Submissions from 2024
Incentivizing public transit to improve performance to meet the programmatic goal of a funding agency, Kofi Obeng
Modelling benefit-to-cost ratio for initial phase electrification using battery electric bus, Utsav Panta, Pranav Gairola, and N. Nezamuddin
Submissions from 2023
Applying cost–benefit analysis to the economic evaluation of a tram-train system: Evidence from Brescia (Italy), Maria De Aloe, Roberto Ventura, Michela Bonera, Benedetto Barabino, and Giulio Maternini
A multimodal multi-provider market equilibrium model: A game-theoretic approach, Ali Najmi, Taha H. Rashidi, and Travis Waller
Use of public transport and social capital building: An empirical study of Japan, Ziyi Qin and Daisuke Fukuda
Electrifying public transit benefits public finances in small island developing states, Zakia Soomauroo, Philipp Blechinger, and Felix Creutzig
A theoretical investigation of user acceptance of autonomous public transport, Kum Fai Yuen, Ling Qian Choo, Xue Li, Yiik Diew Wong, Fei Ma, and Xueqin Wang
Submissions from 2022
Public transport users' willingness-to-pay for a multi-county and multi-operator integrated ticket: Valuation and policy implications, I. B. Alhassan, B. Matthews, J. P. Toner, and Y. O. Susilo
Measuring and enhancing the connectivity reliability of a rail transit network, Jie Liu, Paul M. Schonfeld, Shuguang Zhan, Qiyuan Peng, and Yuhong Liu
Mode boundaries of automated metro and semi-rapid rail in urban transit, Luigi Moccia, Duncan W. Allen, Gilbert Laporte, and Andrea Spinosa
BEST: A software to verify the feasibility of urban bus line electrification, M. P. Valentini, V. Conti, and S. Orchi
Submissions from 2021
Economic and socioeconomic assessment of replacing conventional public transit with demand responsive transit services in low-to-medium density areas, Jaâfar Berrada and Alexis Poulhès
Transport accessibility and economic growth: Implications for sustainable transport infrastructure investments, Seongkyun Cho and Keechoo Choi
Impacts of Light Rail Transit on Labor Participation and Housing Affordability in the U.S.: Longitudinal Analysis Using Propensity Score Matching, Keuntae Kim, Keunhyun Park, and Arthur C. Nelson
Measuring Benefits of Rural and Small Urban Transit in Greater Minnesota, Jeremy Mattson and Del Peterson
Continuous Approximation Model for Hybrid Flexible Transit Systems with Low Demand Density, Charalampos Sipetas and Eric J. Gonzales
Public Transport Fleet Replacement Optimization Using Multi-Type Battery-Powered Electric Buses, Chunyan Tang, Xiaoyu Li, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, and Xiaokun Wang
Technical and economic feasibility of increasing tram system efficiency with EV batteries, Teng Zhang, Erica E.F. Ballantyne, Rui Zhao, and David A. Stone
Submissions from 2020
What remains? The influence of light rail transit on discretionary income, Dwayne Marshall Baker and Seunghoon Kim
Optimal charging scheduling and management for a fast-charging battery electric bus system, Yi He, Zhaocai Liu, and Ziqi Song
The effect of public transport quality on car ownership – A source of wider benefits?, Johan Holmgren
CNG and diesel urban buses in India: A life-cycle cost comparison, Christian Krelling and Madhav G. Badami
And the beat goes on. The continued trials and tribulations of passenger rail franchising in Great Britain, John Preston and Charles Bickel
Disentangling the role of cars and transit in employment and labor earnings, Michael J. Smart and Nicholas J. Klein
Submissions from 2019
Introducing autonomous buses and taxis: Quantifying the potential benefits in Japanese transportation systems, Ryosuke Abe
The Missing Link between Place and Productivity? The Impact of Transit-Oriented Development on the Knowledge and Creative Economy, Ahoura Zandiatashbar, Shima Hamidi, Nicole Foster, and Keunhyun Park
Submissions from 2018
When and How Much Did the Green Line LRT Increase Single-Family Housing Values in St. Paul, Minnesota?, Jason (Xinyu) Cao and Shengnan Lou
Evaluating the long-term impacts of bus-based park and ride, Mills Gareth and White Peter
Introducing a Design Framework for a Multi-Modal Public Transportation System, Focusing on Mixed-Fleet Bike-Sharing Systems, Mehrnaz Ghamami and MohammadHossein (Sam) Shojaei
The role of bus partnerships in Great Britain, John Godfrey and John Taylor
A broader perspective on social outcomes in transport, Chris Lowe, John Stanley, and Janet Stanley
Reducing passengers’ travel time by optimising stopping patterns in a large-scale network: A case-study in the Copenhagen Region, Jens Parbo, Otto A. Nielsen, and Carlo G. Prato
