Submissions from 2018
The role and potential of automatic certification to improve the validation of AVM operated public transport services, Giorgio Ambrosino, Claudio Disperati, Saverio Gini, and Lorenzo Mussone
Automatic recognition of “low-quality” vehicles and bus stops in bus services, Benedetto Barabino
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
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
Investigating perception of captive and choice riders for formulating service standards of ordinary and premium buses in Indian cities, Munavar Fairooz Cheranchery and Bhargab Maitra
Data-driven perspectives for energy efficient operations in railway systems: Current practices and future opportunities, Valerio De Martinis and Francesco Corman
Determinants of loyalty to public transit: A model integrating Satisfaction-Loyalty Theory and Expectation-Confirmation Theory, Xue-mei Fu, Jiang-hua Zhang, and Felix T.S. Chan
Using Twitter data for transit performance assessment: a framework for evaluating transit riders’ opinions about quality of service, N. Nima Haghighi, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Ran Wei, Wenwen Li, and Hu Shao
The effects of using different output measures in efficiency analysis of public transport operations, Johan Holmgren
Demand imbalances and multi-period public transport supply, Daniel Hörcher and Daniel J. Graham
Using entropy-TOPSIS method to evaluate urban rail transit system operation performance: The China case, Wencheng Huang, Bin Shuai, Yan Sun, Yang Wang, and Eric Antwi
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
A parallel algorithm for train rescheduling, Sai Prashanth Josyula, Johanna Törnquist Krasemann, and Lars Lundberg
Bus rapid transit (BRT): A simulation and multi criteria decision making (MCDM) approach, Reza Kiani Mavi, Navid Zarbakhshnia, and Armin Khazraei
An integrated measure of accessibility and reliability of mass transit systems, Hyun Kim and Yena Song
Estimation of rail passenger flow and system utilization with ticket transaction and gate data, Yung-Cheng (Rex) Lai, Chung-Wei Huang, and Yu-Ting Hsu
Integration of real-time traffic management and train control for rail networks - Part 1: Optimization problems and solution approaches, Xiaojie Luan, Yihui Wang, Bart De Schutter, Lingyun Meng, Gabriel Lodewijks, and Francesco Corman
Modeling network resilience of rail transit under operational incidents, Qing-Chang Lu
Finding service quality improvement opportunities across different typologies of public transit customers, Jose Luis Machado, Rocio de Oña, Francisco Diez-Mesa, and Juan de Oña
Making Transit Count: Performance Measures that Move Transit Projects Forward, NACTO
Trains and Twitter: Firm generated content, consumer relationship management and message framing, Tahir M. Nisar and Guru Prabhakar
Dynamic bus substitution strategy for bunching intervention, Antoine Petit, Yanfeng Ouyang, and Chao Lei
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
Outcomes from new contracts with “strong” incentives for increasing ridership in bus transport in Stockholm, Roger Pyddoke and Hanna Lindgren
Developing a national measure for predictable public transport: bus, rail and ferry, S. Rashid, L. Schmitt, T. Rabel, S. Sood, L. Baker, V. Ivory, and H. Rezaie
Selecting sustainable electric bus powertrains using multipreference evolutionary algorithms, João P. Ribau, Susana M. Vieira, and Carla M. Silva
Local public transport in Russia: Regulation, ownership and competition, Alexander Ryzhkov
Equity-oriented skip-stopping schedule optimization in an oversaturated urban rail transit network, Pan Shang, Ruimin Li, Zhiyong Liu, Liya Yang, and Yuqiang Wang
Service-oriented train timetabling with collaborative passenger flow control on an oversaturated metro line: An integer linear optimization approach, Jungang Shi, Lixing Yang, Jing Yang, and Ziyou Gao
Mixed logical dynamical modeling and hybrid model predictive control of public transport operations, Isik Ilber Sirmatel and Nikolas Geroliminis
Enhancing flexible transport services with demand-anticipatory insertion heuristics, Matti van Engelen, Oded Cats, Henk Post, and Karen Aardal
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 Cao, and Joel Huting
Managing rail transit peak-hour congestion with a fare-reward scheme, Hai Yang and Yili Tang
Evaluation of urban public transport priority performance based on the improved TOPSIS method: A case study of Wuhan, Xiuxia Zhang, Qingnian Zhang, Tingting Sun, Yongchao Zou, and Huanwan Chen
A slack arrival strategy to promote flex-route transit services, Yue Zheng, Wenquan Li, and Feng Qiu
