Submissions from 2019
The efficiency of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems: A dynamic congestion approach, Leonardo J. Basso, Fernando Feres, and Hugo E. Silva
Stable and robust train routing in station areas with balanced infrastructure capacity occupation, Nikola Bešinović and Rob M.P. Goverde
Real-time schedule adjustments for autonomous public transport vehicles, Zhichao Cao, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, and Silin Zhang
Frequency and Vehicle Capacity Determination using a Dynamic Transit Assignment Model, Oded Cats and Stefan Glück
Operational design for shuttle systems with modular vehicles under oversaturated traffic: Discrete modeling method, Zhiwei Chen, Xiaopeng Li, and Xuesong Zhou
Feeder Bus Timetable Design and Vehicle Size Setting in Peak Hour Demand Conditions, Xueping Dou and Qiang Meng
Modelling bus bunching under variable transit demand using cellular automata, Fatemeh Enayatollahi, Ahmed Osman Idris, and M. A. Amiri Atashgah
Modelling passenger distribution on metro platforms based on passengers’ choices for boarding cars, Jiping Fang, Taku Fujiyama, and Howard Wong
Reconciling transfer synchronization and service regularity: real-time control strategies using passenger data, Alexandra Gavriilidou and Oded Cats
Passenger-Centric Performance Metrics for the New York City Subway, Anne Halvorsen, Daniel Wood, Timon Stasko, Darian Jefferson, and Alla Reddy
Capacity Estimation of On-Street, Mid-Block, Off-Line Bus Stops Considering Yield-to-Bus Rule, Faheema Hisham, Jonathan M. Bunker, and Ashish Bhaskar
Optimal design of promotion based demand management strategies in urban rail systems, Zhenliang Ma and Haris N. Koutsopoulos
Estimation of Denied Boarding in Urban Rail Systems: Alternative Formulations and Comparative Analysis, Zhenliang Ma, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Yunqing Chen, and Nigel H.M. Wilson
Clean Bus Technologies and the Cost-Effectiveness of Emissions Reductions in Latin America, Fiamma Pérez-Prada, Bianca Bianchi Alves, Kavita Sethi, Diego Puga Barrés, and Yin Qiu
A fractional perspective to the modelling of Lisbon’s public transportation network, António Dinis F. Santos, Duarte Valério, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, and António M. Lopes
Capacity approximations for near- and far-side bus stops in dedicated bus lanes, Minyu Shen, Weihua Gu, Sangen Hu, and Han Cheng
Real-time short turning strategy based on passenger choice behavior, Wensi Wang, Zhihui Tian, Kewang Li, and Bin Yu
Multi-objective periodic railway timetabling on dense heterogeneous railway corridors, Fei Yan, Nikola Bešinović, and Rob M.P. Goverde
Combined line planning and train timetabling for strongly heterogeneous railway lines with direct connections, Fei Yan and Rob M.P. Goverde
Modeling loading area effectiveness at off-line bus stops with no clear-cut separation of berths, Jing Zhao, Kaijia Chen, Tao Wang, and Jairus Odawa Malenje
Submissions from 2018
Cost and fare estimation for the bus transit system of Santiago, Marco Batarce and Patricia Galilea
High volume bus stop upstream average waiting time for working capacity and quality of service, Jonathan M. Bunker
Optimal infrastructure capacity of automated on-demand rail-bound transit systems, Oded Cats and Jesper Haverkamp
Strategic Planning and Prospects of Rail-Bound Demand Responsive Transit, Oded Cats and Jesper Haverkamp
Inter-arrival time distribution of passengers at service facilities in underground subway stations: A case study of the metropolitan city of Chengdu in China, Yanru Chen, Bing Yi, Yangsheng Jiang, Jidong Sun, and M. I.M. Wahab
A Data-Driven Approach to Prioritizing Bus Schedule Revisions at New York City Transit, Malik Coleman, Lauren Tarte, Steve Chau, Brian Levine, and Alla Reddy
Well-to-Wheel analysis of fossil energy use and greenhouse gas emissions for conventional, hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric city buses in the BRT system in Curitiba, Brazil, Dennis Dreier, Semida Silveira, Dilip Khatiwada, Keiko V.O. Fonseca, Rafael Nieweglowski, and Renan Schepanski
Optimizing headways for urban rail transit services using adaptive particle swarm algorithms, Erfan Hassannayebi, Seyed Hessameddin Zegordi, Mohammad Reza Amin-Naseri, and Masoud Yaghini
Demand imbalances and multi-period public transport supply, Daniel Hörcher and Daniel J. Graham
The economics of seat provision in public transport, Daniel Hörcher, Daniel J. Graham, and Richard J. Anderson
Reinforcement learning approach for coordinated passenger inflow control of urban rail transit in peak hours, Zhibin Jiang, Wei Fan, Wei Liu, Bingqin Zhu, and Jinjing Gu
Bus rapid transit (BRT): A simulation and multi criteria decision making (MCDM) approach, Reza Kiani Mavi, Navid Zarbakhshnia, and Armin Khazraei
