Transport Service Providers Research Articles

Непрерывное образование как условие повышения эффективности контроля (надзора) на транспорте в условиях санкций

The subject of the study is the regulation of the training of officials engaged in control and supervisory activities in transport in the context of the imposition of sanctions against Russia by unfriendly states. The purpose of the work is to identify problems that hinder the organization of effective control (supervision) in transport to ensure the safety of the functioning of the transport complex based on a critical analysis of the organizational and legal foundations of the current training procedure for state civil servants of Rostransnadzor. It is noted in the work that changes in legislation are predetermined by the need to train qualified personnel, which implies guaranteed provision of the transport system with qualified personnel for its stable, safe and uninterrupted operation in conditions of reorientation of transport and logistics chains; import substitution of critically important products and components; changes in the powers of supervisory and control bodies, etc. Based on the results of the study of these problems, it was concluded that the training of qualified personnel should be considered as an essential component of the security system of the transport complex and an indispensable condition for the effective and sustainable functioning of the transport system. The use of tools of linguistic-semiotic, formal-dogmatic and systemic-legal approaches will help to solve the tasks assigned to the Russian transport system for the provision of transport services.

Cluster analysis in the classification of transport infrastructure of large cities

Subject of the research: The subject of the research are transport and transfer hubs in the city of Voronezh (population 1,054,111 people). Transport and transfer hubs ensure the connectivity of the transport network, provide transport services to urban residents, and are an essential element of the system of settlement centers. Determination of classes of TIH in large cities. The role and significance of the TIH in the transport and planning structure of a city is determined by their classification. The node position in the general classification allows to determine its composition, to provide optimal and comfortable for passengers planning solutions, etc., etc. The selection of factors for the formation of TPU is carried out using a single-factor analysis of variance, which allows us to exclude less significant indicators more accurately. The selection left only 6 indicators, which were taken for further analysis. Cluster analysis was performed using a clustering tree. The results are five clusters, from which 4 classes of transport and transfer hubs in accordance with SP 395.1325800.2018 “Transport and transfer hubs. Design rules” and their characteristics are given. Conclusions on the compliance of the obtained clusters with SP 395 are made, the main indicators for the cluster analysis are outlined.

Approaches to Develop Service Quality of Road Freight Transport Service Providers in Industrial 4.0

Approaches to Develop Service Quality of Road Freight Transport Service Providers in Industrial 4.0

Service Improvement and Minimization of Complaints on Operational Car Transportation Services at PT X

PT X is a cigarette company in Indonesia, the problems that occur with the company are related to the provision of transportation services that are less than optimal because there is no support system to improve services such as service data has not been recorded real time, division of tasks driver and vehicles that are less than optimal, and problems with user complaints because they are not fully met. The average unfulfilled demand during June-December 2022 is 2.54%, while the company's hope is to fulfil all requests. The method used to solve the problem is the DMAIC Method along with several tools like SMART Target, 5 Why Analysis, and RACI Matrix. There are no efforts to deal with the problem support system is to analyze business process early and create a TOSS system framework (Transport Support System) to support transportation services. The effort to overcome user complaints is to use 5Why Analysis and cooperate with external transportation service providers. The implementation of the work was carried out for two months and had a good impact, namely the average unfulfilled demand decreased to 0.47%. Controlling the results of repairs is by following the system work step design and using the RACI Matrix.

Предложение транспортных услуг на Дальнем Востоке: пространственные характеристики и ключевые показатели

This journal article explores the spatial differentiation of transport infrastructure in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. The study encompasses 230 municipalities and classifies them into eight groups based on a calculated consolidated index of transport infrastructure development. This composite index is derived from individual density indices of railways, road networks, and civil aviation airports. The findings of the research reveal a significant variance in infrastructure distribution, which forms the foundation for the provision of transport services in the Russian Far East. Significantly, the findings confirm a marked deficiency in transport infrastructure provision across the macro-region, with 56.5% of municipalities falling within the category characterized by the lowest level of infrastructure development. To illustrate these disparities effectively, the study employs cartograms to visually present the results of municipality grouping.

