Publications

Please note that the final version of each paper is available directly from the publisher using the link to the final manuscript below.

Journal Papers
  1. Golub, Brown, Brakewood, MacArthur, Lee, and Ziedan (2022). Equity and exclusion issues in cashless fare payment systems for public transportation. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 15. (Link to Open Access Article).
  2. Erhardt, Hoque, Goyal, Berrebi, Brakewood and Watkins (2022). Why has public transit ridership declined in the United States? Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. Volume 161, Pages 68-87. (Link to Open Access Article).
  3. Hightower,  Ziedan, Crossland, and Brakewood (2022). Current Practices and Potential Rider Benefits of Fare Capping Policies in the U.S.A. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. (Link to Open Access Article).
  4. Berrebi, Lind, Brakewood, Erhardt and Watkins (2022). Investigating the Ridership Impact of New Light-Rail Transit and Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Lines in the Twin Cities. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. (Link to article).
  5. Rezaei, Khojandi, Haque, Brakewood, Jin and Cherry (2022). Park-and-ride facility location optimization: A case study for Nashville, Tennessee. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Volume 13. (Link to article).
  6. Ziedan, Shah, Wen, Brakewood, Cherry, and Cole (2021). Complement or compete? The effects of shared electric scooters on bus ridership, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 101. (Link to article).
  7. Haque, Brakewood, Rezaei and Khojandi (2021). A literature review on park-and-rides. The Journal of Transport and Land Use. Vol. 14 No. 1. pp.1039-1060. (Link to article).
  8. Ziedan, Darling, Brakewood, Erhardt, and Watkins (2021). The impacts of shared e-scooters on bus ridership. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice.  Volume 153. pp. 20-34. (Link to article).
  9. Rezaei, Khojandi, Haque, Brakewood, Jin and Cherry (2021). Performance evaluation of mode choice models under balanced and imbalanced data assumptions.  Transportation Letters. DOI: 10.1080/19427867.2021.1955567. (Link to Article).
  10. Darling, Carpenter, Johnson-Praino, Brakewood, and Voulgaris (2021). Comparison of Reduced-Fare Programs for Low-Income Transit Rider. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (Link to Open Access Article).
  11. Ziedan, Crossland, Brakewood, Pugliese, and Ooi (2021). Investigating the Preferences of Local Residents toward a Proposed Bus Network Redesign in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (Link to Open Access Article).
  12. Liu, Zhang, Han and Brakewood (2021). Automatic Traffic Queue-End Identification using Location-Based Waze User Reports. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (Link to Article).
  13. Hoseinsadeh, Gu, Han, Brakewood and Freeze (2021). Estimating Freeway Level-of-Service Using Crowdsourced Data, Informatics, 8(1), 17 (Link to Open Access Article).
  14. Hoseinzadeh, Liu, Han, Brakewood, Mohammadnazar (2020). Quality of location-based crowdsourced speed data on surface streets: A case study of Waze and Bluetooth speed data in Sevierville, TN. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Volume 83. (Link to Final Manuscript).
  15. Brakewood,  Ziedan, Hendricks, Barbeau and Joslin (2020). An evaluation of the benefits of mobile fare payment technology from the user and operator perspectives. Transport Policy, Volume 93, pp. 54-66. (Link to Open Access Article).
  16. Ziedan and Brakewood (2020). A Longitudinal Analysis of Light Rail and Streetcar Safety in the United States. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. (Link to Final Manuscript; Download Preprint Paper).
  17. Haque and Brakewood (2020). A Synthesis and Comparison of American Automated Shuttle Pilot Projects. Case Studies on Transport Policy. (Link to Open Access Article).
  18. Ghahramani and Brakewood (2020). Requests for Ridehailing During an Extreme Weather Event: Exploratory Analysis of New York City. Journal of Urban Planning and Development. Volume 146, Issue 2. (Link to Open Access Article).
  19. Azad, Hoseinzadeh, Brakewood, Cherry and Han (2019). Fully Autonomous Buses: A Literature Review and Future Research Directions. Journal of Advanced Transportation. Volume 2019. (Link to Open Access Article).
  20. Yang, Brakewood, Nicolas, and Sion (2019). Bikeshare Users on a Budget? Trip Chaining Analysis of Bikeshare User Groups in Chicago. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Volume 2673, Issue 7.(Link to Final Manuscript; Download Preprint Paper).
  21. Mesoraca and Brakewood (2018). A Synthesis of Mobile Ticketing Applications Used by Commuter Railroads in the United States.  Journal of Public Transportation. (Download Paper).
  22. Remy, Brakewood, Ghahramani, Kwak, and Peters (2018). Transit Information Utilization during an Extreme Weather Event: An Analysis of Smartphone App Data. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. (Link to Final Manuscript; Download Preprint Paper).
  23. Brakewood and Watkins (2018). A literature review of the passenger benefits of real-time transit information. Transport Reviews. Volume 39, Issue 3. (Link to Final Manuscript; Download Preprint Paper).
  24. Beer, Brakewood, Rahman, and Viscardi (2017). Qualitative Analysis of Ridehailing Regulations in Major American Cities. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Volume 2650, pp. 84-91. (Link to Final Manuscript; Download Preprint Paper).
