Submissions from 2020
Bus transit subsidy under China’s transit metropolis initiative: The case of Shenzhen, Jiawen Yang, Huaqing Zhou, and Meng Zhou
Optimization of electric vehicle scheduling with multiple vehicle types in public transport, Enjian Yao, Tong Liu, Tianwei Lu, and Yang Yang
Submissions from 2019
Introducing autonomous buses and taxis: Quantifying the potential benefits in Japanese transportation systems, Ryosuke Abe
Accelerating Bus Electrification: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Barriers and Drivers to Scaling Transit Fleet Electrification, Kelly Blynn and John Attanucci
Frequency and Vehicle Capacity Determination using a Dynamic Transit Assignment Model, Oded Cats and Stefan Glück
An optimization model for integrated transit-parking policy planning, Joana Cavadas and António Pais Antunes
Optimizing fare and headway to facilitate timed transfer considering demand elasticity, Md Shoaib Chowdhury and Steven I-Jy Chien
Feeder Bus Timetable Design and Vehicle Size Setting in Peak Hour Demand Conditions, Xueping Dou and Qiang Meng
The influence of passenger load, driving cycle, fuel price and different types of buses on the cost of transport service in the BRT system in Curitiba, Brazil, Dennis Dreier, Semida Silveira, Dilip Khatiwada, Keiko V. O. Fonseca, Rafael Nieweglowski, and Renan Schepanski
Comparing Transit Agency Peer Groups using Cluster Analysis, David Ederer, Simon Berrebi, Chandler Diffee, Taylor Gibbs, and Kari E. Watkins
Foothill Transit Agency Battery Electric Bus Progress Report, Leslie Eudy and Matthew Jeffers
A cost-minimization model for bus fleet allocation featuring the tactical generation of short-turning and interlining options, K. Gkiotsalitis, Z. Wu, and Oded Cats
Fast-charging station deployment for battery electric bus systems considering electricity demand charges, Yi He, Ziqi Song, and Zhaocai Liu
Cost, quality and scope of service: The case of the Israeli public bus sector, Yoram Ida, Joseph Berechman, and Sigal Levy
Mixed bus fleet scheduling under range and refueling constraints, Lu Li, Hong K. Lo, and Feng Xiao
Economic Analysis of On-Route Fast Charging for Battery Electric Buses: Case Study in Utah, Zhaocai Liu, Ziqi Song, and Yi He
Assessing the Transit Agency Business Case for Partial and Full Automation of Bus Services, Sean Peirce, Joshua Cregger, Eric Burkman, Heather Richardson, Elizabeth Machek, Steven Mortensen, and Kendall Mahavier
The electric bus fleet transition problem, Samuel Pelletier, Ola Jabali, Jorge E. Mendoza, and Gilbert Laporte
Operational planning of public transit with economic and environmental goals: application to the Minneapolis–St. Paul bus system, Bixuan Sun and Jeffrey Apland
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
Simulation-based robust optimization of limited-stop bus service with vehicle overtaking and dynamics: A response surface methodology, Weitiao Wu, Ronghui Liu, Wenzhou Jin, and Changxi Ma
Stochastic bus schedule coordination considering demand assignment and rerouting of passengers, Weitiao Wu, Ronghui Liu, Wenzhou Jin, and Changxi Ma
Optimizing last trains timetable in the urban rail network: social welfare and synchronization, Haodong Yin, Jianjun Wu, Huijun Sun, Liujiang Kang, and Ronghui Liu
Submissions from 2018
The Railway Rapid Transit frequency setting problem with speed-dependent operation costs, David Canca, José Luis Andrade-Pineda, Alicia De los Santos, and Marcos Calle
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
Continuum approximation modeling of transit network design considering local route service and short-turn strategy, Jingxu Chen, Zhiyuan Liu, Shuaian Wang, and Xuewu Chen
A cost-competitiveness analysis of charging infrastructure for electric bus operations, Zhibin Chen, Yafeng Yin, and Ziqi Song
Regulatory structures and their impact on the sustainability performance of public transport in world cities, Graham Currie, Long Truong, and Chris De Gruyter
Cost, production and efficiency in local bus industry: An empirical analysis for the bus system of Santiago, Louis de Grange, Rodrigo Troncoso, and Ignacio Briones
Multiple depot vehicle scheduling with controlled trip shifting, Lucie Desfontaines and Guy Desaulniers
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
A data-driven methodology for equitable value-capture financing of public transit operations and maintenance, John C.(Giancarlo) Falcocchio, Awais Malik, and Constantine E. Kontokosta
Transit Vehicle Performance Analysis for Service Continuity/Termination: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach, S. Kiavash Fayyaz, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, and Ran Wei
