Submissions from 2026
Is microtransit a cost-effective alternative or a costly competitor to public transit?, Miriam Pinski, Anne Brown, and Nicholas Perloff-Giles
The interaction of weather factors on multimodal public transportation: An empirical research on the combination of bike-sharing and metro, Xiaoxia Wang, Zhicheng Pan, Peng Liu, Xiang Wang, Zhenlong Fan, Nieyangzi Liu, and Jiayou Wu
Submissions from 2025
Data aggregation impacts on built environment-mode share models around public transit stations, Seyed Sajjad Abdollahpour, Huyen T.K. Le, Ralph Buehler, and Steve Hankey
Can E-scooters connect first and last-mile of public rail transit? Lessons learned from intercept user survey in Utah, Hannaneh Abdollahzadeh Kalantari, Wookjae Yang, and Reid Ewing
Understanding Incident Effects on Subway Operations: Clustering Analysis of Severity Patterns, Mostafa Abolfazli, Martin Trépanier, and Aurélie Labbe
Can governments streamline environmental impact analysis to promote transit-oriented development? Evidence from California, Bailey Affolter, Jamey Volker, Nicholas Marantz, Susan Pike, and Graham DeLeon
Development of a dynamic traffic microsimulator for on-demand transit operations within an integrated modelling system, Md Asif Hasan Anik, Muhammad Ali Nayeem, and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib
Pedestrian crash causation analysis near bus stops: Insights from random parameters Negative Binomial–Lindley model, Mohammad Anis, Srinivas R. Geedipally, and Dominique Lord
Who stays loyal to transit? Understanding preference-based heterogeneity in service satisfaction, Sina Asgharpour, Sajad Askari, and Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian
TMS-GNN: Traffic-aware Multistep Graph Neural Network for bus passenger flow prediction, Asiye Baghbani, Saeed Rahmani, Nizar Bouguila, and Zachary Patterson
Enhancing public transportation sustainability: Insights from electric bus scheduling and charge optimization, Foroogh Behnia, Seyyed Sajad Mousavi Nejad Souq, Beth-Anne Schuelke-Leech, and Mitra Mirhassani
Predicting travel demand of a bike sharing system using graph convolutional neural networks, Ali Behroozi and Ali Edrisi
Modeling transit travel times for predicting equity improvements, Phillip R. Carleton and J. David Porter
Next-Generation Transit Signal Priority with Advanced Arrival Time Prediction and Custom Traffic Signal Control Logic, Burak Cesme, Jorge A. Barrios, Peter Koonce, Mark Haines, Peter Furth, Christopher Bame, and Nemanja Dobrota
Understanding bus delay patterns under different temporal and weather conditions: A Bayesian Gaussian mixture model, Xiaoxu Chen, Saeid Saidi, and Lijun Sun
Comparing the efficiency of urban bus systems in Brazil, France, Spain and United States using social, financial, and environmental indicators, Felipe M. Coutinho and Maurício O. de Andrade
Rethinking Transit Safety: Understanding and Addressing Gender-Based Harassment and Enhancing Safety on San Francisco’s Muni Transit System, Greer Cowan and Pearl Liu
What influences intention to use a first-mile/last-mile automated shuttle service in a suburban area? A case study in Toronto, Canada, Chelsea A. DeGuzman, Toka S. Mostafa, Kareem Othman, Birsen Donmez, Baher Abdulhai, Amer Shalaby, and Jennifer Niece
Assessing complementary and competing interactions between transit and shared transportation modes, Elodie Deschaintres, Catherine Morency, and Martin Trépanier
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on bus crash severity, Saba Doulabi, Benjamin Meysohn, and Miles Crumley
Towards an efficient electric bus system: Multi-phase optimization model for incremental electrification of bus network with uncertain energy consumption, Behnam Davazdah Emami, Yiling Zhang, Alireza Khani, and Ying Song
Public transit electrification planning with energy storage via second-life batteries – a stochastic programming approach, Sergio Edgar Franco, Jing Wang, Majid Gholami Shirkoohi, Qiao Chen, and Walter Mérida
Operating subsidies and transit efficiency: applying new metrics to old problems, Christina D. Funk, Michael J. Higgins, and Gregory L. Newmark
Identifying multi-modal deserts: A multivariate outlier detection approach, Yujie Guo and Yu Zhang
