Submissions from 2025
Benchmarking the performance of urban rail transit systems: a machine learning application, Farah A. Awad, Daniel J. Graham, Laila AitBihiOuali, Ramandeep Singh, and Alexander Barron
Operation estimation on multiple public transport timetables integrated with vehicle scheduling in practice, Zhichao Cao, Yaoyao Wang, and Silin Zhang
A choice-based optimization approach for service operations in multimodal mobility systems, Haoye Chen, Jan Kronqvist, and Zhenliang Ma
How do access and spatial dependency shape metro passenger flows, Mengying Cui, Lijie Yu, Shaoyu Nie, Zhe Dai, Ying-en Ge, and David Levinson
Performance assessment of public transport routes: A framework using revealed data, Rupam Fedujwar and Amit Agarwal
The real-time dynamic online feeder service with a maximum headway at mandatory stops, Bryan David Galarza Montenegro, Kenneth Sörensen, and Pieter Vansteenwegen
Modeling vulnerability envelope of urban rail transit networks under simultaneous disruptions of stations and line sections, Yu Gu, Anthony Chen, Yingying Xu, and Songyot Kitthamkesorn
Joint optimization of metro travel reservation and compartment capacity allocation for an overcrowded metro line, Qianhui Jiao, Qing Yu, Xuewu Chen, and Long Cheng
No time for stopping: A Stop-Less Autonomous Modular (SLAM) bus service, Zaid Saeed Khan and Mónica Menéndez
Bi-objective robust nonlinear decision approach for en-route bus speed control considering implementation errors and traffic uncertainties, Pengjie Liu, Liang Zheng, and Nan Zheng
Resilience enhancement of multi-modal public transportation system via electric bus network redesign, Zhongshan Liu, Bin Yu, Li Zhang, and Yuxuan Sun
Coverage vs frequency: Is spatial coverage or temporal frequency more impactful on transit ridership?, Torrey Lyons, Reid Ewing, and Guang Tian
An importance-performance analysis of public transport to the university campus based on best-worst scaling, Javier Hernán Matas-Monroy, Juan Carlos Martín, and Concepción Román
Dynamic interlining in bus operations, Seyedmostafa Zahedi, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, and Zhenliang Ma
Quantifying variable contributions to bus operation delays considering causal relationships, Qi Zhang, Zhenliang Ma, Yuanyuan Wu, Yang Liu, and Xiaobo Qu
Submissions from 2024
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
Extended review of multi-agent solutions to Advanced Public Transportation Systems challenges, Flavien Balbo, René Mandiau, and Mahdi Zargayouna
Benchmarking the efficiency of European metros from a production perspective, Luigi Castagna, António Lobo, Pierluigi Coppola, and António Couto
Unsupervised Learning for Public Transport Delay Pattern Analysis, Yuxing Cheng and Panchamy Krishnakumari
Evaluating the robustness of attributed dynamic bus-metro networks based on community reconstruction, Shuaiming Chen, Ximing Ji, Haipeng Shao, Jili Ma, and Guodong Hu
A simulation-based optimization approach for the recharging scheduling problem of electric buses, Chun-Chih Chiu, Hao Huang, and Ching-Fu Chen
Using Wi-Fi Connection Data to Analyze Performance of the Subway System in Toronto, Canada, Aidan Grenville, Willem Klumpenhouwer, and Amer Shalaby
Data-Driven Multi-Criteria Assessment Framework for Analyzing the Reliability of Bus Services, Erfan Hassannayebi, Hossein Hashemi, Mohadese Basirati, Saeid Saidi, and Amirmohammad Ebrahimi
How to optimize train lines for diverse passenger demands: A line planning approach providing matched train services for each O-D market, Huaibin Hu, Yixiang Yue, Huiling Fu, and Jiaxi Li
A seamless bus network without external transfers using autonomous modular vehicles, Zaid Saeed Khan and Mónica Menéndez
eXplainable DEA approach for evaluating performance of public transport origin-destination pairs, Eun Hak Lee
Data-driven timetable design and passenger flow control optimization in metro lines, Jinpeng Liang, Mengxue Ren, Kang Huang, and Ziyou Gao
