Submissions from 2021
Diagnosing Obstacles to Speed and Reliability with High-Resolution Automatic Vehicle Locator Data: Bus Time Budgets, Eric Lind and Joseph Reid
Comparison of Door-to-Door Transit Travel Time Estimation Using Schedules, Real-Time Vehicle Arrivals, and Smartcard Inference Methods, Ting Li, Patrick Meredith-Karam, Hui Kong, Anson Stewart, John P. Attanucci, and Jinhua Zhao
Quantifying service-reliability-based day-to-day evolution of travel choices in public transit systems with smart transit card data, Mingyou Ma, Wei Liu, Xinwei Li, Fangni Zhang, Sisi Jian, and Vinayak Dixit
Factors that affect the evolution of headway variability along an urban bus service, Jaime Soza-Parra, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Sebastián Raveau
Travel preferences of public transport users under uneven headways, Jaime Soza-Parra, Sebastián Raveau, and Juan Carlos Muñoz
What moves Hong Kong's train ridership?, C. K. Woo, K. H. Cao, J. Zarnikau, T. L. Yip, and A. Chow
Impacts of School Reopening on Variations in Local Bus Performance in Sydney, Wenbo Yan, Hudson Yao, Linji Chen, Hema Rayaprolu, and Emily Moylan
Virus Transmission Risk in Urban Rail Systems: Microscopic Simulation-Based Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Characteristics, Jiali Zhou and Haris N. Koutsopoulos
Submissions from 2020
Effect of critical incidents on public transport satisfaction and loyalty: an Ordinal Probit SEM-MIMIC approach, Jaime Allen, Laura Eboli, Gabriella Mazzulla, and Juan de Dios Ortúzar
On the effect of operational service attributes on transit satisfaction, Jaime Allen, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Juan de Dios Ortúzar
Effect of transit signal priority on bus service reliability, Paul Anderson and Carlos F. Daganzo
Transit Signal Priority: Current State of the Practice, Paul Anderson, Michael J. Walk, and Chris Simek
Estimating the influence of crowding and travel time variability on accessibility to jobs in a large public transport network using smart card big data, Renato Arbex and Claudio B. Cunha
Impact of discerning reliability preferences of riders on the demand for mobility-on-demand services, Prateek Bansal, Yang Liu, Ricardo Daziano, and Samitha Samaranayake
Meaningful Modeling of Section Bus Running Times by Time Varying Mixture Distributions of Fixed Components, Beda Büchel and Francesco Corman
Learning and Adaptation in Dynamic Transit Assignment Models for Congested Networks, Oded Cats and Jens West
Development of new reliability measure for bus routes using trajectory data, Akhilesh Chepuri, Sanskruti Joshi, Shriniwas Arkatkar, Gaurang Joshi, and Ashish Bhaskar
Minutes Matter: A Bus Transit Service Reliability Guidebook, Alan Danaher, James Wensley, Amy Dunham, Ted Orosz, Ryan Avery, Kenneth Cobb, Kari Watkins, Carly Queen, Simon Berrebi, Marlene Connor, and Jim McLaughlin
Minutes Matter: A Bus Transit Service Reliability Guidebook, Alan Danaher, James Wensley, Amy Dunham, Ted Orosz, Ryan Avery, Daniel Turner, Kenneth Cobb, Kari Watkins, Carly Queen, Simon Berrebi, Marlene Connor, and Jim McLaughlin
Metro transit system resilience: Understanding the impacts of outdoor tracks and weather conditions on metro system interruptions, Ehab Diab and Amer Shalaby
Importance – Performance Analysis (IPA) of bus service attributes: A case study in a developing country, Javad Esmailpour, Kayvan Aghabayk, Mohammad Abrari Vajari, and Chris De Gruyter
What explains public transport use? Evidence from seven European cities, Mireia Gascon, Oriol Marquet, Esther Gràcia-Lavedan, Albert Ambròs, Thomas Götschi, Audrey de Nazelle, Luc Int Panis, Regine Gerike, Christian Brand, Evi Dons, Ulf Eriksson, Francesco Iacorossi, Ione Ávila-Palència, Tom Cole-Hunter, and Mark J. Niewenhuisjen
