A study of whole body vibration exposure for a bus driver along Kuantan to Johor Bharu by Siti Nur Atikah, Abdullah

“…Statistics show accidents involving public transport such as buses are often happen. Therefore, a bus driver must be disclosed in more detail about the whole body vibration. …”
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Long-Tailed Graph Representation Learning via Dual Cost-Sensitive Graph Convolutional Network by Yijun Duan, Xin Liu, Adam Jatowt, Hai-tao Yu, Steven Lynden, Kyoung-Sook Kim, Akiyoshi Matono

“…Recently, studies on applying deep learning techniques to graph data in remote sensing (e.g., public transport networks) have been conducted. In graph node classification tasks, traditional graph neural network (GNN) models assume that different types of misclassifications have an equal loss and thus seek to maximize the posterior probability of the sample nodes under labeled classes. …”
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Bus Dynamic Travel Time Prediction: Using a Deep Feature Extraction Framework Based on RNN and DNN by Yuan Yuan, Chunfu Shao, Zhichao Cao, Zhaocheng He, Changsheng Zhu, Yimin Wang, Vlon Jang

“…Travel time data is an important factor for evaluating the performance of a public transport system. In terms of time and space within the nature of uncertainty, bus travel time is dynamic and flexible. …”
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Ranking sustainable urban mobility indicators and their matching transport policies to support liveable city Futures: A MICMAC approach by Ioannis Chatziioannou, Alexandros Nikitas, Panagiotis G. Tzouras, Efthimios Bakogiannis, Luis Alvarez-Icaza, Luis Chias-Becerril, Christos Karolemeas, Stefanos Tsigdinos, Pontus Wallgren, Oskar Rexfelt

“…According to our analysis the most powerful indicator is traffic congestion, followed by affordability of public transport for the poorest, energy efficiency, access to mobility service and multimodal integration. …”
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Two-Dimensional Switchable Beam Transmitarray Antenna for mm-Wave Base Stations and Vehicular Networks by Javid Ahmad Ganie, Kushmanda Saurav

“…The antenna can be used in millimetre wave base stations for beam-switching and can also act as a repeater antenna at millimetre wave frequencies in public transport vehicles.…”
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تطوير منهجية لفحص السلامة المرورية على الطرق الريفية (قطاع من طريق طرطوس - صافيتا) by Ranaa Darwish Ahmad, Darin Yousef

“…In the first part, 2km of the road was studied where photos and road measurements were taken; the road width, the bankit width, the road sides, visibility conditions, compatibility between the horizontal and the vertical elements of the road, drainage, intersections, speed limits, passing ability, the traffic signs, pedestrian and public transport and the road markers were studied every 100m and inspection reports were prepared. …”
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Aggression against Nursing Personnel during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: An Internet-Based Survey by Juan Pablo Sánchez-de la Cruz, Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza, María Lilia López-Narváez, Thelma Beatriz González-Castro, Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop, Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate, Humberto Nicolini

“…Additionally, males were attacked more frequently on public transport (x² = 6.72, <i>p</i> = 0.01). …”
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LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES by Alla Sotska, Nataliia Pavlovska, Oleg Zaverukha

“…The article also mentions frequent cases of violation of the right to an adequate level of social security, to the provision of medicines, to education, to employment, to parking in specially designated places, to free travel on public transport, etc. In connection with such a situation, the institution of responsibility (administrative, civil, criminal, disciplinary and material) for the violation of socio-economic rights of people with disabilities functions. …”
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Comparison of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza under different intensities of non-pharmaceutical interventions and vaccine effectiveness by Yinchang Chen, Zhende Wang, Feng Li, Jingyu Ma, Jie Zhang, Yunpeng Chen, Ting Zhang

“…We have divided the NPIs into three levels according to the degree of restriction on social activities (including entertainment venues, conventions, offices, restaurants, public transport, etc.), with social controls becoming progressively stricter from level 1 to level 3.ResultsIn the simulated scenario where susceptible individuals were vaccinated with three doses of COVID-19 coronaVac vaccine, the peak number of severe cases was 26.57% lower than that in the unvaccinated scenario, and the peak number of infection cases was reduced by 10.16%. …”
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Real-World Measurement of Hybrid Buses’ Fuel Consumption and Pollutant Emissions in a Metropolitan Urban Road Network by Christos Keramydas, Georgios Papadopoulos, Leonidas Ntziachristos, Ting-Shek Lo, Kwok-Lam Ng, Hok-Lai Anson Wong, Carol Ka-Lok Wong

“…This study investigates pollutant emissions and fuel consumption of six Euro VI hybrid-diesel public transport buses operating on different scheduled routes in a metropolitan urban road network. …”
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EUROPEAN INTEGRATION DOMINANTS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ROAD TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE by Svitlana Kovalchuk

