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Ashish Verma, Jennifer Dunn, Alejandro Tirachini, Casper Boongaling Agaton, I-Yun Lisa Hsieh, Ahmad Mayyas, Shahana Althaf, Miloš N. Mladenović Strategies to sustainably transform road transformation often focus on electrification and environmental benefits. However, transportation is also intricately linked to socio-economic aspects of sustainable development and electrification poses its own challenges.... read more →

Raúl Ramos, Hugo E. Silva Fare evasion produces significant revenue losses in public transport systems. Recent research has found that low service quality and high prices are important determinants of fare evasion. However, the economic literature that studies the optimal public transport provision has overlooked the phenomenon. We develop a... read more →

Kenzo Asahi, Diego Gil, Andrea Herrera, Javier Peñafiel, Hugo E. Silva Urban land-use regulations define how cities physically grow, but also have a significant impact on social and economic relationships within urban areas. Studies have shown that homeowners often influence these regulations to prevent densification in well-located neighborhoods in big... read more →

Paulo Aguayo, Sebastian Seriani, Jose Delpiano, Gonzalo Farias, Taku Fujiyama, Sergio A. Velastin The platform–train interface (PTI) is considered a complex space where most interactions occur between passengers boarding and alighting. These interactions are critical under crowded conditions, affecting the experience of traveling and therefore the quality of life. The... read more →

Tomás Rossetti, Andrea Broaddus, Melissa Ruhl, Ricardo Daziano Transportation system models rely heavily upon value of time (VOT) estimates to predict customer behavior. Accurate VOT estimates are particularly vital for planning new services such as on-demand ride hailing or microtransit because customers’ sensitivity to wait time, walk time, and route... read more →

Luis Yáñez Sandivari, Cristián E. Cortés & Pablo A. Rey A stepwise development is proposed for the construction of a model that comprehensively solves the disaster planning and response problem. In addition to traditional logistics costs, the suggested approach incorporates response time sensitivity, social costs related to post-disaster deprivation, the... read more →

Denis Sauré, PhD, Prof Miguel O'Ryan, MD, Juan Pablo Torres, MD PhD, Marcela Zuñiga, MBARicardo Soto-Rifo, PhD, Fernando Valiente-Echeverría, PhD, et al. Summary Background By June 30, 2022, 92·6% of the Chilean population older than 18 years had received a full primary SARS-CoV-2 vaccine series, mostly with CoronaVac (Sinovac Biotech),... read more →

Leonardo J. Basso , Marcel Goic , Marcelo Olivares , Denis Sauré , Charles Thraves , Aldo Carranza, Gabriel Y. Weintraub, Julio Covarrubia, Cristian Escobedo, Natalia Jara, Antonio Moreno, Demian Arancibia , Manuel Fuenzalida , Juan Pablo Uribe, Felipe Zúñiga, Marcela Zúñiga, Miguel O’Ryan , Emilio Santelices, Juan Pablo Torres... read more →