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In Lagos state, the relationship between urbanization and motorization is unbalanced because the present transportation interventions of the state do not commensurate with her growing population and migration rate. However, the state cannot be said to be totally insensitive to these challenges as witnessed in her renewed effort by providing suitable public transportation system with a dedicated lane...
Big Data are having a great impact on the cities morphology and urban planning; actually, big data are used, for example, to predict the needs of the public transport system, by targeting investment and mobility policies within the main metropolis. Based on this assumption, this paper presents a Decision Support System (DSS) framework aimed at proposing travel strategies alternative to car use by...
Rail transport is expected to play a remarkable role for a sustainable mobility in Europe. This paper presents an approach for estimating the commercial capacity of railways. The commercial capacity is intended as the number of possible paths in a defined time window on a rail line, or part of it, considering a fixed path mix, with market-oriented quality. The capacity management is one of the most...
In the field of mobility, we are nowadays witnessing a change in forms of travel. There is a diversification and ??home-to-work?? is not the major form of travel anymore. There are more and more ??home-to-leisure?? journeys and ??other reasons??. On the one hand, commuting requires less information to assess known trips, on the other hand, occasional journeys require a lot of information and can lead...
In a world where environmental protection and energy conservation are growing concerns, the development of electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles has taken on an accelerated pace. The dream of having commercially viable electric and hybrid vehicles is becoming a reality. It is important that the automobile companies have both proper technical and commercialization roadmaps hand-in-hand. The company...
The transition toward a more sustainable transportation system in the Netherlands takes place in the context of the Dutch ??Transition management policy framework??. Transition paths related to mobility within this framework are: (1) hybridization of vehicles, (2) biofuels and natural gas as transportation fuels, (3) hydrogen as a transportation fuel and (4) `intelligent transportation systems'. Early...
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