Submissions from 2024
Inclusion and Exclusion in Establishing the Delmar Loop Transit-Oriented Development Site, Qwayne Marshall Baker
From “Big Small Town” to “Small Big City”: Resident Experiences of Gentrification along Waterloo Region’s LRT Corridor, Margaret Ellis-Young and Brian Doucet
Causal identification of transit-induced property value uplift in Canada's Waterloo Region: A spatio-temporal difference-in-differences method application, Yu Huang, Dawn Cassandra Parker, Robert Babin, and Fanhua Kong
Examining the socio-spatial patterns of bus shelters with deep learning analysis of street-view images: A case study of 20 cities in the U.S., Junghwan Kim, Jinhyung Park, Jinhyung Lee, and Kee Moon Jang
What determines modal substitution between bike-sharing and public transit? Evidence from Columbus, Ohio during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kihyun Kwon and Gulsah Akar
Effects of new transit lines on commuting: Evidence from restricted-use Census Bureau microdata, Wei Li, Haotian Zhong, and Marlon G. Boarnet
Documenting #MeToo in Public Transportation: Sexual Harassment Experiences of University Students in Los Angeles, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Madeline Brozen, Miriam Pinski, and Hao Ding
Retailer Behavior Near Fixed Transit Lines in Los Angeles: A Spatial Autoregressive Probit Model to Evaluate Retail Clustering, Craig T. Olwert, Chih-Hao Wang, Vicente Arellano, and David Oulrey
Submissions from 2023
A Qualitative Assessment of the Multimodal Passenger Transportation System Response to COVID-19 in New York City, Luis Abreu and Alison Conway
End of the line: The impact of new suburban rail stations on housing prices, Rhea Acuña
Assessment of the First-and-Last-Mile Problem in Underserved Communities: Case Study in Camden City, NJ, Ruqaya Emad Alfaris and Mohammad Jalayer
Transferability of a calibrated microscopic simulation model parameters for operational assessment of transit signal priority, MD Sultan Ali, Henrick Haule, John Kodi, Priyanka Alluri, and Thobias Sando
Are low-income residents disproportionately moving away from transit?, Jeff Allen, Christopher D. Higgins, Daniel Silver, and Steven Farber
Commuter Rail Electrifications That Never Were and What They Teach Us, John G. Allen and Gregory L. Newmark
Assessing cost-effectiveness of alternative bus technologies: Evidence from US transit agencies, Alessandro Avenali, Giuseppe Catalano, Mirko Giagnorio, and Giorgio Matteucci
Aging in place, stranded in space: An analysis of health care access via public transportation in Elliot Lake, Rachel Barber
Bike share and user motivation: exploring trip substitution choices among bike share users in a North American city, Hugh Bartling
Integrating Public Transit and Shared Micromobility Payments to Improve Transportation Equity in Seattle, WA, Kristen Beale, Bogdan Kapatsila, and Emily Grisé
The effect of bus rapid transit on local home prices, Justin Beaudoin and Justin Tyndall
Does ridesourcing respond to unplanned rail disruptions? A natural experiment analysis of mobility resilience and disparity, Elisa Borowski, Jason Soria, Joseph Schofer, and Amanda Stathopoulos
Developing a multi-criteria prioritization tool to catalyze TOD on publicly owned land areas, Mingming Cai, Arthur Acolin, Anne Vernez Moudon, and Qing Shen
Ridership and Operations Visualization Engine: An Integrated Transit Performance and Passenger Journey Visualization Engine, Nicholas S. Caros, Xiaotong Guo, Anson Stewart, John Attanucci, Nicholas Smith, Dimitris Nioras, Anna Gartsman, and Alissa Zimmer
Multimodal Intersection Signal Timing Considerations Framework, Performance Measures, and Case Study, Burak Cesme, Andrew Hayes, Shuchun Wang, Shannon Warchol, Alice Root, Kush Bhagat, and Nagui Rouphail
Revisit employer-based travel demand management: A longitudinal analysis, Peng Chen and Xiankui Yang
Impacts of built environment on travel behaviors of Generation Z: a longitudinal perspective, Xiaohong Chen, Tianhao Li, and Quan Yuan
Explaining US travel behavior with perceived threat of pandemic, consumer sentiment, and economic policy uncertainty, Junwook Chi