Commitment or rent-seeking? Government incentive policies for ESG reporting in sustainable e-commerce logistics

In the sphere of e-commerce logistics industry, the credibility of Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) reports by e-commerce logistics service providers (ELSPs) is critical for accurately conveying sustainability initiatives with transparency. Nonetheless, the actions of ESG rating stakeholders can significantly affect the truthfulness and authenticity of these ESG reports. Therefore, it becomes essential to develop comprehensive analytical methods and incentives policies to forestall any rent-seeking behavior that might emerge from potential collusion between ELSPs and ESG rating agencies (ERAs). This study presents a tripartite evolutionary game model to inspect the enduring strategic interplay among ELSPs, ERAs, and government regulators. The model illuminates the collective supervision outcomes molded by these stakeholder interactions. Choices available include ELSPs' decision to offer ESG-committed or basic services, ERAs' consideration to accept or decline rent-seeking requests from ELSPs, and regulators' options for either stringent or lenient supervision. The analysis also explores the influence of government incentives, such as rewards or penalties, in promoting ELSPs' provision of ESG-committed transportation services. Evolutionary stable strategies and conditions are then derived to capture the feature of incentive policies. The findings show that high ESG commitment transportation costs often deter ELSPs due to unpredictable future revenues, leading them to prefer a conservative strategy of providing basic services. Government regulations and incentives, however, can encourage in ESG transport, especially when ERAs’ rent-seeking charges are high. Despite the potential for relaxed supervision as ESG transport services become more widespread, strict government regulation remains crucial in motivating ELSPs to enhance their ESG commitment and adopt ESG transportation services.

Digital public transport in New Economy – contemporary mobility trends

Public transport is treated as a nerve of all city systems. Changing cities need proper transport – contemporary trends play important role in the development of public transport in a requiring environment. In particular, the development of public transport means today phenomena such as IT systems, big data, alternative energy sources, autonomous mobility, transport effectiveness, sharing economy and personal mobility (micromobility). Author presents contemporary trends that affect cities mobility. The macroeconomic context was also taken into account – the COVID-19 pandemia, inflation, migration trends. Changes in the demand and supply of transport services have become one of the challenges for cities in the new, digital, post-pandemic perspective. The purpose of this article is to review current trends in public transport development and mobility changes. The article is an attempt to answer the questions: what is the impact of digitization and technology development on the development of public transport? How are contemporary social, economic and political problems and are they strongly changing public transport? Article is based at critical analysis of literature and selected case studies. The result of research work is the indication of the most important directions for the development of public transport and the related risks and opportunities.

Satisfaction measurement in the sustainable public transport of Budapest

The study examines to what extend the public transport users are satisfied with the service in Budapest. The unrepresentative survey was carried out electronically. The study was meant to be the starting point for the next milestone of the research in which, by using the results of this study and assessing the relative significance of the most important factors, we can make proposals for the decision makers for specific intervention points. Furthermore, this article, as part of a doctoral thesis of one of the discoursers aims to provide assistance to create an assessment system for the public transport service providers. For today we already know that a sustainable metropolis can only exist with sustainable public transport and a fundamental condition for this is that the number of passengers must not fall. It needs investments like any other sectors economic sectors and the first step is to be aware of the expectation of users – here passengers –, which are the most crucial factors, what are the most important factors that make them choose public transport, and what are the factors that make them turn to other transport alternatives because of their absence or low quality. The research results show that respondents consider the following factors to be important: cleanliness and equipment of vehicles and stops, frequency of vehicles and their correspondence to the timetable, passenger information and barrier-free accessibility.