Impacts of public transit delays and disruptions on equity seeking groups in Toronto – A time-expanded graph approach, Rick Zhaoju Liu and Amer Shalaby
An influence path analytic study for the operational performance of large passenger railway stations: The China case, Xiaowei Liu, Qiyuan Peng, Bo Du, Yongxiang Zhang, Qingwei Zhong, and Xu Yan
Heterogeneous impacts of the built environment on survival of customized bus services across the downtown and suburbs, Yanan Liu, Tong Xiao, Jihao Deng, Tianhao Li, Linchun Yang, and Quan Yuan
Innovative On-Demand Transit for First-Mile Trips: A Cutting-Edge Approach, Seyed Mehdi Meshkani, Siavash Farazmand, Nizar Bouguila, and Zachary Patterson
On the dynamic vulnerability of an urban rail transit system and the impact of human mobility, Shouzheng Pan, Shuai Ling, Ning Jia, Yiliu Liu, and Zhengbing He
Bus bunching: a comprehensive review from demand, supply, and decision-making perspectives, Mustafa Rezazada, Neema Nassir, Egemen Tanin, and Avishai (Avi) Ceder
Examining the performance of transit systems in large US metropolitan areas, Matan E. Singer, Aviv L. Cohen-Zada, and Karel Martens
A sampling scheme for quantifying and benchmarking on time performance of urban bus transit, Ramandeep Singh, Daniel J. Graham, Mark Trompet, and John Barry
Evaluation Framework for Multi-Modal Public Transport Systems Based on Connectivity and Transfers at Stop Level, Charalampos Sipetas, Zhiren Huang, and Alonso Espinosa Mireles de Villafranca
The Road Less Traveled: Does Rail Transit Matter?, Tao Tao, Jason Cao, and Xinyi Wu
Improving multi-modal transportation recommendation systems through contrastive De-biased heterogenous graph neural networks, Haoyang Yan, Yuan Liao, Zhenliang Ma, and Xiaolei Ma
Conflict management at urban bus stops through cooperative trajectory planning, Jie Yu, Yue Liu, and Wenqing Chen
Competitiveness of public transit considering travel time reliability: A case study for commuter trips in Hangzhou, China, Guozheng Zhang, Dianhai Wang, Zhengyi Cai, and Jiaqi Zeng
Two-stage control for transfer synchronisation and regularity of subsequent bus line service, Hu Zhang, Shidong Liang, Shengxue He, Pengcheng Yuan, and Jing Zhao
Analysis of multi-modal public transportation system performance under metro disruptions: A dynamic resilience assessment framework, Li Zhang, Tingting Chen, Zhongshan Liu, Bin Yu, and Yunpeng Wang
Routing and charging optimization for electric bus operations, Wei Zhang, Jiahui Liu, Kai Wang, and Liang Wang
Handling uncertainty in train timetable rescheduling: A review of the literature and future research directions, Shuguang Zhan, Jiemin Xie, S.C. Wong, Yongqiu Zhu, and Francesco Corman
Multi-objective optimization for through train service integrating train operation plan and type selection, Yuchao Zhan, Mao Ye, Renjie Zhang, Shanglu He, and Shuo Ni
Operational design for modular electrified transit in corridor areas, Kaijie Zou, Ke Zhang, and Meng Li
Submissions from 2023
A variable neighborhood search algorithm for a public bus line with a demand-responsive operation during peak hours, Dilay Aktaş, Kenneth Sörensen, and Pieter Vansteenwegen
Performance of urban rail transit: a review of measures and interdependencies, Farah A. Awad, Daniel J. Graham, Laila AitBihiOuali, and Ramandeep Singh
Similarity-based bus services assignment with capacity constraint for staggered bus stops, Qiaowen Bai and Ghim Ping Ong
Real-time cruising speed design approach for multiline bus systems, Bomin Bian, Ning Zhu, and Qiang Meng
Ridership and Operations Visualization Engine: An Integrated Transit Performance and Passenger Journey Visualization Engine, Nicholas S. Caros, Xiaotong Guo, Anson Stewart, John Attanucci, Nicholas Smith, Dimitris Nioras, Anna Gartsman, and Alissa Zimmer
Multimodal Intersection Signal Timing Considerations Framework, Performance Measures, and Case Study, Burak Cesme, Andrew Hayes, Shuchun Wang, Shannon Warchol, Alice Root, Kush Bhagat, and Nagui Rouphail
