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This study addresses students’ perceptions of using urban green spaces (UGSs) after the easing of COVID-19 lockdown in China. We questioned whether they are still mindful of the risks from the outdoor gathering, or conversely, starting to learn the restoration benefits from the green spaces. Online self-reported surveys were distributed to the Chinese students aging from 14 to 30 who study in Hunan and Jiangsu Provinces, China. We finally obtained 608 complete and valid questionnaire forms from all participants. Their intentions of visiting UGSs were investigated based on the extended theory of planned behavior model. Structural equation modeling was employed to test the hypothesized psychological model. The results have shown good estimation performance on risk perception and perceived knowledge to explain the variances in their attitudes, social norms, and perceived behavior control. Among these three endogenous variables, the perceived behavior control owns the greatest and positive influence on the behavioral intention, inferring that controllability is crucial for students to make decisions of visiting green spaces in a post-pandemic context.
Jiayi Liu; Zhikai Peng; Xiaoxi Cai; You Peng; Jiang Li; Tao Feng. Students’ Intention of Visiting Urban Green Spaces after the COVID-19 Lockdown in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 8601 .
AMA StyleJiayi Liu, Zhikai Peng, Xiaoxi Cai, You Peng, Jiang Li, Tao Feng. Students’ Intention of Visiting Urban Green Spaces after the COVID-19 Lockdown in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (16):8601.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiayi Liu; Zhikai Peng; Xiaoxi Cai; You Peng; Jiang Li; Tao Feng. 2021. "Students’ Intention of Visiting Urban Green Spaces after the COVID-19 Lockdown in China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16: 8601.
To increase the understanding of passenger choice of air-rail integrated services (ARIS), the present paper a) analyzes the profile of intermodal passengers by classifying them based on their socioeconomic and travel characteristics and (b) uncovers any heterogeneity in passenger satisfaction with ARIS among different passenger groups. Through collecting 1,345 passenger satisfaction questionnaires about ARIS, surveyed in Shijiazhuang, China, we first apply latent class clustering to classify passengers into three groups. Then, the key factors affecting passenger satisfaction and its subsequent effect on loyalty and complaints are identified using a partial least squares structural equation model. Finally, path heterogeneities in different passenger groups are explored using a multi-group analysis. The results show that the three passenger groups attach similar importance to ticket services, reliability, accessibility and comfort, while some noticeable differences in perception are identified in personalized services, information services, and connectivity.
Yalong Yuan; Min Yang; Tao Feng; Soora Rasouli; Xinpei Ruan; Xinyu Wang; Yu Li. Analyzing heterogeneity in passenger satisfaction, loyalty, and complaints with air-rail integrated services. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 2021, 97, 102950 .
AMA StyleYalong Yuan, Min Yang, Tao Feng, Soora Rasouli, Xinpei Ruan, Xinyu Wang, Yu Li. Analyzing heterogeneity in passenger satisfaction, loyalty, and complaints with air-rail integrated services. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 2021; 97 ():102950.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYalong Yuan; Min Yang; Tao Feng; Soora Rasouli; Xinpei Ruan; Xinyu Wang; Yu Li. 2021. "Analyzing heterogeneity in passenger satisfaction, loyalty, and complaints with air-rail integrated services." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 97, no. : 102950.
Life course events can change household travel demand dramatically. Recent studies of car ownership have examined the impacts of life course events on the purchasing, replacing, and disposing of cars. However, with the increasing diversification of mobility tools, changing the fleet size is not the only option to adapt to the change caused by life course events. People have various options with the development of sustainable mobility tools including electric car, electric bike, and car sharing. In order to determine the impacts of life course events on car ownership and the decision of mobility tool type, a stated choice experiment was conducted. The experiment also investigated how the attributes of mobility tools related to the acceptance of them. Based on existing literature, we identified the attributes of mobility tools and several life course events which are considered to be influential in car ownership decision and new types of mobility tools choice. The error component random parameter logit model was estimated. The heterogeneity across people on current car and specific mobility tools are considered. The results indicate people incline not to sell their current car when they choose an electric bike or shared car. Regarding the life course events, baby birth increases the probability to purchase an additional car, while it decreases the probability to purchase an electric bike or joining a car sharing scheme. Moreover, the estimation of error components implies that there is unobserved heterogeneity across respondents on the sustainable mobility tools choice and the decision on household’s current car.
