Abstract Transportation network companies (TNCs), such as Uber and Lyft, have been hypothesized to both complement compete with public transit. Existing research on the topic is limited by a lack of detailed data timing location TNC trips. This study overcomes that limitation using scraped from Application Programming Interfaces two TNCs, combined Automated Passenger Count transit use other sup...

This paper presents the problem of scheduling security teams to patrol a mass rapid transit rail network of a large urban city. The main objective of patrol scheduling is to deploy security teams to stations of the network at varying time periods subject to rostering as well as security-related constraints. We present several mathematical programming models for different variants of this proble...

In this study, we apply an integrated land use and transportation model, the Sacramento MEPLAN model, to evaluate transit investment alternatives combined with supportive land use policies and pricing polices in the Sacramento region. Highway investment alternatives are simulated as well for purposes of comparison. The application of the Sacramento MEPLAN model is relatively advanced because th...

In this study, we apply an integrated land use and transportation model, the Sacramento MEPLAN model, to evaluate transit investment alternatives combined with supportive land use policies and pricing polices in the Sacramento region. Highway investment alternatives are simulated as well for purposes of comparison. The application of the Sacramento MEPLAN model is relatively advanced because th...

This thesis investigates strategies to improve service quality performance on a rail rapid transit line. Using data sources now commonly available, such as databases in Automatic Transit Supervision systems, an approach is suggested that uses available data and continuing input from agency personnel. The approach aims to draw out local operational and institutional conditions affecting service ...

The train plan of urban rail transit under multi-routing mode can be divided into three parts: train formation, train operation periods and corresponding train counts of each routing in each period. Based on the analysis of passenger’s general travel expenses and operator’s benefits, the constraints and objective functions are defined and the multiobjective optimization model for the train plan...

In this paper, carbon emissions of a monorail transit are calculated using the method whole life cycle, which can be divided into four stages: material manufacturing stage, construction operation stage and demolition stage. phase, units PKT (Passenger Kilometers Travelled) VKT (Vehicle Travelled), while in other three stages, unit is 1 km. The results show that from 1km length 6271.204 tons. ad...

Investment in public and mass transit can be viewed as amenities for adjacent and proximal businesses and commercial properties thereby increasing their sale value. Bus rapid transit is a cheaper alternative to light and heavy rail, requiring fewer modifications of existing transit infrastructure. Lane Transit District (LTD) located in Eugene/Springfield, Oregon has operated a BRT system known ...

Accurate forecasting of short-term passenger flow has been one of the most important issues in urban rail transit planning and operation. Considering the shortcomings of traditional forecasting methods, and in order to improve forecasting accuracy of passenger flow, this paper presents a wavelet neural network (WNN) for short-term passenger flow forecasting. One real urban rail transit station ...

The effectiveness of rapid rail transit system is analyzed using tools of complex network for the first time. We evaluated the effectiveness of the system in Beijing quantitatively from different perspectives, including descriptive statistics analysis, bridging property, centrality property, ability of connecting different part of the system and ability of disease spreading. The results showed ...