Performance classification of Tunisian public transport operators, Ahmed Derbel and Younes Boujelbene
Uncertainty in vulnerability of metro transit networks: A global perspective, Alireza Ermagun, Nazanin Tajik, Fatemeh Janatabadi, and Hani Mahmassani
Analysis of the operational and financial performance of the Addis Ababa municipality-owned public bus transport services, Mulugeta Girma
Optimizing first- and last-mile public transit services leveraging transportation network companies (TNC), Rick Grahn, Sean Qian, and Chris Hendrickson
Cascading failure and recovery of metro–bus double-layer network considering recovery propagation, Xiqian Guo, Qiang Du, Yi Li, Yuqing Zhou, Yalei Wang, Youdan Huang, and Beatriz Martinez-Pastor
Train traffic control in merging stations: A data-driven approach, Ping Huang, Zhongcan Li, Yongqiu Zhu, Chao Wen, and Francesco Corman
The impacts of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) on social equity analysis of public transit reliability, Reyhane Javanmard, Jinhyung Lee, Junghwan Kim, Luyu Liu, and Ehab Diab
Examining the association between bus transit reliability and the number of boarding passengers, L. Sravya Jayanthi, Srinivas S. Pulugurtha, and Raunak Mishra
Impact of COVID-19 on Waiting Passenger Distribution on a Bus Rapid Transit Station Platform in Brisbane, Australia, Sewmini Jayatilake and Jonathan M. Bunker
Mixed network DEA models with shared resources for measuring and decomposing performance of public transportation systems, Chao-Chung Kang, Cheng-Min Feng, Ping-Fung Chou, Wann-Ming Wey, and Haider A. Khan
Resolving the accessibility dilemma: Comparing cumulative and gravity-based measures of accessibility in eight Canadian cities, Bogdan Kapatsila, Manuel Santana Palacios, Emily Grisé, and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Bus splitting and bus holding: A new strategy using autonomous modular buses for preventing bus bunching, Zaid Saeed Khan and Mónica Menéndez
Integrated design framework for on-demand transit system based on spatiotemporal mobility patterns, Jeongyun Kim, Sehyun Tak, Jinwoo Lee, and Hwasoo Yeo
A Kriging-based optimization method for meeting point locations to enhance flex-route transit services, Mingyang Li, Jinjun Tang, Jie Zeng, and Helai Huang
Improving the performance of headway control tools by using individual driving speed data, Yerly Martínez-Estupiñan, Felipe Delgado, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Kari E. Watkins
Understanding what elements influence a bus driver to use headway regularity tools: case study of Santiago public transit system, Yerly Martínez-Estupiñan, Felipe Delgado, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Kari E. Watkins
Optimal locations and sizes of layover charging stations for electric buses, Dan McCabe and Xueang (Jeff) Ban
Factors affecting public transport performance due to the COVID-19 outbreak: A worldwide analysis, Anastasia Nikolaidou, Aristomenis Kopsacheilis, Georgios Geogiadis, Theodoros Noutsias, Ioannis Politis, and Ioannis Fyrogenis
Dynamic Bus Lanes Versus Exclusive Bus Lanes: Comprehensive Comparative Analysis of Urban Corridor Performance, Kareem Othman, Amer Shalaby, and Baher Abdulhai
Fixed routing or demand-responsive? Agent-based modelling of autonomous first and last mile services in light-rail systems, Jeppe Rich, Ravi Seshadri, Ali Jamal Jomeh, and Sofus Rasmus Clausen
Train following model for urban rail transit performance analysis, Saeid Saidi, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Nigel H.M. Wilson, and Jinhua Zhao
Efficient heuristic methods for berth allocation at multi-line, multi-berth curbside bus stops, Minyu Shen, Weihua Gu, Sangen Hu, and Feng Xiao
Exploring the link between regional transportation governance and outcomes: A novel measure of polycentricity in metropolitan public transportation systems, Thomas Skuzinski, David Weinreich, and Carolina Velandia Hernandez
Will the latest British reforms to rail passenger service procurement work?, Andrew S.J. Smith and Chris A. Nash
