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      <title>A socio-ecological model of drowsy driving in the UK: Are we there yet?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Despite its substantial contribution to road traffic collisions, injuries, fatalities, and associated economic costs, drowsy driving remains a persistent transportation safety and public health concern. Although there is substantial literature regarding sleepiness and fatigue in the context of driving, alongside policies, practices and safeguarding procedures, levels of drowsy driving appear to remain consistent, highlighting the need for a more integrated understanding of the factors influencing this behavior. This narrative review synthesizes interdisciplinary evidence from transportation, sleep science, psychology, occupational health, and public health. It examines the scale of drowsy driving, its contributing factors, and its emergence as a complex transportation behavior shaped by interacting individual, social, and societal influences rather than solely by individual choice. Building on the reviewed evidence, a socio-ecological model of drowsy driving is proposed to integrate biological, behavioral, occupational, technological, and policy influences within a single conceptual framework. The review identifies key knowledge gaps and future research priorities and provides a framework to guide interdisciplinary transportation research, policy, and practice addressing drowsy driving and improving road safety.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:51:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Paramedic safety during ambulance response and transport: A HFACS-based qualitative exploration of restraint use, organisational culture and transport-related risk in Australia</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Paramedics work in high-risk environments during emergency response and patient transportation. Despite seatbelt policies and other safety regulations, safety varies due to operational demands, workplace culture, and systemic barriers. Previous studies have primarily quantified paramedic injury rates, but few have explored the underlying human factors and decision-making that influence safety behaviors. This study aimed to explore paramedics’ experiences and perceptions of safety during emergency response and transportation, using the framework method guided by the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) systemic framework. Focus groups were conducted with paramedics in Australia. Deductive coding was conducted collaboratively to ensure rigor and reliability. Analysis of the codes was completed using the HFACS framework. Analysis of the transcripts from the focus groups with Australian paramedics identified systemic and cultural factors that normalized unsafe practices. Organizational culture strongly influenced safety behavior, with junior staff emulating senior colleagues and possibly feeling unable to challenge unsafe norms. Policies were often described as outdated, unclear, or punitive, eroding legitimacy. Inadequate driver and safety training, coupled with ergonomic barriers such as poorly designed restraint systems, further constrained safe practice. These interrelated influences created conditions in which unrestrained travel and other risk-taking behaviors became routine, reflecting a broader normalization of risk within paramedic culture. The study highlights systemic, environmental, and behavioral factors influencing paramedic safety. Participants described unclear or outdated policies, hierarchical pressures, inadequate driver and safety training, and poorly designed restraint systems, all of which constrained safe practice and reinforced unrestrained transportation practices.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:53:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Better mental model, fewer watt-hours? Effects of ecodriving tips on knowledge, action regulation, and driving performance in battery electric vehicles</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/2776314</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Supporting users in avoiding waste of valuable resources like energy is a key objective in optimizing system design. Particularly in battery electric vehicle (BEV) operation, energy efficiency depends on driver behavior, i.e., on adequate understanding of energy dynamics. Building on the theoretical relevance of know-how and know-why knowledge (e.g., in the form of mental models) for successful action regulation, this study examines how ecodriving tips can be communicated efficiently and what depth of information is required. Specifically, the authors investigate whether compact, generic tips suffice, or whether psychologically structured information–linking action instructions with system rationale–more effectively support ecodriving. In a field experiment, participants (N = 50) drove an 11 km urban route comprising multiple energy-relevant driving situations in a Nissan LEAF BEV. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either (G1) no tips, (G2) compact generic tips, or (G3) psychologically comprehensive tips integrating action guidance with explanatory rationale (know-how-and-why). Contrast analyses revealed a consistent linear trend across groups, indicating gradual improvements from G1 to G3. Participants in G3 demonstrated the lowest energy consumption (−11% vs. G1), more moderate and stable throttle use, and the most consistent velocity. They reported the highest perceived support for action regulation and the mental model, along with the largest gain in perceived ecodriving knowledge. These findings highlight the importance of aligning information structure with cognitive needs. Implications concern cognitively aligned in-vehicle support systems and scalable interventions for driver education and sustainable transport.