Bus Rapid Transit - Centre of Excellence

In Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations, Human Sttlements Programme and Development Bank of Latin America, Steering the Metropolis: Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Urban Development. Edited by David Gómez-Álvarez, Robin Rajack, Eduardo López-Moreno and Gabriel Lanfranchi. Chapter 2.8, 225 - 238.

The impact of bus rapid transit on housing price and accessibility changes in Sydney: a repeat sales approach.

Mulley, C. and Tsai, C. (2016)

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 11, 3 – 10.

Exploring the social and spatial potential of an intermodal approach to transport planning

Sagaris, L., Tiznado-Aitken, I., Steiniger, S. (2017)

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 11, 721-736

Decreasing fare evasion without fines? A microeconomic analysis

Guarda, P., Galilea, P., Handy, S., Muñoz, J.C. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2016)

Research in Transportation Economics (Article in Press)

Accessibility and equity: An approach for wider transport project assessment in Chile

Niehaus, M., Galilea, P. and Hurtubia, R. (2016)

Research in Transportation Economics (Article in Press)

Understanding cyclist traffic behaviour: Contrasting cycle path designs in Santiago de Chile

Waintrub, N., Peña, C., Niehaus, M., Vega, R. and Galilea, P. (2016)

Research in Transportation Economics (Article in Press)

When and where are limited-stop bus services justified?

Larrain, H. and Muñoz, J.C (2016)

Transportmetrica 12A (9), 811-831.

Valuing crowding in public transport: Implications for cost-benefit analysis

Batarce, M., Muñoz, J.C. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2016)

Transportation Research Part A, 91, 358-378

Evaluating how cycle-bus integration could contribute to “sustainable” transport

Sagaris, L. and Landon, P (2016)

Research in Transportation Economics (accepted)

The Publicness of Public Transport: The changing nature of public transport in Latin American cities

Paget-Seekins, L. and Tironi, M. (2016).

Transport Policy 49, 176–183

Sustainable Urban Public Passenger Transport: Is rail really cleaner and greener than bus?

Mulley, C., Hensher, D.A. and Cosgrove, D. (2016)

Working Paper Nº05, BRT Centre of Excellence

A zonal inference model based on observed smart-card transactions for Santiago de Chile

Tamblay, S., P. Galilea, P. Iglesias, S. Raveau and J.C. Munoz (2015)

Transportation Research A, 84, 44-54

Cost efficiency under negotiated performance-based contracts and benchmarking: Are there gains through competitive tendering in the absence of an incumbent public monopolist?

Hensher, D.A. (2015)

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 49(1), 133-148

Using contracted assets to undertake non‐contracted services as a way to improve cost efficiency under negotiated or tendered bus contracts

Hensher, D.A. (2015)

Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation 1(2), 111-128

Guidelines for BRT Contracts

Pedro M., Macário R. (2015)

14th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport Thredbo. Santiago, Chile, 31 August – 3 September, 2015

Is sequential estimation a suitable second best for estimation of hybrid choice models?

Bahamonde-Birke, F.J. and Ortúzar J. de D. (2014)

Transportation Research Record 2429, 51-58

Exploring the role of social capital influence variables on travel behaviour

Di Ciommo, F., Comendador, J., López-Lambas, M.E., Cherchi, E., Ortúzar, J. de D. (2014)

Transportation Research 68A, 46-55

Exploring Connection Between Climate Change and Traffic Safety: Initial Aggregate Assessment

Hidalgo, D. and Duduta, N. (2014)

Transportation Research Board 93nd Annual Meeting. Washington DC, USA, 12-16 January, 2014

Modelling parking choices considering user heterogeneity

Ibeas, A., dell'Olio, L., Bordagaray, M. y Ortúzar, J. de D. (2014)

Transportation Research 70A, 41-49.

Evaluating BRT improvements in Mexico City: How feasible is to improve a consolidated system?