“…The unregulated standardization of motor vehicles and the lack of an effective state policy to stimulate the renewal of private and public transport have led to the fact that Ukraine is constantly turning into a reserve of used non-ecological motor vehicles from abroad, while its own auto industry is on the verge of extinction. …”
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Public Perception of Electric Scooter Use in Sicily: Analysis of Post-Pandemic Opinions by Tiziana Campisi, Emre Kuşkapan, Muhammed Yasin Çodur, Chiara Vianello, Giulia De Cet

“…The safety of the electric scooter has been a long-debated topic, especially since this vehicle has seen a boom in sales and rentals since 2020, thanks to the incentives for the purchase and the willingness of Italians to use public transport less and less. To define the choice of an electric scooter as a sustainable modal choice, it is necessary, beyond safety, to investigate the perception of users in terms of gender equity, use in the first and last mile, and perception in terms of green transport modes. …”
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Incorporating Multi-Modal Travel Planning into an Agent-Based Model: A Case Study at the Train Station Kellinghusenstraße in Hamburg by Ulfia Annette Lenfers, Nima Ahmady-Moghaddam, Daniel Glake, Florian Ocker, Jonathan Ströbele, Thomas Clemen

“…Modern transportation infrastructures must meaningfully combine public transport with other mobility initiatives such as shared and on-demand systems. …”
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Urban Sprawl Patterns, Drivers, and Impacts: The Case of Mogadishu, Somalia Using Geo-Spatial and SEM Analyses by Marwan Omar Hassan, Gabriel Hoh Teck Ling, Noradila Rusli, Safizahanin Mokhtar, Walton Wider, Pau Chung Leng

“…The SEM discovered five significant drivers: low price of land and dwelling (LP), development of transportation infrastructure (DTI), rising income, security reasons, and low commute cost (LCC), in addition to eight significant impacts: less social interaction (LSI), agriculture land and natural habitat loss (AGL NHL), unsafe environment (USE), insufficient health and educational services (IHF IEF), high public services cost (HPSC), insufficient public transport (IPT), less physical activity (LPA), pollution (POL) and mental health issues (MH). …”
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Adoption of Preventive Behaviour Strategies and Public Perceptions About COVID-19 in Singapore by Semra Ozdemir, Sean Ng, Isha Chaudhry, Eric Andrew Finkelstein

“…Outcomes were adoption of, or increased frequency of preventive behaviours (avoiding social events; avoiding public transport; reducing time spent shopping and eating out; wearing a mask in public; avoiding hospitals/clinics; keeping children out of school, washing hands/using sanitisers; keeping surroundings clean; avoiding touching public surfaces; working from/studying at home). …”
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How Urban Expansion Triggers Spatio-Temporal Differentiation of Systemic Risk in Suburban Rural Areas: A Case Study of Tianjin, China by Jian Tian, Suiping Zeng, Jian Zeng, Sen Wang

“…For villages severely divided by transit roads, internal spatial connections should be strengthened by constructing public transport. For villages with good accessibility, the allocation of rural non-agricultural industries and service facilities should be strengthened to mitigate the impact of urban expansion on the rural social structure. …”
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Assessing Spatiotemporal Changes of SDG Indicators at the Neighborhood Level in Guilin, China: A Geospatial Big Data Approach by Liying Han, Linlin Lu, Junyu Lu, Xintong Liu, Shuangcheng Zhang, Ke Luo, Dan He, Penglong Wang, Huadong Guo, Qingting Li

“…The findings showed that the proportion of the population with convenient access to public transport in the functional urban area gradually improved from 42% in 2013 to 52% in 2020. …”
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Editorial by Ralf Risser

“…The results of their before-after study that mobility was reduced significantly by the lock-down, but that especially public transport was effected. Studies like this should provide knowledge and know-how that can be of good use in case of developments similar to those induced by COVID. …”
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Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD among College Students in the Post-COVID-19 Era: A Cross-Sectional Study by Xing Wang, Nan Zhang, Changqin Pu, Yunyue Li, Hongguang Chen, Mengqian Li

“…Non-medical majors at university, rural residence, higher educational background, fear of taking public transport, and deterioration of family relationships increased the risk for PTSD symptoms among male respondents with anxiety or depression symptoms due to COVID-19. …”
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Witnessing Sexual Harassment and Associated Substance Use and Poor Mental Health Outcomes among Adolescent Girls in the US by Elizabeth Reed, Marissa Salazar, Alma I. Behar, Niloufar Agah, Alice L. Wong, Jay G. Silverman, Melanie L. A. Rusch, Anita Raj

“…Among those reporting witnessing, most witnessed sexual harassment at school (69%), at a party (45%), in their neighborhood (34%), or on public transport (33%). In adjusted logistic regression models, witnessing sexual harassment was significantly associated with past 30-day alcohol use, ever using drugs, feeling depressed (past 30 days), feeling anxious (past 30 days), and past-year suicidal ideation (ORs range 2.9–18.2). …”
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