Submissions from 2024
State of the art of passenger redirection during incidents in public transport systems, considering capacity constraints, Frederik R. Bachmann, Antonios Tsakarestos, Fritz Busch, and Klaus Bogenberger
Re-envisioning the Park-and-Ride concept for the automated vehicle (AV) era with Private-to-Shared AV transfer stations, Younghun Bahk, Michael Hyland, and Sunghi An
Integrated capacity allocation and timetable coordination for multimodal railway networks, Simin Chai, Jiateng Yin, Tao Tang, Lixing Yang, Ronghui Liu, and Qin Luo
Evaluating the robustness of attributed dynamic bus-metro networks based on community reconstruction, Shuaiming Chen, Ximing Ji, Haipeng Shao, Jili Ma, and Guodong Hu
Integrated optimization of train timetabling and rolling stock circulation problem with flexible short-turning and energy-saving strategies, Congcong Gong, Xiaojie Luan, Lixing Yang, Jianguo Qi, and Francesco Corman
Modular vehicle-based transit system for passenger and freight co-modal transportation, Jie Lin and Fangni Zhang
Scheduling shared passenger and freight transport for an underground logistics system, Siqiao Li, Xiaoning Zhu, Pan Shang, Li Wang, and Tianqi Li
Behavioural modelling of metro car choice, Mathias Moller and Sebastián Raveau
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
Smartphone mobility assistants. A lever to guide route choice preferences in mass transit?, Archana Prabhakar, Elise Grison, and Simone Morgagni
A pattern-based timetabling strategy for a short-turning metro line, Tommaso Schettini, Michel Gendreau, Ola Jabali, and Federico Malucelli
Optimizing block configuration and operation protocol for extra-long metro trains, Shiyu Shen, Jesus Osorio, and Yanfeng Ouyang
Passenger-oriented rolling stock scheduling in the metro system with multiple depots: Network flow based approaches, Entai Wang, Lixing Yang, Jiateng Yin, Jinlei Zhang, and Ziyou Gao
Enhancing the evacuation efficiency through the two-step optimization of train timetable and response vehicles during metro disruptions, Hui Wang, Feng Li, Bin Jia, Ziyou Gao, Jialin Liu, Hongliang Zhang, and Dongdong Song
Flexible rolling stock composition strategy in urban rail transit lines: The influences of various train units and station capacities, Pengling Wang, Xiaofang Xiao, and Nils Nießen
Integrated timetabling and vehicle scheduling of an intermodal urban transit network: A distributionally robust optimization approach, Dongyang Xia, Jihui Ma, and Sh. Sharif Azadeh
Integrated robust optimization of maintenance windows and train timetables using ADMM-driven and nested simulation heuristic algorithm, Haonan Yang, Shaoquan Ni, Haoyang Huo, Xuze Ye, Miaomiao Lv, Qingpeng Zhang, and Dingjun Chen
A general metro timetable rescheduling approach for the minimisation of the capacity loss after random line disruption, Shuang Zhang, Yanqiu Cheng, Kuanmin Chen, Chen Ma, Jie Wei, and Xianbiao Hu
Strategic dispatch of electric buses for resilience enhancement of urban energy systems, Xi Zhang, Zihang Dong, Fenyu Huangfu, Yujian Ye, Goran Strbac, and Congging Kang
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
Joint optimization of bus scheduling and seat allocation for reservation-based travel, Chuang Zhu, Jianjun Wu, Xin Guo, Huijun Sun, and Der-Horng Lee
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
Transfer time optimisation in public transit networks: assessment of alternative models, Zahra Ansarilari, Mahmood Mahmoodi Nesheli, Merve Bodur, and Amer Shalaby
Similarity-based bus services assignment with capacity constraint for staggered bus stops, Qiaowen Bai and Ghim Ping Ong
Assessing passenger preferences for Bus Rapid Transit characteristics: A discrete choice experiment among current and potential Dutch passengers, René Borsje, Suzanne Hiemstra-van Mastrigt, and Wijnand Veeneman
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
