Ilaria Henke

Universitas Mercatorum · Department of Engineering and Sciences

Transport quality has long been recognized as an important factor in influencing travelers’ behavior, and transport terminal quality undoubtedly plays no small part. Indeed, transit promotion policies explicitly based on qualitative factors and high-standard architecture are increasingly being adopted in designing new bus terminals and stops. High...

Over the course of history there have been several and significant changes in the methods and technologies used to move people and things. Innovations typically follow the distributive and social needs of their time but in some cases they drive or at least contribute to the social and economic evolution of human communities. The paper is based on t...

Purpose The objective of this paper is to propose a methodology to estimate the benefits and costs of stakeholder engagement (SE). Indeed, in the transport sector, it is consolidated that a good decision-making process foresees the involvement of the main stakeholders, but what are the benefits and costs of the SE? How to quantify these impacts and...

Introduction The COVID-19 outbreak has not only had a fatal impact on people's lives, but it has also threatened the entire world of transportation. The number of trips, the mobility habits and the users’ mode choices from the beginning of the pandemic has changed significantly over the last year. Objective This manuscript analyzed the effects of...

La regione Campania e l’area metropolitana di Napoli possono vantare un’importante tradizione nell’ambito delle infrastrutture di trasporto ferroviario, basti pensare che la linea Napoli-Portici inaugurata nel 1839 è stata la prima ferrovia d’Italia e che la linea Cumana aperta a Napoli nel 1889 è stata la seconda metropolitana al mondo dopo quella...

Carrying out correctly and objectively a CBA (Cost Benefit Analysis) means planning and designing sustainable infrastructures. For the case of infrastructures, it is very important to demonstrate in the most efficient way the impacts that would result from its construction, and to show them to all the involved stakeholders. In this context, the mar...

International literature on High-Speed Rail (HSR) systems has comprehensively analysed the different socioeconomic impacts derived from the deployment of these infrastructures. The increasing phenomena of business tourism and events organisation in recent years have been identified as potential sources of revenue for cities interested in holding th...

The accessibility level of urban areas depends on the attractiveness of the zone and its reachability degree. The former is affected by settled activities; the latter depends on features of the supply system. From a sustainable perspective, one of the key strategies is promoting the use of active modes and micro-mobility options. In this context, t...

Starting from December 2019, the world has faced an unprecedented health crisis caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 [...]

The international literature has provided significant contributions to recognise the important role of transport and social equity, particularly in the context of participating in key life-activities, and in the quality of life. However, little has been done on the relationship between long-distance rail transport, such as High Speed Rail (HSR), an...

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic due to an unprecedented health crisis by COVID-19. In the first stage, all the Countries applied strict policies to limit the spreading of the virus, significantly reducing the mobility trips (reduction over than the 90% for the public transport modes), and possibly by structur...

In recent years, the air transport sector has played a significant role in the economy of the areas served. The demand for air travel has doubled every fifteen years and has grown faster with respect to other industries. This is also due to the introduction of low-cost airlines (LCA). In the coming decades, more efficient management of airports wil...

Decision-making processes related to transportation systems are often very complex, belonging to the class of “wicked problems” in social studies. The literature and the media abound in examples of transportation planning “failures” including decisions made, delayed or withdrawn without any traceable motivations, public opposition, public oppositio...

Undergrounds and urban railways have become significant places from a cultural point of view, real distinctive signs of cities and their development. In this context, the Neapolitan capital (Italy) was among the first cities in Europe to understand the importance of building stations with high artistic and architectural standards. The desire to cre...

Lockdown policies applied worldwide to limit the spread of COVID-19, and mainly based on health considerations, have negatively impacted on public transport (PT) usage, suspected as a means for the virus spreading due to difficulties ensuring social distancing. This resulted not only in a setback to sustainable mobility, but also impacting on equit...

Over the centuries, the means of transport have changed due to the technological development, and one of the most interesting sectors is that of rail, which has experienced a real revolution. Indeed, investments in High Speed Rail (HSR) have been significant and new projects are going to be built around the world. Fast trains represent comfortable,...

Today technological innovation and digital transformation represent a concrete challenge for the transport sector, toward high quality and sustainable infrastructures and services. Within this issue, road mobility is undergoing a digital transformation based on both automation and connectivity, which promises to improve road safety, energy consumpt...

Early known cases of COVID-19 emerged in late 2019 in the city of Wuhan (China) and in a relatively short time, it has reached more than 200 countries up to July 2020. In Italy, from 21 February 2020, (first official Italian positive case of COVID-19) until 27 July 2020, 246,286 confirmed cases were observed of which over 68,150 (28%) needed hospit...

In the transport sector, a rational and shared planning process is commonly based on the comparison of different design alternatives through quantitative evaluations and stakeholders' engagement. Among the most adopted evaluation methods, there are cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and multi-criteria analysis (MCA). Both these methods have strengths and...

The deployment of HSR services in the recent decades has been, arguably, the most significant innovation for intercity travel around the globe. HSR has brought impacts which have been widely studied in different countries in relation to the different socioeconomic, territorial and transport characteristics. This paper analyses the economic growth,...

Sustainability can be defined as the capacity to satisfy current needs without compromising future generations. Sustainable development clashes with the transport sector because of the latter’s high fossil fuels usage, consumption of natural resources and emission of pollutant and greenhouse gases. Electric mobility seems to be one of the best opti...

High particulate matter (PM) concentrations have been measured on subway networks worldwide, with serious implications for human health. Such concentrations are known to be mainly produced by wear and friction of the metal parts and can accumulate in subways over time, causing a sort of age effect. Surveys have also shown that particle resuspension...

