Submissions from 2018
Without a ride in car country – A comparison of carless households in Germany and California, Kathrin Kühne, Suman K. Mitra, and Jean-Daniel M. Saphores
A robust method for estimating transit passenger trajectories using automated data, Pramesh Kumar, Alireza Khani, and Qing He
Measuring Spontaneous Accessibility for Iterative Transit Planning, Matthew Laquidara
New ridership for old rail: An analysis of changes in the utilization of Chicago's urban rail system, 1990–2008, Marcelo E. Lascano Kežić and Pablo Luis Durango-Cohen
Moving Minds: The Next Generation of Real-Time Transit Information in San Francisco, Jason Lee, William Tyner, and Nealay Vasavda
Measuring the impacts of new public transit services on space-time accessibility: An analysis of transit system redesign and new bus rapid transit in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Jinhyung Lee and Harvey J. Miller
Apples to apples: Comparing BRT and light rail while avoiding the “BRT-Lite” trap, Jonathan Levine, Matan Singer, Louis Merlin, and Joe Grengs
Dynamic transit lanes for connected and autonomous vehicles, Michael W. Levin and Alireza Khani
Residential and transit decisions: Insights from focus groups of neighborhoods around transit stations, Jianling Li
Predicting Bus Operator Retention Based on Employee Characteristics and Work History, Eric Lind and Joel Huting
Equity in practice? Evaluations of equity in planning for bus rapid transit, Orly Linovski, Dwayne Marshall Baker, and Kevin Manaugh
First and Last Mile Assessment for Transit Systems, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Richard J. Porter, Milan Zlatkovic, Kiavash Fayyaz, and Jeffrey Taylor
Improving Efficiency and Reliability of Bus Rapid Transit, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Milan Zlatkovic, Richard J. Porter, Kiavash Fayyaz, and Song Yu
Emerging trends and innovations for electric bus adoption—a comparative case study of contracting and financing of 22 cities in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, Xiangyi Li, Sebastian Castellanos, and Anne Maassen
Large-Scale Transit Signal Priority Implementation: District of Columbia’s Path to Success, Bailey Lozner, Kevin Lee, A. Wasim Raja, Mohammed G. Habib, and Burak Cesme
Exploring the Complex Relationship between Railroad Infrastructure, Operating Constraints, Maximum Speeds, and Public Schedules, Alex Lu, Janek Kozlowski, Sean Fahey, and Shaun Whitman
Transit in the 2000s: Where Does It Stand and Where Is It Headed?, Michael Manville, Brian D. Taylor, and Evelyn Blumenberg
Estimation of Passengers Left Behind by Trains in High-Frequency Transit Service Operating Near Capacity, Eli Miller, Gabriel E. Sánchez-Martínez, and Neema Nassir
Worse than Baumol's disease: The implications of labor productivity, contracting out, and unionization on transit operation costs, Javier Morales Sarriera, Frederick P. Salvucci, and Jinhua Zhao
Evaluating the Ability of Transit Direct Ridership Models to Forecast Medium-Term Ridership Changes: Evidence from San Francisco, Richard A. Mucci and Gregory D. Erhardt
Will bus travellers walk further for a more frequent service? An international study using a stated preference approach, Corinne Mulley, Chinh Ho, Loan Ho, David Hensher, and John Rose
Making Transit Count: Performance Measures that Move Transit Projects Forward, NACTO
Urban Services on Regional Rail: Local and Network-Based Methodologies for Evaluating New Stations in Toronto, Becca Nagorsky and Richard Borbridge
Designing a Transit-Feeder System using Multiple Sustainable Modes: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Ridesharing, Bike Sharing, and Walking, Daisik Nam, Dingtong Yang, Shunghi An, Jiangbo Gabriel Yu, R. Jayakrishnan, and Neda Masoud
Multi-level urban form and commuting mode share in rail station areas across the United States; a seemingly unrelated regression approach, Arefeh Nasri and Lei Zhang
Admissibility and Public Availability of Transit Safety Planning Records, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Battery Electric Buses—State of the Practice, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 2: Commuter Rail System Profiles, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Legal Implications of Video Surveillance on Transit Systems, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Understanding Changes in Demographics, Preferences, and Markets for Public Transportation, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Broadening Understanding of the Interplay Among Public Transit, Shared Mobility, and Personal Automobiles, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Optimal asset management strategies for mixed transit fleet, Huan Hoang Ngo, Rohan Shah, and Sabyasachee Mishra
A frequency based transit assignment model that considers online information, Nurit Oliker and Shlomo Bekhor
Modeling park-and-ride location choice of heterogeneous commuters, Hao Pang and Alireza Khani