Mitigating Increased Driving after the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis on Mode Share, Travel Demand, and Public Transport Capacity, Francesca Ciuffini, Simone Tengattini, and Alexander York Bigazzi
“Tram Wrong Way” International Experience and Mitigation of Track Switch Errors, Graham Currie, James Reynolds, David Logan, and Kristie L. Young
Three’s a crowd? Examining evolving public transit crowding standards amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Tianxing Dai and Brian D. Taylor
Priority-Based Traffic Signal Coordination System With Multi-Modal Priority and Vehicle Actuation in a Connected Vehicle Environment, Debashis Das, Niraj Vasant Altekar, and K. Larry Head
City Transit Rider Tweets: Understanding Sentiments and Politeness, Subasish Das and Hamsa Abbas Zubaidi
Transit and Active Transportation Use for Non-Commute Travel Among Portland Transit-Oriented Development Residents, Jennifer Dill and Nathan McNeil
Estimating Intermodal Transfer Barriers to Light Rail using Smartcard Data in Seattle, WA, James Eager, Chang-Hee Christine Bae, and Edward D. McCormack
Uncertainty in vulnerability of metro transit networks: A global perspective, Alireza Ermagun, Nazanin Tajik, Fatemeh Janatabadi, and Hani Mahmassani
Combined Effect of Changes in Transit Service and Changes in Occupancy on Per-Passenger Energy Consumption, Huiying Fan, Hongyu Lu, Ziyi Dai, Reid Passmore, Angshuman Guin, Kari Watkins, and Randall Guensler
Value Capture In Situ: Participation, Evaluation, and Signaling in Kansas City, MO, Lauren Ames Fischer
Riders’ perceptions towards transit bus electrification: Evidence from Salt Lake City, Utah, Konstantinos Flaris, Konstantina Gkritza, Patrick A. Singleton, Antje R.H. Graul, and Ziqi Song
Dynamic Surrogate Trip-Level Energy Model for Electric Bus Transit System Optimization, Ahmed Foda, Moataz Mohamed, and Mohamed Bakr
Detailed Analysis of New York City Subway Pedestrian Incidents From 2019, Daniel Hall, Joe Linogao, Logan Zentz, Greg Shaw, Tom Lamb, and Claran Simms
Examination of New York City Transit’s Bus and Subway Ridership Trends During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Anne Halvorsen, Daniel Wood, Darian Jefferson, Timon Stasko, Jack Hui, and Alla Reddy
Do environmentally sustainable travel behaviours contribute to transportation-related social exclusion?, Attiya Haseeb and Raktim Mitra
Joint optimization of electric bus charging infrastructure, vehicle scheduling, and charging management, Yi He, Zhaocai Liu, and Ziqi Song
Integrating transit and TNC services to improve job accessibility: Scenario analysis with an equity lens, Lingqian Hu and Sai Sun
The impacts of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) on social equity analysis of public transit reliability, Reyhane Javanmard, Jinhyung Lee, Junghwan Kim, Luyu Liu, and Ehab Diab
Examining the association between bus transit reliability and the number of boarding passengers, L. Sravya Jayanthi, Srinivas S. Pulugurtha, and Raunak Mishra
Is the relationship between bus and light rail transit a competition substitution or a congestion substitution? An empirical study in Seattle, Junfeng Jiao and Yefu Chen
Disparities in the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Transit Ridership in Austin, Texas, U.S.A, Junfeng Jiao, Kent Hansen, and Amin Azimian
What do riders say and where? The detection and analysis of eyewitness transit tweets, O. Kabbani, W. Klumpenhouwer, T. El-Diraby, and Amer Shalaby
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the comfort of riding a crowded bus in Metro Vancouver, Canada, Bogdan Kapatsila, Francisco J. Bahamonde-Birke, Dea van Lierop, and Emily Grisé
Resolving the accessibility dilemma: Comparing cumulative and gravity-based measures of accessibility in eight Canadian cities, Bogdan Kapatsila, Manuel Santana Palacios, Emily Grisé, and Ahmed El-Geneidy
The impacts of accessibility measure choice on public transit project evaluation: A comparative study of cumulative, gravity-based, and hybrid approaches, Ben Klar, Jinhyung Lee, Jed A. Long, and Ehab Diab