Evaluation of Transit Ecodriving in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Environments, Xiaodan Xu, Hanyan Ann Li, Haobing Liu, Michael O. Rodgers, and Randall Guensler
Submissions from 2017
Evaluating the roles and powers of rail regulatory bodies in Europe: A survey-based approach, Valerio Benedetto, Andrew S.J. Smith, and Chris A. Nash
Understanding the effects of transit benefits on employees’ travel behavior: Evidence from the New York-New Jersey region, Paola Carolina Bueno, Juan Gomez, Jonathan R. Peters, and Jose Manuel Vassallo
Value of Rail: The contribution of rail in Australia, Deloitte Access Economics
Urban agglomeration benefits from public transit improvements: Extending and implementing the Venables model, Tim Hazledine, Stuart Donovan, and Christine Mak
Assessing the value of public transport as a network, Robyn Hyde and Dave Smith
Impact of bus rapid transit on housing price and accessibility changes in Sydney: A repeat sales approach, Corinne Mulley and Chi-Hong (Patrick) Tsai
Practices for Evaluating the Economic Impacts and Benefits of Transit: A Synthesis of Transit Practice, Glen Weisbrod, Naomi Stein, Chandler Duncan, and Adam Blair
Submissions from 2016
Evaluation of Horizontal Equity under a Distance-Based Transit Fare Structure, Milad Bandegani and Meisam Akbarzadeh
Valuing crowding in public transport: Implications for cost-benefit analysis, Marco Batarce, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Juan de Dios Ortúzar
The impact of travel time variability and travelers’ risk attitudes on the values of time and reliability, Mickael Beaud, Thierry Blayac, and Maïté Stéphan
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
Deregulation, Franchising, Outsourcing, and Corporatisation in Local Public Transport: International experience, Graham Currie
Evaluating Pay-on-Entry Versus Proof-of-Payment Ticketing in Light Rail Transit, Graham Currie and James Reynolds
Evaluating the impacts and benefits of public transport design and operational measures, Masoud Fadaei and Oded Cats
Decreasing fare evasion without fines? A microeconomic analysis, Pablo Guarda, Patricia Galilea, Susan Handy, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Juan de Dios Ortúzar
Streetcar projects as spatial planning: A shift in transport planning in the United States, David A. King and Lauren Ames Fischer
Airport rail links and economic productivity: Evidence from 82 cities with the world’s 100 busiest airports, Jin Murakami, Yurika Matsui, and Hironori Kato
Optimizing station location and fleet composition for a high-speed rail line, Hugo M. Repolho, Richard L. Church, and António P. Antunes
Long-term planning for ring-radial urban rail transit networks, Saeid Saidi, S. C. Wirasinghe, and Lina Kattan
Social capital and local public transportation in Japan, Kiyohito Utsunomiya
Incorporating enhanced service reliability of public transport in cost-benefit analyses, Niels van Oort
Modeling Fuel Consumption of Hybrid Electric Buses: Model Development and Comparison with Conventional Buses, Jinghui Wang and Hesham A. Rakha
Recognising the complementary contributions of cost benefit analysis and economic impact analysis to an understanding of the worth of public transport investment: A case study of bus rapid transit in Sydney, Australia, Glen Weisbrod, Corinne Mulley, and David Hensher
The Downs–Thomson paradox with imperfect mode substitutes and alternative transit administration regimes, Fangni Zhang, Robin Lindsey, and Hai Yang
Submissions from 2015
Using spike model to reduce traffic congestion and improve public transportation in Malaysia, Aldukali Salem I. Almselati, Riza Atiq bin O.K. Rahmat, Othman Jaafar, and Hussin A.M. Yahia
Efficient transit network design and frequencies setting multi-objective optimization by alternating objective genetic algorithm, Renato Oliveira Arbex and Claudio Barbieri da Cunha
Labor–Management Partnerships for Public Transportation Volume 1: Toolkit, Scott Baker, Chuyuan (Viktor) Zhong, Douglas Taylor, William F. Scott, and Richard Plante
Perceived accessibility, mobility, and connectivity of public transportation systems, Yung-Hsiang Cheng and Ssu-Yun Chen
Evaluation of Conditional Transit Signal Priority Technology for Regional Implementation, Frank A. Consoli, Ahmad H. Alomari, Haitham Al-Deek, John H. Rogers (Jr.), Adrian Sandt, Mehdi Noori, Omer Tatari, and Mohammed Hadi
Cost–Benefit Analysis of Rural and Small Urban Transit in the United States, Ranjit Prasad Godavarthy, Jeremy Mattson, and Elvis Ndembe
Improving Transit Integration Among Multiple Providers, Volume I: Transit Integration Manual, Joey Goldman, Gail Murray, Cathleen Sullivan, Bethany Whitaker, Mark Chase, Alexandra Reisman, Nancy Whelan, and Tina Spencer
