The bus system in a high-speed public transportation systems are equipped with modern technology that due to accuracy, speed and flexibility have been considered as one of the improvement solutions in Tehran's public transport system. In this article the performance of BRT line three of Tehran has been evaluated based on the established standard in 2013, developed by the Institute for Developme...

ing from distributional problems for the moment, there is little reason for treating this club good like a public good and for producing or allocating transport services according to public rules. On the other hand, the transport infrastructure is characterised by a sub-additivy of costs, and its use leads to external diseconomies. Therefore, a high level of public control is needed to prevent ...

car accidents are documented as a growing public health problem in iran as well as other developing countries. generally growing number of population and vehicles are not accompanied by extending road construction programs. these could be result in high death, disability, and economic loss in such country compare to develop one. this mainly affected young person who are economically more active...

To increase public transport use, especially for individuals with lower incomes, many cities worldwide have introduced subsidies systems. However, quantitative evidence of their effects on actual ridership remains scarce, in Global South countries. Using a quasi-experimental regression discontinuity design (RDD) combination administrative data all personalized travel cards users during the year...

Video surveillance is a highly useful tool to the public transport authorities, which is now widely used as a measure to ensure passenger safety and security. While video surveillance application in static environments like airports, shopping malls, train stations has been a huge success, real-time video surveillance in moving public transport experiences serious technological challenges mainly...

Mobility is a vital part of human life. Mobility needs can be met in a variety of ways: motorized and non-motorized individual traffic, local public transport using buses and trains, or mixed systems like taxis and park and ride systems. Individual traffic in particular causes major environment problems and problems of traffic congestion. Strengthening public transport is often favored, but thi...

Previous studies of public transport sustainability in cities have been very limited to date, particularly in more developing countries located throughout Asia and the Middle East. This paper assesses the sustainability of urban public transport systems in cities by adopting a quantitative measurement framework containing 15 public transport sustainability indicators. It compares aggregate sust...

This paper explores the existing context of public transport provision in rural and remote areas illustrated with experience from Scotland. A critical review of existing Flexible Transport Services (FTS) in rural areas is provided and illustrated with selected case studies, with the objective of identifying the extent to which FTS can enhance the public transport offer. Findings confirm that FT...

In recent years recognition of the important role transport plays in supporting a socially inclusive community has underpinned significant investments in public transport in Victoria. Most notably, the Victorian Government’s ‘Meeting Our Transport Challenges’ (MOTC) strategy, released in May 2006, placed a strong emphasis on social outcomes. The MOTC included plans for wide-ranging investments ...