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Journal of Public Transportation

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The following issues of the Journal of Public Transportation include only those articles that you can immediately access online Each full text record is available in pdf Click on the "Volume #, No #, Year" links below to read that issue 

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Volume 11, No 2, 2008    (full text)    Abstracts

Impacts of Transit Benefits Programs on Transit Agency Ridership, Revenues, and Costs
Liisa Ecola, RAND Corporation, and Michael Grant, ICF International

Bus Rapid Transit Identity: An Overview of Current "Branding" Practice
Daniel Baldwin Hess, University at Buffalo, and Alex Bitterman, Rochester Institute of Technology

Valuing Transit Service Quality Improvements
Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute

Hazardous Bus Stop Identification: An Illustration Using GIS
Srinivas S. Pulugurtha, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Vinay K. Vanapalli, Stantec Consulting Inc.

Modeling Participation and Consumption in the Greek Interurban Public Transportation Market
Theodore Tsekeris, Centre for Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) Athens, Greece, and Loukas Dimitriou, National Technical University of Athens

Volume 11, No 1, 2008     (full text)     Abstracts

Qualitative Research to Assess Interest in Public Transportation for Work Commute
Kerstin Carr, University of Regensburg

Managing Limited Access Highways for High Performance: Costs, Benefits, and Revenues
Patrick DeCorla-Souza, Federal Highway Administration

Demand Responsive Route Design: GIS Application to Link Downtowns with Expansion Areas
Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan

Does Government Structure Matter? A Comparative Analysis of Urban Bus Transit Efficiency   
Suzanne Leland and Olga Smirnova, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Encouraging Sustainable Campus Travel: Self-Reported Impacts of a University TravelSmart Initiative 
Geoff Rose, Monash University

Faith-Based Organizations: A Potential Partner in Rural Transportation
Tom Seekins, Steve Bridges, Annesa Santa, Daniel J. Denis, and Andrea Hartsell, University of Montana

 

 Volume 10, No 4, 2007     (full text)  Abstracts

Transportation Management Associations: A Reappraisal
Erik Ferguson, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Diagnostic Evaluation of Public Transportation Mode Choice in Addis Ababa
Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Measuring the Impacts of Employer-based Transportation Demand Management Programs on an Interstate Corridor
Nevine Labib Georggi, Phil Winters, Sachin Rai, and Liren Zhou, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida

Documented Impact of Transportation Demand Management Programs Through the Case Study Method
Sara J. Hendricks and Nevine Labib Georggi, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida

User Perceptions of Private Paratransit Operation in Indonesia
Tri Basuki Joewono, Saitama University, Japan, and Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, Indonesia, Hisashi Kubota, Saitama University

Casual Carpooling—Enhanced
Kalon L. Kelley, Consultant

Guaranteed Ride Home Programs: A Study of Program Characteristics, Utilization, and Cost
William B. Menczer, Federal Transit Administration

Examining Incentives and Preferential Treatment of Carpools on Managed Lane Facilities
David Ungemah, Ginger Goodin, Casey Dusza, Texas Transportation Institute and Mark Burris, Texas A&M University

Employer Perceptions and Implementation of Commute Alternatives Strategies
Kai Zuehlke and Randall Guensler, Georgia Institute of Technology

 

Volume 10, No 3, 2007     (full text)  Abstracts

A Methodology for the Estimation of Value-of-Time Using State-of-the-Art Econometric Models
Constantinos Antoniou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Evangelos Matsoukis and Penelope Roussi, University of Patras, Greece

Service Quality Attributes Affecting Customer Satisfaction for Bus Transit
Laura Eboli and Gabriella Mazzulla, University of Calabria

Electronic Service Quality: Public Transport Information on the Internet
Lars Eriksson and Margareta Friman, Karlstad University
Ann-Catrin Norman, The Swedish Social Insurance Agency

A New Performance Index for Evaluating Transit Quality of Service
Liping Fu, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Yaping Xin, Stantec Consulting Ltd, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Segmenting Preferences and Habits of Transit Users and Non-Users

Kevin J Krizek, University of Colorado, Boulder/Denver, CO
Ahmed El-Geneidy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

 

Benchmarking Transit Research in the United States

Richard Marshment, University of Oklahoma

 

Trends in Transit Bus Accidents and Promising Collision Countermeasures

C Y David Yang, Noblis

Volume 10, No 2, 2007     (full text)  Abstracts

Comparing the Efficiency of Public Transportation Subunits Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Darold T Barnum, University of Illinois at Chicago
Sue McNeil, University of Delaware
Jonathon Hart, Wilbur Smith Associates

Investment in Mobility by Car as an Explanatory Variable for Market Segmentation
Shlomo Bekhor, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
Alon Elgar, Mevo-Hazait, Har Adar, Israel