Mitigating Increased Driving after the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis on Mode Share, Travel Demand, and Public Transport Capacity, Francesca Ciuffini, Simone Tengattini, and Alexander York Bigazzi
Periodic Optimization of Bus Dispatching Times and Vehicle Schedules Considering the COVID-19 Capacity Limits: A Dutch Case Study, Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis and Tao Liu
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
Impacts of bus overtaking policies on the capacity of bus stops, Sangen Hu, Minyu Shen, and Weihua Gu
Schedule-based transit assignment with online bus arrival information, Pramesh Kumar and Alireza Khani
A solar-powered bus charging infrastructure location problem under charging service degradation, Xiaohan Liu, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Zhengke Liu, Ruifeng Shi, and Xiaolei Ma
Integrated optimization of timetable, bus formation, and vehicle scheduling in autonomous modular public transport systems, Zhengke Liu, Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia, Zhenliang Ma, Shen Li, and Xiaolei Ma
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
Fundamental diagram of urban rail transit considering train–passenger interaction, Toru Seo, Kentaro Wada, and Daisuke Fukuda
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
A stabilized virtual coupling scheme for a train set with heterogeneous braking dynamics capability, Shuai Su, Jiangfeng She, Di Wang, Siyuan Gong, and Yang Zhou
Optimal selection of vehicle types for an electric bus route with shifting departure times, Chunyan Tang, Ying-En Ge, He Xue, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, and Xiaokun Wang
Dynamic operations of an integrated mobility service system of fixed-route transits and flexible electric buses, Xindi Tang, Jie Yang, Xi Lin, Fang He, and Jinhua Si
Joint scheduling and formation design for modular-vehicle transit service with time-dependent demand, Qingyun Tian, Yun Hui Lin, and David Z.W. Wang
Environmental sustainability or equity in welfare? Analysing passenger flows of a mass rapid transit system with heterogeneous demand, Varun Varghese, Md. Moniruzzaman, and Makoto Chikaraishi
State of the BART: Analyzing the Determinants of Bay Area Rapid Transit Use in the 2010s, Jacob L. Wasserman and Brian D. Taylor
Data-driven distributionally robust timetabling and dynamic-capacity allocation for automated bus systems with modular vehicles, Dongyang Xia, Jihui Ma, Sh. Sharif Azadeh, and Wenyi Zhang
Capacity-constrained mean-excess equilibrium assignment method for railway networks, Guangming Xu, Yini Xiao, Yangyang Song, Zhengyang Li, and Anthony Chen
Optimal design of a bus route with short-turn services, Seda Yanık and Salim Yılmaz
Network periodic train timetabling with integrated stop planning and passenger routing: A periodic time–space network construct and ADMM algorithm, Zhiyuan Yao, Lei Nie, Yixiang Yue, Zhenhuan He, Yu Ke, Yuxin Mo, and Hongda Wang
Morning commute in congested urban rail transit system: a macroscopic model for equilibrium distribution of passenger arrivals, Jiahua Zhang, Kentaro Wada, and Takashi Oguchi
Designing boarding limit strategy by considering stop-level fairness amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Chuang Zhu, Huijun Sun, Xin Guo, Jianjun Wu, and Shurui Zhu
Submissions from 2022
European railway deregulation: an overview of market organization and capacity allocation, Abderrahman Ait Ali and Jonas Eliasson
Are commuter train timetables consistent with passengers’ valuations of waiting times and in-vehicle crowding?, Abderrahman Ait Ali, Jonas Eliasson, and Jennifer Warg
Preferences for using the London Underground during the COVID-19 pandemic, Prateek Bansal, Roselinde Kessels, Rico Krueger, and Daniel J. Graham
Probabilistic Modeling of Bus Rapid Transit Station Loading Area Selection for Bus Capacity Estimation, Jonathan M. Bunker