One of the greatest environmental challenges worldwide is mobility. In future, increasingly sustainable solutions will be proposed and incentivized and the new technologies, like electric mobility, could (positive) influence mobility performances/habits. The paper aims at critically analyze weaknesses, strengths and application fields of the electr...

Within the definition of suitable sustainable mobility policies, the transport behavior of university students has long been analyzed for improving the transport system. Unlike other countries, the Italian university organization is not based on a “campus model”, where in a unique location are located departments, classrooms, services and dormitori...

Transportation planning is a complex decision-making process where different actors (decision-makers, stakeholders, professional technicians) interact each other acting in the best possible way to perform (individual) aims. In order to improve the quality of the whole planning process, a stakeholder involvement through an active participations desi...

The transport sector is often the center of political and scientific debate on sustainability due to negative externalities produced by the daily movement of goods and people which impact both on the environment and on quality of life. Great interest has therefore focused on impact estimation of transport infrastructures/services with respect to so...

The project of the "New metro Lines" in Naples (Italy) is one of the most advanced urban transport infrastructures in Italy, with stations with high aesthetic and architectural standard and high-quality services. The urban railway network is also integrated with the regional one. Within this context, the aim of the paper was to evaluate the economi...

The public mobility planning strategy initiated in recent years in Italy is based on two fundamental cornerstones: the reorganisation of the rules (revision of the legislation and definition of a structured programming framework) and an appropriate investment programme to ensure infrastructural development, renewal of the fleet, strengthening and i...

The metro Line 1 in Naples (Italy), also called "Metrò dell'arte" (art in the Metro), is a high-quality line where many international architects were involved to ensure high aesthetic quality standards for the new stations. The "Daily Telegraph" and the CNN, have defined the new Toledo Station, one of the Line 1 metro station, the most impressive s...

The new look of urban transportation planning has the main aim to propose sustainable solutions. This aim is particulate suitable for the high congested areas. Within this goal, the East area of the city of Naples, in South of Italy, with over 11 inhabitants per km 2 and daily road congestion problems was a useful case study to test transport susta...

The low accessibility of transportation to the main Italian touristic places (during the summer period) produces road congestion that is often high and negative environmental impacts (externalities). This is the case of the coastal area between Cesena and Venice, which is particularly affected by this phenomenon because of a unique local road, the...

Recently, the Italian government has approved a new law for public contracts and has been laying the groundwork for restarting a planning phase. The government has adopted the indications given by the European Commission regarding the estimation of the external costs within the Cost-Benefit Analysis, and has been approved the ‘Guidelines for assess...

The perceived public transport quality is an important driver that influences both customer satisfaction and mobility choices. The competition among transport operators needs to improve the quality of the services and identify which attributes are perceived as relevant by passengers. Among the “traditional” public transport quality attributes there...

Quality in public transport is an important driver for customer satisfaction and for the competition (in the market) among public transport operators. There are both standard and non-standard attributes that influence users choices. For example, among the standards one there are the punctuality and regularity of services, the on-board travel time (...

The impact of the transport sector range between 20% and 40% in terms of consumption of fossil fuels and emissions. Many urban areas are trying to adopt planning strategies aimed at reducing the car usage and their emissions reaching a sustainable mobility. The introduction of a toll for the use of a road infrastructure and/or a service is one of t...

In 2016 a new law for public contract was approved in Italy also aimed at improving the national and local sustainable transport planning. The Italian government has also adopted new “Guidelines for assessment the Investment Projects” derived from the European Commission indications about the external costs of transport estimation in the Cost-Benef...

High-Speed Rail (HSR) is a transport mode that operates significantly faster than traditional services, using integrated and specialized rolling stock, and often dedicated tracks. These rapid transit services have profoundly impacted mobility habits on medium-long range journeys, and have also brought about social, economic, and environmental chang...

Quality in public transport is an important driver for customer satisfaction and for the competition (in the market) among public transport operators. There are both standard and non-standard attributes that influence users choices. For example, among the standards one there are the punctuality and regularity of services, the on-board travel time (...

Negli ultimi anni, nel settore dei trasporti, si è assistito ad una progressiva contrazione dei fondi stanziati per le opere di pubblica utilità. Recentemente il Governo italiano ha avviando una nuova stagione di pianificazione dei trasporti definendo gli obiettivi, le strategie e le azioni della nuova programmazione e progettazione delle infrastru...

In un contesto nazionale che vede l’Italia in forte ritardo rispetto alle altre principali città europee circa la dotazione di metropolitane, Napoli e la Campania si distinguono per aver puntato al potenziamento della propria rete ferroviaria. Nel 1990 iniziò formalmente il progetto della Linea 1 della metropolitana di Napoli, un infrastruttura car...

The relevant interactions among the various elements of a transportation system can be simulated with mathematical models. In literature there is a great number of applications of these models. They are generally estimated so as to reproduce the observed actual system conditions and then applied to predict the future system conditions due to possib...

Transit services quality has long been recognized as an important factor in influencing travellers’ behaviour and a terminal’s architectural quality is certainly part of it. As a matter of fact a number of transit promotion policies explicitly based on qualitative factors and specifically high architectural standards are being adopted in designing...

The principles of Station Renaissance are initially addressed exclusively to the redevelopment of stations no longer in use, but soon also extend to the design of new stations in addition to urban planning. In fact, for new projects the use of simple architectural forms, the harinony of colors and materials used is preferred, but always in perfect...