Gaofeng Gu; Tao Feng; Chixing Zhong; Xiaoxi Cai; Jiang Li. The Effects of Life Course Events on Car Ownership and Sustainable Mobility Tools Adoption Decisions: Results of an Error Component Random Parameter Logit Model. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6816 .
AMA StyleGaofeng Gu, Tao Feng, Chixing Zhong, Xiaoxi Cai, Jiang Li. The Effects of Life Course Events on Car Ownership and Sustainable Mobility Tools Adoption Decisions: Results of an Error Component Random Parameter Logit Model. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (12):6816.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGaofeng Gu; Tao Feng; Chixing Zhong; Xiaoxi Cai; Jiang Li. 2021. "The Effects of Life Course Events on Car Ownership and Sustainable Mobility Tools Adoption Decisions: Results of an Error Component Random Parameter Logit Model." Sustainability 13, no. 12: 6816.
The assessment of outdoor comfort can provide valuable insights into the quality of urban public spaces. Rational indices based on the heat-balance model have been extensively used for assessing thermal comfort in various outdoor environments for a long time. However, a growing body of literature is arguing the theoretical limitations of rational indices, including the lack of contextual considerations and the non-consideration of the active role of human being. Furthermore, the well-documented inconsistency in previous investigations suggests individuals' heterogeneous thermal expectations, preferences and adaptations typically depend on person-related and place-related contexts. Nevertheless, the study of heterogeneity in comfort assessment remains fragmentary. In an attempt to incorporate heterogeneity into a comprehensive conceptual framework of outdoor comfort, this study develops a latent class path model based on empirical data of 701 respondents from Eindhoven, the Netherlands. We identified two latent classes associated with different causal structures underlying the assessment of outdoor comfort. Meanwhile, the membership of latent classes is identified based on respondents' socio-demographic and behavioral covariates. The results show that, with respect to the influence on comfort assessment, the exogenous and endogenous variables are varying in effectiveness and strength between the two latent classes. Latent class 1 assesses the outdoor comfort mainly based on thermal sensation and expectations of thermal and wind conditions, whereas latent class 2 comprehensively considered both thermal and non-thermal influences, especially, the psychological acceptability and need satisfaction of outdoor activity. Our findings suggest that, in addition to the expanded framework of outdoor comfort study, understanding the heterogeneity in respondents' comfort perception is needed to comprehensively address the approaches to archive the comfortable urban public spaces in design, planning and management practices.
You Peng; Tao Feng; Harry J.P. Timmermans. Heterogeneity in outdoor comfort assessment in urban public spaces. Science of The Total Environment 2021, 790, 147941 .
AMA StyleYou Peng, Tao Feng, Harry J.P. Timmermans. Heterogeneity in outdoor comfort assessment in urban public spaces. Science of The Total Environment. 2021; 790 ():147941.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYou Peng; Tao Feng; Harry J.P. Timmermans. 2021. "Heterogeneity in outdoor comfort assessment in urban public spaces." Science of The Total Environment 790, no. : 147941.
Passenger ground access behaviour greatly impacts the promotion and development of air-rail integrated service (ARIS). However, little is known about people’s actual choice behaviours with combined ARIS alternatives. To further understand the decision mechanisms of air-rail passengers, this paper specifically analyses the ground access behaviour of ARIS passengers and identifies key influential factors at the fostering stage when the air and rail services are not integrated. We first introduce the development of ARIS in China, including types of air-rail network synchronization, their development stages and the structure of the total ground access time. Using revealed preference panel data from ARIS passengers at Dalian Airport, a mixed multinomial logit model with unbalanced panel data was estimated while considering group characteristics and the random distribution of the total local dwelling time. It is found that passengers tend to make choices about ARIS alternatives from the perspective of ground access time and not from a perspective of high-speed scheduling. Passengers generally prefer to maintain a longer safety margin time when choosing ARIS alternatives.
Yonglei Jiang; Shunan Yu; Wei Guan; Shengguo Gao; Tao Feng. Ground access behaviour of air-rail passengers: A case study of Dalian ARIS. Travel Behaviour and Society 2021, 24, 152 -163.
AMA StyleYonglei Jiang, Shunan Yu, Wei Guan, Shengguo Gao, Tao Feng. Ground access behaviour of air-rail passengers: A case study of Dalian ARIS. Travel Behaviour and Society. 2021; 24 ():152-163.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYonglei Jiang; Shunan Yu; Wei Guan; Shengguo Gao; Tao Feng. 2021. "Ground access behaviour of air-rail passengers: A case study of Dalian ARIS." Travel Behaviour and Society 24, no. : 152-163.
