The Corona Virus Disease 2019(COVID-19)has influenced the daily life of urban residents worldwide.In the post COVID-19 period,the proportion of public transport commuting trips decreased,whereas that of car commuting ...The Corona Virus Disease 2019(COVID-19)has influenced the daily life of urban residents worldwide.In the post COVID-19 period,the proportion of public transport commuting trips decreased,whereas that of car commuting trips increased.As a sustainable travel mode,customized bus services have been promoted to ensure the public health security during commuting in this period in many cities in China and other countries.This study focused on the promotion of sustainable travel behavior in the post COVID-19 period from the perspective of customized bus services.A total of 664 respondents from Shanghai,China participated in this study to provide revealed preference(RP)and stated preference(SP)data related to the customized bus services in the post COVID-19 period.The mode choice model was established based on the hypothetical scenarios to estimate the commuters’intention to shift to the customized bus services,determine the mode preference of different groups,and suggest potential policies.The results showed that the preference for customized buses decreased with the increasing fare for one journey,the travel time,and the availability of a one-way ticket,and middle-class commuters had a higher preference for commuting by customized bus.The measures for the short and long term in the post COVID-19 period were proposed.The results of this study can help governments adopt policies to promote customized bus services not only in the post COVID-19 period but also during regular daily life.展开更多
This work attempts to understand how a customized bus(CB)operator decides to open or close a CB line.We look into the changes in the operation status of CB lines(i.e.reopening and closure)from one of the largest CB op...This work attempts to understand how a customized bus(CB)operator decides to open or close a CB line.We look into the changes in the operation status of CB lines(i.e.reopening and closure)from one of the largest CB operators in Shanghai,China,with a 22-month con secutive observation ranging from January 2019 to October 2020.As all CB services were totally suspended at the beginning of 2020 due to the COVID-19 travel restriction and then gradually recovered in March 2020,we utilize this study period as a naturalistic observa tion experiment to investigate the changes in the operation status of each CB line before and after the travel restriction.Using the operation status at each month as the binary alternatives,the mixed logit models and the tree-based models with explainable machine learning techniques are respectively adopted to explore the factors that influence the decision-making process.The findings from both types of models are in general consistent.The results show that the characteristics of each CB line including the ridership,the length of the line,the closeness to charging stations,and the overlap of CB lines significantly impact the decisions.In addition,the land-use types around the CB stops and the market competition from alternative travel modes also play a key role in making the decisions.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFB1601100).
文摘The Corona Virus Disease 2019(COVID-19)has influenced the daily life of urban residents worldwide.In the post COVID-19 period,the proportion of public transport commuting trips decreased,whereas that of car commuting trips increased.As a sustainable travel mode,customized bus services have been promoted to ensure the public health security during commuting in this period in many cities in China and other countries.This study focused on the promotion of sustainable travel behavior in the post COVID-19 period from the perspective of customized bus services.A total of 664 respondents from Shanghai,China participated in this study to provide revealed preference(RP)and stated preference(SP)data related to the customized bus services in the post COVID-19 period.The mode choice model was established based on the hypothetical scenarios to estimate the commuters’intention to shift to the customized bus services,determine the mode preference of different groups,and suggest potential policies.The results showed that the preference for customized buses decreased with the increasing fare for one journey,the travel time,and the availability of a one-way ticket,and middle-class commuters had a higher preference for commuting by customized bus.The measures for the short and long term in the post COVID-19 period were proposed.The results of this study can help governments adopt policies to promote customized bus services not only in the post COVID-19 period but also during regular daily life.
基金This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52272321,71901164,52272335)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
文摘This work attempts to understand how a customized bus(CB)operator decides to open or close a CB line.We look into the changes in the operation status of CB lines(i.e.reopening and closure)from one of the largest CB operators in Shanghai,China,with a 22-month con secutive observation ranging from January 2019 to October 2020.As all CB services were totally suspended at the beginning of 2020 due to the COVID-19 travel restriction and then gradually recovered in March 2020,we utilize this study period as a naturalistic observa tion experiment to investigate the changes in the operation status of each CB line before and after the travel restriction.Using the operation status at each month as the binary alternatives,the mixed logit models and the tree-based models with explainable machine learning techniques are respectively adopted to explore the factors that influence the decision-making process.The findings from both types of models are in general consistent.The results show that the characteristics of each CB line including the ridership,the length of the line,the closeness to charging stations,and the overlap of CB lines significantly impact the decisions.In addition,the land-use types around the CB stops and the market competition from alternative travel modes also play a key role in making the decisions.
