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A Strategic Look at Friday Exceptions in Weekday Schedules for Urban Transit: Improving Service, Capturing Leisure Markets, and Achieving Cost Savings by Mining Automated Fare Collection (AFC) Data
Alex Lu and Alla Reddy
TRB Manuscript No. 12-0582

• Draft Paper, available from TRB Annual Meeting Online (registration required).
• Presentation (PDF available) at Session 447: Explorations in Transit Management, Performance, and Funding
• Research Needs Statement, posted to the RNS database (here) for TRB Rail Transit Systems Committee (AP065).
• Press Coverage:
  1. New York Daily News, 2012/2/4: Researchers call for MTA casual Friday schedules -- Bosses' more lax approach freeing up seats
  2. Gothamist, 2012/2/5: Cutting MTA Bus Service On Fridays Could Save $13 Million
• Old railroad schedules for research use.

Regulatory Structure and Business Models for Bus Service Delivery in Southeast Asia
Alla V. Reddy et al.

• Presentation (PDF available) in Innovative Service Delivery Techniques at 2012 APTA Bus Conference, Long Beach, Calif.

TRB Research Needs Statements:

• Weather Related Emergency Planning and Operations for Rail Transit Systems
  PDF posted to the TRB RNS database (here) for TRB Rail Transit Systems Committee (AP065).
   
• Customer Seat Preferences and Standards for Rail Transit Vehicle Layout Design
  PDF not yet posted to the TRB RNS database (here) for TRB Rail Transit Systems Committee (AP065).
   
• Strategic Analysis of Open Fare Payment Systems
  PDF available here, abbreviated version posted to the TRB RNS database (here) for TRB Public Transportation Marketing and Fare Policy Committee (AP030).

Providing Key Transit Services & Retaining National Core Values: New York City Transit's Title VI Strategies in a Recession
Alla Reddy and Ted Wang
TRB Manuscript No. 12-0414

• Draft Paper, also available from TRB Annual Meeting Online (registration required).
• Presentation (PDF available) at Session 279: Environmental Justice, Transit, and Mobility

Service Performance Measurement at New York City Transit: Recent Advancements
Alla Reddy
Submitted to the 1st Conference of Transportation Research Group of India, Bangalore, India

• Draft Paper, also available on the CTRG Conference CD-ROM.

Recent Advancements in Using Automated Train Supervision (ATS) Track-Occupancy Data to Measure Subway Service Performance at New York City Transit
Brian Levine, Alex Lu, John Cucarese, and Alla Reddy
Submitted to Transportation Research, Part C: Emerging Technologies (manuscript not yet available)

• Press Coverage: The Tech, 2012/2/1: Don’t let ‘Charlie’ get stranded!

An Algorithm to Measure Daily Bus Passenger Miles Using Electronic Farebox Data for National Transit Database Section 15 Reporting
Alex Lu and Alla Reddy
TRB Paper No. 11-0368

• Final Paper, available from the TRB metapress. (Pre-publication draft available here.)
• Presentation (PDF available) at Session 658: Transit Planning and Performance Measures Using Advanced Data Systems

Zen and the Art of Commuter Rail Operations: Taiwan Railway Administration’s Design, Operations, and Philosophy
Alex Lu and Amanda N. Marsh
TRB Paper No. 11-1301

• Final Paper, as revised, 16 November, 2011. (also available is the Executive Summary.)
• Photographs of Taiwan's Railways (February, 2010)
• Poster (PDF available) at Session 339: Innovations in Commuter Rail Transport

Measuring and Controlling Subway Fare Evasion: Improving Safety and Security at New York City Transit
Alla Reddy, Jacqueline A. Kuhls, and Alex Lu
TRB Paper No. 11-2016

• Final Paper, available from the TRB metapress. (Pre-publication draft available here.)
• Presentation (PDF available) at Session 594: Transit Fares: Fresh Look at Fare Evasion and Fare Payment Media
• Press Coverage:
  1. New York Daily News, 2011/8/3: State politician pushes bill to punish subway fare-beaters with fines up to $500
  2. New York Daily News, 2011/7/27: Raise the fine for subway fare-beaters, NYPD boss Raymond Kelly asks Albany
  3. Freakonomics Blog, 2011/7/27: In New York City, it still pays to hop the subway turnstile
  4. New York Daily News, 2011/7/26: Subway turnstile jumpers saving loads of money, even when they are caught
  5. New York One, 2011/7/26: Report: Subway fare evaders may have upper hand
  6. New York Daily News, 2011/7/21: Bramhall's World, 'Under 44" ride free'
  7. New York Daily News, 2011/7/20: 43% of subway fare-beaters are kids, report finds

