LIST OF SOME TRANSPORTATION JOURNALS

Source: Portland State University

* Access Magazine
* Accident Analysis and Prevention
* Annals of Regional Science
* Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
* Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
* European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research
* European Transport
* Growth and Change
* IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
* International Journal of Logistics Management
* International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
* International Journal of Transport Management
* Internet Journal of Cooper@tive Tr@nsport@tion Dyn@mics
* ITE Journal
* ITS International
* Journal of the American Planning Association
* Journal of Advanced Transportation
* Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering (ASCE)
* Journal of Engineering Education
* Journal of Infrastructure Systems (ASCE)
* Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning and Operations
* Journal of Maps
* Journal of Public Transportation
* Journal of Safety Research
* Journal of Transport and Land Use

Source: Queen's University Belfast

TRANSPORT RESEARCH JOURNALS
* Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Journal
* International Journal of Transport Management
* Journal of Advanced Transportation
* Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
* Traffic Engineering and Control
* Transportation
* Transport Policy
* Transport Reviews
* Transportation Planning and Technology
* Transportation Research Part A, Policy and Practice
* Transportation Research Part B, Methodological
* Transportation Research Part C, Emerging Technologies
* Transportation Research Part D, Transport and Environment
* Transportation Research Part E, Logistics and Transportation Review
* Transportation Research Part F, Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
* Transportation Science
* Journal of Transport Geography
* Journal of Transportation and Statistics
* Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
* Journal of Transportation Engineering (ASCE)
* Journal of Transportation Planning and Technology
* Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
* Journal of Urban Economics
* Journal of Urban Planning and Development (ASCE)
* Mass Transit
* Metropolitan Universities Journal
* Mobilities
* Public Roads
* Research & Technology Transporter
* Traffic Engineering and Control
* Traffic Safety Digest
* Traffic World
* Transport Geography
* Transport Policy
* Transport Reviews
* Transportation
* Transportation Journal
* Transportation Quarterly

OTHER JOURNALS WITH SOME TRANSPORT CONTENT
* ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering
* Journal of Urban Economics
* Networks
* Networks and Spatial Economics

OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE JOURNALS that carry transport related articles
* Computers & Operations Research
* European Journal of Operational Research
* International Transactions in Operational Research.
* Journal of the Operational Research Society
* Management Science
* Omega
* Operations Research
* Operations Research Letters
* OR-Spektrum

Management Science, Operations Research and Operations Research Letters are published by the OR/MS society, INFORMS.
International Transactions in Operational Research is published by IFORS, the International Federation of Operational Research Societies.

ONLINE TRANSPORT JOURNALS
* Journal of Railway Operations Research, (JROR), currently free
* World Transportation Policy and Practice

SOME OTHER RELEVANT JOURNALS
* SIAM Online Journals
* The SIAM Joural on Optimisation, from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
* Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice
* Transportation Research. Part B, Methodological
* Transportation Research. Part C, Emerging Technologies
* Transportation Research. Part D, Transport and Environment
* Transportation Research. Part E, Logistics and Transportation Review
* Transportation Research. Part F, Traffic Psychology & Behaviour
* Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
* Transportation Science
* Urban Studies
* World Transport Policy and Practice

Source: University of Lancaster
Transport & Logistics Journal Rankings

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Transport News- Malaysia

The Malay Mail: SPAD - Super transport service

BERNAMA: SPAD Expected To Be Implemented In September - Muhyiddin
BERNAMA: EFFICIENT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION KEY TO NATION'S GROWTH, SAYS SYED HAMID

Office of The Prime Minister: PERLANTIKAN PENGERUSI SURUHANJAYA PENGANGKUTAN AWAM DARAT (SPAD)

The Star: SPAD tasked with public transport service duties
The Star: Syed Hamid Albar is head of public transport commission
The Star: Syed Hamid gets SPAD job
The Star: Making progress in Urban Transport
The Star: The lifeline of a nation
The Star: KL Draft Plan complaints still accepted
The Star: Mohamad Nur tipped to be SPAD head
The Star: CVLB should stay out of transport commission
The Star: Bumpy road before a smooth drive
The Star: Bill to restrict traffic at peak hours tabled
The Star: Huge fine for killer buses
The Star: Body to monitor and enforce service standards ready next year
The Star: Commission to operate as a single authority to ensure better public transport
The Star: Bus crashes: Stiffer fines for drivers, bosses

Utusan Malaysia: Daripada LPKP kepada SPAD
Utusan Malaysia: SPAD bukan penyelesaian
Utusan Malaysia: 41% bantahan isu pengangkutan

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Psychological distance

Trope, Y., Liberman, N., & Wakslak, C. (2007). Construal Levels and Psychological Distance: Effects on Representation, Prediction, Evaluation, and Behavior. JOURNAL OF CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY, 17(2), 83–95.