López, A., Hernandez, J.J., Cerezo, A. and Santos-Rocha, P. (2014)

Transportation Research Board 93nd Annual Meeting. Washington DC, USA, 12-16 January, 2014

The Impact of Bus Rapid Transit on Housing Price and Accessibility Changes in Sydney: A Repeat Sales Approach

Mulley, C. and Tsai, C. (2014)

World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research WSTLUR, Delft, Netherlands, 27th June, 2014

Analyzing route choice strategies on transit networks

Raveau, S. and Muñoz, J.C. (2014)

Transportation Research Board 93nd Annual Meeting. Washington DC, USA, 12-16 January, 2014

A behavioural comparison of route choice on metro networks: Time, transfers, crowding, topology and socio-demographics

Raveau, S., Guo, Z., Muñoz, J.C., Wilson, N. (2014)

Transportation Research 66A, 185-195.

Citizens’ Anti-highway Revolt in Post-Pinochet Chile: Catalyzing Innovation in Transport Planning

Sagaris, L. (2014)

Planning Practice & Research 29(3), 268-286

Valuing externalities using willingness to pay methods

Rizzi, L.I. and Ortuzar, J. de D. (2014)

Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Transport Economics and Policy, 93-111. Edward Elgar Publishing Co., Cheltenham

CoAXs: interactive mapping for measuring and communicating transit’s accessibility impacts to support co-creative planning

Stewart, A., Zegras, C. (2015)

14th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport Thredbo. Santiago, Chile, 31 August – 3 September, 2015.

Transport Planning (book chapter)

Willumsen, L.G. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2015)

In M. Bliemer, C. Mulley and C. Moutou (eds.), Handbook on Transport and Urban Planning in the Developed World. Edward Elgar Publishing Co., Cheltenham (in press)

Valuation Of Travel Time Savings For Intercity Travel: The Madrid-Barcelona Corridor

Román C., Martín J.C., Espino R., Cherchi E., Ortúzar J.D., Rizzi L.I., González R.M. and Amador F.J. (2014)

Transport Policy

On the variability of hybrid discrete choice models

Bahamonde-Birke, F. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2014)

Transportmetrica 10, 74-88.

Urban Travel Demand Model with Endogenous Congestion

Batarce, M. and Ivaldi, M. (2014)

Transportation Research 59A, 331–345.

An improved Stirling approximation for trip distribution models

De Grange, L., González, F., Muñoz, J.C. and Raveau, S. (2014)

Networks and Spatial Economics 14 (3), 531-548

Modal Image: Candidate Drivers of Preference Differences for BRT and LRT

Hensher, D.A. and Mulley, C. (2014)

Transportation 42(1), 7-23.

High Quality Public Transport: Gaining Acceptance of Bus Rapid Transit Systems

Hensher, D., Mulley, C. and Smith, N. (2014)

In T. Gärling, D. Ettema and M. Friman (ed), Handbook of Sustainable Travel: People, Society and Transportation Systems.

Mobility Network as the Strategic Element of the Urban Mobility System

Garcia, C.; Macário, R. and Loureiro, F. (2014)

NECTAR Cluster 6 Meeting on Accessibility and Policy Making, Seville, Spain

Exploring the Connection Between Climate Change and Traffic Safety: An Initial Aggregate Assessment

Hidalgo, D. and Duduta, N. (2014)

Transportation Research Board 93nd Annual Meeting. Washington DC, USA, 12-16 January, 2014.

Accessibility and residential land value uplift: identifying spatial variations in the accessibility impacts of a bus transitway

Mulley, C. (2014)

Urban Studies 51, 1707-1724.

Do preferences for BRT and LRT vary across geographical jurisdictions? A comparative assessment of six Australian capital cities

Mulley, C., Hensher, D. (2014)

Case Studies on Transport Policy 2, 1-9.