A matheuristic for transfer synchronization through integrated timetabling and vehicle scheduling, João Paiva Fonseca, Evelien van der Hurk, Roberto Roberti, and Allan Larsen
The Transformation of the American Commuter, Darnell Chadwick Grisby, Zach Smith, Rich Weaver, Mantill Williams, Matthew Dickens, Macpherson Hughes-Cromwick, and Francisca Villalobos
Analysis of Paratransit Feeder-Service Pilot: Projected versus Actual Ridership and Cost-Benefit Results, Todd Hansen
Total cost minimizing transit route structures considering trips towards CBD and periphery, Sergio Jara-Díaz, Antonio Gschwender, and Claudia Bravo
Optimal time point configuration of a bus route - A Markovian approach, W. Klumpenhouwer and S. C. Wirasinghe
An incentive-based optimizing strategy of service frequency for an urban rail transit system, Changle Li, Jiao Ma, Tom H. Luan, Xun Zhou, and Lei Xiong
Trade-offs between transaction cost, operation cost and innovation in the context of procurement and asset specificity – The example of the bus industry, R. Merkert, C. Mulley, and M. M. Hakim
A technology selection and design model of a semi-rapid transit line, Luigi Moccia, Duncan W. Allen, and Eric C. Bruun
How worthwhile is it to maximise customer satisfaction in public transport service contracts with a large captive user base? The case of South Africa, Mathetha Mokonyama and Christo Venter
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
Reducing passengers’ travel time by optimising stopping patterns in a large-scale network: A case-study in the Copenhagen Region, Jens Parbo, Otto A. Nielsen, and Carlo G. Prato
Selecting sustainable electric bus powertrains using multipreference evolutionary algorithms, João P. Ribau, Susana M. Vieira, and Carla M. Silva
Electric bus fleet size and mix problem with optimization of charging infrastructure, Matthias Rogge, Evelien van der Hurk, Allan Larsen, and Dirk Uwe Sauer
Development and validation of energy demand uncertainty model for electric city buses, Jari Vepsäläinen, Klaus Kivekäs, Kevin Otto, Antti Lajunen, and Kari Tammi
Transit-oriented autonomous vehicle operation with integrated demand-supply interaction, Jian Wen, Yu Xin Chen, Neema Nassir, and Jinhua Zhao
Integrating ridesourcing services with public transit: An evaluation of traveler responses combining revealed and stated preference data, Xiang Yan, Jonathan Levine, and Xilei Zhao
Modeling and optimizing urban bus transit considering headway variation for cost and service reliability analysis, Liuhui Zhao, Steven I. Chien, Lazar N. Spasovic, and Xiaobo Liu
A slack arrival strategy to promote flex-route transit services, Yue Zheng, Wenquan Li, and Feng Qiu
Submissions from 2017
Assessing standard costs in local public bus transport: A hybrid cost model, Alessandro Avenali, Andrea Boitani, Giuseppe Catalano, Tiziana D’Alfonso, and Giorgio Matteucci
The multi-objective railway timetable rescheduling problem, Stefan Binder, Yousef Maknoon, and Michel Bierlaire
Integrating robust timetabling in line plan optimization for railway systems, Sofie Burggraeve, Simon Henry Bull, Pieter Vansteenwegen, and Richard Martin Lusby
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
Coordination of Feeder Bus Schedule with Train Service at Integrated Transport Hubs, Xueping Dou, Xiaolin Gong, Xiucheng Guo, and Tao Tao
Foothill Transit Battery Electric Bus Demonstration Results: Second Report, Leslie Eudy and Matthew Jeffers
Measuring the Determinants of Bus Dwell Time: New Insights and Potential Biases, Travis B. Glick and Miguel A. Figliozzi
Calculating Optimal School Bus Routing and Its Impact on Safety and the Environment, Kornilia Maria Kotoula, Maria Morfoulaki, Georgia Aifadopoulou, and Panagiotis Tzenos
Comprehensive Approach to Allocate Reliability and Cost in Passenger Rail System Design, Yung-Cheng (Rex) Lai, Chia-Tsung Lu, and Chun-Lin Lu
Light rail transit cost performance: Opportunities for future-proofing, Peter E.D. Love, Dominic Ahiaga-Dagbui, Morten Welde, and James Odeck
Determinants of bus rapid transit (BRT) system revenue and effectiveness – A global benchmarking exercise, Rico Merkert, Corinne Mulley, and Md Mahbubul Hakim
Corrigendum to “Transit network design by genetic algorithm with elitism” [Transport. Res. Part C: Emerg. Technol. 46 (2014) 30–45], Muhammad Ali Nayeem, Md. Khaledur Rahman, and M. Sohel Rahman
Optimizing train operational plan in an urban rail corridor based on the maximum headway function, Feng Shi, Shuo Zhao, Zhao Zhou, Pu Wang, and Michael G.H. Bell
Evolution of public transit modes in a commuter corridor, Yanshuo Sun, Qianwen Guo, Paul Schonfeld, and Zhongfei Li
Locating charging infrastructure for electric buses in Stockholm, Maria Xylia, Sylvain Leduc, Piera Patrizio, Florian Kraxner, and Semida Silveira