Psychological distance. Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (2nd ed.).
Liberman, Nira; Trope, Yaacov; Stephan, Elena Kruglanski, Arie W. (Ed); Higgins, E. Tory (Ed). (2007). Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (2nd ed.). (pp. 353-381). New York, NY, US: Guilford Press. xiii, 1010 pp.

Psychologically distant things are those that are not present in the direct experience of reality. There are different reasons for things not to be present in the immediate reality experienced by me. Things may belong to the past or to the future (e.g., my first year of marriage, my first year of school), to spatially remote locations (e.g., my parents' house, the North Pole), to other people (the way my best friend or a person from another culture perceives the present situation), and to hypothetical alternatives to reality, what could or might have been but never materialized (e.g., had I married another person or had I had wings). These alternatives to the directly experienced reality define, respectively, four dimensions of psychological distances--temporal distance, spatial distance, social distance, and hypotheticality. In each pair of examples of distal things, the first example is more proximal than the second. We would like to propose that in relation to psychological distance, these various distance dimensions are anchored on a single starting point (zero distance point), which is my direct experience of the here and now. Anything else--other times, other places, experiences of other people, and hypothetical alternatives to reality--is a mental construct. This analysis suggests a basic relationship between psychological distance and construal; that is, any distancing (i.e., moving beyond direct experience) involves construal. Based on construal-level theory, we distinguish between extents (levels) of construal and propose that more distal entities, which are more remote from direct experience, are construed on a higher level (i.e., involve more construal). The second section of this chapter discusses in more detail the concept of level of construal and the association between level of construal and psychological distance. That section addresses two implications of this association, namely, that psychological distance would produce higher levels of construal and that, conversely, high levels of construal would enhance perceived distance. The third section examines the effects of psychological distance on confidence in prediction, intensity of affective reactions, and evaluation and choice. We present evidence suggesting that the effects of various distance dimensions are similar to each other and are mediated by level of construal. The fourth section further proposes that the different psychological distances are interrelated and to some extent interchangeable. That is, distancing an object on one dimension may be exchanged for distancing the object on another dimension.

THE DEVELOPMENT AND MEANING OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE

The Association Between Psychological Distance and Construal Level: Evidence From an Implicit Association Test

Effects of Fluency on Psychological Distance and Mental Construal (or Why New York Is a Large City, but New York Is a Civilized Jungle)

Book: "The Development and Meaning of Psychological Distance" by Rodney R. Cocking and K. Ann Renninger

Fun Life Development

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11th Annual Graduate Conference, LSE

21-22 May 2010
Institute of Social Psychology
London School of Economics (LSE)
Conference Website

Random notes:
ALCESTE analysis
Statistical textual analysis was conducted with specific scientific software (ALCESTE, University of Toulouse, France). Statistical Textual Analysis is grounded on lexicometrics. The basic hypothesis is that language levels and texts' structure can be inferred from recurrent distributions of words. The software used in this study (ALCESTE) is based on three approaches: lexicometrics, "content analysis" and data analysis (LESCURE 1999).

Photovoice
Photovoice is a process by which people can identify, represent, and enhance their community through a specific photographic technique. As a practice based in the production of knowledge, photovoice has three main goals: (1) to enable people to record and reflect their community's strengths and concerns, (2) to promote critical dialogue and knowledge about important issues through large and small group discussion of photographs, and (3) to reach policymakers. Applying photovoice to public health promotion, the authors describe the methodology and analyze its value for participatory needs assessment. They discuss the development of the photovoice concept, advantages and disadvantages, key elements, participatory analysis, materials and resources, and implications for practice.
Wang, C., & Burris, M.A. (1997). Photovoice: Concept, Methodology, and Use for Participatory Needs Assessment. Health Educ Behav, 24: 369-387

Modular questionnaire
Modular questionnaire structure. A modular structure delivers efficiencies in code maintenance, division of labor, and data model preparation (compilation). In addition to these advantages, a modular structure facilitates the code generating and updating capabilities of a tool such as QSD.

Naz Project London

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Americans lead the World in Car Ownership, China and India fast catching up in absolute number of cars owned

Automotive manufacturers tap into the enormous China Market devoting close to Half the Region's automotive advertising spend

Press release in Bahasa Melayu
29 May 2007
Kuala Lumpur

As economies continue to thrive hand in hand with consumers’ propensity to spend, the race to drive car ownership is on, according to a 2006 Media Index study published by The Nielsen Company.

