Public Transport

2009 - 2025

Current editor(s): Stefan Voß

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Volume 17, issue 1, 2025

Scaling up public transport usage: a systematic literature review of service quality, satisfaction and attitude towards bus transport systems in developing countries pp. 1-44

Eugene Sogbe, Susilawati Susilawati and Tan Chee Pin

Rail-based public transportation service quality and customer satisfaction: a decade of insights and advances pp. 45-69

Sanusi Ibrahim, Yinggui Zhang and Abdulaziz Ahmad

A low-cost automatic people-counting system at bus stops using Wi-Fi probe requests and deep learning pp. 71-100

Cristina Pronello, Deepan Anbarasan, Felipe Spoturno and Giulia Terzolo

A mathematical programming model and dispatching rules for the repatriation program scheduling problem pp. 101-120

Sameh Al-Shihabi, Yousef Al-Abdallat and Motasem N. Saidan

Proposing a model for predicting passenger origin–destination in online taxi-hailing systems pp. 121-151

Pouria Golshanrad, Hamid Mahini and Behnam Bahrak

Urban transport during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of Poland pp. 153-176

Michal Zajfert

A dynamic simulation model to improve the livability of transportation systems pp. 177-220

Erma Suryani, Rully Agus Hendrawan, Philip Faster Eka Adipraja, Basuki Widodo, Shuo-Yan Chou and Alifia Az-Zahra

Computer vision for transit travel time prediction: an end-to-end framework using roadside urban imagery pp. 221-246

Awad Abdelhalim and Jinhua Zhao

The effect of locating public transit stations on their walking accessibility using an actual street network pp. 247-266

Muhammad Zaheer Khan, Muhammad Asif Khan, Muhammad Muzzamil Hussain Khattak, Muhammad Faisal Habib and Muhammad Shah Zeb

Traffic signal priority control for public transport rapid transit based on a step-by-step prediction algorithm pp. 267-280

Kwang-Myong Jon, Kwang-Bok Han, Chon-Il Jo and Chon-Ung Kim

Predicting travel demand of a bike sharing system using graph convolutional neural networks pp. 281-317

Ali Behroozi and Ali Edrisi

Volume 16, issue 3, 2024

Advanced systems and data analysis in public transport pp. 655-656

Yuval Hadas, Avishai Avi Ceder and Oded Cats

Modulated spatiotemporal clustering of smart card users pp. 657-680

Rémi Decouvelaere, Martin Trépanier and Bruno Agard

Demonstrating the feasibility of using Wi-Fi sensors for dynamic bus-stop queue length estimation pp. 681-698

Hyungsub Jee, Wenzhe Sun, Jan-Dirk Schmöcker and Toshiyuki Nakamura

Incorporating equity in multi-objective optimal spatial budget allocation of transit services by tessellating the urban continuum pp. 699-741

Filippos Alogdianakis and Loukas Dimitriou

A systematic review on crowding valuation in public transport pp. 743-773

Rupam Fedujwar and Amit Agarwal

Revisiting the richness of integrated vehicle and crew scheduling pp. 775-801

Liping Ge, Natalia Kliewer, Abtin Nourmohammadzadeh, Stefan Voß and Lin Xie

GPS-based incident detection algorithm for two-lane bus rapid transit systems: case study of Istanbul Metrobus pp. 803-829

Sadullah Goncu and Ismail Sahin

To ride-hail or not to ride-hail? Complementarity and competition between public transit and transportation network companies through the lens of app data pp. 831-854

Hengfang Deng, Edgar Castro, Sage Gibbons, Justin Benedictis-Kessner, Ryan Qi Wang and Daniel T. O’Brien

Beyond the last mile: different spatial strategies to integrate on-demand services into public transport in a simplified city pp. 855-892

Andres Fielbaum, Sergio Jara-Diaz and Javier Alonso-Mora

G2Viz: an online tool for visualizing and analyzing a public transit system from GTFS data pp. 893-928

Sirapop Para, Thanachok Wirotsasithon, Thanisorn Jundee, Merkebe Getachew Demissie, Yoshihide Sekimoto, Filip Biljecki and Santi Phithakkitnukoon

Contribution of built environment factors and their interactions with subway station ridership pp. 929-965

Zhenbao Wang, Shihao Li, Jiarui Song, Shuyue Liu, Dong Liu and Jianlin Jia

Volume 16, issue 2, 2024

ChatGPT for GTFS: benchmarking LLMs on GTFS semantics... and retrieval pp. 333-357