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:53:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Prefrontal cortex activation during distracted driving scenarios among adolescent licensed drivers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Drivers aged 15–20 years represent the greatest proportion of distracted drivers using a cellphone during a fatal crash, yet few studies have assessed how different cellphone distractions impact driving performance. Recent technologic advances can allow for safe exploration of the neural mechanisms of driving behaviors by simultaneously measuring driving performance and neurological function. The goal of this study was to quantify and compare the cognitive workload of common cellphone-based distractions during driving simulation via functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), a portable, optical, neuroimaging modality. Licensed adolescent drivers aged 16.5–18 years (N = 48, 26 female) completed the Simulated Driving Assessment (SDA), a validated assessment with variations of the most common adolescent driver crash configurations, with four cellphone distractions (navigating using a GPS app [Maps], finding a specific artist/playlist in a music app [Music], sending a scripted text message [Text], answering a phone call [Phone Call]). An fNIRS device measured prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation, a proxy measure of cognitive workload, during each distraction. During the SDA, participants displayed significantly greater PFC activation during all distracted driving events compared to driving with no distraction. Phone calls and texting elicited significantly greater activation than navigation and music. However, when assessing the interaction of cellphone distraction and underlying SDA driving scenarios, phone calls and texting during left turns elicited the greatest PFC activation compared to other combinations of distraction and underlying driving scenario. Coupling fNIRS with the SDA can potentially be applied to capture differences in cognitive workload elicited by different cellphone distractions among adolescent drivers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:12:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Road users’ safety attitudes towards speeding across 39 countries</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Speeding remains a major contributor to road traffic crash risk and injury severity, yet its behavioral, attitudinal, and cultural determinants vary across populations and contexts. This study analyses speeding-related behaviors and safety attitudes using the ESRA3 survey, a harmonized international questionnaire administered across 39 countries in 2023. Self-reported speeding behaviors (both exceeding posted limits and driving too fast for conditions), acceptability beliefs, perceived social norms, risk perceptions, self-efficacy, and support for enforcement and policy measures were examined through descriptive analyses at the regional level (Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Oceania) and Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) with random intercepts capturing heterogeneity across all 39 countries. Descriptive results indicate that speeding is widely reported, with younger drivers and males consistently declaring higher speeding frequencies across road types. Driving too fast for road/traffic conditions is reported less often than exceeding limits in built-up areas. Acceptability of speeding is generally low; however, respondents tend to believe that others view speeding as more acceptable, suggesting a social-norm mismatch. While intentions to respect speed limits are high overall, self-efficacy in managing high speeds varies by region. GLMM findings show that higher perceived personal/social acceptability is associated with higher self-reported speeding, whereas stronger intentions to comply and greater support for stricter enforcement are associated with lower speeding. These findings support a multifaceted approach combining enforcement, policy, and targeted communication, particularly for younger and male drivers, while accounting for cross-country differences in perceptions and confidence.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:12:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Evaluating the feasibility and usability of a coaching app for older adult drivers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As the U.S. population ages, there is a growing need for scalable tools that help older adults drive safely and thereby preserve mobility, a key social determinant of health. The authors piloted StreetCoach, a smartphone application that passively monitors driving through telematics and delivers personalized feedback, risky-driving summaries, and targeted educational content to older adults, including those with cognitive impairment. The pilot was designed to evaluate whether older adults, including those with cognitive impairment, could independently install and use the app, how they rated its usability and accuracy, and whether usability differed by cognitive status. Fifty-one older adults (ages 50–85), including 19 with cognitive impairment, were enrolled in a 50-day pilot study. The authors assessed app engagement, self-reported changes in driving, trip-level risky driving events (hard braking, rapid acceleration, cornering, speeding, and phone use), and perceived usability using the System Usability Scale (SUS).  The app recorded 11,017 trips across 51 participants over the study period. The majority of participants rated StreetCoach as highly usable, and most reported increased awareness of their risky driving after using the app. Usability did not differ significantly between participants with and without cognitive impairment (mean SUS 78 vs. 85, p > 0.05), though the pilot was not powered to detect such a difference. A smartphone telematics coaching application could be independently installed and used by older adults across a range of health conditions, including cognitive impairment. These findings establish feasibility for a future randomized trial testing whether personalized telematics coaching can extend the period of safe independent driving. Telematics-based feedback apps offer a low-cost, scalable way for clinicians, families, and driver licensing agencies to support safe driving among older adults without specialized infrastructure.