As the study reveals, nearly nine in 10 Americans claim to own a car, representing 190.3MM people, making it the world’s largest in terms of car penetration and absolute numbers. Further, the USA has enjoyed an increase of eight percentage points over the past 5 years – the highest recorded growth globally. Saudi Arabia follows the USA with the second highest car ownership (86%) . (Table 1)

In the Asia Pacific region, New Zealand, South Korea, Australia and Malaysia have the highest automotive ownership in the region, at 82 percent, 74 percent, 70 percent and 67 percent respectively. (Table 2) Car penetration in New Zealand ranks third after the USA and Saudi Arabia. Australia and Malaysia have enjoyed increases of seven percentage points over the past 5 years outperforming the other markets where year on year car penetration has remained quite stable.

The real opportunity lies with the two fastest growing countries: India and China. While having seemingly low penetration, India (9%) and China (6%) rank among the world’s top 10 markets in absolute numbers of cars owned.

“With these kinds of numbers, China’s market for car parts and accessories is already huge, and car manufacturers will be tapping into that potential. In addition, with current penetration sitting at the world’s lowest, the opportunity to entice the emerging and growing affluent Chinese consumers into car ownership is immense,” said Mr. Richard Basil-Jones, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Nielsen Media Research, The Nielsen Company. “And because of China’s size, increasing penetration by one or two percent would bring tremendous rewards for the automotive industry.”

According to Nielsen’s Advertising Information Service, the world’s car manufacturers invested a sizeable US$1.85 billion advertising in China alone in 2006 – amounting to nearly half the region’s total automotive advertising - to grow their share of the country’s valuable, and burgeoning, car market.

In total, automotive and related companies spent over US$3.95 billion on advertising in 2006, of which China took the lion’s share of 47 percent, followed by Australia (17%), India (15%) and South Korea (6%). Car manufacturers invested over US73.7 million in Malaysia, with the least investment, being in the Philippines, spending only US$27MM on advertising in 2006. (Table 3)

The top 10 car brands contributed to one half of the total automotive advertising expenditure in 2006 with Toyota, the region’s biggest advertiser in automotive-related advertising in 2006, spending US$292MM, followed at a distant second by Hyundai ($197MM) and Nissan ($154MM) in third place. (Table 4)

“Affordability is obviously a consideration in some countries: as economies rebound, people are likely to indulge themselves by acquiring a car or upgrading to a new model,” commented Basil-Jones.

Media Index is a single source multi-media survey from The Nielsen Company, providing insight into consumers’ media consumption of newspaper/magazines reading, TV viewing, radio listening, cinema visits, internet surfing; their lifestyles, attitudes, transport usage and product consumption across nine markets in Asia Pacific.

Global TGI (Target Group Index), a partner of The Nielsen Company, is a global network of single source market research surveys, providing data and marketing insight from over 50 countries across six continents. TGI is operated by the KMR Group (Kantar Media Research) www.kmr-group.com

About The Nielsen Company
The Nielsen Company is a global information and media company with leading market positions and recognized brands in marketing information (ACNielsen), media information (Nielsen Media Research), business publications (Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek), trade shows and the newspaper sector (Scarborough Research). The privately held company has more than 42,000 employees and is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in Haarlem, the Netherlands, and New York, USA. For more information, please visit, www.nielsen.com.




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Other Nielsen's reports and studies
Tomorrow is a new consumer! Who is the future Asian consumer?
Money-Saving Measures: A Global Consumer Report April 2006

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Bid for LRT extension

Business Times: 17 qualify to bid for RM7b LRT contracts

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Reducing the stress of using public transport

Pete Davis and Dr Russ Marshall

From 'The Ergonomist', July 2009

The use of public transport can be a stressful experience, especially if you’re making a journey for the first time. There are so many uncertainties such as knowing which bus or train to take, the location of bus stops or platforms, the time the bus or train leaves; whether you have enough money; whether connections will be made in time; and so on. Uncertainties cover every element of a journey and whilst most can be minimised through planning, and detailed, up-to-date information about services, many have to be managed en-route. This management requires a degree of adaptability, to be able to modify a journey to overcome some form of barrier. For older people or people with disabilities there may be additional concerns combined with a reduced ability to adapt. Issues such as the presence of steps at a station; whether there is a lift; appropriate accessibility (level access, hand rails, etc.) to the train or bus; how to tell if the correct train has been boarded; if there are locations to sit and rest; and the potential for contributing factors such as heavy crowds all add to the potential for stress.

All of these uncertainties can be collectively called ‘anticipatory stressors’, and they have the potential to cause stress even before a journey starts. One potential response to this stress, particularly for those who have an alternative or for whom the journey is not a necessity, is to avoid making the journey altogether. Therefore people can experience exclusion from public transport even if they are capable of using it. Even on a familiar journey, there are a host of potential stressors that may be encountered. Activities like crossing roads, using ticket machines, negotiating ticket barriers, steps, escalators and lifts, reading and hearing information, and getting on and off vehicles, can all be ‘acute stressors’ depending on an individual’s abilities and experience. Similarly, environmental factors such as noise, crowds, isolation, litter, graffiti and the movement of a travelling vehicle are all ‘ambient stressors’ that affect different people to a greater or lesser extent.