Air-rail integration services (ARIS) are a promising solution for intermodal travel, but they also offer challenges such as trip complexity and uncertainty that may negatively impact passenger satisfaction. This paper addresses the quality evaluation of ARIS with a twofold purpose, specifically, (1) to explore the causal relationships between the psychological and behavioral variables of passengers and (2) to identify different passenger groups for precise service improvements. The relationships among passenger expectations, perceived quality, perceived value, satisfaction, complaints and loyalty are hypothesized and analyzed by using a passenger satisfaction index (PSI) model based on a representative sample of 1,345 intermodal passengers at Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (SJW). Next, a finite mixture partial least squares (FIMIX-PLS) technique is applied to explore the heterogeneity. The results suggest that perceived quality, perceived value and passenger expectations have a positive effect on passenger satisfaction, which, in turn, influences passenger loyalty and complaints. Moreover, three passenger segments are found, namely, “perceived value and expectation-oriented passengers”, “perceived quality-oriented passengers”, and “satisfied loyal-conscious passengers”. Interestingly, an overall similarity in the perceived quality among the three passenger segments is observed with the importance-performance map analysis (IPMA) method. Nevertheless, some noticeable differences in the psychological-behavioral relationships of the three passenger segments are identified. Finally, managerial implications are discussed.
Yalong Yuan; Min Yang; Tao Feng; Soora Rasouli; Dawei Li; Xinpei Ruan. Heterogeneity in passenger satisfaction with air-rail integration services: Results of a finite mixture partial least squares model. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 2021, 147, 133 -158.
AMA StyleYalong Yuan, Min Yang, Tao Feng, Soora Rasouli, Dawei Li, Xinpei Ruan. Heterogeneity in passenger satisfaction with air-rail integration services: Results of a finite mixture partial least squares model. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 2021; 147 ():133-158.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYalong Yuan; Min Yang; Tao Feng; Soora Rasouli; Dawei Li; Xinpei Ruan. 2021. "Heterogeneity in passenger satisfaction with air-rail integration services: Results of a finite mixture partial least squares model." Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 147, no. : 133-158.
The growing worldwide awareness of the significant benefits of bicycling as an urban transport mode has aroused great interest in exploring the role that bikeways play in promoting utilitarian bicycling. However, few studies assess the contribution of citywide bikeway provision with the inclusion of all facility types and differentiation of facility utilities. This study provides new evidence by evaluating the collective effects of bikeway kilometers per square kilometer, bikeway kilometers per 10,000 population, and low-stress bikeway proportion on the bicycle-commuting share in 28 US cities between 2005 and 2017. Using linear panel regression models, we found that the expansion of citywide bikeway infrastructure positively influences the share of commute trips by bicycle. The results also indicated that the proportion of low-stress bikeways has a stronger impact on the bicycling-to-work share than bikeway kilometers per 10,000 population, while the impact of bikeway kilometers per square kilometer ranks last. These findings may aid policy makers and planners in formulating sound city-level bikeway policies favoring sustainable urban transportation scenarios.
Qiyao Yang; Jun Cai; Tao Feng; Zhengying Liu; Harry Timmermans. Bikeway Provision and Bicycle Commuting: City-Level Empirical Findings from the US. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3113 .
AMA StyleQiyao Yang, Jun Cai, Tao Feng, Zhengying Liu, Harry Timmermans. Bikeway Provision and Bicycle Commuting: City-Level Empirical Findings from the US. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (6):3113.
Chicago/Turabian StyleQiyao Yang; Jun Cai; Tao Feng; Zhengying Liu; Harry Timmermans. 2021. "Bikeway Provision and Bicycle Commuting: City-Level Empirical Findings from the US." Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3113.