Development of new railway timetabling rules for increased robustness, Emma Solinen and Carl-William Palmqvist
Critical Role of Docking Bay Assignment in the Performance of a Bus Rapid Transit System, Miguel Ángel Uribe-Laverde and William Fernando Oquendo-Patiño
Measurement of functional resilience of transport network: The case of the Beijing subway network, Junjie Wang, Feixiong Liao, Jianjun Wu, Huijun Sun, Weiping Wang, and Ziyou Gao
Evaluation of transit signal priority at signalized intersections under connected vehicle environment, Tianjia Yang and Wei (David) Fan
Performance evaluation for demand responsive transport services: A two-stage bootstrap-DEA and ordinary least square approach, Barbara T.H. Yen, Corinne Mulley, and Chia-Jung Yeh
Deploying dedicated lanes for connected and autonomous buses in urban transportation networks, Lihui Zhang, Guomin Qian, Ziqi Song, and Dianhai Wang
Analysis of public transit operation efficiency based on multi-source data: A case study in Brisbane, Australia, Xuexuan Zhang and Yong Wu
Quantitative resilience assessment of the network-level metro rail service's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, Zhipeng Zhang, Hao Chai, and Zhongjie Guo
Joint optimisation of regular and demand-responsive transit services, Jing Zhao, Sicheng Sun, and Oded Cats
Submissions from 2022
Measurement and classification of transit delays using GTFS-RT data, Zack Aemmer, Andisheh Ranjbari, and Don MacKenzie
Ridesharing and fleet sizing for On-Demand Multimodal Transit Systems, Ramon Auad-Perez and Pascal Van Hentenryck
Mapping of bus travel time to traffic stream travel time using econometric modeling, Sharmili Banik, Lelitha Vanajakshi, and Darcy M. Bullock
Evaluation of the techno-economic performance of battery electric buses: Case study of a bus line in paris, Hussein Basma, Marc Haddad, Charbel Mansour, Maroun Nemer, and Pascal Stabat
Towards renewable public transport: Mining the performance of electric buses using solar-radiation as an auxiliary power source, Haoqian Chen, Yi Sui, Wen-long Shang, Rencheng Sun, Zhiheng Chen, Changying Wang, Chunjia Han, Yuqian Zhang, and Haoran Zhang
Passenger-oriented traffic management integrating perimeter control and regional bus service frequency setting using 3D-pMFD, Saifei Chen, Hui Fu, Naiqi Wu, Yefei Wang, and Yan Qiao
Network-level control of heterogeneous automated traffic guaranteeing bus priority, Xiangdong Chen, Xi Lin, Meng Li, and Fang He
Linking Incidents to Customers (LINC): An Algorithm for Linking Incidents to Rail Customer Delays Inspired by Traffic Flow Theory, Michael Eichler
Identifying and visualizing operational bottlenecks and Quick win opportunities for improving bus performance in public transport systems, Francisco Garrido-Valenzuela, Diego Cruz, Marina Dragicevic, Alejandro Schmidt, Jaime Moya, Sebastián Tamblay, Juan C. Herrera, and Juan C. Muñoz
Traffic Micro-Simulation-Based Evaluation of Bus Priority With Queue Jump Lane on an Urban Corridor With Heterogeneous Traffic Operations, Tamojit Ghosh, Kinjal Bhattacharyya, and Bhargab Maitra
Importance performance analysis for evaluating city bus service quality in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Mulugeta Girma, Berhanu Woldetensae, Gebrechristos Nuriye, and Tebarek Lika
Subline frequency setting for autonomous minibusses under demand uncertainty, K. Gkiotsalitis, M. Schmidt, and E. van der Hurk
Covid-19 lightening the load factor in railway transport: Performance analysis in the north-west area of Milan, Daniele Grechi and Matilde Ceron
The intercity railway connections in China: A comparative analysis of high-speed train and conventional train services, Yan Huang and Huiming Zong
Exploring the frequency of public transport use among adolescents: a study in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Muhammad Zudhy Irawan, Faza Fawzan Bastarianto, Muhamad Rizki, Prawira Fajarindra Belgiawan, and Tri Basuki Joewono