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:12:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Driving safety in dementia: An updated systematic review of crash risk and driving impairment</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dementia is a progressive neurodegenerative condition associated with declines in cognitive functions essential for safe driving. While on-road and simulator studies consistently demonstrate impaired driving performance, evidence regarding motor vehicle crash (MVC) risk remains mixed. This review synthesized contemporary evidence on the impact of dementia on real-world driving behavior and crash involvement. A systematic search of CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, Transport, PsycINFO, and Scopus was conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. Quantitative studies published from January 2015 were included if they examined licensed adult drivers with clinically diagnosed dementia and reported outcomes related to MVC involvement, driving performance, or unsafe behavior compared with cognitively healthy drivers. Methodological quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute tools. The review was registered with PROSPERO (CRD420251107288).  Thirteen studies met the inclusion criteria, including cross-sectional, cohort, and case–control designs. Findings for MVC involvement were heterogeneous: population-based studies generally reported no increased crash risk, whereas studies of medically referred drivers indicated elevated risk in selected subgroups. In contrast, studies examining driving errors and unsafe behaviors consistently demonstrated poorer performance among drivers with dementia, particularly in cognitively demanding situations such as hazard response and intersection negotiation. Naturalistic studies further identified persistent unsafe events during everyday driving, even among individuals adopting compensatory strategies in early disease. Dementia is associated with clinically meaningful impairments in driving behavior and performance, evident even in the early stages of the disease. Differences in exposure, self-regulation, and regulatory processes largely explain variability in MVC findings. A multidimensional approach integrating MVC, performance-based, and naturalistic data is required to inform fitness-to-drive decisions. MVC involvement alone is an insensitive safety indicator. Performance-based and naturalistic measures provide more sensitive markers of impairment, supporting earlier risk identification, targeted intervention, and the development of in-vehicle monitoring and assistive technologies to enhance safety and prolong safe mobility.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:12:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Effect of a community-based sleep extension intervention on young adults’ sleep and risky driving propensity: A randomised controlled trial</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/2778743</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Insufficient sleep is a key risk factor for road vehicle crashes in young adults. This trial evaluated the effectiveness of a sleep extension intervention on reducing on-road risky driving in young adult drivers who self-identified as sleepy. Australian drivers (18–24 years old), reporting insufficient sleep (average <7 h/night and <6 h at least twice weekly) were randomized to either a sleep extension intervention, or nutrition information placebo. The intervention included a personalized sleep extension schedule and sleep education; the control group received nutrition information only. Outcomes were assessed using wrist and in-vehicle accelerometers during three two-week assessment periods (baseline, post-intervention, and 6-month follow-up), followed by laboratory assessments. Primary outcomes were changes in objective and subjective sleep (sleep duration, short sleep episodes, and quality), and driving behavior (proportion of harsh starts/stops and turns exceeding acceleration thresholds). Analyses followed an intention-to-treat approach. Ninety-nine drivers completed the study (Mage = 20.62, SD = 1.90, 73% female). The intervention group showed significant reductions in harsh starts/stops (β = −0.14, p = 0.024) and harsh turns (β = −0.07, p = 0.036) post-intervention compared to controls, though effects were not sustained at follow-up. No significant between-group differences were observed for objective sleep duration or short sleep frequency. Subjective sleep-related daytime impairment decreased post-intervention in the intervention group (β = −5.64, p = 0.002), but not at follow-up. Sleep extension and education-focused interventions may be effective at reducing crash risk in young adults. Further research is needed to support long-term maintenance and integration into road safety strategies.