The Semosemo: Vehicle Rental Application in Manado City

In everyday human life, there are many aspects that cause a decision to be made. Agreements can be made in writing or unwritten, reciprocal agreements and unilateral agreements, obligatory agreements and one of them is a lease agreement. The lease agreement can help the parties, both from the leaser and the lessee. Car Rental is one of the businesses providing transportation services that involves the use of mobile devices to find out information about the services provided by the company. Car Rental is closely related to transportation services to help people who need car rental for various purposes. To use rental services in Manado City, usually the tenant must go to the rental place, and that is less efficient to do. Therefore, the problem found is how to make the Semosemo Vehicle Rental Application in Manado City. With the aim of making the Semosemo Vehicle Rental Application in the City of Manado. This research uses the prototype method and is also assisted by software such as React Native, Figma, and Visual Studio Code. The result is that the Semosemo application can be made to help rent vehicles in the city of Manado and the application can run accordingly.

Evaluation of benefits due to adoption of enablers of unimodal road to intermodal railroad freight transportation

The adverse environmental consequences arising from road-based logistics operations have prompted stakeholders, including transport service providers, logistics managers, and shippers, to initiate a modal shift from unimodal road to intermodal railroad (IRR) freight transportation. However, the adoption pace of IRR in developing nations is slow. Modal shift enablers (MSEs) facilitate IRR adoption, while modal shift benefits (MSBs) signify favorable performance outcomes from MSEs' application. The main objective of this study is to rank the MSBs resulting from the adoption of MSEs in IRR freight transportation. This study proposes an integrated multi-criteria decision-making framework utilizing the spherical fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (SF-AHP) to evaluate MSEs' weights and the spherical fuzzy technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (SF-TOPSIS) to rank the MSBs. The case study performed in the Indian logistics sector reveals that ‘government policies and legislation enablers’, ‘infrastructural enablers’ and ‘strategic and management enablers’ are the most significant MSEs, whereas reduction in vehicular pollution and related negative externalities as well as reduction of the freight transport costs including storage and handling charges are most crucial MSBs realized due to adoption of MSEs. A sensitivity analysis is conducted to assess the stability of the ranking. The results help decision-makers in implementing MSEs for MSBs and develop effective IRR adoption strategies. This study also promotes sustainable freight transportation and provides logistics practitioners, researchers, and policymakers with a precise, systematic, and practical decision-support tool.

THE INFLUENCE OF E-WORD OF MOUTH AND E-COMMERCE ON CONSUMER DECISIONS IN CHOOSING THE INDRIVE ONLINE TRANSPORTATION APPLICATION (CASE STUDY OF MARINDAL I, PATUMBAK I DISTRICT)

The development and progress of information technology has now penetrated the field of transportation to facilitate human activities. With the increasing need for fast and easy transportation, online transportation service businesses using applications have emerged. The use of technology in the transportation sector provides convenience in ordering, time and cost efficiency, making it a distinct advantage for online transportation service providers compared to conventional transportation. InDrive is a ridesharing application platform (online transportation service provider) which is similar to Grab and Gojek, this application allows users to order cars/motorbikes at prices that can be negotiated between the driver and passenger. This research was conducted to determine and measure the influence of E-Word of Mouth and E-Commerce on the Decision to Choose the Indrive Online Transportation Application with a case study of Marindal I, Patumbak I District. This research uses a quantitative approach by determining a judgment sampling sample with criteria where the customer is age productive work using the indrive application which was used as a research sample. Using the Slovin sampling technique with a confidence level of 90% and an error rate of 10%, the sample used in this research was 100 people. Proving the hypothesis in this research is assisted by using the SPSS version 25 application. The results of this research are that the E-Word of Mouth variable partially has a positive and significant effect on the decision to choose Indrive online transportation. Partially, the E-Commerce variable has a positive and significant effect on the decision to choose Indrive online transportation. Simultaneously, E-Word of Mouth and E-Commerce have a positive and significant influence on the decision to choose Indrive online transportation. And 60.5% of voting decisions are influenced by E-Word of Mouth and E-Commerce.