  25. Campbell and Brakewood (2017). Sharing Riders: How Bike-Sharing Impacts Bus Ridership in New York City. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. Volume 100, pp. 264–282.  (Link to Final Manuscript; Download Preprint Paper).
  26. Brakewood, Ghahramani, Peters, Kwak and Sion (2017). Real-Time Riders: A First Look at User Interaction Data from the Backend of a Transit and Shared Mobility Smartphone App.  Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Volume 2658 (Link to Final Manuscript; Download Preprint Version).
  27. Ghahramani and Brakewood (2016). Trends in Mobile Transit Information Utilization: An Exploratory Analysis of Transit App in New York City. Journal of Public Transportation, Volume 19, Issue 3, pp. 139-160. (Link to Final Manuscript).
  28. Rahman, Wong and Brakewood (2016). Use of Mobile Ticketing Data to Estimate an Origin-Destination Matrix for New York City Ferry Service. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Volume 2544, pp. 1-9. (Link to Final Manuscript; Download Preprint Paper).
  29. Brakewood, Macfarlane and Watkins (2015). The Impact of Real-Time Information on Bus Ridership in New York City.  Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Volume 53, pp. 59-75 (Link to Final Manuscript; Download Preprint Paper).
  30. Brakewood, Rojas, Zegras, Watkins and Robin (2015). An Analysis of Commuter Rail Real-Time Information in Boston. Journal of Public Transportation, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 1-20. (Link to Final Manuscript).
  31. Brakewood, Barbeau and Watkins (2014). An Experiment Evaluating the Impacts of Real-Time Transit Information on Bus Riders in Tampa, Florida. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 69, pp. 409-422.  (Link to Final Manuscript; Download Preprint Paper; Download Survey Questionnaire).
  32. Brakewood, Rojas, Robin, Sion and Jordan (2014). Forecasting Mobile Ticketing Adoption on Commuter Rail. Journal of Public Transportation, Volume 17, Issue 1, pp. 1-19. (Link to Final Manuscript; Download Survey Questionnaire).
  33. Brakewood and Kocur (2013). Unbanked Transit Riders and Open Payment Fare Collection. Transportation Research Record, Volume 2351, pp. 133–141. (Link to Final Manuscript; Download Preprint Version).
  34. Brakewood and Kocur (2011). Modeling Transit Rider Preferences for Contactless Bank Cards as Fare Media Transport for London and the Chicago Transit Authority. Transportation Research Record, Volume 2216. pp. 100-107. (Link to Paper; Download Preprint Paper).
Conference Proceedings
  1. Ziedan, Shah, Brakewood and Cherry (2022). A Method for Placing Shared E-Scooters Corrals Near Transit Stops. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. Download Compendium Paper.
  2. Crossland and Brakewood (2021). Marketing Mobility as a Service: Insights from the National Household Travel Survey. Proceedings of the 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. (Download Compendium Paper).
  3. Guo, Haque, Crossland and Brakewood (2021). A Cluster Analysis of Uber Request Data via Transit app in New York City. Proceedings of the 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. (Download Compendium Paper).
  4. Ziedan, Brakewood and Pugliese (2019). Preliminary Evidence of Complete Streets Effects on Bus Operations Using Automated Data Sources. Proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC (Download Paper).
  5. Hezaveh, Brakewood and Cherry (2019). Exploring the Effect of Autonomous Vehicles on Transit Ridership. Proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC (Download Paper).
  6. Brakewood, Ghahramani, Remy, and Peters (2018). Big Data Sources from GPS-enabled Smartphone Applications: An Exploratory Analysis of Transit App Data.  Proceedings of the Conference on Advanced Systems in Public Transport (CASPT), Brisbane, Australia (Download Paper).
  7. Larsen, Teal, King, and Brakewood (2018). SUTI Development of a Transactional Data Standard for Demand Responsive Transportation: A Case Study of Sweden.  Proceedings of the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC (Abstract; Download Compendium Paper).
  8. Ali, Touret, Brakewood and Paaswell (2017). A Comparison of Transit Mobile Ticketing Applications in the United States and Europe. Proceedings of the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. (Abstract; Download Compendium Paper).
  9. Davidson, Peters and Brakewood (2017). Interactive Travel Modes: Uber, Transit and Mobility in New York City. Proceedings of the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. (Abstract; Download Compendium Paper).
  10. Georggi, Brakewood, Barbeau and Joslin (2017). A Concept of Operations for Deploying a Mobile Transit Fare Collection App. Proceedings of the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. (Abstract; Download Compendium Paper).
  11. Ghahramani, Brakewood and Peters (2017). An Exploratory Analysis of Intercity Travel Patterns Using Backend Data from a Transit Smartphone Application. Proceedings of the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. (Abstract; Download Compendium Paper).
  12. Sion, Brakewood and Alvarado (2016). Planning for New Fare Payment Systems: An Equity Analysis of Smartphone, Credit Card, and Potential Mobile Ticketing Adoption by Bus Riders in Nassau County. Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. (Download Compendium Paper).
