Studies of the connections between transportation and subjective well-being (SWB) require a clear understanding of the conceptual composition of travel-related SWB as well as psychometric instruments to measure these complex topics. Well-established psychological scales for measuring general SWB—including both hedonic (affective and cognitive) and eudaimonic aspects—are difficult to adapt or have yet to be tested in the travel domain. Existing measures of travel liking and travel satisfaction are somewhat inadequate for these purposes, especially for representing eudaimonia. Using a questionnaire survey of 680 commuters in the Portland, Oregon, region, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses examined responses to a total of 42 items. Results suggested four-factor measurement models of both travel affect (Enjoyment, Attentiveness, Distress, and Fear) and travel eudaimonia (Health, Competence, Autonomy, and Security). Despite some limitations and opportunities for enhancements, these models show promise as ways of measuring affective and eudaimonic SWB in the travel domain for future studies and travel surveys.
ABSTRACTThis study estimated the external cost of air pollution from shipping by means of a meta-regression analysis, which has not been made before. Three pollutants, which were included in most of the primary studies, were considered: nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur dioxides (SO2) and particulate matters with a diameter of max 2.5 micrometres (PM2.5). All primary studies included damages of health and a majority added impacts on agriculture and estimated the cost of air pollutants by transferring cost estimates from studies on costs of air emissions from transports in Europe. Different regression models and estimators were used and robust results were found of statistically significant emission elasticities of below one, i.e. total external costs increase by less than 1% when emissions increase by 1%. There was a small variation between the pollutants, with the highest elasticity for PM2.5 and lowest for NOx. Calculations of the marginal external cost of the pollutants showed the same pattern, with this cost being approximately six times higher for PM2.5 than for the other pollutants. Common to all pollutants was that the marginal external cost decreases when emission increases. Another robust result was a significant increase in the cost of studies published in journals compared with other publication outlets. These findings point out some caution when transferring constant external unit cost of air pollutant from shipping, which is much applied in the literature, and the cost functions estimated in this study could thus provide a complementary transfer mechanism. 相似文献
以感应充电技术(Inductive Power Transfer,IPT)为主要特征的充电路面(Electrified Road,e-Road)近年来发展迅速,其可为行进中的电动汽车进行动态无线充电,有效解决电动汽车充电时间过长、续航里程不足等问题,是支撑未来公路交通电气化发展的重要储备技术。详细介绍了IPT系统的工作原理和性能特点,并总结了已有e-Road试验段的充电性能参数和技术就绪度水平。在此基础上,进一步从基础设施角度剖析了e-Road目前存在的主要工程问题及相关研究进展,内容包括:①深入分析了IPT系统工作时因高频磁场通过介电性路面材料所引起的电磁损耗对IPT系统充电效率的影响,并提出了可能的解决方法;②针对充电模块与普通沥青路面存在的力学兼容性问题,从结构受力原理、材料损伤特性等方面总结了e-Road复合结构产生力学损伤加剧效应的原因,并提出了耐久性优化措施;③针对e-Road环境可持续方面存在的不确定性,评估并对比了e-Road与传统道路的全生命周期环境效益,指出了e-Road环境性能研究对电动汽车全生命周期综合效益估算的重要性。此外,还从政策支持、安全性、价格因素等角度对e-Road进行了综合可行性评估,并对充电路面基础设施的未来发展进行了智能化展望,提出了e-Road与其他新型智能道路技术进行有机融合的可能途径。 相似文献