Submissions from 2015
Is This Seat Taken? Multifaceted Research Study to Inform the Chicago, Illinois, Transit Authority's Future Rail Car Seating Design, Tara O'Malley and Maulik Vaishnav
Evaluating the Regional Benefit/Cost Ratio for Transit State of Good Repair Investments, Liz Paterson and David Vautin
Reshaping the Region: Transit Proximity and Leverage in Metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts, Stephanie Pollack, Anna Gartsman, Timothy Reardon, and Meghna Hari
An exploration of the demand limit for flex-route as feeder transit services: a case study in Salt Lake City, Feng Qiu, Wenquan Li, and Ali Haghani
A Cautionary Tale of Two Streetcars: Little Rock’s River Rail and Tampa’s TECO Line, Luis Enrique Ramos-Santiago, Jeffrey Brown, and Hilary Nixon
Transit Performance of Modern-Era Streetcars: Consideration of Five U.S. Cities, Luis Enrique Ramos-Santiago, Jeffrey R. Brown, and Hilary Nixon
Method for Assessing Bus Delay in Mixed Traffic to Identify Transit Priority Improvement Locations in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jeffrey L. Rosenblum, Duncan W. Allen, Tegin L. Bennett, Ritesh K. Warade, and Cleo M. Stoughton
Improving Transportation Network Efficiency Through Implementation of Transit-Supportive Roadway Strategies, Paul Ryus, Kelly Laustsen, Kelly Blume, Kevin Lee, Scott Beaird, Eric Lindstrom, Jon Crisafi, Zachary Bugg, Alex Skabardonis, and Susan Langdon
Rail Transit Exploration with Emphasis on Networks with Ring Lines, Saeid Saidi, S. C. Wirasinghe, and Lina Kattan
Role of Social Climate in Habitual Transit Use by Young Adults to Work and Leisure Activities: Evidence from Colombia and Mexico, Julián R. Salvá, Miguel Sierra, Ana K. J. Alanis, Sigal Kaplan, and Carlo G. Prato
Greenhouse Gas Impact of Ridership on Sheppard Subway Line, Toronto, Canada, Shoshanna Saxe, Heather Cruickshank, and Eric Miller
Dynamic Estimates of Fare Elasticity for U.S. Public Transit, Paul Schimek
Transit Value Capture Coordination: Case Studies, Best Practices, and Recommendations, Stephen E. Schlickman
Ridership Response to Incremental Bus Rapid Transit Upgrades in North America Demographic and Network Effects, Anson F. Stewart, John P. Attanucci, and Nigel H.M. Wilson
Development of a Real-Time Stringlines Tool to Visualize Subway Operations and Manage Service at New York City Transit, Boris Suchkov, Mikhail Boguslavsky, and Alla Reddy
Street Connectivity Versus Street Widening: Impact of Enhanced Street Connectivity on Traffic Operations in Transit-Supportive Environments, Ivana Tasic, Milan Zlatkovic, Peter T. Martin, and Richard J. Porter
Public transportation objectives and rider demographics: are transit’s priorities poor public policy?, Brian D. Taylor and Eric A. Morris
Walking Access to Transit Stations: Evaluating Barriers with Stated Preference, Nebiyou Tilahun and Moyin Li
A National Training and Certification Program for Transit Vehicle Maintenance Instructors, Transportation Learning Center and Educational Data Systems, Inc
New IDEAS for Transit: Transit IDEA Program Annual Report, Transportation Research Board
New IDEAs for Rail Safety: Annual Report of the Rail Safety IDEA Program, Transportation Research Board
Comparison of Passenger Rail Energy Consumption with Competing Modes, TranSys Research Ltd., RailTEC, CPCS Transcom, and Lawson Economics Research Inc.