Schedule-based transit assignment with online bus arrival information, Pramesh Kumar and Alireza Khani
Breaking down public transit travel time for more accurate transport equity policies: A trip component approach, Ugo Lachapelle and Geneviève Boisjoly
Sustainable transport choices in public transit access: Travel behavior differences between university students and other young adults, Chang Liu, Eleni Bardaka, and Evangelos Paschalidis
A congested schedule-based dynamic transit passenger flow estimator using stop count data, Qi Liu and Joseph Y.J. Chow
Identifying the Determinants of Anticipated Post-Pandemic Mode Choices in the Greater Toronto Area: A Stated Preference Study, Patrick Loa and Khandker Nurul Habib
What influences the substitution of ride-sourcing for public transit and taxi services in Toronto? An exploratory structural equation model-based study, Patrick Loa, Sk. Md. Mashrur, and Khandker Nurul Habib
Investigation of a river-tunnel effect on PM2.5 concentrations in New York City subway stations, David G. Luglio, Tri Huynh, Antonio Saporito, and Terry Gordon
What motivates the use of shared mobility systems and their integration with public transit? Evidence from a choice experiment study, Hao Luo, Ricardo Chahine, Konstantina Gkritza, and Hua Cai
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rail Transit Costs and Cost Effectiveness, Zakhary Mallett
Vehicle access and falling transit ridership: evidence from Southern California, Michael Manville, Brian D. Taylor, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Andrew Schouten
What can bring transit ridership back: An econometric study on the potential of usage incentives and operational policies in the Greater Toronto Area, Sk. Md. Mashrur, Kaili Wang, Brenden Lavoie, and Khandker Nurul Habib
Application of Protection Motivation Theory to Quantify the Impact of Pandemic Fear on Anticipated Postpandemic Transit Usage, Sk. Md. Mashrur, Kaili Wang, Patrick Loa, Sanjana Hossain, and Khandker Nurul Habib
Impact of Heavy-rail-based Rapid Transit on House Prices: Evidence from the Fremont, CA, Warm Springs BART Extension Project, Shishir Mathur
Optimal locations and sizes of layover charging stations for electric buses, Dan McCabe and Xueang (Jeff) Ban
Robust path recommendations during public transit disruptions under demand uncertainty, Baichuan Mo, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Zuo-Jun Max Shen, and Jinhua Zhao
Non-Stationary Time Series Model for Station-Based Subway Ridership During COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study of New York City, Bahman Moghimi, Camille Kamga, Abolfazl Safikhani, Sandeep Mudigonda, and Patricio Vicuna
Development of a Real-Time Wheel Load Quantification System for the Transit Environment, Daniel Mueller, Arthur de O Lima, J. Riley Edwards, and Marcus S. Dersch
Investigating the Use of Machine Learning Methods in Direct Ridership Models for Bus Transit, Gopindra Sivakumar Nair, Arash Mirzaei, and Natalia Ruiz-Juri
Mind the perception gap: The impact of bus rapid transit infrastructure on travelers’ perceptions of affective subjective well-being, Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez and P. Christopher Zegras
Influence of Transit Station Proximity on Demographic Change Including Displacement and Gentrification with Implications for Transit and Land Use Planning After the COVID-19 Pandemic, Arthur C. Nelson and Robert Hibberd
Autonomous Minibus Service With Semi-on-Demand Routes in Grid Networks, Max T.M. Ng and Hani S. Mahmassani
Holding times to maintain quasi-regular headways and reduce real-time bus bunching, Citlali M. Olvera-Toscano, Yasmín Á. Ríos-Solís, Roger Z. Ríos-Mercado, and Romeo Sánchez Nigenda
Heterogeneity in mode choice behavior: A spatial latent class approach based on accessibility measures, Jaime Pablo Orrego-Oñate, Kelly Clifton, and Ricardo Hurtubia
Replicable Methodology for Transportation Agencies to Identify Priority Areas for First and Last Mile Solutions at the Regional Level, Katie O'Sullivan, Deep Suryakant Shah, Peter Bilton, and Eugene McGuinness
