Submissions from 2015
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
Do contractual practices affect technical efficiency? Evidence from public transport operators in China, Chunqin Zhang, Zhicai Juan, and Guangnian Xiao
Validating Rail Transit Assignment Models with Cluster Analysis and Automatic Fare Collection Data, Wei Zhu, Feng Zhou, Jiajun Huang, and Ruihua Xu
An agent-based choice model for travel mode and departure time and its case study in Beijing, Mingqiao Zou, Meng Li, Xi Lin, Chenfeng Xiong, Chao Mao, Cheng Wan, Ke Zhang, and Jiaying Yu
Submissions from 2014
World Transit Research March 2014 Newsletter
DISCON: Public Transport Dispatching Robust Control, Andrzej Adamski
PMS development in local public transport: Comparing Milan and Amsterdam, Deborah Agostino, Bauke Steenhuisen, Michela Arnaboldi, and Hans de Bruijn
Urban form, commuting patterns and CO2 emissions: What differences between the municipality’s residents and its jobs?, Anne Aguiléra and Marion Voisin
Transit coordination with heterogeneous headways, Dilek Tuzun Aksu and Samet Yılmaz
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
Investigating the isolated and combined effects of congestion, roadway grade, passenger load, and alternative fuels on transit bus emissions, Ahsan Alam and Marianne Hatzopoulou
Designing large-scale bus network with seasonal variations of demand, S M Mahdi Amiripour, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, and Afshin Shariat Mohaymany
Hybrid Method for Bus Network Design with High Seasonal Demand Variation, S M Mahdi Amiripour, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, and Afshin Shariat Mohaymany
Integrating Livability Principles into Transit Planning: Screening Chicago Bus Rapid Transit Opportunities, Joshua K. Anderson and Josh Ellis
Measuring Route-Level Passenger Perceived Transit Service Reliability with an Agent - Based Simulation Approach, Jian An, Yue Liu, and Xiaoguang Yang
Influence of weather conditions on transit ridership: A statistical study using data from Smartcards, P. Arana, S. Cabezudo, and M. Peñalba
Perspectives of the Operational Performance of Public Transportation Agencies with Data Envelopment Analysis Technique, Mohammad Arman, Samuel Labi, and Kumares C. Sinha
Competitive transit network design in cities with radial street patterns, Hugo Badia, Miquel Estrada, and Francesc Robusté
Modeling Riders' Behavioral Responses to Real-Time Information at Light Rail Transit Stations, Yuan Bai and Lina Kattan
Fare evasion in proof-of-payment transit systems: Deriving the optimum inspection level, Benedetto Barabino, Sara Salis, and Bruno Useli
OneBusAway Multi-Region – Rapidly Expanding Mobile Transit Apps to New Cities, Sean J. Barbeau, Alan Borning, and Kari Watkins
Single-line rail rapid transit timetabling under dynamic passenger demand, Eva Barrena, David Canca, Leandro C. Coelho, and Gilbert Laporte
Passenger-Focused Management Approach to Measurement of Train Delay Impacts, Alexander Barron, Patricia C. Melo, Judith M. Cohen, and Richard J. Anderson
Rules of thumb: practical online-strategies for delay management, Reinhard Bauer and Anita Schöbel
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
Future prospects for personal security in travel by public transport, Mark Beecroft and Kate Pangbourne
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
An innovative transit system and its impact on low income users: the case of the Metrocable in Medellín, Juan Pablo Bocarejo, Ingrid Joanna Portilla, Juan Miguel Velásquez, Mónica Natalia Cruz, Andrés Peña, and Daniel Ricardo Oviedo
Development and validation of a direct mode choice model, Shahram Bohluli, Siamak Ardekani, and Farzad Daneshgar
An ex-post CBA for the Stockholm Metro, Maria Börjesson, R Daniel Jonsson, and Mattias Lundberg
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
