Submissions from 2018
A comparative analysis of the challenges in measuring transit equity: definitions, interpretations, and limitations, Phillip R. Carleton and J. David Porter
Strategies and Barriers in Effective Bus Lane Implementation and Management: Best Practices for Use in the Greater Washington, D.C. Region, Burak Cesme, Richard Roisman, Ramona Burns, Katie List, Arrianna Koudounas, Jesus Cuellar, Meredyth Sanders, Kevin Lee, and David Miller
Impact assessment of the Internet of Things on feeder transit performance, Shailesh Chandra, R. Thirumaleswara Naik, and Luana Galbeno
Data-Driven Opportunities from an Account-Based Fare Payment System, Raymond Chan, Maulik Vaishnav, Scott Wainwright, Paul Murray, and Alex Cui
Strict and Deep Comparison of Revealed Transit Trip Structure between Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview Household Travel Survey and Smart Cards, Robert Chapleau, Philippe Gaudette, and Tim Spurr
Minimizing the total costs of urban transit systems can reduce greenhouse gas emissions: The case of San Francisco, Han Cheng, Chao Mao, Samer Madanat, and Arpad Horvath
Measure dynamic individual spatial-temporal accessibility by public transit: Integrating time-table and passenger departure time, Shaowu Cheng, Bing Xie, Yiming Bie, Yaping Zhang, and Shen Zhang
A Data-Driven Approach to Prioritizing Bus Schedule Revisions at New York City Transit, Malik Coleman, Lauren Tarte, Steve Chau, Brian Levine, and Alla Reddy
Evaluating equity and accessibility to jobs by public transport across Canada, Robbin Deboosere and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Accessibility-oriented development, Robbin Deboosere, Ahmed El-Geneidy, and David Levinson
Are millennials moving to more urbanized and transit-oriented counties?, Devajyoti Deka
American Complete Streets and Australian SmartRoads: What Can We Learn from Each Other?, Alexa Delbosc, James Reynolds, Wesley Marshall, and Andrew Wall
Subway Service Down Again? Assessing the Effects of Subway Service Interruptions on Local Surface Transit Performance, Ehab Diab and Amer Shalaby
Public Transit Is Key Strategy in Advancing Vision Zero, Eliminating Traffic Fatalities, Matthew Dickens and Leah Shaum
The Effect of Demographic Changes on Transit Ridership Trends, Richard A. Driscoll, Kurt R. Lehmann, Steven Polzin, and Jodi Godfrey
Exploring difference in value uplift resulting from new bus rapid transit routes within a medium size metropolitan area, Jean Dubé, Eugénie Andrianary, François Assad-Déry, Janie Poupart, and Justine Simard
Improving High-Frequency Transit Performance through Headway-Based Dispatching: Development and Implementation of a Real-Time Decision-Support System on a Multi-Branch Light Rail Line, Joshua J. Fabian, Gabriel E. Sánchez-Martínez, and John P. Attanucci
A data-driven methodology for equitable value-capture financing of public transit operations and maintenance, John C.(Giancarlo) Falcocchio, Awais Malik, and Constantine E. Kontokosta
An analytical model to conduct a person-based evaluation of transit preferential treatments on signalized arterials, Yashar Z. Farid, Eleni Christofa, and John Collura
Transit Vehicle Performance Analysis for Service Continuity/Termination: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach, S. Kiavash Fayyaz, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, and Ran Wei
Competition and substitution between public transport modes, Nils Fearnley, Graham Currie, Stefan Flügel, Fredrik A. Gregersen, Marit Killi, Jeremy Toner, and Mark Wardman
FTA Bus Safety Data Report 2008-2016, Federal Transit Administration
Evaluation of Route Changes Utilizing High-Resolution GPS Bus Transit Data, Travis B. Glick and Miguel A. Figliozzi
BART Perks: Using Incentives to Manage Transit Demand, Ryan Greene-Roesel, Joe Castiglione, Camille Guiriba, and Mark Bradley
The Transformation of the American Commuter, Darnell Chadwick Grisby, Zach Smith, Rich Weaver, Mantill Williams, Matthew Dickens, Macpherson Hughes-Cromwick, and Francisca Villalobos
Elevating access: Comparing accessibility to jobs by public transport for individuals with and without a physical disability, Emily Grisé, Geneviève Boisjoly, Meadhbh Maguire, and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Urban form, transit supply, and travel behavior in Latin America: Evidence from Mexico's 100 largest urban areas, Erick Guerra, Camilo Caudillo, Paavo Monkkonen, and Jorge Montejano
Collaboration in mitigating spatial and skills mismatch: Exploring shared understandings between transit planners and workforce professionals, Andrew Guthrie, Fernando Burga, and Yingling Fan
Analysis of Paratransit Feeder-Service Pilot: Projected versus Actual Ridership and Cost-Benefit Results, Todd Hansen
Fare Policy and Vertical Equity: The Trade-off between Affordability and Cost Recovery, Xavier J. Harmony
Determinants of travel mode choices of post-secondary students in a large metropolitan area: The case of the city of Toronto, Md Sami Hasnine, TianYang Lin, Adam Weiss, and Khandker Nurul Habib
