Headway variability in public transport: A review of metrics, determinants, effects for quality of service and control strategies

A Tirachini, J Godachevich, O Cats, JC Muñoz… - Transport …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The most relevant issues related to headway variability in public transport planning,
operations and quality of service are reviewed in this paper. We discuss the causes and …

Crowding valuation in urban tram and bus transportation based on smart card data

M Yap, O Cats, B Van Arem - Transportmetrica A: Transport …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Crowding in public transport can be of major influence on passengers' travel experience and
therefore affect route and mode choice. In this study, crowding valuation for urban tram and …

A systematic review on crowding valuation in public transport

R Fedujwar, A Agarwal - Public Transport, 2024 - Springer
In public transport, crowding is one of the variables that is likely to influence the decisions of
the choice makers. Crowding has become a subject of concern in metropolitan areas …

Crowding cost estimation with large scale smart card and vehicle location data

D Hörcher, DJ Graham, RJ Anderson - Transportation Research Part B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Crowding discomfort is an external cost of public transport trips imposed on fellow
passengers that has to be measured in order to derive optimal supply-side decisions. This …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of service frequency and vehicle size for automated bus systems with crowding externalities and travel time stochasticity

M Sadrani, A Tirachini, C Antoniou - Transportation Research Part C …, 2022 - Elsevier
Public transport is considered as one of the most suitable candidates to benefit from
autonomous driving technologies. In this research, we develop a mathematical modeling …

Dynamic robustness analysis of a two-layer rail transit network model

C Gao, Y Fan, S Jiang, Y Deng, J Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robustness is one of the most important performance criteria for any rail transit network
(RTN), because it helps us enhance the efficiency of RTN. Several studies have addressed …

Traffic congestion and its urban scale factors: Empirical evidence from American urban areas

MM Rahman, P Najaf, MG Fields… - International journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study empirically investigates the causes of urban traffic congestion to bring into focus
the variety of beliefs that provide support for policy interventions to mitigate traffic congestion …

The underlying effect of public transport reliability on users' satisfaction

J Soza-Parra, S Raveau, JC Muñoz, O Cats - Transportation Research Part …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Service reliability has an important impact on the satisfaction stated by public
transport users with the service they receive. The main source of unreliability is found in …

[HTML][HTML] Should I stay or should I board? Willingness to wait with real-time crowding information in urban public transport

A Drabicki, O Cats, R Kucharski, A Fonzone… - Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Overcrowding is a major phenomenon affecting travel experience in urban public transport,
whose negative impacts can be potentially mitigated with real-time crowding information …

Topological evolution of a metropolitan rail transport network: The case of Stockholm

O Cats - Journal of Transport Geography, 2017 - Elsevier
The structure of transport networks is the outcome of a large number of infrastructure
investment decisions taken over a long time span. Network indicators are widely used for …