The research of comfort in urban public spaces has become increasingly important for improving environmental quality and encouraging people spend more time in outdoor activities. Among numerous approaches to understand comfort perception, the rational indices based on heat balance theory have prevailed to guide the research and practice in urban planning, design, and management. The limitations of a solely rational index-based approach reveal the necessity for a more comprehensive understanding of comfort by considering a wider range of influential factors from both individual and environmental perspectives during the assessing process. This study conceptualizes individuals’ comfort in urban public spaces as a latent construct, which is measured by indicators regarding perceptions on multifarious meteorological variables. The conceptual framework has been introduced involving hypothetical relationships among individuals’ comfort, attitudes, and environmental perceptions in urban public spaces. A series of field work including microclimate measurements and questionnaire-based surveys were carried out in two public squares in Changsha, China. Based on the dataset derived from 372 questionnaires and related meteorological measurements, this paper examines the relationships between the physical microclimatic variables, individuals’ socio-demographical characteristics and environmental attitudes and perceptions, and outdoor comfort assessment. The estimation results of the structural equation model quantitatively verified the conceptual framework at large, as many hypothetical relationships are identified, which indicates the importance of individuals’ role and the psychological factors in modeling comfort perception. This approach improves the understanding of comfort assessment, contributes to improving the quality of urban environment and the practices of urban planning and management.
You Peng; Zhikai Peng; Tao Feng; Chixing Zhong; Wei Wang. Assessing Comfort in Urban Public Spaces: A Structural Equation Model Involving Environmental Attitude and Perception. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 1287 .
AMA StyleYou Peng, Zhikai Peng, Tao Feng, Chixing Zhong, Wei Wang. Assessing Comfort in Urban Public Spaces: A Structural Equation Model Involving Environmental Attitude and Perception. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (3):1287.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYou Peng; Zhikai Peng; Tao Feng; Chixing Zhong; Wei Wang. 2021. "Assessing Comfort in Urban Public Spaces: A Structural Equation Model Involving Environmental Attitude and Perception." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 3: 1287.
Since COVID-19 spread rapidly worldwide, many countries have experienced significant growth in the number of confirmed cases and deaths. Earlier studies have examined various factors that may contribute to the contagion rate of COVID-19, such as air pollution, smoking, humidity, and temperature. As there is a lack of studies at the neighborhood-level detailing the spatial settings of built environment attributes, this study explored the variations in the size of the COVID-19 confirmed case clusters across the urban district Huangzhou in the city of Huanggang. Clusters of infectious cases in the initial outbreak of COVID-19 were identified geographically through GIS methods. The hypothetic relationships between built environment attributes and clusters of COVID-19 cases have been investigated with the structural equation model. The results show the statistically significant direct and indirect influences of commercial vitality and transportation infrastructure on the number of confirmed cases in an infectious cluster. The clues ch inducing a high risk of contagions have been evidenced and provided for the decision-making practice responding to the initial stage of possible severe epidemics, indicating that the local public health authorities should implement sufficient measures and adopt effective interventions in the areas and places with a high probability of crowded residents.
Bo Li; You Peng; He He; Mingshu Wang; Tao Feng. Built environment and early infection of COVID-19 in urban districts: A case study of Huangzhou. Sustainable Cities and Society 2020, 66, 102685 -102685.
AMA StyleBo Li, You Peng, He He, Mingshu Wang, Tao Feng. Built environment and early infection of COVID-19 in urban districts: A case study of Huangzhou. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2020; 66 ():102685-102685.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBo Li; You Peng; He He; Mingshu Wang; Tao Feng. 2020. "Built environment and early infection of COVID-19 in urban districts: A case study of Huangzhou." Sustainable Cities and Society 66, no. : 102685-102685.
Large-scale cultural events bring many economic, social, and cultural benefits to the hosting cities. Although event producers aim to satisfy the visitors’ needs, they do not usually receive feedback on visitors’ experiences. Moreover, lack of spatial dispersal of visitors might result in less visibility for some activities and locations. An understanding of visitors’ spatial and temporal behavior and the factors influencing visitors’ intra-event destination choices is key to efficient and successful event management and future planning. In this article, we examine the relationship between visitors’ spatial and temporal behavior, the spatial structure of the host city, and visitor characteristics. In order to do this, data are collected from 281 event visitors by means of GPS tracking and paper surveys at the Dutch Design Week (DDW) 2017 event in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Data are used to understand the area of interest locations, visitor flows, visitor clusters and area of interest choices by applying data processing, network analysis, cluster analysis and bivariate analysis. The results show that one of the three dedicated event areas was considerably less popular by the DDW visitors. Moreover, the choice of intra-event destination locations and areas depended mainly on temporal constraints of the visitors. The findings of this study can inform future event planning and management policies in hosting cities.
Gamze Dane; Aloys Borgers; Deniz Ikiz Kaya; Tao Feng. Visitor Flows at a Large-Scale Cultural Event: GPS Tracking at Dutch Design Week. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2020, 9, 661 .
