Submissions from 2016
Streetcar projects as spatial planning: A shift in transport planning in the United States, David A. King and Lauren Ames Fischer
Geographic Information System Concept of Operations as a First Step Toward Total Enterprise Asset Management: Metro-North Commuter Railroad Case Study, Toby Kizner, Michael Goldemberg, Marcia Shapiro, Brian ten Siethoff, Xiaojing Wei, David Fogel, John Kennard, and Alex Lu
Cost-of-crowding model for light rail train and platform length, W. Klumpenhouwer and S. C. Wirasinghe
Transit Stop Environments and Waiting Time Perception: Impacts of Trees, Traffic Exposure, and Polluted Air, Marina Lagune-Reutler, Andrew Guthrie, Yingling Fan, and David Levinson
Bus commuting, subway commuting, and walking to workplaces in US cities: Socioeconomic factors of transit commuters, Bun Song Lee, Mark E. Wohar, and Daiho Uhm
Travelling fair: Targeting equitable transit by understanding job location, sectorial concentration, and transit use among low-wage workers, Alexander Legrain, Ron Buliung, and Ahmed M. El-Geneidy
It’s a Matter of Time Assessment of Additional Time Budgeted for Commuting to McGill University Across Modes, Charis Loong and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Alternative Methods for the Calculation of Pedestrian Catchment Areas for Public Transit, Karina Macias
Analyzing the sustainability performance of public transit, Patrick Miller, Alexandre G. de Barros, Lina Kattan, and S. C. Wirasinghe
Observed and simulated traffic impacts from the 2013 Bay Area Rapid Transit strike, Emily Moylan, Fletcher Foti, and Alexander Skabardonis
Bus Transit Operational Efficiency Resulting from Passenger Boardings at Park-and-Ride Facilities, John S. Niles and J. M. Pogodzinski
The Impact of Transit-Oriented Development on Social Capital, Robert B. Noland, Orin T. Puniello, and Stephanie DiPetrillo
The publicness of public transport: The changing nature of public transport in Latin American cities, Laurel Paget-Seekins and Manuel Tironi
Streetcar Resurgence in the United States: Transit Strategy, Growth Machine Tactic, or Some of Both?, Luis Enrique Ramos-Santiago, Jeffrey R. Brown, and Hilary Nixon
The impact of light rail on congestion in Denver: A reappraisal, Michael R. Ransom and Thomas Kelemen
Just a better taxi? A survey-based comparison of taxis, transit, and ridesourcing services in San Francisco, Lisa Rayle, Danielle Dai, Nelson Chan, Robert Cervero, and Susan Shaheen
Understanding and Estimating In-Service Axle Weights of Transit Buses, Garreth Rempel, Tyler George, Jonathan D. Regehr, and Jeannette Montufar
Transit Performance Measures in California, Caroline Rodier and Emily Issac
Long-term planning for ring-radial urban rail transit networks, Saeid Saidi, S. C. Wirasinghe, and Lina Kattan
Optimal allocation of vehicles to bus routes using automatically collected data and simulation modelling, Gabriel E. Sánchez-Martínez, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, and Nigel H.M. Wilson
Rising Costs of Transit and Baumol’s Cost Disease, Javier Morales Sarriera and Frederick P. Salvucci
Transportation needs of low income population: a policy analysis for the Washington D.C. metropolitan region, Nayel Urena Serulle and Cinzia Cirillo
Making Headways: Analysis of Smart Cards and Bus Dwell Times in Los Angeles, California, Daniel B. Shockley, Julia Salinas, and Brian D. Taylor
Impact on Bus Ridership from Changes in a Route’s Span of Service, Jacob Simmons and Peter J. Haas
Creating a Bus Rapid Transit Boulevard: Making Woodhaven Boulevard Select Bus Service Work for Transit, Traffic, and the Public in Queens, New York, Varanesh Singh, Eric B. Beaton, Taylor Reiss Gouge, and Nina Harvey Schatmeier
Evaluation of GPS-Based Transit Signal Priority for Mixed-Traffic Bus Rapid Transit, Yu Song, Milan Zlatkovic, and Richard J. Porter
Time-Expanded Network Model of Train-Level Subway Ridership Flows Using Actual Train Movement Data, Timon Stasko, Brian Levine, and Alla Reddy
Don’t stop just yet! A simple, effective, and socially responsible approach to bus-stop consolidation, Colin Stewart and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Assessing Park-and-Ride Efficiency and User Reactions to Parking Management Strategies, Krae E. Stieffenhofer, Michael Barton, and Vikash V. Gayah
Model for Optimal Selection of Projects to Improve Running Time and Operating Cost Efficiency on Passenger Rail Corridors, Haichuan Tang, C. Tyler Dick, Brennan M. Caughron, Xiaoyun Feng, Qingyuan Wang, and Christopher P. L. Barkan
Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Texas A&M Transportation Institute; ESH Consult; James Stoetzel; and Shelly Brown Associates, LLC
Onboard Camera Applications for Buses, Barbara Thomson, Iliana Matos, and Joseph Previdi
Cross-Elasticities in Frequencies and Ridership for Urban Local Routes, Joseph Totten and David Levinson
