Zusammenfassung Seitens der verschiedensten Wissenschaftsdisziplinen wird sich mit der Verkehrsmittelwahl auseinandergesetzt. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden ausgewählte Determinanten der Verkehrsmittelwahl im Tourismus analysiert. Dies wird erstmals anhand von repräsentativen Daten für den...

Purpose Concentration is the key to safer driving. Ideally, drivers should focus mainly on front views and side mirrors. Typical distractions are eating, drinking, cell phone use, using and searching things in car as well as looking at something outside the car. In this paper, distracted driving...

Concerns a study by Manchester City Transport (MCT) which attempts to break away from conventional methodology involving merely traffic engineering and cost of reduction schemes. Indicates that even for an area predominantly populated by business executives, a significant demand can exist for...

Commercial self‐interest and patriotism came together in various parts of the American business scene during the Second World War. The history of the pressures on advertisers from Government and from the physical shortages which warfare entailed had a sharp focus in the history of public...

This paper presents a formal model of a decision making system for public transport routes. The approach focuses on (1) environmental and societal sustainability aspects of green software engineering, (2) spatial planning and optimisation for smarter sustainable cities, and (3) user satisfaction...

Managing population mobility is a key to urban growth and sustainable development. This study uses administrative and business data from a number of trustworthy and publicly-available websites for public transport to access passenger flows in a real-time manner. A case study is used to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe an award‐winning course on mental resilience, developed by digital‐learning and communication specialist Saffron Interactive, for Transport for London. Design/methodology/approach – Explains the reasons for the training, the form it...

Optimal crew allocation and scheduling is an important issue in the management of a large fleet of taxis. Presents a modelling study of a taxi service operation in a Singapore public transport company, with the results adaptable for other similar operations. Proposes two quantitative techniques:...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore customer interactions with servicescapes and to explain in more depth the internal mechanisms that form the customer service experience. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on an empirical study of customers using Swedish public...

Service industries, such as public bus transport, are time‐bound, which makes it impossible to inventory their service output. The potential revenue from an empty seat on a bus is lost for good once the service run is complete. Conversely, when demand for a seat on a service run exceeds...