This Week In Public Transit

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A review of recent research on public transit.

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September 22, 2026Can Kansas City Fund Zero-Fare Transit? Plus: Kathmandu Offline Routing
Kansas City voters showed strong support for tax-funded zero-fare transit, while Kathmandu’s offline route-finding work tackles informal networks that major navigation platforms miss.
Covers 2026-09-14 to 2026-09-21; 5 free papers from 11 selected papers.
A review of recent research on public transit.
Episode covers 2026-09-14 – 2026-09-21.
Top papers
Transit Agency Perspectives on Bus Transit Automation Technologies in Rural, Small-Urban, and Urban U.S. Communities: A Pre-Pandemic National Baseline
Promoting Health Equity Through Tax-Funded Zero-Fare Public Transit: A Survey of Voters From Kansas City, MO.
The Institutional Influences of Public-Private Partnerships On Transport Projects in Canadian Cities
A Non-Greedy Spatially Indexed Route-Finding Algorithm for Public Transit in Kathmandu Valley
A Transit-Oriented Development Evaluation Framework for County-Level High-Speed Rail Stations
Themes: public transit, urban planning, public health, bus transit automation, community size, safety, transportation policy, public transportation
Methods: survey, quantitative, case-study, algorithm development, performance benchmarking, mobile application deployment
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September 18, 2026Shanghai stations + Jakarta Blok M: transit as living places
New work frames transit stops as commercial and social ecosystems while treating rider emotion, outreach encounters, and safety tolerance as signals agencies can act on.
Covers 2026-09-07 to 2026-09-14; 5 free papers from 7 selected papers.
A review of recent research on public transit.
Episode covers 2026-09-07 – 2026-09-14.
Top papers
Influencing Factors, Pathways, and Zonal Differences of Commercial Format Diversity in Rail Transit Station Areas: A Case Study of Shanghai
Rethinking police and social outreach collaboration: early insights from project SCOPE
AI-driven passenger experience monitoring in railway operations: a Reddit-based NLP analysis of service failures, sentiment and operational priorities
Transit Accessibility and The Emergence of Community-Driven Social Nodes: A Case Study of Blok M, South Jakarta
Emotion Analysis in Public Transport
Themes: public transport, urban planning, emotion analysis, stakeholder engagement, customer experience, Transit-Oriented Development, socio-spatial dynamics, community-driven development
Methods: qualitative, case-study, multiple-criteria analysis, survey, quantitative, structural equation modeling
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September 07, 2026Can Hotspot Maps Fix Bus Service? Plus: Microtransit Price Barriers
Transit teams are testing hotspot maps, multiperiod bus-stop forecasts, and Latin American microtransit surveys to better match service with trips people need.
Covers 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-07; 5 selected papers.
A review of recent research on public transit.
Episode covers 2026-08-31 – 2026-09-07.
Top papers
Improving Bus Service Levels: A Coupling Coordination Model Based on Travel Hotspot Detection
Determinants of the Willingness to Use Microtransit Services: Case Studies from Mexico and Colombia
Exploring Bus Stop Mobility Pattern With Temporal Variation: A Multiperiod Prediction Framework
A scoping review of electric vehicle adoption barriers and policy gaps in South Asia
Comprehensive Planning for Healthy Eating and Active Living: A Systematic Assessment from Wisconsin
Themes: microtransit, public transport, urban mobility, socioeconomic characteristics, sustainability, bus stop mobility, demand prediction, intelligent transportation systems
Methods: survey, case-study, deep learning, data analysis, predictive modeling, data mining
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September 03, 2026Would Riders Choose Microtransit? Plus: Ambon Route 47 Gaps
Fare sensitivity, safety concerns, route information, and service gaps frame how riders decide whether transit is worth choosing.
Covers 2026-08-24 to 2026-08-31; 4 selected papers.
A review of recent research on public transit.
Episode covers 2026-08-24 – 2026-08-31.
Top papers
Determinants of the Willingness to Use Microtransit Services: Case Studies from Mexico and Colombia
Impact of transportation on the property market at the national level: case of the USA
Analisis Persepsi Penumpang Angkutan Kota Trayek 47 Kilang terhadap Kualitas Layanan Angkutan Kota
YOLOv11n-LSL: An Efficient Network for Foreign Object Intrusion Detection in Complex Railway Environments
Themes: urban mobility, microtransit, public transport, socioeconomic characteristics, sustainability, public transportation, service quality, passenger perception
Methods: survey, case-study, Granger causality test, vector error correction model, impulse-response analysis
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August 25, 2026Are MBTA service changes hiding access losses? Plus: Almaty stop gaps
New transit work asks whether agencies should judge routes by reachable opportunities, not just hours, stops, or lines on a map.
Covers 2026-08-17 to 2026-08-24; 5 free papers from 10 selected papers.
A review of recent research on public transit.
Episode covers 2026-08-17 – 2026-08-24.
Top papers
Measuring the Destination Access and Equity Impacts of Public Transit Service Changes: A Case Study of Title VI Policy at MBTA
Riding to opportunity: subway opening and urban entrepreneurial activity in China
Spatial and Statistical Analysis of the Route Network of Public Transport in Almaty and Suburban Areas
Planning with autistic adults: experiences of transport, housing and recreation, and the conditions of participation
ASSESSMENT OF THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF OMITUNTUN MASS TRANSIT IN IBADAN NIGERIA
Themes: public transit, public transport, urban planning, equity impacts, Title VI policy, service changes, destination accessibility, mass transit
Methods: qualitative, case-study, survey, mixed-method, multinomial logistic regression, quantitative
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August 17, 2026Bus contracts + TOD buffers: Can transit stop working in silos?
