Submissions from 2024
Air–rail timetable synchronisation: Improving passenger connections in Europe within and across transportation modes, Clara Buire, Aude Marzuoli, Daniel Delahaye, and Marcel Mongeau
Benchmarking the efficiency of European metros from a production perspective, Luigi Castagna, António Lobo, Pierluigi Coppola, and António Couto
Adaptive scheduling of mixed bus services with flexible fleet size assignment under demand uncertainty, Andy H.F. Chow, Guang-yu Li, and Cheng-shuo Ying
Economic characteristics of city bus operation with a mixed fleet: the influence of electric buses, Yi-Shih Chung and Yu-Chiun Chiou
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
Multi-objective planning of electric bus systems in cities with trolleybus infrastructure networks, Christina Iliopoulou, Ioannis X. Tassopoulos, and Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou
Distance traveled, transit design and optimal pricing, Sergio Jara-Díaz, Antonio Gschwender, Juan Cristóbal Castro, and Matías Lepe
Optimal design of pure battery electric bus system on the grid network, Xin Li, Yanhao Li, Wanying Liu, and Yun Yuan
Life cycle thinking-based analysis of diesel and electric-powered buses for Canadian transit systems, Bhuwan Paudel, Kasun Hewage, Sandun Wannniarachchi, Piyaruwan Perera, Gyan Chhipi-Shrestha, and Rehan Sadiq
A study on the possibility of a BUS route network with connections based on an analysis of the efficiency of the BUS route network and resistance OF BUS users to transfer, Yu Suzuki, Satoru Hino, Takafumi Kanno, and Daigo Amemiya
Optimal variable vehicle scheduling strategy for a network of electric buses with fast opportunity charging, Chunyan Tang, He Xue, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, and Ying-En Ge
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
Optimising modular-autonomous-vehicle transit service employing coupling–decoupling operations plus skip-stop strategy, Jiyu Zhang, Ying-En Ge, Chunyan Tang, and Meisu Zhong
Submissions from 2023
Is unsubsidised energy transition possible? Feasibility of replacing diesel buses with electric ones, Javier Arizcuren-Blasco, Rodrigo Martin-Garcia, and Aurora Ruiz-Rua
A comparative analysis of charging strategies for battery electric buses in wholesale electricity and ancillary services markets, Nico Brinkel, Marle Zijlstra, Ronald van Bezu, Tim van Twuijver, Ioannis Lampropoulos, and Wilfried van Sark
Willingness to pay for COVID-19 mitigation measures in public transport and paratransit in low-income countries, Andrew Bwambale, Chinebuli Uzondu, Mohaimanul Islam, Farzana Rahman, Zahara Batool, Paul Isolo Mukwaya, and Zia Wadud
Adaptive transit design: Optimizing fixed and demand responsive multi-modal transportation via continuous approximation, Giovanni Calabrò, Andrea Araldo, Simon Oh, Ravi Seshadri, Giuseppe Inturri, and Moshe Ben-Akiva
Analyzing the trade-off between minimizing travel times and reducing monetary costs for users in the transit network design, K. I. Cervantes-Sanmiguel, M. V. Chavez-Hernandez, and O. J. Ibarra-Rojas
Cost-effective electric bus resource assignment based on optimized charging and decision robustness, Qiuzi Chen, Chenming Niu, Ran Tu, Tiezhu Li, An Wang, and Dengbo He
Double-battery configuration method for electric bus operation in cold regions, Yuan Cong, Heqi Wang, Yiming Bie, and Jiabin Wu
Joint optimal vehicle and recharging scheduling for mixed bus fleets under limited chargers, Shaohua Cui, Kun Gao, Bin Yu, Zhenliang Ma, and Arsalan Najafi
Integrated optimization of electric bus scheduling and charging planning incorporating flexible charging and timetable shifting strategies, Mengyuan Duan, Feixiong Liao, Geqi Qi, and Wei Guan
Effects on operating costs of adjusting bus departure times during peak-hour traffic in Sweden, Eva-Lena Eriksson, Helene Lidestam, and Lena Winslott Hiselius
Optimization framework for integrated battery electric bus planning and charging scheduling, Pranav Gairola and N. Nezamuddin
Optimizing first- and last-mile public transit services leveraging transportation network companies (TNC), Rick Grahn, Sean Qian, and Chris Hendrickson
Modular vehicle routing for combined passenger and freight transport, Jonas Hatzenbühler, Erik Jenelius, Gyözö Gidófalvi, and Oded Cats
Battery electricity bus charging schedule considering bus journey’s energy consumption estimation, Jia He, Na Yan, Jian Zhang, Tao Wang, Yan-Yan Chen, and Tie-Qiao Tang
Improving service qualities of cyclic line plans considering heterogeneous passenger origin-destination (OD) flow groups, Huaibin Hu, Yixiang Yue, Huiling Fu, and Jiax Li
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
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rail Transit Costs and Cost Effectiveness, Zakhary Mallett
