Submissions from 2018
Revisiting Clear Floor Area Requirements for Wheeled Mobility Device Users in Public Transportation, Aravind Bharathy and Clive D’Souza
Design solutions to improve resilience of metro vehicle to blast events, El Miloudi El Koursi, Jean-Luc Bruyelle, Richard Seddon, and Conor O'Neill
Transit Vehicle Performance Analysis for Service Continuity/Termination: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach, S. Kiavash Fayyaz, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, and Ran Wei
The economics of seat provision in public transport, Daniel Hörcher, Daniel J. Graham, and Richard J. Anderson
The Impact of Various Streetcar Types on Passenger Activity and Running Times, Wen Xun Hu, Ehab Diab, Aya Aboudina, and Amer Shalaby
Total cost minimizing transit route structures considering trips towards CBD and periphery, Sergio Jara-Díaz, Antonio Gschwender, and Claudia Bravo
Modeling of passengers’ safety perception for buses on mountainous roads, Hooi Ling Khoo and Muaid Ahmed
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
From the seat to the system: Re-designing a tram drivers' workstation combining technical and contextual aspects, Dimitris Nathanael and Nicolas Marmaras
Battery Electric Buses—State of the Practice, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Legal Implications of Video Surveillance on Transit Systems, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Selecting sustainable electric bus powertrains using multipreference evolutionary algorithms, João P. Ribau, Susana M. Vieira, and Carla M. Silva
Development of a typical driving cycle for an intra-city hybrid electric bus with a fixed route, Peihong Shen, Zhiguo Zhao, Jingwei Li, and Xiaowen Zhan
Optimal Deployment of Wireless Charging Facilities for an Electric Bus System, Ziqi Song, Zhaocai Liu, and Yi He
Characteristics of Bus Transit Vehicles in the United States: A 30-Year National Trend Analysis, Li Tang, Albert Gan, Fabian Cevallos, and Priyanka Alluri
Optimizing the spatio-temporal deployment of battery electric bus system, Ran Wei, Xiaoyue Liu, Yi Ou, and S. Kiavash Fayyaz
Submissions from 2017
Understanding urban rail in-vehicle activities: An activity theory approach, Tiago Camacho, Marcus Foth, Andry Rakotonirainy, and Markus Rittenbruch
Priority Areas of Intervention for Improving Urban Bus Services: Experience in Kolkata, India, Munavar Fairooz Cheranchery and Bhargab Maitra
Effects of transit bus interior configuration on performance of wheeled mobility users during simulated boarding and disembarking, Clive D'Souza, Victor Paquet, James A. Lenker, and Edward Steinfeld
Get on board: Assessing an all-door boarding pilot project in Montreal, Canada, Ahmed El-Geneidy, Dea van Lierop, Emily Grisé, Geneviève Boisjoly, Derrick Swallow, Lesley Fordham, and Thomas Herrmann
Foothill Transit Battery Electric Bus Demonstration Results: Second Report, Leslie Eudy and Matthew Jeffers
Big data driven dynamic driving cycle development for busses in urban public transportation, R. Günther, T. Wenzel, M. Wegner, and R. Rettig
Sustainability evaluation of rapid routes for buses with a network DEA model, Jin-Seok Hahn, Seung-Young Kho, Keechoo Choi, and Dong-Kyu Kim
Manual to Improve Rail Transit Safety at Platform/Vehicle and Platform/Guideway Interfaces, Katharine Hunter-Zaworski, Dylan Anderson, Uwe Rutenberg, Ewa Tomaszewska, and James McConnell
Electrification of a city bus network—An optimization model for cost-effective placing of charging infrastructure and battery sizing of fast-charging electric bus systems, Alexander Kunith, Roman Mendelevitch, and Dietmar Goehlich
Is rail cleaner and greener than bus?, Corinne Mulley, David A. Hensher, and David Cosgrove
Diesel Multiple Units in 21st Century North America: Comparative Survey and Evaluation of Services, Demand, and Cost, David O. Nelson, Tara N. Blakey, and Katherine K. O'Neil
Active Safety-Collision Warning Pilot in Washington State, Jerry Spears, Jerome M. Lutin, Yinhai Wang, Ruimin Ke, Steven M. Clancy, and Washington State Transit Insurance Pool (WSTIP)
Optimal bus temperature for thermal comfort during a cool day, K. B. Velt and H. A.M. Daanen
Submissions from 2016
Commuters’ behavior towards upgraded bus services in Greater Beirut: Implications for greenhouse gas emissions, social welfare and transport policy, Ali Chalak, Hani Al-Naghi, Alexandra Irani, and Maya Abou-Zeid
Study of Standing Passenger Density in Subway Cars Based on Passengers’ Spatial Comfort: Case Study of Beijing Subway Line 4, Feng Chen, Jiping Fang, and Qibing Wu
