatory change in bus-based local public transport in Sweden and England. Research in Transportation Economics, 48, 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2014.09.028

This paper compares the regulatory structures that have developed in local bus regulation over the past 20 years in local public transport in Sweden and England outside London, and their impacts. The paper will attempt to assess how far there are si... Read More about Converging structures? Recent regulatory change in bus-based local public transport in Sweden and England.

Design challenges in motivating change for sustainable urban mobility (2014)
Journal Article
Gabrielli, S., Forbes, P., Jylha, A., Wells, S., Sirén, M., Hemminki, S., Nurmi, P., Maimone, R., Masthoff, J., & Jacucci, G. (2014). Design challenges in motivating change for sustainable urban mobility. Computers in Human Behavior, 41, 416-423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.05.026

In recent years, the design and deployment of persuasive interventions for inducing sustainable urban mobility behaviors has become a very active research field, leveraging on the pervasive usage of social media and mobile apps by citizens in their d... Read More about Design challenges in motivating change for sustainable urban mobility.

Sustainability indicators for sustainable transport infrastructure development. (2014)
Book Chapter
Kumar, R. (2014). Sustainability indicators for sustainable transport infrastructure development. In Soveniour on 'Infrastructure development in Bihar: Strength, opportunities and challenges'. NIT Patna and ICE Patna

To preserve resources for future generation, there is rising agreement that transportation system sustainability should capture attributes of system effectiveness and system impacts on economic development, environmental integrity, and social quality... Read More about Sustainability indicators for sustainable transport infrastructure development..

The role of herding behaviour in exit choice during evacuation. (2014)
Journal Article
Lovreglio, R., Fonzone, A., dell’Olio, L., Borri, D., & Ibeas, A. (2014). The role of herding behaviour in exit choice during evacuation. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 160, 390-399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.151

Modelling of human behaviour during emergencies is an important issue to be investigated to improve the safety of transportation infrastructures. This behaviour can be influenced by both the environment (i.e. social influences) and characteristics of... Read More about The role of herding behaviour in exit choice during evacuation..

Modelling the relationship between pilgrims’ pedestrian casualties and land use type: a case study of Al Madinah Al Monawarah (2014)
Thesis
Alahmadi, R. N. Modelling the relationship between pilgrims’ pedestrian casualties and land use type: a case study of Al Madinah Al Monawarah. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8797

The growing fatality of road traffic accidents in most cities constitutes a public health challenge. Annually, about 1.24 million people are killed from road accidents, among which more than one fifth of these deaths occur among pedestrians. Pedestri... Read More about Modelling the relationship between pilgrims’ pedestrian casualties and land use type: a case study of Al Madinah Al Monawarah.

Travel behaviour in Saudi Arabia and the role of social factors. (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Atawi, A. M., & Saleh, W. (2014). Travel behaviour in Saudi Arabia and the role of social factors. Transport, 29, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2014.91319

Travel behaviour research indicates that travel decisions are usually influenced by accessibility as well as characteristics of the transport systems. Factors such as travel times, travel costs, waiting times, walking times have the most significant... Read More about Travel behaviour in Saudi Arabia and the role of social factors..

Considerations about the Analysis of ITS Data of Bicycle Sharing Systems (2014)
Journal Article
Bordagaray, M., Fonzone, A., dell’Olio, L., & Ibeas, A. (2014). Considerations about the Analysis of ITS Data of Bicycle Sharing Systems. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 162, 340-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.215

Handling and managing data automatically collected by Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) is a major opportunity and challenge for transport professionals nowadays. This study guides the management of smartcard data from public bikes by providing cri... Read More about Considerations about the Analysis of ITS Data of Bicycle Sharing Systems.

Energetic, environmental and economic performance of electric vehicles: Experimental evaluation (2014)
Journal Article
Muneer, T., Milligan, R., Smith, I., Doyle, A., Pozuelo, M., & Knez, M. (2015). Energetic, environmental and economic performance of electric vehicles: Experimental evaluation. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 35, 40-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2014.11.015

Fuelled by a rapidly rising human global population, an increasing demand for freedom to travel and the affordability made possible by modern manufacturing there has been an exponential rise in the number of automobiles – in the year 2013 there were... Read More about Energetic, environmental and economic performance of electric vehicles: Experimental evaluation.