Public transportation vehicle selection by the grey relational analysis method, Gülçin Canbulut, Erkan Köse, and Oğuzhan Ahmet Arik
An operating system for extra long urban trains, Carlos F. Daganzo
Covid-19 and optimal urban transport policy, Bruno De Borger and Stef Proost
Transit network design considering link capacities, Javier Durán-Micco and Pieter Vansteenwegen
Understanding the variability in station stop times, N. G. Harris, A. Barron, and J. Ehizele
Social distancing in public transport: mobilising new technologies for demand management under the Covid-19 crisis, Daniel Hörcher, Ramandeep Singh, and Daniel J. Graham
Lessons from the strategic design of a bimodal public transport system on a linear city, Sergio Jara-Díaz and Esteban Muñoz-Paulsen
Using Delay Logs and Machine Learning to Support Passenger Railway Operations, Willem Klumpenhouwer and Amer Shalaby
Measuring and enhancing the connectivity reliability of a rail transit network, Jie Liu, Paul M. Schonfeld, Shuguang Zhan, Qiyuan Peng, and Yuhong Liu
Passenger-oriented traffic control for rail networks: An optimization model considering crowding effects on passenger choices and train operations, Xiaojie Luan and Francesco Corman
Impacts of autonomous on-demand mobility service: A simulation experiment in the City of Athens, Vasileios Mourtakos, Maria G. Oikonomou, Pantelis Kopelias, Eleni I. Vlahogianni, and George Yannis
Traffic safety in bus transport: An analysis of Norway’s largest transit authority’s contract requirements to bus companies, Tor-Olav Nævestad, Rune Elvik, Vibeke Milch, Katrine Karlsen, and Ross Phillips
Exploring the effects of passive transit signal priority design on bus rapid transit operation: a microsimulation-based optimization approach, Ying-Chuan Ni, Hsien-Hao Lo, Yu-Ting Hsu, and Hung-Jen Huang
Optimization of service frequency and vehicle size for automated bus systems with crowding externalities and travel time stochasticity, Mohammad Sadrani, Alejandro Tirachini, and Constantinos Antoniou
Integrated optimization model for hierarchical service network design and passenger assignment in an urban rail transit network: A Lagrangian duality reformulation and an iterative layered optimization framework based on forward-passing and backpropagation, Pan Shang, Liya Yang, Yu Yao, Lu (Carol) Tong, Senyan Yang, and Xiwei Mi
Analysis of cascading failure induced by load fluctuation and robust station capacity assignment for metros, Yi Shen, Gang Ren, and Bin Ran
Flexible train capacity allocation for an overcrowded metro line: A new passenger flow control approach, Jungang Shi, Tan Qin, Lixing Yang, Xiaofang Xiao, Junhua Guo, Yong Shen, and Housheng Zhou
Evaluating the Effects of Disruptions on the Behavior of Travelers in a Multimodal Network Utilizing Agent-Based Simulation, Mahsa Rahimi Siegrist, Beda Büchel, and Francesco Corman
Assessment of decarbonization alternatives for passenger transportation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tatiana Bruce da Silva, Patrícia Baptista, Carlos A. Santos Silva, and Luan Santos
Occupancy and GHG emissions: thresholds for disruptive transportation modes and emerging technologies, Anastasia Soukhov and Moataz Mohamed
Optimizing bus line platform assignment across bus stations in Utrecht, Wouter ten Bosch, J. A. (Han) Hoogeveen, and Marcel E. van Kooten Niekerk
Planning for modular-vehicle transit service system: Model formulation and solution methods, Qingyun Tian, Yun Hui Lin, David Z.W. Wang, and Yang Liu
Optimizing operational strategies for mass transit systems in response to a global pandemic, Hongyuan Yang and Yu (Marco) Nie
Understanding the impacts of public transit disruptions on bikeshare schemes and cycling behaviours using spatiotemporal and graph-based analysis: A case study of four London Tube strikes, Yuanxuan Yang, Roger Beecham, Alison Heppenstall, Andy Turner, and Alexis Comber
