Research in Transportation Economics

2001 - 2026

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Volume 119, issue C, 2026

Decomposing the impact of structural change on GDP and transport volume: Evidence from Mexico and USA

Aaron Percastre, David Bonilla and David Banister

We are not all the same: Preference-based market segmentation among public transport users in Soweto, South Africa

Namatirai Cheure and Christoffel J. Venter

Price regulation, market dynamics, and judicial reasoning: Assessing the dissenting opinion in the Supreme Court's taxi fare decision

Koki Arai

Expectations and land-value premiums: The metro effect on residential land in a consolidated city

Luis A. Guzman, Juan Pablo Bocarejo, Hernan Henriquez and Natalia Niño

Ex-ante versus ex-post subsidies in aviation decarbonization: The welfare–abatement trade-off in a vertical market

Hao Liu, Yanan Zhao, Sheng Wu, Hongwei Huang and Ziyu Wang

Green transition and risk connectedness across carbon, shipping, and energy-related commodity markets: A quantile time-frequency analysis

Meng Wan, Cong Sui and JiaXi Sun

Economic, operational and environmental performance benchmarking of European airlines: A slack-based DEA analysis, 2022–2025

Julio Lozano-Ramírez and Manuel Arana-Jiménez

Impacts of fuel taxation on modal choice, emissions and welfare

Misak Avetisyan and Ali Jaffri

Modeling student departure times in The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area: A Transformer-based approach with transportation policy implications

Nishat Naila Meghna, Tanmay Das and Md Sami Hasnine

The value of safety or the value of the good? - Valuing risk reduction with conventional and novel technologies of public- or private-good nature

Linda Andersson Järnberg, Daniela Andrén, Maria Börjesson, Lars Hultkrantz, E. Elisabet Rutström and Elin Vimefall

Public procurement of low-carbon transport: A systematic review and conceptual framework of enablers, constraints, and intervention pathways

Joanna Bardelosa Ervik, Deodat Edward Mwesiumo, Nina Pereira Kvadsheim and Terje Andersen

Road infrastructure, foreign direct investment, and economic growth in China

Yushang Wei and Kaiyi Wen

Can autonomous vehicles mitigate spatial grid network issues caused by electric vehicles? A microeconomic assessment

Georg Hirte and Nunnapas Saereeporncharenkul

Location selection for a global operational coordination center on the Asia-Europe shipping route using integrated IV-p,q,r-SF PIPRECIA and RAFSI

Arda Toygar, Emre İpekçi and Ahmet Aytekin

When does transport time matter for the firm? A production-based value of time and its transport procurement threshold

Rubén Sainz-González, Pablo Coto-Millán and Gustavo Garcia Melero

Maritime freight costs, shipping connectivity, and consumer price dynamics: Global panel evidence from 141 countries

Sedat Baştuğ and Stavros Karamperidis

Impact of car scrappage schemes across the European Union countries in 2009–2013

Miroslav Svoboda, Michael Fanta and Jan Mošovský

Words and roads: Policy narratives, firm expectations, and firm response to transport infrastructure

Yang Liu, Yilin Zhu, Yang Yang, Zixuan Qu and Wei Liu

Investigations of long-distance route choice behavior accommodating heterogeneity among electric vehicle drivers

Min Ji Kang, Hyun Su Park, Shin Hyoung Park, Ho-Chul Park and Shin-Hyung Cho

The role of digitalization in shaping logistics efficiency: A two-stage approach

M. Mujiya Ulkhaq and Chaterine Alvina Prima Hapsari

High-speed rail and urban income distribution: Evidence from Reggio Emilia, Italy

Giulio Albano and Francesca Pagliara

Value of comfort under crowding in commuter rail: Evidence from Tokyo's Green Cars

Ryosuke Matsumoto

Port cross-ownership and privatization in international trade with tariff protection

Nicola Meccheri

The empowerment-redundancy effects: How logistics infrastructure shapes urban logistics efficiency in China

Wei Yang, Xiang Li, Jinfeng Shi and Zhucui Jing

An Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search framework for the Multi-Depot Two-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problem with Delivery Options

Pooja Kumari and Debashis Dutta

From sustainability signals to customer loyalty: Examining cognitive–affective pathways at Hai Phong Port, Vietnam

Phong Nha Nguyen

Do freight market signals anticipate shadow-fleet sanctions designations?