From a trilevel bus-contracting model to 600-meter BRT station buffers in Tabriz, the week’s transit work asks how agencies turn infrastructure into reliable access.
Covers 2026-08-10 to 2026-08-17; 5 free papers from 12 selected papers.
A review of recent research on public transit.
Episode covers 2026-08-10 – 2026-08-17.
Top papers
A Trilevel Programming Model and Nested Generalized Benders Decomposition for the Bus Line Contracting Problem
Typology of transit-oriented development to promote sustainable urban structure
Beyond Supply Security: Territorial Service Security for Regional Science in an Age of Compound Shocks
Lithium–sulfur battery technology presents a promising pathway for advancing the electrification of sustainable public transportation systems
The Impact of Sustainable Development Concepts on Urban Structure: A Comparative Analysis of Global Urban Experiences)
Themes: transit-oriented development, public transportation, sustainable urban planning, urban dynamics, land use, lithium-sulfur batteries, sustainability, alternative fuels
Methods: survey, case-study, data analysis, spatial analysis, K-means clustering, multi-objective optimization
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August 13, 2026Can spatial equity shape routes? Plus: PHIMBYs in Vancouver
From Gini-constrained multimodal networks to PHIMBY politics in Vancouver, new transit work treats equity and lived context as design inputs.
Covers 2026-08-03 to 2026-08-10; 5 free papers from 12 selected papers.
A review of recent research on public transit.
Episode covers 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-10.
Top papers
Optimization of Multimodal Public Transit Networks Considering Spatial Equity
PHIMBYs and the politics of transit-oriented development: Moving beyond the NIMBY-YIMBY binary in Vancouver’s Broadway Plan
How to promote the combined use of metro and shared bicycles under different land-use patterns around metro stations: A case study of Shanghai
Estimating Heterogeneity in Travel Mode Choice Shifts with Causal Forests
Factorial Analysis of Commercial Motorcycle Accidents in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Themes: urban mobility, public transit equity, multimodal networks, spatial equity, transportation planning, route segmentation, ETA estimation, traffic patterns
Methods: case-study, qualitative, quantitative, machine learning, optimization, genetic algorithm
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August 05, 2026Does Taipei TOD Share Access? Plus: Barcelona Bus Reform
This week links Taipei TOD tradeoffs, Barcelona bus redesign, Rome’s Metro C effects, PNG health access, and hydrogen bus-depot planning around one question: who keeps access when systems change?
Covers 2026-07-27 to 2026-08-03; 5 free papers from 11 selected papers.
A review of recent research on public transit.
Episode covers 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-03.
Top papers
Equity-oriented transit-oriented development in Taipei: accessibility, displacement and commerce
Bus network reform in Barcelona during the 2010s: did it improve transit accessibility and network performance in the Catalan capital?
Grid-Constrained Planning for Scalable Hydrogen Production and Refueling at Transit Bus Depots
The impact of a new transit infrastructure on the economic fabric of Rome
Public transport and its influence on healthcare access, engagement, and delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic in Papua New Guinea
Themes: urban mobility, public transport, sustainability, public service quality, sustainable transportation, light rail transit, transit-oriented development, accessibility
Methods: qualitative, case-study, AHP, descriptive, scenario modeling, comparative analysis
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July 22, 2026Can Transit Reach Shelters and Clinics? Plus: Bike-Transit Catchments
New work maps how transit access shapes shelter reach, chronic-care trips, job access from cycling links, and the operational fixes needed after rail, bus, and fleet investments open.
Covers 2026-07-13 to 2026-07-20; 5 free papers from 14 selected papers.
A review of recent research on public transit.
Episode covers 2026-07-13 – 2026-07-20.
Top papers
Does Public Transit Serve People Experiencing Homelessness? A National Assessment of Homeless Shelter Accessibility in the US
The association between mobility and crime in England and Wales
EXPRESS: Platform Competition and Adoption Heterogeneity: How Dockless Bike Sharing Shapes Urban Air Quality
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Quantitative Metrics and Case Narratives to Reveal Factors Affecting Cost and Economic Development Outcomes of Transportation Investment Projects in the United States
Predicting the Societal Benefits of Integrated Cycling and Public Transit Networks
Themes: public transit, social equity, public transportation, public health, homelessness, urban studies, accessibility, integrated cycling
Methods: case-study, quantitative, geocoding, spatial analysis, data integration, predictive modeling
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July 13, 2026Why did Cirebon BRT stall? Plus: Baltimore night-shift commutes
Across Cirebon, Baltimore, and Kebumen, the strongest thread is service fit: routes, hours, finance, and governance often lag behind how riders actually move.
Covers 2026-07-06 to 2026-07-13; 5 free papers from 8 selected papers.
A review of recent research on public transit.
Episode covers 2026-07-06 – 2026-07-13.
Top papers
Policies For The Implementation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in an Effort To Reduce Traffic Congestion in The City of Cirebon
Rethinking spaces of fear: a mixed-methods study on perceived insecurity in urban areas and its implications for street design and engineering
Analyzing Night Shift Workers’ Commute Burden and Nighttime Mobility Patterns: A Case Study in Baltimore
Road Network Capacity Assessment and Improvement Strategies for Bimodal Urban Networks Based on the Three-Dimensional Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram
Bibliometric Analysis of Transit Ridership and the Built Environment
Themes: urban congestion, road network capacity, public transport, bus-lane priority, macroscopic fundamental diagram, public transportation, underutilization, transport planning
Methods: survey, qualitative, case-study, simulation, analysis of variance, descriptive-quantitative
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