New QR Survey Methodologies to Analyze User Perception of Service Quality in Public Transport: The Experience of Madrid, Begoña Guirao, Antonio García, María Eugenia López, Carlos Acha, and Julio Comendador
The underground economy: Tracking the higher-order economic impacts of the São Paulo Subway System, Eduardo A. Haddad, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, Alexandre A. Porsse, Eveline S. Van Leeuwen, and Renato S. Vieira
The distribution of crowding costs in public transport: New evidence from Paris, Luke Haywood and Martin Koning
Identifying resident preferences for bus-based and rail-based investments as a complementary buy in perspective to inform project planning prioritisation, David A. Hensher, Chinh Ho, and Corinne Mulley
Analytical Five-Phase Bus Rapid Transit Traffic Flow Model, Michael F. Hyland and Hani Mahmassani
Regulation of public bus services: The Israeli experience, Yoram Ida and Gal Talit
Examining the Influence of Internal Service Characteristics on Social Benefits of Multimodal Transit, Michal A. Jaroszynski
The value of new public transport links for network robustness and redundancy, Erik Jenelius and Oded Cats
Maximizing net benefits for conventional and flexible bus services, Myungseob (Edward) Kim and Paul Schonfeld
Novel Vehicle Mass-Based Automated Passenger Counter for Transit Applications, Andrew J. Kotz, David B. Kittelson, and William F. Northrop
All-Door Boarding in San Francisco, California, Jason Lee and David Papas
Optimal bus fleet management strategy for emissions reduction, Lu Li, Hong K. Lo, and Xuekai Cen
Optimizing dial-a-ride services in Maryland: Benefits of computerized routing and scheduling, Nikola Marković, Rahul Nair, Paul Schonfeld, Elise Miller-Hooks, and Matthew Mohebbi
Increasing the attractiveness of public transport by investing in soft ICT based measures: Going from words to actions under an austerity backdrop – Thessaloniki's case, Greece, Maria Morfoulaki, Glikeria Myrovali, and Kornilia Kotoula
Bus rapid transit as a neoliberal contradiction, Laurel Paget-Seekins
Evaluating the Regional Benefit/Cost Ratio for Transit State of Good Repair Investments, Liz Paterson and David Vautin
Economic Viability of Bus Bridging Reserves for Fast Response to Unplanned Passenger Rail Disruption, Brendan Pender, Graham Currie, Nirajan Shiwakoti, and Alexa Delbosc
Inclusion of quality criteria in public bus service contracts in metropolitan areas, Marta Rojo, Luigi dell’Olio, Hernán Gonzalo-Orden, and Ángel Ibeas
Impact of Bus Rapid Transit and Metro Rail on Property Values in Guangzhou, China, Deborah Salon, Jingyan (Dora) Wu, and Sharon Shewmake
Public transit and labor market outcomes: Analysis of the connections in the French agglomeration of Bordeaux, Florent Sari
Eco-driving training of professional bus drivers – Does it work?, Mark J.M. Sullman, Lisa Dorn, and Pirita Niemi
Exploring trade-offs in frequency allocation in a transit network using bus route patterns: Methodology and application to large-scale urban systems, İ. Ömer Verbas and Hani S. Mahmassani
Collective public-transport tickets and anticipated majority choice: A model of student tickets, Achim Voss
Evaluation of the Safe Routes to Transit Program in California, David Weinzimmer, Rebecca L. Sanders, Heidi Dittrich, and Jill F. Cooper
Evolving Connection of Transit, Agglomeration, and Growth of High-Technology Business Clusters, Glen Weisbrod, Chandler Duncan, and Susan Jones Moses
Transport user benefits calculation with the “Rule of a Half” for travel demand models with constraints, Christian Winkler
An energy-efficient scheduling approach to improve the utilization of regenerative energy for metro systems, Xin Yang, Anthony Chen, Xiang Li, Bin Ning, and Tao Tang
Submissions from 2014
Fare evasion in proof-of-payment transit systems: Deriving the optimum inspection level, Benedetto Barabino, Sara Salis, and Bruno Useli
Friday Exception Scheduling in Transit Systems: An Exploratory Analysis When Data Are Limited, Michael D. Benson and Robert B. Noland
An ex-post CBA for the Stockholm Metro, Maria Börjesson, R Daniel Jonsson, and Mattias Lundberg
Unbanked Transit Riders and Open Payment Fare Collection, Candace Brakewood and George Kocur
Development of location-based services for recommending departure stations to park and ride users, Zhirong Chen, Jianhong Cecilia Xia, Buntoro Irawan, and Craig Caulfied
The revenue and environmental benefits of new off-peak commuter rail service: the case of the Pascack Valley line in New Jersey, Devajyoti Deka and Thomas Marchwinski
