Tools and Methodologies for the Analysis of Home-to-Work Shuttle Service Impacts: The ENEA “Casaccia” Case Study
Mobility management is a regulatory framework designed to streamline systematic mobility and mitigate energy, environmental and economic impacts. In this work, we propose a flexible methodology for evaluating the sustainability of home-to-work travel, providing a comprehensive and detailed ex post c...
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| author | Fabio Carapellucci Valentina Conti Maria Lelli Carlo Liberto Silvia Orchi Gaetano Valenti Maria Pia Valentini |
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| description | Mobility management is a regulatory framework designed to streamline systematic mobility and mitigate energy, environmental and economic impacts. In this work, we propose a flexible methodology for evaluating the sustainability of home-to-work travel, providing a comprehensive and detailed ex post cost–benefit assessment. Specifically, we analyzed the effectiveness of the shuttle service operating in the ENEA “Casaccia” Research Centre in pre-pandemic times. Initially, we conducted an online survey to collect data with the aim of characterizing the travel behavior of the staff and reconstructing the multi-modal individual mobility patterns. Over 70% of the recipients, which amounted to about 950 individuals, completed the survey. Subsequently, we studied two alternative scenarios—with and without the shuttle service—comparing their total mileage, energy consumption, and pollutant emissions and performing an economic analysis. Our findings suggest that operating the service has a significant impact on air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, with reductions of 97% for volatile organic compounds, 72% for particulate matter, and 60% for carbon dioxide. Moreover, the cost–benefit analysis reveals that both users and the community reaped benefits from the provision of the collective service. These benefits are estimated to be almost EUR 1.35 M per year. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-657bdfa5e44d41f4b56768b9bfcdc4cd2023-11-19T10:49:41ZengMDPI AGFuture Transportation2673-75902023-07-013390191710.3390/futuretransp3030050Tools and Methodologies for the Analysis of Home-to-Work Shuttle Service Impacts: The ENEA “Casaccia” Case StudyFabio Carapellucci0Valentina Conti1Maria Lelli2Carlo Liberto3Silvia Orchi4Gaetano Valenti5Maria Pia Valentini6Laboratory of Systems and Technologies for Sustainable Mobility, ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, “Casaccia” Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, ItalyLaboratory of Systems and Technologies for Sustainable Mobility, ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, “Casaccia” Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, ItalyLaboratory of Systems and Technologies for Sustainable Mobility, ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, “Casaccia” Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, ItalyLaboratory of Systems and Technologies for Sustainable Mobility, ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, “Casaccia” Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, ItalyLaboratory of Systems and Technologies for Sustainable Mobility, ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, “Casaccia” Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, ItalyLaboratory of Systems and Technologies for Sustainable Mobility, ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, “Casaccia” Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, ItalyLaboratory of Systems and Technologies for Sustainable Mobility, ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, “Casaccia” Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, ItalyMobility management is a regulatory framework designed to streamline systematic mobility and mitigate energy, environmental and economic impacts. In this work, we propose a flexible methodology for evaluating the sustainability of home-to-work travel, providing a comprehensive and detailed ex post cost–benefit assessment. Specifically, we analyzed the effectiveness of the shuttle service operating in the ENEA “Casaccia” Research Centre in pre-pandemic times. Initially, we conducted an online survey to collect data with the aim of characterizing the travel behavior of the staff and reconstructing the multi-modal individual mobility patterns. Over 70% of the recipients, which amounted to about 950 individuals, completed the survey. Subsequently, we studied two alternative scenarios—with and without the shuttle service—comparing their total mileage, energy consumption, and pollutant emissions and performing an economic analysis. Our findings suggest that operating the service has a significant impact on air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, with reductions of 97% for volatile organic compounds, 72% for particulate matter, and 60% for carbon dioxide. Moreover, the cost–benefit analysis reveals that both users and the community reaped benefits from the provision of the collective service. These benefits are estimated to be almost EUR 1.35 M per year.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7590/3/3/50mobility managementhome-to-work transportation servicestransportation habits surveycollective transportenergy consumptionpollutant emissions |
| spellingShingle | Fabio Carapellucci Valentina Conti Maria Lelli Carlo Liberto Silvia Orchi Gaetano Valenti Maria Pia Valentini Tools and Methodologies for the Analysis of Home-to-Work Shuttle Service Impacts: The ENEA “Casaccia” Case Study Future Transportation mobility management home-to-work transportation services transportation habits survey collective transport energy consumption pollutant emissions |
| title | Tools and Methodologies for the Analysis of Home-to-Work Shuttle Service Impacts: The ENEA “Casaccia” Case Study |
| title_full | Tools and Methodologies for the Analysis of Home-to-Work Shuttle Service Impacts: The ENEA “Casaccia” Case Study |
| title_fullStr | Tools and Methodologies for the Analysis of Home-to-Work Shuttle Service Impacts: The ENEA “Casaccia” Case Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tools and Methodologies for the Analysis of Home-to-Work Shuttle Service Impacts: The ENEA “Casaccia” Case Study |
| title_short | Tools and Methodologies for the Analysis of Home-to-Work Shuttle Service Impacts: The ENEA “Casaccia” Case Study |
| title_sort | tools and methodologies for the analysis of home to work shuttle service impacts the enea casaccia case study |
| topic | mobility management home-to-work transportation services transportation habits survey collective transport energy consumption pollutant emissions |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7590/3/3/50 |
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