C. Milioti

University of West Attica | TEIATH

The aim of this study is to analyze the freight relationships between three major mainland Greek ports (Piraeus, Thessaloniki and Volos), based on containers’ transportation. The methodology used is the Global Vector Autoregressive (GVAR) model. The empirical analysis is based on time series data spanning the period January 1998–December 2012. The...

Electric vehicle proliferation is still at exceptionally low level in Greece. The subsidy program “I move electrically” aims to accelerate the transition to EVs providing incentives both for company and private electric vehicles. In order to analyze the factors that affect the consumers’ intention to purchase private electric vehicles in Attica a q...

The advent of ridesharing introduced changes in transportation planning and raised issues regarding its acceptance and usage by potential users. This study contributes to the existing ridesharing literature by focusing on the implementation of ridesharing services in academic institutes. An online survey is deployed in the Region of Attica, Greece...

The taxi industry has changed dramatically during the last decade, as ride-sourcing applications, ride-sharing and alternative pricing schemes have emerged, either as complementing or competitive services and strategies. After some years of familiarity with such trends, it is interesting to explore where the taxi industry stands with respect to pos...

From the 19th century until nowadays, tourism is an enormously evolving activity. In recent years, tourism has become the main economic activity in Greece that boosts the local economy of the country. The present study deals with the environmental impacts of tourism. The aim is to delve the correlation between tourism flows and environmental degrad...

This paper conducts a comparative study between 6 European countries (i.e., Norway, Italy, United Kingdom, Greece, Netherlands, and Belgium) in terms of e-mobility promotion and explores the factors that influence electric vehicle acceptance and adaption. In order to analyze the factors that affect the consumers’ intention to purchase electric vehi...

This paper models and investigates risk and security perception of metro travelers, in cases of malevolent, man-made incidents. Data is collected through an extensive survey in Athens, Greece; the survey includes an image-based stated-preference experiment, depicting different risk and security conditions. Econometric models are developed for estim...

The COVID-19 outbreak led to significant changes in daily commuting. As lockdowns were imposed to metropolitan areas throughout the globe, travelers refrained heavily from using public transport, to maintain social distancing. Based on data from Athens, Greece, this paper investigates the anticipated, post-pandemic behavior of travelers with respec...

Purpose The main purpose of this research is to investigate acceptability of different delivery methods in e-grocery (home delivery, pick-up from store, pick-up from locker) and the respective willingness of customers to pay for them using a stated preference ranking experiment. Design/methodology/approach Data collected involved two countries (Gr...

Noise pollution is one of the most important environmental problems with severe impacts on human health and quality of life. The present research examines the annoyance caused by noise pollution in Athens, the capital of Greece. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire addressed to 470 inhabitants of Athens. Annoyance from noise pollution and i...

This study investigates possibilities for developing a click and collect service in the context of e-commerce and attempts to identify the consumer characteristics that determine the acceptance of this service. Data of 285 e-commerce consumers were collected through an online questionnaire using banners uploaded in seven online retailers' sites. Bi...

Fare evasion is often encountered in public transport and results in severe revenue loss for operators. Using data from the Athens Metro system, this paper attempts to capture the extent of fare evasion, analyze its causes and identify attributes of passengers who practice fare evasion. Perceived effectiveness of measures that can restrict its prac...

The Greek economic crisis of 2009 onwards has affected all aspects of social and economic life of the country, including transportation. The present study focuses on the impact of economic crisis on the long distance transportation between the island of Crete in Greece, the largest Greek island and one of the largest in the Mediterranean Sea, and t...

Efficient operation of bus networks is vital for urban centers. Unfortunately, factors such as uneven passenger loads and congestion hinder the adherence to posted schedules, leading to reliability issues. Most notably, bus bunching has been identified as a significant reliability problem, impacting both users and operators. Bus bunching is treated...

Rapid transit (RT) systems are becoming increasingly attractive in the developing world as they improve transportation and mobility conditions in urban areas, reduce motorization impacts and offer high quality, yet cost effective services to travelers. Light rail transit (LRT) and bus rapid transit (BRT) are RT systems that combine high capacity wi...

The objective of this paper is to identify hot spots of bus bunching events at the network level, both in time and space, using Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) data from the Athens (Greece) Public Transportation System. A two-step spatio-temporal clustering analysis is employed for identifying localized hot spots in space and time and for refining...

