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January 2009
YORAM SHIFTAN
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Nov 19, 1958
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Married plus two children
24b, Shoshanat Hacarmel St. Haifa 34321, Israel
shiftan@tx.technion.ac.il
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ACADEMIC DEGREES
1986
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering cum laude, Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology.
1988
M.Sc. in Transportation Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology; Thesis title: Police Involvement in Operating Signalized
Intersections.
1991
Ph.D. in Transportation systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT), Cambridge, MA; Thesis title: Transportation Workforce Planning in
the Transit Industry: Incorporating Absence, Overtime, and Reliability
Relationships.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Summer 1985
Research Assistant, Aachen University of Technology, Germany.
1986-1988
Research assistant, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology,
1988-1991
Research and Teaching Assistant, Civil Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA1988-1991
1996-1999
Lecturer, Civil Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
1999-2004
Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
2001-2003
Research Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason
University, Arlington, VA.
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2004 – 2005
Senior Lecturer with tenure, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
2005-Present
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, Israel
Institute of Technology
2007-2008
Visiting Scholar, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning,
University of Michigan
2008
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and Geodetic Science, Ohio State University.
ADMINSTRATIVE APPOINTMENT
1998-2001
Secretary of the Civil Engineering Faculty Council
2004 - 2005
Head of the Computer Committee, the Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty.
2004 – 2005
Editor of “Bein Hakorot” The Technion Civil and Environmental
Engineering Faculty Journal
2005 – 2006
Head of the Transportation Engineering Division
2006
Member of the Transportation and Geo-Information Unit Teaching
Committee and the Unit representative in the Faculty Undergraduate
Teaching Committee
2006 – 2007
Head of a special committee to revise the Transportation Program Courses
2006 - 2007
Head of the Transportation and Geo-Information Unit Teaching Committee
and the Unit representative in the Faculty Graduate Teaching Committee
2006 - 2007
Member of the Academic Council of the Technion External Study
Department
2008- Current Head of the Transportation and Geo-Information Unit.
2008- Current Member of the Faculty Graduate Committee, member of the Unit Teaching
Committee, Head of the Transportation Engineering Program
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1988-1991
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Teaching Assistant in graduate
courses in Transportation Economics.
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1991-1996
1997
1996-present
2006-2007
2008
Cambridge Systematics, Designing and teaching courses in travel demand
modeling for the professional community.
The Ministry of Transportation, A series of lectures in Transportation
Economics
Technion, Graduate courses in Transportation Economics and Travel
Demand Modeling. Development and teaching of two new graduate
courses: Activity-Based Transportation Planning and Transportation Project
Appraisal. Undergraduate courses in Introduction to Transportation
Planning, Foundations of Transportation Engineering, Highway Design,
Lab in Transportation Planning and Project in Transportation.
The Technion external studies unit. An advanced seminar in public
transport economics. Responsible for the development and teaching of a
100 hours course conducted for The Ministry of Transportation.
Discrete Choice Models – A concentrated five day course for the Michigan
Department of Transportation
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Travel behavior, Travel demand modeling; Activity-based modeling, Transportation and land
use; Transportation and air quality; Transportation economics.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1977-1981
Israel Defense Force, Officer in the Artillery corps. Honorably discharged
with the rank of a captain (reserve).
1987-1988
Dagesh Engineering, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Summer 1989
Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
Summer 1990
Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
1991
KKO and Associates, Transportation Systems. Andover, MA.
1992-1996
Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Analytical, Systematic, Interdisciplinary
Solutions. Cambridge, MA, Senior Associate.
PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1997-1999
Steering Committee of the Tel-Aviv Rapid Transit System Project.
1998-Present
Modeling Committee of the Israeli Ministry of Transportation to evaluate
the travel demand modeling work done by the main Israeli Metropolitan
Planning Organizations.
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1999-2001
Vice President of the Israel Association for Transportation
Research
2004-2007
President of the Israel Association for Transportation Research
2006-2007
Member of the board of directors of the Haifa and North Branch of the
Society of the Protection of Nature in Israel
2006-Present
Member of the board of directors of Transport Today and Tomorrow (TTT)
2006-Present
Member of the board of the International Association of Travel Behavior
Research (IATBR)
2007- Present
Secretary/Treasurer of the International Association of Travel Behavior
Research (IATBR)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Association for European Transport
Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research
Transportation Research Board
Regional Science Associations
International Association of Travel Behavior Research
World Conference on Transport Research Society
PRIZES and HONORS
1988
First prize, National competition for research in transportation for the M.Sc.
thesis. The Israeli Association of Transportation Research.
1988-1991
Ph.D. fellowship from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1997-1998
Jacob and Ethel Feld Academic Lectureship.
1998
Arenson Inc. Award for excellence in teaching
RESEARCH GRANTS
1998
The Ministry of Environmental, Mosad Neman, Yoram Avnimelech and others.
“A National Policy to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emission”
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1998
The Ministry for National Infrastructures, The Ministry for Environmental
Protection, The Belfer Center for Energy Research, $200,000, Mordechai Shecter,
Nir Beker, Yoram Zvirin, Shalom Hakert, Yoram Shiftan, and Aina Goren.
“Environmental and Economic Effects of Transportation and Air Pollution
Alternatives in the Tel-Aviv Metropolitan area”
1998
The Technion-Haifa University Grant, $5,000 Yoram Shiftan and Mordechai
Shecter “Estimating the cost of air pollution from vehicles”.
2000
The Henri Ford II Foundation, $3,500, “The Effect of Land Use Planning on
Travel Behavior”.
2001
The European Fifth Framework Program, CyberCars: Cybernetic Technologies
for the Car in the City, Y. Zvirin, Y. Shiftan, and S. Bekhor, 128,000 EURO.
2002
The European Fifth Framework Program, Sustainable Transportation for Europe
with Links and Liaisons to America (STELLA) – An EC network, Funded
meeting in Helsinki, Finland and Quebec, Canada.
2003
The European Fifth Framework Program, CyberMove: Cybernetic Transportation
Systems for the City of Tomorrow, Y. Zvirin, Y. Shiftan, and S. Bekhor, 182,000
EURO.
2003
The Israel Ministry of Transport: Definition of Data Needs for Transportation
Planning Models. J. Prashker, S. Bekhor, Y. Shiftan. $65,000.
2004
The Israel Science Foundation: Framing the impact of Information
Communication Technologies on travel behavior and social changes, Y. Shiftan
and S. Bekhor $40,000
2005
The Henri Ford II Foundation: The impact of new mass transit line on land use
using activity based modeling, $8,000
2006
The Israel Ministry of Science: The Evaluation of an Electronic Co-Pilot (ECP)
in Motor-Vehicles. 120,000 NIS
2006
Or Yarok: Analysis and Modeling of Driving Behavior using In-Vehicle Data
Recorder, 100,000 NIS
2006
Or Yarok: The Effect of Construction of a Bypass Road on Safety, 30,000 NIS
2006
Alice Schuster Transportation Research Fund: The development of models to
evaluate the effect of bypass roads. $6,000
2006
The European 6th Framework: CityMobil, Y. Zvirin, J. Prashker, Y. Shiftan, and
S. Bekhor
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2007
NTA (Metropolitan Mass Transit System): The impact of light rail on land values
along the line. With Daniel Shefer and Amnon Frenkel, 140,000 NIS
2008
Or Yarok: The Effect of Employer Car Taxation Policy on Road Safety, 90,000
NIS
2008
The Israel Ministry of the Interior: A New Paradigm for Transportation Planning
and Urban Street Design: Towards a Transit and Walking Friendly Region,
350,000 NIS (together with Yodan Rofe, Ben-Gurion University)
2009
The Israel National Authority for Road Safety: The factors for non-compliance
with traffic regulations in the Arab sector, 250,000 NIS
SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS
State of the Art Model Development – Development of a new activity-based model for TelAviv, Israel. Developed the first implementation of a tour-based model system in the U.S.
for the city of Boise, Idaho. Assisted to develop the first implementation of an activity based
model system for Metro of Portland, Oregon.