The impacts of built environment characteristics of rail station areas on household travel behavior, Keunhyun Park, Reid Ewing, Brenda C. Scheer, and Guang Tian
The conditional effects of social influence in transportation mode choice, Susan Pike and Mark Lubell
Understanding Transit System Performance Using AVL-APC Data: An Analytics Platform with Case Studies for the Pittsburgh Region, Xidong Pi, Mark Egge, Jackson Whitmore, Amy Silbermann, and Zhen Sean Qian
Understanding Human Perception of Bus Fullness: An Empirical Study of Crowdsourced Fullness Ratings and Automatic Passenger Count Data, Xidong Pi, Zhen (Sean) Qian, Aaron Steinfeld, and Yun Huang
Just Around the Corner: The Future of U.S. Public Transportation, Steven E. Polzin
Trade-offs between headway, fare, and real-time bus information under different weather conditions, Md Matiur Rahman, Lina Kattan, and S. C. Wirasinghe
Determinants of sustainable mode choice in different socio-cultural contexts: A comparison of Rome and San Francisco, Samira Ramezani, Barbara Pizzo, and Elizabeth Deakin
The effect of light rail transit service on nearby property values: Quasi-experimental evidence from Seattle, Michael R. Ransom
Transit Information Utilization during an Extreme Weather Event: An Analysis of Smartphone App Data, Coline Remy, Candace Brakewood, Niloofar Ghahramani, Eun Jin Kwak, and Jonathan Peters
The cost structure of transit in small urban and rural U.S. communities, David G. Ripplinger and John D. Bitzan
Bus Load Inference and Crowding Performance Evaluation through Disaggregate Analysis of Fare Transaction, Vehicle Location, and Passenger Count Data, Gabriel E. Sánchez-Martínez, Laurel Paget-Seekins, Christopher W. Southwick, and John P. Attanucci
Is It Time for a Public Transit Renaissance?: Navigating Travel Behavior, Technology, and Business Model Shifts in a Brave New World, Susan Shaheen and Adam Cohen
Transit-Oriented Development Technical Assistance: Second Summary Report, Smart Growth America
Comparative Structural Evaluation of Transit Travel Demand using Travel Survey and Smart Card Data for Metropolitan Transit Financing, Tim Spurr, Antoine Leroux, and Robert Chapleau
Tangible Tools for Public Transportation Planning: Public Involvement and Learning for Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Design, Anson F. Stewart, P. Christopher Zegras, Phil Tinn, and Jeffrey L. Rosenblum
Transit planning, access, and justice: Evolving visions of bus rapid transit and the Chicago street, Elina Sukaryavichute and David L. Prytherch
Logit-based transit assignment: Approach-based formulation and paradox revisit, S. Sun and W.Y. Szeto
Characteristics of Bus Transit Vehicles in the United States: A 30-Year National Trend Analysis, Li Tang, Albert Gan, Fabian Cevallos, and Priyanka Alluri
Public Transit Leading in Transition to Clean Technology, The American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
After Study of the Bus Rapid Transit A Line Impacts, Benjamin Tomhave, Yufeng Zhang, Alireza Khani, John Hourdos, Peter Dirks, Jack Olsson, Tao Tao, Xinyi Wu, and Jason (Xinyu) Cao
Bus quality improvements and local commuter mode share, Justin Tyndall
Is having a positive image of public transit associated with travel satisfaction and continued transit usage? An exploratory study of bus transit, Dea van Lierop and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Small Steps, Big Differences: Assessing the Validity of using Home and Work Locations to Estimate Walking Distances to Transit, Marie-Pier Veillette, Robbin Deboosere, Rania Wasfi, Nancy Ross, and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Developing Dedicated Bus Lane Screening Criteria in Baltimore, Maryland, Adam Vest, Patrick J. McMahon, and Jesus Cuellar
Longitudinal train dynamics model for a rail transit simulation system, Jinghui Wang and Hesham R. Rakha
Optimizing the spatio-temporal deployment of battery electric bus system, Ran Wei, Xiaoyue Liu, Yi Ou, and S. Kiavash Fayyaz
A Real-Time Service Management Decision Support System for Train Dispatching at New York City Transit, Daniel Wood, Timon Stasko, Lauren Tarte, Darian Jefferson, and Alla Reddy
Using three-factor theory to identify improvement priorities for express and local bus services: An application of regression with dummy variables in the Twin Cities, Xinyi Wu, Jason (Xinyu) Cao, and Joel Huting
Evaluation of Transit Ecodriving in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Environments, Xiaodan Xu, Hanyan Ann Li, Haobing Liu, Michael O. Rodgers, and Randall Guensler
Assessing the impacts of mobile technology on public transportation project inspection, Julian Yamaura and Stephen T. Muench
Integrating ridesourcing services with public transit: An evaluation of traveler responses combining revealed and stated preference data, Xiang Yan, Jonathan Levine, and Xilei Zhao
A social equity analysis of the U.S. public transportation system based on job accessibility, Armin Jeddi Yeganeh, Ralph Hall, Annie Pearce, and Steve Hankey