Effect of stochastic vehicle arrival and passenger demand on semi-flexible transit design, Sushreeta Mishra and Babak Mehran
Optimization of headway and bus stop spacing for low demand bus routes, Sushreeta Mishra, Babak Mehran, and Prasanta K. Sahu
A multimodal multi-provider market equilibrium model: A game-theoretic approach, Ali Najmi, Taha H. Rashidi, and Travis Waller
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
Designing limited-stop bus services for minimizing operator and user costs under crowding conditions, Mohammad Sadrani, Ahmad Reza Jafarian-Moghaddam, Mohsen Aboutalebi Esfahani, and Amir Masoud Rahimi
Charging Infrastructure and Schedule Planning for a Public Transit Network with a Mixed Fleet of Electric and Diesel Buses, Amirali Soltanpour, Mehrnaz Ghamami, Mahsa Nicknam, Mehdi Ganji, and Wei Tian
Optimisation of a new hybrid transit service with modular autonomous vehicles, Chunyan Tang, Jinqiang Liu, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, and Yu Jiang
Electrification of a citywide bus network: A data-driven micro-simulation approach, Shiqi Wang, Yuze Li, Anthony Chen, and Chengxiang Zhuge
Optimization of unsubsidized and subsidized customized bus services, Siqing Wang, Jian Wang, and Xiaowei Hu
Routing Optimization of Regional Flexible Transit Under the Mixed Demand Mode, Siqing Wang, Jian Wang, Xiaowei Hu, Tingting Dong, and Zhipeng Niu
A simulation-based metro train scheduling optimization incorporating multimodal coordination and flexible routing plans, Xingrong Wang, Ying Lv, Huijun Sun, Guangtong Xu, Yunchao Qu, and Jianjun Wu
Rail train operation energy-saving optimization based on improved brute-force search, Zongyi Xing, Zhenyu Zhang, Jian Guo, Yong Qin, and Limin Jia
Integrated electric bus timetabling and scheduling problem, Xiaoming Xu, Yanhong Yu, and Jiancheng Long
Integrated optimization of demand-driven timetable, train formation plan and rolling stock circulation with variable running times and dwell times, Yaqiong Zhao, Dewei Li, Yonghao Yin, and Xiaoli Zhao
Trading off costs and service rates in a first-mile ride-sharing service, Minyi Zheng and Giovanni Pantuso
Electric bus charging facility planning with uncertainties: Model formulation and algorithm design, Yu Zhou, Ghim Ping Ong, Qiang Meng, and Haipeng Cui
Submissions from 2022
Approximate multi-objective optimization for integrated bus route design and service frequency setting, Zeke Ahern, Alexander Paz, and Paul Corry
Evaluation of the techno-economic performance of battery electric buses: Case study of a bus line in paris, Hussein Basma, Marc Haddad, Charbel Mansour, Maroun Nemer, and Pascal Stabat
Charging operations in battery electric bus systems considering fleet size variability along the service, Miquel Estrada, Josep Mensión, Miquel Salicrú, and Hugo Badia
Cost Drivers of Electric Bus Contracts: Analysis of 33 Indian Cities, Ravi Gadepalli, Sushmitha Gumireddy, and Prateek Bansal
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
Can transportation network companies replace the bus? An evaluation of shared mobility operating costs, Xavier Harmony
Network design for line-based autonomous bus services, Jonas Hatzenbühler, Oded Cats, and Erik Jenelius
Comparative assessment of zero emission electric and hydrogen buses in Australia, David A. Hensher, Edward Wei, and Camila Balbontin
Battery health-aware and naturalistic data-driven energy management for hybrid electric bus based on TD3 deep reinforcement learning algorithm, Ruchen Huang, Hongwen He, Xuyang Zhao, Yunlong Wang, and Menglin Li
Cost-effectiveness analysis of compressed natural gas implementation in the public bus transit fleet in Delhi, India, Christian Krelling and Madhav G. Badami
Efficiencies of the urban railway lines incorporating financial performance and in-vehicle congestion in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Yiping Le, Minami Oka, and Hironori Kato
Measuring and enhancing the connectivity reliability of a rail transit network, Jie Liu, Paul M. Schonfeld, Shuguang Zhan, Qiyuan Peng, and Yuhong Liu
Transit Network Frequency Setting With Multi-Agent Simulation to Capture Activity-Based Mode Substitution, Ziyi Ma and Joseph Y.J. Chow
UK battery electric bus operation: Examining battery degradation, carbon emissions and cost, Teresa McGrath, Luke Blades, Juliana Early, and Andrew Harris
Public transport strategy and epidemic prevention framework in the Context of Covid-19, B. R. Naveen and Anjula Gurtoo
An optimization model for planning limited-stop transit operations, Mahmood Mahmoodi Nesheli, Siva Srikukenthiran, and Amer Shalaby
Passenger Inflow Control Along Rail Corridor for Recurrent Heavy Passenger Flow Mitigation, Hanchuan Pan, Yue Liu, Zhigang Liu, and Hua Hu
A column generation approach for the driver scheduling problem with staff cars, Shyam S.G. Perumal, Jesper Larsen, Richard M. Lusby, Morten Riis, and Tue R.L. Christensen