Exploring the Complex Relationship between Railroad Infrastructure, Operating Constraints, Maximum Speeds, and Public Schedules, Alex Lu, Janek Kozlowski, Sean Fahey, and Shaun Whitman
Estimation of Passengers Left Behind by Trains in High-Frequency Transit Service Operating Near Capacity, Eli Miller, Gabriel E. Sánchez-Martínez, and Neema Nassir
A technology selection and design model of a semi-rapid transit line, Luigi Moccia, Duncan W. Allen, and Eric C. Bruun
Optimal asset management strategies for mixed transit fleet, Huan Hoang Ngo, Rohan Shah, and Sabyasachee Mishra
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
The cost structure of transit in small urban and rural U.S. communities, David G. Ripplinger and John D. Bitzan
Commuter travel cost estimation at different levels of crowding in a suburban rail system: a case study of Mumbai, Prasanta K. Sahu, Gajanand Sharma, and Anirban Guharoy
Equity-oriented skip-stopping schedule optimization in an oversaturated urban rail transit network, Pan Shang, Ruimin Li, Zhiyong Liu, Liya Yang, and Yuqiang Wang
Mixed logical dynamical modeling and hybrid model predictive control of public transport operations, Isik Ilber Sirmatel and Nikolas Geroliminis
Optimal extension of rail transit lines, Yanshuo Sun, Paul Schonfeld, and Qianwen Guo
Extended Methodology for the Estimation of a Zonal Origin-Destination Matrix: A Planning Software Application Based on Smartcard Trip Data, Sebastián Tamblay, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Juan de Dios Ortúzar
Characteristics of Bus Transit Vehicles in the United States: A 30-Year National Trend Analysis, Li Tang, Albert Gan, Fabian Cevallos, and Priyanka Alluri
Bus Capacity Estimation using Stochastic Queuing Models for Isolated Bus Stops in China, Chao Wang, Zhirui Ye, Jon D. Fricker, Yunlong Zhang, and Satish V. Ukkusuri
Passenger demand oriented train scheduling and rolling stock circulation planning for an urban rail transit line, Yihui Wang, Andrea D’Ariano, Jiateng Yin, Lingyun Meng, Tao Tang, and Bin Ning
Transit-oriented autonomous vehicle operation with integrated demand-supply interaction, Jian Wen, Yu Xin Chen, Neema Nassir, and Jinhua Zhao
A systematic analysis of multimodal transport systems with road space distribution and responsive bus service, Fangni Zhang, Nan Zheng, Hai Yang, and Nikolas Geroliminis
Multimodal Level of Service Methodologies: Evaluation of the Multimodal Performance of Arterial Corridors, Natalia Zuniga-Garcia, Heidi W. Ross, and Randy B. Machemehl
Submissions from 2017
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
Exogenous priority rules for the capacitated passenger assignment problem, Stefan Binder, Yousef Maknoon, and Michel Bierlaire
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
A heuristic method for a congested capacitated transit assignment model with strategies, Esteve Codina and Francisca Rosell
The railway line frequency and size setting problem, Alicia De-Los-Santos, Gilbert Laporte, Juan A. Mesa, and Federico Perea
Modeling the interaction between buses, passengers and cars on a bus route using a multi-agent system, Stavri Dimitrov, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, Subeh Chowdhury, and Mikaël Monot
Coordination of Feeder Bus Schedule with Train Service at Integrated Transport Hubs, Xueping Dou, Xiaolin Gong, Xiucheng Guo, and Tao Tao
Simulation-Based Comparison of Holding Strategies for a Multibranch Light Rail Service, Joshua J. Fabian and Gabriel E. Sánchez-Martínez
Timetable optimization models and methods for minimizing passenger waiting time at public transit terminals, Erfan Hassannayebi, Seyed Hessameddin Zegordi, Masoud Yaghini, and Mohammad Reza Amin-Naseri
Dense, mixed-use, walkable urban precinct to support sustainable transport or vice versa? A model for consideration from Perth, Western Australia, Cole Hendrigan and Peter Newman
Optimal fleet size, frequencies and vehicle capacities considering peak and off-peak periods in public transport, Sergio Jara-Díaz, Andrés Fielbaum, and Antonio Gschwender
An integrated framework for assessing service efficiency and stability of rail transit systems, Yung-Cheng Lai and Chi-Sang Ip
A subjective capacity evaluation model for single-track railway system with δ-balanced traffic and λ-tolerance level, Feng Li, Ziyou Gao, David Z.W. Wang, Ronghui Liu, Tao Tang, Jianjun Wu, and Lixing Yang
Train unit scheduling guided by historic capacity provisions and passenger count surveys, Zhiyuan Lin, Eva Barrena, and Raymond S.K. Kwan
Joint optimal train regulation and passenger flow control strategy for high-frequency metro lines, Shukai Li, Maged M. Dessouky, Lixing Yang, and Ziyou Gao
Non-discriminatory train dispatching in a rail transport market with multiple competing and collaborative train operating companies, Xiaojie Luan, Francesco Corman, and Lingyun Meng
