Submissions from 2025
Integrated optimization of demand-oriented timetabling and rolling stock circulation planning with flexible train compositions and multiple service routes on urban rail lines, Xinyu Bao, QI Zhang, Haodong Yin, Entai Wang, and Yaling Xiao
Exploiting the flexibility of modular buses in an urban transit system, Carlo Filippi, Gianfranco Guastaroba, Lorenzo Peirano, and M. Grazia Speranza
A multi-period asymmetric transit frequency design problem, J. Gong, W. Y. Szeto, and S. Sun
Cascading failure and recovery propagation of metro-bus double-layer network under time-varying passengers, Xiqian Guo, Qiang Du, Yi Li, Xiaoyi Zong, and Libiao Bai
A methodological framework for Resilience as a Service (RaaS) in multimodal urban transportation networks, Sara Jaber, Mostafa Ameli, S.M. Hassan Mahdavi, and Neila Bhouri
Joint optimization of metro travel reservation and compartment capacity allocation for an overcrowded metro line, Qianhui Jiao, Qing Yu, Xuewu Chen, and Long Cheng
Resilience-Based Approach to the Measurement of Headway Inconsistency, Jeric Taehyung Kim, Sedong Moon, and Dong-Kyu Kim
A bi-level optimization model for project scheduling and traffic flow routing in railway networks, Tomas Lidén, Filip Kristofersson, and Martin Aronsson
Resilience enhancement of multi-modal public transportation system via electric bus network redesign, Zhongshan Liu, Bin Yu, Li Zhang, and Yuxuan Sun
Composite Accessibility Index: A Novel and Holistic Measure for Evaluating Transit Accessibility, Rohit Rathod, Gaurang Joshi, and Shriniwas Arkatkar
Resilient bus services design in a multimodal network with uncertain metro system disruption, Zhiya Su, Enoch Lee, Kejun Du, Qiru Ma, and Hong K. Lo
Toward real-time operations of modular-vehicle transit services: From rolling horizon control to learning-based approach, Qingyun Tian, Yun Hui Lin, David Z.W. Wang, and Kaidi Yang
How to improve transportation capacity of oversaturated metro lines? A flexible operation approach with extra-long train compositions, Xiaopeng Tian and Lixing Yang
Multiperiod line planning coordinately of urban rail transit by considering inter-period rolling stock connections, Fei Yan, Xiangming Yao, Mei Han, Peng Zhao, and Chao Chen
Public transport crowding valuation in a post-pandemic era, Menno Yap, Howard Wong, and Oded Cats
Dynamic adjustment strategy of electric bus operations: A spatial branch-and-bound method with acceleration techniques, Yin Yuan, Shukai Li, Andrea D’Ariano, Tommaso Bosi, and Lixing Yang
System capacity model and algorithm for urban multimodal transport network with transfer, Fang Zhao, Bingfeng Si, Guanghui Su, Tianwei Lu, and Jose J. Ramasco
Exploiting modularity for co-modal passenger-freight transportation, Hongyu Zheng, Jiayang Li, Jane Lin, and Yu (Marco) Nie
Destination-to-gate assignment to mitigate congestion-related risks in oversaturated metro lines: A new passenger flow control strategy, Linhuan Zhong, Guangming Xu, Wei Liu, Yang Liu, and Xinyi Liu
Submissions from 2024
Extensive Model and Matheuristic Algorithm for the Train Platforming Problem with Two-Train-Capacity Tracks: A Case Study of Prague Central Station, Emine Akyol Özer, Josef Bulicek, and Tugba Saraç
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
An Autonomous Modular Public Transit service, Xi Cheng, Yu (Marco) Nie, and Jane Lin
Evaluating the robustness of attributed dynamic bus-metro networks based on community reconstruction, Shuaiming Chen, Ximing Ji, Haipeng Shao, Jili Ma, and Guodong Hu
Exploring the relationship of transport network and land use patterns: an approach through weighted centrality assessment, Jagannath Das and Sewa Ram
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
Train Operation Scheme of Short-Turning Routing in Urban Rail Transit Based on Passenger Travel, Deqiang He, Yan He, Lang Zhang, Yanjun Chen, Zheng Sun, and Jian Miao
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
Causality between multi-scale built environment and rail transit ridership in Beijing and Tokyo, Youcheng Huang, Zhijian Zhang, Qi Xu, Siwei Dai, and Yue Chen
Data-driven timetable design and passenger flow control optimization in metro lines, Jinpeng Liang, Mengxue Ren, Kang Huang, and Ziyou Gao
Modular vehicle-based transit system for passenger and freight co-modal transportation, Jie Lin and Fangni Zhang
Socio-Economic and Spatial Disparity of Bus Ridership Impacts in King County, Washington, During COVID-19, Joanne Yuh-Jye Lin, Cynthia Chen, and Ohay Angah
Can Shared Mobility Compensate for Public Transport Disruptions? The Case of Milan’s Bike Sharing System During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Georgia Liouta, Giorgio Saibene, Niels van Oort, Oded Cats, and Frederik Schulte
Scheduling shared passenger and freight transport for an underground logistics system, Siqiao Li, Xiaoning Zhu, Pan Shang, Li Wang, and Tianqi Li
Alleviating bus bunching via modular vehicles, Yuhao Liu, Zhibin Chen, and Xiaolie Wang
Passenger social rerouting strategies in capacitated public transport systems, Xiaojie Luan, Oskar A.L. Eikenbroek, Francesco Corman, and Eric C. van Berkum
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
Train Rescheduling of Urban Rail Transit Under Bi-Direction Disruptions in Operation Section, Yajie Sun, Weiteng Zhou, Yuxuan Long, Lei Qian, and Baoming Han
How public transport users would react to different pandemic alert scenarios in the post-vaccine era? An analysis of preferences and attitudes of the users in the metropolitan area of Naples (Italy), Fiore Tinessa, Concepción Román Garcia, Fulvio Simonelli, Andrea Papola, and Francesca Pagliara
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
Robust optimization of train timetables with short-length and full-length services considering uncertain passenger volume and service choice behavior, Fangsheng Wang, Pengling Wang, Zixuan Zhu, Ruihua Xu, Hanchuan Pan, and Nikola Bešinović
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
A Queue-SEIAR model: Revealing the transmission mechanism of epidemics in a metro line from a meso level, Aoping Wu, Lu Hu, Dongjie Li, Juanxiu Zhu, and Pan Shang
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
Transit fares integrating alternative modes as a delay insurance, Yihe Zhou, Wenzhe Sun, and Jan-Dirk Schmöcker
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