AMA StyleGamze Dane, Aloys Borgers, Deniz Ikiz Kaya, Tao Feng. Visitor Flows at a Large-Scale Cultural Event: GPS Tracking at Dutch Design Week. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2020; 9 (11):661.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGamze Dane; Aloys Borgers; Deniz Ikiz Kaya; Tao Feng. 2020. "Visitor Flows at a Large-Scale Cultural Event: GPS Tracking at Dutch Design Week." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 9, no. 11: 661.
Public participation has attracted considerable interest in urban planning theory and practice. A large body of growing literature has attempted to figure out the importance of public participation in urban planning and management. However, there are very few theory-driven empirical studies in the participation literature that examine citizen's motivation and intention to participate in urban planning processes. The aim of this paper therefore is to fill this gap in the literature by investigating the relationship between motivation and the intention of public participation in the field of urban planning and management. On the basis of a survey conducted in Wuhan, China, a structural equation model is developed and estimated to identify the causal relationships between four motivational factors and three intentions to participate in urban planning. We find positive impacts of “Civil Society” “Personal Interest” “Social Influence” and a negative impact of “Constraints” on the intention to participate in urban planning. The conclusions of this study provide valuable insights for exploring the intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting citizens' participation intentions in urban planning activities.
Wenshu Li; Tao Feng; Harry J.P. Timmermans; Zhigang Li; Ming Zhang; Bowen Li. Analysis of citizens' motivation and participation intention in urban planning. Cities 2020, 106, 102921 .
AMA StyleWenshu Li, Tao Feng, Harry J.P. Timmermans, Zhigang Li, Ming Zhang, Bowen Li. Analysis of citizens' motivation and participation intention in urban planning. Cities. 2020; 106 ():102921.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWenshu Li; Tao Feng; Harry J.P. Timmermans; Zhigang Li; Ming Zhang; Bowen Li. 2020. "Analysis of citizens' motivation and participation intention in urban planning." Cities 106, no. : 102921.
Shared parking allows the effective use of undersupplied parking spaces and contributes to the alleviation of urban parking problems, traffic congestion, environmental pollution, and other negative externalities of traffic. However, little is known about the acceptance of shared parking by consumers of a different socio-demographic profile. To understand the feasibility and potential success of shared parking, this paper develops a stated choice experiment with three choice options: fixed mode shared parking, flexible mode shared parking and not interested, to investigate parking space owners’ propensity to engage in shared parking under varying conditions. Because the demand for shared parking is uncertain, the revenues owners may generate are uncertain. As one of the most popular theories of decision making under uncertainty, the cumulative prospect theory is incorporated into a multinomial logit model to capture the decision problem in which some variables are uncertain and others are not. The revenue that owners expect shared parking can bring is used as the reference point to differentiate between gains and losses. Gains refer to outcomes that exceed the reference point, while losses refer to outcomes that fall short. To examine unobserved heterogeneity, a random parameter version of the model is specified to estimate the distribution of decision weights across the sample. Results show that socio-demographic characteristics, context variables, revenues and psychological concerns are all important factors in explaining parking space owners’ propensity to engage in platform-based shared parking schemes. Incorporating unobserved heterogeneous improves the overall goodness-of-fit of the model. Understanding parking space owners’ propensity to share their parking spaces in relation to their psychological concerns and uncertain conditions is critical to improve shared parking policies. The results of this paper may help designers and planners in the delivery of shared parking services and promote the success and future growth of the shared parking industry.
Qianqian Yan; Tao Feng; Harry Timmermans. Investigating private parking space owners’ propensity to engage in shared parking schemes under conditions of uncertainty using a hybrid random-parameter logit-cumulative prospect theoretic model. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 2020, 120, 102776 .
AMA StyleQianqian Yan, Tao Feng, Harry Timmermans. Investigating private parking space owners’ propensity to engage in shared parking schemes under conditions of uncertainty using a hybrid random-parameter logit-cumulative prospect theoretic model. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 2020; 120 ():102776.
Chicago/Turabian StyleQianqian Yan; Tao Feng; Harry Timmermans. 2020. "Investigating private parking space owners’ propensity to engage in shared parking schemes under conditions of uncertainty using a hybrid random-parameter logit-cumulative prospect theoretic model." Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 120, no. : 102776.