The Hangover: Assessing Impact of Major Service Interruptions on Urban Rail Transit Ridership, Julene Paul and Michael J. Smart
Modelling risk aversion using a disaggregate stochastic process model in congested transit networks, Padma Seetharaman
Exploring the pedestrian level of interaction on platform conflict areas at metro stations by real-scale laboratory experiments, Sebastian Seriani, Taku Fujiyama, and Catherine Holloway
Integrated planning of park-and-ride facilities and transit service, Ziqi Song, Yi He, and Lihui Zhang
A new solution framework for the limited-stop bus service design problem, Guillermo Soto, Homero Larrain, and Juan Carlos Muñoz
A cycle time optimization model for generating stable periodic railway timetables, Daniel Sparing and Rob M.P. Goverde
Holding Boarding Passengers to Improve Train Operation on Basis of an Economic Dwell Time Model, Gonzalo Suazo-Vecino, Marina Dragicevic, and Juan Carlos Muñoz
Customized bus service design for jointly optimizing passenger-to-vehicle assignment and vehicle routing, Lu (Carol) Tong, Leishan Zhou, Jiangtao Liu, and Xuesong Zhou
The Future of Mobility, Tourism and Transport Forum
Modelling bus bunching and holding control with vehicle overtaking and distributed passenger boarding behaviour, Weitiao Wu, Ronghui Liu, and Wenzhou Jin
Research and development of automatic train operation for railway transportation systems: A survey, Jiateng Yin, Tao Tang, Lixing Yang, Jing Xun, Yeran Huang, and Ziyou Gao
Impact of real-time crowding information: a Stockholm metro pilot study, Yizhou Zhang, Erik Jenelius, and Karl Kottenhoff
Multi-periodic train timetabling using a period-type-based Lagrangian relaxation decomposition, Wenliang Zhou, Junli Tian, Lijuan Xue, Min Jiang, Lianbo Deng, and Jin Qin
Bus arrival time calculation model based on smart card data, Yuyang Zhou, Lin Yao, Yanyan Chen, Yi Gong, and Jianhui Lai
A probabilistic Passenger-to-Train Assignment Model based on automated data, Yiwen Zhu, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, and Nigel H.M. Wilson
A bi-level model for single-line rail timetable design with consideration of demand and capacity, Yuting Zhu, Baohua Mao, Yun Bai, and Shaokuan Chen
Submissions from 2016
Estimation of urban bus transit marginal cost without cost data, Marco Batarce
Valuing crowding in public transport: Implications for cost-benefit analysis, Marco Batarce, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Juan de Dios Ortúzar
Level of service delivery of public transport and mode choice in Accra, Ghana, Dora Birago, Seth Opoku Mensah, and Somesh Sharma
New routes on old railways: increasing rail’s mode share within the constraints of the existing railway network, Simon P. Blainey, John Armstrong, Andrew S. J. Smith, and John M. Preston
Capacity, information and minority games in public transport, P. C. Bouman, Leo Kroon, Peter Vervest, and Gábor Maróti
Setting lines frequency and capacity in dense railway rapid transit networks with simultaneous passenger assignment, David Canca, Eva Barrena, Alicia De-Los-Santos, and José Luis Andrade-Pineda
A dynamic stochastic model for evaluating congestion and crowding effects in transit systems, Oded Cats, Jens West, and Jonas Eliasson
Study of Standing Passenger Density in Subway Cars Based on Passengers’ Spatial Comfort: Case Study of Beijing Subway Line 4, Feng Chen, Jiping Fang, and Qibing Wu
Managing Planned Disruptions of Mass Transit Systems, Zoi Christoforou, Etienne Corbillé, Nadir Farhi, and Fabien Leurent
Reproducing Longitudinal In-Vehicle Traveler Experience and the Impact of a Service Reduction with Public Transit Smart Card Data, Ka Kee Alfred Chu and André Lomone
Should Transit Continue to Chase Development? Scenario Modeling and Analysis Supporting Regional Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness in Washington, D.C., Region, Allison Davis and Dalia Leven
Bus control strategies in corridors with signalized intersections, Miquel Estrada, Josep Mensión, Josep M. Aymamí, and Laura Torres
Why is Light Rail Starting to Dominate Bus Rapid Transit Yet Again?, David Hensher
Reliability-based stochastic transit assignment: Formulations and capacity paradox, Y. Jiang and W. Y. Szeto
Disruption management for the Viennese public transport provider, Alexander Kiefer, Stefanie Kritzinger, and Karl F. Doerner
Cost-of-crowding model for light rail train and platform length, W. Klumpenhouwer and S. C. Wirasinghe
Operational and financial performance of Delhi's natural gas-fueled public bus transit fleet: A critical evaluation, Christian Krelling and Madhav G. Badami
When and where are limited-stop bus services justified?, Homero Larrain and Juan Carlos Muñoz
A self-adaptive method to equalize headways: Numerical analysis and comparison, Shidong Liang, Shuzhi Zhao, Chunxiu Lu, and Minghui Ma