Submissions from 2017
Rescheduling through stop-skipping in dense railway systems, Estelle Altazin, Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès, François Ramond, and Sabine Tréfond
A fuzzy-based multi-dimensional and multi-period service quality evaluation outline for rail transit systems, Nezir Aydin
Recommendation of a New Transit Performance Measure in the National Transit Database, Fatemeh Baratian-Ghorghi and Hossein Ahmadianyazdi
An ontology-based framework to support performance monitoring in public transport systems, Filippo Benvenuti, Claudia Diamantini, Domenico Potena, and Emanuele Storti
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
Weather and rail delays: Analysis of metropolitan rail in Dublin, William Brazil, Arthur White, Maria Nogal, Brian Caulfield, Alan O'Connor, and Craig Morton
Assessment Methods from Around the World Potentially Useful for Public Transport Projects, Eric Bruun and Marianne Vanderschuren
Robust routing and timetabling in complex railway stations, Sofie Burggraeve and Pieter Vansteenwegen
Priority Areas of Intervention for Improving Urban Bus Services: Experience in Kolkata, India, Munavar Fairooz Cheranchery and Bhargab Maitra
Route effect on the perception of public transport services quality, Jorge Chica-Olmo, Héctor Gachs-Sánchez, and Carmen Lizarraga
Influencing Longitudinal Passenger Distribution on Railway Platforms to Shorten and Regularize Train Dwell Times, Zoi Christoforou, Pierre-Adrien Collet, Bachar Kabalan, Fabien Leurent, Axelle de Feraudy, Awzan Ali, Thilo Jessaï Arakelian-von Freeden, and Yuelu Li
A heuristic method for a congested capacitated transit assignment model with strategies, Esteve Codina and Francisca Rosell
Understanding the distribution characteristics of bus speed based on geocoded data, Yuchuan Du, Fuwen Deng, Feixiong Liao, and Yuxiong Ji
Get on board: Assessing an all-door boarding pilot project in Montreal, Canada, Ahmed El-Geneidy, Dea van Lierop, Emily Grisé, Geneviève Boisjoly, Derrick Swallow, Lesley Fordham, and Thomas Herrmann
Foothill Transit Battery Electric Bus Demonstration Results: Second Report, Leslie Eudy and Matthew Jeffers
Simulation-Based Comparison of Holding Strategies for a Multibranch Light Rail Service, Joshua J. Fabian and Gabriel E. Sánchez-Martínez
Railway disruption management challenges and possible solution directions, Nadjla Ghaemi, Oded Cats, and Rob M.P. Goverde
Development of a performance measurement system to choose the most efficient programs, the case of the Mashhad transportation system, Ali Gholami and Maysam Ziaee
Evaluating the relationship between socially (dis)advantaged neighbourhoods and customer satisfaction of bus service in London, U.K., Emily Grisé and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Comparing Chinese and Non-Chinese Bus Rapid Transit Systems: Evidence from Evaluating Global Systems on the Basis of Bus Rapid Transit Design Indicators, Pablo Guarda, Juan Miguel Velásquez, Thet Hein Tun, Xumei Chen, and Guo Zhong
Bus travel time prediction using a time-space discretization approach, B. Anil Kumar, Lelitha Vanajakshi, and Shankar C. Subramanian
Balance of efficiency and robustness in passenger railway timetables, Yusin Lee, Li-Sin Lu, Mei-Ling Wu, and Dung-Ying Lin
Impact of Different Bus Stop Designs on Bus Operating Time Components, Xiaodong Liu, Yao Yang, Meng Meng, and Andreas Rau
A Fuzzy AHP Approach to Compare Transit System Performance in US Urbanized Areas, Xin Li, Yingling Fan, John W. Shaw, and Yunlei Qi
Transport resilience: The Occupy Central Movement in Hong Kong from another perspective, Becky P.Y. Loo and Kevin Y.K. Leung
Designing Limited-Stop Transit Service with Fixed Fleet Size in Peak Hours by Exploiting Transit Data, Xiaoling Luo, Yangsheng Jiang, Zhihong Yao, Youhua Tang, and Yuan Liu
Railway transit services in Algiers: priority improvement actions based on users perceptions, José Luis Machado-León, Rocío de Oña, Tahar Baouni, and Juan de Oña
What influences the decision to use automated public transport? Using UTAUT to understand public acceptance of automated road transport systems, Ruth Madigan, Tyron Louw, Marc Wilbrink, Anna Schieben, and Natasha Merat
Planning Approaches in Contracted Fixed-Route Bus Transit Service in the United States: Private Sector’s Role in the Planning Process and Its Influence on Performance Outcomes, Joel Mendez and Jeffrey R. Brown
Determinants of bus rapid transit (BRT) system revenue and effectiveness – A global benchmarking exercise, Rico Merkert, Corinne Mulley, and Md Mahbubul Hakim