Maximizing network utility while considering proportional fairness for rail transit systems: Jointly optimizing passenger allocation and vehicle schedules, Yonghao Yin, Dewei Li, Zhenyu Han, Xinlei Dong, and Hui Liu
Controlling passenger flow to mitigate the effects of platform overcrowding on train dwell time, Sunhyung Yoo, Hyun Kim, Wongil Kim, Namsun Kim, and Jinwoo (Brian) Lee
Integrated line planning and train timetabling through price-based cross-resolution feedback mechanism, Yongxiang Zhang, Qiyuan Peng, Gongyuan Lu, Qingwei Zhong, Xu Yan, and Xuesong Zhou
Submissions from 2021
Bus rapid transit implementation with the inclusion of incumbent paratransit operators in African cities: lessons from Accra, Emmanuel Theodore Asimeng
Resiliency of on-demand multimodal transit systems during a pandemic, Ramon Auad, Kevin Dalmeijer, Connor Riley, Tejas Santanam, Anthony Trasatti, Pascal Van Hentenryck, and Hanyu Zhang
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
Passenger-centric timetable rescheduling: A user equilibrium approach, S. Binder, M. Y. Maknoon, Sh. Sharif Azadeh, and M. Bierlaire
Critical Station Practical Capacity on a Bus Rapid Transit Line with Nonstopping Buses, Jonathan M. Bunker and Faheema Hisham
Analysis and monitoring of post-COVID mobility demand in Rome resulting from the adoption of sustainable mobility measures, Stefano Carrese, Ernesto Cipriani, Chiara Colombaroni, Umberto Crisalli, Gaetano Fusco, Andrea Gemma, Natalia Isaenko, Livia Mannini, Marco Petrelli, Vito Busillo, and Stefano Saracchi
Multi-modal network evolution in polycentric regions, Oded Cats and Nigel Birch
Designing corridor systems with modular autonomous vehicles enabling station-wise docking: Discrete modeling method, Zhiwei Chen and Xiaopeng Li
On the design of an optimal flexible bus dispatching system with modular bus units: Using the three-dimensional macroscopic fundamental diagram, Igor Dakic, Kaidi Yang, Monica Menendez, and Joseph Y.J. Chow
Bus rescheduling in rolling horizons for regularity-based services, Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis
Public transport planning adaption under the COVID-19 pandemic crisis: literature review of research needs and directions, Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis and Oded Cats
Time-dependent transit fare optimization with elastic and spatially distributed demand, Qianwen Guo, Yanshuo Sun, Paul Schonfeld, and Zhongfei Li
Density-oriented public transport corridors: Decoding their influence on BRT ridership at station-level and time-slot in Bogotá, Luis A. Guzman and Santiago Gomez Cardona
Incorporating Practical Degree of Saturation in Capacity Estimation of On-Street, Mid-Block, Off-Line Bus Stops, Faheema Hisham, Jonathan M. Bunker, and Ashish Bhaskar
Robust Capacitated Train Rescheduling with Passenger Reassignment under Stochastic Disruptions, Xin Hong, Lingyun Meng, Francesco Corman, Andrea D'Ariano, Lucas P. Veelenturf, and Sihui Long
Integrated optimization of capacitated train rescheduling and passenger reassignment under disruptions, Xin Hong, Lingyun Meng, Andrea D'Ariano, Lucas P. Veelenturf, Sihui Long, and Francesco Corman
Strategic Route Planning to Manage Transit’s Susceptibility to Disease Transmission, Sylvan Hoover, J. David Porter, and Claudio Fuentes
The Gini index of demand imbalances in public transport, Daniel Hörcher and Daniel J. Graham
A novel origin destination based transit supply index: Exploiting the opportunities with big transit data, Etikaf Hussain, Ashish Bhaskar, and Edward Chung
Assessing the Bus Bridging Effectiveness on the Operational Resilience of the Subway Service in Toronto, Alaa Itani and Amer Shalaby
Passenger-oriented subway network capacity calculation and analysis based on simulation, Feifan Jia, Xi Jiang, Haiying Li, Xueqiao Yu, Xinyue Xu, and Man Jiang