Dynamic passenger demand oriented metro train scheduling with energy-efficiency and waiting time minimization: Mixed-integer linear programming approaches, Jiateng Yin, Lixing Yang, Tao Tang, Ziyou Gao, and Bin Ran
Submissions from 2016
Public transit and alternative fuels – The costs associated with using biodiesel and CNG in comparison to diesel for U.S. public transit systems, John D. Bitzan and David G. Ripplinger
Impact of Platform Edge Doors on Passengers’ Boarding and Alighting Time and Platform Behavior, Gonzalo de Ana Rodríguez, Sebastián Seriani, and Catherine Holloway
Bus control strategies in corridors with signalized intersections, Miquel Estrada, Josep Mensión, Josep M. Aymamí, and Laura Torres
Evaluating the impacts and benefits of public transport design and operational measures, Masoud Fadaei and Oded Cats
Factors Influencing Demand for Buses Powered by Alternative Energy Sources, Janer Galván, Victor Cantillo, and Julian Arellana
Feeder-trunk or direct lines? Economies of density, transfer costs and transit structure in an urban context, Antonio Gschwender, Sergio Jara-Díaz, and Claudia Bravo
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
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
The effect of contract renewal and competitive tendering on public transport costs, subsidies and ridership, Arnoud Mouwen and Jos van Ommeren
Bus Transit Operational Efficiency Resulting from Passenger Boardings at Park-and-Ride Facilities, John S. Niles and J. M. Pogodzinski
Rising Costs of Transit and Baumol’s Cost Disease, Javier Morales Sarriera and Frederick P. Salvucci
Implications of the cost of public funds in public transit subsidization and regulation, Yanshuo Sun, Qianwen Gao, Paul Schonfeld, and Zhongfei Li
Determining Optimal Strategies for Single-Line Bus Operation by Means of Smartphone Demand Data, Chunyan Tang, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, Shengchuan Zhao, and Ying-En Ge
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
Integrated Line Planning and Train Scheduling for an Urban Rail Transit Line, Y. Wang, X. Pan, S. Sue, F. Cao, T. Tang, B. Ning, and B. De Schutter
Energy-efficient metro train rescheduling with uncertain time-variant passenger demands: An approximate dynamic programming approach, Jiateng Yin, Tao Tang, Lixing Yang, Ziyou Gao, and Bin Ran
Headway-based bus bunching prediction using transit smart card data, Haiyang Yu, Dongwei Chen, Zhihai Wu, Xiaolei Ma, and Yunpeng Wang
A path-based greedy algorithm for multi-objective transit routes design with elastic demand, Amirali Zarrinmehr, Mahmoud Saffarzadeh, Seyedehsan Seyedabrishami, and Yu Marco Nie
Submissions from 2015
Efficient transit network design and frequencies setting multi-objective optimization by alternating objective genetic algorithm, Renato Oliveira Arbex and Claudio Barbieri da Cunha
An evaluation of railway passenger transport in Turkey using life cycle assessment and life cycle cost methods, Müfide Banar and Alp Özdemir
Determinants of Train Service Costs in Metro Operations, Ruben Brage-Ardao, Daniel J. Graham, and Richard J. Anderson
Influential vectors in fuel consumption by an urban bus operator: Bus route, driver behavior or vehicle type?, João de Abreu e Silva, Filipe Moura, Bernardo Garcia, and Rodrigo Vargas
Exploring Applications of Second-Generation Archived Transit Data for Estimating Performance Measures and Arterial Travel Speeds, Travis B. Glick, Wei Feng, Robert L. Bertini, and Miguel A. Figliozzi
Determining optimal frequency and vehicle capacity for public transit routes: A generalized newsvendor model, Avi Herbon and Yuval Hadas
Examining the Influence of Internal Service Characteristics on Social Benefits of Multimodal Transit, Michal A. Jaroszynski
Maximizing net benefits for conventional and flexible bus services, Myungseob (Edward) Kim and Paul Schonfeld
Optimizing dial-a-ride services in Maryland: Benefits of computerized routing and scheduling, Nikola Marković, Rahul Nair, Paul Schonfeld, Elise Miller-Hooks, and Matthew Mohebbi
Evaluating the Regional Benefit/Cost Ratio for Transit State of Good Repair Investments, Liz Paterson and David Vautin
An exploration of the demand limit for flex-route as feeder transit services: a case study in Salt Lake City, Feng Qiu, Wenquan Li, and Ali Haghani
Optimal bus service patterns and frequencies considering transfer demand elasticity with genetic algorithm, Yavuz Y. Ulusoy and Steven I-Jy Chien
Exploring trade-offs in frequency allocation in a transit network using bus route patterns: Methodology and application to large-scale urban systems, İ. Ömer Verbas and Hani S. Mahmassani