Saipraneeth Devunuri, Shirin Qiam and Lewis J. Lehe

Identifying alternative stops for first and last-mile urban travel planning pp. 359-379

Thomas Horstmannshoff and Michael Redmond

Optimizing transport frequency in multi-layered urban transportation networks for pandemic prevention pp. 381-418

Calum MacRury, Nykyta Polituchyi, Paweł Prałat, Kinga Siuta and Przemysław Szufel

State of the art of passenger redirection during incidents in public transport systems, considering capacity constraints pp. 419-447

Frederik R. Bachmann, Antonios Tsakarestos, Fritz Busch and Klaus Bogenberger

Deep-learning-based model for prediction of crowding in a public transit system pp. 449-484

Arpit Shrivastava, Nishtha Rawat and Amit Agarwal

Identifying the relationship between intention to use flat-rate public transport and trip frequency by a discrete-continuous model pp. 485-504

Hiroaki Nishiuchi, Kohei Nishimura, An Minh Ngoc and Charitha Dias

Origin–destination matrices from smartphone apps for bus networks pp. 505-549

Benedetto Barabino, Mauro Coni, Massimo Francesco, Andrea Obino and Roberto Ventura

A semi-systematic literature review, identifying the relationship between transit environments and women’s fear of victimization in transportation systems: a global perspective pp. 551-581

Shamim Noor and Pawinee Iamtrakul

Agent-based decision-support model for bus route redesign in networks of small cities and towns: case study of Agder, Norway pp. 583-618

Sinziana I. Rasca, Bin Hu, Benjamin Biesinger and Matthias Prandtstetter

Dynamic flow analysis and crowd management for transfer stations: a case study of Suzhou Metro pp. 619-653

Jun Zhang, Qiannan Ai, Yuling Ye and Shejun Deng

Volume 16, issue 1, 2024

A pattern-based timetabling strategy for a short-turning metro line pp. 1-37

Tommaso Schettini, Michel Gendreau, Ola Jabali and Federico Malucelli

Planning a zero-emission mixed-fleet public bus system with minimal life cycle cost pp. 39-79

Nathalie Marion Frieß and Ulrich Pferschy

The effects of ambient scent on olfactory comfort and attitude toward its use in a tramway: an on-board study pp. 81-97

Frédéric Collin, Arthur Dupuy, Isabelle Parrot, Ismaël Barbara, Gérard Dray, Sophie Martin and Lionel Brunel

Artificial intelligence for improving public transport: a mapping study pp. 99-158

Å. Jevinger, C. Zhao, J. A. Persson and P. Davidsson

Extended review of multi-agent solutions to Advanced Public Transportation Systems challenges pp. 159-186

Flavien Balbo, René Mandiau and Mahdi Zargayouna

Incentivizing public transit to improve performance to meet the programmatic goal of a funding agency pp. 187-212

Kofi Obeng

Exploring the passengers’ socio-economic structure and its impact on the perception of railway infrastructures and services in Tripura, India pp. 213-240

Stabak Roy, Gabriella Mazzulla, Samrat Hore and Saptarshi Mitra

Sustainable development of passenger transport in Poland in the context of young passengers’ preference survey pp. 241-268

Grażyna Rosa

Merging transport network companies and taxis in Curitiba’s BRT system pp. 269-293

Rafael Milani Medeiros, Fábio Duarte, Iva Bojic, Yang Xu, Paolo Santi and Carlo Ratti

What can be done with today’s budget and demand? Scenarios of rural public transport automation in Mühlwald (South Tyrol) pp. 295-332

Alberto Dianin, Michael Gidam and Georg Hauger

Volume 15, issue 3, 2023

Holding times to maintain quasi-regular headways and reduce real-time bus bunching pp. 595-628

Citlali M. Olvera-Toscano, Yasmín Á. Ríos-Solís, Roger Z. Ríos-Mercado and Romeo Sánchez Nigenda

A data-driven clustering method for redistribution timing of a public bicycle sharing program pp. 629-649

Dongxu Liu and Hongzhao Dong

Pilgrims’ satisfaction with metro operations during Hajj pp. 651-674

Lucas Weber, Sven Müller and Knut Haase

Examining the association between bus transit reliability and the number of boarding passengers pp. 675-696

L. Sravya Jayanthi, Srinivas S. Pulugurtha and Raunak Mishra

Optimization and public transport tendering: a case study in Southern Italy pp. 697-719