Transportation and Air Quality Research - Extensive research in this area include a
research work on air quality trends in the U.S. and their relationships to transportation
conducted for the Volpe National Transportation System and a NCHRP project titled
“Quantifying Air Quality and Other Benefits and Costs of Transportation Control Measures“
Travel Model Improvement Program - Participated in preparing the program reports on
“Short Term Travel Model Improvements”, and “The Effect of Land Use and Travel Demand
Management Strategies on Commuting Behavior”; the design of the course “Advance Travel
Demand Forecasting”; and the new “Travel Survey Manual”.
Framing the Impact of Information Communication Technologies on Travel Behavior
and Social Changes – Principal investigator on a research funded by the Israel Science
Foundation with the objective to better understand the impact of Information Communication
Technologies on travel behavior and social changes including theoretical development and
empirical experiments.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
Toll Diversion Modeling Project Manager for the Moscoso Toll Bridge Project, San Juan,
Puerto Rico. Work included a pricing experiment and the design of a revealed preference,
stated preference and toll diversion model estimation, which can assist the Autopista de
Puerto Rico to find ways to maximize revenues from the bridge. Responsible also for the toll
diversion model for the E-470 in Denver, Colorado.
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Travel Demand Model Development Principle Responsible and Project Manager for major
model development projects including: a statewide travel demand model for Indiana; a
regional model for Washington County, Rhode Island; and a nested mode choice model for
the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG, Los Angeles) and for
Philadelphia.
Market Research: 1. Transit. Responsible for various market research studies for transit
authorities including discrete choice and advanced simultaneous equations modeling
considering peoples’ attitude towards travel. Studies include the California Bay Area ferry
services, The Long Island Sound ferry services (between Connecticut, Long Island and
Manhattan, and the Salt Lake City, Utah area. 2. Investment Responsible for developing a
discrete choice model representing the household's decisions regarding new investment in
response to direct mail. The model has been used to select household for direct mail in order
to lower mailing cost and improve response rate by a major investment firm. 3.
Telecommunication Responsible for developing a series of nested discrete choice models
representing the household's decisions regarding the type of Personal Communication
Services to purchase. The model is used to determine an optimal pricing and product design
strategy by a major telecommunication firm.
Model development for specific applications: Project manager for the demand analysis of a
new subway line on Second Ave. in Manhattan, New York; Responsible for economic
evaluation of alternatives for the Road System Master plan of the city of Jerusalem, Israel;
and responsible for the traffic flow analysis in support of the Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement for the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel project in Boston. Other
projects include developing methods to model the effectiveness of various transportation
control measures and the transportation impacts of land use changes in Madison, Indiana, and
Rhode Island.
Traffic Engineering Managed traffic signal system projects including a traffic signal study
conducted for the Israeli Police Force. Responsible for planning, coordinating and preparing
working plans for major intersections in Israel. Also acquired experience in street and
highway projects.
Review of Travel Demand Models - Reviewer of the travel demands model used to support
the development of the Jerusalem light rail and the travel demand models used to support the
development of the Tel Aviv rapid transit system. Member of the steering committee of a
project to conduct a second opinion for the cost benefit analysis of the Tel Aviv Metro
proposed system. Chair of the Peer Review Panel to analyze the 520 (Seattle, WA) Tolling
Scenarios and Traffic Model.
REVIEWER OF INTERNATIONAL PAPERS
Refereed Professional Journals
Transportation Research Record – The Journal of the Transportation Research Board.
Transportation Research D
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Transportation Research B
Transportation Research A
Transportation Research C
Transport Policy
Innovation
The European Journal of Transport Infrastructure and Research
Papers in Regional Science
Journal of Cleaner Production
Journal of Transportation and Statistics
Environmental Management
Transportation Science
Transportation
Journal of Geographical Systems
Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy
Journal of Choice modeling
ASCE Transportation Engineering Journal
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation (IJST)
Transportation Letters
Regulation & Governance
Annals of Regional Science
International Journal of Transport Economics
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
Science of the Total Environment
Books
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Book proposals for Elsevier
International Conferences
European Transport Conference (ETC)
The International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT)
The Transportation Research Board (TRB)
European Council for Energy Efficient Economy
World Conference of Transport Research (WCTR)
The International Association of Travel Behavior Research (IATBR), Proceeding reviewer
Reviewer of International Proposals
The Dutch Council for the Social Sciences
The California PATH Program
Limburgs Universiy Research Program
University Transportation Center – University of California, Davis (Federal Tier II University
Transportation)
European Commission Marie Curie Program
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
CONGRESSES
IN
INTERNATIONAL
Participation in Organizing Conferences and in Conferences’ Committee
The 14th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, Jerusalem, Israel,
July 1999, Member of the Local Program Committee.
The Methodological Innovations Committee of the European Transport Conference.
Committee Member 2000-2005.
The ECEEE 2005 Summer Study, Mandelieu, Côte d'Azur, France, June 2005, Co-leader of
the panel on Sustainable Transport and Land Use.
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The Colloquy on the coming transformation of travel, June 2005, Rensselaerville, NY.
Invited to a special colloquy of 40 international experts to discuss the future of travel.
The Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport Program Committee of the European
Transport Conference. Committee Member since Fall 2005
The Merhav Meeting for Urban Renewal, Beer Sheva, Israel, December, 2005. Organizing
the transportation track of the conference.
The Travel Behavior and Values Committee of the Transportation Research Board,
Committee member since Fall 2005
World Conference Transportation Research (WCTR), Berkeley, CA. 2007, Chair of Track
D1 – Transport Demand Modeling - passenger and freight (responsible for the review,
selection and organization of about 100 papers in the conference)
Nectar Cluster 2 Workshop on Transition towards Sustainable Mobility: the Role of
Instruments, Individuals and Institutions, Roterdam, Holland, May 2008, Workshop Co-chair
World Conference Transportaton Research (WCTR), Lisbon, Portugal, 2010, member of the
Scientific committee, and manager of Topic Area D - Activity & Transportation Demand
Analysis (few hundred papers are usually presented under this track)
Chairing and Discussant of Sessions at International Conferences
1. Activity-Based Modeling – A session in memory of Prof. Eric Pas at the 8th World
Conference on Transport Research, Antwerp, Belgium, Session organizer and
chair. July 1998
2. Uncertainty – A session sponsored by the Methodological Innovations Program
Committee at the 2002 European Transport Conference, Cambridge, U.K. Session
Chair, September 2002.
3. Regional Science Method II – A session at the 41st Annual Meeting of the
Southern Regional Science Association, Arlington, VA. Session Chair, April,
2002.
