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The COVID-19 pandemic that began in the last quarter of 2019 seriously impacted the transportation industry. Countries around the world adopted various restrictions and policies to prevent the spread of the pandemic, which resulted in a sharp drop in the demand for transportation. China was the first country to detect the pandemic and the fastest to recover. Existing policies and impacts were reviewed to analyze the impact of the pandemic on China’s urban transportation sector and propose measures that may be taken to reduce the impact of COVID-19. This study reviews the impact on urban transportation system operations and how government should respond to a viral pandemic. The recovery measures during and after the pandemic and their hierarchical response system are analyzed. Furthermore, to empirically explore the effect of the recovery measures, this study adopted the Event Study Methodology (ESM) to quantitatively analyze the impact of the epidemic as well as anti-pandemic policies on the traffic flow sequence in the resurgence of COVID-19 in Beijing. The research findings provided solid policy implications and experiences for constructing sustainable urban transportation system and improve flexibility, reliability, and resilience of traffic governance in post-pandemic era.
Huiyu Zhou; Yacan Wang; Joseph R. Huscroft; Kailing Bai. Impacts of COVID-19 and anti-pandemic policies on urban transport—an empirical study in China. Transport Policy 2021, 110, 135 -149.
AMA StyleHuiyu Zhou, Yacan Wang, Joseph R. Huscroft, Kailing Bai. Impacts of COVID-19 and anti-pandemic policies on urban transport—an empirical study in China. Transport Policy. 2021; 110 ():135-149.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHuiyu Zhou; Yacan Wang; Joseph R. Huscroft; Kailing Bai. 2021. "Impacts of COVID-19 and anti-pandemic policies on urban transport—an empirical study in China." Transport Policy 110, no. : 135-149.
Guenter Emberger; Takeru Shibayama; Yacan Wang. SI editorial – Contemporary national and regional transport policy and planning. Transport Policy 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleGuenter Emberger, Takeru Shibayama, Yacan Wang. SI editorial – Contemporary national and regional transport policy and planning. Transport Policy. 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuenter Emberger; Takeru Shibayama; Yacan Wang. 2021. "SI editorial – Contemporary national and regional transport policy and planning." Transport Policy , no. : 1.
With the rapid global expansion of dockless shared bicycles, disorderly parking has not only generated convenience to users but also negative consequences to enterprises and urban management. We proposed an integrated model and recruited 1722 participants from diverse professions and geographic locations in China, examining the influence of individual and social environmental factors on orderly parking behavior. It was shown that descriptive social norms played an important role in shaping user’s attitudes toward orderly parking directly and indirectly via personal norms, and thus influence the behavioral intention of orderly parking. Cultural tightness-looseness further moderated the effect of descriptive social norms. At the individual level, antecedents of personal norms (moral awareness, awareness of consequences, and ascription of responsibility) were investigated based on Norm Activation Model. This study indicates that descriptive social norms can act as a complimentary policy and regulations of dockless bike-sharing, which provides valuable insights on urban operation and policy making concerning shared bicycles.
Yacan Wang; Ying Yang; Jiaping Wang; Matthew Douglas; Duan Su. Examining the influence of social norms on orderly parking behavior of dockless bike-sharing users. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 2021, 147, 284 -296.
AMA StyleYacan Wang, Ying Yang, Jiaping Wang, Matthew Douglas, Duan Su. Examining the influence of social norms on orderly parking behavior of dockless bike-sharing users. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 2021; 147 ():284-296.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYacan Wang; Ying Yang; Jiaping Wang; Matthew Douglas; Duan Su. 2021. "Examining the influence of social norms on orderly parking behavior of dockless bike-sharing users." Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 147, no. : 284-296.