Revealed and stated preferences for reliable commuter rail in Norway, Askill Harkjerr Halse, Vegard Østli, and Marit Killi
Joint estimation of mode and time of day choice accounting for arrival time flexibility, travel time reliability and crowding on public transport, Chinh Q. Ho, David A. Hensher, and Shangbo Wang
Identifying spatio-temporal patterns of bus bunching in urban networks, Christina A. Iliopoulou, Christina P. Milioti, Eleni I. Vlahogianni, and Konstantinos L. Kepaptsoglou
Robust accessibility: Measuring accessibility based on travelers' heterogeneous strategies for managing travel time uncertainty, Jinhyung Lee and Harvey J. Miller
Assessing the effect of a light rail transit system on road traffic travel time reliability, Sonu Mathew and Srinivas S. Pulugurtha
A comprehensive perspective of unreliable public transport services’ costs, Juan Carlos Muñoz, Jaime Soza-Parra, and Sebastián Raveau
Bus ridership and service reliability: The case of public transportation in Western Massachusetts, Jayash Paudel
Data-driven planning of reliable itineraries in multi-modal transit networks, Michael Redmond, Ann Melissa Campbell, and Jane Fabian Ehmke
Decomposing journey times on urban metro systems via semiparametric mixed methods, Ramandeep Singh, Daniel Hörcher, Daniel J. Graham, and Richard J. Anderson
Public transport trajectory planning with probabilistic guarantees, Balázs Varga, Tamás Tettamanti, Balázs Kulcsár, and Xiaobo Qu
Dynamic holding control to avoid bus bunching: A multi-agent deep reinforcement learning framework, Jiawei Wang and Lijun Sun
Field Evaluation of Connected Vehicle-Based Transit Signal Priority Control under Two Different Signal Plans, Qinzheng Wang, Xianfeng (Terry) Yang, Blaine D. Leonard, and Jamie Mackey
Public Transit Service Reliability Assessment using Two-Fluid Model, Seungho Yang, Afnan Ahmad, Peter Y. Park, Gunho Sohn, and Jeremy Krygsman
Evaluation of Subway Bottleneck Mitigation Strategies using Microscopic, Agent-Based Simulation, Jiali Zhou, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, and Saeid Saidi
Calibrating travel time thresholds with cluster analysis and AFC data for passenger reasonable route generation on an urban rail transit network, Wei Zhu, Wei-li Fan, Amr M. Wahaballa, and Jin Wei
Submissions from 2019
On evasion behaviour in public transport: Dissatisfaction or contagion?, Jaime Allen, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Juan de Dios Ortúzar
Understanding public transport satisfaction: Using Maslow's hierarchy of (transit) needs, Jaime Allen, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Juan de Dios Ortúzar
Stable and robust train routing in station areas with balanced infrastructure capacity occupation, Nikola Bešinović and Rob M.P. Goverde
Implementation of Bus Priority with Queue Jump Lane and Pre-Signal at Urban Intersections with Mixed Traffic Operations: Lessons Learned?, Kinjal Bhattacharyya, Bhargab Maitra, and Manfred Boltze
Satisfaction with crowding and other attributes in public transport, Maria Börjesson and Isak Rubensson
Real-time schedule adjustments for autonomous public transport vehicles, Zhichao Cao, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, and Silin Zhang
User perception of transfers in multimodal urban trips: A qualitative study, Rocio Cascajo, Elena Lopez, Fernando Herrero, and Andres Monzon
Frequency and Vehicle Capacity Determination using a Dynamic Transit Assignment Model, Oded Cats and Stefan Glück
Demonstration and evaluation of an intermittent bus lane strategy, Nicolas Chiabaut and Anais Barcet
Bus travel time modelling using GPS probe and smart card data: A probabilistic approach considering link travel time and station dwell time, Zhuang Dai, Xiaolei Ma, and Xi Chen
