Abstract:
This issue contains 21 papers concerned with the following aspects of transit: network connectivity; bus schedule adherence; soft costs in major fixed guideway projects; data-processing framework for transit performance analysis; referenda and funding options; subway productivity, profitability, and performance; bus dwell time; short headway transit services; travel time variability on bus rapid transit systems; bus system overcrowding; service reliability measurement using automated fare card data; rail transit preferences of commuters, holiday and leisure travelers, business travelers, and shoppers; estimating generalized cost of transit travel time; demand for a major bicycle-sharing program; estimating greenhouse gas emissions from public transit vehicles; instant ridesharing with transfer hub; mitigating excessive idling of transit buses; impact of carsharing on vehicle ownership; bikesharing; and global positioning system integrated with personalized real-time transit information from automatic vehicle location.