Are Printed Transit Information Materials a Significant Barrier to Transit Use?
Alasdair Cain, Center for Urban Transportation Research

Decision and Control Model for Promoting Public Transit via Lottery Incentives
Tang-Hsien Chang, Yih-Chiun Jiang
Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University

Parcel-Level Modeling to Analyze Transit Stop Location Changes

Peter G Furth and Maaza C Mekuria, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
Joseph L SanClemente, Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates, Inc

 

Metro Station Operating Costs: An Econometric Analysis

Mohammed Quddus, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK
Nigel Harris and Daniel J Graham, Imperial College London, London, UK

 

Design of Feeder Route Network Using Combined Genetic Algorithm and Specialized Repair Heuristic

Prabhat Shrivastava, Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Andheri, India
Margaret O’Mahony, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

 

 

Volume 10, No 1, 2007     (full text)  Abstracts

Reforming Innercity Bus Transportation in a Developing Country: A Passenger-Driven Model
Syed Saad Andaleeb, The Pennsylvania State University at Erie
Mahmudul Haq, BRAC University, Bangladesh
Rubina I Ahmed, East West University, Bangladesh

Making Regional Railroads More Attractive— Research Studies in Germany and Patronage Characteristics
Dietmar Bosserhoff, Hessian Office for Roads and Transportation, Germany

Design and Evaluation of Passenger Ferry Routes
Avishai (Avi) Ceder, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Majid Sarvi, Monash University, Australia

Allocation and Use of Section 5310 Funds in Urban and Rural America
Tom Seekins, Alexandra Enders, Alison Pepper, and Stephen Sticka, Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities of
the Rural Institute, University of Montana

An Evaluation of Los Angeles’s Orange Line Busway
Richard Stanger, Consultant

Volume 9, No 5, 2006     (full text)  Abstracts

Modeling Bus Priority Using Intermodal Dynamic Network Assignment-Simulation Methodology
Khaled F Abdelghany, Southern Methodist University
Ahmed F Abdelghany, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Hani S Mahmassani, University of Maryland
Akmal S Abdelfatah, American University of Sharjah

Slugging in Houston—Casual Carpool Passenger Characteristics
Mark W Burris, Texas A&M University
Justin R Winn, Wilbur Smith Associates

Office Development, Rail Transit, and Commuting Choices
Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley

Predicting the Impact of Demand- and Supply-Side Measures on Bus Ridership in Putrajaya, Malaysia
Nor Ghani Md Nor and Abd Rahim Md Nor, National University of Malaysia
Ahmad Zainuddin Abdullah, University Putra Malaysia

Smart Bicycles in an Urban Area: Evaluation of a Pilot Scheme in London
Robert B Noland and Muhammad M Ishaque, Imperial College, London

Development, Evaluation, and Selection of Advanced Transit Signal Priority Concept Directions
Amer Shalaby and Jinwoo Lee, University of Toronto
John Greenough and Stanley Hung, LEA Consulting Ltd
Michael D Bowie, Fortran Traffic Systems

Volume 9, No 4, 2006     (full text)  Abstracts

Bus Transit Oriented Development— Strengths and Challenges Relative to Rail

Professor Graham Currie, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University

 

Report from an Interdisciplinary Case Study on a Public Transit System in Crisis

Kim A Jones, Robert C Mock, Jr, and Sarah T Cearley, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

 

Total Quality Transportation Through Deming’s 14 Points

Bhimaraya A Metri, Management Development Institute, India

 

Tracing Individual Public Transport Customers from an Anonymous Transaction Database

G Tseytin, International Business Machines, Rational Software, California
M Hofmann, M O’Mahony, and D Lyons, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

 

A Multidisciplinary Approach Toward Improving Bus Schedule Readability

Darius Sollohub, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Anand Tharanathan, Texas Tech University

 

A DSS Framework for Advanced Traffic Signal Control System Investment Planning

Houng Y Soo and Dusan Teodorovic,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

 

Errata/Editor’s Note: The following paper is a reprint of the original paper that appeared in Volume 9, No 1 In the original paper, Dr Gregory Price was not included as co-author We regret the error

A Study of the Impact of APTS on Service Quality Perceptions of Elderly and Disabled Riders

Julian M Benjamin, North Carolina A&T State University
Gregory N Price, Jackson State University

Volume 9, No 3, 2006  Special Edition: Bus Rapid Transit   (full text)  Abstracts

Bus Rapid Transit in Australasia: Performance, Lessons Learned and Futures

Professor Graham Currie, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University

 

Bus Rapid Transit Plans in New York’s Capital District

Stephen Falbel, Pilar Rodriguez, TranSystems Corporation
Herbert Levinson, Transportation Consultant
Kristina Younger, Capital District Transportation Authority
Sandy Misiewicz, Capital District Transportation Committee

 