  13. Brakewood and Watkins (2015). Quantifying the Impact of Real-Time Information on Transit Ridership. Proceedings of the Conference on Advanced Systems in Public Transport (CASPT), Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Download Preprint Paper; Link to Presentation).
  14. Anders, Brakewood and Watkins (2014). A Case Study Analysis of New Fare Payment Systems in Public Transit. Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC. (Download Compendium Paper).
  15. Brakewood, Rojas, Robin, Sion,  Jordan and  Block-Schachter (2013). Forecasting Mobile Ticketing Adoption on Commuter Rail. Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC.
Book Chapters
  1. Watkins, Brakewood, Barbeau, and Antrim (2021). Chapter 21: Advances in transit customer information. Handbook of Public Transport Research. Edward Elgar Publishing. (Link).
  2. Brakewood and Watkins (2016). A Method for Conducting Before-After Analyses of Transit Use by Linking Smart Card Data and Survey Responses. Public Transport Planning with Smart Card Data. Taylor & Francis (Link).
Technical Reports
  1. Brakewood (2022).  TCRP Synthesis 163: Considering the Unbanked in Cashless Fare Payment at Point of Service for Bus/Demand-Response Services. (Download Report).
  2. Mishra, Brakewood, Golias, Aravind, Venthuruthiyil, and Sharma (2022). Connecting Demand Response Transit with Fixed Service Transit. Final Report for Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). (Link to Report).
  3. Watkins, Berrebi, Erhardt, Hoque, Goyal, Brakewood,  Ziedan, Darling, Hemily, and Kressner (2021). TCRP Report 231: Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, and Responses. (Download Report).
  4. Khojandi, Brakewood, Cherry, Jin, Rezaei, and Haque (2021). Improvement of Park-and-Ride Facilities and Services in Metropolitan Areas of Tennessee. Final Report for Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). (Link to Report).
  5. Crossland, Brakewood and Cherry (2021). Investigating the Service of App-Based Rideshare and Transportation Network Companies in Tennessee. Final Report for Tennessee Department of Transportation. (Link to Report).
  6. Golub, Brown, Brakewood and MacArthur (2021). Applying an Equity Lens to Automated Payment Solutions for Public Transportation. NITC-RR-1268. Final Report for the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), Portland, Oregon. 90 pages. (Link to Project Page and Final Report).
  7. Brakewood (2020). TCRP Synthesis 148: Business Models for Mobile Fare Apps. Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. (Download Report).
  8. Dumbaugh, Saha, Brakewood, and Ziedan (2020). Examining the Traffic Safety Effects of Urban Rail Transit: A Review of the National Transit Database and a Before-After Analysis of the Orlando SunRail and Charlotte Lynx Systems. Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety. Final Report. (Download Report).
  9. Shah, Cherry, Brakewood, Cate, Kohls, Ortmann and Proulx (2020). TDOT Bicycle & Pedestrian Counting: Best Methodologies Assessment. Final Report for the Tennessee Department of Transportation (Link to Report).
  10. Peters and Brakewood (2019). Utilizing Digital Exhaust from Smartphone Applications for Transportation Planning, Continuous Measurement, and Market Analysis. Final Report for University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) Region 2. (Download Report).
  11. Teal, Larsen, King, Brakewood, Frei, and Chia (2019). TCRP Report 210: Development of Transactional Data Specification for Demand-Responsive Transportation. (Download Report).
  12. Hendricks, Barbeau, Joslin & Brakewood (2018). Mobile Fare Payment Technology Phase II. Final Report for FDOT. (Download Report).
  13. Brakewood (2018). Evaluating the Impacts of Real-Time Information on Subway Ridership in New York City. Final Report for the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC). (Download Report).
  14. Brakewood and Paaswell (2017). Assessing NJ TRANSIT’s Mobile App for User’s Receptiveness to Geotargeting. Final Report for New Jersey DOT. (Download Report).
  15. Georggi, Barbeau, Joslin, and Brakewood (2016). Assessment of Mobile Fare Payment Technology for Future Deployment in Florida. Final Report for FDOT. (Download Report).
  16. Watkins, LaMondia, and Brakewood (2015). Developing a New Course for Public Transportation Education. Final Report for STRIDE. (Download Report).
  17. Barbeau, Brakewood, and Watkins (2015). Moving America on Transit–Innovation in Real-time Transit Information. NCTR 79017. (Download Report).
Other 
  1. Watkins, Brakewood, Erhardt, Berrebi, and Hemily (2021). Declines in Transit Ridership: Analysis of Recent Trends. TR News. Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Washington, DC, No. 332. pp. 32-37. (Download Article).
  2. Watkins and Brakewood (2016). Research Pays Off: Assessing the Impacts of Real-Time Transit Information. TR News. Transportation Research Board. No. 303. pp. 43-44 (Download Issue).
  3. Brakewood (2014). Quantifying the Impact of Real-Time Information on Transit Ridership.  PhD Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. (Download Dissertation).
  4. Brakewood (2010). Contactless Prepaid Cards and Bankcards in Transit Fare Collection Systems. MS Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. (Abstract; Download Thesis).