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Market segmentation and willingness to pay for public transport annual passes among older adults: insights from Genoa, Italy
No full textA survey of older adults aged 65 and over (n = 247) was conducted in Genoa, often described as 'the oldest city in the oldest country' in Europe. This paper presents two scenarios exploring older people's willingness to pay (WTP) for annual tickets for local public transport (LPT) and examines the impact of factors such as cost, time, and comfort. These insights could help address the challenges of travel in ageing societies. A segmentation analysis based on the mean values of the two WTP scenarios (status quo and improved services) was conducted, followed by linear regression modelling to understand how older adults' socio-demographic traits, perceptions, and travel behaviour affect their WTP. Our findings suggest that the pricing of the annual pass (345 at the time of survey) exceeds the WTP indicated by respondents. The mean WTP for the status quo level of service (221.36) was much lower than the WTP if service levels were improved (304.07). Women were found to be more likely to use LPT but also tended to live alone and have lower incomes. Off-peak hours, particularly in the afternoon, were also associated with a higher WTP. This research is important in the context of Europe's ageing population, highlighting the need for more inclusive transport options for older adults. Public transport authorities (PTAs) should explore more tailored approaches to pricing and service provision. It is imperative to balance the competing goals of cost recovery, equity, and service attractiveness to encourage older people's uptake of LPT services, while maintaining accessibility and wellbeing
Assessing territorial disparities in local public transport quality in italy: an approach based on a composite indicator
No full textThis study examines various aspects of local public transport (LPT)
in Italian regions, focusing on the interplay between public transport usage, user
satisfaction, and accessibility to essential services. It highlights the crucial role of
efficient mobility systems in reducing socio-economic disparities and promoting
sustainable development. Using data from the IstatData platform, a composite
indicator was developed through the Pena Distance method (DP2), which inte-
grates heterogeneous variables with different measurement scales and internal
correlations. The methodology applied would ultimately lead to improved relia-
bility of assessment on public transport quality and access to essential services by
transcending the barriers of traditional approaches. The variables were standard-
ized and weighted with respect to their contribution to information, with special
emphasis on environmental sustainability. The results show sizable discrepancies
among Italian regions in LPT accessibility and user satisfaction. Regions with
soundly developed public transport manifest intense levels of satisfaction and
greater accessibility; on the other hand, there are regions still plagued by chal-
lenges over service quality and availability. This study highlights that enhancing
accessibility as a means of promoting public transport use should be coupled with
steps to enhance overall user satisfaction, while targeted investments in transport
infrastructure and services thus remain indispensable in the reduction of territo-
rial inequalities and, thus, the promotion of inclusive urban development. The
developed composite indicator is then effective in service as a monitoring instru-
ment serving policymakers in designing data-driven strategies in the pursuit of
environmental quality and effectively addressing climate change
Public Transport, Accessibility, and User Satisfaction: Improving Equity and Social Well-being
No full textItalyAbstractThis chapter focuses on various aspects of local public transport (LPT) with bus services in Italian regions, focusing on the interaction between public transport utilization, user satisfaction, and access to essential services. It highlights the critical role of efficient public transport systems in promoting sustainable development and social well-being in the context of increasing urbanization. Using data from the 2023 ISTAT multi-purpose survey, the study combines variables through the unweighted z-score method to construct three indices: satisfaction, utilization, and ease of access. Spearman’s rank correlation is applied to analyze the relationships among these indices. The findings reveal significant regional disparities in public transport satisfaction and accessibility. Regions such as Trentino Alto Adige/Südtirol and Friuli-Venezia Giulia demonstrate high performance across all indices, serving as examples of best practices. In contrast, regions like Molise and Sicilia face notable challenges in both utilization and satisfaction. The results underscore the importance of improving accessibility to enhance user satisfaction and promote greater public transport usage. The study concludes by emphasizing the need for targeted investments in public transport infrastructure and services to address regional inequalities. By improving accessibility and service quality, policymakers can foster social equity and support sustainable urban development
Integrating Mobility as a Service and Tourism: a review of the world's top travel apps
Full text linkLocal governments across the globe are progressively adopting Mobility as a Service (MaaS) to address the challenges posed by urban mobility. However, by focusing primarily on transportation, they may overlook its broader potential, including integration with tourism services. This study investigates the feasibility and current state of combining MaaS functionalities with tourism-related features in a single digital platform. A review of the most downloaded travel applications on app stores was conducted, with a focus on their technical characteristics and levels of MaaS integration. The assessment of each application was conducted utilising a bespoke MaaS indicator, which was derived through the aggregation of two distinct metrics: the prevailing level of MaaS integration and the number of transport modes encompassed. Concomitantly with the mean user rating, this indicator was utilised to perform a pioneering quantitative SWOT analysis. The results of the study indicate the existence of a gap in the market, as no existing application effectively integrates both MaaS and tourism functionalities. The study emphasises the strategic significance for local authorities in developing such integrated platforms to enhance user experience and augment the monetisation potential of MaaS
Which businesses are for and against “pop-up” cycleways: the case of Brisbane’s CityLink Cycleway.
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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