Results 1 to 10 of about 252,245 (155)
New walking and cycling infrastructure and modal shift in the UK: A quasi-experimental panel study. [PDF]
Transp Res Part A Policy Pract, 2017 Heavy dependency on car use leads to traffic congestion, pollution, and physical inactivity, which impose high direct and indirect costs on society. Promoting walking and cycling has been recognised as one of the means of mitigating such negative effects.
Song Y +3 more
europepmc +3 more sources
Transport Problems, 2023 In this paper, we investigate the conditions that must be met for modal shift (i.e., the transfer of freight transport from road to rail). In addition to describing the competitiveness conditions, the paper makes technical and organizational proposals ...
Laszlo VIDA, Béla ILLÉS, Antal VÉHA
doaj +1 more source
Modal shift to inland waterway transport
European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 2021 Modal shift from road to water is a strategy prioritised by both the European Union and many of its member states. However, inland waterways remain underutilised in most member states, and even the small number of countries in which inland waterway ...
Vendela Santén +3 more
doaj +1 more source
PLoS ONE, 2023 Background Previous research showed differences in the exposure to risk from using different modes of transport and that modal choice can significantly impact road safety outcomes.
Mohammad Nabil Ibrahim +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Modal shift behavior of car users to light rail transit, some evidence from the field
Transactions on Transport Sciences, 2023 Growing population and car dependency in developing countries have led to congestion that adversely affects the environment, travel time, trip cost, accidents, and public transportation reliability. Through implementation of travel demand management (TDM)
Mohammadhossein Abbasi +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Journal of Shipping and Trade, 2023 Modal shift in freight transport entails moving freight from road to rail, inland waterways, and short sea shipping. In current Dutch and European freight transport policy, modal shift is foreseen to play an important role to mitigate external effects of
Olaf Jonkeren, Klaas Friso, Lourentz Hek
doaj +1 more source
COVID-19 and Modal Shift towards Motorized Two-wheelers in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Findings, 2022 Based on in-depth interviews of 17 key informants in Dhaka, Bangladesh, this paper explores the reasons behind the observed modal shift toward motorized two-wheelers that occurred with the COVID-19 pandemic, along with its implications.
Shaila Jamal +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Assessment of the traffic energy consumption based on a city transportation model [PDF]
Tehnika, 2016 Sustainable use of energy is required to ensure that future generations have the energy sources, which enable them to the minimum quality of life that the current generation has.
Nikolić Ana M., Đorić Vladimir D.
doaj +1 more source
How to make modal shift from road to rail possible in the European transport market, as aspired to in the EU Transport White Paper 2011 [PDF]
, 2016 The total demand for freight transport in Europe has increased significantly in recent decades, but most of it has been handled by road transport. To fulfil the modal shift targets set in the EU White Paper 2011, it will be necessary to double rail’s ...
Islam, Dewan Md Zahurul +2 more
core +3 more sources
Spatial grouping resolves ambiguity to drive temporal recalibration. [PDF]
, 2011 Cross-modal temporal recalibration describes a shift in the point of subjective simultaneity (PSS) between 2 events following repeated exposure to asynchronous cross-modal inputs-the adaptors. Previous research suggested that audiovisual recalibration is
Arnold, D. H., Roseboom, W., Yarrow, K.
core +1 more source