Wetland in the urban or peri-urban areas has been recognized as an important component of urban ecosystems and provides ecological and environmental services. Wetland park emerged as a kind of restoration of natural wetlands in the context of increasing pressure on land and eco-environment caused by urban sprawl, which has played an essential role in providing recreational spaces/opportunities and improving social interactions. However, little research has been conducted on the theoretical formulation elaborating individuals’ perceived quality of wetland parks when people are engaging in activities therein. This study is an attempt to develop a method to measure the quality of wetland parks based on individuals’ various perceptions and attitudes. From the view of human-nature interaction, the perceived quality is hypothetically conceptualized as a composite of two dimensions, such as comfort perception and environmental satisfaction. A series of questionnaire-based surveys were conducted among respondents (N = 936) in Yanghu wetland park in Changsha, China. Based on the measured items from on-site surveys, second-order factor structural equation modeling is applied to estimate the hypothesis of a hierarchical structure for elaborating how the quality of wetland park is perceived by individual respondents. The results test the hypothesis that the quality of wetland park as a second-order theoretical construct can be conceptualized by two first-order theoretical constructs, individuals’ comfort (loading = 0.749), and environmental satisfaction (loading = 0.828). In addition, a significant influence of attitudes toward green space on the perceived quality of wetland park has been identified.
Jiang Li; Qiao Pan; You Peng; Tao Feng; Shaobo Liu; Xiaoxi Cai; Chixing Zhong; Yicheng Yin; Wenbo Lai. Perceived Quality of Urban Wetland Parks: A Second-Order Factor Structure Equation Modeling. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7204 .
AMA StyleJiang Li, Qiao Pan, You Peng, Tao Feng, Shaobo Liu, Xiaoxi Cai, Chixing Zhong, Yicheng Yin, Wenbo Lai. Perceived Quality of Urban Wetland Parks: A Second-Order Factor Structure Equation Modeling. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (17):7204.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiang Li; Qiao Pan; You Peng; Tao Feng; Shaobo Liu; Xiaoxi Cai; Chixing Zhong; Yicheng Yin; Wenbo Lai. 2020. "Perceived Quality of Urban Wetland Parks: A Second-Order Factor Structure Equation Modeling." Sustainability 12, no. 17: 7204.
This paper examines the determinants of young commuters’ frequency of using public bikes as a feeder mode to/from metro. Using three-week metro- and public bike- smart card data from Nanjing, 1,154 metro-bikeshare commuters aged 18–35 were extracted. As possible factors influencing the use of the combined mode, individual and household socio-demographics, travel-related attributes and built environment characteristics were extracted from multi-source data. A negative binomial regression model was used to examine the effects of these factors on usage frequency. We found that young commuters are the biggest group using metro-bikeshare system. They use public bikes frequently to transfer to/from metro when the cycling time is less than 10 min and the transfer happens during the morning peak. Built environment characteristics also influence usage frequencies, with high-density bike facilities being related to higher cycling rates in inner areas, and residential /employment locations related to lower rates of cycling in the core areas. This suggests that different measures and policies designed to encourage the integrated use of metro-bikeshare should be put forward for different regions.
Yang Liu; Yanjie Ji; Tao Feng; Harry Timmermans. Understanding the determinants of young commuters’ metro-bikeshare usage frequency using big data. Travel Behaviour and Society 2020, 21, 121 -130.
AMA StyleYang Liu, Yanjie Ji, Tao Feng, Harry Timmermans. Understanding the determinants of young commuters’ metro-bikeshare usage frequency using big data. Travel Behaviour and Society. 2020; 21 ():121-130.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang Liu; Yanjie Ji; Tao Feng; Harry Timmermans. 2020. "Understanding the determinants of young commuters’ metro-bikeshare usage frequency using big data." Travel Behaviour and Society 21, no. : 121-130.
Urban planning/management is a complex process requiring multidisciplinary technical support and public approval. With the rapid development of information and communication technology, e-participation has brought unprecedented opportunities for urban planning and management in the sense that it potentially represents more efficiently and effectively the interests of different citizens. Nevertheless, the availability of new technologies does not guarantee success. In China, many local planning agencies began with enthusiastic ideas and investments but ended up with disappointment and frustration. Therefore, it is of critical importance to understand the general interest of the public to have access to and use information and communication technologies (ICT) in urban planning processes. This study develops a Stated Preference (SP) experiment to measure citizen’s preferences and intentions to use modern ICT media in urban planning processes. The results show that the intention to participate in urban planning processes using different ICT tools differs by socio-demographic variables. The research findings provide relevant information about the effects of different communication strategies on citizen engagement.