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
Jitney-lite: a flexible-route feeder service for developing countries, Tawit Sangveraphunsiri, Miachael J. Cassidy, and Carlos F. Daganzo
Balancing the GHG emissions and operational costs for a mixed fleet of electric buses and diesel buses, Shuai Shao, Zhijia Tan, Zhiyuan Liu, and Wenlong Shang
Is higher quality always costly? Marginal costs of quality: Theory and application to railway punctuality, Andrew S. J. Smith and Manuel Ojeda Cabral
Planning for modular-vehicle transit service system: Model formulation and solution methods, Qingyun Tian, Yun Hui Lin, David Z.W. Wang, and Yang Liu
A Summary of Expert Perspectives on Viable Financing Pathways for Electrifying India’s Public Transport, Aparna Vijaykumar, K. P. Aswathy, and Avinash Dubedi
Joint optimization of timetabling, vehicle scheduling, and ride-matching in a flexible multi-type shuttle bus system, Mian Wu, Chunhui Yu, Wanjing Ma, Kun An, and Zhihua Zhong
The multi-depot electric vehicle scheduling problem with power grid characteristics, Weitiao Wu, Yue Lin, Ronghui Liu, and Wenzhou Jin
Time-dependent customized bus routing problem of large transport terminals considering the impact of late passengers, Yuelin Wu, Mark Poon, Zhenzhou Yuan, and Qingyu Xiao
Maximizing network utility while considering proportional fairness for rail transit systems: Jointly optimizing passenger allocation and vehicle schedules, Yonghao Yin, Dewei Li, Zhenyu Han, Xinlei Dong, and Hui Liu
On the role of battery degradation in en-route charge scheduling for an electric bus system, Ziling Zeng, Shuaian Wang, and Xiaobo Qu
A multi-trip electric bus routing model considering equity during short-notice evacuations, Jingwen Zhang and Xiaoning Zhang
Long-term charging infrastructure deployment and bus fleet transition considering seasonal differences, Li Zhang, Zhongshan Liu, Wensi Wang, and Bin Yu
Integrated line planning and train timetabling through price-based cross-resolution feedback mechanism, Yongxiang Zhang, Qiyuan Peng, Gongyuan Lu, Qingwei Zhong, Xu Yan, and Xuesong Zhou
Joint optimization of train timetabling and rolling stock circulation planning: A novel flexible train composition mode, Housheng Zhou, Jianguo Qi, Lixing Yang, Jungang Shi, Hanchuan Pan, and Yuan Gao
Submissions from 2021
Urban transit network optimization under variable demand with single and multi-objective approaches using metaheuristics: The case of Daejeon, Korea, Mohammad Hadi Almasi, Yoonseok Oh, Ali Sadollah, Young-Ji Byon, and Seungmo Kang
Design and operation of feeder systems in the era of automated and electric buses, Hugo Badia and Erik Jenelius
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
Transitioning to clean energy transportation services: Life-cycle cost analysis for vehicle fleets, Stephen Comello, Gunther Glenk, and Stefan Reichelstein
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
The Gini index of demand imbalances in public transport, Daniel Hörcher and Daniel J. Graham
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
Passenger-oriented rescheduling of trains and rolling stock for handling large passenger demand: linearized models with train capacity constraint, Sihui Long, Xiaojie Luan, and Francesco Corman
Joint design of shared-bike and transit services in corridors, Xiaoling Luo, Weihua Gu, and Wenbo Fan
Designing Multiple Short-Turn Routes to Mitigate the Crowding on a Bus Network, Sedong Moon, Shin-Hyung Cho, and Dong-Kyu Kim
An exact method for the integrated optimization of subway lines operation strategies with asymmetric passenger demand and operating costs, Pengli Mo, Andrea D'Ariano, Lixing Yang, Lucas P. Veelenturf, and Ziyou Gao
Pareto routing and scheduling of dynamic urban rail transit services with multi-objective cross entropy method, Hoa T.M. Nguyen, Andy H.F. Chow, and Cheng-shuo Ying
The impact of competitive tendering on operational costs and market concentration in public transport: The Norwegian car ferry services, James Odeck and Harald Høyem
A column generation-based approach for integrated vehicle and crew scheduling on a single metro line with the fully automatic operation system by partial supervision, Hanchuan Pan, Zhigang Liu, Lixing Yang, Zhe Liang, Qiang Wu, and Sijie Li
Vehicle dispatching in modular transit networks: A mixed-integer nonlinear programming model, Mingyang Pei, Peiqun Lin, Jun Du, Xiaopeng Li, and Zhiwei Chen
A cuckoo search based approach to design sustainable transit network, Mohsen Sadeghi, Iman Aghayan, and Mehrdad Ghaznavi
A framework for railway transit network design with first-mile shared autonomous vehicles, Ali Shan, Nam Hong Hoang, Kun An, and Hai L. Vu
Service operation design in a transit network with congested common lines, Qingyun Tian, David Z.W. Wang, and Yun Hui Lin