Document and User Guide for the Multi-Modal Passenger Simulation Model for Comparing Passenger Rail Energy Consumption with Competing Modes, TranSys Research Ltd., RailTEC, CPCS Transcom, Lawson Economics Research Inc., and Research and Traffic Group
Are Park-and-Rides Saving the Environment or Just Saving Parking Costs? Case Study of Denver, Colorado, Light Rail System, Lisa C. Truong and Wesley E. Marshall
Optimal bus service patterns and frequencies considering transfer demand elasticity with genetic algorithm, Yavuz Y. Ulusoy and Steven I-Jy Chien
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
Case Study of Transit–Bicycle Integration: Openbaar Vervoer-fiets (Public Transport–Bike) (OV-Fiets), Natalie Villwock-Witte and Lotte van Grol
Planning for Pedestrian Flows in Rail Rapid Transit Stations: Lessons from the State of Current Knowledge and Practice, Carole Turley Voulgaris, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, and Brian D. Taylor
Preliminary Strategic Analysis of Next Generation Fare Payment Systems for Public Transportation, Eric York Wallischeck, Tim Weisenberger, Andrew Berthaume, and Michael G. Dinning
Well-to-Wheel Analysis of Electric and Hydrogen Light Rail, E. M. Washing and Srinivas S. Pulugurtha
Evaluation of the Safe Routes to Transit Program in California, David Weinzimmer, Rebecca L. Sanders, Heidi Dittrich, and Jill F. Cooper
Spatiotemporal accessibility to supermarkets using public transit: an interaction potential approach in Cincinnati, Ohio, Michael J. Widener, Steven Farber, Tijs Neutens, and Mark Horner
Identification of transit farebox data errors: impacts on transit planning, Shu Yang, Yao-Jan Wu, Bernadette Marion, and Isaac E. Moses
The effect of crowding on public transit user travel behavior in a large-scale public transportation system through modeling daily variations, Donghyung Yook and Kevin Heaslip
Development of Application for Estimating Daily Boarding and Alighting Counts on New York City Buses: Implementation of Daily Production System, Qifeng Zeng, Alla Reddy, Alex Lu, and Brian Levine
Submissions from 2014
A simulation of transit bus emissions along an urban corridor: Evaluating changes under various service improvement strategies, Ahsan Alam, Ehab Diab, Ahmed M. El-Geneidy, and Marianne Hatzopoulou
Integrating Livability Principles into Transit Planning: Screening Chicago Bus Rapid Transit Opportunities, Joshua K. Anderson and Josh Ellis
Perspectives of the Operational Performance of Public Transportation Agencies with Data Envelopment Analysis Technique, Mohammad Arman, Samuel Labi, and Kumares C. Sinha
Modeling Riders' Behavioral Responses to Real-Time Information at Light Rail Transit Stations, Yuan Bai and Lina Kattan
OneBusAway Multi-Region – Rapidly Expanding Mobile Transit Apps to New Cities, Sean J. Barbeau, Alan Borning, and Kari Watkins
Designing Bus Rapid Transit Facilities for Constrained Urban Arterials Case Study of the Selection Process for the Webster Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Running Way Design in New York City, Eric B. Beaton, Evan Bialostozky, Oliver Ernhofer, Theodore V. Orosz, Taylor Reiss, and Donald Yuratovac
Metropolitan Transit Agency's Experience Operating General-Public Demand-Responsive Transit, Jeff Becker, Roger Teal, and Rebecca Mossige
Friday Exception Scheduling in Transit Systems: An Exploratory Analysis When Data Are Limited, Michael D. Benson and Robert B. Noland
The Effects of Perception vs. “Reality” on Travel Behavior after a Major Transit Service Change: The Case of Tallahassee, Florida., Torsha Bhattacharya, Jeffrey Brown, Michal Jaroszynski, and Tuna Batuhan
Development and validation of a direct mode choice model, Shahram Bohluli, Siamak Ardekani, and Farzad Daneshgar
