Does courier gender matter? Exploring mode choice behaviour for E-groceries crowd-shipping in developing economies

This paper examines the mode choice behaviour of people who may act as occasional couriers to provide crowd-shipping (CS) deliveries. Given its recent increase in popularity, online grocery services have become the main market for crowd-shipping deliveries' provider. The study included a behavioural survey, PTV Visum simulations and discrete choice behaviour modelling based on random utility maximization theory. Mode choice behaviour was examined by considering the gender heterogeneity of the occasional couriers in a multimodal urban transport network. The behavioural dataset was collected in the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, at the beginning of 2021. The results indicated that women were willing to provide CS service with 8% less remuneration than men. Women were also more likely to make 10% longer detours by car and metro than men, while male couriers were willing to implement 25% longer detours when travelling by bike or walking. Considering the integration of CS detours into the couriers' routine trip chains, women couriers were more likely to attach the CS trip to the work-shopping trip chain whilst men would use the home-home evening time trip chain. The estimated marginal probability effect indicated a higher detour time sensitivity with respect to expected profit and the relative detour costs of the couriers

Дослідження підходів щодо моделювання системи міжміських пасажирських перевезень

The modern scientific approaches to the issue of establishing passenger correspondence using public routes between regional centers are investigated. The results of the analysis of the existing methods for calculating the correspondence of passengers find the impossibility of their implementation without a preliminary study of the features of the system and formalization of corrective coefficients - the components of the gravity functions. It is established that at present in the world practice gravitational modeling is used for forecasting the indicators of interregional passenger transport correspondence.An empirical method is used to establish the parameters of the quantitative index of the gravity function. Unlike previous researchers, used for the invention of the parameters of the function of the attraction approach allows to obtain new knowledge about the studied system. Without the use of automated or non-automated means for examining the correspondence of passengers, it is possible to obtain indicators of the parameters of the experimental system without the influence of the human factor and any time interval.The obtained research results provide an opportunity to carry out calculations of the correspondence of passengers between the regional centers of Ukraine on the routes of general transport using the gravity model. Unknown parameters of gravity function are established in the conducted research. They provide an opportunity in forecasting the correspondence of passengers in the investigated system.Исследовано состояние современных научных подходов к прогнозированию параметров междугородних пассажирских корреспонденций. Установлено, что междугородние пассажирские транспортные корреспонденции можно рассчитать, используя современные подходы, основанные на принципе гравитациного моделирования. В системе междугородних пассажирских маршрутных перевозок наблюдаются процессы распределения пассажиропотока между видами транспорта благодаря набору вариантов реализаций потребности пассажиров на передвижение.Досліджено стан сучасних наукових підходів до прогнозування параметрів міжміських пасажирських кореспонденцій. Встановлено, що міжміські пасажирські транспортні кореспонденції можна обрахувати використовуючи сучасні підходи, які базуються на принципі гравітаціного моделювання. В системі міжміських пасажирських маршрутних перевезень спостерігаються процеси розподілу пасажиропотоку між видами транспорту завдяки набору варіантів реалізацій потреби пасажирів на пересування

Дослідження підходів щодо моделювання системи міжміських пасажирських перевезень

The modern scientific approaches to the issue of establishing passenger correspondence using public routes between regional centers are investigated. The results of the analysis of the existing methods for calculating the correspondence of passengers find the impossibility of their implementation without a preliminary study of the features of the system and formalization of corrective coefficients - the components of the gravity functions. It is established that at present in the world practice gravitational modeling is used for forecasting the indicators of interregional passenger transport correspondence.An empirical method is used to establish the parameters of the quantitative index of the gravity function. Unlike previous researchers, used for the invention of the parameters of the function of the attraction approach allows to obtain new knowledge about the studied system. Without the use of automated or non-automated means for examining the correspondence of passengers, it is possible to obtain indicators of the parameters of the experimental system without the influence of the human factor and any time interval.The obtained research results provide an opportunity to carry out calculations of the correspondence of passengers between the regional centers of Ukraine on the routes of general transport using the gravity model. Unknown parameters of gravity function are established in the conducted research. They provide an opportunity in forecasting the correspondence of passengers in the investigated system.Исследовано состояние современных научных подходов к прогнозированию параметров междугородних пассажирских корреспонденций. Установлено, что междугородние пассажирские транспортные корреспонденции можно рассчитать, используя современные подходы, основанные на принципе гравитациного моделирования. В системе междугородних пассажирских маршрутных перевозок наблюдаются процессы распределения пассажиропотока между видами транспорта благодаря набору вариантов реализаций потребности пассажиров на передвижение.Досліджено стан сучасних наукових підходів до прогнозування параметрів міжміських пасажирських кореспонденцій. Встановлено, що міжміські пасажирські транспортні кореспонденції можна обрахувати використовуючи сучасні підходи, які базуються на принципі гравітаціного моделювання. В системі міжміських пасажирських маршрутних перевезень спостерігаються процеси розподілу пасажиропотоку між видами транспорту завдяки набору варіантів реалізацій потреби пасажирів на пересування

Investigation of Approaches to Modeling of Intercity Passenger Transportation System

The modern scientific approaches to the issue of establishing passenger correspondence using public routes between regional centers are investigated. The results of the analysis of the existing methods for calculating the correspondence of passengers find the impossibility of their implementation without a preliminary study of the features of the system and formalization of corrective coefficients - the components of the gravity functions. It is established that at present in the world practice gravitational modeling is used for forecasting the indicators of interregional passenger transport correspondence.An empirical method is used to establish the parameters of the quantitative index of the gravity function. Unlike previous researchers, used for the invention of the parameters of the function of the attraction approach allows to obtain new knowledge about the studied system. Without the use of automated or non-automated means for examining the correspondence of passengers, it is possible to obtain indicators of the parameters of the experimental system without the influence of the human factor and any time interval.The obtained research results provide an opportunity to carry out calculations of the correspondence of passengers between the regional centers of Ukraine on the routes of general transport using the gravity model. Unknown parameters of gravity function are established in the conducted research. They provide an opportunity in forecasting the correspondence of passengers in the investigated system