UK Partner
Dr. Nima Dadashzadeh, Research Fellow, Faculty Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Technology, University of Portsmouth
Ukraine Partner
Ms. Nataliia Volkova, Associate Professor, Department of applied mathematics and information technologies, Institute of Computer Systems, Odesa Polytechnic National University
Co-Investigators
Dr. Lee Woods, Associate Dean for Students, Faculty of Technology, University of Portsmouth
Danylo Horpenko, graduate of the third level of education of the Odesa Polytechnic National University
Project objectives
Sustainable transportation development will play a vital role in promoting the economic development and welfare of Ukraine in particular the transportation systems and infrastructures' resilience during and post-crisis. It is a well-established fact that some segments of the population are socially vulnerable (even if there is no crisis) in terms of access to transportation services namely elderly people, persons with disabilities, low-income people, and even females. The vulnerability of these groups can be sharply increased during crises such as wars or pandemics while there is limited access to transportation systems.
The results of this project will help practitioners and policymakers in Ukraine to have a thorough understanding of travel behaviour and the needs of all user groups. In addition, it helps them to prioritize economic investment in a way that considers the welfare of all citizens including vulnerable social groups. This project relates to items 69 (Intelligent technologies of transport) and 45 (energy-efficient transport) of the research list published by the Ukraine Ministry of Education and Science (MoES, 2022).
Project goals
Transportation resilience is one of the essential and important topics proposed by the UN sustainable development goal no.11: Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable Transport (United Nations, 2015). To achieve the “transport for all” goal, the accessibility of all user groups should be considered in providing transportation services with a specific focus on Vulnerable Social Groups (VSGs) (Dadashzadeh et al., 2022a, 2022b). Understanding individuals’ travel behaviour change before, during and after the crisis such as War will help transportation experts to provide citizen with an effective transportation planning that ease the citizens movement during crisis. New transportation concepts such as Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) can play a vital role in improving transportation resilience during and post-crisis such as Pandemic or War. This concept can integrate the intelligent and energy-efficient transportation systems such as connected and autonomous vehicle (Polydoropoulou et al., 2021, Dadashzadeh et al., 2022c), electric shared mobility systems (e-bike, e-scooters, e-car), and public transport through a single platform (e.g. a smartphone app).
In this project we aim to develop a model and framework to determine factors which are important in providing an inclusive and resilient transportation system in time of crisis and post-crisis. The required data for modelling and analysis will be collected using an online survey platform from both users andexperts to understand their attitudes towards intelligent and energy-efficient transportation systems and their importance in the time of crisis. To this end, the following aspects will be considered in the questionnaire:
- Typical travel behaviour and mode choice of citizens without any crisis
- Mobility of people while there is a disruption in public transport during the crisis
- Use of micro-mobility during crisis and post-crisis
- Use of real-time information through digital mobility platforms such as a message or mobility apps to direct people from the area that has high risk or probability of explosion to the routes/locations that are safe
- Security and Resilience of the current systems
Statistical analysis and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) will be used to analysis the collected data to reveal the important factors in providing resilient and sustainable transportation for the time of crisis and post-crisis. The findings of this project will help engineers, practitioners, and policymakers in the government and local authorities to plan, prioritise, and invest the financial resources in a way that improves the welfare of all Ukraine citizens.
Role of each Partner
Ukraine Partner will help the UK partners by:
- Employing a researcher in Ukraine
- Data collection of users and experts (disseminating the survey in Ukraine)
- Translating the survey into Ukraine language (if required)
- Writing the required parts for journal and conference paper
UK partners will:
- Supervise the researcher in Ukraine to design the survey questionnaire
- Analysis of the collected data
- Prepare the results and outputs
- Design the structure and prepare the early draft of the journal and conference paper
Timing
Project Start Date: 1 February 2023
Project End Date: 31 August 2023
Expected results
1. Two conference papers
1.1 Euro Working Group on Transportation Conference (EWGT2023), 6-8 September, Spain
1.2 To be decided
2. One journal paper (Transportation Research Part E, IF:10.047 or Cities journal, IF: 6.07)
3. Bid submission in Ukraine
