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Comparative study on route choice models for cyclists
(2024)Journal of Cycling and Micromobility ResearchThis paper presents a comparison of different route choice models for cyclists. The data includes approx. 3,700 cycling trajectories. The network is derived based on the Open-Street-Map that contains street-level attribute information. We estimate two path-based and one link-based model. We present descriptive statistics, model results, resulting indicators, and compare different validation approaches. The results reveal important differences ...Journal Article -
Explaining the socio-economic output of urban regions with a model combining urban scaling and polycentricity
(2024)Urban Scaling: Allometry in Urban Studies and Spatial ScienceUrban scaling theory and polycentric urban development are two well-known concepts that draw parallels between configurations and socio-economic conditions of urban regions. Both concepts, however, have some drawbacks, which could potentially be alleviated by combining them in a new model. In this study, income in urban regions in Switzerland is explained by combining the hierarchy of a region’s commuter network (i.e. indicator for ...Book Chapter -
Estimating the price elasticity of demand for off-street parking in Hiroshima City, Japan
(2024)Transportation Research Part A: Policy and PracticeExisting evidence suggests that the demand for parking is inelastic. This study investigates the price elasticity of parking demand in the Japanese coin-parking market, which is characterized by near-free-market conditions. A field survey of parking prices and demand in an approximately 8 km2 area in the center of Hiroshima City was conducted. The prices per 10 min were collected from 949 parking lots, and occupancy rates were observed ...Journal Article -
Exploring the influence of social relations and knowledge of the urban environment on leisure travel
(2024)Journal of Transport GeographyMost leisure travel is motivated by interactions within one’s social network, which influence the choice of activities undertaken in the city. In this paper, we employ a structural regression model to distinguish between the direct effect of social relations on leisure travel —measured as venue variety and activity space— and a complementary effect through the knowledge of the urban environment. The model was applied to a survey conducted ...Journal Article -
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How to design publicly acceptable road pricing?
(2024)Ecological EconomicsRoad based motorised transport has many important societal benefits but also results in various negative environmental externalities such as CO2 emissions or noise and local air pollution. Road pricing is widely regarded as an efficient and effective policy instrument for mitigating these externalities. In reality, however, it is politically controversial because it is associated with high opportunity costs and concerns over distributional ...Journal Article -
Schweizer Mobilitätspanel. Vierte Erhebungswelle: Zusatzbefragung ÖV-Präferenzen
(2024)Im Folgenden werden die Ergebnisse einer Befragung zu Präferenzen hinsichtlich der zukünftigen Ausgestaltung des öffentlichen Verkehrs in der Schweiz präsentiert. Die Ergebnisse basieren auf einer ausserordentliche Umfrage des Schweizer Mobiltätspanels (SMP) unter Kundinnen und Kunden der Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen (SBB), welche von November bis Dezember 2022 durchgeführt wurde. Das Schweizer Mobilitätspanel ist eine Panelbefragung zum ...Report -
A link-based approach for measuring walking accessibility
(2024)Transportation Research Part A: Policy and PracticeIn this study, we develop a link-based walking accessibility measure considering the impacts of seven street-level walking attributes, including sidewalk, footbridge, staircase, at-grade crosswalk, tunnel, ramp, and escalators. The link-based recursive logit model is adopted to investigate pedestrians’ walking path choice problem. The calibrated model parameters are used in a link-based approach for measuring walking accessibility. This ...Journal Article -
How do the Swiss spend their time?
(2024)FindingsTime use statistics are widely documented in order to track societal trends. The most reliable and widely used collection method for time use data are diaries in which a person documents all activities participated in for a given period. This study uncovers daily time use patterns across the entire adult population of German-speaking Switzerland with such data. The findings are the first diary-based account of time use for the region and ...Journal Article -
How much should public transport services be expanded, and who should pay?
(2024)Arbeitsberichte Verkehrs- und RaumplanungThe twin challenge of increasing capacity to accommodate growing travel demand while simultaneously decarbonizing the transport sector places enormous pressure on public transport (PT) systems globally. Arguably the most fundamental policy choice and trade-off in designing and operating PT systems in the coming years will be service levels versus cost implications. On the presumption that public (citizen and consumer) opinion is crucial ...Working Paper