Truthful online double auctions for on-demand integrated ride-sourcing platforms

Integrated platforms are an emerging model of business that integrates ride-sourcing services provided by multiple companies on a single platform. It reduces market fragmentation and brings benefits to both travelers and participating independent transport service providers. To ensure the sustainability of such platforms, the main challenge lies in efficient matching between travelers and ride-sourcing companies, so that both sides obtain non-negative utility. In this study, we propose a double auction based framework to solve the matching and pricing problems for on-demand integrated ride-sourcing platforms. To solve the real-time matching problem, we develop two online mechanisms with a critical price dynamic updating algorithm and a greedy algorithm. The proposed mechanisms are guaranteed to achieve the desired economic properties, and their efficiency is evaluated through numerical studies.

Performance Assessment of a Rehabilitation Transportation Reservation Matching Service with Market Design Mechanisms

Government agencies provide huge amount of subsidies to support the rehabilitation transportation service over the past decade in eastern Taiwan; however, low demand request fulfillment rate, limited medical and transportation resources, long travel distances, and an extremely high percentage of dead mileages are still the main challenges faced by rehabilitation transportation service providers. This study applies the market design theory to match the rehabilitation buses with the requests of patients, so as to improve resource utilization efficiency in rural areas. The developed market design mechanisms aim to allocate resources to those who need them most in a matching manner, by using the deferred acceptance algorithm and the top trading cycle approach. The model is initialized with the requests of those who choose the rehabilitation bus based on their desired boarding time slots. On the other hand, the service providers of the rehabilitation bus would determine patients’ schedule based on their disability level, willingness to share the ride, number of fulfilled appointments during this month, and the travel distance of this trip as the order of preference. Since the current vehicle dispatching rule is to reserve seats of a rehabilitation bus on the “first-come-first-served” basis, and it cannot fully satisfy patients need. In accordance with the historical data, 63 of 72 demand requests could successfully reserve the seats. In the “first-come, first-served” mode, 48 requests obtained the first-ranking shift (i.e., their desired time slots), and the sum of their disability level score is 155. In the market design matching mode, 57 requests obtained the first-ranking shift, and the sum of their disability level score is 170, which demonstrates that the proposed market design matching mechanism outperforms than the conventional rules.

Strategic development of the national road network

Strategically developed transport infrastructure is a basic prerequisite for efficient, effective, and sustainable transport. The transport infrastructure is essential for economic growth, for the mobility of labor resources, for the supply of transport services and for the competitiveness of the bulgarian economy. A major problem identified in relation to the characteristics and qualities of the infrastructure along the main routes is the lack of continuous, consistent, and permanent transport networks to ensure fast and safe movement over longer distances. The development of the national road network must follow the principles of continuity and synergy with the national and European strategic documents. The main strategic priorities in the development of transport are effective maintenance and modernization of the transport infrastructure, as well as increasing the security and safety of the transport system.

IMPLEMENTATION OF GO RIDE PASSENGER INSURANCE IN ONLINE TRANSPORTATION DUE TO ACCIDENTS

The presence of online transportation is considered to really help the community in the process of mobilizing goods or people. Online transportation is currently very popular among the public, because online transportation is considered cheap and practical. Transportation is a system consisting of facilities and infrastructure, supported by management and human resources which form a service network that functions as a driver, driver and supporter of development. Protection by providing compensation for losses is an important basic basis in insurance, requiring the company to have a legitimate financial interest in the object or event being insured. In the context of online transportation, it is important for companies like Gojek to apply this principle in passenger accident life insurance. This research is a legal research using a normative juridical approach. The specifications of this research are analytical descriptive, because this research can provide a comprehensive, systematic picture and analysis of the realities in the field, especially regarding liability and insurance protection contained in legislation. Data collection is carried out by making observations and using applicable legislation. In carrying out transportation activities other than carrying out passenger trips, the transportation service provider is obliged to insure its liability, meaning that the public transportation company is obliged to compensate for losses suffered by passengers or goods senders due to negligence in carrying out transportation services. Based on article 237 paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic and Transportation Law, it is stated that public transportation companies are obliged to participate in an accident insurance program as a manifestation of their responsibility for insurance coverage for victims and public transportation companies are obliged to insure people employed as vehicle crew. The form of insurance protection provided by Gojek to passengers who use its services is the application of Article 302 of the Criminal Code. The online transportation service provider company Gojek provides insurance to passengers to ensure that travel is protected because passenger safety is Gojek's priority. The form of insurance protection for passengers in Gojek online transportation is stated in the GoRide Pasangger Insurance provisions.