Commentary: The Cultural Diffusion of Asian Innovations in Transport Mobilities (2014)
Journal Article
Hannam, K. (2014). Commentary: The Cultural Diffusion of Asian Innovations in Transport Mobilities. Transfers, 4(3), https://doi.org/10.3167/trans.2014.040308

In this brief commentary on the articles in this special section, I would like to relate them to more contemporary mobilities issues as well as the wider mobilities theoretical literature. In so doing, I seek to highlight and interrogate a key theme,... Read More about Commentary: The Cultural Diffusion of Asian Innovations in Transport Mobilities.

Exploring motorcycle red-light violation in response to pedestrian green signal countdown device (2014)
Journal Article
Chen, P.-L., Pai, C.-W., Jou, R.-C., Saleh, W., & Kuo, M.-S. (2015). Exploring motorcycle red-light violation in response to pedestrian green signal countdown device. Accident analysis and prevention, 75, 128-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2014.11.016

Literature has suggested that angle/rear-end collisions would arise from the reality that motorists and motorcyclists tended to accelerate aggressively in response to the remaining seconds of green signal countdown device (GSCD). One safety concern,... Read More about Exploring motorcycle red-light violation in response to pedestrian green signal countdown device.

Performance, profit and consumer sovereignty in the English deregulated bus market (2014)
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2014). Performance, profit and consumer sovereignty in the English deregulated bus market. Research in Transportation Economics, 48, 255-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2014.09.049

The pure free market will theoretically result in economic efficiency being achieved. At the heart of this proposition is the idea of consumer sovereignty, where producers that best meet the material wants of consumers will be the most successful. Wi... Read More about Performance, profit and consumer sovereignty in the English deregulated bus market.

Investigating undesired spatial and temporal boundary effects of congestion charging (2014)
Journal Article
Ge, Y.-E., Stewart, K., Sun, B., Ban, X., & Zhang, S. (2016). Investigating undesired spatial and temporal boundary effects of congestion charging. Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics, 4(2), 135-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/21680566.2014.961044

Two types of reported problems are related to the existing congestion charging projects that levy traffic only in a certain area within one or a few time periods during the day. One is that travellers depart earlier or later than a charging period to... Read More about Investigating undesired spatial and temporal boundary effects of congestion charging.

The marginalisation of bicycling in Modernist urban transport planning (2014)
Journal Article
Koglin, T., & Rye, T. (2014). The marginalisation of bicycling in Modernist urban transport planning. Journal of transport & health, 1(4), 214-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2014.09.006

This article deals with the scientific factors that have contributed to the dominance of motorised transport and the development of theoretical approaches in transport planning. Connections are made to modernism and to the theories within the field o... Read More about The marginalisation of bicycling in Modernist urban transport planning.

Travel demand management: short review of the special issue. (2014)
Journal Article
Ge, Y.-E., Tang, C., Prentkovskis, O., Saleh, W., JuneviÄŤius, R., & Bell, M. G. H. (2014). Travel demand management: short review of the special issue. Transport, 29(3), 233-234. https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2014.964029

Editorial presents a review of all eleven original papers (and one book review) published in the current special issue on Travel Demand Management (TDM). This review is developed under five focus topics: ––traffic congestion charging; ––public transi... Read More about Travel demand management: short review of the special issue..

Cycle lanes: their effect on driver passing distances in urban areas. (2014)
Journal Article
Stewart, K., & McHale, A. (2014). Cycle lanes: their effect on driver passing distances in urban areas. Transport, 29(3), 307-316. https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2014.953205

The current literature in the field of cycle lanes has often shown contradictory evidence as to the benefits and risks of cycle lanes and previous work has specifically shown that on higher speed roads, drivers may pass closer to a cyclist when a cyc... Read More about Cycle lanes: their effect on driver passing distances in urban areas..