Wenshu Li; Tao Feng; Harry J.P. Timmermans; Ming Zhang. The Public’s Acceptance of and Intention to Use ICTs when Participating in Urban Planning Processes. Journal of Urban Technology 2020, 27, 55 -73.
AMA StyleWenshu Li, Tao Feng, Harry J.P. Timmermans, Ming Zhang. The Public’s Acceptance of and Intention to Use ICTs when Participating in Urban Planning Processes. Journal of Urban Technology. 2020; 27 (3):55-73.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWenshu Li; Tao Feng; Harry J.P. Timmermans; Ming Zhang. 2020. "The Public’s Acceptance of and Intention to Use ICTs when Participating in Urban Planning Processes." Journal of Urban Technology 27, no. 3: 55-73.
Very few studies have examined the impact of built environment on urban rail transit ridership at the station-to-station (origin-destination) level. Moreover, most direct ridership models (DRMs) tend to involve simple a prior assumed linear or log-linear relationship in which the estimated parameters are assumed to hold across the entire data space of the explanatory variables. These models cannot detect any changes in the linear (or non-linear) effects across different values of the features of built environment on urban rail transit ridership, which possibly induces biased results and hides some non-negligible and detailed information. Based on these research gaps, this study develops a time-of-day origin-destination DRM that uses smart card data pertaining to the Nanjing metro system, China. It applies a gradient boosting regression trees model to provide a more refined data mining approach to investigate the non-linear associations between features of the built environment and station-to-station ridership. Data related to the built environment, station type, demographics, and travel impedance including a less used variable – detour, were collected and used in the analysis. The empirical results show that most independent variables are associated with station-to-station ridership in a discontinuous non-linear way, regardless of the time period. The built environment on the origin side has a larger effect on station-to-station ridership than the built environment on the destination side for the morning peak hours, while the opposite holds for the afternoon peak hours and night. The results also indicate that transfer times is more important variables than detour and route distance.
Zuoxian Gan; Min Yang; Tao Feng; Harry J.P. Timmermans. Examining the relationship between built environment and metro ridership at station-to-station level. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 2020, 82, 102332 .
AMA StyleZuoxian Gan, Min Yang, Tao Feng, Harry J.P. Timmermans. Examining the relationship between built environment and metro ridership at station-to-station level. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 2020; 82 ():102332.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZuoxian Gan; Min Yang; Tao Feng; Harry J.P. Timmermans. 2020. "Examining the relationship between built environment and metro ridership at station-to-station level." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 82, no. : 102332.
New mobility tools like electric vehicle and e-bike have been an important strategy in many cities for the reduction of traffic problems and the implementation of renewable energy infrastructures. The choice of individuals on mobility tools however may depend on the magnitude of a comparable cost. Home renewable energy equipment like solar panel which generates energy at home may potentially reduce the electricity expenditure of e-mobility. This paper therefore aims to investigate the choice behavior of individuals on their home renewable energy equipment conditioning on the choice of mobility tools. More specifically, we identify the differences among individuals in their preferences and the latent groups. Using the stated preference data collected in the city of Weiz, Austria, we estimated a latent class choice model with social demographics representing the user group membership. Results show that the synergy effect between EV and solar panels and self-sufficient home energy system is more attractive to people with low income although their willingness to buy are lower than people with high income.
Gaofeng Gu; Tao Feng. Heterogeneous choice of home renewable energy equipment conditioning on the choice of electric vehicles. Renewable Energy 2020, 154, 394 -403.
AMA StyleGaofeng Gu, Tao Feng. Heterogeneous choice of home renewable energy equipment conditioning on the choice of electric vehicles. Renewable Energy. 2020; 154 ():394-403.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGaofeng Gu; Tao Feng. 2020. "Heterogeneous choice of home renewable energy equipment conditioning on the choice of electric vehicles." Renewable Energy 154, no. : 394-403.
