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Dr. Angela Carboni
Politecnico di Torino - Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering

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Journal article
Published: 02 March 2021 in Sustainability
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As sustainability is becoming a common practice in planning transport systems and mobility services, the designation and management of gender issues are of paramount importance. TInnGO is a European Project that has developed a network of 10 national Hubs to build the capacity to generate and apply evidence on gender equality and transport issues at the European level. This paper presents the project activities by introducing a relevant framework and exploring user mobility experiences based on gender to identify diversified needs and requirements. This process relies on the combination of a review of current gender-oriented experiences and practices in mobility with focus group activities conducted in four different EU cities. The insights obtained from these activities supported the design of a survey to collect information on socioeconomic, personal, and operational aspects to serve a gender-oriented transport analysis for all the Hubs. These preliminary analyses identified the main issues related to the female mobility experience, namely safety, security, accessibility, and transport reliability. Future research on the data collected through the survey would help operators in successfully improving their mobility offer to women.

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Miriam Pirra; Sofia Kalakou; Angela Carboni; Mariana Costa; Marco Diana; Ana Lynce. A Preliminary Analysis on Gender Aspects in Transport Systems and Mobility Services: Presentation of a Survey Design. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2676 .

AMA Style

Miriam Pirra, Sofia Kalakou, Angela Carboni, Mariana Costa, Marco Diana, Ana Lynce. A Preliminary Analysis on Gender Aspects in Transport Systems and Mobility Services: Presentation of a Survey Design. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2676.

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Miriam Pirra; Sofia Kalakou; Angela Carboni; Mariana Costa; Marco Diana; Ana Lynce. 2021. "A Preliminary Analysis on Gender Aspects in Transport Systems and Mobility Services: Presentation of a Survey Design." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2676.

Research article
Published: 01 December 2020 in IET Intelligent Transport Systems
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Monitoring operations at freight intermodal terminals are useful for estimating their performance, while collecting traffic data allows them to properly manage and control truck flows. Nevertheless, the key role of observation can be in contrast with users’ privacy. A valuable solution to obtain traffic information preserving players’ anonymity may be provided by scanning radio signals emitted by commonly used on-board devices, which can be locally identified by their unique media access control address. In this solution, no personal, freight or vehicle information is collected. An uncommon application of bluetooth scanners for monitoring operation of truck flows inside terminals is presented, based on a simple methodology for data processing. The algorithm starts from the data collection and the selection of information at relevant points of the terminal, then the network observation is composed by matching the data recorded in connected points. Finally, key performance indicators are estimated, starting from vehicle trajectories, node by node, and their travel time. The method is applied with on-field tests in a large-size rail–road terminal, where the detected counting results are lower than the ground truth, being not all the users equipped with bluetooth devices; however, the pioneering application results replicable in other contexts related to logistics.

ACS Style

Angela Carboni; Francesco Deflorio; Bruno Dalla Chiara. Monitoring truck's operations at freight intermodal terminals: traffic observation by scanning on‐board devices. IET Intelligent Transport Systems 2020, 14, 1638 -1646.

AMA Style

Angela Carboni, Francesco Deflorio, Bruno Dalla Chiara. Monitoring truck's operations at freight intermodal terminals: traffic observation by scanning on‐board devices. IET Intelligent Transport Systems. 2020; 14 (12):1638-1646.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Angela Carboni; Francesco Deflorio; Bruno Dalla Chiara. 2020. "Monitoring truck's operations at freight intermodal terminals: traffic observation by scanning on‐board devices." IET Intelligent Transport Systems 14, no. 12: 1638-1646.