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:12:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Occupational Safety and Health Status of Food Delivery Drivers: Current Challenges and Enhancement Strategies</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The rapid growth of the global platform economy has given rise to a sizable workforce of gig workers, represented by food delivery drivers, whose occupational safety and health (OSH) protection has become increasingly pressing concerns. The present study adopts an integrated policy and institutional analysis combined with a questionnaire-based case study to examine the current challenges and improvement pathways for the OSH protection of food delivery drivers. Specifically, the study analyzes and compares existing policies and institutional arrangements related to occupational safety protection for food delivery drivers. Taking Beijing, China, as a case study, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 100 food delivery riders (effective participants) to examine the current state of occupational safety within this workforce, forming the basis for targeted mitigation strategies. Policy analysis indicates that the current labor protection system exhibits significant gaps and misalignments. On the one hand, existing regulations do not clearly define the substantive employment relationship between platforms and food delivery drivers, resulting in ambiguous labor status under flexible employment models. Consequently, some food delivery drivers are excluded from the traditional labor protection framework, limiting their access to comprehensive labor rights. On the other hand, pilot policies have a narrow scope and insufficiently address the high-risk characteristics of this workforce. Platforms frequently externalize risks to third parties, leaving well-documented occupational hazards such as traffic accidents and overwork-related injuries insufficiently covered by institutional safeguards. The survey results further reveal that food delivery drivers commonly experience excessively long working hours, relatively low earnings per unit of time, and a weak sense of job belonging. Delivery platforms generally demonstrate insufficient investment in safety measures and inadequate training efforts. In response to these issues, this study proposes targeted countermeasures from three dimensions. These include legislative and institutional development, government and industry regulation, and corporate management. Together, they form a systematic framework to improve occupational safety protection for food delivery drivers. The findings offer new insights for enhancing the OSH of this workforce and provide a useful reference for advancing protection mechanisms for other forms of emerging employment.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:12:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Associations of age, trait anxiety, and fluid intelligence with motion extrapolation performance in professional drivers</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/2776089</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In the context of population aging and longer working lives, increasing attention is being paid to safe and sustained functioning in transport-related work. Functional fitness to drive is multidimensional, and laboratory motion extrapolation represents only one perceptual-cognitive component that may contribute to driving performance. To examine whether age, trait anxiety, and fluid intelligence are associated with motion extrapolation performance in professional drivers. A total of 294 male professional drivers aged 25–75 years completed the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM), and a laboratory motion extrapolation task assessing anticipatory timing under temporarily occluded motion. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to test main and interaction effects. Higher fluid intelligence was associated with more favorable performance. Higher STAI-X2 scores were associated with poorer performance on selected outcomes and moderated the association between age and performance, indicating less favorable age-related differences at higher STAI-X2 levels. The findings concern performance on a laboratory motion extrapolation task and do not establish overall fitness to drive or on-road safety. They may inform research on perceptual-cognitive components that may contribute to functional fitness to drive.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:12:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Assessing accessible facilities for pedestrians with disabilities in Beijing, China</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[China has invested heavily in accessible facilities, but research on their effectiveness is limited. This study randomly sampled street view images in Beijing, analyzing 6904 images to assess accessibility, usability, and observed use rates of tactile paving and curb ramps for pedestrians with disabilities. On-site observations of tactile paving and standardized wheelchair-based assessments were also conducted. The findings reveal that tactile paving and curb ramps are widely available in Beijing. However, over 10% of these facilities are either damaged or obstructed, suggesting their poor usability. Moreover, the study identified low observed use rates for tactile paving and wheelchair-accessible facilities in Beijing. The Capability Approach and Person-Environment fit theory suggest this may stem from a fragmented accessible environment, where coverage does not translate to effective real-world use. Despite widespread availability, discontinuous, non-compliant, and poorly maintained accessible facilities lead to their poor usability and low observed use rates in Beijing, highlighting the need for cohesive accessible environments. This study is limited by its focus on Beijing, reliance on static street-view images that cannot capture temporal patterns of facility use, and the absence of participants with disabilities. Nevertheless, the research advances the understanding of the accessible environment, illustrating the significant potential for using street view photos combined with complementary data sources to provide extensive, readily understandable data for future accessibility studies.