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Electric mobility is one of the key technologies that may contribute to tackling externalities especially in the fight against climate change, and consequently in achieving sustainable transportation. Among the different electric vehicle (EV) technologies, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) constitute a strong option for future transportation. Despite the large investments made in the EV industry and the large-scale promotion of electric mobility through several policy measures in the last decade, this market segment is still underrepresented in the total automotive market. The available evidence indicates that there is a remarkable gap between the expectations and experiences in applying the measures. This study investigates the available measures that, directly or indirectly, may contribute to the future success of the BEVs. The authors categorize the available measures (financial incentives, non-financial incentives, disincentives) and highlight the possible cross-effects between them through a descriptive analysis. The main finding of this study is that, as there are synergies between the different measures, decision makers need a complex approach to excavate the market mechanism and implement effective and efficient policy measures.
Gabriel Ogunkunbi; Havraz Al-Zibaree; Ferenc Meszaros. Evidence-Based Market Overview of Incentives and Disincentives in Electric Mobility as a Key to the Sustainable Future. Future Transportation 2021, 1, 290 -302.
AMA StyleGabriel Ogunkunbi, Havraz Al-Zibaree, Ferenc Meszaros. Evidence-Based Market Overview of Incentives and Disincentives in Electric Mobility as a Key to the Sustainable Future. Future Transportation. 2021; 1 (2):290-302.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGabriel Ogunkunbi; Havraz Al-Zibaree; Ferenc Meszaros. 2021. "Evidence-Based Market Overview of Incentives and Disincentives in Electric Mobility as a Key to the Sustainable Future." Future Transportation 1, no. 2: 290-302.
The congestion charging scheme is regarded as a successful measure to reduce traffic-related problems. However, low general acceptability of the public for implementing such a scheme is a barrier against its success. In this research, an online pre-designed survey was conducted in five capitals (Budapest, Tunis, Amman, Ulaanbaatar, and Damascus) to define the factors that affect congestion charging acceptability the most. The results of relationships between the studied factors like travel behavior and acceptance of the congestion charging scheme show an irregular pattern in each city. It indicates that the identity of each city and its general policy implications determine which factors significantly affect the public acceptability of congestion charging scheme. In Amman and Budapest, most of the predictors have no statistical effect on the schemes’ public acceptability. Consistent with previous researches, on the other hand, the results demonstrate that the schemes’ effectiveness is crucial and affects the acceptability significantly in all cities. At the same time, it shows that the “prior scheme knowledge” factor has a significant direct effect on the acceptability level in three cities (Damascus, Tunis, and Ulaanbaatar).
Mohamad Shatanawi; Fatma Abdelkhalek; Ferenc Mészáros. Urban Congestion Charging Acceptability: An International Comparative Study. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5044 .
AMA StyleMohamad Shatanawi, Fatma Abdelkhalek, Ferenc Mészáros. Urban Congestion Charging Acceptability: An International Comparative Study. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (12):5044.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMohamad Shatanawi; Fatma Abdelkhalek; Ferenc Mészáros. 2020. "Urban Congestion Charging Acceptability: An International Comparative Study." Sustainability 12, no. 12: 5044.
Electric mobility is an emerging market around the world. Electric vehicles have remarkable environmental gains compared to conventional vehicles, they contribute to decreasing fossil energy dependence, but they need huge investments in charging infra-structure and their market price is much above regular ones. The conditions for market penetration are generally critical in emerging economies, where the purchasing power is far below that of developed economies. In addition, further technical and regulatory barriers hinder the market uptake and augmentation. This paper aims to discover and analyze the current market conditions of electric vehicles in selected emerging economies and to set up augmentation pathways, based on experiences in developed and in developing countries.
Ferenc Meszaros; Mohamad Shatanawi; Gabriel Ayobami Ogunkunbi. Challenges of the Electric Vehicle Markets in Emerging Economies. Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering 2020, 49, 93 -101.
AMA StyleFerenc Meszaros, Mohamad Shatanawi, Gabriel Ayobami Ogunkunbi. Challenges of the Electric Vehicle Markets in Emerging Economies. Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering. 2020; 49 (1):93-101.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFerenc Meszaros; Mohamad Shatanawi; Gabriel Ayobami Ogunkunbi. 2020. "Challenges of the Electric Vehicle Markets in Emerging Economies." Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering 49, no. 1: 93-101.