Exploring the effects of perceived values, free bus transfer, and penalties on intermodal metro–bus transfer users' intention, Yung-Hsiang Cheng and Wei-Chih Tseng
A new generation of buses to support more sustainable urban transport policies: A path towards “greener” awareness among bus stakeholders in Europe, Maria Vittoria Corazza, Umberto Guida, Antonio Musso, and Michele Tozzi
Pricing strategies for public transport, Neil Douglas
Bus Operator Workstation Design for Improving Occupational Health and Safety, Robin Mary Gillespie, Andrew Krum, Darrell Bowman, Stephanie Baker, and Michael Belzer
‘Super simple stuff?’: crafting quiet in trains between Newcastle and Sydney, Ainsley Hughes, Kathleen Mee, and Adam Tyndall
Mega events and the transformation of Rio de Janeiro into a mass-transit city, Luis Antonio Lindau, Guillermo Petzhold, Virginia Bergamaschi Tavares, and Daniela Facchini
Capacitated transit service network design with boundedly rational agents, Jiangtao Liu and Xuesong Zhou
Synchronization of Public Transport Timetabling with Multiple Vehicle Types, Tao Liu and Avishai (Avi) Ceder
Effects of Speed, Curves, and Driver Behavior on Passive Securement Systems on Large Transit Buses, Andrea Mather and Katharine Hunter-Zaworski
Investigation of Wheeled Mobility Device Orientation and Movement on Streetcars and Light Rail Vehicles during Normal and Emergency Braking, Andrea J. Mather and Katharine M. Hunter-Zaworski
Exploring the impacts of factors contributing to tram-involved serious injury crashes on Melbourne tram routes, Farhana Naznin, Graham Currie, and David Logan
Understanding and Estimating In-Service Axle Weights of Transit Buses, Garreth Rempel, Tyler George, Jonathan D. Regehr, and Jeannette Montufar
Optimizing station location and fleet composition for a high-speed rail line, Hugo M. Repolho, Richard L. Church, and António P. Antunes
Increasing the Capacities of Cable Cars for Use in Public Transport, Sergej Težak, Drago Sever, and Marjan Lep
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
Modeling Fuel Consumption of Hybrid Electric Buses: Model Development and Comparison with Conventional Buses, Jinghui Wang and Hesham A. Rakha
Submissions from 2015
Influential vectors in fuel consumption by an urban bus operator: Bus route, driver behavior or vehicle type?, João de Abreu e Silva, Filipe Moura, Bernardo Garcia, and Rodrigo Vargas
On passenger saturation flow in public transport doors, Rodrigo Fernández, Alejandra Valencia, and Sebastian Seriani
What is behind fare evasion in urban bus systems? An econometric approach, Pablo Guarda, Patricia Galilea, Laurel Paget-Seekins, and Juan de Dios Ortúzar
Standardization of capacity unit for headway-based rail capacity analysis, Yung-Cheng Lai, Yun-Hsuan Liu, and Yi-Ju Lin
All-Door Boarding in San Francisco, California, Jason Lee and David Papas
Effects of driving style on the fuel consumption of city buses under different road conditions and vehicle masses, Hongjie Ma, Hui Xie, Denggao Huang, and Shuo Xiong
Visioning the Bus System of the Future: Stakeholders’ Perspective, Antonio Musso and Maria Vittoria Corazza
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
Economic Viability of Bus Bridging Reserves for Fast Response to Unplanned Passenger Rail Disruption, Brendan Pender, Graham Currie, Nirajan Shiwakoti, and Alexa Delbosc
Pedestrian traffic management of boarding and alighting in metro stations, Sebastian Seriani and Rodrigo Fernandez
A National Training and Certification Program for Transit Vehicle Maintenance Instructors, Transportation Learning Center and Educational Data Systems, Inc
Submissions from 2014
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
Improving Energy Efficiency of Public Transport Bus Services by Using Multiple Vehicle Types, Stephan Hassold and Avishai (Avi) Ceder
The impact of a financial constraint on the spatial structure of public transport services, Sergio R. Jara-Díaz, Antonio Gschwender, and Meisy Ortega
Modular route bus design – A method of meeting transport operation and vehicle manufacturing requirements, Robbie Napper
Modular route bus design – A method of meeting transport operation and vehicle manufacturing requirements, Robbie Napper
Submissions from 2013
Quantifying the benefits of the Florida Transit Research inspection procurement services (TRIPS) program, Stephen L. Reich and Janet L. Davis
Application of agent based simulation for evaluating a bus layout design from passengers’ perspective, Tomasz Schelenz, Ángel Suescun, Li Wikström, and MariAnne Karlson
Forecasting impact injuries of unrestrained occupants in railway vehicle passenger compartments, Suchao Xie and Hui Zhou
