This Week In Public Transit

This week asks when transit changes rider behavior: free fares had modest effects in King County, while Mexico City light rail prediction focused on daily wait-time uncertainty. Covers 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-19; 5 selected papers. A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-10-12 – 2026-10-19. Top papers Means‐Tested Public Transportation Subsidies: Causal Evidence and Implic...

New work turns transit gaps into scorecards and dashboards, then tests whether buses, station areas, contracts, and street simulations can deliver cleaner, more usable networks. Covers 2026-10-05 to 2026-10-12; 5 free papers from 6 selected papers. A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-10-05 – 2026-10-12. Top papers Development and Implementation of an Interactive Data...

Harare’s unbuilt BRT and Patna’s bus driving-cycle work both point to the same lesson: transit plans depend on local streets, institutions, riders, and operations. Covers 2026-09-28 to 2026-10-05; 5 free papers from 10 selected papers. A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-09-28 – 2026-10-05. Top papers Institutional spatial and mobility constraints limiting bus rapid...

New transit work points to a practical agenda: improve reliability with sparse data, rebuild service around changed travel, and make equity rules usable for agencies. Covers 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-28; 5 free papers from 9 selected papers. A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-09-21 – 2026-09-28. Top papers The Future of Transit Real-time bus arrival prediction and bus b...

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 Aut...

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 Comme...

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 Detect...

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 transporta...

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 o...

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 Deco...

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 an...

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 d...

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...

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...

This week connects CalmMobility, Lisbon digital equity, Kathmandu harassment interviews, Peshawar congestion, and LRT satisfaction around a shared test: can people use transit with confidence? Covers 2026-06-29 to 2026-07-06; 5 free papers from 6 selected papers. A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-06-29 – 2026-07-06. Top papers Strategic Approaches to Alleviate Traf...

A 2023 Belo Horizonte fare cut produced modest short-run ridership gains overall, while Multan riders weighed BRT, buses, and rickshaws by cost, time, and comfort. Covers 2026-06-22 to 2026-06-29; 5 selected papers. A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-06-22 – 2026-06-29. Top papers Short-Run Price Elasticity of Demand for Public Transit in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Evi...

This week looks at transit as a bodily system, from Xiamen station walking tests for luggage and strollers to Qingdao subway phone behavior, Taipei motion sickness, and Tel Aviv rail magnetic fields. Covers 2026-06-15 to 2026-06-22; 5 free papers from 7 selected papers. A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-06-15 – 2026-06-22. Top papers Towards Sustainable and Inclusi...

This week links India’s voluntary Janta Curfew mobility declines with Bangladesh survey findings on street adolescents, including the share spending time in public transit areas. Covers 2026-06-08 to 2026-06-15; 2 selected papers. A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-06-08 – 2026-06-15. Top papers Are Lockdowns More Effective Than Voluntary Measures in Checking Mobili...

Access and reliability shape daily commuting, cancer-care burdens, station vitality, and constrained upgrades from Bengaluru to Kano and Aktobe. Covers 2026-06-01 to 2026-06-08; 5 free papers from 7 selected papers. A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-06-01 – 2026-06-08. Top papers Determinants of public transport use in Bengaluru: an empirical analysis of commuter b...

Ridesharing access, distance to public transit, in-trip surveys, CCTV crowd analytics, and roof-mounted battery packs all frame transit as infrastructure that must work in real time. Covers 2026-05-25 to 2026-06-01; 5 free papers from 7 selected papers. A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-05-25 – 2026-06-01. Top papers The benefits of in situ reporting: Experimental...

From light-rail crossings to automated firearm detection, the episode asks how transit systems work when design, access, safety, and public behavior meet in stations and streets. Covers 2026-05-18 to 2026-05-25; 5 free papers from 6 selected papers. A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-05-18 – 2026-05-25. Top papers Challenges of spatial integration and sustainability...

A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-05-11 – 2026-05-18. Top papers Modeling Barriers to Cashless Fare Adoption in U.S. Public Transit Systems Optimization of the Transport Structure Driven by Urban Rail Transit Under Low-Carbon Target A route aware predictive energy management framework for solar integrated electric bus transportation systems Day-Ahead Optimal Schedu...

A review of recent research on public transit. Episode covers 2026-05-04 – 2026-05-11. Top papers When public transit stops, bikes roll: Measuring the impacts of public transit strikes on bicycle sharing use in Montréal From Functional Service to Emotional Engagement: Modeling the Mediated Pathways to Satisfaction in Age-Friendly Public Transit Reported impacts and workplace needs of transit opera...