Streetcars and Economic Development: Do Streetcars Stimulate Employment Growth?, Sarah Jack Hinners, Arthur C. Nelson, and Martin Buchert
Supporting sustainable system adoption: Socio-semantic analysis of transit rider debates on social media, Moein Hosseini, Tamer El-Diraby, and Amer Shalaby
The Impact of Various Streetcar Types on Passenger Activity and Running Times, Wen Xun Hu, Ehab Diab, Aya Aboudina, and Amer Shalaby
Analysis of firm location and relocation in relation to Maryland and Washington, DC metro rail stations, Hiroyuki Iseki and Robert P. Jones
The determinants of travel demand between rail stations: A direct transit demand model using multilevel analysis for the Washington D.C. Metrorail system, Hiroyuki Iseki, Chao Liu, and Gerrit Knaap
Modeling Urban Bus Fuel Consumption in Shanghai, China, Based on Localized MOVES, Wenjian Jia, Xiaohong Chen, and Xiaonian Shan
Assessing public transit service equity using route-level accessibility measures and public data, Alex Karner
Optimal time point configuration of a bus route - A Markovian approach, W. Klumpenhouwer and S. C. Wirasinghe
The unaffordable city: Housing and transit in North American cities, Anna Kramer
Without a ride in car country – A comparison of carless households in Germany and California, Kathrin Kühne, Suman K. Mitra, and Jean-Daniel M. Saphores
A robust method for estimating transit passenger trajectories using automated data, Pramesh Kumar, Alireza Khani, and Qing He
Measuring Spontaneous Accessibility for Iterative Transit Planning, Matthew Laquidara
New ridership for old rail: An analysis of changes in the utilization of Chicago's urban rail system, 1990–2008, Marcelo E. Lascano Kežić and Pablo Luis Durango-Cohen
Moving Minds: The Next Generation of Real-Time Transit Information in San Francisco, Jason Lee, William Tyner, and Nealay Vasavda
Measuring the impacts of new public transit services on space-time accessibility: An analysis of transit system redesign and new bus rapid transit in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Jinhyung Lee and Harvey J. Miller
Apples to apples: Comparing BRT and light rail while avoiding the “BRT-Lite” trap, Jonathan Levine, Matan Singer, Louis Merlin, and Joe Grengs
Dynamic transit lanes for connected and autonomous vehicles, Michael W. Levin and Alireza Khani
Residential and transit decisions: Insights from focus groups of neighborhoods around transit stations, Jianling Li
Predicting Bus Operator Retention Based on Employee Characteristics and Work History, Eric Lind and Joel Huting
Equity in practice? Evaluations of equity in planning for bus rapid transit, Orly Linovski, Dwayne Marshall Baker, and Kevin Manaugh
First and Last Mile Assessment for Transit Systems, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Richard J. Porter, Milan Zlatkovic, Kiavash Fayyaz, and Jeffrey Taylor
Improving Efficiency and Reliability of Bus Rapid Transit, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Milan Zlatkovic, Richard J. Porter, Kiavash Fayyaz, and Song Yu
Emerging trends and innovations for electric bus adoption—a comparative case study of contracting and financing of 22 cities in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, Xiangyi Li, Sebastian Castellanos, and Anne Maassen
Large-Scale Transit Signal Priority Implementation: District of Columbia’s Path to Success, Bailey Lozner, Kevin Lee, A. Wasim Raja, Mohammed G. Habib, and Burak Cesme
Exploring the Complex Relationship between Railroad Infrastructure, Operating Constraints, Maximum Speeds, and Public Schedules, Alex Lu, Janek Kozlowski, Sean Fahey, and Shaun Whitman
Transit in the 2000s: Where Does It Stand and Where Is It Headed?, Michael Manville, Brian D. Taylor, and Evelyn Blumenberg
Estimation of Passengers Left Behind by Trains in High-Frequency Transit Service Operating Near Capacity, Eli Miller, Gabriel E. Sánchez-Martínez, and Neema Nassir
Worse than Baumol's disease: The implications of labor productivity, contracting out, and unionization on transit operation costs, Javier Morales Sarriera, Frederick P. Salvucci, and Jinhua Zhao
Evaluating the Ability of Transit Direct Ridership Models to Forecast Medium-Term Ridership Changes: Evidence from San Francisco, Richard A. Mucci and Gregory D. Erhardt
Will bus travellers walk further for a more frequent service? An international study using a stated preference approach, Corinne Mulley, Chinh Ho, Loan Ho, David Hensher, and John Rose
Making Transit Count: Performance Measures that Move Transit Projects Forward, NACTO
Urban Services on Regional Rail: Local and Network-Based Methodologies for Evaluating New Stations in Toronto, Becca Nagorsky and Richard Borbridge
Designing a Transit-Feeder System using Multiple Sustainable Modes: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Ridesharing, Bike Sharing, and Walking, Daisik Nam, Dingtong Yang, Shunghi An, Jiangbo Gabriel Yu, R. Jayakrishnan, and Neda Masoud
