Business models (BMs) are crucial for the successful market penetration and diffusion of sustainable innovations. Nonetheless, consumer preference knowledge about adopting electric vehicles (EVs) under innovative BMs is low. Drawing on existing conceptualizations BMs, this investigation studied preferences three (EV-leasing; battery-leasing; B2C EV-sharing) traditional total purchase BM. This r...

The mass production of the four-wheel automobile in early 20th century changed human mobility forever. These suddenly “affordable” oil-fueled transportation boxes allowed us to move faster, range further, and triggered a dramatic transformation built environment. Unfortunately, this has also inflicted significant environmental harms. Recognition these harms led many propose prioritize vehicle e...

This paper concentrates on the dualistic role of transportation as a pro-active agent of globalization and as a beneficiary of its development. Surprisingly, transportation is possibly the least researched element in the complex of factors that foster a changing world economy. The goal is to suggest areas that require an informed social science perspective based on research that will enhance th...

Bicycle sharing programs provide a sustainable mode of urban transportation. Although cities across the globe have developed these systems for their citizens and visitors, usage rates are not as high as anticipated. This research uses the technology acceptance model as the basis to understand one’s intention to adopt bicycle sharing programs. Using survey data derived from 421 participants in B...

The transformation process towards sustainable road transportation implicitly requires that household’s car choice is not only influenced by individual or household specific objectives but also by societal objectives such as mitigating climate change. Hence the car purchase decision is seen as a citizen choice process, also including societal and ecological aspects in the decision function. The...

With the advent of ubiquitous mobile sensing and self-tracking groups, travel demand researchers have a unique opportunity to combine these two developments to improve the state of the art of travel diary collection. While the use of mobile phones and the inference of travel diaries from GPS and sensor data allows for lower-cost, longer surveys, we show how the self-tracking movement can be lev...

This article aims at identifying the research issues and challenges that need to be addressed to achieve sustainable transportation system for Indian cities. The same is achieved by understanding the current system and trends of urbanization, motorization and modal shares in India; and their impact on mobility and safety (the two basic goals of transportation) as well as environment. Further, t...

Nowadays it is reiterated in the literature to put more emphasis on Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies rather than the traditional transportation strategies which are based on “supply-side” tactic specifically in rapidly growing developing countries. The experiences of many cities reveal that as capacity is increased, demand increases at a similar rate, and subsequently in the lo...

Policies and interventions involving the built environment have become a promising opportunity for the promotion of walking as a sustainable transportation mode. Among voluminous literature, few studies were found that examined the association between the built environment and walking among the elderly in China. This study investigated the relationship between the built environment and the walk...