Public bicycles have been touted as a convenient, environmentally friendly, and sustainable travel mode. Public bicycles have also been viewed as one part of a holistic solution to reducing negative transportation externalities. However, government and private entities need a better understanding of factors influencing user adoption of public bicycle systems. In this survey study, 470 prospective public bicycle users from Beijing, China completed face-to-face and web-based surveys, providing their perceptions of public bicycle system attributes, perceived risk associated with public bicycle use, and their intention to switch to public bicycles as a new mode of transportation. Our findings suggest that switching intention is directly influenced by user perceptions of the risk of public bicycle use, as well as user perceptions of the system’s relative advantage over other modes of transportation and perceived compatibility of public bicycles with the user’s current travel habits. Moreover, perceptions of risk are found to mediate the relationship between system attributes (complexity and observability) and switching intention. That is, user perceptions that public bicycles are difficult to access and use increases perceived risk and reduces the likelihood they will switch to public bicycles as a mode of transportation. Moreover, when prospective users can observe others using the system, their perceptions of risk decrease, which increases the likelihood they will adopt public bicycles as a new mode of transportation. This research contributes to theory-building in public bicycle adoption and informs business and government leaders on how to promote public bicycle adoption through an increased focus on important public bicycle system attributes.
Yacan Wang; Matthew Douglas; Benjamin Hazen. Diffusion of public bicycle systems: Investigating influences of users’ perceived risk and switching intention. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 2020, 143, 1 -13.
AMA StyleYacan Wang, Matthew Douglas, Benjamin Hazen. Diffusion of public bicycle systems: Investigating influences of users’ perceived risk and switching intention. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 2020; 143 ():1-13.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYacan Wang; Matthew Douglas; Benjamin Hazen. 2020. "Diffusion of public bicycle systems: Investigating influences of users’ perceived risk and switching intention." Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 143, no. : 1-13.
Dockless shared bicycles have become a popular mode of transportation for city dwellers in China. Despite its convenience, the dockless feature also creates new challenges, as users often park shared bicycles in a disorderly fashion, which places a burden on both city management and business operations. In a randomized field experiment, subjects receive general information via one of three interventions to improve orderly parking: being informed about the social norm, receiving a warning message, or being offered a monetary incentive. The results suggest that the warning message and monetary incentive shift users’ behavior compared with the social norm intervention. Users who received warning messages were 18.0% more likely to park in an orderly fashion, and users who received a monetary incentive were 25.2% more likely. This study demonstrates that behavioral incentives may be an effective tool to address a common issue with this form of transportation.
Duan Su; Yacan Wang; Nan Yang; Xianghong Wang. Promoting considerate parking behavior in dockless bike-sharing: An experimental study. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 2020, 140, 153 -165.
AMA StyleDuan Su, Yacan Wang, Nan Yang, Xianghong Wang. Promoting considerate parking behavior in dockless bike-sharing: An experimental study. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 2020; 140 ():153-165.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDuan Su; Yacan Wang; Nan Yang; Xianghong Wang. 2020. "Promoting considerate parking behavior in dockless bike-sharing: An experimental study." Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 140, no. : 153-165.
Circular economy initiatives require that consumers become key actors in the supply chain, vice the last node of a linear consumption system. This research examines consumer perceptions regarding remanufactured products, which are a key element of circular economy, by testing how different types of information regarding remanufacturing processes and product knowledge affect consumers’ intention to switch from purchasing new to remanufactured products. Using data from 906 Chinese laptop owners, the results of our structural equation modeling show that gaining knowledge about the product history, recapture process, and remarket process positively influences consumers’ attitudes towards remanufactured products and subsequently their switching intentions. A high perceived price of new products positively moderates these relationships. Interestingly, more knowledge of the recapture process actually reduces switching intention, even considering new product price levels. Although the tested relationships are statistically significant, the explanatory power of the informational variables is of low practical significance, suggesting that other kinds of information might be more impactful. This study contributes to the discourse on the consumer's role in circular economy by being the first to link remanufacturing-related process information to consumer perceptions of remanufactured products, thereby investigating information asymmetries between consumers and other supply chain actors beyond the retailer.
Yacan Wang; Quan Zhu; Harold Krikke; Benjamin Hazen. How product and process knowledge enable consumer switching to remanufactured laptop computers in circular economy. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2020, 161, 120275 .
