Submissions from 2024
Addressing electric transit network design frequency setting problem with dynamic transit assignment, İlyas Cihan Aksoy and Yalcin Alver
Post-pandemic transit commute: Lessons from focus group discussions on the experience of essential workers during COVID-19, Lamis Abu Ashour, Qing Shen, Anne Moudon, Mingming Cai, Yiyuan Wang, and Melissa Brown
Effects of proactive and reactive health control measures on public transport preferences of passengers – A stated preference study during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tiantian Chen, Xiaowen Fu, David A. Hensher, Zhi-Chun Li, and N. N. Sze
Bus Line Shift Behaviour: Evidence of Influential Factors based on Smart Card Data, Leise Kelli de Oliveira, Cassiano Augusto Isler, Gustavo Balieiro, Tulio Lima Lessa Carvalho, and Marco Adriano Littig
On the relationship between free public transport, stop spacing, and optimal frequencies, Andrés Fielbaum
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
Identifying alternative stops for first and last-mile urban travel planning, Thomas Horstmannshoff and Michael Redmond
Distance traveled, transit design and optimal pricing, Sergio Jara-Díaz, Antonio Gschwender, Juan Cristóbal Castro, and Matías Lepe
Coupling shared E-scooters and public transit: a spatial and temporal analysis, Mohammadjavad Javadiansr, Amir Davatgari, Ehsan Rahimi, Motahare Mohammadi, Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian, and Joshua Auld
Measuring route diversity in spatial and spatial-temporal public transport networks, Jin-Yang Li, Jing Teng, and Hui Wang
Optimizing transport frequency in multi-layered urban transportation networks for pandemic prevention, Calum MacRury, Nykyta Polituchyi, Paweł Prałat, Kinga Siuta, and Przemysław Szufel
Congestive mode-switching and economies of scale on a bus route, Ayush Pandey and Lewis J. Lehe
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
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
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
Unravelling commuters' modal splitting behaviour in mass transportation service operation, Angela Hsiang Ling Chen, Kuangnen Cheng, and Wan-Ju Chang
The bus synchronization timetabling problem with dwelling times, Cristián E. Cortés, Cristiam Gil, Antonio Gschwender, and Pablo A. Rey
Joint optimal vehicle and recharging scheduling for mixed bus fleets under limited chargers, Shaohua Cui, Kun Gao, Bin Yu, Zhenliang Ma, and Arsalan Najafi
The adverse impact of headway variability on bus transit ridership: Evidence from Bengaluru, India, L. Deepa, Abdul Rawoof Pinjari, Sangram Krishna Nirmale, Mehek Biswas, and Karthik K. Srinivasan
Street and activity centre characteristics associated with the use of different transport modes, Chris De Gruyter, Long T. Truong, Seyed Mojib Zahraee, and William Young
Combined Effect of Changes in Transit Service and Changes in Occupancy on Per-Passenger Energy Consumption, Huiying Fan, Hongyu Lu, Ziyi Dai, Reid Passmore, Angshuman Guin, Kari Watkins, and Randall Guensler
An exact optimization method for coordinating the arrival times of urban rail lines at a common corridor, Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis, Oded Cats, Tao Liu, and J. M. Bult
Automatic Evaluation Framework for Reliability and Safety of Multiple Train Detection Systems, Kung-Chun Hsueh and Yung-Cheng Lai
Metro Network Operational Solutions for Connectivity Control based on Percolation Theory, Sion Kim, Donggyun Ku, and Seungjae Lee
Frequency-based zonal flexible bus design considering order cancellation, Manzi Li, Enoch Lee, and Hong K. Lo
Bi-level model predictive control for metro networks: Integration of timetables, passenger flows, and train speed profiles, Xiaoyu Liu, Azita Dabiri, Jing Xun, and Bart De Schutter
Improving the performance of headway control tools by using individual driving speed data, Yerly Martínez-Estupiñan, Felipe Delgado, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Kari E. Watkins
Factors affecting public transport performance due to the COVID-19 outbreak: A worldwide analysis, Anastasia Nikolaidou, Aristomenis Kopsacheilis, Georgios Geogiadis, Theodoros Noutsias, Ioannis Politis, and Ioannis Fyrogenis
Dynamic Bus Lanes Versus Exclusive Bus Lanes: Comprehensive Comparative Analysis of Urban Corridor Performance, Kareem Othman, Amer Shalaby, and Baher Abdulhai
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
Train following model for urban rail transit performance analysis, Saeid Saidi, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Nigel H.M. Wilson, and Jinhua Zhao
Moving Toward Gender-Equitable Transportation in Post-COVID-19 Urban South Asia, Sonal Shah, Rithvika Madhummal Rajiv, and Abhijit Lokre
Critical Role of Docking Bay Assignment in the Performance of a Bus Rapid Transit System, Miguel Ángel Uribe-Laverde and William Fernando Oquendo-Patiño
