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Yixue Zhang, Steven Farber, Mischa Young, Ignacio Tiznado-Aitken, Timothy Ross Abstract Improving transport accessibility for people with disabilities (PWD) is crucial, given that this group is more likely to encounter transport-related exclusion (Lucas, 2012). Previous studies have shown that PWD experience numerous difficulties when travelling by public/para-transit (Bezyak et al., 2017; Park et al., 2022). If public transit services... read more →

Diana P. Moreno-Palacio, Carlos A. Gonzalez-Calderon, Héctor López-Ospina, Jhan Kevin Gil-Marin & John Jairo Posada-Henao Abstract This paper presents an improved entropy-based freight tour synthesis (FTS) using fuzzy logic (FL). One approach used in formulating FTS models is entropy maximization, which aims to obtain the most probable freight (trucks) tour flow distribution in a network... read more →

Joaquín Espinoza and Rafael Delpiano  Abstract A practical challenge facing the adoption of self-driving vehicles is the complex influence of the lateral dimension in vehicle traffic. This phenomenon has received little attention in the literature and few quantitative descriptions of interactions between vehicles are available for model validation. This paper proposes an analysis of... read more →

Luis E. Quezada ,Héctor A. López-Ospina ,Juan E. Valenzuela , Astrid M. Oddershede  &Pedro I. Palominos Abstract The purpose of this paper is to propose a quantitative method for formulating a manufacturing strategy. It is based on the accepted framework for manufacturing strategy formation containing competitive priorities and manufacturing decisions. The existing literature shows... read more →

Eduardo Allen, Teodoro Amaya, Alondra Chamorro, Hernán Santa María, Felipe Baratta, Hernán de Solminihac &Tomás Echaveguren Abstract The bridge network is an essential part of the transportation infrastructure for mobility. However, bridges are susceptible to seismic activity that produces damages and affects the entire transportation system. Their fragilities have been studied... read more →

Camila Balbontin, David A. Hensher & Matthew J. Beck Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the way we live and travel, possibly for many years to come. The ‘New Normal’ seems to be one that is best associated with living with COVID-19 rather that ‘after COVID-19’. After a year or more since the... read more →

Gustavo Jiménez-Ramos , Tomás Echaveguren , José Vargas-Baecheler , Alondra Chamorro  Abstract Shallow landslides in road cut-slopes cause traffic disruptions, especially during rainy seasons. Even when the cut slopes are planned for saturation conditions, the variability and uncertainty of the explanatory variables of slope stability combined with pore pressure variation due to rainfall determine the need to probabilistic model the slope stability, considering the effects... read more →

Saeedeh Sadeghi, Ricardo Daziano, So-Yeon Yoon & Adam K. Anderson Abstract Time sometimes feels like it is flying by or slowing down. Previous research indicates objective number of items, subjective affect, and heart rate all can influence the experience of time. While these factors are usually tested in isolation with simple stimuli in the... read more →