Use of Galvanic Skin Response in a stated preference survey to assess factors influencing college student use of transit, Hardik Gupta, Mark Burris, and Musfira Rahman
Design of the “Future Mobility in Canada Survey” (FMCS) to assess the evolving mobility landscape in urban Canada with an emphasis on automated vehicles, Samira Hamiditehrani, Darren M. Scott, and Matthias N. Sweet
Learning heuristics for transit network design and improvement with deep reinforcement learning, Andrew Holliday, Ahmed El-Geneidy, and Gregory Dudek
Combined Revealed- and Stated-Preference Survey to Understand the Impact of Multi-Source Real-Time Information on Travel Mode Choice, Daub Nabi Hridoy, Rifa Tasnia, Venktesh Pandey, Birat Rijal, and Md Sami Hasnine
Transfer learning for cross-modal demand prediction of bike-share and public transit, Mingzhuang Hua, Francisco Camara Pereira, Yu Jiang, Xuewu Chen, and Junyi Chen
Coordinated dual-objective transit signal priority: a deep reinforcement learning approach, Wen Xun Hu, Yu Shen Lu, Yifan Zhao, Hirotaka Ishihara, Amer Shalaby, and Baher Abdulhai
Coordinating ride-pooling with public transit using Reward-Guided Conservative Q-Learning: An offline training and online fine-tuning reinforcement learning framework, Yulong Hu, Tingting Dong, and Sen Li
Mind the Gender Gap: Case Studies of U.S. Transit Agency Policies and Design Guidelines for Gender-Inclusive Transit Planning, Musharrat Jahan, Candace Brakewood, Susan Pike, and Kari Watkins
A tradable carbon credit incentive scheme based on the public-private-partnership, Gege Jiang, Qingwen Fan, Yingtian Zhang, Yao Xiao, Jiemin Xie, and Shaorui Zhou
Outdoor information panels to convey real-time travel information for transit ridership recovery, Guocheng Jiang, Song Gao, and Eleni Christofa
Real-Time Urban Traffic Monitoring Using Transit Buses as Probes, Shangkun Jiang, Yura Sun, Wai Wong, Yiming Xu, and Xilei Zhao
Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants and Bus Ridership in Orange County, California, Farzana Khatun and Jean-Daniel Saphores
Future of Passenger Mobility in the U.S.A.: Scenarios for 2030, Alimurtaza Kothawala, Maha Ahmad, Rosa Dominguez-Faus, Lewis Fulton, and Giovanni Circella
Heat stress mitigation by trees and shelters at bus stops, Kevin Lanza, Sara Ernst, Katie Watkins, and Baojiang Chen
Toward greener transit: Carbon-efficient density thresholds for public transit vs. private vehicles, Bumsoo Lee and Sungwon Lee
Understanding rail users' mode choice behavior for first and last mile travel, Seung Jae Lieu and Gulsah Akar
Crime, environments, service characteristics, and transit ridership: a multilevel analysis, Jianling Li, Qian He, and Qisheng Pan
Transit Investment and Income Inequality in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Cathy Yang Liu and Jerry Zhirong Zhao
COVID-19’s Impacts on Chicago Transit Authority Rail and Bus Ridership in Northeastern Illinois, Yining Liu, Jesus Osorio, Yanfeng Ouyang, Cemal Ayvalik, and Charles Abraham
How does public transit serve post-secondary students in Toronto? A utility-based analysis of accessibility by transit for non-mandatory trips, Patrick Loa and Khandker Nurul Habib
How Does the Introduction of Shared Ride-Sourcing Services Affect Demand for Existing Modes for Non-Commuting Trips? Evidence from a Joint RP-SP Study in Metro Vancouver, Patrick Loa, Felita Ong, and Khandker Nurul Habib
Optimal coordination of electric buses and battery storage for achieving a 24/7 carbon-free electrified fleet, Justin Luke, Mateus Gheorghe de Castro Ribeiro, Sonia Martin, Emmanuel Balogun, Gustavo Vianna Cezar, Marco Pavone, and Ram Rajagopal
Coverage vs frequency: Is spatial coverage or temporal frequency more impactful on transit ridership?, Torrey Lyons, Reid Ewing, and Guang Tian
Inequitable inefficiency: A case study of rail transit fare policies, Zakhary Mallett
Strategies to Optimize the Deployment of Roadway Maintenance Machines for Overnight Maintenance in Urban Rail Systems, John Takuma Moody, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Michael Eichler, and Yann Ulysse