Passenger Travel Time Reliability for Multimodal Public Transport Journeys, Malvika Dixit, Ties Brands, Niels van Oort, Oded Cats, and Serge Hoogendoorn
A case study in spatial-temporal accessibility for a transit system, John C. Handley, Lina Fu, and Laura L. Tupper
An approach to improve the operational stability of a bus line by adjusting bus speeds on the dedicated bus lanes, Sheng-Xue He, June Dong, Shi-Dong Liang, and Peng-Cheng Yuan
A combined simulation-optimization approach for minimizing travel time and delays in railway timetables, Johan Högdahl, Markus Bohlin, and Oskar Fröidh
An online shortest path algorithm for reliable routing in schedule-based transit networks considering transfer failure probability, Alireza Khani
Demonstrating Transit Schedule Benefits with a Dedicated Short-Range Communication-Based Connected Vehicle System, Blaine D. Leonard, Jamie Mackey, Michael Sheffield, David Bassett, Shawn Larson, and Ivan Hooper
Coordinated control method to self-equalize bus headways: an analytical method, Shidong Liang, Minghui Ma, Shengxue He, Hu Zhang, and Pengcheng Yuan
Analysis of Public Transportation Competitiveness Based on Potential Passenger Travel Intentions: Case Study in Shanghai, China, Linbo Li, Mengfei Cao, Yufang Bai, and Ziqi Song
Considerations for Evaluating Automated Transit Bus Programs, Joseph Luna, Elizabeth Machek, and Sean Peirce
Understanding the factors that influence the probability and time to streetcar bunching incidents, Paula Nguyen, Ehab Diab, and Amer Shalaby
Multiline Bus Bunching Control via Vehicle Substitution, Antoine Petit, Chao Lei, and Yanfeng Ouyang
Travel Time Reliability Measures Accommodating Scheduling Preferences of Travelers, Mojtaba Rajabi-Bahaabadi, Afshin Shariat-Mohaymany, and Shu Yang
The underlying effect of public transport reliability on users’ satisfaction, Jaime Soza-Parra, Sebastián Raveau, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Oded Cats
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
The benefits of introducing meeting points into flex-route transit services, Yue Zheng, Wenquan Li, Feng Qiu, and Heng Wei
Submissions from 2018
Peer-to-Peer Priority Signal Control Strategy in a Connected Vehicle Environment, Byungho Beak, Mehdi Zamanipour, K. Larry Head, and Blaine Leonard
Strategies and Barriers in Effective Bus Lane Implementation and Management: Best Practices for Use in the Greater Washington, D.C. Region, Burak Cesme, Richard Roisman, Ramona Burns, Katie List, Arrianna Koudounas, Jesus Cuellar, Meredyth Sanders, Kevin Lee, and David Miller
Cost functions and multi-objective timetabling of mixed train services, Andy H.F. Chow and Aris Pavlides
Accounting for uncertainty and variation in accessibility metrics for public transport sketch planning, Matthew Wigginton Conway, Andrew Byrd, and Michael van Eggermond
Automated real-time railway traffic control: an experimental analysis of reliability, resilience and robustness, Francesco Corman, Egidio Quaglietta, and Rob M.P. Goverde
Data-driven perspectives for energy efficient operations in railway systems: Current practices and future opportunities, Valerio De Martinis and Francesco Corman
Subway Service Down Again? Assessing the Effects of Subway Service Interruptions on Local Surface Transit Performance, Ehab Diab and Amer Shalaby
Improving High-Frequency Transit Performance through Headway-Based Dispatching: Development and Implementation of a Real-Time Decision-Support System on a Multi-Branch Light Rail Line, Joshua J. Fabian, Gabriel E. Sánchez-Martínez, and John P. Attanucci
Transit Vehicle Performance Analysis for Service Continuity/Termination: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach, S. Kiavash Fayyaz, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, and Ran Wei
Effect of information contagion during train service disruption for an integrated rail-bus transit system, Wen Hua and Ghim Ping Ong