4. Symposium on Issues in Transportation Analysis – A session at the 42nd Annual
Meeting of the Regional Science Association, Louisville, KY. Session Chair,
April 2003.
5. Islam Samia “Spatial Spillover of Highway Investment in Appalachia, the 42nd
Annual Meeting of the Regional Science Association, Louisville, KY, Paper
Discussant. April, 2003.
6. Framing the problem – A session at the Second Focus Group 4 Meeting on
Environment, Safety, Public Health, Land Use and Congestion of STELLA,
Quebec, Canada. Session Chair, May 2003.
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7. Towards Sustainability in the Management of Urban Transport - A session at the
Second Focus Group 4 Meeting on Environment, Safety, Public Health, Land Use
and Congestion of STELLA, Quebec, Canada. Session Discussant, May 2003.
8. Energy in Transport - releasing transport from its fossil chains. A session at the
Third Focus Group 4 Meeting on Environment, Safety, Public Health, Land Use
and Congestion of STELLA, Brussels, Belgium, Session Chair, March 2004.
9. Accessibility connecting equity and sustainability. A session at the Third Focus
Group 4 Meeting on Environment, Safety, Public Health, Land Use and
Congestion of STELLA, Brussels, Belgium, Session Discussant, March 2004.
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Impacts of hard sustainability driven constraints on transport. A session at the
Third Focus Group 4 Meeting on Environment, Safety, Public Health, Land Use
and Congestion of STELLA, Brussels, Belgium, Session Discussant, March 2004.
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Travel Demand Modeling, The 10th World Conference on Transport Research,
Istanbul, Turkey, Session Chair, July 2004.
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New Data Sources and Analysis Methods, The European Transport
Conference, Strasbourg, France, Session Chair, October, 2004
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Transportation in support of urban renewal, Merhav Meeting for Urban
Renewal, Beer Sheva, Israel, Session Chair, December, 2005.
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Intelligent Transportation Systems, The Italian-Israeli Conference on
Innovations in Automotives Engineering and Intelligent Transportation Systems,
Herzelia, Israel, Session Chair, May, 2006
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Applications to Policy Analysis and Planning, The 11th International
Conference on Travel Behavior Research, Kyoto, Japan, Workshop Chair, August
2006,
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Quality and Safety in Transport, The 16th International Conference of the
Israel Society for Quality, Tel Aviv, Israel, Session Discussant, November 2006
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Behavioral Responses to Transport Policies and Information Provision, The
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86 Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, Session Chair, January,
2007
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Activity-Based Modeling - World Conference Transportation Research
(WCTR), Berkeley, CA, June, 2007
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Transport Energy Use and CO2 Emissions, NECTAR Workshop, Rotterdam,
May 2008
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Information Processing, Travel Time Considerations, and Route Choice
Behavior, The 88th Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, Session
Chair, January, 2009
Active Participation in Local Conferences
The Annual Meeting of the Israel Association for Transportation Research, Organizer and
Chair, The Technion, Haifa, January 2006.
The Annual Meeting of the Israel Association for Transportation Research, Organizer and
Chair, Technion, Haifa, March 2007
Mobility and Gender in the Arab Sector, The Technion, Haifa, Organizer and Chair of the
workshop, June, 2007
PRESENTATIONS
Contributed Talks in International Conferences
1. Shiftan Y., & N.H.M. Wilson. "Transportation Workforce Planning in the Transit
Industry: Incorporating Absence, Overtime, and Reliability Relationships" The 71st
Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 1992,
Presented by Yoram Shiftan.
2. Shiftan Y., & N.H.M. Wilson "Aggregate Personnel Scheduling in the Public
Transportation Industry". The TIMS XXXI-EURO Helsinki Joint International
Meeting, 1992, Presented by Nigel Wilson
3. Shiftan Y., & N.H.M. Wilson “Strategic Transit Workforce Planning Model:
Incorporating Overtime, Absence and Reliability Relationships”, The 72nd Annual
Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. January 1993.
Presented by Yoram Shiftan. (See published paper No.2)
4. Shiftan Y., & N.H.M. Wilson "Public Transport Workforce Sizing Recognizing the
Service Reliability Objective" the Sixth International Workshop on Computer-Aided
Scheduling of Public Transport, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1993, Presented by Nigel
Wilson. (See peer reviewed conference paper No. 1)
5. Shiftan Y. “A Practical Approach to Incorporate Trip Chaining in Urban Travel
Models” The Fifth National Conference on Transportation Planning Methods
Applications, Seattle, Washington, April 1995, (See conference proceeding paper No.
1)
6. Decker S. and Y. Shiftan “Application of the Incremental Travel Modeling Approach in
Boise”. 65th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Transportation Engineering, Denver,
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Colorado, August 1995, Presented by Yoram Shiftan. (See conference proceeding paper
No. 3)
7. Shiftan Y. and W. Craven “Indiana Statewide Travel Model: Model Design and Data
Collection Issues” The 75 annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board,
Washington, DC, January 1996, Presented by Yoram Shiftan. Invited Paper.
8. Shiftan Y., & S. Decker, “Practical Approach to Estimate Trip Chaining” The 75
annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 1996,
Presented by Yoram Shiftan. (See conference proceeding paper No. 2)
9. Shiftan Y, J. Suhrbier, and D. Pickrell “Transportation Perspective of Ozone Trends in
Clean Air Act Nonattainment Areas” The 75th annual meeting of the Transportation
Research Board, Washington, DC, January 1996, Presented by Yoram Shiftan. (See
published paper No. 4)
10.Rossi T. and Y. Shiftan “Tour Based Travel Demand Modeling in the U.S.” The 8th
IFAC/IFIP/IFORS Symposium on Transportation Systems, Chania, Greece, June 1997,
Presented by Yoram Shiftan. (See peer reviewed conference proceeding paper No. 2)
11.Suhrbier J. Y. Shiftan, & S. Decker “Improved Transportation Air Quality Analysis
Methodologies” The Third American Society of Civil Engineers Conference on
Transportation Planning And Air Quality, Lake Tahoe, California, August 1997.
Presented by John Suhrbier (see peer reviewed conference proceeding paper No. 3)
12.Shiftan Y and J. Suhrbier, “Transportation Control Measures as a Means to Improve
Air Quality, Reduce Congestion, and Improve Safety”. The Fourth International
Conference on Safety and the Environment, Tel-Aviv, Israel, November 1997,
Presented by Yoram Shiftan. (See conference proceeding paper No. 5)
13.Shiftan Y. “The Effects of Parking Pricing and Supply on Travel Patterns to a Major
Business District” NECTAR EUROCONFERENCE No. 4 - ISRAEL, April 1998, (See
Refereed Papers as Chapters in Books No. 1) Plenary Session.
14.Suhrbier J. and Y. Shiftan “Clean Air Act Implications for the Analysis of
Transportation Land Use Strategies” the American Society of Civil Engineers
Conference on Transportation, Land Use, and Air Quality, Portland, Oregon, May,
1998, Presented by John Suhrbier.
15.Shiftan Y. “Analyzing Transportation Air Quality Impacts Using State of the Art
Travel Demand Modeling Methods” INFORMS Israel Meeting, Tel-Aviv, June 1998.