Network Governance and Future Urban Mobility: the Case of London Public Transport System

Spandou, M., Macário, R. (2014)

Urban Futures- Squaring Circles: Europe, China and the world in 2050, Lisbon, Portugal, 10-11 October 2014

Examining regulatory reform for bus operations in Latin America

Paget-Seekins, L., Flores Dewey, O. and Muñoz, J.C. (2014)

Accepted in Urban Geography.

Assessment of Adoption of Sustainable Urban Passenger Transport Measures

Zeng, H., Hidalgo, D. and Mani, A. (2014)

Transportation Research Board 93nd Annual Meeting. Washington DC, USA, 12-16 January, 2014.

Survey data to model time-of-day choice: methodology and findings

Arellana, J., Ortúzar, J. de D. and Rizzi, L.I. (2013)

In J. Zmud, M.E.H. Lee-Gosselin, M.A. Munizaga and J.A. Carrasco (eds.), Transport Survey Methods: Best Practice for Decision Making. Emerald, Bingley.

Meta-Analysis of Transit Bus Exhaust Emissions

Cooper, E., Arioli, M., Carrigan, A., Jain, U. (2013)

Transportation Research Record 2340, 20-28.

Integration of spatial correlation into a combined travel model with hierarchical levels

De Grange, L., González, F., Boyce, D. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2013)

Spatial Economic Analysis 8(1), 71-91.

Modelling the effects of pro bicycle infrastructure and policies: towards sustainable urban mobility

Dell´Olio, L., Ibeas, A., Bordagaray, M. y Ortúzar, J. de D. (2013)

Journal of Urban Planning and Development of ASCE, 04014001.

Saving Lives with Sustainable Transport

Duduta N., Adriazola-Steil C., Hidalgo D. (2013)

Report by EMBARQ and World Resources Institute.

Using Empirical Bayes to Estimate the Safety Impact of Transit Improvements in Latin America

Duduta, N., Lindau, L.A., Adriazola, C. (2013)

Road Safety and Simulation International Conference. Rome, Italy, 23 – 25 October, 2013.

BRT Design Workshop Gran Avenida Briefing Book

Figueroa, C., Forray, R. and Hidalgo, R. (2013)

Report by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

A first glimpse on policy packaging for implementation of BRT projects

Filipe, L. and Macário, R. (2013)

Research in Transportation Economics 39, 150 - 157.

Expanding transportation planning capacity in cities of the global south: Public-private collaboration and conflict in Chile and Mexico

Flores, O (2013)

PhD Dissertation, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT.

Fostering Bus Rapid Transit in Mexico City: A Sustainable Reform?

Flores, O. and Zegras, C.P. (2013)

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation (accepted).

Burying the highway: the social valuation of community severance and amenity

Grisolía, J.M., López, F. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2013)

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 9. 298 - 309.

Choosing Public Transport – Incorporating Richer Behavioural Elements in Modal Choice Models

Hensher, D.A., Rose, J.M., Leong, W., Tirachini, A., Li, Z., (2013)

Transport Reviews 33, 92 – 106.

High Quality, Affordable, Integrated Transit Keys to Public Transport Success

Hidalgo, D. (2013)

Smart City Expo World Congress. Barcelona, Spain, 19-21 November, 2013.

Role of Transport in Transforming Cities

Hidalgo, D. (2013)

6th India Urban Mobility Conference. Delhi, India, 3-6 December, 2013.

On the perception of safety in low income neighbourhoods: using digital images in a stated choice experiment

Iglesias, P., Greene, M. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2013)

In S. Hess and A.J. Daly (eds.), Choice Modelling: The State of the Art and the State of Practice. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham.

Barriers to planning and implementing BRT systems

Lindau, L.A., Hidalgo, D., Lobo, A. and Pai, M (2013)

13th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport. Oxford, UK, 15-19 September, 2013.

Metrobuses in Sydney: how high capacity and high frequency services are benefiting the Metropolitan fringe

Mulley, C. and Ho, C. (2013)

13th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport Thredbo. Oxford, UK, 15-19 September, 2013.