Issues & Challenges Facing First and Last Miles of Regional and High-Speed Rail Development: Call for Further Research
Alex Lu and Eric C. Peterson
TRB Presentation No. P11-0787

• Presentation (PDF available) at Session 378: Sharing Rail Access to Urban Cores
• Call for Papers, proposed for the 2011 TRB Annual Meeting, was posted here.

Subway Productivity, Profitability, and Performance: A Tale of Five Cities
Alla Reddy, Alex Lu, and Ted Wang
TRB Paper No. 10-0487

• Final Paper, available from the TRB metapress. (Pre-publication draft available here.)
• Presentation at Session 369: Managing and Developing Regional Transit Systems and Transit Infrastructure
• Presentation at the APTA 2010 Multimodal Operations Planning Workshop, New York City, N.Y.
• Press Coverage:
  1. Regional Plan Association Spotlight, 2011/8/10: Learning From Hong Kong
  2. The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, New York Public Radio (NPR affiliate), 2011/8/5: Transit Systems That Make Money
  3. New York Daily News Opinion, 2011/7/29: What Jay Walder's new city, Hong Kong, can teach us about transit: Make money, don't just spend it

Using Quantitative Methods in Equity and Demographic Analysis to Inform Transit Fare Restructuring Decisions
Robert L. Hickey, Alex Lu, and Alla Reddy
TRB Paper No. 10-0280

• Final Paper, available from the TRB metapress. (Pre-publication draft available here.)
• Presentation at Session 462: Fares and Applications of Smart Card Data

Safeguarding Minority Civil Rights and Environmental Justice in Service Delivery and Reductions – New York City Transit Authority Title VI Program Case Study
Alla Reddy, Thomas Chennadu, and Alex Lu
TRB Paper No. 10-1155

• Final Paper, available from the TRB metapress. (Pre-publication draft available here.)
• Presentation at Session 493: Critical Assessment of Environmental Justice and Transportation Equity Since Executive Order 12898
• Presentation at the APTA 2010 Multimodal Operations Planning Workshop, New York City, N.Y.

Organizational Regimes for Commuter Rail: Improving Train Service Worldwide
John G. Allen and Alex Lu
TRB Paper No. 09-1641 (now renumbered 10-0242)

• Final Paper, available from the TRB metapress. (Pre-publication draft available here.)
• Draft Paper, an earlier Transport Chicago version
• Presentation at Session 311: Paradigm Shifts for Commuter Rail, Part I

Application of Entry-Only Automated Fare Collection System Data to Infer Ridership, Rider Destinations, Unlinked Trips, and Passenger Miles
Alla Reddy, et al.
TRB Paper No. 09-0809

• Final Paper, available from the TRB metapress. (Pre-publication draft available here.)
• Presentation at Session 228: Public Transportation Fares and Fare Technology Research

Performance Measurements on Mass Transit: New York City Transit Authority Case Study
Anthony Cramer, et al.
TRB Paper No. 09-1141

• Final Paper, available from the TRB metapress. (Pre-publication draft available here.)
• Handout for Presentation at Poster Session 552: Optimum Performance for Transit: Explorations in Transit Economics and Transit Management
• Poster PDF is also available.

Passenger Environment Survey: Representing the Customer Perspective in Quality Control
Alex Lu, et al.
TRB Paper No. 09-0587

• Final Paper, available from the TRB metapress. (Pre-publication draft available here.)
• Presentation at Session 637: Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Research

Shared Use of Railroad Infrastructure with Non-Compliant Public Transit Rail Vehicles
Paul K. Stangas (Principal Investigator)
TCRP Project A-27. The main findings from this effort have been published as TCRP Report 130 (PDF available).