Does Roadway Performance Affect Transit Headway Unreliability? Evidence from Mixed-Traffic Transit Corridors in Toronto, Canada, Christopher Yuen and Matthias N. Sweet
Evaluating the relationship between rail transit and industrial agglomeration: An observation from the Dallas-fort worth region, TX, Haitao Yu, Junfeng Jiao, Eric Houston, and Zhong-Ren Peng
Analyzing the impact of a planned transit-oriented development on mode share and traffic conditions, Zheng Zhu, Minha Lee, Yixuan Pan, Hang Yang, and Lei Zhang
Multimodal Level of Service Methodologies: Evaluation of the Multimodal Performance of Arterial Corridors, Natalia Zuniga-Garcia, Heidi W. Ross, and Randy B. Machemehl
Determining transit service coverage by non-motorized accessibility to transit: Case study of applying GPS data in Cincinnati metropolitan area, Ting Zuo, Heng Wei, and Andrew Rohne
Submissions from 2017
Redesigning Main Lines for Commuter Rail Electrification, John G. Allen
Is It Too Crowded in Here? In Search of Safety Standards for Pedestrian Congestion in Rail Stations, Justin D. Antos, Wendy Jia, and Jonathan H. Parker
Transit priority lanes in the congested road networks, Saeed Asadi Bagloee, Majid Sarvi, and Avishai Ceder
Recommendation of a New Transit Performance Measure in the National Transit Database, Fatemeh Baratian-Ghorghi and Hossein Ahmadianyazdi
Improving Access to Transit through Crowdsourced Information, Sean J. Barbeau
Contested spaces and subjectivities of transit: Political ecology of a bus rapid transit development in Oakland, California, Ingrid Behrsin and Chris Benner
Looking beyond the mean for equity analysis: Examining distributional impacts of transportation improvements, Tierra S. Bells and Joan L. Walker
Comparing bus holding methods with and without real-time predictions, Simon J. Berrebi, Etienne Hans, Nicolas Chiabaut, Jorge A. Laval, Ludovic Leclercq, and Kari A. Watkins
Response to “The impact of light rail on congestion in Denver: A reappraisal”, Sutapa Bhattacharjee and Andrew R. Goetz
UrbanAccess: Generalized Methodology for Measuring Regional Accessibility with an Integrated Pedestrian and Transit Network, Samuel D. Blanchard and Paul Waddell
First/last mile transit access as an equity planning issue, Marlon G. Boarnet, Genevieve Giuliano, Yuting Huo, and Eun Jin Shin
Exploratory Method for Practitioners Analyzing the Impact of Integrated Fare Structures in Decentralized Metropolitan Regions: A Toronto Region Case Study, Shahrzad Borjian, Jake Schabas, and John Segal
Modal Choice in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area: An Exploratory Data Analysis, Donald W. Buckwalter
Understanding the effects of transit benefits on employees’ travel behavior: Evidence from the New York-New Jersey region, Paola Carolina Bueno, Juan Gomez, Jonathan R. Peters, and Jose Manuel Vassallo
Impact of a light rail extension on residential property values, Jacob Camins-Esakov and Donald Vandegrift
Sharing riders: How bikesharing impacts bus ridership in New York City, Kayleigh B. Campbell and Candace Brakewood
Connected Urban Growth: Public-Private Collaborations for Transforming Urban Mobility, Diego Canales, Shannon Bouton, Elaine Trimble, Julia Thayne, Larissa Da Silva, Srikanth Shastry, Stefan Knupfer, and Martin Powell
The San Francisco Travel Quality Study: tracking trials and tribulations of a transit taker, Andre Carrel, Raja Sengupta, and Joan L. Walker
Automated Tool for Geographic Information Systems That Supports Transit Network Design by Identifying Urban Activity Centers, Jeffrey M. Casello and Pedram Fard
Real-Time Estimation of Platform Crowding for New York City Subway: Case Study at Wall Street Station on No. 2 and No. 3 Lines in Financial District, Adam Caspari, Brian Levine, Jeffrey Hanft, and Alla Reddy
How can public transit get people out of their cars? An analysis of transit mode choice for commute trips in Los Angeles, Sandip Chakrabarti
The effect of BRT implementation and streetscape redesign on physical activity: A case study of Mexico City, Annie Chang, Luis Miranda-Moreno, Jason (Xinyu) Cao, and Ben Welle
Decision-Making Toolbox to Plan and Manage Park-and-Ride Facilities for Public Transportation: Guidebook on Planning and Managing Park-and-Ride, Linda K. Cherrington, Jonathan Brooks, James Cardenas, Zachary Elgart, Luis David Galicia, Todd Hansen, Kristi Miller, Michael J. Walk, Paul Ryus, Conor Semler, and Kathryn Coffel
Impacts of New Light Rail Transit Service on Riders' Residential Relocation Decisions, You-Lian Chu, Yi Deng, and Rongfang (Rachel) Liu
Who Rides Public Transportation, Hugh M. Clark
Mobility and the making of the neoliberal “creative city”: The streetcar as a creative city project?, Gregg Culver
Anticipation and post-construction impact of a metro extension on residential values: The case of Laval (Canada), 1995–2013, Nicolas Devaux, Jean Dubé, and Philippe Apparicio