Analyzing the Impacts of Vehicle Assist and Automation Systems on BRT

Matthew Hardy, Susannah Proper, Mitretek Systems

 

The Issues and Realities of BRT Planning Initiatives in Developing Asian Cities

Moazzem Hossain, Transportation and Logistics Program

Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST)

Issues and Technologies in Level Boarding Strategies for BRT

David Kantor, Gregg Moscoe, and Cliff Henke, WestStart-CALSTART

 

An Evaluation of Comprehensive Transit Improvements— TriMet’s Streamline Program

Peter Koonce, Paul Ryus, Jamie Parks, Kittelson & Associates, Inc

David Zagel, Young Park, TriMet

 

Simulation of Transit Signal Priority Using the NTCIP Architecture

Hongchao Liu, Texas Tech University
Alexander Skabardonis, Meng Li, University of California, Berkeley

 

Impact of Bus Priority Attributes on Catchment Area Residents in Dublin, Ireland

Simon McDonnell, Susana Ferreira, and Frank Convery, University College Dublin

 

An Update on Curb Guided Bus Technology and Deployment Trends

David Phillips, TranSystems Corporation

 

Microscopic Simulation Approach to Capacity Analysis of Bus Rapid Transit Corridors

Abdul Jabbar Siddique, Ata M Khan, Carleton University

 

Ex-Ante Evaluation of Exclusive Bus Lanes Implementation

D Tsamboulas, National Technical University of Athens

 

The Potential for Bus Rapid Transit to Reduce Transportation-Related CO2 Emissions

William Vincent, Lisa Callaghan Jerram, Breakthrough Technologies Institute

 

Calibration of Vissim for Bus Rapid Transit Systems in Beijing Using GPS Data

Liu Yu, Beijing Jiaotong University
Lei Yu, Texas Southern University and Beijing Jiaotong University
Xumei Chen, Beijing Jiaotong University
Tao Wan, Beijing Jiaotong University

Jifu Guo, Beijing Transportation Research Center

 

Volume 9, No 2, 2006 (full text) Abstracts

Public Transportation Decision-Making: A Case Analysis of the Memphis Light Rail Corridor and Route Selection with Analytic Hierarchy Process

Reza Banai, University of Memphis

 

Where Transit Use Is Growing: Surprising Results
Gregory L Thompson, Jeffrey R Brown, Rupa Sharma, and Samuel Scheib, Florida State University

 

Design of a Map-Based Transit Itinerary Planner
Christopher Cherry, University of California-Berkeley
Mark Hickman, University of Arizona
Anirudh Garg, CoreWeb, Inc

 

Valuing Urban Bus Attributes: An Experience in Kolkata
C V Phanikumar and Bhargab Maitra, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

 

Passenger Wait Time Perceptions at Bus Stops: Empirical Results and Impact on Evaluating Real-Time Bus Arrival Information
Rabi G Mishalani and Mark M McCord, Ohio State University
John Wirtz, Edwards and Kelcey, Inc, Chicago, Illinois

 

Large-Scale Transit Network Optimization by Minimizing User Cost and Transfers
Fang Zhao, Florida International University

 

Volume 9, No 1, 2006 (full text) Abstracts

Psychological Effects of and Design Preferences for Real-Time Information Displays

Katrin Dziekan, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Arjan Vermeulen, HTM, Rail, The Hague, The Netherlands

 

Transit Network Sensitivity Analysis

Young-Jae Lee, Morgan State University

 

A Study of the Impact of APTS on Service Quality Perceptions of Elderly and Disabled Riders

Julian M Benjamin, North Carolina A&T State University

 

Improving Metropolitan Transportation Efficiency With FAST Miles

Patrick DeCorla-Souza, Federal Highway Administration

 

Smart Feeder/Shuttle Bus Service: Consumer Research and Design

Y B Yim, University of California at Berkeley
Avishai (Avi) Ceder, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

 

Volume 8, No 5, 2005 (full text) Abstracts

Social Marketing Applications and Transportation Demand Management: An Information Instrument for the 21st Century

Enda McGovern, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley

 

The Role of UK Local Authorities in Promoting the Bus

Michelle Morris, Stephen Ison, and Marcus Enoch, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK

 

Public Transport Reforms in Seoul: Innovations Motivated by Funding Crisis

John Pucher, Hyungyong Park, and Mook Han Kim, Rutgers University
Jumin Song, University of Michigan

 

A Regression Model of the Number of Taxicabs in US Cities

Bruce Schaller, Schaller Consulting

 

Parking Policy for Transit-Oriented Development: Lessons for Cities, Transit Agencies, and Developers

Richard Willson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

 

Volume 8, No 4, 2005 Special Edition: Safety and Security (full text) Abstracts

From Policy and Response to System Design and Operations: Inter-Governmental Transit Security Planning in the US

Camille NY Fink, Brian D Taylor, and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris,  UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies

 

Ferry Transport: The Realm of Responsibility for Ferry Disasters in Developing Nations

Catherine T Lawson, The University at Albany
Roberta E Weisbrod, Partnership for Sustainable Ports

 

Terrorism, Transit and Public Safety: Evaluating the Risks

Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute Victoria, BC, CANADA

 

Assessment of Passenger Security in Paratransit Buses

Andrzej Morka, Military University of Technology, Poland
Lesław Kwaśniewski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Jerry W Wekezer, Florida A&M University-
Florida State University, College of Engineering

 

Fail-Safe Methods for Paratransit Safety

Joanne M Sulek and Mary R Lind, North Carolina A&T State University

 

Intermodal Transportation Safety and Security Issues: Training against Terrorism

Ronald W Tarr, Vicki McGurk, and Carol Jones, University of Central Florida

 

Volume 8, No 3, 2005  (full text)  Abstracts

 

Paying for Transit in an Era of Federal Policy Change

Jeffrey Brown, Florida State University

 

Evaluation Analysis on an Integrated Fare Initiative in Beijing

Xumei Chen and Guoxin Lin, Beijing Jiaotong University
Lei Yu, Beijing Jiaotong University and Texas Southern University

 

Development of Duration Models to Determine Rolling Stock Fleet Size

Christopher R Cherry, University of California, Berkeley

 

Utah Transit Authority’s Connection Protection System: Perceptions of Riders and Operators

Chris Cluett and Jeffrey H Jenq, Battelle
Mitsuru Saito, Brigham Young University

 

Physical Activity and Use of Suburban Train Stations: An Exploratory Analysis

Michael Greenberg and John Renne, Rutgers University
Robert Lane and Jeffrey Zupan, Regional Plan Association

 

Violence, Harassment, and Bullying at Work: How Does the Australian Rail Industry Compare and What Can Be Done?

Kristin van Barneveld, University of Sydney and Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union
Roger Jowett, Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union

 

Volume 8, No 2, 2005 (full text) Abstracts

The Importance of Trip Destination in Determining Transit Share

Gary Barnes, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

Impact of High-Speed Lines in Relation to Very High Frequency Air Services

Andrés López-Pita and Francesc Robusté, CENIT (Center for Innovation in Transport) Technical University of Catalonia

 

Racial Differences and Pedestrian Safety: Some Evidence from Maryland and Implications for Policy

Randal Reed and Siddhartha Sen, Morgan State University

 

Use of Statistical Process Control in Bus Fleet Maintenance at SEPTA

Anna Lynn Smith, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Inc, Sohail S Chaudhry, College of Commerce and Finance, Villanova University

 

Can Trip Planner Log Files Analysis Help in Transit Service Planning?

Martin Trépanier, Robert Chapleau, Bruno Allard, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

Volume 8, No 1, 2005 (full text) Abstracts

The Demand for Rail Feeder Shuttles

David Anspacher, DMI-SG, Inc Asad J Khattak, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Youngbin Yim, University of California at Berkeley

Using GPS Technology to Measure On-Time Running of Scheduled Bus Services

Philip Bullock, Qingjian Jiang, and Peter R Stopher, The Institute of Transport Studies, University of Sydney

 

The Demand Performance of Bus Rapid Transit

Graham Currie, Monash University

 

Innovative Public-Private Models for Road Pricing/BRT Initiatives

Patrick DeCorla-Souza, Federal High Administration William G Baker, Urban Transportation Consultant

 

Review of Urban Transportation in India

Sanjay K Singh, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Volume 7, No 4, 2004 (full text) Abstracts

The Crisis of Public Transport in India: Overwhelming Needs but Limited Resources
John Pucher and Nisha Korattyswaroopam, Rutgers University Neenu Ittyerah, Indian Railways, Chennai, India

A Guide to Customized Sampling Plans for National Transit Database Reporting
Xuehao Chu, University of South Florida Ike Ubaka, Florida Department of Transportation

Implementing Quality Improvements in Public Transport
Margareta Friman, Karlstad University, Sweden

Waiting for the Bus
Daniel Baldwin Hess, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Jeffrey Brown, Florida State University Donald Shoup, University of California, Los Angeles

Panel Survey Approach to Measuring Season Ticket Use
Tomás Ruiz, Technical University of Valencia

A Complete Conceptual Model for the Integrated Management of the Transportation Work
Yannis Tyrinopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Hellenic Institute of Transport

Volume 7, No 3, 2004 (all articles)

HOT Lanes in Houston­—Six Years of Experience
Mark W Burris and Bill R Stockton, Texas Transportation Institute

Tackling Crime and Fear of Crime While Waiting at Britain’s Railway Stations
Paul Cozens, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Consultant
Richard Neale and David Hillier, University of Glamorgan
Jeremy Whitaker, Wessex Trains