• TRB Presentation P07-0663: Business Case for Shared-Track Operations
• TRB Presentation P07-0660: Shared Track in North America
  Presented at Session 613: Recent Investigations into Shared Railroad Corridors and Facilities

Business Model for Shared Operations of Freight and Passenger Services
Rongfang Liu, David O. Nelson and Alexander Lu
TRB Paper No. 09-2547

• Final Paper, available from the TRB metapress.
• Presentation at Session 366: Paradigm Shifts for Commuter Rail, Part II

South Florida East Coast Corridor Transit Alternatives Study, Florida Department of Transportation
Carlos Cejas, Gannett-Fleming (Project Manager)
Phase I of this study is complete; Phase II is now underway. See the study website for updates.

• North End Connections Tech Memo
• Freight Integration Report
• SFRC Existing Facilities and Operations Tech Memo
• FEC Existing Facilities and Operations Tech Memo

Return on Investment on Freight Rail Capacity Improvement
David Hunt, Cambridge Systematics (Principal Investigator)
NCHRP Project 08-36, Task 43

• Final Report, as it appears on the NCHRP website, March 2005

Forecasting Statewide Freight Movements and Related Performance Measures
Dan Beagan, Cambridge Systematics (Principal Investigator)
Andreas Aeppli, Reebie Associates (Project Manager)
NCHRP Project 8-43. The final report has been published as NCHRP Report 606.

The following supplemental materials were not published with the formal final report:

• Chicago Case Study: Using an Input-Output Regional Economic Model to Inform Transportation & Investment Policies
• Virginia I-81 Case Study: Constructing a Highway-Rail Freight Diversion Model
• Tutorial 1: Data Conversion
• Tutorial 3: Linked Trips & Markets
• Tutorial 5: Merging Data

The Impact of Tolls on Freight Movement for I-81 in Virginia -- Examining the Potential Freight Diversion Impact of Tolling
James A. Blair (Principal Investigator)

• Final Report, from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation website

Market Analysis for the Port of Pittsburgh Commission -- Scope of Potential and New Business Development Opportunities
Allan Dechello (Principal Investigator)

• Final Report, from the Port of Pittsburgh Commission website

The Relationship Between Maintenance and Service Planning, and Evaluation of Maintenance Strategies
(or Should You Run Your EMUs Till They Drop?)
Lexcie Lu
TRB Paper No. 04-2697

• Draft Paper, as amended on 14 November, 2003
• Handout, Relationships between Maintenance and Service Planning,
  for Presentation at Session 735: Innovative Approaches to Transit Operations
• Brief, Effect of Operations Intervention on Average Passenger Wait Time

Evaluation of Urban Freeways: The Cross-Bronx Case Study
Steve Alpert and Lexcie Lu
MIT Course 1.011 Project Evaluation Case Study
Also presented at Boston University, Metropolitan College (June 16, 2003)

• Course Website (DSpace url: http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/36392)
  Instructor: Carl D. Martland; Teaching Assistant: Lexcie Lu.
• Presentation Handout, as revised, June 2003
• Steve Alpert's Original Term Paper, unrevised

The Vital Role of Metropolitan Access in Commuter, Regional, Intercity and Overnight Rail Passenger Transportation -- and Its Relationship to Technology
Lexcie Lu
MIT Thesis (Supervised by Carl D. Martland)

• Abstract
• Main Text
• Appendices

The Vital Role of Metropolitan Access in Intercity Passenger Transportation
Lexcie Lu, Dalong Shi, and Carl D. Martland
TRB Paper No. 03-2546

• Draft Paper, as submitted
• Handout, From the Limiteds and the Zephyrs to the 21st Century MetroFlyer,
  for Presentation at the Intercity Rail Financing Subcommittee

Performance-Based Technology Scanning for Intercity Rail Passenger Systems
Carl D. Martland, Lexcie Lu, Dalong Shi, and Joseph M. Sussman
TRB Paper No. 03-2545

• Draft Paper, as revised, November 2002
• Presentation, as presented at Session 352 (Technology Innovations in High-Speed Rail Planning)
• Draft Handout, Are High-Speed Rail Customers Really Speed Demons?

Vertical Integration versus Infrastructure Separation for Railroads: Different Optimums for Different Settings?
Alex Lu
TRB Paper No. 02-2332

• Draft Paper, as revised, November 2001
• Handout, Open Access: a European Dream Unfulfilled, an American Nightmare?, as presented at poster session, January 2002
• Poster PDF is also available.