Public transport experienced service reliability: Integrating travel time and travel conditions, Erik Jenelius
An integrated measure of accessibility and reliability of mass transit systems, Hyun Kim and Yena Song
Optimal time point configuration of a bus route - A Markovian approach, W. Klumpenhouwer and S. C. Wirasinghe
Improving Efficiency and Reliability of Bus Rapid Transit, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Milan Zlatkovic, Richard J. Porter, Kiavash Fayyaz, and Song Yu
Exploring the Complex Relationship between Railroad Infrastructure, Operating Constraints, Maximum Speeds, and Public Schedules, Alex Lu, Janek Kozlowski, Sean Fahey, and Shaun Whitman
Making Transit Count: Performance Measures that Move Transit Projects Forward, NACTO
Coordinating assignment and routing decisions in transit vehicle schedules: A variable-splitting Lagrangian decomposition approach for solution symmetry breaking, Huimin Niu, Xuesong Zhou, and Xiaopeng Tian
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
Analysis of bus travel time distributions for varying horizons and real-time applications, Md. Matiur Rahman, S. C. Wirasinghe, and Lina Kattan
Developing a national measure for predictable public transport: bus, rail and ferry, S. Rashidi, L. Schmitt, P. Ranjitkar, T. Rabel, S. Sood, L. Baker, V. Ivory, and H. Rezaie
Characteristics of Bus Transit Vehicles in the United States: A 30-Year National Trend Analysis, Li Tang, Albert Gan, Fabian Cevallos, and Priyanka Alluri
Bus quality improvements and local commuter mode share, Justin Tyndall
Optimally combined headway and timetable reliable public transport system, Balázs Varga, Tamás Tettamanti, and Balázs Kulcsár
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 (Xinyu) Cao, and Joel Huting
A reliability-based assignment method for railway networks with heterogeneous passengers, Guangming Xu, Wei Liu, and Hai Yang
Does Roadway Performance Affect Transit Headway Unreliability? Evidence from Mixed-Traffic Transit Corridors in Toronto, Canada, Christopher Yuen and Matthias N. Sweet
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
Submissions from 2017
Real-Time Estimation of Platform Crowding for New York City Subway: Case Study at Wall Street Station on No. 2 and No. 3 Lines in Financial District, Adam Caspari, Brian Levine, Jeffrey Hanft, and Alla Reddy
How can public transit get people out of their cars? An analysis of transit mode choice for commute trips in Los Angeles, Sandip Chakrabarti
Multi-objective optimal control formulations for bus service reliability with traffic signals, Andy H.F. Chow, Shuai Li, and Renxin Zhong
The Role of Specificity and Apologies in Excuse Messages Following Train Delay, Emiel Cracco, Nicolas Dirix, and Christopher P. Reinders Folmer
Identifying the Bias: Evaluating Effectiveness of Automatic Data Collection Methods in Estimating Details of Bus Dwell Time, Emily Grisé and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Analysing improvements to on-street public transport systems: a mesoscopic model approach, Jesper Bláfoss Ingvardson, Jonas Kornerup Jensen, and Otto Anker Nielsen
Jacksonville, Florida, Transportation Authority’s Mobility Corridors: Improving Transit System Performance Through Enhanced Safety and Urban Design, Frederick Jones and Jaimison Sloboden
An integrated framework for assessing service efficiency and stability of rail transit systems, Yung-Cheng Lai and Chi-Sang Ip
Comprehensive Approach to Allocate Reliability and Cost in Passenger Rail System Design, Yung-Cheng (Rex) Lai, Chia-Tsung Lu, and Chun-Lin Lu
Variations in mode-specific valuations of travel time reliability and in-vehicle crowding: Implications for demand estimation, Hao Li, Kun Gao, and Huizhao Tu