Conference paper
Published: 10 July 2020 in Communications in Computer and Information Science
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Mobility studies have shown that travel patterns and means use vary a lot comparing women and men behavior. In recent years, new solutions have been introduced in the urban mobility offer and the interest raised in investigating how they can help in reducing the gender mobility gap. The current work analyzes 2934 responses collected through a car sharing survey proposed in Italy with the precise objective of considering women and men like different kinds of users to delineate characteristics that could influence car sharing modal choice. A hierarchical clustering technique is applied to the dataset collecting a selection of questions, mainly focusing on socioeconomics features, travel patterns and individual habits. The algorithm identifies 8 clusters in the male dataset and 9 clusters in the female one, defined according to characteristics aggregating the survey respondents. Thus, a selection of these groups of respondents is analyzed in more detail according to their percentage of car sharing users, also comparing the results among male and female datasets. Many common attributes are found in clusters irrespective of the gender, showing how the interest (and its lack) toward this service affects women and men similarly. At the same time, this analysis helps in identifying the features characterizing the users to investigate how this new mobility offer can help in reducing the gender mobility gap.

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Andrea Chicco; Miriam Pirra; Angela Carboni. Preliminary Investigation of Women Car Sharing Perceptions Through a Machine Learning Approach. Communications in Computer and Information Science 2020, 622 -630.

AMA Style

Andrea Chicco, Miriam Pirra, Angela Carboni. Preliminary Investigation of Women Car Sharing Perceptions Through a Machine Learning Approach. Communications in Computer and Information Science. 2020; ():622-630.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Andrea Chicco; Miriam Pirra; Angela Carboni. 2020. "Preliminary Investigation of Women Car Sharing Perceptions Through a Machine Learning Approach." Communications in Computer and Information Science , no. : 622-630.

Journal article
Published: 15 May 2020 in Case Studies on Transport Policy
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The maritime containerised transport continues to grow; thus, an efficient seaport inland access becomes crucial for the performance of the entire intermodal transport chain. Dry ports are inland intermodal terminals directly connected to seaports via rail, which operate as trans-shipment hubs and provide services, such as: storage, consolidation, depot and custom clearance. In addition to offering benefits in terms of operational costs and efficiency, dry port concept implementation can produce positive effects also under an environmental point of view, promoting the modal shift from road to rail. This paper presents a simulation-based method to estimate the environmental benefits, in terms of emissions reduction, of a dry port implementation. This method is organized into three parts: (i) traffic demand analysis, (ii) traffic supply model, (iii) assignment and emission model. The methodology is applied to a real-world case study in Northern Italy, where the current scenario is compared to a future scenario in which a new railway connection is established between a seaport (Port of Venice) and an existing intermodal freight hub (Interporto of Padua). According to our findings, in the future scenario emissions of the main pollutants are reduced by 17%. In terms of CO2 this corresponds to about 8000 tons per year.

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Angela Carboni; Federico Orsini. Dry ports and related environmental benefits: a case study in Italy. Case Studies on Transport Policy 2020, 8, 416 -428.

AMA Style

Angela Carboni, Federico Orsini. Dry ports and related environmental benefits: a case study in Italy. Case Studies on Transport Policy. 2020; 8 (2):416-428.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Angela Carboni; Federico Orsini. 2020. "Dry ports and related environmental benefits: a case study in Italy." Case Studies on Transport Policy 8, no. 2: 416-428.

Journal article
Published: 26 April 2020 in Education Sciences
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Serious gaps are found when evaluating the recognition and inclusion of gender aspects in transport strategies, research and innovation. Similar issues can be spotted in the transport labor market, where only 22% of workers are women at the European level. The roots of these limitations are in the low participation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) studies and, therefore, in the traditionally male-dominated transport field occupations. Stemming from the European project TInnGO, the current paper proposes a descriptive analysis to evaluate the gender gaps in educational provision and research in ten European countries. Specific indicators, such as percentages in the gender composition or the presence of university courses dealing with mobility and transport, have been defined and their availability in different countries is verified. In addition, a desktop review of practices for encouraging and supporting women in STEM studies is operated, underling characteristics such as the kind of initiative, the methods and tools used, the target group or the type of promoter. The results of this activity show that a wide network of associations and mentoring operates in various European nations, mostly targeting secondary school students, trying to make females aware of their potentialities in a deeply gender-biased field like the STEM one.