16.Shiftan Y., “The Advantage of an Activity Based Modeling for Air Quality Purposes:
Theory versus Practice and Future Needs” The 8th World Conference on Transport
Research, Antwerp, Belgium, July 1998, (See published paper No. 7)
17.Bowman, J.L., M. Bradley, Y. Shiftan, T.K.Lawton and M. Ben-Akiva.
“Demonstration of Activity Based Model System for Portland” The 8th World
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Conference on Transport Research, Antwerp, Belgium, July 1998, Presented by Yoram
Shiftan. (See Conference Proceeding with full peer review paper No.3)
18. Shiftan Y and J. Suhrbier, “The Effects of Land Use Policies on Regional Travel
Using a Residential Choice Stated-Preference Model and an Activity-Based Travel
Model” The 78th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington,
DC, January 1999, Presented by Yoram Shiftan.
19.Shiftan Y., Y. Zvirin and L. Tartakovsky, “Contribution of Transportation to Emission
of Greenhouse Gases in Israel and Measures for its Reduction” The 7th International
Conference of the Israel Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences,
Jerusalem, June 1999, Presented by Yoram Shiftan.
20. Shefer D., Y. Shiftan and M. Rotstein “The Effect of Employer-Provided
Transportation on the Emission of Pollution from Motor Vehicles” The 39th Congress
of the European Regional Science Association, Dublin, August 1999, Presented by
Daniel Shefer.
21.Shiftan Y., D. Shefer, and G. Avraham “The Effects of Transportation Control
Measures on the Location of Businesses in Central Business Districts” NECTAR
EUROCONFERENCE No. 5, Delft, The Netherlands, October 1999, Presented by
Yoram Shiftan.
22.Shiftan Y., “Can Land Use Policies Reduce Regional Travel” The 3rd Israeli-British
and Irish Joint Regional Science Workshop on Public Investment and Regional
Economic Development. Jerusalem, February, 2000, (See Refereed Papers as Chapters
in Books No. 1)
23.Shiftan Y., D. Shefer, A. Parber, S. Bekhor, H. Aviram “Comparison of Fuel Tax and
Partial Congestion Toll as Alternatives to Complete Congestion Tolls” The 6th World
Congress of the Regional Science Association International. Lugano, Switzerland,
May, 2000. Presented by Daniel Shefer.
24.Shiftan Y and J. Suhrbier, “The Effects of Land Use Policies on Regional Travel Using
a Residential Choice Stated-Preference Model and an Activity-Based Travel Model”
The 2000 International Association of Travel Behavior Research, Gold Coast,
Australia, July 2000. Presented by Yoram Shiftan.
25.Shiftan Y. and R. Burd-Eden “Modeling the Response to Parking Policy” The 80th
annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 2001.
Presented by Yoram Shiftan (See accepted paper for Refereed Journals No. 10)
26.Shiftan Y., S. Kaplan and S. Hakkert, “Scenario analysis for the future of the Tel Aviv
Metropolitan area and its transportation system using the Delphi Method.” The
NECTAR EUROCONFERENCE No. 6, Helsinki, May 2001. Presented by Sigal
Kaplan. (See accepted paper as chapter in book no. 3)
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27.Ben-Elia E., D. Shefer, and Y. Shiftan “Transportation Impact Statement: A New Tool
for Joint Land Use Transportation Planning” The NECTAR EUROCONFERENCE No.
6, Helsinki, May 2001. Presented by Yoram Shiftan.
28.Shiftan Y., and Barlach Y. “The Effect of Employment Site Characteristics on
Commute Mode choice. The 2002 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting,
Washington, DC, January 2002. Presented by Yoram Shiftan
29.Shiftan Y. and Newmark G., “The Impacts of Infill Retail Center Development on
Regional Travel Patterns. The 2002 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting,
Washington, DC, January 2002. Presented by Greg Newmark.
30.Shiftan Y., “Travelers’ Response to Auto Restrain policies” The Southern Regional
Science Association Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, April, 2002.
31.Shiftan Y., De Gong G., Simmonds D., Hakkert S., & Ben-Akiva M “Externalities’
Evaluation in Transport Projects” STELLA Focus Group 4 Meeting, Helsinki, Finland,
May, 2002. Presented by Yoram Shiftan. Invited Talk.
32. Maggio M. and Shiftan Y. “An Activity Based Model of Terrorism’s Potential Effects
on Transport Logistics". The APPAM (Association for Public Policy Analysis and
Management) meeting in Dallas, TX, November, 2002. Presented by Yoram Shiftan.
33.Shiftan, Polus and Shmueli, “Evaluation of Waiting Time Effect on Critical Gaps an
Roundabout by a Logit Model” The 2003 Transportation Research Board Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2003. Presented by Yoram Shiftan.
Prashker and Shiftan, “Analysis of Trip Generation Characteristics in Israel for
the Years 1994, 1996/7 and Spatial & Temporal Transferability of Trip Generation
Models.” The 2003 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC,
January 2003. Presented by Joseph Prashker
34.Cotrus,
35.Maggio
and Shiftan, “Evaluation of the CapWIN Pilot Deployment”, the 42nd Annual
Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association, Louisville, KY, April 2003.
Presented by Yoram Shiftan
36.Shiftan and Katz “The effect of the residence patterns on the trip generation” The
NECTAR EUROCONFERENCE in Umea, Sweden, June 2003. Presented by Yoram
Shiftan.
37.Shiftan, Ben-Akiva, Proussaloglou and DeJong “Activity-Based Modeling as a Tool
for Better Understanding Travel Behavior” Paper presented at the 2003 International
Association of Travel Behavior Research meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland, August
2003. Presented by Yoram Shiftan.
38.Outwater,
Castleberry, Shiftan, Ben Akiva, Zhou, & Kuppam, “Use of Structural
Equation Modeling for an Attitudinal Market Segmentation Approach to Mode Choice
and Ridership Forecasting.” Paper presented at the 2003 International Association of
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Travel Behavior Research meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland, August, 2003. Presented by
Maren Outwater.
39.Shiftan,
Y. “The Tel Aviv New Transport Model”. Paper presented at the Third
National Conference for Building and Infrastructures, Tel Aviv, Israel, November,
2003.
40.Maggio and Shiftan “Automated Toll Enforcement Financial and Policy Considerations: Dulles
Toll Road Case” The 2004 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington,
DC, January 2004. Presented by Yoram Shiftan
41.
Shiftan and Vary “Demand for Park Shuttle Services: Stated-Preference Approach”
The 2004 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January
2004. Presented by Donald Vary.
42.Shiftan, Ben-Akiva, Proussaloglou and DeJong, “An Advanced Activity-Based Model for
Tel-Aviv” EIRASS workshop on Progress in activity-Based Analysis in Maastricht, The
Netherlands, May 28-31, 2004. Presented by Yoram Shiftan.
43.Shiftan, Golani, and Ben-Shabat, “The Effect of Auto Restrain Policies on Travel Behavior,
Congestion and Air Pollution in Tel-Aviv” NECTAR meeting in Athens, Greece, June, 2004.
Presented by Yoram Shiftan.
44. Shiftan, Outwater and Zhou, “Use of Structural Equation Modeling for an Attitudinal
Market Segmentation Approach to Increase Transit Ridership” The Word Conference
Transport Research (WCTR) conference, Istanbul, July 2004. Presented by Yoram
Shiftan.
45.Shiftan, “The Role of Travel Demand Modeling in Evaluating Transport Externalities
and Project Evaluation”, TRANSTEC Meeting, Athens, September, 2004.