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:12:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Driving to Opportunity? Ride-Hail and Delivery Work as a Complement, Supplement, and Replacement to Traditional Work for Low-Income Drivers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ride-hail and delivery platforms offer new ways to earn income using a car. But the ways that ride-hail and delivery platforms shift or fit into work opportunities for people earning low incomes remain unclear. Focus groups and a national survey of low-income ride-hail and delivery drivers in the United States examine motivations to drive and how driving relates to broader work opportunities. Findings show that driving complements (fills employment gaps), supplements (provides extra money), or replaces traditional work. Drivers leverage flexibility and adjust work hours based on changing needs. In many ways, driving reflects the systemic economic precarity faced by low-income workers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:34:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Evaluation of traffic signs and markings considering human drivers and automated vehicles</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Traffic signs and markings (TSMs) are necessary components of roadway infrastructure. Currently, the design of TSMs primarily caters to the needs of human drivers, without considering the requirements of automated vehicles (AVs). This study proposes a readiness evaluation framework for TSMs that assesses the effectiveness of their physical properties and roles in the driving tasks from the perspectives of both human drivers and AVs and compares the perspectives based on human drivers and AVs perceptual differences. This study chose a crash-prone roadway as the research object. For human drivers, subjective assessment is employed to evaluate the physical attributes and driving task effects of TSMs. For AVs, video recognition and simulation methods are used to assess the physical attributes and driving task effects of TSMs, respectively. The results indicate that there are differences in the perception of TSMs between human drivers and AVs. This finding emphasizes the need for future transportation infrastructure design to consider and understand the distinct requirements of autonomous vehicles and human drivers. Optimizing transportation infrastructure should ensure that they can be accurately recognized and understood by AVs. This research provides direction and guidance for the future design and optimization of TSMs that meet the safety needs of both human drivers and automated vehicles driving together.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:34:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Understanding the spatiotemporal behavior of urban electric taxi: From human-driven regularities to unmanned implications</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The accelerating electrification and the emergence of autonomous taxis are transforming the interactions between transportation systems and urban energy networks. However, the existing studies often focus on local or single-dimensional aspects of taxi activity, lacking a comprehensive understanding of the operational mechanisms behind these activities. And studies on unmanned electric taxi (UET) are also limited by the lack of reliable data. This study develops an interpretable state-based behavioral analysis framework that integrates large-scale trajectory and charging station data from Shenzhen, China, to examine both static and dynamic operational regularities of electric taxi (ET) across spatial and temporal dimensions. Using clustering analysis, logistic regression and Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) method, the study divides taxi activities into four behavioral states and investigates the transition mechanisms among work, search, charge, and rest states across different operating modes. Based on the identified behavioral regularities, the study further explores how these regularities may translate under unmanned operating conditions. The results reveal distinct spatial and temporal patterns shaped by infrastructure distribution, demand heterogeneity and driver habits, along with a limited responsiveness to dynamic electricity pricing. And structural constraints such as battery capacity and infrastructure imbalances may continue to pose challenges to unmanned deployment. Overall, these findings provide a comprehensive understanding of ET behavior, highlight the potential behavioral changes under automation and offer practical insights for the coordinated planning of electrified and autonomous urban transport systems.]]></description>
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      <title>When simulator experiences shape later choices: Measuring behavioural spillover on travel preferences</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Behavioural spillover, where one behaviour affects others, non-targeted behaviours, is widely studied in psychology but underexamined in transport, despite its potential to improve sustainability. We offer a novel contribution by combining an immersive and feedback-supported driving simulator experiment with stated choice (SC) components before and after the simulator to test spillover effects on preferences for travel time and carbon emissions. Our design captures how real-time, experience-based feedback, augmented by personalised driving advice, influences behaviour. We find evidence of behavioural shifts, and a link between those shifts in SC preferences and behaviour in the simulator. Crucially, we reveal substantial heterogeneity in responses, underscoring the need to move beyond homogeneous assumptions, with a strong impact of messaging on eco-driving. The relative importance of CO2 emissions increased by 52.89% following the driving simulator intervention among respondents receiving eco-driving advice, compared with an increase of 31.73% among those who experienced the intervention without advice. The findings highlight the potential for immersive simulator experiences and personalised eco-driving advice to influence short-term environmental preferences and provide a foundation for future research on behavioural spillover in transport.]]></description>
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