Strategic sustainability assessment of rideshare and automated vehicles using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), Mark Muller, Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia, Seri Park, Yimin Zhang, Brett Fusco, and Ross Lee
When the Train Never Comes: Property Value Impacts from the Announcement and Cancellation of a Light Rail Project, Isabelle Nilsson, Elizabeth C. Delmelle, and Michael-Paul James
Pathways to sustainable transportation in G-20 countries: Unveiling the role of green technology, green energy, green finance and digital economy using panel data and machine learning analyses, Manel Ouni, Sonia Mrad, and Rafaa Mraihi
Unlocking nighttime mobility: Land use and accessibility in public transit for night commuters, Meiyu (Melrose) Pan, A. Latif Patwary, and Majbah Uddin
Is This Your First Time Here? Older Adults and Mode-Switching on a New Local Bus Route in Philadelphia, Julene Paul and Joshua Davidson
Simulating Impacts from Transit Service Enhancements in the San Francisco Bay Area, Cristian Poliziani, A. Zachary Needell, Haitam Laarabi, Rashid Waraich, Annika Todd-Blick, K. Sydny Fujita, Nazanin Rezaei, D. Juan Caicedo, Carlos Guirado, C. Anna Spurlock, and Tom Wenzel
A Case Study of Ridership and Equity Implications of All-Day Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Commuter Rail Service, Samuel S. Polzin, Megan Willis-Jackson, Phil White, Karl Meakin, and Martha Koch
Assessing the impact of the new Mexico cable car on air pollution, Juan Prieto-Rodriguez, Jose Ignacio Azuela-Flores, Daniel Groft, Maria Jose Perez-Villadoniga, and Rafael Salas
Illuminating Issues in Bus Stop Lighting: A Case Study of Los Angeles, Monisha Reginald
Extending electric bus charging infrastructure considering charging scheduling and energy pricing, Dimitrios Rizopoulos and Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis
A methodological framework to generate transit-oriented development (TOD) typologies, Arianne Robillard, Dea van Lierop, and Geneviève Boisjoly
Towards a better understanding of changes in cost per riders for bus routes before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Montréal, Canada, Lancelot Rodrigue, Kevin Manaugh, and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Autonomous On-Demand Shuttles for First Mile–Last Mile Connectivity: Design, Optimization, and Impact Assessment, Sudipta Roy, Gabriel Dadashev, Lampros Yfantis, Bat-hen Nahmias-Biran, and Samiul Hasan
Bridging the gap: A social equity analysis of intra-city transit access to inter-city rail in Canada, Henry Shaver, Junghwan Kim, Ehab Diab, and Jinhyung Lee
Energy intensity, GHG and pollutant emissions of freight and passenger rail applications in the United States, Choudhury Siddique, Yan Zhou, Amgad Elgowainy, Md Rakibul Alam, and Melissa Shurland
Exploring mobility of care with measures of accessibility, Anastasia Soukhov, Nicholas Mooney, and Léa Ravensbergen
Resilience and adaptability: The evolving roles of Bikeshare to public transport amid pandemic disruptions, Xiaozheng Sun and Xu Cui
Towards sustainable neighbourhoods? Tensions and heterogeneous transport priorities among suburban residents, Ignacio Tiznado-Aitken, Zehui Yin, and Steven Farber
How bikesharing changed destination distance for its users: A case study of Chicago Metropolitan Area, Shubhayan Ukil and Aditi Misra
Hierarchical Nearest Neighbor Gaussian Process models for discrete choice: Mode choice in New York City, Daniel F. Villarraga and Ricardo A. Daziano
Transit Board Diversity and Pandemic Service Cuts in Vulnerable Communities, Carole Turley Voulgaris, Rosalie Singerman Ray, and Lauren Ames Fischer
Modeling ride-hailing and carsharing adoption & use patterns: deciphering the substitutive and complementary impacts of built environment, transit accessibility, & active travel, Behram Wali, Paolo Santi, and Carlo Ratti
Mitigating biases in big mobility data: a case study of monitoring large-scale transit systems, Feilong Wang, Xuegang (Jeff) Ban, Peng Chen, Chenxi Liu, and Rong Zhao
Exploring the Equity Impact: Analyzing the Relationship between Railroad Safety and Sociodemographic Factors, Sara Zahedian, Ateet Maharjan, Michael Gorman, and Mark L. Franz