AMA StyleYacan Wang, Quan Zhu, Harold Krikke, Benjamin Hazen. How product and process knowledge enable consumer switching to remanufactured laptop computers in circular economy. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2020; 161 ():120275.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYacan Wang; Quan Zhu; Harold Krikke; Benjamin Hazen. 2020. "How product and process knowledge enable consumer switching to remanufactured laptop computers in circular economy." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 161, no. : 120275.
Studies of travelers’ response behavior to transportation demand management is receiving substantial attention among researchers and transport operators in recent years. While previous studies in this area have generally assumed that the sensitivity of travelers to different factors is homogeneous and relies on survey responses, which may be prone to self-reporting errors and/or subject to behavioral incongruence. Relying on naturalistic data, this paper aims to investigate the behavioral response to pre-peak discount pricing strategy in the context of the Beijing subway with a special focus on the heterogeneity among the travelers. Anonymous smart card data from 5946 travelers before and after the introduction of a peak avoidance policy in Beijing are used to construct a latent class choice model to capture the sensitivity to different factors and the associated taste heterogeneity of travelers. Given the passive nature of the data, the model can offer more realistic outputs. The results indicate that there is substantial heterogeneity in travelers’ responses to the peak avoidance policy, and that they can be probabilistically allocated to four latent classes. For all classes of travelers, the decision to shift their departure to off-peak is affected by the monetary saving, the required change in departure time and the frequency of travel, but in different magnitudes. In particular, only two classes of travelers (who exhibit lower standard-deviation in pre-intervention departure time) show significant sensitivity to price changes indicating that the discount policies are more likely to be effective for these groups. The rest of travelers are largely price insensitive – warranting the need for non-monetary incentives as opposed to fare discounts. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to innovatively apply the LCC framework to analyze travelers’ heterogeneous behavior using large-scale smart card data without socio-demographic information. The findings can provide guidance to the subway authority in devising differential peak avoidance policies targeted for different groups of users, which are likely to be more effective than the current ‘one size fits all’ approach.
Yu Wang; Yacan Wang; Charisma Choudhury. Modelling heterogeneity in behavioral response to peak-avoidance policy utilizing naturalistic data of Beijing subway travelers. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 2020, 73, 92 -106.
AMA StyleYu Wang, Yacan Wang, Charisma Choudhury. Modelling heterogeneity in behavioral response to peak-avoidance policy utilizing naturalistic data of Beijing subway travelers. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. 2020; 73 ():92-106.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYu Wang; Yacan Wang; Charisma Choudhury. 2020. "Modelling heterogeneity in behavioral response to peak-avoidance policy utilizing naturalistic data of Beijing subway travelers." Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 73, no. : 92-106.
A common problem with rapid urbanization is the associated infrastructure lag that fails to keep pace with an increasingly growing population. Lawmakers try to minimize this lag by implementing policies that can ameliorate the challenges faced by rapid urbanization. The Beijing government has implemented a “non-capital functions relieving strategy” to incentivize specific industries to relocate. Unfortunately, the willingness of business owners to relocate was too low, and the reasons remain unclear. Moreover, limited studies explored the long-term effects of a congestion charge, especially when combined with a government relocation strategy. The purpose of this research is to achieve a deeper understanding of the urban population's attitudes towards strategies that aim to mitigate the effects of over-populated cities. To accomplish this research, face-to-face surveys were conducted in six wholesale markets in four categories. The ordered logit model revealed there were seven types of influential factors that had a significant effect on the respondents' willingness to relocate. The results indicate that the relocation effect of a congestion charge may be weakened under such an urban strategy. This study empirically informs market managers and policymakers on how to incentivize merchants into resettling into areas outside of megacities to mitigate the adverse effects of overpopulation.
Kexin Geng; Yacan Wang; Dick Ettema; Jason R. Anderson. Exploring the effects of congestion charge on relocation decisions under non-capital functions relieving strategy in Beijing. Research in Transportation Business & Management 2020, 38, 100469 .
