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Integrating ride-hailing services with public transport: a stochastic user equilibrium model for multimodal transport systems

Liu, B. (author), Ji, Yuxiong (author), Cats, O. (author)

Public transport (PT) agencies are increasingly keen on integrating ride-hailing (RH) services with PT to improve overall mobility. Understanding the traffic flow distribution in the integrated system is vital for the policy decision-making and services design of such a system. We propose a stochastic user equilibrium (SUE) model for...

journal article 2023

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Identifying human mobility patterns using smart card data

Cats, O. (author)

Human mobility is subject to collective dynamics that are the outcome of numerous individual choices. Smart card data which originated as a means of facilitating automated fare collection has emerged as an invaluable source for analysing mobility patterns. A variety of clustering and segmentation techniques has been adopted and adapted for...

journal article 2023

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Framing resilience in public transportation systems, inspired by biomimicry

Gomez Beldarrain, G. (author), Carvajal Ortega, Camilo Andrés (author), Baan, A. (author), Kim, E.Y. (author)

Resilience is a concept that describes the capability to be restored after unprecedented events, originally emerged from biology and human sciences. This paper aims to explore what a resilient public transportation system is and how nature’s wisdom can be used as an inspiration for the creation of resilience in the area of mobility, by linking...

conference paper 2022

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A Complete DC Trolleybus Grid Model With Bilateral Connections, Feeder Cables, and Bus Auxiliaries

Diab, I. (author), Saffirio, Alice (author), Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Tomar, Abhishek Singh (author), Bauer, P. (author)

This paper offers a complete and verified model of DC trolleybus grids and examines the effect of the common modelling assumptions made in literature by using simulations, as well as bus and substation measurements from the grid of Arnhem, the Netherlands. An equivalent model for the overhead line impedance is offered taking into account the...

journal article 2022

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Access denied? Digital inequality in transport services

Durand, A.L.M. (author), Zijlstra, Toon (author), van Oort, N. (author), Hoogendoorn-Lanser, S. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Digitalisation in transport services offers many benefits for travellers. However, not everyone is willing or able to follow the new, more or less formal requirements digitalisation has brought along. Existing reviews on the intersection between Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and mobility cover a range of vantage points,...

journal article 2021

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User Acceptance of Automated Vehicles in Public Transport

Nordhoff, S. (author)

The acceptance of automated vehicles is a necessary condition for realizing the benefits of road vehicle automation. The objective of the thesis was to examine the acceptance of automated vehicles feeding public transport. The thesis investigated the factors contributing to user acceptance, as well as the interrelations of those factors. It was...

doctoral thesis 2020

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Modelling the effects of real-time crowding information in urban public transport systems

Drabicki, Arkadiusz (author), Kucharski, R.M. (author), Cats, O. (author), Szarata, Andrzej (author)

Public transport (PT) overcrowding is a notorious problem in urban transport networks. Its negative effects upon travel experience can be potentially addressed by disseminating real-time crowding information (RTCI) to passengers. However, impacts of RTCI provision in urban PT networks remain largely unknown. This study aims to contribute by...

journal article 2020

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Does ride-sourcing absorb the demand for car and public transport in Amsterdam?

Narayan S., Jishnu (author), Cats, O. (author), van Oort, N. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

The emergence of innovative mobility services, is changing the way people travel in urban areas. Such systems offer on-demand service (door-To-door or stop-To-stop, individual or shared) to passengers. In addition to providing flexible services to passengers, past studies suggested that such services could effectively absorb the demand for...

conference paper 2019

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Passenger Route Choice and Assignment Model for Combined Fixed and Flexible Public Transport Systems

Narayan S., Jishnu (author), Cats, O. (author), van Oort, N. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

The recent technological innovations have given rise to innovative mobility solutions. Public transport systems combining such services need novel models for the design of services. We develop a multimodal route choice and assignment model for combined use of line/schedule based public transport systems (fixed public transport) and demand...

conference paper 2018

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Performance Assessment of Fixed and Flexible Public Transport in a Multi Agent Simulation Framework

Narayan S., Jishnu (author), Cats, O. (author), van Oort, N. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

The emergence of innovative mobility solutions that offer flexible transport services, is changing the way urban public transport systems will be designed. Such mobility solutions offer on demand transport services and hence can solve the problems inherent with traditional line based and schedule based public transport systems. It is essential...