Man-man, life-threating incidents such as terrorist attacks, can have a significant impact in travel behavior and public transport ridership. Based on data collected from an extensive personal interview survey undertaken in Athens (Greece), factors affecting post-incident recovery time of metro users (i.e. the time till travelers will start re-usin...

Service regularity is one of the most significant performance indicators for public transport routes, typically measured through headway adherence. When headway deviations become too large and corresponding headways very small, bus bunching typically occurs. In these cases, passengers experience larger waiting times and overcrowding and an overall...

This paper examines the parameters that can lead to the acceptance of smartphone gamified applications concerning the airport. A questionnaire survey was conducted, where travelers were asked to express their needs and requirements, when accessing the airport or using its facilities. Logistic regression methodology is used to analyze the acceptance...

As tourism is the fastest growing sectors of the global economy, environmental quality acquires a decisive role in sustainable tourism development. Tourism, like any activity, has environmental impacts that directly or indirectly affect and alter the resources that make up the tourism product. Adoption of the principles of sustainable development i...

In this paper, we investigate the factors that affect multi-segments automobile sales in Greece. Various relevant quantitative techniques have been employed, such as stationarity, causality and cointegration. A Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model was also developed and long-term impacts of the different variables of interest on car sales have been es...

This paper investigates the effects of economic recession on congestion pricing acceptability. We use data from two questionnaires; one before (2008) and one during (2013) the financial recession periods. The results show statistically significant differences in the responses to the two questionnaires regarding acceptability of the pricing system,...

Congestion pricing is a popular remedial measure against traffic congestion worldwide. It targets at limiting traffic in downtown city areas by imposing fees to drivers willing to access certain city areas during particular time periods. We offer an ex-ante evaluation of congestion pricing impacts for the case of Athens, Greece. An urban toll struc...

We investigate the factors that affect passenger decisions regarding airline choice. Three Multivariate Probit (MP) models are developed to analyze data for a sample of 853 respondents. This methodology allows for modeling the simultaneous, yet separate, consideration of airline choice determinants. Fare, safety and reliability, and friendly-and-he...

In this work, we employ the GVAR model in order to analyze demand aspects of a multi-modal public transportation system. The methodology is applied to the Athens region, Greece. GVAR provides a relevant econometric modelling framework for assessing relationships between economic entities, such as transportation modes, by analyzing the relative shoc...

This paper investigates the impact of the economic recession on the taxi market in Greece. Data are used from two questionnaires, addressed to both taxi drivers and users. The perceptions of drivers and users about the effects of recession, service quality issues, and possible solutions to mitigate the negative impacts are recorded. The statistical...

We investigate demand in a multimodal public transportation context for the city of Athens. Demand is expressed as a function of operational and macroeconomic factors and is analyzed using a time-series cointegration and error correction approach. This allows for treating non-stationary data, for determining short and long term elasticities and at...

We analyze market shares for each public transport mode in total public transport ridership for the multimodal public transportation system of Athens, Greece. This analysis provides useful information for making investment decisions concerning the public transport infrastructure and for allocating subsidies. Due to the non-stationary properties of...

In an era of economic recession and increasing mobility, transportation plays a vital role in modern societies and the economy, often at the expense of the preservation of the natural and socioeconomic environment. Commuters' usual route is often disrupted by a series of events such as strikes of operational employees of the transport companies, cl...

Bus lanes have been widely implemented internationally for improving the performance and quality-of service of surface transit systems. Despite their importance to a city’s transit system, bus lanes are frequently violated by road users resulting in subpar service standards. Using extensive field data measurements from Athens, Greece, we analyze vi...

Taxis are a very important mode of transport particularly in larger urban areas. Despite the significant research that has gone into this mode, the literature has not investigated taxi travel time, a characteristic of importance particularly for pricing, traffic, and transport mode choice studies. We use data from an extensive revealed preference (...

Motorcycles are a widespread mode of travel in several parts of the world as, for example, in Southern Europe and Asia. However, motorcycle ownership and usage have been scarcely examined, despite being critical for developing transportation and traffic safety plans and policies in urban areas with high motorcycle presence. This pap dels are develo...

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Acceptability is considered the most important barrier in establishing a congestion pricing scheme. Using data from an extensive questionnaire survey conducted in the central area of Athens, Greece, in 2008, this paper examines attitudes toward traffic congestion, choice of travel mode, and revenue allocation, which can influence the acceptability...