Organizational effects of experience from accidents. Learning in the aftermath of the Tretten and Åsta train accidents, Geir Sverre Braut, Øivind Solberg, and Ove Njå
Testing Individuals’ Ability to Compare Emissions from Public Transport and Driving Trips, William Brazil and Brian Caulfield
Designing robust routes for demand-responsive transport systems, M E. Bruni, F Guerriero, and P Beraldi
Potential for mitigating greenhouse gases through expanding public transport services: A case study for Gauteng Province, South Africa, Steffen Bubeck, Jan Tomaschek, and Ulrich Fahl
High-Load Transit Line Passenger Transmission and Productiveness Efficiencies, Jonathan M. Bunker
An overview of recovery models and algorithms for real-time railway rescheduling, Valentina Cacchiani, Dennis Huisman, Martin Kidd, Leo Kroon, Paolo Toth, Lucas Veelenturf, and Joris Wagenaar
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
Understanding the travel experience and its impact on attitudes, emotions and loyalty towards the transportation provider–A quantitative study with mid-distance bus trips, Rui Carreira, Lia Patrício, Renato Natal Jorge, and Chris Magee
Passengers' Perception of and Behavioral Adaptation to Unreliability in Public Transportation, Andre Carrel, Anne Halvorsen, and Joan L. Walker
An Emission Model to Compare Bus and Tramway Transport, S. Carrese, A. Gemma, and S. La Spada
Identifying dimensions of exclusion from a BRT system in a developing country: a content analysis approach, Irene Casas and Elizabeth C. Delmelle
A Quality-Based Approach to Public Transportation Planning: Theory and a Case Study, Ennio Cascetta and Armando Carteni
A Transit Technology Selection Model, Jeffrey M. Casello, Geoffrey McD. Lewis, Kevin Yeung, and Deborah Santiago-Rodríguez
Regularity-driven bus operation: Principles, implementation and business models, Oded Cats
Public Transport Pricing Policy Empirical Evidence from a Fare-Free Scheme in Tallinn, Estonia, Oded Cats, Triin Reimal, and Yusak Susilo
Transfer Synchronization of Public Transport Networks, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, Yuval Hadas, Michael McIvor, and Albert Ang
Detecting and improving public-transit connectivity with case studies of two world sport events, Avishai (Avi) Ceder and Supun Perera
A multiattribute customer satisfaction evaluation approach for rail transit network: A real case study for Istanbul, Turkey, Erkan Celik, Nezir Aydin, and Alev Taskin Gumus
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
A Review of Latent Variable on Urban Travel Behavior, Jian Chen and Mi Gan
A spatio-temporal modelling approach for the study of the connectivity and accessibility of the Guangzhou metropolitan network, Shaopei Chen, Christophe Claramunt, and Cyril Ray
Development of location-based services for recommending departure stations to park and ride users, Zhirong Chen, Jianhong Cecilia Xia, Buntoro Irawan, and Craig Caulfied
Measuring Public-Transport Network Connectivity Using Google Transit with Comparison across Cities, Subeh Chowdhury, Avishai Ceder, and Bruno Velty
Policy analysis of third party electronic coupons for public transit fares, Joseph Y. J. Chow
Symbiotic network design strategies in the presence of coexisting transportation networks, Joseph Y.J. Chow and Hamid R. Sayarshad
Where to park? A behavioural comparison of bus Park and Ride and city centre car park usage in Bath, UK, William Clayton, Eran Ben-Elia, Graham Parkhurst, and Miriam Ricci
Bus Rapid Transit versus Heavy Rail in suburban Sydney – Comparing successive iterations of a proposed heavy rail line project to the pre-existing BRT network, Geoffrey T. Clifton, Corinne Mulley, and David A. Hensher
Joint impacts of Bus Rapid Transit and urban form on vehicle ownership: New evidence from a quasi-longitudinal analysis in Bogotá, Colombia, Tabitha S. Combs and Daniel A. Rodríguez
