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Rodrigo Vega, Margarita Greene, Juan de Dios Ortúzar  Abstract Cycling has experienced a significant increase in several parts of the world, partly due to a general interest towards sustainable mobility. Chile is not an exception, and cycling has grown steadily in recent decades. However, we do not have an appropriate social evaluation method for cycling... read more →

Martin Trépanier, Marcela Munizaga  Abstract Public transport is key to the sustainability of the mobility of billions of people around the world. Many sources of data are available to help its planning, namely surveys, fare collection system, and crowdsourced applications. This paper is the synthesis of a workshop that was aimed at characterising... read more →

Sergio Jara-Díaz, Antonio Gschwender, Juan Cristóbal Castro, Matías Lepe Abstract Should transit prices vary with distance? And if so, how? Two arguments that point in opposing directions have been presented in the literature: long distance users induce larger operators’ costs while short distance users induce larger in-vehicle times. Here we formulate a stylized model of a corridor... read more →

Darío Hidalgo, Ricardo Giesen and Juan Carlos Muñoz Abstract Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has grown fast in the last 25 years, promising low-cost, rapid implementation, and large positive impacts. Despite advances, many systems in middle- and low-income countries face operational and financial issues, particularly in Latin America. Some practitioners, researchers, and... read more →

Mitsuyoshi Fukushi, Felipe Delgado, Sebastián Raveau  Abstract The demand models used in revenue management systems applied to air transport are affected by endogeneity. This effect is particularly important in the Discrete Choice Models used in Choice Based Revenue Management (CBRM). Still, the sources and the magnitude of the problem have not been completely studied. In this study,... read more →

Tomás Rossetti, Ricardo A. Daziano  Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the importance of crowd avoidance to understand behavior during a public health emergency. In terms of travel behavior modeling tools, it is not obvious how spatial elements such as crowding should be displayed in discrete choice experiments. In this... read more →

Tomás Rossetti, Ricardo A. Daziano  Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has added to the challenge of decarbonizing the transportation sector, as shared modes were perceived as more dangerous during the health emergency. If these behaviors persist, drawing riders to more sustainable modes may be more difficult. This study investigates measures how crowding multipliers in... read more →

Tomás Rossetti, Melissa Ruhl, Andrea Broaddus, Ricardo A. Daziano  Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic dramatically reduced demand for public transportation and other shared mobility services. While some studies have indicated that this lowered demand may continue for some time post-pandemic, more affordable forms of shared mobility may be more likely to rebound faster. In this paper, we concentrate... read more →

Jonathan Lozano-Oviedo, Cristián E. Cortés & Pablo A. Rey Abstract Sustainability and the circular economy have become indispensable attributes of the supply chains of any industry or field of action in the effort to prevent damage to the environment and its negative economic and social impacts. Currently, most supply chains have focused on... read more →

Camila Balbontin, David A. Hensher, Matthew J. Beck  Abstract Since the start of 2020, we have seen major changes in the way communities operate. Mobility behaviour has been drastically impacted by work from home (WFH) and by lockdowns and restrictions in different jurisdictions. This study investigates the influence of WFH and different lockdown patterns on commuting and non-commuting trips in Australia... read more →