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Miriam Pirra; Angela Carboni; Marco Diana. Assessing Gender Gaps in Educational Provision, Research and Employment Opportunities in the Transport Sector at the European Level. Education Sciences 2020, 10, 123 .

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Miriam Pirra, Angela Carboni, Marco Diana. Assessing Gender Gaps in Educational Provision, Research and Employment Opportunities in the Transport Sector at the European Level. Education Sciences. 2020; 10 (5):123.

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Miriam Pirra; Angela Carboni; Marco Diana. 2020. "Assessing Gender Gaps in Educational Provision, Research and Employment Opportunities in the Transport Sector at the European Level." Education Sciences 10, no. 5: 123.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2018 in European Transport Research Review
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Road haulage has been the most widely used mode of freight transport in many European countries for several decades. Given the attention to sustainable transport in this century, the rail-road combined transport may result to be a good alternative, under specific conditions, to road haulage. This paper analyses the main conditions to make the option competitive, using a simplified method useful for the stakeholders involved in decision processes. Relevant cost items have been identified since previous studies available in literature. The proposed formulas consider the different phases of transport chain and have been used to investigate such parameters as the external costs and the location of terminals. If the pre- and post-phases are too long or simply too onerous, the economic advantages of the rail section may not be sufficient to guarantee the convenience of the combined transport. It can be economically competitive over long distances, even when the drayage covers greater distances. The method has been used to examine those situations, in terms of distance covered and frequency of the service, in which rail-road combined transport can be cost-effective as an alternative to the full-road solution. The obtained range can be reviewed based on the services, such as shuttle trains to connect seaports with dry ports: the short distance covered may be more convenient due to the high quantities of goods as well as the fixed train composition and path allocation, which means lower terminal cost and times. Finally, some innovative proposals have been introduced.

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Angela Carboni; Bruno Dalla Chiara. Range of technical-economic competitiveness of rail-road combined transport. European Transport Research Review 2018, 10, 45 .

AMA Style

Angela Carboni, Bruno Dalla Chiara. Range of technical-economic competitiveness of rail-road combined transport. European Transport Research Review. 2018; 10 (2):45.

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Angela Carboni; Bruno Dalla Chiara. 2018. "Range of technical-economic competitiveness of rail-road combined transport." European Transport Research Review 10, no. 2: 45.

Journal article
Published: 02 March 2018 in IET Intelligent Transport Systems
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The inland terminals play an important role in the intermodal freight transport network to transfer loading units and achieve seamless cross-modal processes. Their efficiency contributes to competiveness of intermodal transport which shifts medium distance freight journeys from road to other modes as required by European Policies. Based on the scientific literature, a set of selected performance indicators for inland terminals is identified and classified, considering the terminal subprocess and the actors involved. Also, the main relations between the key performance indicators identified and the possible solutions for automatic identification to detect vehicles and units during the gate operations are analysed. These applications are useful for two main reasons: they contribute to terminal performance improvement, affecting the indicator value, and also may enable the computation of the indicators itself. The aim of the study is to provide a method to measure a particular indicator even in different procedures for check-in. To compare solutions in homogeneous conditions, with a consistent calculation of the indicator, the scenarios are analysed and modelled with a standard system architectures representation. The approach allows stakeholders a standard and simple analysis to effective compare different possible scenarios, in which alternative detection solutions may be implemented.

ACS Style

Angela Carboni; Francesco Deflorio. Performance indicators and automatic identification systems in inland freight terminals for intermodal transport. IET Intelligent Transport Systems 2018, 12, 309 -318.

AMA Style

Angela Carboni, Francesco Deflorio. Performance indicators and automatic identification systems in inland freight terminals for intermodal transport. IET Intelligent Transport Systems. 2018; 12 (4):309-318.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Angela Carboni; Francesco Deflorio. 2018. "Performance indicators and automatic identification systems in inland freight terminals for intermodal transport." IET Intelligent Transport Systems 12, no. 4: 309-318.