Vincenzo Corvello, Roberto Musmanno, Giuseppe Pavone, Francesco Santoro and Francesca Vocaturo

Effect of stochastic vehicle arrival and passenger demand on semi-flexible transit design pp. 721-745

Sushreeta Mishra and Babak Mehran

Railway operations in icing conditions: a review of issues and mitigation methods pp. 747-765

Arefeh Lotfi and Muhammad S. Virk

Uncertainties in scheduling and execution of trackwork in Sweden pp. 767-789

Daria Ivina, Nils O. E. Olsson, Carl-William Palmqvist and Lena Winslott Hiselius

Transferability of a calibrated microscopic simulation model parameters for operational assessment of transit signal priority pp. 791-812

Sultan Ali Md, Henrick Haule, John Kodi, Priyanka Alluri and Thobias Sando

Unravelling commuters' modal splitting behaviour in mass transportation service operation pp. 813-838

Angela Hsiang Ling Chen, Kuangnen Cheng and Wan-Ju Chang

Volume 15, issue 2, 2023

A supervised machine learning model for imputing missing boarding stops in smart card data pp. 287-319

Nadav Shalit, Michael Fire and Eran Ben-Elia

Three’s a crowd? Examining evolving public transit crowding standards amidst the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 321-341

Tianxing Dai and Brian D. Taylor

SentiHawkes: a sentiment-aware Hawkes point process to model service quality of public transport using Twitter data pp. 343-376

Mohammad Masoud Rahimi, Elham Naghizade, Mark Stevenson and Stephan Winter

A simulation-based optimization approach for designing transit networks pp. 377-409

Obiora A. Nnene, Johan W. Joubert and Mark H. P. Zuidgeest

Big effort, little gain for users: lessons from the public transport system reform in Bogotá pp. 411-433

Alvaro Rodriguez-Valencia, Daniel Rosas-Satizábal and Darío Hidalgo

India’s public transportation system: the repercussions of COVID-19 pp. 435-478

Sarthak Sahu, Saket Shanker, Aditya Kamat and Akhilesh Barve

Enhancing service quality of rural public transport during the COVID-19 pandemic: a novel fuzzy approach pp. 479-501

Hanumantha Rao Sama, Long-Sheng Chen, Venkateswarlu Nalluri and Madhavaiah Chendragiri

A Reinforcement Learning approach for bus network design and frequency setting optimisation pp. 503-534

Sunhyung Yoo, Jinwoo Brian Lee and Hoon Han

Performance classification of Tunisian public transport operators pp. 535-574

Ahmed Derbel and Younes Boujelbene

Is the relationship between bus and light rail transit a competition substitution or a congestion substitution? An empirical study in Seattle pp. 575-594

Junfeng Jiao and Yefu Chen

Volume 15, issue 1, 2023

Optimizing train stopping patterns for congestion management pp. 1-29

Tatsuki Yamauchi, Mizuyo Takamatsu and Shinji Imahori

Decoding customer experiences in rail transport service: application of hybrid sentiment analysis pp. 31-60

Dibya Nandan Mishra and Rajeev Kumar Panda

Segmenting fare-evaders by tandem clustering and logistic regression models pp. 61-96

Benedetto Barabino and Sara Salis

Designing limited-stop bus services for minimizing operator and user costs under crowding conditions pp. 97-128

Mohammad Sadrani, Ahmad Reza Jafarian-Moghaddam, Mohsen Aboutalebi Esfahani and Amir Masoud Rahimi

Estimating the demand for informal public transport: evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar pp. 129-168

Atsushi Iimi

Optimal design of a bus route with short-turn services pp. 169-197

Seda Yanık and Salim Yılmaz

Optimal balanced chain decomposition of partially ordered sets with applications to operating cost minimization in aircraft routing problems pp. 199-225

Radislav Vaisman and Ilya B. Gertsbakh

Exploring the factors that affect the defensive driving behavior of bus drivers: the application of TPB and PMT theories pp. 227-251

Weiwei Qi, Shufang Zhu and Wanqing Long

Tracing rail transformation: the case of passenger services in Slovenia from 1975 to 2015 pp. 253-274

Stefan Christian Alexander Hudak, Tadej Brezina, Johannes Kehrer and Josef Michael Schopf

To increase or to decrease the price? Managing public transport queues during COVID-19 in the presence of strategic commuters pp. 275-285

S Srivatsa Srinivas