Real-Time Public Transport Operations: Library of Control Strategies, Mahmood Mahmoodi Nesheli and Avishai (Avi) Ceder
Public transport service-quality elements based on real-time operational tactics, Mahmood Mahmoodi Nesheli, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, and Robin Brissaud
A generalized framework for complex urban rail transit network analysis, Saeid Saidi, S. C. Wirasinghe, Lina Kattan, and Seyedshahab Esmaeilnejad
Inference of Public Transportation Trip Destinations by Using Fare Transaction and Vehicle Location Data: Dynamic Programming Approach, Gabriel E. Sánchez-Martínez
Enabling large-scale transit microsimulation for disruption response support using the Nexus platform, Siva Srikukenthiran and Amer Shalaby
New IDEAs for Rail Safety: Annual Report of the Rail Safety IDEA Program, Transportation Research Board
New IDEAS for Transit: Transit IDEA Program Annual Report, Transportation Research Board
Bang for the buck: Toward a rapid assessment of urban public transit from multiple perspectives in North America, David Verbich, Madhav G. Badami, and Ahmed M. El-Geneidy
Journey-based characterization of multi-modal public transportation networks, Cecilia Viggiano, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Nigel H.M. Wilson, and John Attanucci
Evaluating public transit services for operational efficiency and access equity, Ran Wei, Xiaoyue Liu, Yongjian Mu, Liming Wang, Aaron Golub, and Steven Farber
A train rescheduling model integrating speed management during disruptions of high-speed traffic under a quasi-moving block system, Peijuan Xu, Francesco Corman, Qiyuan Peng, and Xiaojie Luan
Train routing and timetabling problem for heterogeneous train traffic with switchable scheduling rules, Yan Xu, Bin Jia, Amir Ghiasi, and Xiaopeng Li
Simulation-based robust optimization for the schedule of single-direction bus transit route: The design of experiment, Wei Zhang and Wangtu (Ato) Xu
An integrated metro operation optimization to minimize energy consumption, Ning Zhao, Clive Roberts, Stuart Hillmansen, Zhongbei Tian, Paul Weston, and Lei Chen
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
Submissions from 2016
Exploring Diversified Performance Indicators for Evaluating Non-Urbanized Transit Program Outcomes, Eunice V. Akoto
The limits of analyzing service quality data in public transport, Jan U. Becker and Sönke Albers
The best of times and the worst of times: A new best–worst measure of attitudes toward public transport experiences, Matthew J. Beck and John M. Rose
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
The robustness value of public transport development plans, O. Cats
Exposing the role of exposure: Public transport network risk analysis, O. Cats, M. Yap, and N. van Oort
Exploring performance outcomes and regulatory contexts of Light Rail in Australia and the US, Graham Currie and Chris De Gruyter
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
Genetic Algorithm and Regression-Based Model for Analyzing Fare Payment Structure and Transit Dwell Time, S. Kiavash Fayyaz, Xiaoyue (Cathy) Liu, and Richard J. Porter
Determining the best performing benchmarks for transit routes with a multi-objective model: the implementation and a critique of the two-model approach, Samet Güner and Erman Coşkun
Efficient contracting and incentive agreements between regulators and bus operators: The influence of risk preferences of contracting agents on contract choice, David A. Hensher, Chinh Ho, and Louise Knowles
Transit signal priority accommodating conflicting requests under Connected Vehicles technology, Jia Hu, Byungkyu Brian Park, and Young-Jae Lee
Operational and financial performance of Delhi's natural gas-fueled public bus transit fleet: A critical evaluation, Christian Krelling and Madhav G. Badami
A delay root cause discovery and timetable adjustment model for enhancing the punctuality of railway services, Wei-Hsun Lee, Li-Hsien Yan, and Chien-Ming Chou
Improving bus service reliability: The Singapore experience, Waiyan Leong, Karen Goh, Stephane Hess, and Paul Murphy
Trade-Offs Between Bus and Private Vehicle Delays at Signalized Intersections: Case Study of a Multiobjective Model, Gang Liu and Tony Z. Qiu
Commuting by Customized Bus: A Comparative Analysis with Private Car and Conventional Public Transport in Two Cities, Tao Liu, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, Romain Bologna, and Benjamin Cabantous
Public transport user's perception and decision assessment using tactic-based guidelines, Mahmood Mahmoodi Nesheli, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, and Simon Estines