Engaging Transit Riders in Public Awareness Programs

Appropriate protection for wheelchair riders on public transit buses.

Securement of wheelchairs and occupant restraint for wheelchair riders on buses is one of the most difficult problems facing transit providers. The primary findings of this literature review show that (1) very little information has been published regarding transit bus safety and crash environment; (2) the focus of most reported wheelchair incidents involved noncollision events, in which inappr...

Improved Public Transit Improved Public Transit

Transit and health: mode of transport, employer-sponsored public transit pass programs, and physical activity.

Increased provision of transit service and policy incentives that favor transit use can support a physically active lifestyle. We used the smartraq travel survey in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia (in 2001-2002) to assess whether transit and car trips were associated with meeting the recommended levels of physical activity by using walking as a means of transportation. Additionally, we assessed a...

Public Sharing Networks with Free Riders

This paper develops the model of network formation where links are used to share non-excludable public goods. In our model, we consider interactive costs and social perception of free-ride behavior. We first verify the result that public-sharing good network leads to specialization where some individuals contribute and others free ride. Second, our model features two stable pure strategy Nash e...

Planning Problems in Public Transit

Every day, millions of people are transported by buses, trains, and airplanes in Germany. Public transit (PT) is of major importance for the quality of life of individuals as well as the productivity of entire regions. Quality and efficiency of PT systems depend on the political framework (state-run, market oriented) and the suitability of the infrastructure (railway tracks, airport locations),...