46.Shiftan and Bekhor, “Investigating Perceived Similarity among Mixed Auto and
Transit Modes Using the Logit Kernel Model” Paper presented at the 2004 European
Transport Conference, Strasbourg, October, 2004. Presented by Yoram Shiftan.
47. Shiftan, Outwater, and Zhou, “Improving Transit Market Research Using Structural
Equation Modeling and Attitudinal Market Segmentation” Paper presented at the 2004
European Transport Conference, Strasbourg, October, 2004. Presented by Yoram
Shiftan.
48.Hakkert, Shiftan, and Gitelman, “Investigating the Causes for Single Vehicle Accidents
Using Computerized Accident Patterns and Logit Modelling” Paper presented at the
2004 European Transport Conference, Strasbourg, October, 2004. Presented by Yoram
Shiftan
49.Shiftan and Golani, “The effect of auto restrain policies on travel behaviour”. Paper
presented at the 2005 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington,
January, 2005, Presented by Yoram Shiftan.
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50.Shefer, Shiftan and Rotstein “The Effect of Employer-Provided Transportation on the
Emission of Pollution from Motor Vehicle”. Paper presented at the NECTAR
Workshop, Fiesole, Italy, October 2005, presented by Dani Shefer.
51.Shiftan “Decoupling Transport and Urban Growth” The Merhav Meeting for Urban
Renewal, Beer Sheva, Israel, December, 2005.
52.Shiftan and Sharaby, “Competition in Bus Public Transport in Israel”, Paper presented
at the 2006 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, January,
2006, presented by Yoram Shiftan.
53.Toledo, Shiftan and Hakkert, “Analysis and Modeling of Driving Behavior using InVehicle Data Recorders. The Italian-Israeli Conference on Innovations in Automotives
Engineering and Intelligent Transportation Systems, Herzelia, Israel, May, 2006,
presented by Galit Toledo.
54. Shiftan and Ben-Akiva, “A Practical Policy Sensitive Activity-Based Model” The 11th
International Conference on Travel Behavior Research, Kyoto, Japan, August 2006,
presented by Yoram Shiftan.
55.Elias, Hakkert, Plaut, and Shiftan, “The Influence of a Bypass Road on Urban
Development and Safety”. The European Transporte Conference, Strasbourg,
September, 2006, presented by Wafa Elias.
56. Shiftan, “Analyzing the Effect of Land Use Policies on Travel Behavior Using
Activity-Based Modeling.” The European Transporte Conference, Strasbourg,
September, 2006
57.Ben-Elia, Erev and Shiftan, “The Combined Effects of Information and Experience on
Drivers’ Route-Choice Behavior.” Affect, Motivation, and Decision Making
International Conference, Ein Boqeq, The Dead Sea, Israel, December, 2006, Presented
by Eran Ben-Elia
58. Newmark and Shiftan, “Examining Shoppers’ Stated Willingness to Pay for Parking at
Suburban Malls”. Paper presented at the 2007 Transportation Research Board Annual
Meeting, Washington, January, 2007, presented by Greg Newmark.
59.Elias and Shiftan, “Inequality of gender and age in accessibility to activities”, The
Israel Association for Sociology, Haifa, Israel, 2007, presented by Wafa Elias
60.Shiftan, “Transit Market Research: Attitudinal Market Segmentation, Structural
Equation Modeling, and Mode Choice Modeling” Paper presented at the 5th Israeli –
British/Irish Workshop, Regional Science: Pushing Forward the Frontiers, Ramat Gan,
Israel, April 2007
61.Shefer, Shiftan and Barlach, “Passenger Attitudes Toward Bus and Rail Transit:
Investigation of a corridor with Similar Level of Service” Paper presented at the 5th
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Israeli – British/Irish Workshop, Regional Science: Pushing Forward the Frontiers,
Ramat Gan, Israel, April 2007, presented by Yoram Shiftan
62.Shiftan, Bekhor and Albert, "Evaluating the Impact of Information on Route-Choice
Behavior on the Basis of a Field Study" NECTAR Conference, Porto, Portugal, May,
2007
63.Toledo, Shiftan and Hakkert, "Analysis and Modeling of Driving Behavior Using InVehicle Data Recorders", The 11th World Conference on Transport Research, Berkeley,
CA, June, 2007, Presented by Yoram Shiftan
64.Ben-Elia, Shiftan and Erev, "Behavioral Insight in route choice Models with real-time
information" The 11th World Conference on Transport Research, Berkeley, CA, June,
2007, Presented by Eran Ben-Elia
65.Barlach, Shiftan and Shefer, "Passenger Attitude Towards Bus and Rail: Investigation
of Corridor with a Similar Level of Service" The 11th World Conference on Transport
Research, Berkeley, CA, June, 2007, Presented by Yotam Barlach
66.Elias and Shiftan, "The Influence of a Bypass Road on Urban Development and
Residential Location Choice", The 11th World Conference on Transport Research,
Berkeley, CA, June, 2007, Presented by Wafa Elias
67.Ben-Elia, Shiftan and Erev, "Behavioral approach to modeling route choice decisions
with real-time information" The European Transport Conference, , Holland, June,
2007, Presented by Eran Ben-Elia
68.Elias, Newmark and Shiftan "Gender and Travel Behavior in Two Arab Communities
in Israel", Paper presented at the 2008 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting,
Washington, January, 2008, presented by Greg Newmark.
69.Shiftan, Sharaby, and Solomon "Transport Project Appraisal in Israel" Paper presented
at the 2008 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, January,
2008, presented by Yoram Shiftan.
70.Shiftan and Zananiri, "Modeling Response to Congestion Pricing in Tel-Aviv, A Tour-Based
Approach" Paper presented at the TRB Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling,
Portland, OR, June 2008, presented by Yoram Shiftan
71.Shiftan and Ben-Akiva, "A Practical Policy Sensitive Activity-Based Model" 3rd
Israeli-Netherland Workshop in Regional Science, Jerusalem, November, 2008,
presented by Yoram Shiftan
72.Kaplan, Bekhor and Shiftan, "Two-Stage Model Jointly Revealing Determinants of
Noncompensatory Conjunctive Choice Set Formation and Compensatory Choice"
Paper presented at the 88th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting,
Washington, January, 2009, presented by Sigal Kaplan
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Invited Presentations - Abroad
1. “State of the Art and State of the Practice in Travel Demand Modeling” The
Department of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana, October 1995.
2. “Analyzing Transportation Control Measures Using Activity-Based Models” The
School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2001.