conference paper 2017

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A robust transfer inference algorithm for public transport journeys during disruptions

Yap, M.D. (author), Cats, O. (author), van Oort, N. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Disruptions in public transport have major impact on passengers and disproportional effects on passenger satisfaction. The availability of smart card data gives opportunities to better quantify disruption impacts on passengers’ experienced journey travel time and comfort. For this, accurate journey inference from raw transaction data is required...

conference paper 2017

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Beyond a Complete Failure: The Impact of Partial Capacity Degradation on Public Transport Network Vulnerability

Cats, O. (author), Jenelius, E (author)

Disruptions in public transport networks (PTNs) often lead to partial capacity reductions rather than complete closures. This study aims to move beyond the vulnerability analysis of complete failures by investigating the impacts of a range of capacity reductions on PTN performance. The relation between network performance and the degradation of...

journal article 2017

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Data driven enhancement of public transport planning and operations: Service reliability improvements and ridership predictions

van Oort, N. (author)

Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) and smartcard data are of great value in planning, design and operations of public transport. We developed a transport demand model, which utilizes smartcard data for overall and what-if analyses, by converting these data into passengers per line and OD-matrixes and allowing network changes on top of a base...

conference paper 2016

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Data driven improvements in public transport: The Dutch example

Van Oort, N. (author), Sparing, D. (author), Brands, T. (author), Goverde, R.M.P. (author)

Due to reduced budgets, higher political expectations and increasing competition between operators, there is growing pressure on public transport companies and authorities to improve their operational efficiency. It is thus of utter importance for them to be able to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks and potentials in their public transport...

journal article 2015

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Beyond a complete failure: The impact of partial capacity reductions on public transport network vulnerability

Cats, O. (author), Jenelius, E. (author)

Disruptions often result with partial capacity reduction without resulting with a complete breakdown. This study aims to move beyond the analysis of complete failure by investigating the impacts of partial capacity reduction on public transport network performance. We analyse the relation between the extent of capacity reduction at the line...

conference paper 2015

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Exposing the role of exposure: Identifying and evaluating critical links in public transport networks

Cats, O. (author), Yap, M. (author), Van Oort, N. (author)

Network vulnerability depends on the probability that adverse events occur and on the impacts of such disruptions on network functionality. Most studies on transport network vulnerability have only analysed vulnerability in terms of the reduction in performance indicators given that a disruption occurs. This study presents and applies a method...

conference paper 2015

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Modernizing Public Transport Interchanges: Rotterdam Centraal Case Study

Van der Hoeven, F.D. (author)

This article provides an overview of the aims, topics, findings and main deliverables of the EU-funded NODES project. The NODES project investigates and evaluates tools that support the innovative design and operation of new or upgraded efficient urban transport interchanges. The key topics that are addressed in the project are illustrated by...

journal article 2015

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What big data do not tell us: What we can learn from travel survey for bus and lightrail in the Netherlands

Kuhlman, W. (author), Kiel, J. (author)

With the introduction of the chipcardfor public transport (OV-chipkaart) as a digital ticketing system in the Dutch public transport (PT), a new data source for PT was created. The data registered by this smartcard contain every transaction (check-ins and check-outs) with according time and location. In 2013, the OV-chipkaart system operator...

conference paper 2014

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Public transport pricing policy: Empirical evidence from a fare-free scheme in Tallinn, Estonia

Cats, O. (author), Reimal, T. (author), Susilo, Y. (author)

Cities worldwide are looking for new policies to attract travelers to shift from cars to public transport. Policies focused on reducing public transport fares are aimed at improving social inclusion and leading to a modal shift. The City of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, has recently introduced a fare-free public transport (FFPT) service in an...

journal article 2014

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Controlling Urban Sprawl with Integrated Approach of Space-Transport Development Strategies

Ambarwati, L. (author), Verhaeghe, R. (author), Pel, A.J. (author), Van Arem, B. (author)

Urban sprawl phenomenon has been a huge issue since 20th century characterized by a rapid and unbalanced settlement development with transportation network particularly in a suburban area. The improvement of public transport system is a major requirement to minimize urban sprawl. Academic researchers have explained the linkage strategy between...

journal article 2014