Abstract: Efficient design of public transportation networks has attracted much interest in the transport literature and practice, with many models and approaches for formulating the associated transit route network design problem ...

Abstract: In an era of continuous growth in mobility and demand for transportation, safety is an issue of major social concern and an area of extensive research and work by practitioners and academics. Emergency response services ...

Abstract: The transportation decision-making process is complicated in that it often involves conflicting interests and expectations of different stakeholders. To ensure achieving sound decisions, various performance criteria in ...

Abstract: Reducing the cost of operations is one of the most important considerations for urban transport systems. Deadhead kilometer costs are an important aspect of operating costs and are associated with buses traveling empty to ...

Abstract: Efficient and safe rail transit (metro) operations require regularly inspected and properly maintained infrastructures. While preventive maintenance is usually undertaken following a predetermined schedule, decisions on ...

Abstract: Security of transportation infrastructure is of primary importance in recent years as a result of various breaches worldwide. Increased security concerns lead transportation authorities to improve, upgrade, and enhance ...

Abstract: Battery-assisted trolleybuses (BATs) are among the options to be considered for electrifying bus fleets in cities, with established trolleybus catenary networks. BATs charge on the move using existing trolleybus catenaries ...

Abstract: This paper introduces an Empirical Bayesian (EB) before-after analysis method for assessing the effects of highway shoulder paving on safety performance. In the first step, multi-year data on field-observed crash frequencies ...

Abstract: Emergency medical service (EMS) providers participating in vehicle crash-induced incident management aim to offer as wide and efficient coverage as possible to meet the demand for incident responses effectively; however, ...