An experiment evaluating the impacts of real-time transit information on bus riders in Tampa, Florida, Candace Brakewood, Sean Barbeau, and Kari Watkins
Unbanked Transit Riders and Open Payment Fare Collection, Candace Brakewood and George Kocur
Forecasting Mobile Ticketing Adoption on Commuter Rail, Candace Brakewood, Francisca Rojas, Joshua Robin, Jake Sion, and Sam Jordan
The influence of light rail transit on transit use: An exploration of station area residents along the Hiawatha line in Minneapolis, Jason (Xinyu) Cao and Jessica Schoner
Passengers' Perception of and Behavioral Adaptation to Unreliability in Public Transportation, Andre Carrel, Anne Halvorsen, and Joan L. Walker
A Transit Technology Selection Model, Jeffrey M. Casello, Geoffrey McD. Lewis, Kevin Yeung, and Deborah Santiago-Rodríguez
BRT TOD: Leveraging transit oriented development with bus rapid transit investments, Robert Cervero and Danielle Dai
Role of Social Media in Communicating Transit Disruptions, Raymond Chan and Joseph L. Schofer
Symbiotic network design strategies in the presence of coexisting transportation networks, Joseph Y.J. Chow and Hamid R. Sayarshad
An exploration of the environmental and rider characteristics associated with disability paratransit trip delay, Devajyoti Deka
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
Transitory Optimism: Changes in Passenger Perception Following Bus Service Improvement over Time, Ehab I. Diab and Ahmed M. El-Geneidy
Evaluating Private Bus Operators' Willingness to Participate in Transit Improvements in Mexico, Abel Lopez Dodero, Jeffrey M. Casello, Angel R. Molinero Molinero, and Daniel Vazquez Cotera
A spatial Difference-in-Differences estimator to evaluate the effect of change in public mass transit systems on house prices, Jean Dubé, Diègo Legros, Marius Thériault, and François Des Rosiers
Direct Ridership Models of Bus Rapid Transit and Metro Systems in Mexico City, Mexico, Nicolae Duduta
Is the provision of park-and-ride facilities at light rail stations an effective approach to reducing vehicle kilometers traveled in a US context?, Michael Duncan and David Cook
Service Coverage Factors Affecting Bus Transit System Availability, Laura Eboli, Carmen Forciniti, and Gabriella Mazzulla
Comparing Fixed-Route and Demand-Responsive Feeder Transit Systems in Real-World Settings, Derek Edwards and Kari Watkins
New evidence on walking distances to transit stops: identifying redundancies and gaps using variable service areas, Ahmed El-Geneidy, Michael Grimsrud, Rania Wasfi, Paul Tétreault, and Julien Surprenant-Legault
Effects of Light-Rail Transit on Traffic in a Travel Corridor, Reid Ewing, Guang Tian, Allison Spain, and J. P. Goates
Measuring Travel Behavior and Transit Trip Generation Characteristics of Transit-Oriented Developments, Arsalan Faghri and Mohan Venigalla
Doing Business Around Transit Corridors, Yingling Fan and Andrew Guthrie
Assessing social equity in distance based transit fares using a model of travel behavior, Steven Farber, Keith Bartholomew, Xiao Li, Antonio Páez, and Khandker M. Nurul Habib
Changes in access to public transportation for cycle–transit users in response to service reductions, Bradley J. Flamm, Kay M. Sutula, and Mahbubur R. Meenar
Perceptions of Bicycle-Friendly Policy Impacts on Accessibility to Transit Services: The First and Last Mile Bridge, Bradley Flamm and Charles Rivasplata
Effects of Fare Payment Types and Crowding on Dwell Time, Grant Fletcher and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Piloting Low-Cost Transit Service Enhancements Through Agency Collaboration, Tanya Flint, Ariel Ben-Amos, Patricia Ellis, and Gregory R. Krykewycz
Determinants of Mode Share over Time How Changing Transport System Affects Transit Use in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Nicole Foth, Kevin Manaugh, and Ahmed M. El-Geneidy