Submissions from 2012
Key Variables Affecting Decisions of Bus Replacement Age and Total Costs, Jesse Boudart and Miguel Figliozzi
Methodology for calculating passenger capacity in bus rapid transit systems: Application to the TransMilenio system in Bogotá, Colombia, Dario Hidalgo, Germán Lleras, and Enrique Hernández
Submissions from 2011
System for Transit Performance Analysis Using the National Transit Database, Albert Gan, Feng Gui, and Li Tang
Submissions from 2010
Commercial Vehicles in Delhi: Diesel Demand and Sulphur Emission, Debabrata Das
Investigating household vehicle ownership, mode choice and trip sharing decisions using a combined revealed preference/stated preference Nested Logit model: case study in Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Dilum Dissanayake and Takayuki Morikawa
Diesel-engined vehicle nitric oxide and soot emissions during the European light-duty driving cycle using a transient mapping approach, E G. Giakoumis and S C. Lioutas
Reducing variation not function: Lessons from applied route bus design research, Robbie Napper, Arthur de Bono, and Karen Burns
Transit-based smart parking: An evaluation of the San Francisco Bay area field test, Caroline J. Rodier and Susan A. Shaheen
Preventive Maintenance Intervals for Transit Buses, John Schiavone
Submissions from 2009
Extent to Which Sustainable Travel to Work Can Be Explained by Neighborhood Design Characteristics, Paulus T. Aditjandra, Corinne Mulley, and John D. Nelson
Hyperstar: A multi-path Astar algorithm for risk averse vehicle navigation, Michael G H Bell
Transit network design with allocation of green vehicles: A genetic algorithm approach, Borja Beltran, Stefano Carrese, Ernesto Cipriani, and Marco Petrelli
Beyond Generating Transit Performance Measures: Visualizations and Statistical Analysis with Historical Data, Mathew Berkow, Ahmed M. El-Geneidy, Robert Lawrence Bertini, and David T. Crout
Prototype for Data Fusion Using Stationary and Mobile Data: Sources for Improved Arterial Performance Measurement, Mathew Berkow, Christopher M. Monsere, Peter J V Koonce, Robert Lawrence Bertini, and Michael Wolfe
Shared Use of Railroad Infrastructure with Noncompliant Public Transit Rail Vehicles: A Practitioner's Guide, Booz Allen Hamilton
Determinants of Automobile Use: Comparison of Germany and the United States, Ralph Buehler
An overview on vehicle scheduling models, Stefan Bunte and Natalia Kliewer
The relationship between the built environment and nonwork travel: A case study of Northern California, Jason (Xinyu) Cao, Patricia L. Mokhtarian, and Susan L. Handy
Quantifying Impacts of Transit Reliability on User Costs, Jeffrey M. Casello, Akram Nour, and Bruce R. Hellinga
Severity of injury resulting from pedestrian-vehicle crashes: What can we learn from examining the built environment?, Kelly J. Clifton, Carolina V. Burnier, and Gulsah Akar
Quantifying the Net Social Benefits of Vehicle Trip Reductions: Guidance for Customizing the TRIMMS© Model, Sisinnio Concas and Philip L. Winters
Field Studies of Operations and Conflicts in Drop-Off-Pick-Up Zones, Scott A. Cooner
Real-Time Control of Buses in a Transit Corridor Based on Vehicle Holding and Boarding Limits, Felipe Delgado, Juan Carlos Muñoz, Ricardo Giesen, and Aldo Cipriano
Measurement of Vertical Distribution of Truck Noise Sources During Highway Cruise Pass-Bys by Acoustic Beam Forming, Paul R. Donavan and Bruce Rymer
In-use measurement of the activity, fuel use, and emissions of eight cement mixer trucks operated on each of petroleum diesel and soy-based B20 biodiesel, H Christopher Frey and Kangwook Kim
Cost-minimizing retrofit/replacement strategies for diesel emissions reduction, H Oliver Gao and Timon H. Stasko
Public Versus Private Mobility for Low-Income Households: Transit Improvements Versus Increased Car Ownership in the Sacramento, California, Region, Shengyi Gao and Robert A. Johnston
Grid-Connected Systems for Sustainable Transport in Developing Countries, Richard Gilbert
Achieving Carbon-Efficient Transportation: Backcasting from London, Robin Hickman, Olu Ashiru, and David Banister
Modal Analysis of Vehicle Operation and Particulate Emissions from Connecticut Transit Buses, Eric D. Jackson and Britt A. Holmen
Increase in particle number emissions from motor vehicles due to interruption of steady traffic flow, E R. Jayaratne, L Wang, D Heuff, L Morawska, and Luis Ferreira
Matatu: A Case Study of the Core Segment of the Public Transport Market of Kampala, Uganda, Regina Kamuhanda and Oliver Schmidt
A nested decomposition approach for solving the paratransit vehicle scheduling problem, Suleyman Karabuk