Konstantinos Likas

Lease a battery electric vehicle now or later? An empirical analysis

Bruno Cesar Krause Moras, Prasanna Humagain and Konstantina Gkritza

Volume 118, issue C, 2026

Paratransit networks inefficiencies and future directions: Case of Nairobi metropolitan area

Owen K. Mwaura, Obiora A. Nnene and Mark H.P. Zuidgeest

Key factors in dynamic pricing of FlixBus fares: A panel analysis of international and domestic routes in Croatia

Josip Arnerić and Luka Obadić

Understanding stakeholder preferences for autonomous delivery robots in small communities: A study from Veberöd, Sweden

Valeska Engesser, Jon Williamsson and Philippe Lebeau

Emission tax policies in a port-shipping supply chain competition with environmental corporate social responsibility

Lili Xu, Yuntong Yin and Sang-Ho Lee

Strategic flexibility in platform work: How Chinese ride-hailing drivers evaluate regulatory trade-offs

Xihan Dong and Xun Wu

Does road investment reduce average travel time and travel time variability?: Empirical evidence from Japan

Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Lucas Bispo de Oliveira Alves, Blawal Hussain and Hironori Kato

Feedback-driven adaptation and prevention of climate risks in port-hinterland systems under a hybrid CVaR framework

Bi Wang, Yue Fang, Zhujun Wang, Canyou Wang and Haike Qiao

Revisiting the effects of the built environment on VMT in California using quantile regression

Rongxiang Su, Jingyi Xiao, Hui Shi and Konstadinos Goulias

Ten years of Brazilian airport concessions, learned lessons

Francisco Gildemir Ferreira Da Silva, Viviane Adriano Falcão and Hélio da Silva Queiroz Júnior

Integrating DEA and AI-based modeling for efficiency analysis of European freight railways

D. Petrou and T.P. Moschovou

Rule-of-a-half: Sixty years on

Paolo Delle Site

The cost of community transport

Wei Sun, Akshay Vij, Helen Barrie, Lynette Washington, Murray Coates and Daniel Urrutia

Subsidy and contracting relationships in public transportation: Implications for Japan from a European perspective

Le He, Takeru Shibayama and Yiping Le

Volume 117, issue C, 2026

Transport poverty and social equity in South Africa: Evidence from the national household travel survey

Noleen M. Pisa, Chinh Q. Ho, Rose Luke, Gert Heyns, Joash Mageto and Chengete Chakamera

Heterogeneity in traveler's value of time and allocation of services among multiple airports in a region: Regulation versus pricing

Se-il Mun, Yusuke Teraji and Taikei Araki

The cost effects of investment co-ordination under alternative vertical structures in railway systems

Sidi Sun, Andrew S.J. Smith and Fumitoshi Mizutani

Connectedness and portfolio diversification among major bunker fuel market: The role of crude oil and geopolitical risk

Tanzila Yeasmin Nilu, Chuanxu Wang and Shek Ahmed

The hypothetical bias in pedestrian route choice behaviors: experimental perspectives

Cheng-Jie Jin, Tongfei Liu, Chenyang Wu, Hongfeng Liang and Dawei Li

Strategic analysis on distribution of electric vehicle charging infrastructure based on consumer preference and choice heterogeneity

Sungho Moon, Junghun Kim, Kyungah Kim and Jinseok Kim

Predicting cost performance in road projects with limited data: Exploring synthetic data generation using CTGAN

Ali Foroutan Mirhosseini, Kelly Pitera, James Odeck and Amirreza Rouhi

Projected cost competitiveness of zero-emission trucks in Australia

Pourandokht Naseri, Mauricio Di Lorenzo and Craig E. Buckley

Comparative studies on pedestrian route choice behavior considering both psychological and physical factors

Cheng-Jie Jin, Chenyang Wu, Yifan Lin, Xiaoxuan Xiu and Dawei Li

Long-run trends in usage, service levels, and governance of public transport in Sweden

Johan Holmgren and Lisa Hansson

What makes people choose e-scooters for the first or last mile of a public transport trip?

Jørgen Aarhaug, Lars Even Egner and Nils Fearnley

Should the landlord port authority negotiate concession contracts with terminal operators?

