This overview article proposes a revised approach to improve the urban realm, against the
backdrop of new models for delivering transport services as digitalisation, collaborative …

This paper reviews the studies on public bus service contracting over the past three
decades. With a bibliometric approach, the impactful clusters of studies and research focus …

Mobility as a service (MaaS) promises a bold new future where bundled public transport and
shared mobility options (carsharing, ridesharing, bikesharing and microtransit) will provide …

The land passenger transport sector lies on the cusp of a major transformation, guided by
collaborative consumption, next generation vehicles, demographic change and digital …

Ride-sharing services, that have been growing in recent years with the start of network
service companies, will be further enhanced by the recently emerging trend of applications …

The recent emergence of large-scale ride-sourcing services, such as Uber and Lyft, is a
major development in passenger transport. By utilizing fleets of private cars and app …

Typically, governments subcontract the operation of urban bus systems to several bus
operators. In particular, the government aims to promote the service quality for passengers …

Bus operators in the public and private sector are increasingly subject to competitive
tendering in many countries and a requirement to operate under a gross cost contract. This …

Over the years, passenger incentives have increasingly been used in Swedish public bus
transport to increase ridership by introducing passenger incentive contracts. In 2015, half of …

Autonomous vehicle (AV) has been discussed as a promising solution to substantially
improve transit system performance. However, the feasibility of AVs at a system level …