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Books, Chapters & Thesis

Thesis
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"Equity aspects in transportation projects: Case study of Transit fare change in Haifa”, M.Sc. Dissertation, Technion, October, 2011.

 

"Incorporating equity considerations in transport projects evaluation: developing a new measure", Ph.D. Dissertation, Technion, June, 2016.

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Scientific Books

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Nahmias–Biran, B. (2015). Equity aspects in transportation projects:  Case study of Transit fare change in Haifa. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. 

Journal Publications

Recent Publications

Kumar, N., Oke, J. B., and Nahmias-Biran, B. H. (2020). Activity-based contact network scaling and epidemic propagation in metropolitan areas. arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.06039.

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Adnan, M., Nahmias-Biran, B., Baburajan, V., Basak, K., & Ben-Akiva, M. (2020). Examining impacts of time-based pricing strategies in public transportation: A study of Singapore. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 140, 127-141. 

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Nahmias-Biran, B. H., Oke, J. B., Kumar, C. L. Azevedo, M. Ben-Akiva. (2020). Evaluating the impacts of shared automated mobility on-demand: an activity-based accessibility approach, Transportation.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-020-10106-y.

 

Nahmias-Biran, B. H., Oke, J. B., Kumar, N., Basak, K., Araldo, A., Seshadri, R., ... & Ben-Akiva, M. (2019). “From Traditional to Automated Mobility on Demand: A Comprehensive Framework for Modeling On-Demand Services in SimMobility”. Transportation Research Record, 0361198119853553.

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Nahmias–Biran, B. and Shiftan Y. (2019) “Using Activity-Based Models and the Capability Approach to evaluate equity considerations in transportation projects”, Transportation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-019-10015-9.

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Basu, R., Araldo, A., Akkinepally, A. P., Nahmias Biran, B. H., Basak, K., Seshadri, R., & Ben-Akiva, M. (2018). "Automated Mobility-on-Demand vs. Mass Transit: A Multi-Modal Activity-Driven Agent-Based Simulation Approach". Transportation Research Record, 0361198118758630.‏

 

Nahmias-Biran, B. H., Han, Y., Bekhor, S., Zhao, F., Zegras, C., & Ben-Akiva, M. (2018). "Enriching Activity-Based Models using Smartphone-Based Travel Surveys". Transportation Research Record, 2672(42), 280-291.‏

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Nahmias–Biran, B., Martens, K., and Shiftan Y. (2017). “Integrating equity in transportation project assessment: A philosophical explorations and Its Practical Implications”, Transport Reviews, 2, 192-210.

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Nahmias–Biran, B. H., & Shiftan, Y. (2016). "Towards a more equitable distribution of resources: Using activity-based models and subjective well-being measures in transport project evaluation".  Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 94, 672-684.

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Nahmias–Biran, B., Sharabi, and N., Shiftan Y. (2014). “Equity aspects in transportation projects:  Case study of Transit fare change in Haifa", International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 8(1): 69-83.

Presentation at conferences/meetings

  1. Nahmias–Biran, B., Sharabi, and N., Shiftan Y. “Equity aspects in transportation projects: Case study of Transit fare change in Haifa” The 7th Conference for Construction and Infrastructure, Israel Engineers Association for Construction and Infrastructure, Tel-Aviv, Israel, November 2011.

  2. Nahmias–Biran, B., Sharabi, and N., Shiftan Y. “Equity aspects in transportation projects: Case study of Transit fare change in Haifa” The 52th Conference of the Israeli Geographical Association, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, December 2011.

  3. Nahmias–Biran, B., & Shiftan, Y. “Incorporating equity considerations in transport projects evaluation: developing a new measure” The Israel Association of Transportation Research, Tel-Aviv, March 2013.

  4. Nahmias–Biran, B., & Shiftan, Y. “Incorporating equity considerations in transport projects evaluation: developing a new measure”, Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research (NECTAR), Azores (Portugal), June 2013.

  5. Nahmias–Biran, B., & Shiftan, Y. “Incorporating equity considerations in transport projects evaluation: developing a new measure”, The 53th Conference of the Israeli Geographical Association, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, December 2013.

  6. Nahmias–Biran, B., Martens, K., and Shiftan Y. “Integrating equity in transportation project assessment: philosophical explorations”, The Annual Conference of the Israeli Planners Association (IPA), Ben-Gurion University, Israel, February 2015.

  7. Nahmias–Biran, B., Barth, T., Arsenio, E., and Shiftan Y “Equity in Transport and Health, what can we learn from each other?”, Climate Change Targets and Urban Transport Policy Conference, WCTR SIGG3, Malta, April 2015.