AMA StyleKexin Geng, Yacan Wang, Dick Ettema, Jason R. Anderson. Exploring the effects of congestion charge on relocation decisions under non-capital functions relieving strategy in Beijing. Research in Transportation Business & Management. 2020; 38 ():100469.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKexin Geng; Yacan Wang; Dick Ettema; Jason R. Anderson. 2020. "Exploring the effects of congestion charge on relocation decisions under non-capital functions relieving strategy in Beijing." Research in Transportation Business & Management 38, no. : 100469.
Yacan Wang; Zhigang Cao; Achim I. Czerny. TSTE 2018-sustainable transportation: Theory and practice. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 2020, 134, 101854 .
AMA StyleYacan Wang, Zhigang Cao, Achim I. Czerny. TSTE 2018-sustainable transportation: Theory and practice. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 2020; 134 ():101854.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYacan Wang; Zhigang Cao; Achim I. Czerny. 2020. "TSTE 2018-sustainable transportation: Theory and practice." Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 134, no. : 101854.
Severe traffic congestion is now a common problem in major cities worldwide, causing huge economic, environmental, and social losses to overall welfare. Governments are now considering congestion charging as an effective way to manage congestion. However, since congestion charging has not yet been implemented widely, the public remains uncertain about it. Few scholars have explored public uncertainty about congestion charging. This paper examined how the public perceived uncertainty toward fairness and efficiency affects willingness to accept congestion charging. Through an experimental study of stated preference, this paper analyzes the influence of observable variables and unobserved latent variables on public acceptability and compares the results with a traditional discrete choice model. The results indicated that the public’s perceived uncertainty about congestion charging will have significant negative effect on acceptability and that the perception of fairness has an even larger effect. As for uncertainty about the effectiveness of congestion charging on alleviating congestion, the implementation efficiency of the government is the most significant. For uncertainty about fairness, whether charge collection and revenue allocation are reasonable is the most significant. These findings provide an empirical basis for reducing public uncertainty and increasing public acceptance of congestion charging.
Yacan Wang; Yu Wang; Luyao Xie; Huiyu Zhou. Impact of Perceived Uncertainty on Public Acceptability of Congestion Charging: An Empirical Study in China. Sustainability 2018, 11, 129 .
AMA StyleYacan Wang, Yu Wang, Luyao Xie, Huiyu Zhou. Impact of Perceived Uncertainty on Public Acceptability of Congestion Charging: An Empirical Study in China. Sustainability. 2018; 11 (1):129.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYacan Wang; Yu Wang; Luyao Xie; Huiyu Zhou. 2018. "Impact of Perceived Uncertainty on Public Acceptability of Congestion Charging: An Empirical Study in China." Sustainability 11, no. 1: 129.
This paper empirically investigates how consumers’ preference towards remanufactured products is determined with consideration of their greenness, price and green attributes. A mixed between and within-subject experiment was conducted to test four hypotheses of the correlations between consumers’ preferences for remanufactured products and the level of consumer greenness, the level of price discount and green attributes of the products respectively. By analyzing data results of the experiment, the paper reveals how consumers’ preferences and utility towards remanufactured products was determined, thus providing remanufacturers with new understanding of consumers’ demand and insights into pricing strategy.
Yacan Wang; Xiaoyu Yin; Qianqian Du; Siqi Jia; Yunhan Xie; Siyuan He. Consumers’ Green Preferences for Remanufactured Products. Communications in Computer and Information Science 2018, 332 -342.
AMA StyleYacan Wang, Xiaoyu Yin, Qianqian Du, Siqi Jia, Yunhan Xie, Siyuan He. Consumers’ Green Preferences for Remanufactured Products. Communications in Computer and Information Science. 2018; ():332-342.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYacan Wang; Xiaoyu Yin; Qianqian Du; Siqi Jia; Yunhan Xie; Siyuan He. 2018. "Consumers’ Green Preferences for Remanufactured Products." Communications in Computer and Information Science , no. : 332-342.
