Submissions from 2025
Valuing improvements to bus universal accessibility for visually impaired users: A case study in Santiago, Chile, Nicolás Cabello, Patricia Galilea, and Juan de Dios Ortúzar
Comparing accessibility to high-speed rail stations by public transit and cars: A national-scale analysis, Long Cheng, Yuheng Chen, Shengyu He, Zheyuan Wang, Tanhua Jin, and Min Yang
Rethinking Transit Safety: Understanding and Addressing Gender-Based Harassment and Enhancing Safety on San Francisco’s Muni Transit System, Greer Cowan and Pearl Liu
Performance assessment of public transport routes: A framework using revealed data, Rupam Fedujwar and Amit Agarwal
Behavioural loyalty analysis of bus passengers using multi-source data fusion, Yu Fu, Xiang Wang, Fanrui Meng, Sihan Wang, Yangchen Song, and Yutong Wang
Iterative DEA for public transport transfer efficiency in a super-aging society, Eun Hak Lee and Euntak Lee
Market segmentation and willingness to pay for public transport annual passes among older adults: insights from Genoa, Italy, Abraham Leung, Claudia Burlando, and Tiziano Pavanini
Resilience enhancement of multi-modal public transportation system via electric bus network redesign, Zhongshan Liu, Bin Yu, Li Zhang, and Yuxuan Sun
Research on Safety Risk Assessment of Xi'an Metro Operation Based on Structural Equation Model (SEM)-Matter-Element Extension Model (MEA), Yingwei Li, Xiaoxu Dang, Mian Yu, and Taozhu Feng
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
Analyzing the deviation between bus behavioral intention and actual behavior: a case study in Suzhou, China, Fanrui Meng, Xiang Wang, Weiyan Zong, Sihan Wang, and Shichao Sun
Individual response prediction and personalized guidance strategy optimization in urban rail transit networks, Xueqin Wang, Xinyue Xu, Junyi Zhang, and Jun Liu
Exploring urban railway station-based attractiveness considering demographic-specific demands: Case study of Odakyu line, Japan, Yi Wu, Tianyao Shen, Yifan Li, Mizuki Kita, Yoshikuni Yoshida, Kojiro Sho, Lang Yuan, Ling Yu, Renhe Jiang, and Yin Long
A stochastic programming model for designing bus bridging services under metro disruptions, Lu Zhen, Xueqin Du, Haolin Li, and Zanyang Wu
Submissions from 2024
Routes to Regional Transit Governance: Researching the Histories of and Cataloguing the Methods Used to Establish German Verkehrsverbünde, Kenji Anzai and Eric Eidlin
Exploring the causal effects of the built environment on travel behavior: a unique randomized experiment in Shanghai, Faan Chen and Adriano Borges Costa
Characterising travel behaviour patterns of transport hub station area users using mobile phone data, Long Cheng, Xinmei Cai, Zhuo liu, Zhiren Huang, Wendong Chen, and Frank Witlox
Assessing the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on passengers' reliance on public transport, Long Cheng, Zhe Ning, Da Lei, Xinmei Cai, and Xuewu Chen
Is customized bus service for commuter segments the need of the hour? An integrated IPA-machine learning framework to redefine commuter segments based on quality expectations, Munavar Fairooz Cheranchery, Fathima Ansari, and Mubarak Ali
The effects of ambient scent on olfactory comfort and attitude toward its use in a tramway: an on-board study, Frédéric Collin, Arthur Dupuly, Isabelle Parrot, Ismaël Barbara, Gérard Dray, Sophie Martin, and Lionel Brunel
Bus Operation Safety Business Intelligence Solution: Applying Analytics for Key Performance Indicator, Investigation, and Targeted Actions Analyses with a Centralized Data Warehouse, Xiaotong Ding, John Maleyeff, and Frans Valk
Transit access effectiveness in American metropolitan areas, Alireza Ermagun and Frank Witlox
Improving public transportation via line-based integration of on-demand ridepooling, Andres Fielbaum, Alejandro Tirachini, and Javier Alonso-Mora
A stochastic hub location and fleet assignment problem for the design of reconfigurable park-and-ride systems, Matthieu Guillot, David Rey, Angelo Furno, and Nour-Eddin El Faouzi
Determinants of public transportation disability among older adults in China, Jiafeng Gu