  8. Nahmias–Biran, B., & Shiftan, Y. "Using Activity-Based Models and the Capability Approach to evaluate equity considerations in transportation projects”, The 14th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research (IATBR), London, UK, July 2015.

  9. Nahmias–Biran, B., & Shiftan, Y."Using activity-based models to analyze equity in sustainable transportation policies", Workshop on travel behavior and equity as part of the IATBR conference, London, UK, July 2015. 

  10. Nahmias–Biran, B., & Shiftan, Y."Using Activity-Based Models and the Capability Approach to evaluate equity considerations in transportation projects”, The 56th Conference of the Israeli Geographical Association, Hebrew University, Israel, December 2015.

  11. Nahmias–Biran, B., & Shiftan, Y. “Incorporating equity considerations in transport projects evaluation: developing new measures”, Workshop on Doctoral Research in Transportation Modeling as part of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, US, Jan 2016.

  12. Nahmias–Biran, B., & Shiftan, Y."Using Activity-Based Models and the Capability Approach to evaluate equity considerations in transportation projects”, Poster Session as part of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, US, Jan 2016.

  13. Nahmias–Biran, B., & Shiftan, Y. “Incorporating equity considerations in transport projects evaluation: developing new measures”, The Israel Association of Transportation Research, Tel-Aviv, April 2016.

  14. Nahmias–Biran, B., Bills, T., Shiftan. “Incorporating equity considerations in transport projects evaluation:   The San-Francisco Bay area case study”, Lectern Session as part of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, US, Jan 2017.

  15. Nahmias–Biran, B., Han, Y., Bekhor, S., Zhao, F., Zegras, C., Ben-Akiva, M. ”Enriching activity based models using smartphone-based travel surveys”, Future Urban Mobility Symposium, Singapore, July 2017.

  16. Nahmias-Biran, B., Kumar, N., Araldo, A., Basak, K., Seshadri, R., Oke, J., Akkinepally, A., Lima Azevedo, C., Ben-Akiva, M.”A Comprehensive Framework for Modelling Mobility on Demand Services in SimMobility”, hEART 2017: 6th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation, Haifa, Israel, Sep 2017.

  17. Nahmias–Biran, B., Han, Y., Bekhor, S., Zhao, F., Zegras, C., Ben-Akiva, M.”Enriching activity based models using smartphone-based travel surveys”, Future Urban Mobility Symposium, Poster Session as part of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, US, Jan 2018.

  18. Basu, R. Araldo, A., Akkinepally, A., Nahmias–Biran, B., Basak, K., Seshadri, R., Deshmunkh, N., Kumar, N., Lima Azevedo, C., Ben-Akiva, M.  “Implementation and Policy Applications of AMoD in multi-modal activity-driven agent-based urban simulator SimMobility” Poster Session as part of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, US, Jan 2018.

  19. Nahmias–Biran, B., Oke, J., N., Kumar., Basak, K., Araldo, A., Seshadri, R., Lima Azevedo, C., Ben-Akiva, M.. “From Traditional to Automated Mobility on-Demand: A Comprehensive Framework for Modelling on-Demand Services in SimMobility” Lecture Session as part of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, US, Jan 2019.

Presentation at seminars and workshops

  1. “Incorporating equity considerations in transport projects evaluation: developing a new measure” The 1st Binational Student Workshop on Transportation, The Technion, Haifa, March 2013.

  2. “Incorporating equity considerations in transport projects evaluation: developing a new measure”, 1st Workshop on equity challenges in the decision-making process, The Technion, Haifa, December 2013.

  3. “Integrating equity in transportation project assessment: philosophical explorations”, 1st Workshop on equity challenges in the decision-making process, The Technion, Haifa, December 2013.

  4. "Using Activity-Based Models and the Capability Approach to evaluate equity considerations in transportation projects”, Workshop on “Equity tools and new technologies”, Aachen, Germany, Nov 2015.

  5. “Incorporating equity considerations in transport projects evaluation: The San-Francisco Bay area case study”, Workshop on “Bridging Transport Equity:  A real-life lab about TEA guidelines implementation”, Barcelona, Spain, March 2017.

  6. “Incorporating equity considerations in transport projects evaluation: developing new measures”, Invited seminar, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, March 2016.

  7.  “Equity Considerations in Transport Projects Evaluation”, SMART-FM Seminar, Singapore, April 2017.

  8. ”A Comprehensive Framework for Modelling Mobility on Demand Services in SimMobility”, Invited seminar, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, Oct 2017.

  9. ”A Comprehensive Framework for Modelling Mobility on Demand Services in SimMobility”, Invited seminar, Ariel University, Israel, Mar 2018.

  10. ”A Comprehensive Framework for Modelling Mobility on Demand Services in SimMobility”, Invited seminar, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, Mar 2018.

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