This paper describes a new method of real-time train monitoring based on the ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 protocol. The system consists of a mobile device embedded in the moving train which transmits parameter signals that are being measured by a base unit with the help of routers. When applied, the...

The Highway Space Inventory Control System (HSICS) is a novel travel demand management concept in which all road users have to make reservations <italic>in advance</italic> to enter a highway. A modeling framework for such a system is proposed and illustrated for a hypothetical highway section. The proposed...

In response to increasing demand, airlines may increase capacity by increasing the frequency of flights or they may choose to increase aircraft size. This may yield operating cost economies. If the airports they operate from are capacity constrained, they will be limited in the extent that they...

<title>Abstract</title> Many railway companies in Europe operate periodic timetables. Yet most timetables are not entirely periodic but have a mixture of different periodicities and many exceptions to cope with changing demand. Current approaches for automatic timetable generation are not able to deal with...

<title>Abstract</title> Railway traffic experiences disturbances during operations that cause conflicts between train paths or even deadlock situations. Dispatchers need actions to restore feasibility and limit spreading of delays through the network. To help them in such a task, the dispatching support tool...

<title>Abstract</title> The forest sector in Norway is very transport intensive, accounting for approximately 14% of total domestic freight transport traffic on Norwegian roads. This paper presents an analysis linking a general equilibrium freight transport modelling tool with a partial equilibrium model of...

<title>Abstract</title> The purpose of this paper was to show how vehicle positioning data collected through global positioning systems (GPS) or similar applications can be used in quality control programs of public transit operators to better assess the quality and performance of transportation services, and...

<title>Abstract</title> This paper describes a distributed recursive heuristic approach for the origin--destination demand estimation problem for real-time traffic network management applications. The distributed nature of the heuristic enables its parallelization and hence reduces significantly its processing...

<title>Abstract</title> This special issue is based on a selection of the four best papers from the Third International Seminar on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis held in Zurich from 11 to 13 February 2009. The papers have been selected and reviewed by Board and other senior members of the...

<title>Abstract</title> This paper examines the reliability measures of freight travel time on urban arterials that provide access to an international seaport. The findings indicate that the reliability index calculated by the median of travel time, which is less sensitive to extreme values in a highly skewed...