Analysis of spatiotemporal transit accessibility and transit inequity of essential services in low-density cities, a case study of Nashville, TN, Jing Guo and Candace Brakewood
Evaluating Equity: A Method for Analyzing the Transit Accessibility of Affordable Housing Units, Jing Guo, Candace Brakewood, Ashley Hightower, and Christopher Cherry
Mobility-as-a-Service and the role of multimodality in the sustainability of urban mobility in developing and developed countries, Chinh Q. Ho and Alejandro Tirachini
Modeling of an Urban Ropeway Integrated into a Crowded Transit System, Karl Hofer, Michael Haberi, and Martin Fellendorf
Enhancing the pedestrian environment and walking willingness around mass rapid transit (MRT) stations in Asian cities – an empirical study of Taipei, Kuo-Cheng Hsu, Shu-Wen Lin, Ying-Ying Leong, and Jia-Huey Yeh
Understanding the complementary effect of bike-sharing on public transit: A case study of subway line expansion in Xiamen, China, Ganxiang Huang, Hongyan Wang, and Di Xu
Urban rail-bus-walk network service integration towards accessibility and heat exposure consideration: Models and column generation solution approaches, Xianting Huang, He Wei, Xiaodong Zhang, and Lu (Carol) Tong
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
Artificial intelligence for improving public transport: a mapping study, Å. Jevinger, C. Zhao, J. A. Persson, and P. Davidsson
Can taxi data inform bus route improvement? A case study in Shanghai, Yuxiong Ji, Minhang Zhou, Yu Shen, Xiaohu Zhang, and Yuchuan Du
Assessing mode-specific transport affordability in a car-centric city, Bogdan Kapatsila, Damian Collins, and Emily Grisé
Measuring the transit benefits of accessibility with the integration of transit systems, Hyun Kim, Keumsook Lee, Woo-kung Huh, and Yena Song
eXplainable DEA approach for evaluating performance of public transport origin-destination pairs, Eun Hak Lee
Passive transit accessibility: Modelling and application for transit gap analysis and station area assessment, Jinwoo (Brian) Lee and Samal Hama Salih
The impact of public transport priority policy on private car own and use: A study on the moderating effects of bus satisfaction, Jinpei Li, Liqun Xu, Fangcheng Tang, Di Yao, and Chunqin Zhang
A dynamic network data envelopment analysis cross-efficiency evaluation on the benefits of bus transit services in 33 Chinese cities, Meng Liu, Chunqin Zhang, Wenbin Huang, Mengmeng Wang, and Guangnian Xiao
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
Passenger social rerouting strategies in capacitated public transport systems, Xiaojie Luan, Oskar A.L. Eikenbroek, Francesco Corman, and Eric C. van Berkum
Evaluation and determinants of metro users' regularity: Insights from transit one-card data, Xinwei Ma, Xiaolin Tian, Zejin Jin, Hongjun Cui, Yanjie Ji, and Long Cheng
Mobility justice or transit boosterism? The use of rail transit as an urban transformation strategy in Kitchener, Canada, and Malmö, Sweden, Lina Olsson and Ren Thomas
Metro-line expansions and local air quality in Shenzhen: Focusing on network effects, Yifu Ou, Weize Song, and Kyung-Min Nam
Mobility Energy Productivity Evaluation of On-Demand Transit: A Case Study in Arlington, Texas, Bonnie Powell, Sailesh Acharya, Ruqayya Zakaria, Rick Grahn, Alejandro Henao, and Stanley E. Young
Understanding the expectations of parents regarding their children's school commuting by public transport using latent Dirichlet Allocation, Mariza Motta Queiroz, Carlos Roque, Filipe Moura, and João Marôco
Agent-based decision-support model for bus route redesign in networks of small cities and towns: case study of Agder, Norway, Sinziana I. Rasca, Bin Hu, Benjamin Biesinger, and Matthias Prandtstetter
Opinions matter: Contrasting perceptions of major public transit projects in Montréal, Canada, Lancelot Rodrigue, Aryana Soliz, Kevin Manaugh, Yan Kestens, and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Toolkit for the Assessment of Safety at Bus Stops, Jimoku H. Salum, Ntagwanko Kisabanzira, Priyanka Alluri, and Thobias Sando