A Reinforcement Learning approach for bus network design and frequency setting optimisation, Sunhyung Yoo, Jinwoo Brian Lee, and Hoon Han
Morning commute in congested urban rail transit system: a macroscopic model for equilibrium distribution of passenger arrivals, Jiahua Zhang, Kentaro Wada, and Takashi Oguchi
Submissions from 2022
Approximate multi-objective optimization for integrated bus route design and service frequency setting, Zeke Ahern, Alexander Paz, and Paul Corry
Are commuter train timetables consistent with passengers’ valuations of waiting times and in-vehicle crowding?, Abderrahman Ait Ali, Jonas Eliasson, and Jennifer Warg
Waiting time and headway modeling considering unreliability in transit service, Mohammad Ansari Esfeh, Saeid Saidi, S. C. Wirasinghe, and Lina Kattan
Intrapersonal variability in public transport path choice due to changes in service reliability, Ulrik Berggren, Carmelo D'Agostino, Helena Svensson, and Karin Brundell-Freij
Investigating the Ridership Impact of New Light-Rail Transit and Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Lines in the Twin Cities, Simon Jonas Berrebi, Eric Lind, Candace Brakewood, Gregory Erhardt, and Kari Watkins
Passively wait for gridlock, or proactively invest in service? Strategies to promote car-to-transit switches among aspirational urbanites in rapidly developing contexts, Sandip Chakrabarti
Passenger-oriented traffic management integrating perimeter control and regional bus service frequency setting using 3D-pMFD, Saifei Chen, Hui Fu, Naiqi Wu, Yefei Wang, and Yan Qiao
Asymmetric Gasoline Price Effects on Public Transit Ridership: Evidence from U.S. Cities, Junwook Chi
Covid-19 and optimal urban transport policy, Bruno De Borger and Stef Proost
A direct demand model for bus transit ridership in Bengaluru, India, L. Deepa, Abdul Rawoof Pinjari, Sangram Krishna Nirmale, Karthik K. Srinivasan, and Tarun Rambha
Sensitivity analysis for transit equilibrium assignment and applications to uncertainty analysis, Muqing Du and Anthony Chen
A survey on the transit network design and frequency setting problem, Javier Durán-Micco and Pieter Vansteenwegen
Transit network design considering link capacities, Javier Durán-Micco and Pieter Vansteenwegen
Optimal frequency setting of metro services in the age of COVID-19 distancing measures, Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis and Oded Cats
Subline frequency setting for autonomous minibusses under demand uncertainty, K. Gkiotsalitis, M. Schmidt, and E. van der Hurk
Network design for line-based autonomous bus services, Jonas Hatzenbühler, Oded Cats, and Erik Jenelius
The influence of vicinity to stations, station characteristics and perceived safety on public transport mode choice: a case study from Copenhagen, Jesper Bláfoss Ingvardson and Otto Anker Nielsen
Reliability-based equitable transit frequency design, Yu Jiang
A system-optimum approach for bus lanes dynamically activated by road traffic, Aikaterini Kampouri, Ioannis Politis, and Georgios Georgiadis
Planning of integrated mobility-on-demand and urban transit networks, Pramesh Kumar and Alireza Khani
Effects of open access competition on prices and frequencies on the interurban railway market: Evidence from Europe, Florent Laroche and Ayana Lamatkhanova
Scheduling zonal-based flexible bus service under dynamic stochastic demand and Time-dependent travel time, Enoch Lee, Xuekai Cen, and Hong K. Lo
Optimal pricing and investment in a multi-modal city — Introducing a macroscopic network design problem based on the MFD, Allister Loder, Michiel C.J. Bliemer, and Kay W. Axhausen
Transit Network Frequency Setting With Multi-Agent Simulation to Capture Activity-Based Mode Substitution, Ziyi Ma and Joseph Y.J. Chow
A meta-analysis of the impact of rail stations on property values: Applying a transit planning lens, Lindiwe Rennert
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
Measuring transit accessibility: A dispersion factor to recognise the spatial distribution of accessible opportunities, Samal Hama Salih and Jinwoo (Brian) Lee
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
Public transport reliability across preferences, modes, and space, Jaime Soza-Parra, Sebastián Raveau, and Juan Carlos Muñoz
Optimizing bus line platform assignment across bus stations in Utrecht, Wouter ten Bosch, J. A. (Han) Hoogeveen, and Marcel E. van Kooten Niekerk
Patronage effects of changes to local public transport services in smaller cities, Aud Tennøy
Walking distances to public transport in smaller and larger Norwegian cities, Aud Tennøy, Marianne Knapskog, and Fitwi Wolday
Headway variability in public transport: a review of metrics, determinants, effects for quality of service and control strategies, Alejandro Tirachini, Javiera Godachevich, Oded Cats, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Jaime Soza-Parra