Overcoming Financial and Institutional Barriers to TOD: Lindbergh Station Case Study
Eric Dumbaugh  

Impacts of Various Traffic Parameters on Transit Signal Priority Effectiveness
Vikki Ngan, IBI Group
Tarek Sayed, University of British Columbia
Akmal Abdelfatah, American University of Sharjah

The Crisis of Public Transport in India: Overwhelming Needs but Limited Resources
John Pucher and Nisha Korattyswaroopam, Rutgers University
Neenu Ittyerah, Indian Railways, Chennai, India

Volume 7, No 2, 2004 (all articles)

An Evaluation of the Role of Marketing in Public Transit Organizations
J Joseph Cronin, Jr and Roscoe Hightower, Jr, Florida A&M University

Transit Price Elasticities and Cross-Elasticities
Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute

Modeling Generalized Cost of Travel for Rural Bus Users: A Case Study
C V Phani Kumar, Debasis Basu, and Bhargab Maitra, Indian Institute of Technology

Pedestrian Safety and Transit Corridors
Paul Mitchell Hess, University of Toronto, Anne Vernez Moudon, University of Washington,

and Julie M Matlick, Washington State Department of Transportation

Will Smart Bikes Succeed as Public Transportation in the United States?
Paul DeMaio, City of Alexandria, Virginia and Jonathan Gifford, George Mason University - Arlington

 

Volume 7, No 1, 2004 (all articles)

Estimation of Bus Arrival Times Using APC Data
Jayakrishna Patnaik, Steven Chien, and Athanassios Bladikas, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Determinants of Bus Dwell Time
Kenneth J Dueker, Thomas J Kimpel, James G Strathman, Portland State University, Steve Callas, TriMet 

Prediction Model of Bus Arrival and Departure Times Using AVL and APC Data
Amer Shalaby, University of Toronto and Ali Farhan, City of Calgary

Transit Network Optimization – Minimizing Transfers and Optimizing Route Directness
Fang Zhao, Florida International University and Ike Ubaka, Florida Department of Transportation 

Vehicle Selection for BRT: Issues and Options
Samuel L Zimmerman, DMJM+HARRIS and Herbert Levinson, Transportation Consultant

Volume 6, No 4, 2003 (all articles)

The Importance Customers Place on Specific Service Elements of Bus Rapid Transit
Michael R Baltes

Bus Transit and Land Use: Illuminating the Interaction
Andy Johnson

Evaluating the Urban Commute Experience: A Time Perception Approach
Yuen-wah Li

A Review of Approaches for Assessing Multimodal Quality of Service
Rhonda G Phillips, Martin Guttenplan 

Externalities by Automobiles and Fare-Free Transit in Germany— A Paradigm Shift?
Karl Storchmann  

Volume 6, No 3, 2003 (all articles)

Bus Priority at Traffic Signals Evaluating Strategy Options
Fraser McLeod and Nick Hounsell, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Contract Areas and Service Quality Issues in Public Transit Provision: Some Thoughts on the European and Australian Context
David A Hensher, The University of Sydney

Pupil Fatalities on Public Transit Buses: A Comparison with School Buses
Lidia P Kostyniuk, University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute

Valuing Rider Quality in Swedish Special Transport Services New Findings
Stig Knutsson, Department of Social Work, Stockholm University

Journeys to Crime: Assessing the Effects of a Light Rail Line on Crime in the Neighborhoods
Robin Liggett, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, and Hiroyuki Iseki, UCLA Department of Urban Planning

Volume 6, No 2, 2003   (all articles)

A Mobility Information Management System for Rural Transportation: A Case Study in Northwest Alabama
Michael D Anderson, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Ridership Demand Analysis  for  Palestinian  Intercity Public Transport
Khaled A Al-Sahili and Abdelmajid H Sadeq, An-Najah National University

Subregional Governance of  Bus  Services: An  Integrated Study
Xueming Chen, California State University, Northridge

Developing a Decision Support System for Evaluating an Investment in Fare Collection Systems in Transit
Parvis Ghandforoush, John Collura, and Valeri Plotnikov, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Optimization of Travel  in Bus Rapid Transit-Based Multimodal Corridors
Shahriar A Zargari, Iran University of Science and Technology, and Ata M Khan, Carleton University

Volume 6, No 1, 2003  (all articles)

Facing Societal Challenges: The Need for New Paradigms in Rural Transit Service
Sandra Rosenbloom, The Roy Drachman Institute at the University of Arizona, Tucson

What's Wrong With the Railways?
Graeme McLay, Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

The Effects of High-Speed Rail on the Reduction of Air Traffic Congestion
Andrés López-Pita and Francesc Robusté Anton, Center for Transportation Innovation, Technical University of Catalonia