Automated Transit Networks (ATN): A Review of the State of the Industry and Prospects for the Future, Burford Furman, Lawrence Fabian, Sam Ellis, Peter Muller, and Ron Swenson
Missing Links How Social Paths Can Improve Pedestrian Accessibility to Light Rail, Patrick Gallagher, Wesley E. Marshall, and Carol Atkinson-Palombo
How can we maximize efficiency and increase person occupancy at overcrowded park and rides?, Vikash V. Gayah, Krae Stieffenhofer, and Venky Shankar
Using principles of justice to assess the modal equity of regional transportation plans, Aaron Golub and Karel Martens
Transit to eternal youth: lifecycle and generational trends in Greater Montreal public transport mode share, Michael Grimsrud and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Mexico City's suburban land use and transit connection: The effects of the Line B Metro expansion, Erick Guerra
Effect of Parking Charges at Transit Stations on Park-and-Ride Mode Choice, Khandker Nurul Habib, Mohamed S. Mahmoud, and Jesse Coleman
Engaging Transit Riders in Public Awareness Programs, Renee Haider and Eduardo Martinez
Commuter Mode Choice and Free Car Parking, Public Transportation Benefits, Showers/Lockers, and Bike Parking at Work: Evidence from the Washington, DC Region, Andrea Hamre and Ralph Buehler
Detroit Regional Transit Study: A Study of Factors that Enable and Inhibit Effective Regional Transit, Leo Hanifin, Scott Anderson, Claudia Bernasconi, Utpal Dutta, Alan Hoback, and Lloyd Semple
Flex Scheduling for Bus Arrival Time Prediction, Troy Hernandez
Dynamic Dispatch with Advanced Train Control System Data Application to Muni Metro Light Rail Vehicles Departing Embarcadero Station in San Francisco, California, April M. Hickey, Cornelius Nuworsoo, and Christopher A. Pangilinan
Light Rail and Land Use Change: Rail Transit’s Role in Reshaping and Revitalizing Cities, Christopher Higgins, Mark Ferguson, and Pavlos Kanaroglou
Net Effects of Gasoline Price Changes on Transit Ridership in U.S. Urban Areas, Hiroyuki Iseki and Rubaba Ali
Willingness to pay for public transportation options for improving the quality of life of the rural elderly, Alicia A. Israel Schwarzlose, James W. Mjelde, Rebekka M. Dudensing, Yanhong Jin, Linda K. Cherrington, and Junyi Chen
Residential property valuations near transit stations with transit-oriented development, Andrew I. Kay, Robert B. Noland, and Stephanie DiPetrillo
Transportation Futures: Policy Scenarios for Achieving Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets, Andrew I. Kay, Robert B. Noland, and Caroline J. Rodier
Valley Metro Organizational Integration Advancing the Future of Transportation in the Metropolitan Area of Phoenix, Arizona, Carol L. Ketcherside and Manasvi Menon
Using Simulation to Analyze Crowd Congestion and Mitigation at Canadian Subway Interchanges Case of Bloor–Yonge Station, Toronto, Ontario, David King, Siva Srikukenthiran, and Amer Shalaby
Modeling the Spatial Effects on Demand Estimation of Americans with Disabilities Act Paratransit Services, Pei-Fen Kuo, Chung-Wei Shen, and Luca Quadrifoglio
Does urban living influence baby boomers’ travel behavior?, Jae Seung Lee, P Christopher Zegras, Eran Ben-Joseph, and Sungjin Park
Perceived Neighborhood Environment and Transit Use in Low-Income Populations, Jeongwoo Lee
Trip purpose inference using automated fare collection data, Sang Gu Lee and Mark Hickman
Bypassing Equity? Transit Investment and Regional Transportation Planning, Kate Lowe
Planning Dial-a-Ride Services Statistical and Meta-Modeling Approach, Nikola Marković, Sanjin Milinković, Paul Schonfeld, and Zeljko Drobnjak
Evaluating public transit modal shift dynamics in response to bikesharing: a tale of two U.S. cities, Elliot W. Martin and Susan A. Shaheen
Special Assessment District's Ability to Fund Transit Lessons from Project-Level Analysis, Shishir Mathur
