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Submissions from 2023

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Commuter Rail Electrifications That Never Were and What They Teach Us, John G. Allen and Gregory L. Newmark

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Rationales for transitioning to electric buses in Swedish public transport, Vendela Åslund and Fredrik Pettersson-Löfstedt

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Optimization framework for integrated battery electric bus planning and charging scheduling, Pranav Gairola and N. Nezamuddin

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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rail Transit Costs and Cost Effectiveness, Zakhary Mallett

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Optimal locations and sizes of layover charging stations for electric buses, Dan McCabe and Xueang (Jeff) Ban

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Transit Benefit Index: A Comprehensive Index for Capturing Externalities in Transit Planning, Rudi Alexander Rendel and Chris Bachmann

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Electrifying public transit benefits public finances in small island developing states, Zakia Soomauroo, Philipp Blechinger, and Felix Creutzig

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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

Submissions from 2022

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Charging operations in battery electric bus systems considering fleet size variability along the service, Miquel Estrada, Josep Mensión, Miquel Salicrú, and Hugo Badia

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Cost Drivers of Electric Bus Contracts: Analysis of 33 Indian Cities, Ravi Gadepalli, Sushmitha Gumireddy, and Prateek Bansal

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Comparative assessment of zero emission electric and hydrogen buses in Australia, David A. Hensher, Edward Wei, and Camila Balbontin

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Cost-effectiveness analysis of compressed natural gas implementation in the public bus transit fleet in Delhi, India, Christian Krelling and Madhav G. Badami

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A Summary of Expert Perspectives on Viable Financing Pathways for Electrifying India’s Public Transport, Aparna Vijaykumar, K. P. Aswathy, and Avinash Dubedi

Submissions from 2021

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Bus rapid transit implementation with the inclusion of incumbent paratransit operators in African cities: lessons from Accra, Emmanuel Theodore Asimeng

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Design and operation of feeder systems in the era of automated and electric buses, Hugo Badia and Erik Jenelius

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Transitioning to clean energy transportation services: Life-cycle cost analysis for vehicle fleets, Stephen Comello, Gunther Glenk, and Stefan Reichelstein

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The case for negotiated contracts under the transition to a green bus fleet, David A. Hensher

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Designing Multiple Short-Turn Routes to Mitigate the Crowding on a Bus Network, Sedong Moon, Shin-Hyung Cho, and Dong-Kyu Kim

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Electric bus fleet composition and scheduling, Şule Yıldırım and Barış Yıldız

Submissions from 2020

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Financial Analysis of Battery Electric Transit Buses, Caley Johnson, Erin Nobler, Leslie Eudy, and Matthew Jeffers

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CNG and diesel urban buses in India: A life-cycle cost comparison, Christian Krelling and Madhav G. Badami

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The Costs and Benefits Appraisal Tool for Transit Buses, Xiangyi Li, Jun Gao, and Su Song

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Joint design of multimodal transit networks and shared autonomous mobility fleets, Helen K.R.F. Pinto, Michael F. Hyland, Hani S. Mahmassani, and I. Ömer Verbas

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Economic and ecological optimization of electric bus charging considering variable electricity prices and CO2eq intensities, Matthias Rupp, Christian Rieke, Nils Handschuh, and Isabel Kuperjans

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Optimization of electric vehicle scheduling with multiple vehicle types in public transport, Enjian Yao, Tong Liu, Tianwei Lu, and Yang Yang

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An investigation of the performance of urban rail transit systems on the corridor level: A comparative analysis in the American west, Daniel Zimny-Schmitt and Andrew R. Goetz

Submissions from 2019

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Reasons for Commuter Rail Electrification: Early 20th Century and Since 2000, John G. Allen

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Accelerating Bus Electrification: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Barriers and Drivers to Scaling Transit Fleet Electrification, Kelly Blynn and John Attanucci

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Costs and Emissions Appraisal Tool for Transit Buses, Erin Cooper, Erin Kenney, Juan Miguel Velasquez, Xiangyi Li, and Thet Hein Tun

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Cost, quality and scope of service: The case of the Israeli public bus sector, Yoram Ida, Joseph Berechman, and Sigal Levy

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Economic Analysis of On-Route Fast Charging for Battery Electric Buses: Case Study in Utah, Zhaocai Liu, Ziqi Song, and Yi He

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Modeling the Effect of New Commuter Bus Service on Demand and Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Application to Greater Boston, Christopher Lyman, Nicholas Campbell, Eric J. Gonzales, and Eleni Christofa

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Financing Electric and Hybrid-Electric Buses: 10 Questions City Decision-Makers Should Ask, Christopher Moon-Miklaucic, Anne Maassen, Xiangyi Li, and Sebastian Castellanos

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Adapting Procurement Models for Electric Buses in Latin America, Jone Orbea, Sebastian Castellanos, Cristina Albuquerque, Ryan Sclar, and Berta Pinheiro

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The electric bus fleet transition problem, Samuel Pelletier, Ola Jabali, Jorge E. Mendoza, and Gilbert Laporte