Dynamic interlining in bus operations, Seyedmostafa Zahedi, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, and Zhenliang Ma
Optimal planning and scheduling for fast-charging electric bus system with distributed photovoltaics, Yiming Zhang, Yi He, and Ziqi Song
Submissions from 2024
Built environment’s nonlinear effects on mode shares around BRT and rail stations, Seyed Sajjad Abdollahpour, Ralph Buehler, Huyen T.K. Le, Arefeh Nasri, and Steve Hankey
Choice of Current and Voltage for North American Commuter Rail Electrifications, John G. Allen
Using Twitter to Gauge Customer Satisfaction Response to a Major Transit Service Change in Calgary, Canada, Rami Al-Sahar, Willem Klumpenhouwer, Amer Shalaby, and Tamer El-Diraby
Equity and accessibility assessment of fixed route transit systems integrated with on-demand feeder services, Avani Aravind, Suvin P. Venthuruthiyil, and Sabyasachee Mishra
Do affluent neighbourhoods pay more for transit access? Exploring the capitalization of employment accessibility within different housing submarkets in Vancouver, Robert Nutifafa Arku, Christopher D. Higgins, Jaimy Fischer, and Steven Farber
Assessing spatial and racial equity of subway accessibility: Case study of New York City, Amirhossein Baghestani, Mohyeddin Nikbakht, Yana Kucheva, and Ali Afshar
Re-envisioning the Park-and-Ride concept for the automated vehicle (AV) era with Private-to-Shared AV transfer stations, Younghun Bahk, Michael Hyland, and Sunghi An
Inclusion and Exclusion in Establishing the Delmar Loop Transit-Oriented Development Site, Qwayne Marshall Baker
Effect of beliefs and attitudes on public transport users’ choices. The moderating role of perceived intermodal connectivity, Monika Bąk, Przemysław Borkowski, and Michał Suchanek
Leveraging Location-Based Services Data to Optimize Generation of High-Demand and Equitable Bus Network Options, David Baumgartner, Vir Chachra, Matthew Ciborowski, Zoe Temco, Dalia Leven, Amy Liu Pathak, Alissa Zimmer, and Doug Johnson
Who uses transit in the journey to work? Multimodality, equity, and planning implications in México City, Dorian Antonio Bautista-Hernández and Alejandra Trejo Nieto
Preserving Sustainability Gains of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of MIT Campus Commuting, Alex Berke, Ronan Doorley, Luis Alfonso, and Kent Larson
Monetary cost, time cost, and mode choice: Transit and ridehailing in California, Marlon G. Boarnet, Qifan Shao, and Clemens A. Pilgram
Walkable and Safe Route to Transit for Pedestrians in Greater Montréal: An Environmental Justice Approach, Philippe Brodeur-Ouimet and Marie-Soleil Cloutier
Impact of Station Design and Passengers Flow on Urban Rail Dwell Time: A Systemwide Analysis Using APC and AVL Data, Suryakant Buchunde, Saeid Saidi, and Shervin Ataeian
Standing strong? The causal impact of metro stations on service firms’ survival, Marie-Pier Champagne, Jean Dubé, and Diègo Legros
Incorporating Rail Potential and Equity Analysis into Market Analyses for Rail Investments: A Case Study of the Link21 Program in Northern California, Derek Cheah, Andrew Tang, and Elisa Tejedor
The sustainability appeal of urban rail transit, Enhui Chen, Yang Liu, Min Yang, Zhirui Ye, and Yu (Marco) Nie
Multimodality incentivized by employer-based travel demand management, Peng Chen
Trends in Toronto’s Subway Ridership Recovery: An Exploratory Analysis of Wi-Fi Records, Roger Chen, Amer Shalaby, and Diego Da Silva
Modulated spatiotemporal clustering of smart card users, Rémi Decouvelaere, Martin Trépanier, and Bruno Agard
ChatGPT for GTFS: benchmarking LLMs on GTFS semantics... and retrieval, Saipraneeth Devunuri, Shirin Qiam, and Lewis J. Lehe
Bus Operation Safety Business Intelligence Solution: Applying Analytics for Key Performance Indicator, Investigation, and Targeted Actions Analyses with a Centralized Data Warehouse, Xiaotong Ding, John Maleyeff, and Frans Valk
An integrated causal framework to evaluate uplift value with an example on change in public transport supply, Jean Dubé, Julie Le Gallo, François Des Rosiers, Diègo Legros, and Marie-Pier Champagne
From “Big Small Town” to “Small Big City”: Resident Experiences of Gentrification along Waterloo Region’s LRT Corridor, Margaret Ellis-Young and Brian Doucet
