Article
Transportation
Arranz-Lopez Aldo, Blitz Andreas, Lanzendorf Martin
Summary: The impact of e-shopping on shopping trip frequency and travel time has been a topic of interest among scholars. This paper examines the relationship between e-shopping frequency and the share of shopping trip frequency and travel time, while controlling for various factors. The results show that frequent e-shoppers tend to have a higher proportion of shopping trips in their total trips, but a lower proportion of travel time spent on shopping. Other factors such as gender, age, and income also influence the share of shopping travel. The findings have implications for policy-making and suggest areas for further research.
TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kunbo Shi, Rui Shao, Jonas De Vos, Frank Witlox
Summary: It is valuable to investigate the built environment effects on online shopping and whether land use policy is effective in managing online shopping and travel demand. This study explores the influence of the built environment on the frequency of e-shopping for different product categories, considering the mediating role of e-shopping attitudes. Data from face-to-face interviews with online buyers in Chengdu, China, were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results indicate that higher residential density has a positive impact on online shopping frequency, while accessibility to metro and bus stations has indirect and negative/positive impacts on e-shopping frequency through e-shopping attitudes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
(2023)
Article
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Chenlei Xue, Qunqi Wu, Maopeng Sun, Pengxia Bai, Yang Chen
Summary: The study found that e-shopping motivates shopping trips, while in-store shopping inhibits online shopping. E-shopping and shopping travel behavior vary across different exogenous factors.
Article
Urban Studies
Sujin Lee, Eunjeong Ko, Kitae Jang, Suji Kim
Summary: Understanding the changes in travel behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic is important for creating healthier communities. This study investigated the impact of the pandemic on individual-level travel behavior in Daejeon Metropolitan City, South Korea. By analyzing smart card and private vehicle records, the study found that people reduced non-mandatory trips more than commuter trips, and trip regularity intensified as the number of infection cases increased. People maintained the size of their activity boundaries but reduced their daily trip distances. Interestingly, private vehicle usage increased for shorter trip distances while bus usage dropped, suggesting possible inequality issues in transportation during the pandemic.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Kostas Mouratidis, Apostolos Papagiannakis
Summary: The study shows that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance and frequency of remote work, remote meetings, online learning, telehealth, and online shopping significantly increased. This resulted in more people engaging in these activities daily.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Alireza Ermagun, Jacquelyn Erinne, Yingling Fan
Summary: The study found that people's emotional well-being may worsen after traveling for a certain duration, with positive emotions being more sensitive to trip duration. Factors such as transportation mode, travel purpose, companions, activities during travel, and satisfaction with the travel environment can influence emotional well-being during a trip, while women and African Americans tend to be more sensitive to emotional changes during travel.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Benjamin Motte-Baumvol, Leslie Belton Chevallier, Olivier Bonin
Summary: This research uses data from the UK National Travel Survey to explore the relationship between online and in-store shopping. The study finds that buying groceries online with home delivery can significantly reduce household CO2 emissions and does not lead to a rebound effect in other trip motives.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
(2023)
Article
Transportation
Hannah Hook, Jonas De Vos, Veronique Van Acker, Frank Witlox
Summary: This study examines the differences in travel benefits and satisfaction among commuting, shopping, leisure, and undirected trips. The findings suggest that undirected trips are most important for physical activity, undirected and leisure trips are most associated with positive travel utility, and trips to leisure destinations are the most satisfying.
TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Transportation
Ana Bezirgani, Ugo Lachapelle
Summary: Whether elderly individuals will switch to online grocery shopping depends on physical and motorized mobility loss, acquired online shopping habits, as well as attitudes and subjective norms influencing online grocery shopping intention.
TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Transportation
Lisa Boenisch, Sascha von Behren, Bastian Chlond, Peter Vortisch
Summary: The study from Munich, Germany, reveals that frequent car users also have a tendency for frequent online shopping. This relationship should be taken into consideration when discussing whether e-commerce can promote a car-free lifestyle.
EUROPEAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Xiatian Wu, Don MacKenzie
Summary: This study uses representative samples from the 2001, 2009, and 2017 National Household Travel Surveys to explore the impacts of taxis and ridesourcing services on people's travel behavior. It found that ridesourcing has greatly increased T/R trips, mostly occurring in densely populated and transit-oriented regions.
Article
Transportation
Sicheng Wang, Joy Jeounghee Kim, Yanfeng Xu
Summary: This study analyzed the association between daily trips and multidimensional disadvantages in demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, transportation barriers, and internet use based on the 2017 U.S. National Household Travel Survey. The results revealed that these disadvantages varied in their impact on trip likelihood depending on the type of disadvantage, trip purpose, and trip day. The findings provide policy implications for reducing the effects of these disadvantages on trip likelihood.
TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Business
Shahid Bashir, Muddasar Ghani Khwaja, Asif Mahmood, Jamshid Ali Turi, Khawaja Fawad Latif
Summary: This study consolidates different perspectives, evidence, and facts about perceived e-shopping risks from scholars and practitioners in Southeast Asian and Western countries, introducing a new scale with 11 dimensions and 38 items to better understand e-shopper behavior.
JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Suxing Lyu, Tianyang Han, Peiran Li, Xingyu Luo, Takahiko Kusakabe
Summary: This study proposes a framework called DACross for inferring the chained trip purpose by innovatively forming trip chains that treat trip activities and travelled geographic zones as two chains with mutual interactions. DACross consists of two parallel attentive branches and a co-attentive feature crossing module to fully learn the intra- and inter-chain dependencies. Extensive experiments on four large-scale real-world datasets prove the overall superiority of the proposed DACross and its generalizability among different cities and scenarios.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Tanjeeb Ahmed, Michael Hyland
Summary: Ride-hailing services provide various benefits for individuals who need to chain multiple activities in a single trip. Younger people, high-income households, frequent transit users, and residents in high-density areas are more likely to use ride-hailing services within trip chains. Ride-hailing plays an important role in trip chains ending in healthcare and social/recreational activities, and these trip chains tend to have fewer stops and longer activity durations. The study also provides insights into the role of ride-hailing compared to other modes within trip chains.
Article
Remote Sensing
Amna Qayyum, Bernard De Baets, Laure De Cock, Frank Witlox, Guy De Tre, Nico Van de Weghe
Summary: This paper explores the micro-scale traffic interactions at intersections and presents a novel approach to detect and represent the micro-scale traffic movement interactions at a non-signalized T-junction. The study shows that this approach allows for more detailed tracking of vehicle movements and plays an important role in traffic safety assessment.
GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Transportation
Jonas De Vos, Katrin Laettman, Anna-Lena van der Vlugt, Janina Welsch, Noriko Otsuka
Summary: This review paper provides an overview of existing studies analyzing perceived walkability, with a focus on its effects on walking frequency/duration, physical activity, and various aspects of mental well-being. A conceptual model is proposed, emphasizing the determinants and effects of perceived walkability and its relationship with objective walkability. The paper concludes by suggesting avenues for further research and making recommendations for data collection and analysis.
Article
Development Studies
Javad Motamedi, Hossein Azadi, Ahmad Alijanpour, Abbas Banj Shafiei, Esmaeil Sheidai-Karkaj, Morteza Mofidi-Chelan, Saghi Movahhed Moghaddam, Steven Van Passel, Frank Witlox
Summary: This study assessed the economic indices of exploiting byproduct production in Shahindej, Northwest Iran, highlighting the importance of recognizing byproducts and their economic appraisal in documenting rangeland use prospects. The findings showed that by-product exploitation significantly contributes to the local economy, employment, and reduces grazing intensity, emphasizing the need to consider by-product earnings in range management schemes and comprehensive natural-area management.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Hossein Azadi, Samane Ghazali, Mehdi Ghorbani, Rong Tan, Frank Witlox
Summary: This study examines the impacts of small-scale farmers on food security enhancement. The findings suggest that small-scale farmers with natural/physical capital have positive effects on agricultural productivity and food income, while small-scale farmers with financial capital have negative effects on food security. The study recommends cultivating high-value crops, participating in income-generating activities, and providing agricultural credits.