Equity of access to rail services by complementary motorized and active modes, Mudassar Shafiq, António Lobo, and António Couto
A survey of Flex-Route Transit problem and its link with Vehicle Routing Problem, Reza Shahin, Pierre Hosteins, Paola Pellegrini, Pierre-Olivier Vandanjon, and Luca Quadrifoglio
Assessing the impact of transit accessibility on employment density: A spatial analysis of gravity-based accessibility incorporating job matching, transit service types, and first/last mile modes, Seyedsoheil Sharifiasl, Subham Kharel, Qisheng Pan, and Jianling Li
Synergizing cycling and transit: Strategic placement of cycling infrastructure to enhance job accessibility, Lucas Spierenburg, Hans van Lint, and Niels van Oort
Risk mitigation in urban bus concession contracts: Overcoming uncertainties with a real options model, Gabriel Stumpf, Rui Cunha Marques, R. Richard Geddes, and Rafael Igrejas da Silva
Unraveling the inconsistency in captive riders’ behaviors and attitudes within public transportation service usage: An integrated modeling approach, Shichao Sun, Linlin Zhou, Pingye Wang, and Hui Zhang
A study on the possibility of a BUS route network with connections based on an analysis of the efficiency of the BUS route network and resistance OF BUS users to transfer, Yu Suzuki, Satoru Hino, Takafumi Kanno, and Daigo Amemiya
The Road Less Traveled: Does Rail Transit Matter?, Tao Tao, Jason Cao, and Xinyi Wu
Evaluating the 15-minute city paradigm across urban districts: A mobility-based approach in Hamilton, New Zealand, Tianyi Wang, Yan Li, I-Ting Chuang, Weijie Qiao, Jing Jiang, and Lee Beattie
A real-time synchronous dispatching and recharging strategy for multi-line electric bus systems, Wensi Wang, Bin Yu, and Yu Zhou
Could improving public transport accessibility reduce road traffic carbon dioxide emissions? A simulation-based counterfactual analysis, Dongyu Wu, Yingheng Zhang, and Qiaojun Xiang
Improving passenger travel efficiency through a dynamic autonomous non-stop rail transit system, Pei-Yang Wu, Ren-Yong Guo, Zhiyuan Lin, Ronghui Liu, and Pu Xu
Enhancing public transport use: The influence of soft pull interventions, Zahra Zarabi, E. Owen D. Waygood, Lars Olsson, Margareta Friman, and Anne-Sophie Gousse-Lessard
Optimising modular-autonomous-vehicle transit service employing coupling–decoupling operations plus skip-stop strategy, Jiyu Zhang, Ying-En Ge, Chunyan Tang, and Meisu Zhong
Transit fares integrating alternative modes as a delay insurance, Yihe Zhou, Wenzhe Sun, and Jan-Dirk Schmöcker
Submissions from 2023
An evaluation of optimal scale and jurisdiction size to improve efficiency in metropolitan bus systems, Daniel Albalate, Germà Bel, and Jordi Rosell
Examining the effect of integrated ticketing on mode choice for interregional commuting: Studies among car commuters, I. B. Alhassan, B. Matthews, J. P. Toner, and Y. O. Susilo
Aging in place, stranded in space: An analysis of health care access via public transportation in Elliot Lake, Rachel Barber
A study of influence zone for railway stations of different hierarchy in the Indian Railways: analyzing passenger travel patterns, Rahul Vardhan Bhatnagar, Sewa Ram, and Rohan Vardhan
Social exclusion and the public bus system in Santiago, Chile, Carolina Busco, Felipe González, Paulina Carmona, Alex Cancino, and Borja Alonso
Adaptive transit design: Optimizing fixed and demand responsive multi-modal transportation via continuous approximation, Giovanni Calabrò, Andrea Araldo, Simon Oh, Ravi Seshadri, Giuseppe Inturri, and Moshe Ben-Akiva
Scheduling of Coupled Train Platoons for Metro Networks: A Passenger Demand-Oriented Approach, Simin Chai, Jiateng Yin, Andrea D'Ariano, Marcella Samà, and Tao Tang
City Transit Rider Tweets: Understanding Sentiments and Politeness, Subasish Das and Hamsa Abbas Zubaidi
Uncovering factors influencing railway passenger experiences through love and breakup declarations, Luce Drouet, Carine Lallemand, Vincent Koenig, Francesco Viti, and Kerstin Bongard-Blanchy