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FTA Market Conditions Research: Recommendations for Improving Transit Industry Cost Estimation, Rizwan Shah, Haley S. Orvedal, Matthew Gilstrap, and Maya Sarna

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Optimal Design of Bus Routes for Different Vehicle Types Considering Various Driving Regimes and Environmental Factors, Yue Su, Xiaobo Liu, Guo Lu, and Wenbo Fan

Submissions from 2018

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Trading off costs, environmental impact, and levels of service in the optimal design of transit bus fleets, Pablo L. Durango-Cohen and Elaine C. McKenzie

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Apples to apples: Comparing BRT and light rail while avoiding the “BRT-Lite” trap, Jonathan Levine, Matan Singer, Louis Merlin, and Joe Grengs

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Battery Electric Buses—State of the Practice, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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The Relationship Between Transit Asset Condition and Service Quality, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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Electric bus fleet size and mix problem with optimization of charging infrastructure, Matthias Rogge, Evelien van der Hurk, Allan Larsen, and Dirk Uwe Sauer

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Characteristics of Bus Transit Vehicles in the United States: A 30-Year National Trend Analysis, Li Tang, Albert Gan, Fabian Cevallos, and Priyanka Alluri

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Cost of an urban rail ride: A nation-level analysis of ridership, capital costs and cost-effectiveness performance of urban rail transit projects in China, Jinbao Zhao, Chaosu Li, Ruhua Zhang, and Mathew Palmer

Submissions from 2017

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Assessing standard costs in local public bus transport: A hybrid cost model, Alessandro Avenali, Andrea Boitani, Giuseppe Catalano, Tiziana D’Alfonso, and Giorgio Matteucci

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The transition to zero-emission buses in public transport – The need for institutional innovation, Sjoerd Bakker and Rob Konings

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Comprehensive Approach to Allocate Reliability and Cost in Passenger Rail System Design, Yung-Cheng (Rex) Lai, Chia-Tsung Lu, and Chun-Lin Lu

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Light rail transit cost performance: Opportunities for future-proofing, Peter E.D. Love, Dominic Ahiaga-Dagbui, Morten Welde, and James Odeck

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Off the rails: The cost performance of infrastructure rail projects, Peter E.D. Love, Jingyang Zhou, David J. Edwards, Zahir Irani, and Chun-Pong Sing

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Determinants of bus rapid transit (BRT) system revenue and effectiveness – A global benchmarking exercise, Rico Merkert, Corinne Mulley, and Md Mahbubul Hakim

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On joint railway and housing development: Housing-led versus railway-led schemes, Ka Fai Ng and Hong K. Lo

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Decision-Making Framework to Allocate Real-Time Passenger Information Signs at Bus Stops: Model Application in Athens, Greece, Styliani Papagianni, Christina Iliopoulou, Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou, and Antony Stathopoulos

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Evolution of public transit modes in a commuter corridor, Yanshuo Sun, Qianwen Guo, Paul Schonfeld, and Zhongfei Li

Submissions from 2016

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A theoretical analysis of business models for urban public transport systems, with comparative reference to a Community Franchise involving Individual Line Ownership, David Emerson, Corinne Mulley, and Michiel C.J. Bliemer

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Factors Influencing Demand for Buses Powered by Alternative Energy Sources, Janer Galván, Victor Cantillo, and Julian Arellana

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Minimizing the costs of constructing an all plug-in electric bus transportation system: A case study in Penghu, Bwo-Ren Ke, Chen-Yuan Chung, and Yen-Chang Chen

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Rolling stock purchase cost for rail and road public transportation: random-parameter modelling and marginal effect analysis, Jackeline Murillo-Hoyos, Matthew Volovski, and Samuel Labi

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Bus Transit Operational Efficiency Resulting from Passenger Boardings at Park-and-Ride Facilities, John S. Niles and J. M. Pogodzinski

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Integrated multi-track station layout design and train scheduling models on railway corridors, Jianguo Qi, Lixing Yang, Yuan Gao, Shukai Li, and Ziyou Gao

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Rising Costs of Transit and Baumol’s Cost Disease, Javier Morales Sarriera and Frederick P. Salvucci

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Model for Optimal Selection of Projects to Improve Running Time and Operating Cost Efficiency on Passenger Rail Corridors, Haichuan Tang, C. Tyler Dick, Brennan M. Caughron, Xiaoyun Feng, Qingyuan Wang, and Christopher P. L. Barkan

Submissions from 2015

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An evaluation of railway passenger transport in Turkey using life cycle assessment and life cycle cost methods, Müfide Banar and Alp Özdemir

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Impacts of Unattended Train Operations on Productivity and Efficiency in Metropolitan Railways, Judith M. Cohen, Alexander S. Barron, Richard J. Anderson, and Daniel J. Graham

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Examining the Influence of Internal Service Characteristics on Social Benefits of Multimodal Transit, Michal A. Jaroszynski

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Evaluating the Regional Benefit/Cost Ratio for Transit State of Good Repair Investments, Liz Paterson and David Vautin

Submissions from 2014

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Potential for mitigating greenhouse gases through expanding public transport services: A case study for Gauteng Province, South Africa, Steffen Bubeck, Jan Tomaschek, and Ulrich Fahl