Optimization of Bus Route Planning in Urban Commuter Networks
Steven I-Jy Chien, Branislav V Dimitrijevic, and Lazar N Spasovic, New Jersey Institute of Technology

A Multiobjective Optimization Model for Flexroute Transit Service Design
Brian L Smith and Michael J Demetsky, University of Virginia, and Priya K Durvasula, ConvaTec

 

Volume 5, No 2, 2002  (all articles)

Bus Rapid Transit: An Overview
Herbert S Levinson, Samuel Zimmerman, Jennifer Clinger, and Scott C Rutherford

Characteristics of Bus Rapid Transit Projects:An Overview
James T Jarzab, James Lightbody, and  Eugene Maeda

Bus Rapid Transit: A Viable Alternative?
Steven E Polzin and Michael R Baltes

Bus Semirapid Transit Mode Development and Evaluation
Vukan R Vuchic

Applicability of BRT to Corridors
Graham N Carey

Detection Range Setting Methodology for Signal Priority
Peter Koonce, John Ringert, Tom Urbanik, Willie Rotich and Bill Kloos

Door-to-Door Mobility:Evaluating a BRT Community Transport Concept
Matthew Pahs, David Hampsten, Mark Rohden Seth Gallant, and Robert L Bertini

Ottawa and Brisbane:Comparing a Mature Busway System
Sean Rathwell and Stephen Schijns

 

Volume 5, No 1, 2002 (abstracts only)

Benefits of Proximity to Rail on Housing Markets: Experiences in Santa Clara County
Robert Cervero and Michael Duncan, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California

Alternative Bus Stop Configuration: An Analysis of the Effects of Bus Bulbs
Kay Fitzpatrick, Kevin Hall, Melissa Finley, and Stephen Farnsworth, Texas Transportation Institute 

An Empirical Exploration Of Bus Travel Times and Dwell Times in a Highly Competitive Exclusive Busway
Daniel A Rodríguez, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Arturo Ardila, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Service Design in Competitive Tendering of Bus Routes
Isam A Kaysi and Ali S Abbany, American University of Beirut 

Defining the Gross Cost and Net Cost Options for New Delhi Public Transport
Aaron Windecker, Duke University 

Transit Ridership Efficiency as a Function of Fares
Gerrit R Moore

Volume 4, No 1, 2001 (abstracts only)

A Rural Transit Vehicle Management System and Condition Predictor Model 
Michael D Anderson and Adam B Sandlin, The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Transit Quality as an Integrated Traffic Management Strategy: Measuring Perceived Service 
Matthew G Karlaftis, John Golias, and Efstratios Papadimitriou

Decision Structuring and Robustness Analysis in Selecting Urban Transit Alternatives 
Isam A Kaysi and Mohamed-Asem U Abdul-Malak, American University of Beirut

The Modernization of Routes and New Railway Lines: Different Viewpoints and Instruments for Commercial Objective
Andrés López-Pita and Francesc Robusté, Center for Transportation Innovation, Technical University of Catalonia

Bus Transit Operations Control: Review and an Experiment Involving Tri-Met's Automated Bus Dispatching System 
James G Strathman, Thomas J Kimpel, and Kenneth J Dueker, Center for Urban Studies, Portland State University

Richard L Gerhart, Kenneth Turner, David Griffin, and Steve Callas, Tri-Met, Portland, Oregon

Volume 3, No 4, 2001 (abstracts only)

Walk-and-Ride: Factors Influencing Pedestrian Access to Transit 
Robert Cervero University of California, Berkeley 

Visualization of Transit Mobility and Performance 
Aníbal A Galíndez, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority 
Ricardo Mireles-Córdova, Los Angeles Unified School District 

Multicriteria Feasibility Evaluation for Rural Transit in Georgia
George D Mazur, Cambridge Systematics, Inc 
Karen K Dixon, Georgia Institute of Technology 
Wayne A Sarasua, Clemson University 

Evaluation of Garden State Parkway Alternate Bus Routing Field Operational Test 
Kaan Ozbay, Tilanka Karunaratne, and Trefor Williams, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University 
Diogenes Feldhaus and Mohsen Jafari Department of Industrial Engineering, Rutgers University 

The Absence Consequences of Overtime in the Transit Industry
Yoram Shiftan, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Nigel H M Wilson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Volume 3, No 3, 2001 (abstracts only)

The Public Land Transport Sector in Lebanon 
M Hadi Baaj, The American University of Beirut 

A Three-Year Comparison of Natural Gas and Diesel Transit Buses
Cameron Beach and Michael Cooke, Sacramento Regional Transit District 
Tracy Daly, Metrolink, Los Angeles 
Bruce Finley, SunLine Transit Agency, Palm Springs 
Cis Leroy, Transit Industry Consultant 