Multi-level urban form and commuting mode share in rail station areas across the United States; a seemingly unrelated regression approach, Arefeh Nasri and Lei Zhang
Admissibility and Public Availability of Transit Safety Planning Records, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Battery Electric Buses—State of the Practice, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 2: Commuter Rail System Profiles, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Legal Implications of Video Surveillance on Transit Systems, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Understanding Changes in Demographics, Preferences, and Markets for Public Transportation, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Broadening Understanding of the Interplay Among Public Transit, Shared Mobility, and Personal Automobiles, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Optimal asset management strategies for mixed transit fleet, Huan Hoang Ngo, Rohan Shah, and Sabyasachee Mishra
A frequency based transit assignment model that considers online information, Nurit Oliker and Shlomo Bekhor
Modeling park-and-ride location choice of heterogeneous commuters, Hao Pang and Alireza Khani
The impacts of built environment characteristics of rail station areas on household travel behavior, Keunhyun Park, Reid Ewing, Brenda C. Scheer, and Guang Tian
The conditional effects of social influence in transportation mode choice, Susan Pike and Mark Lubell
Understanding Transit System Performance Using AVL-APC Data: An Analytics Platform with Case Studies for the Pittsburgh Region, Xidong Pi, Mark Egge, Jackson Whitmore, Amy Silbermann, and Zhen Sean Qian
Understanding Human Perception of Bus Fullness: An Empirical Study of Crowdsourced Fullness Ratings and Automatic Passenger Count Data, Xidong Pi, Zhen (Sean) Qian, Aaron Steinfeld, and Yun Huang
Just Around the Corner: The Future of U.S. Public Transportation, Steven E. Polzin
Trade-offs between headway, fare, and real-time bus information under different weather conditions, Md Matiur Rahman, Lina Kattan, and S. C. Wirasinghe
Determinants of sustainable mode choice in different socio-cultural contexts: A comparison of Rome and San Francisco, Samira Ramezani, Barbara Pizzo, and Elizabeth Deakin
The effect of light rail transit service on nearby property values: Quasi-experimental evidence from Seattle, Michael R. Ransom
Transit Information Utilization during an Extreme Weather Event: An Analysis of Smartphone App Data, Coline Remy, Candace Brakewood, Niloofar Ghahramani, Eun Jin Kwak, and Jonathan Peters
The cost structure of transit in small urban and rural U.S. communities, David G. Ripplinger and John D. Bitzan
Bus Load Inference and Crowding Performance Evaluation through Disaggregate Analysis of Fare Transaction, Vehicle Location, and Passenger Count Data, Gabriel E. Sánchez-Martínez, Laurel Paget-Seekins, Christopher W. Southwick, and John P. Attanucci
Is It Time for a Public Transit Renaissance?: Navigating Travel Behavior, Technology, and Business Model Shifts in a Brave New World, Susan Shaheen and Adam Cohen
Transit-Oriented Development Technical Assistance: Second Summary Report, Smart Growth America
Comparative Structural Evaluation of Transit Travel Demand using Travel Survey and Smart Card Data for Metropolitan Transit Financing, Tim Spurr, Antoine Leroux, and Robert Chapleau
Tangible Tools for Public Transportation Planning: Public Involvement and Learning for Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Design, Anson F. Stewart, P. Christopher Zegras, Phil Tinn, and Jeffrey L. Rosenblum
Transit planning, access, and justice: Evolving visions of bus rapid transit and the Chicago street, Elina Sukaryavichute and David L. Prytherch
Logit-based transit assignment: Approach-based formulation and paradox revisit, S. Sun and W.Y. Szeto
Characteristics of Bus Transit Vehicles in the United States: A 30-Year National Trend Analysis, Li Tang, Albert Gan, Fabian Cevallos, and Priyanka Alluri
Public Transit Leading in Transition to Clean Technology, The American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
After Study of the Bus Rapid Transit A Line Impacts, Benjamin Tomhave, Yufeng Zhang, Alireza Khani, John Hourdos, Peter Dirks, Jack Olsson, Tao Tao, Xinyi Wu, and Jason (Xinyu) Cao
Bus quality improvements and local commuter mode share, Justin Tyndall
Is having a positive image of public transit associated with travel satisfaction and continued transit usage? An exploratory study of bus transit, Dea van Lierop and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Small Steps, Big Differences: Assessing the Validity of using Home and Work Locations to Estimate Walking Distances to Transit, Marie-Pier Veillette, Robbin Deboosere, Rania Wasfi, Nancy Ross, and Ahmed El-Geneidy
Developing Dedicated Bus Lane Screening Criteria in Baltimore, Maryland, Adam Vest, Patrick J. McMahon, and Jesus Cuellar
