Meet the editors

Stefano de Luca is a Full Professor of Transportation Planning and Transportation Systems Theory, at the University of Salerno, Italy, where he is also the director of the Transportation Systems Analysis Laboratory and rector's delegate to Transport and Mobility. His research includes transportation planning techniques, choice modelling, signal settings design, traffic assignment models and algorithms, and freight/passenger terminal simula-

tion and optimization. He serves on the editorial advisory board for the *Journal of Advanced Transportation and Sustainability*. He has authored more than 100 book chapters and journal articles, and is a consultant for the Italian Ministry of Transportation, the Transport Commission of Campania Region, and the Salerno and Avellino Transportation Departments. He is a member of IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, the Italian Association of Transport Academicians, and the Italian Transport Policy Society

Roberta Di Pace received an MSc and Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from the University of Naples "Federico II," Italy, in 2005 and 2009, respectively. She is a Professor of Transportation Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy. She is also an aggregate professor of Technique and Transport Economics and Transportation Systems Design. Since 2010 she has been a member of the Transportation Planning and

Modelling Laboratory. Her main research fields include the development of analytical tools for advanced traveler information systems, traffic flow modelling, network signal setting design, and advanced traffic management systems. She is a member of IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society and IEEE Women in Engineering.

Chiara Fiori is an assistant professor, at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy. She has international research experience as a visiting scientist at MobiLab Transport Research Group, University of Luxembourg (2020–2021); the European Commission, Joint Research Center, Directorate for Energy, Transport and Climate Change (2017–2018); the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, USA (2015–2016); and oth-

ers. Her research interests include testing, modeling, and simulation of electrified vehicles powertrains (for personal, public, and freight mobility) and their impact assessment on eco-routing and electric power grids; integration of microscopic traffic flow and energy consumption models and effects on traffic control systems; well-to-wheels analysis; modeling, simulation, and impact assessment of port operations in urban contexts; and Multi-Vehicle Dynamic Traffic Assignment.

Contents

*by Svetla Stoilova*

*by Sanjeev Kumar Appicharla*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 25**

**Chapter 3 57**

**Chapter 4 73**

**Chapter 5 97**

An Integrated Approach of Strategic Planning and Multi-Criteria Analysis

From Nobel Prizes to Safety Risk Management: How to Identify Latent

to Evaluate Transport Strategies in Railway Network

Failure Conditions in Risk Management Practices

*by Jana Izvoltova, Libor Izvolt and Janka Sestakova*

Hydrogen as a Rail Mass Transit Fuel

Analysis of Methods Used to Diagnostics of Railway Lines

New Approach Measuring the Wheel/Rail Interaction Loads *by Yuri P. Boronenko, Rustam V. Rahimov and Waail M. Lafta*

*by Stephen A. Lloyd, Luke L.B.D. Lloyd and W.J. Atteridge*

## Contents


Preface

Railways are the backbone of any transportation system and essential elements for

Currently, railway engineering is facing different and complex challenges due to the growing demand for travel, the new technologies, and new mobility paradigms that

Today, it is more important than ever to better understand revolutions in technology to develop and test effective and efficient approaches to address and integrate technologies and infrastructures within the planning, design and management of

All these issues require a clear knowledge of the pros and cons of the traditional transportation planning methodologies, existing technologies, and robust theoretical frameworks and should be supported by reliable and transferable validation

This book examines railway systems from different perspectives of planning, management, performance analysis, and sustainable solutions (e.g., the use of

Chapter 1 proposes a methodology for selecting a transport strategy for railway passenger transport development. Specifically, the chapter applies Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental (PESTLE) analysis and Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) analysis integrated with multiplecriteria decision-making (MCDM). The proposed methodology is composed of five stages. The first stage formulates the alternatives of the policies for railway managers. The criteria in each PESTLE group are defined in the second stage (twentyfour criteria are studied). In the third stage, the SIMUS method based on linear programming is applied to rank the alternatives and assess the criteria in PESTLE groups. In the fourth stage, different multi-criteria approaches (distance-based, utility-based, and outranking methods) are implemented to get a final ranking. In the fifth stage, PESTLE analysis is combined with SWOT analysis for strategic planning. In particular, the chapter presents the integration of PESTLE with technical, economic, technological, and environmental (TETE) analysis. Finally, the chapter presents a case study on the Bulgarian railway network and evaluates and compares

Chapter 2 describes the cognitive biases that may be found in the railway transport planning and management domain. Cognitive biases in the planning of railway projects lead to cost overruns and failure to achieve performance and fulfill safety objectives, as is noted in the economics, business management, and risk management literature. Unbiased decision-making is a key aim of systems engineering, encouraging careful consideration of stakeholder needs, design alternatives, and

environmental sustainability and the social equity of transport.

are significantly changing the "railway world."

The book is organized into five chapters.

three strategies of railway transport development.

transportation systems.

hydrogen as fuel).

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