Urban Mobility and Transportation

Paganelli, Filippo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71061-7_67-1

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“…Over time, bike sharing has come to represent a successful story of sustainable transportation opportunities, the diffusion of which is also relevant and indisputable in those countries which have been so far less sensitive towards environmental concerns [60]. The aim of this paper was to propose and assess the opportunities for an additional niche of operation for e-bike services consisting of a mobile depot which can be easily moved and transported within and across both port and urban areas to respond to demand evolution.…”

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Flexible Mobile Hub for E-Bike Sharing and Cruise Tourism: A Case Study

Bardi¹,

Mantecchini

Grasso³

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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Bike sharing is no longer a novelty in transportation and has now become a mobility solution in its own right. This study investigated the potential scope of application of e-bike sharing solutions for a niche sector such as cruise tourism, the importance of which is growing, with the aim of improving sustainability and reducing pollution levels in cruise ports. A revealed preference survey was administered to cruise tourists, who chose a pilot e-bike service once they had disembarked from the ship to visit the nearby city center, to investigate the main variables affecting satisfaction with the service under investigation. An ordered probit model was specified and calibrated to identify the relationship among the variables influencing e-bike sharing usage by cruise tourists and their satisfaction. Subsequently, the marginal effect of each significant factor was evaluated to quantify its actual impact on the related e-bike sharing satisfaction level. The results obtained are consistent with the literature, but interesting interpretations are provided in terms of the relative importance of significant variables.

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Flexible Mobile Hub for E-Bike Sharing and Cruise Tourism: A Case Study

Bardi¹,

Mantecchini

Grasso³

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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“…Current policies for sustainable urban mobility focus on promoting public transport, walking and cycling (Winters et al, 2017;Rupprecht Consult, 2019;Paganelli, 2020). Bus priority systems are a common solution to promote public transport (PT) use in big cities (TCRP, 2007;Duduta et al, 2015;ITDP, 2017).…”

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Exploring the safety level of a signalized roundabout with crossing BRT: an observational pilot, in Israel

Gitelman¹,

Korchatov²

2022

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Bus rapid transit (BRT) systems promote public transport use in big cities, but their implementation requires substantial changes in urban infrastructure, with impacts on road user behaviours and safety. In Israel, recently, a BRT system called "Matronit" was introduced in the Haifa metropolitan area. The extension of the BRT network included a new setting -a signalized multi-lane roundabout with a bidirectional BRT running through its center and traffic lights for the circular traffic when crossing the BRT route. Such a setting was not familiar to Israeli drivers and thus the initial operation of the roundabout was accompanied by an observational pilot. The study focused on safety-related behaviours of road users, e.g. drivers' compliance to the red-light; vehicle behaviours in the roundabout entrance areas; giving right-of-way to pedestrians. A before-after comparison was not possible, thus, the study aimed to characterize the safety level of the new setting by estimating the rates of risky behaviours observed and comparing them with indicators reported in the literature for similar traffic settings. The data were extracted from video-records of the traffic control center, in four areas of the roundabout, two near the traffic lights and at two entrance areas. The results showed that red-light violations were committed by 14% of the vehicles in one traffic-light area, with no cases in the other. On average, one-two red-light violations can be expected per hour, the frequency comparable with signalized intersections. Furthermore, 86% of the cases occurred during the first two seconds of the red-light, with no "near-collisions" between the vehicle and the BRT. In both entrance areas, when traffic was present inside the roundabout, 10%-20% of entering vehicles did not slow down, and this behaviour was more frequent under the red-lights. However, in most cases, the distance between the interacting vehicles was sufficient, while conflicts (with braking) were rare, in 1% of cases. Pedestrian appearance on the crosswalks was rare, but many of them (38%) were ignored by entering vehicles, while such behaviour is common for multi-lane roundabouts. In summary, the pilot demonstrated that the safety level of the roundabout was comparable to other settings, but risky driver behaviours were present both near the traffic lights and in the entrance areas. The findings seem to be site-specific and further research is needed to better fit infrastructure design solutions to various traffic volumes at roundabouts with crossing BRT.

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Urban Mobility and Transportation

Cited by 2 publications

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Flexible Mobile Hub for E-Bike Sharing and Cruise Tourism: A Case Study

Flexible Mobile Hub for E-Bike Sharing and Cruise Tourism: A Case Study

Exploring the safety level of a signalized roundabout with crossing BRT: an observational pilot, in Israel

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