What all of these stressors have in common is their inconsistency. All of them have the potential to range from unnoticeable to catastrophic depending on the conditions encountered on a particular journey. At its best, public transport can be an affordable, sustainable and liberating mechanism for social inclusion. However, the stress of travel is a genuine health risk, and commuters show increases in psychological and physical illness. This risk increases if the journey is more complicated. It has been shown that it is not duration or distance, but the ‘impedance to travel’ that has a direct link to stress; i.e. a person travelling a long distance on a mainline train will be less stressed than someone travelling across a city with several changes. The more stages there are in a journey, the more stressors are likely to be encountered. It is therefore essential to eliminate the stressors that make travel problematic for so many people. As part of the AUNT-SUE project, Loughborough University is developing two tools that apply this stressor elimination philosophy to improving public transport.

The Inclusive Journey Planner
Existing online journey planners can go a long way to reducing uncertainty about a journey. Just knowing when and where vehicles depart may be enough for most people to set off on a journey without a prohibitive level of anticipatory stress. The aim of the Inclusive Journey Planner is to demonstrate the extent to which the use of a journey planner prior to travel could eliminate pre-travel uncertainty for all users, including those who are disadvantaged by disability or circumstance. Interviews and trials with a range of inexperienced users based around existing journey planners and proposed design improvements, has lead to a number of recommendations that are largely encompassed by three main design concepts: Personal Profiles, Genuine Journey Choice and Rich Journey Plans.

Although many existing journey planners offer a number of ‘advanced options’ that can be used to customise a journey search, the approach seems to be one of providing every single option, then, realising that most people won’t want to look through them all, designing the layout so users can ignore them easily. Personal Profiles is a means to support users by exposing them to a relatively small list of the most relevant options to ensure only suitable journeys are provided. Enabling the user to personalise and then save their options for future use means that most users will only have to do this once in order to get personalised accessible journeys every time.

The journey options that existing journey planners provide are very limited, commonly just repetitions of one or two routes at different times. Given that the user has specified their time of travel, this is not especially helpful. A Genuine Journey Choice system would present alternative routes that suit the Personal Profile at the required time and give essential information about each route: modes, duration, cost and walking time (see image below). This allows the user to make a rational decision about which way they would prefer to make the journey. A good journey planner, such as the Transport for London Journey Planner, shows where there are steps, escalators, lifts and ramps and provides maps. The addition of showing level access to vehicles, warnings about likely crowding, extra information about stations and even weather forecasts would be welcomed by many users. Using dynamic web design can help to deliver such Rich Journey Plans without overloading the screen, enabling the user to get the information they need to travel with confidence.

The prototype Inclusive Journey Planner will be made available as an exemplar along with the results of the trials and guidance documentation. AUNT-SUE is also actively seeking to assist transport organisations in the design of journey planners that reduce stress and promote inclusion.

The HADRIAN Journey Stresstimator
HADRIAN is an extension to the SAMMIE 3D Human Modelling system. The purpose of HADRIAN is to carry out virtual user trials using models based on a varied sample of real people rather than population data. This allows practitioners to look at how people with different sizes, shapes, abilities and behaviours interact with products and environments. In addition to physical data, the HADRIAN Database includes information about activities at home, in urban environments and on transport, creating a rich profile of each of the 102 participants. Using this information it is possible to predict the level of stress that each participant would experience as a result of common acute and ambient stressors that occur whilst using public transport. The HADRIAN Journey Stresstimator is a spreadsheet-based application that enables a transport practitioner to interrogate these stress levels for any known journey. It effectively sends all of the participants on a journey and records every stress transaction providing results that can be used in many different ways. A practitioner could compare the inclusiveness of different routes, find out which people are most likely to be excluded, see which stages in a journey cause most stress, find out which stressors are causing the most stress and explore the effect that eliminating different stressors would have on a journey.

Whilst using the Journey Stresstimator is no substitute for thorough accessibility auditing, it may prove useful as a quick way to identify and prioritise opportunities for improvement. Because HADRIAN enables this analysis to be based on the real concerns of real people, it is also unique in its ability to deliver an empathic understanding of the importance of problems that might otherwise be overlooked.

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Women-only train coaches

Will be launched on April 28th, 2010
KTMB: Koc Wanita Pertama Di Malaysia Bermula Pada 28hb April 2010
FAQ on women-only coach

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