3. “Activity Based Approaches” The Department of Civil Engineering, Penn State
University, State College, PA. April, 2002
4. "Transit Market Research Using Attitudinal Market Segmentation, Structural Equation
Modeling and Mode Choice Modeling" College of Engineering, Wayne State
University, Detroit, MI, November, 2007
5. "The Use of Activity-Based Modeling to Analyze the Effect of Land-Use Policies on
Travel Behavior" Urban Transportation Center, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL,
December, 2007
6. "The use of In-Vehicle Data Recorders (IVDR) to study travel and driving behavior"
Invited lecture in the workshop on "Using GPS Data to Visualize Travel Patterns",
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, March, 2008
7. " A Practical Policy Sensitive Activity-Based Model" Region 2 University
Transportation Research Center at NYMTC, New York, March, 2008
8. " Behavioral insights in route choice models with real-time information" University of
Toronto, Canada, April 2008
9. " Transit Market Research Using Attitudinal Market Segmentation, Structural Equation
Modeling and Mode Choice Modeling" The University of California, Davis Seminar
Series, April, 2008
10." The Role of Travel Demand Models in Cost-Benefit Analysis" The University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, April, 2008
11. " A Practical Policy Sensitive Activity-Based Model " The University of California,
Berkeley Seminar Series, May, 2008
12."Do experience travelers benefit from real time information? Insight from behavioral
research" The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute Seminar
Series, June, 2008
13. "The Use of Activity-Based Modeling to Analyze the Effect of Land-Use and Public
Transport Policies on Travel Behavior" the NEXTRANS Region V University
Transportation Center Seminar at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, June,
2008
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14.Congestion Pricing for Tel Aviv – Plans and Travelers' Response Modeling, IVT, ETH,
Zurich, October, 2008
Invited Presentations - Local
1. “New Directions in Transportation Planning Methods” The Israel Association of
Transportation Research, Tel-Aviv, January 1997.
2. “New Directions in Transportation Planning Methods” The Faculty of Architecture
and Urban Planning, the Technion, November, 1997 (Same as No. 1 in this section)
3. “Aspects of Demand in Cost Benefit Analysis of Transportation Projects” The Israeli
National Building Research Institute, the Technion, November 1997.
4. “Estimating the Environmental Impact of Transportation Control Measures”
Transportation Research Institute, the Technion, December 1997.
5. “Transportation Control Measures as a Means to Reduce Air Pollution” A Workshop
on Transportation, Pollution, and the Environment, The Hebrew University,
Jerusalem, January 1998.
6. “Methods to Evaluate the Air Quality Benefits of Transportation Control Measures”
The Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection, December 1999.
7. “Practical Methods for Environmental Evaluation of Transportation Investment” A
Workshop on Controlling Air Pollution from Vehicles in the Tel-Aviv Metropolitan
Area, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, February 2000.
8. “Methods to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Transportation Control Measures” A
Workshop on Controlling Air Pollution from Vehicles in the Tel-Aviv Metropolitan
Area, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, February 2000.
9. “Transportation Control Measures and Their Evaluation” The Department of
Geography, The Hebrew University, December 2000.
10. “Policy Measures for the Development of Sustainable Transportation” A Workshop
on Reducing Air Pollution from Transportation, The Neman Institute, Transportation
Research Institute, and Ministry of the Environment, at the Technion, February, 2004
11. “A New Policy Sensitive Travel Demand Model for Tel Aviv” The annual meeting
of the Israel Regional Science Association, Haifa University, June, 2005.
12. “In-Vehicle Data Recorder” The Information, Research and Development in Road
Safety workshop, Jerusalem, February, 2006.
13. “Decoupling of Transport and the Environment, The Department for Natural
Resource Management, Haifa University, April, 2006.
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14. “In-Vehicle Data Recorder” The Ran Naor Foundation Research Club, Tel
Hashomer, June, 2006.
15. “Policy Measures to Reduce Vehicles Kilometers of Travel” A special conference of
the Public Transportation General Managers Forum with the attendance of the
Minister of Transportation and the Minister of the Environmental Protection. TelAviv, November, 2006
16. “Travel Behavior Models in Support of Sustainable Transportation” A Workshop in
Honor of Prof. Dani Shefer Retirement, The Technion, Haifa, May, 2007
17. “Worldwide Review of the Competition in Bus Public Transport” Key Note Lecture
in “Who is Afraid from Competition” a conference of the forum of the public
transport organizations. Dead Sea, June, 2007
18. The Role of Travel Demand Models in Cost-Benefit Analysis Polus workshop, The
First Technion (CEE) — CCNY (UTRC2) Transportation Engineering, Planning and
Economic Workshop, Technion, Haifa, July, 2007
19. Apartment Rental Choice Modeling Combining Elimination by Aspect and Utility
Maximization Methods, The Israel Regional Science Association Meeting, BenGurion University, Beer Sheva, April, 2008 (With Sigal Kaplan and Shlomo Bekhor,
presented by Sigal Kaplan)
20. Transport Project Evaluation, The 2006 Perat Guidance and a vision to the future. A
joint workshop of the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Interior on
Transport Project Planning and Evaluation, Tel Aviv December, 2008 (with Nir
Sharaby, presented by both)
PUBLICATION
a. Thesis
1. "Transportation Workforce Planning in the Transit Industry: Incorporating Absence,
Overtime and Reliability Relationships", Ph.D. Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, November, 1991
2. "Policeman Involvement in Operating Signalized Intersections”, Ms.C. Dissertation,
The Technion, June, 1988
b-1. Published Papers in Refereed Professional Journals
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1. Mahalel, D., Gur, Y., & Shiftan, Y., "Manual versus Automatic Operation of Traffic
Signal" Transp. Res.-A, Vol.25A, Nos. 2/3, pp. 121-127, 1991
2. Shiftan, Y., & Wilson, N.H.M., "Strategic Transit Workforce Planning Model:
Incorporating Overtime, Absence and Reliability Relationships". Transportation
Research Record, No. 1402 pp. 98-106, 1993
3. Shiftan, Y., & Wilson, N.H.M., "Absence, Overtime and Reliability Relationships in
Transit Workforce Planning". Transportation Research, Part A, Vol. 28, pp. 245-258,
1994.
4. Shiftan Y, Suhrbier J, and Pickrell D. “Transportation Perspective of Ozone Trends in
Clean Air Act Nonattainment Areas” Transportation Research Record, No. 1520, pp.
26-34, 1996.
5. Shiftan Y. “A Practical Approach to Model Trip Chaining” Transportation Research
Record, No. 1645, pp. 17-23, 1998
6. Shiftan Y. “Response to Parking Restrictions: Lessons from a Stated Preference
Survey in Haifa and their Policy Implications” World Transport Policy and Practice.
Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 30-35, 1999.
7. Shiftan, Y. “The Advantage of Activity-based Modeling for Air Quality Purposes:
Theory versus Practice and Future Needs” Innovations, Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 95-110.
2000.
8. Shiftan, Y., & Wilson, N.H.M., "The Absence Consequences of Overtime in the
Transit Industry” Journal of Public Transportation, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 25-39, 2001
9. Shiftan Y., “A Pricing Experiment to Evaluate Price Sensitivity to Toll Roads”,
International Journal of Transport Economics. Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 81-94, 2001.
10.Shiftan Y. and Burd-Eden Rachel, “Modeling Response to Parking Policy”,
Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No.
1765, pp. 27-34, 2001
11.Shiftan Y. & Suhrbier J. “The Analysis of Travel and Emission Impacts of Travel
Demand Management Strategies Using Activity-Based Models” Transportation, Vol.
29, No. 2, pp. 145-168, 2002.
12.Shiftan Y. & Bekhor S.
“Investigating Individual’s Perceived Auto Cost”,
International Journal of Transport Economy. Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 151-166, 2002.
13.Shiftan Y. & Barlach Y. “The Effect of Employment Site Characteristics on Commute
Mode choice” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation
Research Board. No. 1781, pp. 19-25. 2002.
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14.Shiftan Y. and Newmark G., “The Impacts of Infill Retail Center Development on
Regional Travel Patterns” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the
Transportation Research Board, No. 1805, pp. 53-59. 2002.
