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The evolution of passenger accessibility in the US airline industry, 1980-2010
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Since deregulation, passenger air travel and the airline industry as a whole have changed dramatically. While most previous research has focused on the changes experienced by the airlines, this thesis seeks to understand ...
Evaluation of bus priority strategies for BRT operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) uses strategies such as exclusive bus lanes, off-vehicle fare collection, high quality vehicles and stations, signal priority, among others. Transit Signal Priority (TSP) is frequently seen as an ...
Using automatically collected data to improve the bus service planning process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Most large transit agencies have shifted from collecting transit performance data manually to using automated data systems to measure performance. These systems, which include Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), Automatic ...
Using GPS data in route choice analysis : case study in Boston
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The pervasive location-based technologies, such as GPS and cell phone, help us find the pattern of geographical information of human behavior and also help dig opportunities in real world. In transportation field, they ...
Evaluating the robustness of crew schedules for rail transit systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Crew scheduling has traditionally been the last step in the process of service planning, and it has traditionally aimed at minimizing manpower costs because it was assumed that the crew schedule does not directly impact ...
Intermodal passenger flows on London's public transport network : automated inference of full passenger journeys using fare-transaction and vehicle-location data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Urban public transport providers have historically planned and managed their networks and services with limited knowledge of their customers' travel patterns. While ticket gates and bus fareboxes yield counts of passenger ...
Airline alliance revenue management : improving joint revenues through partner sharing of flight leg opportunity costs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Airlines participating in alliances offer code share itineraries (with flight segments operated by different partners) to expand the range of origin-destination combinations offered to passengers, thus increasing market ...
Mitigating emissions and energy consumption for urban transportation networks : simulation-based signal control strategies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Microscopic urban traffic simulators embed the most detailed traveler behavior and network supply models. They represent individual vehicles and can therefore account for vehicle-specific technologies. These simulators can ...
MBTA Green Line 3-car train operating plans to enhance capacity and reliability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Transit agencies face a variety of challenges, from increasing ridership to changes in infrastructure, to system expansions, all of which require significant preparation to accommodate the changes without affecting passengers ...
Approximating the performance of a last mile transportation system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The Last Mile Problem (LMP) refers to the provision of travel service from the nearest public transportation node to a home or office. We study the supply side of this problem in a stochastic setting, with batch demands ...