Effects of bus rapid transit on housing price: evidence from Sydney, Australia

Mulley, C. and Tsai, C. (2013)

13th World Conference on Transport Research. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15-18 July, 2013.

Transport research needs

Ortuzar, J. de D., Cherchi, E. and Rizzi, L.I. (2013)

In S. Hess and A.J. Daly (eds.), Handbook of Choice Modelling, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.

Will bus travellers walk further for a more frequent service? A Stated preference investigation

Rose, J., Mulley, C., Tsai, P. and Hensher, D.A. (2013)

Australasian Transport Research Forum. Brisbane, Australia, 2-4 October, 2013.

Survey methods to inform policy decision makers on environment, energy, climate and natural disasters

Sammer, G. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2013)

In J. Zmud, M.E.H. Lee-Gosselin, M.A. Munizaga and J.A. Carrasco (eds.), Transport Survey Methods: Best Practice for Decision Making. Emerald, Bingley.

BRT Design Workshop Boston Briefing Book

Stewart, A. and Zegras, C. (2013)

Report by MIT, Boston.

Accounting for travel time variability in the optimal pricing of cars and buses in a multimodal transport corridor

Tirachini, A., Hensher, D.A. and Bliemer, M.C. (2013)

Transportation (under review)

Valuation of housing and neighbourhood attributes for city centre location: a case study in Santiago

Torres, I., Greene, M. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2013)

Habitat International 39, 62-74.

Valuing casualty risk reductions from estimated baseline risk

Veisten, K., Flügel, S., Rizzi, L.I., Ortúzar, J. de D. and Elvik, R. (2013)

Research in Transportation Economics 40, 50-61

Assessing the Equity Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit: Emerging Frameworkds and Evidence

Venter, C., Hidalgo, D. and Valderrama Pineda, A.F. (2013)

13th World Conference on Transport Research

Implementing Bus Reform: Institutional Dimensions

Zegras, C., Tironi, M., Flores, O., and Fernandez, M. (2013)

MIT-Chile Conference in Santiago, Chile

Developing surveys for the study of departure time choice: a two-stage efficient design approach

Arellana, J.A., Daly, A., Hess, S., Ortúzar, J. de D. and Rizzi, L.I. (2012)

Transportation Research Record (accepted)

Information processing in choice-based conjoint experiments: a process-tracing study

Denstadli, J.M., Lines, R. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2012)

European Journal of Marketing 46(3), 422-446

The costs of inclusion: Incorporating existing bus and paratransit operators into Mexico City’s BRT

Flores, O., Zegras, C. (2012)

12th Conference on Advanced Systems for Public Transport. Santiago, Chile, 23-27 July, 2012

The costs of inclusion: Incorporating existing bus operators into Mexico City’s emerging bus rapid transit system

Flores-Dewey, O. and Zegras, C. (2012)

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (under review).

Public transport pre-pay tickets: Understanding passenger choice for different products

Graham, P. and Mulley, C. (2012)

Transport Policy 19, 69-75.

Ridership Drivers of Bus Rapid Transit Systems

Hensher, D.A. and Li, Z. (2012)

Transportation (in press) DOI: 10.1007/s11116-012-9392-y

Choosing public transport – some behavioural challenges

Hensher, D.A., Li, Z., Leong, W., Rose, J.M. (2012)

12th Conference on Advanced Systems for Public Transport. Santiago, Chile, 23-27 July, 2012

Does the choice model method and/or the data matter?

Hensher, D.A., Rose, J. M., and Li, Z. (2012)

Transportation 39, 351 – 385.

Transporte Sustentável no Século Urbano

Lindau, L.A., Lash, J., Koch, J. (2012)

In Elsevier, Desenvolvimento Sustentável 2012-2050: Visão, Rumos e Contradições.

Access as a social good and as an economic good: is there a need of paradigm shift?