15.Shiftan Y, Ben-Akiva M, De Jong G, Hakkert S, Simmonds D., “Evaluation of
Externalities in Transport Projects” European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure
Research. Vol. 2, Issue 3/4, pp. 285-304, 2002.
16.Shiftan Y., Kaplan S., and Hakkert S., “Scenario Building as a Tool for Planning A
Sustainable Transportation System.” Transportation Research D: Transport and
Environment, No 8, pp. 323-342. 2003.
17.Shiftan Y., “Peoples’ Evaluation of Urban and Suburban Characteristics: A Residential
Stated Preference Model” International Journal of Transport Economics, Vol. XXX,
No. 2, pp. 151-166. 2003.
18.Ben-Elia E, Shefer D., and Shiftan Y., “Transportation Impact Statement (T.I.S) – A
New Tool for Transportation and Land Use Planning” Environment and Planning A,
No. 35, Vol. 12, pp. 2177 – 2190, 2003
19.Outwater M., Castleberry S., Shiftan Y., Ben-Akiva M., Zhou Y., & Kuppam A.,
“Attitudinal Market Segmentation Approach to Mode Choice and Ridership
Forecasting: Structural Equation Modeling” Transport Research Record, Journal of the
Transportation Research Board. No. 1854, 2003
20.Shiftan Y., Shefer D., and Avraham G., “The Impact of Transportation Control
Measures on the Location of Businesses in City Centers”. European Spatial Research
Policy, Vol. 11 No. 2, 2004
21.Maggio M., and Shiftan Y., “Governance options for a regional wireless public safety
and transportation network” International Journal of Transportation Management,
Vol. 2, No. 3-4, pp. 123-134, 2004
22.Poulus A., Shiftan Y., and Shmueli-Lazar S., “Evaluation of the Waiting –Time Effect
on Critical Gaps at Roundabouts by a Logit Model. European Journal of Transport
and Infrastructure Research Vol. 5, no., pp. 1-12, 2005
23.Maggio M., and Shiftan Y., “Automated Toll Road Enforcement Financial and Policy
Considerations – The Case of the Dulles Toll Road” International Journal of Transport
Economy, Vol XXXII, No. 3, 2005
24.Cotrus A., Prashker J., and Shiftan Y., “Spatial & Temporal Transferability of Trip
Generation Demand Models in Israel.” Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Vol 8,
No.1, pp. 37-56, 2005
25.Shiftan Y., and Golani A., “The effect of auto restrain policies on travel behaviour”.
Transportation Research Record,, the Journal of the Transportation Research Board,
Vol. 1932, pp. 156-163, 2005
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26.Shiftan Y. Vary, D. and Geyer, D. “Demand for Park Shuttle Services – A Stated
Preference Approach”, Journal of Transport Geography, 14 (1), 52-59. 2006
27.Shiftan Y. and Sharaby N., “Competition in Bus Public Transport in Israel”,
Transportation Research Record, the Journal of the Transportation Research Board,
No. 1986, pp. 38-45, 2006
28.Newmark G.L. and Shiftan Y., “Examining Shoppers’ Stated Willingness to Pay for
Parking at Suburban Malls” Transportation Research Record, the Journal of the
Transportation Research Board. No. 2010, pp 92-101, 2007
29.Shiftan Y., “The Use of Activity-Based Modeling to Analyze the Effect of Land-Use
Policies on Travel Behavior”, Annals of Regional Science, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp, 79-97,
2008
30.Ben-Elia, E., Erev I. and Shiftan Y., “The Combined Effect of Information and
Experience on Drivers’ Route-Choice Behavior” Transportation, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp.
165-177, 2008
31. Shiftan Y., Outwater, M.L., and Zhou, Y. "Transit Market Research Using Structural
Equation Modeling and Attitudinal Market Segmentation". Transport Policy, Vol. 15,
No. 3, pp. 186-195, 2008
32.Prashker J, Shiftan, Y and Hershkovitch-Sarusi, P. " Residential choice location,
gender and the commute trip to work in Tel Aviv" Journal of Transport Geography
Vol. 16, pp. 332-341, 2008
33.Sharaby N. and Shiftan Y. "The Economic Benefits from Competition in Bus Public
Transport – The Israeli Case". The International Journal of Transport Economics Vol.
35, No. 3, pp. 391-415, 2008
34.Elias, W., Newmark, G., and Shiftan Y., "Gender and Travel Behavior in Two Arab
Communities in Israel", Transportation Research Record, the Journal of the
Transportation Research Board, No. 2067, pp. 75-83, 2008.
35.Shiftan, Sharaby, and Solomon "Transport Project Appraisal in Israel", Transportation
Research Record, the Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2079, pp.
136-145, 2008.
Papers Accepted for Publication in Refereed Professional Journals
36.Kaplan, Bekhor and Shiftan, "Two-Stage Model Jointly Revealing Determinants of
Noncompensatory Conjunctive Choice Set Formation and Compensatory Choice"
Paper accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record, the Journal of the
Transportation Research Board
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b-2. Published Papers as Chapters in Books (With
full peer
review)
1. Shiftan Y. “Can Land Use Policies Reduce Regional Travel?” in Felsentein D.,
McQuaid R., McCann P. and Shefer D. (Ed.), Public Investment And Regional
Economic Development, Edward Elgar, 2001 pp. 227-244.
2. Shiftan Y. “The Effect of Parking Pricing and Supply on Travel Patterns to a Major
Business District” in E. Stern, I. Salomon, and P. H. L. Bovy (Eds.) Travel Behavior,
Edward Elgar, 2002
3. Shiftan Y., S. Kaplan and S. Hakkert, “Scenario analysis for the future of the Tel Aviv
Metropolitan area and its transportation system using the Delphi Method.” in Beuthe,
M., V. Himanen, A. Reggiani and L. Zamparini (Eds.) “Transport Developments and
Innovations in an Evolving Word” Springer-Verlag, Berling, 2004.
4. Shifftan Y., K. Button and P. Nijkamp, “Transportation Planning: Scoping the Scene”
in Shiftan Y., K. Button and P. Nijkamp (Ed.) “Transportation Planning” as part of the
Button K. and Nijkamp P. (Ed.) “Classics in Planning” series. Edward Elgar
Publishing Ltd. 2007.
5. Shiftan Y., "Application to policy analysis and planning" Workshop report to appear in
the forthcoming book from the International Association of Travel Behavior Research
(IATBR) conference in Kyoto, Japan, 2006.
Short Atricles (800-1500 words) Accepted for Publication
6. Shiftan Y. “Externalities” Invited entry for the “Transportation Dictionary” edited by
Ken Button.
7. Shiftan Y. “Modal Split Models” Invited entry for the “Transportation Dictionary”
edited by Ken Button.
8. Shiftan Y. “Travel Behavior” Invited entry for the “Transportation Dictionary” edited
by Ken Button.
b-3. Invited Book Reviews in Professional Journals
Shiftan Y., Book Review, Hensher D (ed.) (2001) Travel behavior research, The leading
edge. Pergamon, Oxford. Invited review in The Annals of Regional Science, Vol. 37, No. 2,
May, 2003, pp. 353-354
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Shiftan Y., Book Review, Baker, R.G.V (2006) Dynamic trip modeling – from shopping
centers to the internet, Springer. Invited review in Geography Research Forum Vol. 26,
January, 2007
Shiftan Y., Book Review, Van Geenhuizen, M, Reggiani, A. and Rietveld P (Ed.) (2007)
Policy analysis of transport networks, Ashgate, Hampshire, England and Burlington, VT.
