How far do People Travel to Reach Light Rail Stations?
How far do People Travel to Reach Light Rail Stations?
LRT catchment area vary significantly based on mode and context
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How far do People Travel to Reach Light Rail Stations?
How far do People Travel to Reach Light Rail Stations?
LRT catchment area vary significantly based on mode and context
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How far do People Travel to Reach Light Rail Stations?
How far do People Travel to Reach Light Rail Stations?
LRT catchment area vary significantly based on mode and context
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Who Cycles in Winter? Seasonal Cycling and Mode Share Change in Northern Sweden
Who Cycles in Winter? Seasonal Cycling and Mode Share Change in Northern Sweden
Evidence from northern Sweden shows that winter cycling decline is mainly accompanied by higher walking and bus shares, not by car use, with patterns varying by gender and trip purpose.
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Public Support for Limiting Through-traffic and Reallocating Public Space in Four Residential Neighborhoods in Berlin and its Correlates: Results from the KlimaKieze Survey
Public Support for Limiting Through-traffic and Reallocating Public Space in Four Residential Neighborhoods in Berlin and its Correlates: Results from the KlimaKieze Survey
A survey in Berlin found broad support (61–88%) for measures reducing through-traffic and reallocating public space; support was higher with active mobility and nature connectedness, and lower with car use.
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How Much Ridehail Travel Is Deadheading? Estimating Its Share and Evolution in Toronto
How Much Ridehail Travel Is Deadheading? Estimating Its Share and Evolution in Toronto
Analysis of all ridehail trips in Toronto between 2020-2025 reveals that deadheading accounts for one-third of total ridehail vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT) and approximately half of drivers’ in-app time.
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Right-wing Votes Relate to Delays in Bicycle Network Development
Right-wing Votes Relate to Delays in Bicycle Network Development
In Paris' boroughs, political votes correlate with delays in bicycle network deployment. For each additional 1% of right-wing votes, 0.86% fewer protected bicycle lanes are built.
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Micromobility Vehicle Second-Life Battery Markets: An Inventory of Overlooked Battery Capacity
Micromobility Vehicle Second-Life Battery Markets: An Inventory of Overlooked Battery Capacity
Millions of micromobility vehicles and their batteries are on the road today. These batteries provide opportunities for second life applications. This study inventories the US shared micromobility market.
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Carbon Shadow Pricing and Efficiency in Multimodal Freight Transport Networks: A Z-number DEA Analysis
Carbon Shadow Pricing and Efficiency in Multimodal Freight Transport Networks: A Z-number DEA Analysis
Carbon pricing reorders Iran's freight transport network: rail logistics centers gain 9.4% efficiency, road-dependent hubs lose 15.8%. Modal shift determines resilience under uncertainty. A replicable tool for climate-responsive freight planning.
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A Socio-spatial Analysis of Vulnerability to Increases in Motor Fuel Costs in Aotearoa NZ
A Socio-spatial Analysis of Vulnerability to Increases in Motor Fuel Costs in Aotearoa NZ
Peri-urban and accessible rural areas that depend on urban centres are most vulnerable to rising motor fuel costs for personal travel.
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The End of the ‘Critical Age of Seven’: Trends in Pedestrian Casualties Among Young Children in Japan
The End of the ‘Critical Age of Seven’: Trends in Pedestrian Casualties Among Young Children in Japan
The elevated pedestrian risk among seven-year-old children in Japan is widely cited. The risk has fallen recently, but the belief remains, potentially leading to misunderstanding and misguided road safety policy.
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Practitioner Perceptions of Large US City Traffic Fatality Problems: Automobile Dependence, Weak Institutions, and “Driving with Impunity”?
Practitioner Perceptions of Large US City Traffic Fatality Problems: Automobile Dependence, Weak Institutions, and “Driving with Impunity”?
Practitioner interviews suggest a need for more exploration of institutional barriers to systemic change and unsafe driver behavior to understand traffic fatality problems in large US cities.
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Short-Run Price Elasticity of Demand for Public Transit in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Evidence from a 2023 Fare Cut
Short-Run Price Elasticity of Demand for Public Transit in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Evidence from a 2023 Fare Cut
Exploiting a 25 percent fare cut in July 2023, short-run public transit demand elasticity in Belo Horizonte is −0.20, with bus rapid transit ten times more responsive than diametrical lines.
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Practitioner Perceptions of Large US City Traffic Fatality Problems: Automobile Dependence, Weak Institutions, and “Driving with Impunity”?
Practitioner Perceptions of Large US City Traffic Fatality Problems: Automobile Dependence, Weak Institutions, and “Driving with Impunity”?
Practitioner interviews suggest a need for more exploration of institutional barriers to systemic change and unsafe driver behavior to understand traffic fatality problems in large US cities.
