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Luis Vásquez, Rodrigo Mora, Giovanni Vecchio, Ignacio Tiznado-Aitken  Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic triggered significant changes in sustainable mobility in many large and well-known cities of the Global North, such as Paris, Milan or New York. Soon, various large Latin American cities followed suit, taking advantage of this global trend that included significant street experiments. However, it is... read more →

Rodrigo Mora, Natan Waintrub, Cristhian Figueroa-Martinez Abstract Driving a bus in a city is a challenging task as it demands paying attention to changing conditions (e.g., weather, congestion) while interacting with passengers and other road users who sometimes display unpredictable behaviours. Cyclists play an important role in these interactions. This paper investigates how cyclists are... read more →

Louis de Grange, Felipe González, Matthieu Marechal, Rodrigo Troncoso Abstract It is shown that the control function (CF) method’s estimates of the modal constants in a multinomial logit model (MNL) with endogenous explanatory variables are biased. This has not previously been reported in the literature, and has consequences in demand analysis, transportation policy design and project evaluation.... read more →

Xiaoxia Dong, Erick Guerra, Ricardo A. Daziano  Abstract When interacting with driverless cars, pedestrians might be emboldened to jaywalk knowing the vehicles will slow down for them automatically. Increased jaywalking might disrupt traffic flow and pose challenges for traffic law enforcement. Few studies examined pedestrians’ attitudes toward driverless cars’ safety implication, management strategies for the... read more →