Optimizing operational strategies for mass transit systems in response to a global pandemic, Hongyuan Yang and Yu (Marco) Nie
Joint optimization of train scheduling and dynamic passenger flow control strategy with headway-dependent demand, Fuya Yuan, Huijun Sun, Liujiang Kang, and Si Zhang
The dynamic and long-term changes of automated bus service adoption, Xiaoyun Zhao, Yusak O. Susilo, and Anna Pernestål
Submissions from 2021
Evaluation of bus bridging scenarios for railway service disruption management: a users’ delay modelling tool, Aya Aboudina, Alaa Itani, Ehab Diab, Siva Srikukenthiran, and Amer Shalaby
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
On bus ridership and frequency, Simon J. Berrebi, Sanskruti Joshi, and Kari E. Watkins
Transit network design using a genetic algorithm with integrated road network and disaggregated O–D demand data, Pierre-Léo Bourbonnais, Catherine Morency, Martin Trépanier, and Éric Martel-Poliquin
On the optimization of the bus network design: An analytical approach based on the three-dimensional macroscopic fundamental diagram, Igor Dakic, Ludovic Leclercq, and Monica Menendez
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
Adjusting the service? Understanding the factors affecting bus ridership over time at the route level in Montréal, Canada, Ehab Diab, Jamie DeWeese, Nick Chaloux, and Ahmed El-Geneidy
A fuzzy Delphi analytic hierarchy model to rank factors influencing public transit mode choice: A case study, Sajad Ebrahimi and Raj Bridgelall
Waiting time and headway modelling for urban transit systems – a critical review and proposed approach, Mohammad Ansari Esfeh, S. C. Wirasinghe, Saeid Saidi, and Lina Kattan
Calculating conditional passenger travel time distributions in mixed schedule- and frequency-based public transport networks using Markov chains, Clara Brimnes Gardner, Sara Dorthea Nielsen, Morten Eltved, Thomas Kjær Rasmussen, Otto Anker Nielsen, and Bo Friis Nielsen
Does the measured performance of bus operators depend on the index chosen to assess reliability in contracts? An analysis of bus headway variability, Javiera Godachevich and Alejandro Tirachini
The Gini index of demand imbalances in public transport, Daniel Hörcher and Daniel J. Graham
Train Scheduling Method to Reduce Substation Energy Consumption and Peak Power of Metro Transit Systems, Bo Jin, Xiaoyun Feng, Qingyuan Wang, Pengfei Sun, and Qian Fang
Estimation and Mitigation of Epidemic Risk on a Public Transit Route using Automatic Passenger Count Data, Pramesh Kumar, Alireza Khani, Eric Lind, and John Levin
Route based equilibrium assignment in congested transit networks, Homero Larrain, Hemant K. Suman, and Juan Carlos Muñoz
Cooperatively coevolutionary optimization design of limited-stop services and operating frequencies for transit networks, Mingzhang Liang, H. M. Zhang, Rui Ma, Wei Wang, and Changyin Dong
Train service design in an urban rail transit line incorporating multiple service routes and multiple train compositions, Zhengyang Li, Jun Zhao, and Qiyuan Peng
Modelling the impact of rail delays on passenger satisfaction, Fredrik Monsuur, Marcus Enoch, Mohammed Quddus, and Stuart Meek
Designing Multiple Short-Turn Routes to Mitigate the Crowding on a Bus Network, Sedong Moon, Shin-Hyung Cho, and Dong-Kyu Kim
Timetabling for strategic passenger railway planning, Gert-Jaap Polinder, Marie Schmidt, and Dennis Huisman
Exploring the relationship between bike-sharing and public transport in Poznań, Poland, Adam Radzimski and Michał Dzięcielski
A cuckoo search based approach to design sustainable transit network, Mohsen Sadeghi, Iman Aghayan, and Mehrdad Ghaznavi
The boundary between random and non-random passenger arrivals: Robust empirical evidence and economic implications, Ramandeep Singh, Daniel J. Graham, Daniel Hörcher, and Richard J. Anderson
Travel preferences of public transport users under uneven headways, Jaime Soza-Parra, Sebastián Raveau, and Juan Carlos Muñoz
Service operation design in a transit network with congested common lines, Qingyun Tian, David Z.W. Wang, and Yun Hui Lin
COVid-19 influenced households’ Interrupted Travel Schedules (COVHITS) survey: Lessons from the fall 2020 cycle, Kaili Wang, Yicong Liu, Sk Md Mashrur, Patrick Loa, and Khandker Nurul Habib
Predicting disruptions and their passenger delay impacts for public transport stops, Menno Yap and Oded Cats
Virus Transmission Risk in Urban Rail Systems: Microscopic Simulation-Based Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Characteristics, Jiali Zhou and Haris N. Koutsopoulos
Integrated line configuration and frequency determination with passenger path assignment in urban rail transit networks, Yu Zhou, Hai Yang, Yun Wang, and Xuedong Yan