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A Transit Technology Selection Model, Jeffrey M. Casello, Geoffrey McD. Lewis, Kevin Yeung, and Deborah Santiago-Rodríguez

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Exhaust emissions of transit buses: Brazil and India case studies, Erin Cooper, Magdala Arioli, Aileen Carrigan, and Luis Antonio Lindau

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Mexico City's suburban land use and transit connection: The effects of the Line B Metro expansion, Erick Guerra

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Energy consumption and cost-benefit analysis of hybrid and electric city buses, Antti Lajunen

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Multiobjective Optimization Model for Transit Fleet Resource Allocation, Sabyasachee Mishra, Sushant Sharma, Tom V. Mathew, and Snehamay Khasnabis

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Workshop 7: Innovative finance for innovative public transport, Corinne Mulley and Jackie Walters

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Transit-oriented smart growth can reduce life-cycle environmental impacts and household costs in Los Angeles, Matthew J. Nahlik and Mikhail V. Chester

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Adding a new station and a road link to a road–rail network in the presence of modal competition, Federico Perea, Juan A. Mesa, and Gilbert Laporte

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A new offline optimization approach for designing a fuel cell hybrid bus, João Ribau, Rita Viegas, Ana Angelino, Alexandra Moutinho, and Carla Silva

Submissions from 2013

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A GIS-based appraisal framework for new local railway stations and services, Simon P. Blainey and John M. Preston

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Explaining cost overruns of large-scale transportation infrastructure projects using a signalling game, Chantal C. Cantarelli, Caspar G. Chorus, and Scott W. Cunningham

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A Tool for Assessing the Economic Impact of Spending on Public Transit, Xuihao Chu

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Optimal Design of Feeder-bus Network Related to Urban Rail Line based on Transfer System, Lian-bo Deng, Wei Gao, Wen-liang Zhou, and Tian-zhen Lai

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Mass Transit Project Financing - new and alternative approaches, Chris A. Hale

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Integrating bus services with mixed fleets, Myungseob Edward Kim and Paul Schonfeld

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Transit Impact Fee, Enabling Statutes and Equity Concerns, Shishir Mathur and Adam Smith

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Transit Asset Management: Additional Research on Capital Investment Effects Could Help Transit Agencies Optimize Funding, U.S. Government Accountability Office

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A Bus Rapid Transit Line Case Study: Istanbul’s Metrobüs System, M. Anil Yazici, Herbert S. Levinson, Mustafa Ilicali, Nilgün Camkesen, and Camille Kamga

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Two-phase optimization approach to transit hub location – the case of Dalian, Bin Yu, Hanbing Zhu, Wanjun Cai, Ning Ma, Qiji Kuang, and Baozhen Yao

Submissions from 2012

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Key Variables Affecting Decisions of Bus Replacement Age and Total Costs, Jesse Boudart and Miguel Figliozzi

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Are rail charges connected to costs?, Francisco Calvo and Juan de Oña

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Economic Evaluation of Urban Track Systems: Integration of Life Cycle Costs and Socio-Economic Assessment, Marjolein de Jong and Katrien Declercq

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The efficiency of public transport operations – An evaluation using stochastic frontier analysis, Johan Holmgren

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Reduced dwell times resulting from train–platform improvements: the costs and benefits of improving passenger accessibility to metro trains, Xenia Karekla and Nick Tyler

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Preserving an aging transit fleet: An optimal resource allocation perspective based on service life and constrained budget, Sabyasachee Mishra, Sushant Sharma, Snehamay Khasnabis, and Tom V. Mathew

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Review of the Federal Transit Administration’s Transit Economic Requirements Model, Transportation Research Board

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Public Policy Objectives and Urban Transit Case of Passenger Ferries in the New York City Region, Pierre B. Vilain, Janet Cox, and Vicente Mantero

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New Zealand Bus Policy Model, Ian P. Wallis and Daan Schneiders

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Model and Algorithm of Regional Bus Scheduling with Grey Travel Time, Ming Wei, Bo Sun, and Wenzhou Jin

Submissions from 2011

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Sharing the Costs of Human Services Transportation: Volume 1: The Transportation Services Cost Sharing Toolkit, Jon E. Burkhardt, Richard Garrity, Kathy McGehee, Susanna S. Hamme, Karen Burkhardt, Cindy Johnson, and David Koffman

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Steel wheels good, rubber wheels bad? calculating the cost-performance relationship for bus-rapid-transit (BRT) and light-rail-transit (LRT) systems, Ross Clark

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Managing Trams and Traffic at Intersections with Hook Turns Safety and Operational Impacts, Graham Currie and James Reynolds

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Creation of Life-Cycle Cost Tool for Transit Buses to Evaluate Hybrid Electric Bus Technologies in Real-World Operation, Aaron Golub, Feng Zhen, Nigel N. Clark, W. Scott Wayne, John J. Schiavone, Cliff Chambers, and Kevin L. Chandler

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Valuing Rail Transit Comparing Capital and Operating Costs with Consumer Benefits, Erick Guerra