Dynamic Bus Lanes Versus Exclusive Bus Lanes: Comprehensive Comparative Analysis of Urban Corridor Performance, Kareem Othman, Amer Shalaby, and Baher Abdulhai
Shifted out: The well-being and justice implications of evening and night commuting, Matthew Palm, Jeff Allen, and Steven Farber
The impact of COVID-19 on route-level changes in transit demand an analysis of five transit agencies in Florida, USA, Sagar Patni, Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan, and Juan Suarez
Transit station area walkability: Identifying impediments to walking using scalable, recomputable land-use measures, Clemens A. Pilgram and Sarah E. West
Exploring the potential role of bikeshare to complement public transit: The case of San Francisco amid the coronavirus crisis, Xiaodong Qian, Miguel Jaller, and Giovanni Circella
Telecommuting and Travel during COVID-19: An Exploratory Analysis across Different Population Geographies in the U.S.A., Rezwana Rafiq, Michael G. McNally, and Md Yusuf Sarwar Uddin
Associations between Light Rail Transit and physical activity: a systematic review, Léa Ravensbergen, Rania Wasfi, Mathilde Van Liefferinge, Isidor Ehrlich, Stephanie A. Prince, Gregory Butler, Yan Kestens, and Ahmed El-Geneidy
GIS-Based Approach to Dynamic Accessibility: Incorporating a User Perspective to Recognize Social Equity Implications, Dale Robbennolt and Ann-Perry Witmer
An accessibility-based methodology to prioritize public-transit investments: Application to older adults in three metropolitan regions in Canada, Lancelot Rodrigue, Meredith Alousi-Jones, Hisham Negm, Rodrigo Victoriano-Habit, Merrina Zhang, Isabella Jimenez, and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Cooperative bus holding and stop-skipping: A deep reinforcement learning framework, Joseph Rodriguez, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Shenhao Wang, and Jinhua Zhao
Does rail transit access affect firm dynamics? Analysis of firm births and closures in Maryland, USA, Basheer Saeed and Hiroyuki Iseki
Train following model for urban rail transit performance analysis, Saeid Saidi, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Nigel H.M. Wilson, and Jinhua Zhao
Incorporating Job Competition and Matching to an Indicator-Based Transportation Equity Analysis for Auto and Transit in Dallas-Fort Worth Area, Seyedsoheil Sharifiasl, Subham Kharel, and Qisheng Pan
What Can We Learn from Online Reviews? Examining the Reviews of Los Angeles Metro Rail Stations, Eun Jin Shin
Exploring the link between regional transportation governance and outcomes: A novel measure of polycentricity in metropolitan public transportation systems, Thomas Skuzinski, David Weinreich, and Carolina Velandia Hernandez
Charging Infrastructure and Schedule Planning for a Public Transit Network with a Mixed Fleet of Electric and Diesel Buses, Amirali Soltanpour, Mehrnaz Ghamami, Mahsa Nicknam, Mehdi Ganji, and Wei Tian
Requiem for transit ridership? An examination of who abandoned, who will return, and who will ride more with mobility as a service, Jason Soria, Deirdre Edward, and Amanda Stathopoulos
Untangling the relationships among residential environment, destination choice, and daily walk accessibility, Rongxiang Su and Konstadinos Goulias
Railroad Crossing Surveillance and Foreground Extraction Network: Weakly Supervised Artificial-Intelligence Approach, Youzhi Tang, Yi Wang, and Yu Qian
Exploring nonlinear and collective influences of regional and local built environment characteristics on travel distances by mode, Tao Tao and Jason Cao
Exploring the influences of ride-hailing services on VMT and transit usage – Evidence from California, Guang Tian, Reid Ewing, and Han Li
Achieving urban net-zero targets through regionalized electric bus penetration and energy transition, Xuelin Tian, E. Owen D. Waygood, Chunjiang An, Zhikun Chen, and He Peng
Estimating public transport emissions from General Transit Feed Specification data, João Pedro Bazzo Vieira, Rafael H.M. Pereira, and Pedro R. Andrade
Who Does Light Rail Serve? Examining Gendered Mobilities and Light-Rail Transit in Montreal, Canada, Julian Villafuerte-Diaz, Rodrigo Victoriano-Habit, Aryana Soliz, and Ahmed El-Geneidy
