Fifty years of the bottleneck model: A bibliometric review and future research directions

ZC Li, HJ Huang, H Yang - Transportation research part B: methodological, 2020 - Elsevier
The bottleneck model introduced by Vickrey in 1969 has been recognized as a benchmark
representation of the peak-period traffic congestion due to its ability to capture the essence …

Traffic automation and lane management for communicant, autonomous, and human-driven vehicles

M Amirgholy, M Shahabi, HO Gao - Transportation research part C …, 2020 - Elsevier
The advent of autonomous driving technologies has created a crucial need for upgrading
conventional traffic control and lane management strategies in large cities. In this research …

Optimal design of sustainable transit systems in congested urban networks: A macroscopic approach

M Amirgholy, M Shahabi, HO Gao - Transportation Research Part E …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mass transit is a key component of a sustainable transportation system in urban networks. In
this research, we propose a continuum approximation model to optimize the line spacing …

Modeling the dynamics of congestion in large urban networks using the macroscopic fundamental diagram: User equilibrium, system optimum, and pricing strategies

M Amirgholy, HO Gao - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2017 - Elsevier
The macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) is introduced in recent studies to present the
relationship between the flow and the density of the network in large urban regions …

Staggered work schedules for congestion mitigation: A morning commute problem

M Yildirimoglu, M Ramezani, M Amirgholy - Transportation Research Part …, 2021 - Elsevier
In urban networks, traffic congestion can be curbed by deconcentrating the temporal
distribution of the travel demand. In this paper, we propose an optimal staggered work …

Managing morning commute congestion with a tradable credit scheme under commuter heterogeneity and market loss aversion behavior

M Miralinaghi, S Peeta, X He… - … B: Transport Dynamics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the impact of a tradable credit scheme (TCS) on managing morning
commute congestion by considering commuters' value-of-time and schedule delay …

Parking design and pricing for regular and autonomous vehicles: a morning commute problem

M Nourinejad, M Amirgholy - Transportmetrica B: Transport …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Autonomous vehicles can profoundly change parking behaviour in the future. Instead of
searching for parking, the occupants alight at their final destination and send their occupant …

[HTML][HTML] Balancing the efficiency and robustness of traffic operations in signal-free networks

M Amirgholy, M Nourinejad, HO Gao - Transportation research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Integration of artificial intelligence and wireless communication technologies in Connected
Automated Vehicles (CAVs) enables coordinating the movement of the platoons of CAVs at …

An advanced traveler navigation system adapted to route choice preferences of the individual users

M Amirgholy, N Golshani, C Schneider… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The majority of existing navigation systems only account for a single aspect of the route
choice, like travel time or distance, in finding the optimal route for the trips in the network. In …

Dynamics of activity time-of-day choice

R Shabanpour, N Golshani, J Auld… - Transportation …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This study explored travelers' decision behavior in selecting activity start times. The study
examined the problem in the context of the Agent-based Dynamic Activity Planning and …