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
(2023)
Review
Transportation
Richa Maheshwari, Veronique Van Acker, Jonas De Vos, Frank Witlox
Summary: This paper provides a systematic review of the impact of workplace relocation on commuting behavior, commuting satisfaction, and subjective well-being. The findings suggest that workplace relocation can have significant effects on commuting behavior, satisfaction, and well-being.
Article
Criminology & Penology
Philipp M. Dau, Maite Dewinter, Frank Witlox, Tom Vander Beken, Christophe Vandeviver
Summary: This study demonstrates how temporal summary statistics can be used to analyze temporal patterns of crime and police presence, and reveals the occurrence of different types of crimes and distribution of police presence during day and night.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
M. Zandebasiri, H. Azadi, A-H Viira, F. Witlox, H. Jahanbazi Goujani, Y. Iranmanesh
Summary: The concepts of ecosystem functions and ecosystem services are essential for ecosystem management. Understanding these concepts and their failure modes is crucial for effective management.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Imaneh Goli, Hossein Azadi, Maryam Omidi Najafabadi, Farhad Lashgarara, Ants-Hannes Viira, Alishir Kurban, Petr Sklenicka, Kristina Janeckova, Frank Witlox
Summary: Adopting a qualitative approach, this study performs a gender analysis of the climate change effects on rice farmers' adaptation strategies in Mazandaran Province, Iran. The results showed that in climatic crises, human and social capital were the most vulnerable to women, while financial and physical capital were the most vulnerable to men.
Article
Transportation
Rong Hu, Mengyuan Huang, Junfeng Zhang, Frank Witlox
Summary: The green efficiency of the Multi-Airport System (MAS) in the Yangtze River Delta region was evaluated, and the existence of a reverse Matthew effect in airport efficiency was investigated. The study revealed that the reverse Matthew effect exists, and the spatial effect significantly influences this effect.
JOURNAL OF AIR TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Criminology & Penology
Philipp M. Dau, Maite Dewinter, Tom Vander Beken, Frank Witlox, Christophe Vandeviver
Summary: This research examines the alignment between police presence and calls-for-service, using a supply and demand model. The study analyzes GPS data from 100 tracked police vehicles and data on calls-for-service from a mid-sized European police agency. The findings show that police presence exceeds the actual demand in most areas, and there is little spatial and temporal variation in calls-for-service. The study emphasizes the importance of evidence-based frameworks to evaluate the effectiveness of police patrol and response deployment. The insights gained from this research can help police chiefs identify high-demand streets and understand the predictability of police demand within their jurisdiction.
POLICING & SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Economics
Lennert Verhulst, Corneel Casier, Frank Witlox
Summary: Cities have implemented street experiments during the COVID-19 pandemic to address urgent health challenges, aiming to facilitate safe movement in urban spaces while adhering to physical distancing requirements. These experiments not only respond to immediate needs, but also have the potential to bring about systemic changes in urban mobility. This paper examines urban case studies and showcases how pandemic-induced street experiments offer solutions to specific mobility and public space challenges. However, issues related to equity and citizen participation need attention. Ultimately, the paper finds that pandemic-induced street experiments enjoy higher acceptance from the public and authorities, possess a more permanent nature, and are better integrated into long-term planning agendas, thus enabling systemic change in urban mobility.
TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ECONOMISCHE EN SOCIALE GEOGRAFIE
(2023)
Article
Transportation
Hannah Hook, Jonas De Vos, Veronique Van Acker, Frank Witlox
Summary: This study examines the differences in travel benefits and satisfaction among commuting, shopping, leisure, and undirected trips. The findings suggest that undirected trips are most important for physical activity, undirected and leisure trips are most associated with positive travel utility, and trips to leisure destinations are the most satisfying.
TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bagher Bagheri, Hossein Azadi, Ali Soltani, Frank Witlox
Summary: Global cities are crucial for the world economy, serving as key hubs for economic activity and trade. This study examines the structure of global cities through a bibliometric analysis of literature, including document types, country/territory distribution, institution distribution, geographical distribution of authors, active authors and their research interests, relationships between principal authors and relevant journals, and research hotspots. The findings provide valuable insights into the state of research on global cities and their role in the world economy.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Sergii Myronenko, Hennadii Oborskyi, Dmytro Dmytryshyn, Vyacheslav Shobik, Dirk Lauwers, Frank Witlox
Summary: This study evaluated passenger traffic in Odesa, Ukraine, to improve the public transport system. Data on the number of passengers at each bus stop were collected using the metric-tabular method. The analysis provided valuable recommendations for optimizing future routes and reducing inefficiencies.
Article
Economics
Valeria Bernardo, Xavier Fageda, Jordi Teixido
Summary: The study finds that flight ticket taxes have a significant impact on low-cost airlines' supply and carbon emissions, resulting in a decrease of 12% in the number of flights and a 14% reduction in carbon emissions. Additionally, the burden of the taxes is higher for passengers paying low fares, affecting avoidable flights more significantly.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2024)
Article
Economics
Xingxing Fu, Dea van Lierop, Dick Ettema
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between multimodality and perceived transport adequacy and accessibility. The results show that multimodality is burdensome, especially for car-dependent individuals, and leads to lower perceived achievement or accessibility for those with limited access to a car.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2024)
Article
Economics
Henrik Johansson Rehn, Lars E. Olsson, Margareta Friman
Summary: This paper presents the Framework of RoUtIne Transitions in daily travel (FRUIT), which analyzes the impact of life events on travel behavior changes and identifies the critical phases in this process. By integrating theories and concepts, the framework provides a theoretical basis for interventions aimed at improving sustainable travel. The applicability of FRUIT is illustrated through an empirical case, and the implications for future research and policy are discussed.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2024)
Article
Economics
Peng-Cheng Xu, Qing-Chang Lu, Chi Xie, Taesu Cheong
Summary: This study investigates the resilience evaluation of interdependent networks. A model is developed to quantify the impacts of network interdependency on the resilience of interdependent transit networks, considering interdependency relations, network topology, flow characteristics, and demand distribution. The model is applied to the metro and bus networks of Xi'an, China. Results show that node degree heterogeneity in topology, bidirectional function dependency among networks, and flow matching between networks are important factors influencing network resilience.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2024)
Article
Economics
Jeppe Rich, James Fox
Summary: Many transport models allocate all costs to the car driver without considering the cost sharing among passengers. This paper questions this premise and argues that cost sharing can occur in various forms, which should be properly accounted for in transport models. The empirical evidence from Denmark suggests that not accounting for cost sharing may result in biased cost elasticities and occupancy rates.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2024)
Article
Economics
Jorik Grolle, Barth Donners, Jan Anne Annema, Mark Duinkerken, Oded Cats
Summary: High-speed rail is considered a promising alternative for long-distance travel, but the current state of the European HSR network is poorly connected. This study presents a customized version of network design and frequency setting problem for HSR, and analyzes the performance under various policies and design variables. The results show that considering externalities leads to more extensive networks and mode shifts, but requires high public investments. The importance of network integration and cross-border cooperation is highlighted. The findings aim to contribute to the design of an attractive and competitive European HSR network.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2024)
Article
Economics
Mounisai Siddartha Middela, Gitakrishnan Ramadurai
Summary: This study addresses the research gaps in understanding the effect of regression models, measurement period, and spatial dependence on Freight Trip Generation (FTG) modeling and freight-related policies. The results show that the spatial Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial (ZINB) model is the best for daily and weekly Freight Trip Production (FTP), while the non-spatial Negative Binomial (NB) model is the best for daily and weekly Freight Trip Attraction (FTA). The study also highlights the importance of considering spatial dependence and using count models with a week as the measurement period.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2024)