The length of vehicles is one of the most important parameters in traffic flow modeling and traffic control in many aspects such as speed estimation using the outputs of single loop detectors, length based vehicle classification and density estimation. In the current study, the average length of vehicles in two-lane urban roads of Budapest, Hungary has been measured by the means of manual observation method. Having measured the average vehicles length, their relevant effective vehicles length is manually calibrated within the day that is applicable to the local operating agencies. The obtained results showed that the local operating agencies have to set different effective vehicles length during the day in order to avoid possible estimation errors. Moreover, the heterogeneity of the traffic stream in the investigation area was evident from the results.
Mohammad Maghrour Zefreh; Ádám Török; Ferenc Mészáros. Average Vehicles Length in Two-lane Urban Roads: A Case Study in Budapest. Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering 2017, 45, 218 .
AMA StyleMohammad Maghrour Zefreh, Ádám Török, Ferenc Mészáros. Average Vehicles Length in Two-lane Urban Roads: A Case Study in Budapest. Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering. 2017; 45 (4):218.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMohammad Maghrour Zefreh; Ádám Török; Ferenc Mészáros. 2017. "Average Vehicles Length in Two-lane Urban Roads: A Case Study in Budapest." Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering 45, no. 4: 218.
This paper analyses the effect of supporting the public transport policy based on intersection controlling with the aim of tram priority in Budapest, as a case study. The hypothesis related to this study was that the support of public transport is only viable when the marginal benefit of public transport is higher than the marginal cost of individual transport. Therefore, the real costs of this support for the society were estimated. This study revealed that by applying this policy, the waiting time at intersections and CO2 emission-related costs have increased by about 13.7% and 14.2%, respectively. Besides, the estimated monetary gain of tram users would be 17,800 euro on a daily level total by applying the mentioned policy.
Mohammad Maghrour Zefreh; Ferenc Meszaros; Raimundas Junevičius; Adam Torok. Economic Investigation of a Public Transport Support Policy: A Case Study at Budapest. Promet - Traffic&Transportation 2017, 29, 77 -84.
AMA StyleMohammad Maghrour Zefreh, Ferenc Meszaros, Raimundas Junevičius, Adam Torok. Economic Investigation of a Public Transport Support Policy: A Case Study at Budapest. Promet - Traffic&Transportation. 2017; 29 (1):77-84.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMohammad Maghrour Zefreh; Ferenc Meszaros; Raimundas Junevičius; Adam Torok. 2017. "Economic Investigation of a Public Transport Support Policy: A Case Study at Budapest." Promet - Traffic&Transportation 29, no. 1: 77-84.
Lajos Szűcs; Tibor Sipos; Ferenc Mészáros; Ádám Török. A közúti úthasználati díj gazdaságra gyakorolt hatása. Közlekedéstudományi Szemle 2017, 67, 9 -14.
AMA StyleLajos Szűcs, Tibor Sipos, Ferenc Mészáros, Ádám Török. A közúti úthasználati díj gazdaságra gyakorolt hatása. Közlekedéstudományi Szemle. 2017; 67 (6):9-14.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLajos Szűcs; Tibor Sipos; Ferenc Mészáros; Ádám Török. 2017. "A közúti úthasználati díj gazdaságra gyakorolt hatása." Közlekedéstudományi Szemle 67, no. 6: 9-14.
Road traffic flows in intersections in inner city environment are modeled in this article. Cost of CO2, CO, CH, NOx, PM and value of travel time have been used in order to estimate the economical and social costs arising at the intersections. The article presents assumptions for constructing the mathematical model. It describes the mathematical model and gives simulation results. Traffic flow parameters, as traffic flow concentration and traffic flow speed are presented as based on real traffic data. Different controlling policies are demonstrated.
Adam Torok; Raimundas Junevičius; Ferenc Mészáros. Economic and social modelling of urban traffic controlling. IFAC Proceedings Volumes 2012, 45, 292 -296.
AMA StyleAdam Torok, Raimundas Junevičius, Ferenc Mészáros. Economic and social modelling of urban traffic controlling. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 2012; 45 (24):292-296.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdam Torok; Raimundas Junevičius; Ferenc Mészáros. 2012. "Economic and social modelling of urban traffic controlling." IFAC Proceedings Volumes 45, no. 24: 292-296.