Re-evaluating roles and relationships between city authorities and informal public transport operators in sub-saharan africa: A comparative analysis of five cities, Timothy Durant, Mamaa Grant Monney, Michael Etonam Johnson, Kwame Kwakwa Osei, Joaquín Romero de Tejada, Herrie Schalekamp, and Ansumana Tarawally
Estimating Intermodal Transfer Barriers to Light Rail using Smartcard Data in Seattle, WA, James Eager, Chang-Hee Christine Bae, and Edward D. McCormack
What do users want from transit? Qualitative analysis of current and potential users' perceptions, Gamal Eldeeb, Sean Sears, and Moataz Mohamed
Effects on operating costs of adjusting bus departure times during peak-hour traffic in Sweden, Eva-Lena Eriksson, Helene Lidestam, and Lena Winslott Hiselius
Optimizing first- and last-mile public transit services leveraging transportation network companies (TNC), Rick Grahn, Sean Qian, and Chris Hendrickson
How much is accessibility worth? Utility-based accessibility to evaluate transport policies, Luis A. Guzman, Victor A. Cantillo-Garcia, Daniel Oviedo, and Julian Arellana
Improving service qualities of cyclic line plans considering heterogeneous passenger origin-destination (OD) flow groups, Huaibin Hu, Yixiang Yue, Huiling Fu, and Jiax Li
Zone prioritisation for transit improvement using potential demand estimated from smartcard data, Etikaf Hussain, Ashish Bhaskar, and Edward Chung
Developer-Led Bus Services in Greenfield Areas – Characteristics and Opportunities, Annette Kroen, Chris De Gruyter, Robin Goodman, and Steve Pemberton
A solar-powered bus charging infrastructure location problem under charging service degradation, Xiaohan Liu, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Zhengke Liu, Ruifeng Shi, and Xiaolei Ma
Networking and sustainable development of urban spatial planning: Influence of rail transit, Xiaotong Liu and Haishan Xia
Integrated design of a bus-bike system considering realistic route options and bike availability, Sida Luo and Yu (Marco) Nie
Robust collaborative passenger flow control on a congested metro line: A joint optimization with train timetabling, Yahan Lu, Lixing Yang, Hai Yang, Housheng Zhou, and Ziyou Gao
Should I Travel by Metro? Analyzing the Service Quality Perception of Elderly and Physically Disabled Passengers in Delhi, India, Jyoti Mandhani, Jogendra Kumar Nayak, and Manoranjan Parida
Decoding customer experiences in rail transport service: application of hybrid sentiment analysis, Dibya Nandan Mishra and Rajeev Kumar Panda
Mind the perception gap: The impact of bus rapid transit infrastructure on travelers’ perceptions of affective subjective well-being, Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez and P. Christopher Zegras
Shifted out: The well-being and justice implications of evening and night commuting, Matthew Palm, Jeff Allen, and Steven Farber
RIDIT-ISA Approach to Investigate Commuter Perceptions of an Existing Regional Transit System: A Case Study in the National Capital Region, India, Aditya Manish Pitale, Shubhajit Sadhukhan, and Manoranjan Parida
Fare evasion in public transport: How does it affect the optimal design and pricing?, Raúl Ramos and Hugo E. Silva
Cooperative bus holding and stop-skipping: A deep reinforcement learning framework, Joseph Rodriguez, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Shenhao Wang, and Jinhua Zhao
Big effort, little gain for users: lessons from the public transport system reform in Bogotá, Alvaro Rodriguez-Valencia, Daniel Rosas-Satizábal, and Darío Hidalgo
An exploration and importance-performance analysis of bus rapid transit systems’ service quality attributes: Evidence from an emerging economy, Muhammad Abid Saleem, Hanan Afzal, Farooq Ahmad, Hina Ismail, and Ninh Nguyen
Integration of safety quality function deployment in ferry services: Empirical study of Indonesia, Kuo-Chung Shang, Sheng Teng Huang, Erika Buchari, Taih-Cherng Lirn, and Rhaptyalyani Herno Della
Safety-oriented train timetabling and stop planning with time-varying and elastic demand on overcrowded commuter metro lines, Jungang Shi, Jing Yang, Lixing Yang, Lefeng Tao, Shengjie Qiang, Zhen Di, and Junhua Guo