Environmental concerns have propelled public and private entities to search for ways to increase usage of public bicycle sharing systems. However, usage rates in many cities remain below expectations. Using the theory of perceived value to motivate our hypotheses, this paper evaluates the impact of perceived value on consumer adoption intentions, and assesses the moderating effects of social and personal attitudes towards environmental behavior, on perceived value-adoption intention relationships. Our findings suggest that public bicycle sharing adoption intention is significantly influenced by its perceived functional, conditional, green and social values. Moreover, personal and social attitudes towards “greenness” and bicycle sharing, respectively, are found to moderate the relationship between perceived values and adoption intentions. This research contributes to theory-building in bicycle sharing adoption, and informs business and government leaders on how to promote adoption.
Yacan Wang; Matthew A. Douglas; Benjamin Thomas Hazen; Martin Dresner. Be green and clearly be seen: How consumer values and attitudes affect adoption of bicycle sharing. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 2018, 58, 730 -742.
AMA StyleYacan Wang, Matthew A. Douglas, Benjamin Thomas Hazen, Martin Dresner. Be green and clearly be seen: How consumer values and attitudes affect adoption of bicycle sharing. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. 2018; 58 ():730-742.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYacan Wang; Matthew A. Douglas; Benjamin Thomas Hazen; Martin Dresner. 2018. "Be green and clearly be seen: How consumer values and attitudes affect adoption of bicycle sharing." Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 58, no. : 730-742.
Bicycle sharing programs provide a sustainable mode of urban transportation. Although cities across the globe have developed these systems for their citizens and visitors, usage rates are not as high as anticipated. This research uses the technology acceptance model as the basis to understand one’s intention to adopt bicycle sharing programs. Using survey data derived from 421 participants in Beijing, China, the proposed covariance-based structural equation model consisting of perceived quality, perceived convenience, and perceived value is found to predict 50.5% of the variance in adoption intention. The findings of this research contribute to theory and practice in the burgeoning literature on public bicycle systems and sustainable urban transportation by offering a theoretical lens through which to consider system adoption, and providing information to practitioners as to what factors might contribute most to adoption.
Benjamin T. Hazen; Robert E. Overstreet; Yacan Wang. Predicting Public Bicycle Adoption Using the Technology Acceptance Model. Sustainability 2015, 7, 14558 -14573.
AMA StyleBenjamin T. Hazen, Robert E. Overstreet, Yacan Wang. Predicting Public Bicycle Adoption Using the Technology Acceptance Model. Sustainability. 2015; 7 (11):14558-14573.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBenjamin T. Hazen; Robert E. Overstreet; Yacan Wang. 2015. "Predicting Public Bicycle Adoption Using the Technology Acceptance Model." Sustainability 7, no. 11: 14558-14573.
Forward supply chain actors are increasingly involved in the full life cycle of their products and the packaging used. Where in the past these were disposed of via (public) waste management systems or sold in cascade markets, now returns management becomes key to focal companies. Moreover, recent literature emphasizes that returns can be a value creator rather than a cost of business as it can save the environment, provide critical resources and customer value. But relevant, up-to-date data on returns and return practices is scarce, whereas such data is essential to show the potential value of returns and make a business case for returns management to practitioners. Based on a global survey among manufacturers/wholesalers/retailers and third party service providers, this paper presents comprehensive descriptive statistics on and analysis of current return practices. We develop and test propositions on the drivers, volumes and value of different returns along the life cycle; show the inefficiencies in current return practices leading to value destruction instead of the advocated value creation; and compare return practices in different regions and industries. We also provide recommendations for converting value destruction into value creation. Although progress is slow, there are hopeful signals that the potential of returns managements will be unlocked in the near future.
Harold Krikke; Dianne Hofenk; Yacan Wang. Revealing an invisible giant: A comprehensive survey into return practices within original (closed-loop) supply chains. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2013, 73, 239 -250.
AMA StyleHarold Krikke, Dianne Hofenk, Yacan Wang. Revealing an invisible giant: A comprehensive survey into return practices within original (closed-loop) supply chains. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2013; 73 ():239-250.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHarold Krikke; Dianne Hofenk; Yacan Wang. 2013. "Revealing an invisible giant: A comprehensive survey into return practices within original (closed-loop) supply chains." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 73, no. : 239-250.