Promoting a transition in individuals’ travel mode from car to an integrated metro and bikeshare systems is expected to effectively reduce the traffic congestion that results mainly from commute trips performed by individual automobiles. This paper focuses on the use frequency of an integrated metro–bikeshare by individuals, and presents empirical evidence from Nanjing, China. Using one-week GPS data collected from the Mobike company, the spatiotemporal characteristics of origin/destination for cyclists who would likely to use shared bike as a feeder mode to metro are examined. Three areas of travel-related spatiotemporal information were extracted including (1) the distribution of walking distances between metro stations and shared bike parking lots; (2) the distribution of cycling times between origins/destinations and metro stations; and (3) the times when metro–bikeshare users pick up/drop off shared bikes to transfer to/from a metro. Incorporating these three features into a questionnaire design, an intercept survey of possible factors on the use of the combined mode was conducted at seven functional metro stations. An ordered logistic regression model was used to examine the significant factors that influence groupings of metro passengers. Results showed that the high-, medium- and low-frequency groups of metro–bikeshare users accounted for 9.92%, 21.98% and 68.1%, respectively. Education, individual income, travel purpose, travel time on the metro, workplace location and bike lane infrastructure were found to have significant impacts on metro passengers’ use frequency of integrated metro–bikeshares. Relevant policies and interventions for metro passengers of Nanjing are proposed to encourage the integration of metro and bikeshare systems.
Yang Liu; Yanjie Ji; Tao Feng; Zhuangbin Shi. Use Frequency of Metro–Bikeshare Integration: Evidence from Nanjing, China. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1426 .
AMA StyleYang Liu, Yanjie Ji, Tao Feng, Zhuangbin Shi. Use Frequency of Metro–Bikeshare Integration: Evidence from Nanjing, China. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (4):1426.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang Liu; Yanjie Ji; Tao Feng; Zhuangbin Shi. 2020. "Use Frequency of Metro–Bikeshare Integration: Evidence from Nanjing, China." Sustainability 12, no. 4: 1426.
The “agricultural superdocking” mode which has been strong supported by the government has become the main way for fresh agricultural products to enter the market in China. Based on the analysis of fresh agricultural products supply chain inventory management under the “agricultural superdocking” mode, this paper constructs an integrated inventory model for fresh agricultural products of “farmers’ professional cooperatives + distribution centers + supermarkets.” Considering multiple members at each echelon of a supply chain, a model that maximizes the overall profit of the supply chain is proposed. The model assumes that the market demand of fresh agricultural products is affected by freshness and sales prices, and the distribution center is responsible for not only storage, processing, and distribution but also coordinating the production and supply information of farmers’ professional cooperatives and the order sales information of supermarkets. An improved genetic algorithm is developed to solve the nonlinear optimization problem. Results of a case study show that the optimal supply and replenishment strategy under the given supply chain distribution process are obtained.
Lixin Shen; Fucheng Li; Congcong Li; Yumin Wang; Xueqi Qian; Tao Feng; Cong Wang. Inventory Optimization of Fresh Agricultural Products Supply Chain Based on Agricultural Superdocking. Journal of Advanced Transportation 2020, 2020, 1 -13.
AMA StyleLixin Shen, Fucheng Li, Congcong Li, Yumin Wang, Xueqi Qian, Tao Feng, Cong Wang. Inventory Optimization of Fresh Agricultural Products Supply Chain Based on Agricultural Superdocking. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2020; 2020 ():1-13.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLixin Shen; Fucheng Li; Congcong Li; Yumin Wang; Xueqi Qian; Tao Feng; Cong Wang. 2020. "Inventory Optimization of Fresh Agricultural Products Supply Chain Based on Agricultural Superdocking." Journal of Advanced Transportation 2020, no. : 1-13.
This study presents a latent class competing risks model to examine the influence of socio-demographics and life course events on car transaction behaviour. The types of car transaction and interval times between car transactions events are incorporated in a competing risk model. To capture unobserved behavioural heterogeneity across the population, the model classifies households into different segments. Results estimated based on retrospective survey data show significant heterogeneity exist in household car ownership decisions. The covariates are found to have different effects on car ownership decisions between different classes. Households in the class labelled “Young households without a car” are more sensitive to life course events related to household composition. Households labelled as “middle-aged and aged households with car(s)” are more sensitive to life course events related to job and house locations.
Gaofeng Gu; Tao Feng; Dujuan Yang; Harry Timmermans. Modeling dynamics in household car ownership over life courses: a latent class competing risks model. Transportation 2020, 1 -21.
AMA StyleGaofeng Gu, Tao Feng, Dujuan Yang, Harry Timmermans. Modeling dynamics in household car ownership over life courses: a latent class competing risks model. Transportation. 2020; ():1-21.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGaofeng Gu; Tao Feng; Dujuan Yang; Harry Timmermans. 2020. "Modeling dynamics in household car ownership over life courses: a latent class competing risks model." Transportation , no. : 1-21.