Niche Marketing Strategies: The Role of Special-Purpose Transportation Efforts in Attracting and Retaining Transit Users
J Joseph Cronin, Jr, Florida State University 
Roscoe Hightower, Jr, Florida A&M University 
Michael K Brady, Boston College

The Role of Information in the UK Passenger Rail Industry 
Glenn Lyons and Graeme McLay, University of Southampton, United Kingdom 

Factor Analysis for the Study of Determinants of Public Transit Ridership 
Sharfuddin J Syed, Government of North West Territories, Canada 
Ata M Khan, Carleton University 

Volume 3, No 2, 2000 (abstracts only)

Influence of the Rail Program on Bus Transit in Los Angeles
Richard Stanger
Transit Consultant

An Australian Case Study of Mandatory Education for the Bus and Coach Industry
Samantha Y Taylor, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University
Kenneth J Button, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

Using Geographic Information Systems and the World Wide Web for Interactive Transit-Trip Itinerary Planning
Brian L Smith, University of Virginia

Measuring Service Quality in Scheduled Bus Services
Paola Prioni and David A Hensher, University of Sydney

Transit-Oriented Development in the Inner City: A Delphi Survey
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, University of California, Los Angeles

Parking Management and Commuter Rail: The Case of Northeastern Illinois
Erik Ferguson, ETF Associates

Volume 3, No 1, 2000 (abstracts only)

Transit Station Area Land Use/Site Assessment with Multiple Criteria: An Integrated GIS-Expert System Prototype
Reza Banai, University of Memphis

Issues on the Application of an Advanced Public Transit System to Dial-a-Ride Service
Julian M Benjamin and Ryoichi Sakano, North Carolina A&T State University

A Dynamic Competitive Environment and Shifting Management Paradigms: Implications for Marketing Public Transit Services
J Joseph Cronin, Jr, Florida State University
Roscoe Hightower, Jr, University of Akron

Simulated Relationships between Highway Capacity, Transit Ridership, and Service Frequency
Robert B Noland, Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College, London
 

A Systems Model for Evaluating Transit Performance
Joanne M Sulek and Mary R Lind, Urban Transit Institute, North Carolina A&T State University

Reading between the Regulations: Parking Requirements, Planners' Perspectives, and Transit
Richard W Willson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Volume 2, No 4, 1999 (abstracts only)

Planning and Analyzing Transit Networks: An Integrated Approach Regarding Requirements of Passengers and Operators
Markus Friedrich, Transport Planning Systems Unit, PTV
Thomas Haupt, Transportation Modeling Unit, PTV
Klaus Noekel, Research and Development Unit, PTV

Transit GIS Applications in Fairfax County, Virginia
Wenyu Jia and Brendan Ford, Fairfax County Geographic Information Services

Evaluating Transit Market Potential and Selecting Locations of Transit Service Facilities Using GIS
Srinivas S Pulugurtha and Shashi S Nambisan, UNLV Transportation Research Center
Nanda Srinivasan, Cambridge Systematics Inc

A Transit Access Analysis of TANF Recipients in Portland, Oregon
Thomas W Sanchez, Portland State University

GIS-Based Support System for On-Demand Flexroute Transit Service
Brian L Smith, University of Virginia
Priya K Durvasula, ALK Associates, Inc
Stephen C Brich, Virginia Transportation Research Council

Volume 2, No 3, 1999 (abstracts only)

Modeling Senior Travelers’ Acceptance of New Transit Systems
Mohamed A Abdel-Aty, University of Central Florida

Environmental Responsiveness in Australia’s Bus and Coach Supply Chain
Ann M Brewer, Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Sydney

Transit Customer Acceptance of Automated Fare Collection Systems
Peter J Foote, Ross T Patronsky, Darwin G Stuart
Chicago Transit Authority

Assessing Transit Station Area Redevelopment: A Case Study of the Lindbergh Station in Atlanta
Lawrence D Frank, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mollie Stephenson Smith, CRA Associated, Inc
Eleanor Q Matthews, MARKETEK, Inc

Transit Stations and Commercial Property Values: A Case Study with Policy and Land-Use Implications
Arthur C Nelson, City Planning Program, Georgia Institute of Technology

Volume 2, No 2, 1999 (abstracts only)

Time-Distance Diagrams: A Powerful Tool for Service Planning and Control

Eric C Bruun, National Transit Institute, Rutgers University

Vukan R Vuchic, Department of Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Yong-Eun Shin, Dong-Eui University, Pusan, Korea

 

Stakeholder Preferences in Advanced Public Transportation System Planning

Jonathan Levine, Soonae Park, Steven E Underwood, and Richard R Wallace, The University of Michigan

The "Ins and Outs" of APCs: An Overview of Automatic Passenger Counters

Michael R Baltes, University of South Florida, Tampa and Joel R Rey, University of South Florida, Tampa