Macário, R. (2012)

Financing Urban Access – VREF seminar. Bellagio, Italy, 7-11 May, 2012.

Funding and financing constraints in the aftermath of institutional design: a critical review

Macário, R. and Spandou, M. (2012)

Transport Policy (under review)

Modelos de Demanda de Transporte

Ortúzar, J. de D. (2012)

Second Enlarged Edition, Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago.

Methodological developments in activity-travel behaviour analysis

Ortuzar, J. de D., Eluru, N. and Srinivasan, K.K. (2012)

In R.M. Pendyala and C.R. Bhat (eds.), Travel Behaviour Research in an Evolving World. 357-365, Lulu.com Publishers, Raleigh, N.C.

Practical and empirical identifiability of hybrid discrete choice models

Raveau, S., Yáñez, M.F. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2012)

Transportation Research 46B, 1374 - 1383.

Assessing the diversity of schemes for financing urban access and mobility: in preparation of a comparative study

Viegas, J.M. (2012)

Financing Urban Access – VREF seminar. Bellagio, Italy, 7-11 May, 2012.

The complexity of BRT development and implementation

Carrigan, A., Hensher, D., Hidalgo, D., Mulley, C. and Muñoz, J.C. (2011)

In VREF (ed.), 10 Years with the FUT Programme, 114-125.

A first glimpse on policy packaging for implementation of BRT projects

Filipe, L. and Macário, R. (2011)

International Conference Series on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport, Thredbo 12. Durban, South Africa, 11 – 15 September 2011.

The relationship between bus contract costs, user perceived service quality and performance assessment

Hensher, D.A. (2014)

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 8(1), 5-27

Valuation of Travel Time Savings in WTP and Preference Space in the Presence of Taste and Scale Heterogeneity

Hensher, D.A. and Greene, W.H. (2011)

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 45, 505 - 525.

Embedding risk attitude and decisions weights in non-linear logit to accommodate time variability in the value of expected travel time savings

Hensher, D.A., Greene, W.H. and Li, Z. (2011)

Transportation Research 45B, 954 – 972.

Planning and Urban Impacts

Priority infrastructure for minibus-taxis: An analytical model of potential benefits and impacts

Mixing the formal with the informal in shared right-of-way systems: A simulation-based case study in Tshwane, South Africa

Technology choices in public transport planning: Aclassification framework

Behavioural response of paratransit to formal public transport in hybrid systems

Using Twitter to Infer User Satisfaction With Public Transport: The Case of Santiago, Chile

Tackling road congestion – What might it look like in the future under a collaborative and connected mobility model?

Tackling road congestion – what might it look like in the future?

Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Mobility

The impact of bus rapid transit on housing price and accessibility changes in Sydney: a repeat sales approach.

Exploring the social and spatial potential of an intermodal approach to transport planning

Decreasing fare evasion without fines? A microeconomic analysis

Accessibility and equity: An approach for wider transport project assessment in Chile

Understanding cyclist traffic behaviour: Contrasting cycle path designs in Santiago de Chile

When and where are limited-stop bus services justified?

Valuing crowding in public transport: Implications for cost-benefit analysis

Evaluating how cycle-bus integration could contribute to “sustainable” transport

The Publicness of Public Transport: The changing nature of public transport in Latin American cities

Sustainable Urban Public Passenger Transport: Is rail really cleaner and greener than bus?

A zonal inference model based on observed smart-card transactions for Santiago de Chile

Cost efficiency under negotiated performance-based contracts and benchmarking: Are there gains through competitive tendering in the absence of an incumbent public monopolist?

Using contracted assets to undertake non‐contracted services as a way to improve cost efficiency under negotiated or tendered bus contracts

Guidelines for BRT Contracts

Is sequential estimation a suitable second best for estimation of hybrid choice models?