Intelligent Transportation Systems: Urban and Rural Transit Providers Reported Benefits but Face Deployment Challenges, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Enjoying loyalty: The relationship between service quality, customer satisfaction, and behavioral intentions in public transit, Dea van Lierop and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Integrated Mode Choice and Dynamic Traveler Assignment in Multimodal Transit Networks: Mathematical Formulation, Solution Procedure, and Large-Scale Application, İ. Ömer Verbas, Hani S. Mahmassani, Michael F. Hyland, and Hooram Halat
Gap-based transit assignment algorithm with vehicle capacity constraints: Simulation-based implementation and large-scale application, Ömer Verbas, Hani S. Mahmassani, and Michael F. Hyland
Have they bunched yet? An exploratory study of the impacts of bus bunching on dwell and running times, David Verbich, Ehab Diab, and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Customer satisfaction with bus rapid transit: a study of New York City select bus service applying structural equation modeling, Dan Wan, Camille Kamga, Wei Hao, Aaron Sugiura, and Eric B. Beaton
Rider perception of a “light” Bus Rapid Transit system - The New York City Select Bus Service, Dan Wan, Camille Kamga, Jun Liu, Aaron Sugiura, and Eric B. Beaton
Modeling Fuel Consumption of Hybrid Electric Buses: Model Development and Comparison with Conventional Buses, Jinghui Wang and Hesham A. Rakha
Transit premium and rent segmentation: A spatial quantile hedonic analysis of Shanghai Metro, Yiming Wang, Suwei Feng, Zhongwei Deng, and Shuangyu Cheng
Research Pays Off Assessing the Impacts of Real-Time Transit Information, Kari Edison Watkins and Candace Brakewood
Long-term impact of network access to bike facilities and public transit stations on housing sales prices in Portland, Oregon, Timothy F. Welch, Steven R. Gehrke, and Fangru Wang
Evaluating the attractiveness of a new light rail extension: Testing simple change and displacement change hypotheses, Carol M. Werner, Barbara B. Brown, Calvin P. Tribby, Doug Tharp, Kristi Flick, Harvey J. Miller, Ken R. Smith, and Wyatt Jensen
Quantifying the True Cost of Transit: Case Study of Bus Routes in Boulder, Colorado, Alāna M. Wilson
Accessing the Subway in Toronto, Canada: Access Mode and Catchment Areas, Yang (Luna) Xi, Shoshanna Saxe, and Eric Miller
Eco-driving for transit: An effective strategy to conserve fuel and emissions, Yanzhi Xu, Hanyan Li, Haobing Liu, Michael O. Rodgers, and Randall L. Guensler
Rail transit investment and property values: An old tale retold, Haotian Zhong and Wei Li
Proactive sustainable university transportation: Marginal effects, intrinsic values, and university students' mode choice, Jiangping Zhou
Submissions from 2015
What Do Americans Think about Public Transit? A Review of U.S. Public Opinion Polling Survey Questions, Asha Weinstein Agrawal
Investigating the Determining Factors for Transit Travel Demand by Bus Mode in US Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Bhuiyan Alam, Hilary Nixon, and Qiong Zhang
Accommodation of Long-Term Growth on North America's Commuter Railroads, John G. Allen and Herbert S. Levinson
Development of Bus-Stop Time Models in Dense Urban Areas: A Case Study in Washington DC, Stephen Arhin and Errol Noel
Designing the Modern Multimodal Urban Arterial: Case Study of the Webster Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Project, Eric B. Beaton, Evan Bialostozky, Patrick Dougherty, Taylor Reiss Gouge, and Theodore V. Orosz
Plug-in vs. wireless charging: Life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions for an electric bus system, Zicheng Bi, Lingjun Song, Robert De Kleine, Chunting Chris Mi, and Gregory A. Keoleian
Better On-Street Bus Stops: A Synthesis of Transit Practice, Daniel K. Boyle
The impact of real-time information on bus ridership in New York City, Candace Brakewood, Gregory S. Macfarlane, and Kari Watkins
An Analysis of Commuter Rail Real-Time Information in Boston, Candace Brakewood, Francisca Rojas, P. Christopher Zegras, Kari Watkins, and Joshua Robin
The multimodal majority? Driving, walking, cycling, and public transportation use among American adults, Ralph Buehler and Andrea Hamre
Heterogeneous effects of neighborhood type on commute mode choice: An exploration of residential dissonance in the Twin Cities, Jason (Xinyu) Cao
Residential Preference and Choice of Movers in Light Rail Neighborhoods in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jason (Xinyu) Cao
Quantifying transit travel experiences from the users’ perspective with high-resolution smartphone and vehicle location data: Methodologies, validation, and example analyses, Andre Carrel, Peter S.C. Lau, Rabi G. Mishalani, Raja Sengupta, and Joan L. Walker
Public Engagement in Public Transportation Projects: Challenges and Recommendations, Jeffrey M. Casello, Will Towns, Julie Bélanger, and Sanathan Kassiedass