Wenqing Han, Shi-Miin Liu and Hsiao-Chi Chen

The impact of carbon emissions on firm performance in the global transportation sector

Ray Anthony L. Almonares, Sakkakom Maneenop and Anutchanat Jaroenjitrkam

Going against the roadmap: in-house regional rail operators that brought more transport inclusion in Poland

Marcin Król

Can transport-related pricing policies save lives? A road safety perspective

Mohammad Mehdi Besharati and Ali Soltani

The air transport sector of the Central Europe Functional Airspace Block: an analysis of the socioeconomic relevance

Andoni Txapartegi, Iñaki Arto and Ignacio Cazcarro

An integrated fuzzy decision-making framework for the evaluation of electric buses in public transportation: A case study in Istanbul, Türkiye

Veysel Tatar, Berk Ayvaz, Emine Elif Nebati, Bahadır Tunaboylu and Selim Zaim

Has the construction of China's high-speed rail stations exacerbated Urban Sprawl? An empirical analysis based on nighttime lights and population distribution data

Xiao Li, Chunyang Wang, Zhenhua Chen and Chengfeng Huang

Shared-ride operations with multiple service types: Premium vs economy, standard vs large robotaxis

Priyanka Paithankar, Krishna Murthy Gurumurthy, Navjyoth Jayashankar and Kara M. Kockelman

‘Food deserts’ theory applied in the field of road safety: Testing the impact of traffic analysis zone size in Cape Town

Marianne Vanderschuren, Alexandra Newlands and Lemo Monyatsi

Does private mean better? Evaluating economic benefits and safety outcomes of a state highway concession

André Giavina Bianchi, Enlinson Mattos, Marcos Vinicio Wink Junior and Joelson Oliveira Sampaio

Green credit for NEVs under dual financing constraints: Manufacturer-Targeted vs. consumer-targeted

Yuwen Li and Zhibing Lin

The impact of digital freight network development on household consumption in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region

Lingtong Kong, Hongchang Li and Xiaojun Zhao

How does digital transformation affect ports’ green transition? Empirical evidence from China

Jiayou Wang

In search of indicators for Sustainable Mobility Guarantee(s)

Takeru Shibayama, Chantal Köhler and Barbara Laa

How do jet fuel shocks shape Australian domestic airfares?

Yifei Cai and Yahua Zhang

High-speed rail launch, high-tech zone establishment, and industrial structure upgrading: A new structural economics perspective

Qisong Wang, Yajie Han, Mengyuan Liu and Kexin Wang

The impact of customer habit knowledge on last-mile logistics costs and satisfaction

Alejandro Escudero-Santana, Juan-Carlos Cortés-Muñoz, Antonio Lorenzo-Espejo and Ana Pegado-Bardayo

Digital platforms and informal employment in China's road freight transportation: A perspective of skill-biased technological change

Leiming Hang, Sujuan Tong, Xiaowei Ge and David Gorbachev

Urban mobility in Brazil: A gender perspective

Idelí Ferreira dos Santos, Danyella Brito and Marcus Vinicius Amaral e Silva

Rail bonus and its extension to rail operator bonus in urban corridor: comparisons across modes and operators

Nobuhiro Sanko, and Hideyuki Yamamoto,

The panel data analysis of the port-city GDP and spatial effects of the China-Europe railway express

Yan Li, Cong Wang, Xinxin Xia and Qingbo Huang

A nonlinear dynamics framework for modeling and forecasting the Baltic Dry Index under external shocks

Tianqi Song, Sijia Qiao and Guoliang Fan

Strategic metals, rare earths, green transition, and tanker markets: Dynamic connectedness and strategic decision-making

Ersin Firat Akgul, Hercules Haralambides and Emrah Akdamar

Dynamic spillovers and risk transmission across global container freight market: Evidence from TVP-VAR and portfolio diversification

Shek Ahmed, Tanzila Yeasmin Nilu and Adeel Riaz

Security shocks and newbuilding prices: Evidence from three shipping segments

Panagiotis Palaios and Annie Triantafillou

Border effects in long-distance travel: A literature review

Jakub Daněk

Predicting intentions to adopt AI-based transport management systems for sustainable mobility in an uncertain world: An extended UTAUT model

Bilal Hussain, Zhao Rui Feng, Magdalena Radulescu, Komal Batool and Abdulrahman Alomair

Asymmetric responses of air travel demand to geopolitical risk: Evidence from Korea

Dooyeon Cho and Joo Yeon Sun

Ex post economic evaluation of open-access competition in high-speed rail: Welfare gains, financial sustainability and policy implications from Spain

Carlos Lérida-Navarro

The cost implications of upgauging in the U.S. airline industry

Fecri Karanki and Chunyan Yu

Nonlinear effects of income and inequality on electric motorcycle adoption in urbanizing economies

Teik Hua Law

Transportation carbon emission reduction channel: The role of new energy vehicle promoting application policies in urban energy structure substitution

Hengshuo Zhang, Enhao Yu and Fengxue Yin