Reconstructing mobility from smartphone data: Empirical evidence of the effects of COVID-19 pandemic crisis on working and leisure

Identifying daily mobility patterns of commuters can be of great importance to researchers, authorities, operators and transportation service providers. Further, in the light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, understanding the changes of mobility patterns induced by the imposed restrictions to the general public, may have significant impact on how we conceptualize, design and operate the future transportation systems. However, such analyses may require extensive mobility related datasets that are very difficult and expensive to acquire using traditional data collection approaches. In this work, we aim at proposing a methodology to identify and characterize users’ mobility patterns and augment the information captured by classical travel surveys. We apply this framework on anonymized raw smartphone sensors data gathered in Athens (Greece) to identify changes in mobility chains as an effect of COVID-19 restrictions. The methodological framework is based on a mixture of clustering and rule-based approaches. The proposed methodology is able to consistently detect the most frequently visited locations of each user, identify the related primary and secondary activities and finally, construct their daily trip chains. Findings reveal that people travel less frequent, but for longer especially on weekends. During lockdown periods, home-related activities have significantly increased, both in weekdays and weekends. In addition, COVID-19 regulations resulted in a significant reduction of the spatial randomness of the conducted trips. Finally, work-study trip chains have seen evident growth, as an aftermath of tele-working and tele-studying regulations.

Laos’ Social Health Insurance (SHI) program’s impact on older people’s accessibility and financial security against catastrophic health expense

Laos has introduced various SHI schemes for multiple groups of the population, such as government officials and other population groups under the NHI schemes. There is no specific health insurance policy for this group of people who need special health services and may have a higher possibility of entering financial catastrophe. This study aims to assess the impact of SHI schemes on accessibility and financial catastrophe against catastrophic health expenditures for older people in Laos. A structured questionnaire has been used to retrieve information from 400 older people across 39 villages in Kaysone Phomvihane District, Savannakhet province, the largest province in Laos. In the analytical process, this study used a cross-sectional study design and binary logistic regression models to predict the likelihood of accessing health facilities and experiencing financial catastrophe. The study outcome shows that the increase in age, occupation, number of older people within a household, and presence of chronic conditions increase the likelihood of using health services. Despite the existence of various SHI schemes, this study found that 74 out of 165 households reported using health services experienced catastrophic health expenditure. Several characteristics are associated with catastrophic health expenditure: age, income level, and gender are prone to suffer from catastrophic health expenditure. The difficult problems stem from the absence of comprehensive legislation regarding the older population. Recommendations for policymakers in various timeframes have been made, which cover short- and long-term policy proposals, including providing a specialized lane or fast-track for an older population, building health facilities exclusively for older people, and providing transportation services for older individuals living alone.