The economic crises highlighted the importance of rethinking the operation of the transport sector. Companies, research institutes, governments and the society are all interested in smart solutions to reduce internal and external cost effects of road haulage via increasing efficiency and widening the utilization rate of available capacities along with the mitigation of social side effects of road transport, especially with managing transport demand. The overall regulatory framework set by the European common transport policy and national transport policies shall create suitable incentive frames to reach these general aims. Both administrative and financial policy instruments are available for such actions, but their impacts are different. This article discusses the conditions of utilization and the expected effects of the applicable instruments.
Ferenc Meszaros. Strategic policy instruments in managing freight transport demand. Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering 2012, 40, 77 .
AMA StyleFerenc Meszaros. Strategic policy instruments in managing freight transport demand. Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering. 2012; 40 (2):77.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFerenc Meszaros. 2012. "Strategic policy instruments in managing freight transport demand." Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering 40, no. 2: 77.
Road transport is one of the main inland transport modes providing flexible house to house services for the people all over the world Control of road traffic flows in urban areas in intersections are modelled in this article. Cost of CO 2 , CO, CH, NO x , PM and value of travel time had been used by the authors in order to estimate the cost of intersection. The article presents assumptions for constructing the controlling model and gives simulation results. Traffic flow parameters, such as traffic flow concentration and traffic flow speed are presented based on real traffic data of Budapest.
Adam Torok; Ferenc Meszaros. Control possibilities of intersections based on estimated costs of traffic. 2012 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics (SAMI) 2012, 431 -434.
AMA StyleAdam Torok, Ferenc Meszaros. Control possibilities of intersections based on estimated costs of traffic. 2012 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics (SAMI). 2012; ():431-434.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdam Torok; Ferenc Meszaros. 2012. "Control possibilities of intersections based on estimated costs of traffic." 2012 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics (SAMI) , no. : 431-434.
The main scope of this paper is to present the historical background and the foreseeable future of the Hungarian road tolling. In the introduction the authors have investigated the historical dataset of motorway constructions and analysed the unequal extension of motorway system in time and space. In this article the authors are considering road tolling as an instrument of financing road infrastructure investment and the maintenance and controlling possibilities of traffic flows. KEYWORDS: road transportation, reduction of travel time, positive external effect
Ádám Török; Árpád Siposs; Ferenc Mészáros. The History and the Foreseeable Future of Road Tolling in Hungary. Promet - Traffic&Transportation 2011, 23, 389 -396.
AMA StyleÁdám Török, Árpád Siposs, Ferenc Mészáros. The History and the Foreseeable Future of Road Tolling in Hungary. Promet - Traffic&Transportation. 2011; 23 (5):389-396.
Chicago/Turabian StyleÁdám Török; Árpád Siposs; Ferenc Mészáros. 2011. "The History and the Foreseeable Future of Road Tolling in Hungary." Promet - Traffic&Transportation 23, no. 5: 389-396.
The continually increasing population, the rising economic activity and the permanent race for the rise of economic prosperity, led us to the increase of motorisation. Transportation sector has an important role, because it is not only using the lacking fossil energy sources and polluting the environment, but because of our social and economic structure it is the sector that can hardly change because of the big social resistance. One of the substantial preconditions for the change into an environmental friendly, sustainable system is correct data provision to the regulator (quality and quantity as well). One way for reduction of transport related environmental pollution is to give right price signal to the users with internalisation of transport related external costs. In our article we tried to examine the route choice behaviour in Hungary focusing on toll roads. Our aim in this paper is to analyze the correlation of control possibilities of such econometric phenomena with mathematic tools.
Adam Torok; Ferenc Meszaros. Investigation of route choice behaviour in passenger transport. 2010 IEEE 8th International Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics (SAMI) 2010, 125 -128.
AMA StyleAdam Torok, Ferenc Meszaros. Investigation of route choice behaviour in passenger transport. 2010 IEEE 8th International Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics (SAMI). 2010; ():125-128.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdam Torok; Ferenc Meszaros. 2010. "Investigation of route choice behaviour in passenger transport." 2010 IEEE 8th International Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics (SAMI) , no. : 125-128.