Submissions from 2019
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
San Pablo, California, Corridor Rapid Service: Planning and 10 Years of Operational Experience, Peter Martin and Nathan Landau
Quantile Regression Analysis of Transit Travel Time Reliability with Automatic Vehicle Location and Farecard Data, Zhenliang Ma, Sicong Zhu, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, and Luis Ferreira
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
Modelling risk aversion using a disaggregate stochastic process model in congested transit networks, Padma Seetharaman
A cycle time optimization model for generating stable periodic railway timetables, Daniel Sparing and Rob M.P. Goverde
Comparing public bus transport service attributes in Delhi and Mumbai: Policy implications for improving bus services in Delhi, Hemant K. Suman, Nomesh B. Bolia, and Geetam Tiwari
The Future of Mobility, Tourism and Transport Forum
Estimation of Platform Waiting Time Distribution Considering Service Reliability Based on Smart Card Data and Performance Reports, Amr M. Wahaballa, Fumitaka Kurauchi, Toshiyuki Yamamoto, and Jan-Dirk Schmöcker
Modelling bus bunching and holding control with vehicle overtaking and distributed passenger boarding behaviour, Weitiao Wu, Ronghui Liu, and Wenzhou Jin
Vulnerability analysis of urban rail transit based on complex network theory: a case study of Shanghai Metro, Yingying Xing, Jian Lu, Shengdi Chen, and Sunanda Dissanayake
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
Using survival models to estimate bus travel times and associated uncertainties, Zhengyao Yu, Jonathan S. Wood, and Vikash V. Gayah
Submissions from 2016
Two-phase stochastic program for transit network design under demand uncertainty, Kun An and Hong K. Lo
Tapping into Delay: Assessing Rail Transit Passenger Delay with Data from a Tap-In, Tap-Out Fare System, Justin Antos and Michael D. Eichler
The impact of travel time variability and travelers’ risk attitudes on the values of time and reliability, Mickael Beaud, Thierry Blayac, and Maïté Stéphan
The effect of slow zones on ridership: An analysis of the Chicago Transit Authority “El” Blue Line, Margarita Bernal, Eric W. Welch, and P. S. Sriraj
Level of service delivery of public transport and mode choice in Accra, Ghana, Dora Birago, Seth Opoku Mensah, and Somesh Sharma
Evaluating the added-value of online bus arrival prediction schemes, Oded Cats and Gerasimos Loutos
A dynamic stochastic model for evaluating congestion and crowding effects in transit systems, Oded Cats, Jens West, and Jonas Eliasson
Application of Bus-Only Lanes in Downtown Washington, D.C. Concurrent Versus Contraflow Bus Lanes, Burak Cesme, Selman Altun, Wendy Jia, Michael Eichler, Circe Torruellas, Srividya Santhanam, Zhuojin Wang, and Timothy Brulle
A reliability-based transit trip planning model under transit network uncertainty, Yang Chen, Shu Yang, Mengqi Hu, and Yao-Jan Wu
Impact of Platform Edge Doors on Passengers’ Boarding and Alighting Time and Platform Behavior, Gonzalo de Ana Rodríguez, Sebastián Seriani, and Catherine Holloway
BRT in Brazil: Designing services in function of given infrastructure projects or designing infrastructure in function of established service quality patterns?, Joaquim José Guilherme de Aragão, Yaeko Yamashita, and Romulo Dante Orrico Filho
Estimation of travel time variability for cars, buses, metro and door-to-door public transport trips in Santiago, Chile, Elsa Durán-Hormazábal and Alejandro Tirachini
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
Estimating Uncertainty of Bus Arrival Times and Passenger Occupancies, Vikash V. Gayah, Zhengyao Yu, and Jonathan S. Wood
Bus service quality prediction and attribute ranking: a neural network approach, Md Rokibul Islam, Md Hadiuzzaman, Rajib Banik, Md Mehedi Hasnat, Sarder Rafee Musabbir, and Sanjana Hossain
Reliability-based stochastic transit assignment: Formulations and capacity paradox, Y. Jiang and W. Y. Szeto
Real-time prediction of bus travel speeds using traffic shockwaves and machine learning algorithms, Nikolas Julio, Ricardo Giesen, and Pedro Lizana
Network Reliability and Resilience of Rapid Transit Systems, Hyun Kim, Changjoo Kim, and Yongwan Chun
Urban commuters’ valuation of travel time reliability based on stated preference survey: A case study of Beijing, Weibin Kou, Xumei Chen, Lei Yu, Yi Qi, and Ying Wang
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
Use of Real-Time Operational Tactics to Synchronize Transfers in Headway-Based Public Transport Service, Mahmood Mahmoodi Nesheli and Avishai (Avi) Ceder
Passenger Perspectives in Railway Timetabling: A Literature Review, Jens Parbo, Otto Anker Nielsen, and Carlo Giacomo Prato
Creating a Bus Rapid Transit Boulevard: Making Woodhaven Boulevard Select Bus Service Work for Transit, Traffic, and the Public in Queens, New York, Varanesh Singh, Eric B. Beaton, Taylor Reiss Gouge, and Nina Harvey Schatmeier
