Kobe City is a metropolis including large suburbs, where housing communities have been developed for many years. People have been recently moving to the urban areas and the suburbs are losing their power to attract population. At the same time, many blocks of high-rise flats have being built near railway stations adjoining town centers, and are drawing people of all generations. Residents with ...

Conventional approaches to measuring accessibility benefits are not capable of fully measuring the total accessibility benefits of integrated land-use/transport strategies, where both land-use and transport changes form part of the policy strategy. In this paper, a comprehensive methodology for analysing accessibility impacts and accessibility benefits, based on location-based and utility-based...

Railway traffic controllers have only limited decision support to deal with disruptions. The aim of this research is to provide an algorithm to compute conflict-free routes for trains that cannot continue their planned operation due to a track obstruction. In case of complete blockage, trains need to short-turn at the closest possible station to the disturbed area and provide services in the op...

This paper deals with the design of timetables for complex railway systems. Rail transportation has become a rapid, clean and efficient way to transport passengers and freights. A good timetable design is crucial to ensure the quality of the services trying to improve the efficiency of the whole system. Only such a sustainable transportation system will be in accordance to the requirements of f...