The Effect of Density and Trip-Chaining on the Interaction between Urban Form and Transit Demand, Sisinnio Concas and Joseph S. DeSalvo
Buses with High Level of Service in Nantes, France: Characteristics and Results of the BusWay Compared with Light Rail Transit, Emilio Conles, Margarita Novales, Alfonso Orro, and Javier Anta
Exhaust emissions of transit buses: Brazil and India case studies, Erin Cooper, Magdala Arioli, Aileen Carrigan, and Luis Antonio Lindau
Impact Analysis of Managerial Decisions on the Overall Performance of a Public Transport Operator: The Case of STCP, Álvaro Costa, Sebastian Ebert, and Teresa Stanislau
Performance, profit and consumer sovereignty in the English deregulated bus market, Jonathan Cowie
How Close Is Close Enough?, Ben Cummins, Greg Spitz, Tara P. O'Malley, and Margaret Campbell
Assessing Bus Rapid Transit system performance in Australasia, Graham Currie and Alexa Delbosc
A survey of Demand Responsive Transport in Great Britain, Lisa Davison, Marcus Enoch, Tim Ryley, Mohammed Quddus, and Chao Wang
Ergo-assessment of Human Factor for Female Tram Drivers, Sumpor Davor, Šandor Andreja, and Zelenković Petra
Methodology for Evaluating Quality of Travel Plans for New Developments, Chris De Gruyter, Geoffrey Rose, and Graham Currie
Securing travel plans through the planning approvals process: A case study of practice from Victoria, Australia, Chris De Gruyter, Geoffrey Rose, and Graham Currie
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
Trusting partnerships in a regulatory game: The case of suburban railway transport in Russia, Andrei Dementiev and Anfisa Loboyko
Monitoring Changes in Transit Service Quality over Time, Rocío de Oña, Laura Eboli, and Gabriella Mazzulla
Efficient Usage of Transfer based System in Intracity Bus Transit Operation: Sample of Izmir, Alper Deri and Aylin Kalpakci
The influence of attitudes on Transit-Oriented Development: An explorative analysis, Jonas De Vos, Veronique Van Acker, and Frank Witlox
Transitory Optimism: Changes in Passenger Perception Following Bus Service Improvement over Time, Ehab I. Diab and Ahmed M. El-Geneidy
Modeling the Propensity to Use a Sustainable Mode in the Context of a Program of Voluntary Change in Travel Behavior, Benedetta Sanjust di Teulada, Chandra R. Bhat, and Italo Meloni
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
Fast heuristics for delay management with passenger rerouting, Twan Dollevoet and Dennis Huisman
Coordinating Public Transport, John Doyle
Crowding-in or crowding out: An empirical analysis on the effect of subsidies on individual willingness-to-pay for public transportation, Florian Drevs, Dieter K. Tscheulin, Jörg Lindenmeier, and Simone Renner
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
Continuum modeling of park-and-ride services considering travel time reliability and heterogeneous commuters – A linear complementarity system approach, Bo Du and David Z W Wang
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
Investigating the heterogeneity of bus users' preferences through discrete choice modelling, Laura Eboli and Gabriella Mazzulla
Comparing Fixed-Route and Demand-Responsive Feeder Transit Systems in Real-World Settings, Derek Edwards and Kari Watkins
Measuring the Effects of Economic Crisis on Users' Perceptions of Public Transport Quality, Dimitrios Efthymiou, Michail Kaziales, Constantinos Antoniou, and Yannis Tyrinopoulos
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
On timetable assumptions in railway investment appraisal, Jonas Eliasson and Maria Börjesson
Updating Environmental Externalities Unit Values, Caroline Evans, Cliff Naude, Jason Teh, Tariro Makwasha, and Ulysses Ai
Effects of Light-Rail Transit on Traffic in a Travel Corridor, Reid Ewing, Guang Tian, Allison Spain, and J. P. Goates