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Short-Run Price Elasticity of Demand for Public Transit in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Evidence from a 2023 Fare Cut
Short-Run Price Elasticity of Demand for Public Transit in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Evidence from a 2023 Fare Cut
Exploiting a 25 percent fare cut in July 2023, short-run public transit demand elasticity in Belo Horizonte is −0.20, with bus rapid transit ten times more responsive than diametrical lines.
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Mobility Responses to Snowfall in the Greater Toronto Area
Mobility Responses to Snowfall in the Greater Toronto Area
Major snowfall in the Greater Toronto Area is associated with lower trip volumes and vehicle-kilometers traveled, especially for long trips; mobility increases before snowfall but not after.
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“We found that only about 54% of all miles traveled by Waymos in California are driven with a passenger onboard.” AVs without congestion pricing will be a net loss both for the consumer and society.
Millions of Trips, "Waymo" Empty Miles: California's First Thousand Days of Commercial Robotaxi Service https://findingspress.org/article/161870-millions-of-trips-waymo-empty-miles-california-s-first-thousand-days-of-commercial-robotaxi-service?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
An actual study of expenditures on 'charging-coffee/snacks' 👌
Exploring Electric Vehicle Driver Activities and Expenditure While using DC Fast Chargers
Exploring Electric Vehicle Driver Activities and Expenditure While using DC Fast Chargers
Exploring Electric Vehicle Driver Activities and Expenditure While using DC Fast Chargers
Study investigates electric vehicle driver activities and expenditure while using DC fast chargers. Most drivers participate in activities other than charging and almost half make purchases in establishments around chargers.
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Exploring Electric Vehicle Driver Activities and Expenditure While using DC Fast Chargers
Exploring Electric Vehicle Driver Activities and Expenditure While using DC Fast Chargers
Study investigates electric vehicle driver activities and expenditure while using DC fast chargers. Most drivers participate in activities other than charging and almost half make purchases in establishments around chargers.
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Modeling Residential Vehicle Miles Traveled at Block Group Level in California
Modeling Residential Vehicle Miles Traveled at Block Group Level in California
A statewide California block-group model finds that higher density, better transit, and street connectivity consistently reduce residential VMT, with regional variation suggesting locally tailored land use and transit investment strategies.
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Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - Millions of Trips, “Waymo” Empty Miles: California’s First Thousand Days of Commercial Robotaxi Service link.theoverheadwire.com/x8dua Transport Findings @findingspress.org
Millions of Trips, "Waymo" Empty Miles: California's First Thousand Days of Commercial Robotaxi Service | Published in Findings
By Awad Abdelhalim. Of over 14 million robotaxi trips in California only 54% of vehicle miles carry a passenger.
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New research examines Waymo's California robotaxi trips btw Aug 2023 and Dec 2025. Conclusion: 46% of miles driven involved no one inside the car. That's 40 million miles of deadheading, with Waymo vehicles using road space w/o transporting a human. doi.org/10.32866/001...
The ‘b’s’ Knees: Logistic Stage-Transition Rules as Percentile Conventions on a Standardised Time Scale
The ‘b’s’ Knees: Logistic Stage-Transition Rules as Percentile Conventions on a Standardised Time Scale
Logistic stage boundaries often look theory-driven but are usually conventions. This note shows that common symmetric rules reduce to fixed percentile windows on a standardised time scale.
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The ‘b’s’ Knees: Logistic Stage-Transition Rules as Percentile Conventions on a Standardised Time Scale
The ‘b’s’ Knees: Logistic Stage-Transition Rules as Percentile Conventions on a Standardised Time Scale
Logistic stage boundaries often look theory-driven but are usually conventions. This note shows that common symmetric rules reduce to fixed percentile windows on a standardised time scale.
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Carbon Emissions and Remote Work at a Large University System
Carbon Emissions and Remote Work at a Large University System
Students, faculty, and staff at a large university were surveyed to estimate total carbon emissions from commuters, mode split, and the impact of changing remote work policies.
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Millions of Trips, "Waymo" Empty Miles: California's First Thousand Days of Commercial Robotaxi Service
Millions of Trips, "Waymo" Empty Miles: California's First Thousand Days of Commercial Robotaxi Service
Of over 14 million robotaxi trips in California only 54% of vehicle miles carry a passenger.
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Who Rides and Who Drives? Lifecycle Patterns of Vehicle Passenger Travel in Greater Melbourne
Who Rides and Who Drives? Lifecycle Patterns of Vehicle Passenger Travel in Greater Melbourne
Passenger travel follows a U-shaped pattern across life, high in childhood, low in adulthood, and rising again later, influenced by gender, household size, car availability, and trip purpose.
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Trends in Twin Cities Travel Behavior, 1970--2023
Trends in Twin Cities Travel Behavior, 1970--2023
Recovered Twin Cities travel survey data from 1970-2023 show days shifted toward home, commutes did not rise monotonically, and post-2019 workplace declines reflect telework and work-location reallocation, not less work.
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