Exploring the role of social capital influence variables on travel behaviour

Exploring Connection Between Climate Change and Traffic Safety: Initial Aggregate Assessment

Modelling parking choices considering user heterogeneity

Evaluating BRT improvements in Mexico City: How feasible is to improve a consolidated system?

The Impact of Bus Rapid Transit on Housing Price and Accessibility Changes in Sydney: A Repeat Sales Approach

Analyzing route choice strategies on transit networks

A behavioural comparison of route choice on metro networks: Time, transfers, crowding, topology and socio-demographics

Citizens’ Anti-highway Revolt in Post-Pinochet Chile: Catalyzing Innovation in Transport Planning

Valuing externalities using willingness to pay methods

CoAXs: interactive mapping for measuring and communicating transit’s accessibility impacts to support co-creative planning

Transport Planning (book chapter)

Valuation Of Travel Time Savings For Intercity Travel: The Madrid-Barcelona Corridor

On the variability of hybrid discrete choice models

Urban Travel Demand Model with Endogenous Congestion

An improved Stirling approximation for trip distribution models

Modal Image: Candidate Drivers of Preference Differences for BRT and LRT

High Quality Public Transport: Gaining Acceptance of Bus Rapid Transit Systems

Mobility Network as the Strategic Element of the Urban Mobility System

Exploring the Connection Between Climate Change and Traffic Safety: An Initial Aggregate Assessment

Accessibility and residential land value uplift: identifying spatial variations in the accessibility impacts of a bus transitway

Do preferences for BRT and LRT vary across geographical jurisdictions? A comparative assessment of six Australian capital cities

Network Governance and Future Urban Mobility: the Case of London Public Transport System

Examining regulatory reform for bus operations in Latin America

Assessment of Adoption of Sustainable Urban Passenger Transport Measures

Survey data to model time-of-day choice: methodology and findings

Meta-Analysis of Transit Bus Exhaust Emissions

Integration of spatial correlation into a combined travel model with hierarchical levels

Modelling the effects of pro bicycle infrastructure and policies: towards sustainable urban mobility

Saving Lives with Sustainable Transport

Using Empirical Bayes to Estimate the Safety Impact of Transit Improvements in Latin America

BRT Design Workshop Gran Avenida Briefing Book

A first glimpse on policy packaging for implementation of BRT projects

Expanding transportation planning capacity in cities of the global south: Public-private collaboration and conflict in Chile and Mexico

Fostering Bus Rapid Transit in Mexico City: A Sustainable Reform?

Burying the highway: the social valuation of community severance and amenity

Choosing Public Transport – Incorporating Richer Behavioural Elements in Modal Choice Models

High Quality, Affordable, Integrated Transit Keys to Public Transport Success

Role of Transport in Transforming Cities

On the perception of safety in low income neighbourhoods: using digital images in a stated choice experiment

Barriers to planning and implementing BRT systems

Metrobuses in Sydney: how high capacity and high frequency services are benefiting the Metropolitan fringe

Effects of bus rapid transit on housing price: evidence from Sydney, Australia

Transport research needs

Will bus travellers walk further for a more frequent service? A Stated preference investigation

Survey methods to inform policy decision makers on environment, energy, climate and natural disasters

BRT Design Workshop Boston Briefing Book

Accounting for travel time variability in the optimal pricing of cars and buses in a multimodal transport corridor

Valuation of housing and neighbourhood attributes for city centre location: a case study in Santiago

Valuing casualty risk reductions from estimated baseline risk

Assessing the Equity Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit: Emerging Frameworkds and Evidence

Implementing Bus Reform: Institutional Dimensions

Developing surveys for the study of departure time choice: a two-stage efficient design approach

Information processing in choice-based conjoint experiments: a process-tracing study

The costs of inclusion: Incorporating existing bus and paratransit operators into Mexico City’s BRT

The costs of inclusion: Incorporating existing bus operators into Mexico City’s emerging bus rapid transit system

Public transport pre-pay tickets: Understanding passenger choice for different products