Development and Evaluation of Transit Signal Priority Strategies

Michael Garrow, Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc

Randy Machemehl, The University of Texas at Austin

The Advanced Technology Bus and the Evolution of Workplace Expertise

David W Partain, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Volume 2, No 1, 1998 (abstracts only)

Automatic Vehicle Location and Computer-Aided Dispatch Systems: Design and Application Considerations

Asad J Khattak, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mark Hickman, Texas A&M University

 

A Strategic Approach to the Transportation Planning Process

Edward A Mierzejewski, University of South Florida

 

Transit-Oriented Development Suitability Analysis by the Analytic Hierarchy Process and a Geographic Information System: A Prototype Procedure

Reza Banai, The University of Memphis

 

Perceived Service Quality Attributes in Public Transport: Inferences from Complaints and Negative Critical Incidents

Margareta Friman and Bo Edvardsson, University of Karlstad, Sweden

Tommy Gärling, Göteborg University, Sweden

 

The Value of Having a Public Transit Travel Choice

Xuehao Chu and Steven E Polzin, University of South Florida

Volume 1, No 4, 1997 (abstracts only)

Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

Lawrence F Cunningham and Clifford E Young, University of Colorado at Denver

Moonkyu Lee, Yonsei University

 

Transit Subsidies in New York and Chicago: Local, State, and Federal Assistance in a Historical Context

Eric Petersen, Northwestern University

 

Evaluation of Automatic Vehicle Location Technologies for Paratransit in Small and Medium-Sized Urban Areas

Gary S Spring, North Carolina A&T State University

John Collura and Kenneth B Black, University of Massachusetts

 

Design and Development of a Bus Stop Inventory to Support an Intelligent Transportation System: The MARTA Experience

Wayne Sarasua, Georgia Institute of Technology,

Robert Awuah-Baffour, Bradley University
Mark Fawley, TRW

Carlton Byars, MARTA

Jeffery Orton, Utah Transit Authority

 

Markets, Politics, and Environmental Policy Issues for Public Transit

David A Hensher, The University of Sydney

Michael E Beesley, London Business School

Volume 1, No 3, 1997 (abstracts only)

Implementing Organizational Change through Visioning and Strategic Planning The CTTransit Experience

Michael A Sanders, Connecticut Department of Transportation

David A Lee, CTTransit

 

Findings from a Survey on Bus Stop Design

Kay Fitzpatrick, Dennis Perkinson, Kevin Hall, Texas Transportation Institute

 

Feasibility of Advanced Vehicle Control Systems (AVCS) for Transit Buses

Robert A Larsen, Raytheon-E Systems

 

Personal Public Transport in Australia: Developments and Prospects

Garry Glazebrook, Booz-Allen & Hamilton (Aust) Limited - Sydney, Australia

Sam Subramaniam, Booz-Allen & Hamilton Limited - McLean, Virginia

 

The Characteristics of Shopping Trips by Bus Transit

Salameh A Nsour, Santa Clara University

 

A Comparison of Pattern Recognition and Probabilistic Techniques for Capital Asset Deterioration

Matthew G Karlaftis, Greek Air-Force Academy

 

Volume 1, No 2, 1997 (abstracts only)

Performance-Based Transit Operating Subsidy Allocation: A Before and After Study

Matthew G Karlaftis and Kumares C Sinha, Purdue University

 

Changes in Traveler Stated Preference for Bus and Car Modes Due to Real-Time Schedule Information: A Conjoint Analysis

Thomas B Reed and Jonathan C Levine, University of Michigan

 

Goal-Setting and Performance Measurement in Transportation Planning and Programming

Darwin G Stuart, Chicago Transit Authority

 

Characteristics of Light Rail Travel Time: Examples from France

Jianping Wu, Mike McDonald, Nick Hounsell, University of Southampton, UK

 

Evaluating Transit Subsidies in Chicago

Ian Savage and August Schupp, Northwestern University

 

Analyzing the Budgeting Process of Selected Rapid Rail Transit Systems

 William D Cooper, L Milton Glisson, and Charles F Malone, North Carolina A&T State University

 

Volume 1, No 1, 1996 (abstracts only)

Editorial- Gary L Brosch, Editor

 

Transit Service, Parking Charges, and Mode Choice for the Journey to Work: An Analysis of the 1990 NPTS

James G Strathman and Kenneth J Dueker, Portland State University

 

A Taxonomy for Advanced Public Transportation Systems

Asad J Khattak, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Hisham Noeimi, JRH Transportation Engineering

Haitham M Al-Deek, University of Central Florida

 

Public Transit in the Social Marketing Framework

Devajyoti Deka, University of Southern California

 

The Puzzle of Income, Race, and Density: Preliminary Evidence on Transit Use from the 1991 American Housing Survey

Sandra Rosenbloom with Kelly Clifton, The Drachman Institute, The University of Arizona

 

California's Transit Village Movement

Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley

 

 

 


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