An implementation of the International Freight Simultaneous Transportation Equilibrium Model (IFSTEM) that developed in United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), to the goods trade through the ports and lands of Jordon, Syria, and Lebanon is presented. Although some socio-economic variables, which are not available, were required for IFSTEM model calibration, some ...

There has been an increasing trend of performing inference on data collected by smartphones to provide context-aware location-based services. When this inference is performed using supervised analysis, these services need ground truth if high accuracies are desired. While accuracy is less of a concern for services targeted at individuals, it is important when individual data is aggregated for s...

The multimodal trip planning system (MTPS) described in this paper can efficiently identify reasonable journeys. Our methodologies could be implemented in future transit trip information systems. An effective MTPS would be of value to transit agencies or administrators due to the large number of different yet related characteristics of the transit network. In Taiwan, no successful MTPS exists o...

We present a system for multimodal, semantic analysis of person movements that incorporates data from surveillance cameras, weather sensors, and third-party information providers. The interactive demonstration will show the automated creation of a survey of passenger transfer behavior at a public transport hub. Such information is vital for public transportation planning and the presented appro...

The transportation planning of oil products in Brazil’s multimodal network is a complex problem that involves various negotiations between decentralized entities in order to agree on which products to transfer, their amounts, and the allocation of shared resources. Due to such complexity, there is a clear need for a decision support tool. This paper presents a model for solving this problem bas...

Crowdsourcing (geo-) information and participatory GIS are among the current hot topics in research and industry. Various projects are implementing participatory sensing concepts within their workflow in order to benefit from the power of volunteers, and improve their product quality and efficiency. Wheelmap is a crowdsourcing platform where volunteers contribute information about wheelchair-ac...

Abstract As Arctic open water increases, shipping activity to and from mid- western Russian ports points south has notably increased. A number of municipalities hope increased vessel traffic will create opportunities become a major transshipment hub. However, even with more passing these ports, it might still be economically cheaper offload cargo at southern port, which may also result in lower...