Optimization of cargo delivery volumes by road carries in the system of providing transport services

The work considers the formulation of the problem of optimizing the transport process in transport service supply chains and the method of its solution. The study of the transport process of servicing incoming flows of cargo transportation orders showed that in the conditions of competition, motor transport companies try to optimize their activities. However, such optimization leads to the fact that carriers unreasonably refuse obviously promising orders, if the properties of the relevant transport processes are taken into account. It becomes quite difficult to achieve further improvement of the execution of a set of orders at the individual level. This means that transport processes for servicing a single incoming flow of orders should be based on new principles of synthesis. Despite the random nature of the orders, organizational relationships can be established between them, which can serve as signs for building an optimally structured integrated transport process. In order to solve the problem of optimization of the transport process, from the point of view of satisfaction the need for fulfilling orders for the transportation of goods, in transport service supply chains the use of structural modeling is proposed, which makes it possible to carry out the distribution of own vehicles of enterprises that interact with each other, to determine the need for their rental and in the amount of necessary information that, in aggregate, leads to the maximum profit of the enterprise.The initial data and conditions of the formulated task of order fulfillment planning were performed according to the criterion of the maximum profit of the motor vehicle enterprise. The purpose of these studies was the development of methodological bases for optimizing the volume of truck transportation of transport companies, taking into account the potential of their interaction at various levels.Keywords: transportation process, motor vehicle enterprise, supply chain, transportation order, optimization, profit.

What can be done with today’s budget and demand? Scenarios of rural public transport automation in Mühlwald (South Tyrol)

Rural public transport is typically limited in its coverage, frequency and service period. This is often linked to a low and dispersed demand, which makes the provision of competitive transport services often financially unsustainable. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) might change this condition, allowing for an upgrade of public transport in rural areas. Nevertheless, current studies are mostly focused on urban areas, while the potential for rural applications remains underexplored. This paper contributes to this research line by developing a set of so-called AV scenarios for a potential upgrade of public transport in the rural study area of Mühlwald (South Tyrol, Italy). These scenarios are designed following three core principles. First, line-based and on-demand applications of AVs are not only individually tested, but even combined over space and time in different manners to exploit their synergy. Second, the performances of the scenarios are quantified by assuming the today´s agency cost budget, public-transport demand and peak-hour system capacity to be fixed parameters to comply with. Third, the uncertainties regarding the impacts of AVs on the agency costs are taken into account by defining optimistic, neutral and pessimistic variants of each scenario. Results indicate that the full replacement of current bus lines with a system of on-demand shared taxis might provide the highest performance improvements with the same budget as today, but only with a much bigger fleet. At the same time, the combination of bus lines and on-demand services over time (and space) might provide similarly competitive results while keeping the needed fleet size, service distance and service time relatively low. With this study, policy makers may get insights into the potential improvements of rural public transport that might be initially obtained with different uses of AVs, given a fixed agency cost budget and demand.

Algorithm for forming traction and braking torque settings at the shaft of a traction motor by means of a single pedal

BACKGROUND: Transport service providers and consumers specify requirements to vehicles for increasing energy efficiency, cost reduction, as well as improving ergonomics and comfort. Fuel costs are among the significant costs, so it is very promising to use vehicles with electric drives, such as battery-powered electric vehicles. It is very important for them to have energy-efficient control of traction drives that are the main sources of energy loss, characterized by high efficiency that helps to increase single-charge mileage. To achieve this, it is necessary to form the settings of the requested engine torque using the accelerator pedal only, taking into account traffic conditions, vehicle characteristics over the entire velocity range. AIMS: Development of the fundamentals and the law of determining the settings of the traction and regenerative torque of a traction electric drive, the run-out mode depending on motion velocity and the accelerator pedal position, taking into account the required level of comfort and ergonomics of control. METHODS: The law of determining the setting of the traction and regenerative torque of the traction electric drive, the run-out mode were modeled in the MATLAB/Simulink software package. RESULTS: The fundamentals of building the law of determining of the setting of the traction and regenerative torque of the traction electric drive, the run-out mode for effective control, increasing ergonomics and comfort of a vehicle, as well as the results of virtual simulation of the formation of settings in the MATLAB/Simulink in conditions close to the operational are given in the paper. CONCLUSIONS: The practical value of the study lies in the possibility of using the proposed law for determining the setting of the traction and regenerative torque of the traction electric drive, the run-out mode for the development of a traction drive control system for transport vehicles.