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Gkiotsalitis, K. (author), Cats, O. (author)In this literature review, we systematically review studies on public transit control with a specific focus on at-stop measures. In our synthesis of the relevant literature, we consider three perspectives: (1) the mathematical models of the proposed methodologies; (2) their complexity; (3) their applicability in real-time operations and their...journal article 2021
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Leffler, David (author), Burghout, Wilco (author), Jenelius, Erik (author), Cats, O. (author)The paper develops a simulation model and evaluates fixed versus on-demand operational designs of a station-based automated feeder service. The evaluation considers the operational cost and average passenger level-of-service trade-offs as well as distributional differences in waiting times. Two case studies are used to evaluate such trade...journal article 2021
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Zhao, Jing (author), Sun, Sicheng (author), Cats, O. (author)This study aims to jointly optimise regular and demand responsive transit (DRT) services, which can offer opportunities for leveraging on their respective advantages. An optimisation model with the objective of minimising the total travel time of passengers and the total fleet size is proposed. The terminal bus stops of regular bus lines, the...journal article 2021
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Cats, O. (author), Birch, Nigel (author)The development of public transport networks in polycentric regions involves making complex trade-offs between extending network coverage, densifying local connections, offering improved connections between urban centers and increasing capacity on existing links. Moreover, different modalities might be suitable for each of these development...journal article 2021
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Shelat, S. (author), Cats, O. (author), van Lint, J.W.C. (author)Although waiting times are inherently uncertain in public transport networks, previous research has primarily studied route choice behaviour under risk. Since understanding such behaviour is important to correctly model network flows and gain better understanding of traveller satisfaction, we propose a method to assess travellers’ route...journal article 2021
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Geržinič, N. (author), van Cranenburgh, S. (author), Cats, O. (author), Lancsar, Emily (author), Chorus, C.G. (author)Since the introduction of Discrete Choice Analysis, countless efforts have been made to enhance the efficiency of data collection through choice experiments and to improve the behavioural realism of choice models. One example development in data collection are best-worst discrete choice experiments (BWDCE), which have the benefit of obtaining...journal article 2021
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Dixit, M. (author), Cats, O. (author), Brands, T. (author), van Oort, N. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)Capturing unobserved correlation between overlapping routes is a non-trivial problem in route choice modelling. For urban transit networks, research so far has been inconclusive on how this overlap is perceived by travellers. We estimate a series of path size correction logit (PSCL) models to account for alternative specifications of route...journal article 2021
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Narayan S., Jishnu (author), Cats, O. (author), van Oort, N. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)The emergence of on-demand transport services is set to change the mobility landscape in urban areas. This study investigates the potential scalability of an on-demand mobility system to substitute motorised trips performed by private cars and public transport in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We adopt an agent-based simulation framework and...journal article 2021
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Peftitsi, Soumela (author), Jenelius, Erik (author), Cats, O. (author)As travel demand grows in many cities around the world, overcrowding in public transport systems has become a major issue and has many negative effects for both users and operators. Measures to address on-board congestion span from large-scale strategic investments (e.g. increasing infrastructure capacity), through tactical planning (e.g....journal article 2021
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Cats, O. (author), Hijner, Anne Mijntje (author)Delays in transport networks has adverse implications for infrastructure and service managers as well as travellers. While it is widely acknowledged that delays occurring across the transport networks may be related, there are is lack of knowledge on the underlying properties of these relations and means for quantifying them. To this end, we...journal article 2021
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Gkiotsalitis, Konstantinos (author), Cats, O. (author)Public transport is one of the most disrupted sectors of the COVID-19 pandemic with reported ridership drops up to 90% in majorly affected countries. As many government authorities strive to partially resume activities, public transport operators are in an urgent need for models that can evaluate the impact of different social distancing...journal article 2021
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Hatzenbühler, Jonas (author), Cats, O. (author), Jenelius, Erik (author)The maturing of autonomous driving technology in recent years has led to several pilot projects and the initial integration of autonomous pods and buses into the public transport (PT) system. An emerging field of interest is the design of public transport networks operating autonomous buses and the potential to attract higher levels of travel...journal article 2021
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Dixit, M. (author), Chowdhury, S.J. (author), Cats, O. (author), Brands, T. (author), van Oort, N. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)Circuity of transit networks, defined as the ratio of network to Euclidean distance traveled from origin to destination stop, has been known to influence travel behavior. In addition to the longer time spent in travel, for networks where fare is based on distance traveled, higher circuity also means higher fare for the same Euclidean distance...journal article 2021
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Kholodov, Yaroslav (author), Jenelius, Erik (author), Cats, O. (author), van Oort, N. (author), Mouter, N. (author), Cebecauer, Matej (author), Vermeulen, A.A.J. (author)This paper develops a method for analysing the elasticity of travel demand to public transport fares. The methodology utilizes public transport smartcard data for collecting disaggregate full population data about passengers’ travel behaviour. The study extends previous work by deriving specific fare elasticities for distinct socioeconomic (e...journal article 2021
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Laskaris, G. (author), Cats, O. (author), Jenelius, Erik (author), Rinaldi, M. (author), Viti, Francesco (author)Holding has been extensively used as control strategy to regulate public transport operations, especially to maintain even headways and prevent buses of the same line to bunch up. Applying holding to multiple lines requires however to deal with the transition between corridor and branching segments. In this study, we introduce a holding...journal article 2021
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Rubensson, Isak (author), Susilo, Yusak (author), Cats, O. (author)When Public Transport Administrations propose changes in fare schemes or increased fares, they are often met with concerns regarding the proposed fare schemes fairness. Implicit in these concerns is an understanding of relations governing land use and public transport, impacting equity. In this paper, we use socio-economic statistics of...journal article 2020
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Tirachini, Alejandro (author), Cats, O. (author)The COVID-19 pandemic poses a great challenge for contemporary public transportation worldwide, resulting from an unprecedented decline in demand and revenue. In this paper, we synthesize the state-of-the-art, up to early June 2020, on key developments regarding public transportation and the COVID-19 pandemic, including the different...journal article 2020
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Krishnakumari, P.K. (author), van Lint, J.W.C. (author), Djukic, T. (author), Cats, O. (author)The fundamental challenge of the origin-destination (OD) matrix estimation problem is that it is severely under-determined. In this paper we propose a new data driven OD estimation method for cases where a supply pattern in the form of speeds and flows is available. We show that with these input data, we do not require an iterative dynamic...journal article 2020
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Peftitsi, Soumela (author), Jenelius, Erik (author), Cats, O. (author)We propose a methodology based on multiple automated data sources for evaluating the effects of station layout, arriving traveler flows, and platform and on-board crowding on the distribution of boarding passengers among individual cars of metro trains. The methodology is applied to a case study for a sequence of stations in the Stockholm...journal article 2020
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Cats, O. (author), Krishnakumari, P.K. (author)In large-scale urban agglomerations, heavy rail in the form of metro and commuter train serves as the backbone of the metropolitan public transport network. The objective of this paper is to investigate whether networks with strikingly different structure and development pattern exhibit different robustness properties in the event of random...journal article 2020