The demand for reliable transit service: New evidence using stop level data from the Los Angeles Metro bus system, Sandip Chakrabarti
Does service reliability determine transit patronage? Insights from the Los Angeles Metro bus system, Sandip Chakrabarti and Genevieve Giuliano
Impacts of Real-Time Passenger Information Signs in Rail Stations at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, William Chow, David Block-Schachter, and Samuel Hickey
Arterial traffic signal optimization: A person-based approach, Eleni Christofa, Konstantinos Ampountolas, and Alexander Skabardonis
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
Performance of Australian Light Rail and Comparison with U. S. Trends, Graham Currie, Matthew Burke, and Alexa Delbosc
Spiral Plot Analysis of Variation in Perceptions of Urban Public Transport Performance Between International Cities, Graham Currie and Alexa Delbosc
The Farside Story Measuring the Benefits of Bus Stop Location on Transit Performance, Ehab I. Diab and Ahmed M. El-Geneidy
The estimation of changes in rail ridership through an onboard survey: did free Wi-Fi make a difference to Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor service?, Zhi Dong, Patricia L. Mokhtarian, Giovanni Circella, and James R. Allison
Direct Ridership Model of Rail Rapid Transit Systems in Canada, Matthew Durning and Craig Townsend
Strategic Station Access Planning for Commuter Rail Balancing Park-and-Ride with Other Modes, Joshua Engel-Yan, Malvika Rudra, Christopher Livett, and Rebecca Nagorsky
Guidebook on Pedestrian Crossings of Public Transit Rail Services, Kay Fitzpatrick, Jeffery Warner, Marcus A. Brewer, Billie Louise Bentzen, Janet M. Barlow, and Benjamin Sperry
Public Transit Catchment Areas The Curious Case of Cycle-Transit Users, Bradley J. Flamm and Charles R. Rivasplata
Making time count: Traveler activity engagement on urban transit, Charlotte Frei, Hani S. Mahmassani, and Andreas Frei
Evaluation of Bus Reliability Measures and Development of a New Composite Indicator, Antonio Gittens and Amer Shalaby
Exploring Applications of Second-Generation Archived Transit Data for Estimating Performance Measures and Arterial Travel Speeds, Travis B. Glick, Wei Feng, Robert L. Bertini, and Miguel A. Figliozzi
Developing a Method for Assessing National Demand-Response Transit Level of Service, Ranjit P. Godavarthy, Jeremy Mattson, Del Peterson, and Jill Hough
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
Real-time bus route state forecasting using particle filter and mesoscopic modeling, Etienne Hans, Nicolas Chiabaut, Ludovic Leclercq, and Robert L. Bertini
Development and Evaluation of Adaptive Transit Signal Priority Control with Updated Transit Delay Model, Xu Han, Pengfei Li, Rajib Sikder, Zhijun (Tony) Qiu, and Amy Kim
Estimating the Destination of Unlinked Trips in Transit Smart Card Fare Data, Li He and Martin Trépanier
Sustainable transportation infrastructure investments and mode share changes: A 20-year background of Boulder, Colorado, Alejandro Henao, Daniel Piatkowski, Kara S. Luckey, Krista Nordback, Wesley E. Marshall, and Kevin J. Krizek
Circuity in urban transit networks, Jie Huang and David M. Levinson
Fixed-Effects Panel Data Analysis of Gasoline Prices, Fare, Service Supply, and Service Frequency on Transit Ridership in 10 U.S. Urbanized Areas, Hiroyuki Iseki and Rubaba Ali
Examining the Influence of Internal Service Characteristics on Social Benefits of Multimodal Transit, Michal A. Jaroszynski
Do Light Rail Transit Planning Decisions Affect Metropolitan Transit Performance? Examination of Eight U. S. Metropolitan Areas with Light Rail Transit Backbones, Michal A. Jaroszynski and Jeffrey R. Brown
Designing Shuttle Connections to Commuter Rail with Census Origin and Destination Data, Gretchen Johnson, Hazel Scher, and Thomas Wittmann
Use of reasoning maps in evaluation of transport alternatives: inclusion of uncertainty and “I Don’t Know”: demonstration of a method, Nopadon Kronprasert and Antti Talvitie
The impact of transit station areas on the travel behaviors of workers in Denver, Colorado, Gregory J. Kwoka, E. Eric Boschmann, and Andrew R. Goetz
All-Door Boarding in San Francisco, California, Jason Lee and David Papas
Who, What, When, and Where: Revisiting the Influences of Transit Mode Share, Alexander Legrain, Ron Buliung, and Ahmed M. El-Geneidy
Measuring transit service impacts on vehicle ownership and use, Yangwen Liu and Cinzia Cirillo
Park-and-Ride Access Station Choice Model for Cross-Regional Commuting: Case Study of Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Canada, Mohamed Salah Mahmoud, Khandker Nurul Habib, and Amer Shalaby
Why do voters support public transportation? Public choices and private behavior, Michael Manville and Benjamin Cummins
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