Invited review in the European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, Forthcoming
b-4. Peer Reviewed Published Conference Proceedings
37.Shiftan Y. and Wilson N.H.M., "Public Transport Workforce Sizing Recognizing the
Service Reliability Objective” in Computer Aided Transit Scheduling (Ed: J.R. Daduna,
I. Branco, and J.M.P. Paixao) Proceeding of the Sixth International Workshop on
Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport, pp. 248-266, Lisbon, Portugal, July
1993. Springer.
38.Rossi T. & Shiftan Y. “Tour Based Travel Demand Modeling in the U.S.” In
Transportation Systems 1997 (Ed: M. Papageorgiou and A. Pouliezos) Proceeding of
The 8th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS Symposium on Transportation Systems, Chania, Greece,
June 1997. Vol. 1 pp. 381-386. Elsevier Science Ltd.
39.Suhrbier J., Shiftan Y. and Decker S. “Improved Transportation Air Quality Analysis
Methodologies” in Transportation Planning and Air Quality III: Emerging Strategies
and Working Solutions, pp. 71-85 1998, American Society of Civil Engineering.
40.Bowman, J.L., M. Bradley, Y. Shiftan, T.K.Lawton and M. Ben-Akiva.
“Demonstration of Activity Based Model System for Portland” in World Transport
Research, Selected Proceedings from the 8th World Conference on Transport Research,
Antwerp, Belgium, edited by H. Meersman, E. Van de Voorde, and W. Winkelmans,
Vol. 3, pp. 171-184, 1999, Elsevier Science Ltd.
41.Shiftan Y and J. Suhrbier. “The Contribution of Activity-Based Models to Analyses of
Transportation Control Measures” in World Transport Research, Selected Proceedings
from the 8th World Conference on Transport Research, Antwerp, Belgium, edited by H.
Meersman, E. Van de Voorde, and W. Winkelmans, Vol 3. pp. 65-78. 1999, Elsevier
Science Ltd.
42.Ben-Elia E, D. Shefer, and Y. Shiftan “Transportation Impact Statement (T.I.S) – A
New Tool for Transportation and Land Use Planning” in Appraisal of Road Transport
Initiatives Proceedings of Seminar D of the European Transport Conference,
Cambridge, U.K. pp. 97-116, September, 2000. PTRC Education and Research
Services LTD.
b-5. Books
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Shiftan Y., K. Button and P. Nijkamp (Ed.) “Transportation Planning” as part of the
Button K. and Nijkamp P. (Ed.) “Classics in Planning” series. Edward Elgar Publishing
Ltd. 2007.
b-6. Editorial
2008-present Transportation Letters – The International Journal of Transportation Research
– Member of the Editorial Board
2008 – present, Transport Policy – Member of the editorial board
2008- present Journal of Choice Modeling – Member of the editorial advisory board
2008- present, The Open Transportation Journal – Member of the editorial board
c-1. Papers Presented and Appearing in Professional
Conference Proceedings (following a review process)
1. Shiftan Y. “A Practical Approach to Incorporate Trip Chaining in Urban Travel
Models” Proceeding of The Fifth National Conference on Transportation Planning
Methods Applications, Seattle, Washington, April 1995.
2. Shiftan Y. and Decker S., “A Practical Method to Estimate Trip Chaining” Proceeding
of the Institute of Transportation Engineering 65th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado,
August 1995. pp. 348-351.
3. Decker S. and Shiftan Y., “Application of the Incremental Travel Modeling Approach
in Boise”. Proceeding of the Institute of Transportation Engineering 65th Annual
Meeting, Denver, Colorado, August 1995.
4. Shiftan Y. & Suhrbier J. “Transportation Control Measures as a Means to Improve Air
Quality, Reduce Congestion, and Improve Safety”. Proceeding of The Fourth
International Conference on Safety and the Environment in the 21st Century, Tel-Aviv,
Israel, November, 1997
5. Shiftan Y. & Suhrbier J. “The Effect of Land Use Policies on Regional Travel Using a
Residential Choice Stated-Preference Model and an Activity-Based Travel Model”.
Proceedings of the 9th International Association of Travel Behavior Research
Conference, Volume 13 – Application Workshop 5: Interfaces Between Location, Land
Use and Travel Decision. Gold Coast, Queesland, Australia, July 2000.
6. Shiftan, Outwater, and Zhou, “Improving Transit Market Research Using Structural
Equation Modeling and Attitudinal Market Segmentation” Proceedings of the 2004
European Transport Conference, Strasbourg, October, 2004.
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7. Hakkert, Shiftan, and Gitelman, “Investigating the Causes for Single Vehicle Accidents
Using Computerized Accident Patterns and Logit Modelling” Proceedings of the 2004
European Transport Conference, Strasbourg, October, 2004.
d. Other Publications
1. Suhrbier J. and Y. Shiftan,“Trends in Ambient Air Quality: How Clean is the Air?”
TRB Newsletter of the Transportation and Air Quality Committee, No 6, 1995.
2. Shiftan Y., “George Mason University Provides Research and Institutional Support”
CapWIN Connection, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2003
e. Research Reports
1. Shiftan Y., & N.H.M. Wilson, Transportation Workforce Planning in the Transit
Industry: Incorporating Absence, Overtime and Reliability Relationships. Center for
Transportation Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 215
pages, 1991.
2. Gur Y., D. Mahalel & Y. Shiftan. Policeman Intervention in a Signalized Intersection
The S. Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Technion,
Haifa, 108 pages, 1988.
3. Maggio M, and Y. Shiftan. Evaluation of the CapWIN (Capital Wireless Inetegrated
Network) Pilot Deployment. Prepared for the CapWIN Ad Hoc Executive committee
and U.S. Department of Transportation, Cooperative Agreement Number DTFH61-01X-00062. School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. 2002
LIST OF SUPERVISED GRADUATE STUDENTS
Ph.D. Thesis Completed
1. Wafa Elias – Developing a Model to Evaluate the Various Effects of Bypasses, 2008
2.
Eran Ben-Elia - On the value of adding behavioral insights into route choice models
with real time information (Primary supervisor together with Prof Ido Erev as
additional supervisor), 2008
Ph.D. Thesis in Progress
3. Yotam Barlach – The effect of public transport technology on mode choice, analyze
the demand for BRT. (Additional supervisor with Prof. Dani Shefer as primary
supervisor)
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4. Sigal Kaplan - Development of a Residential Choice Model Combining Behavioral
and Micro-Economics Elements. (Primary supervisor with Shlomo Bekhor as
additional supervisor)
5. Galit Toledo - Modeling of Driving Behavior Using In-Vehicle Data Recorders
(Primary supervisor together with Assos. Prof. Shalom Hakkert as additional
supervisor).
6. Robert Ishak - Flexible Model Structure For ‘Activity Based Models’ (Dr. Shlomo
Bekhor is currently supervising while I am on Sabbatical)
M.Sc. Thesis Completed
1.
Gali Avraham - The Effect of Transportation Control Measures on the Location
of Businesses in the CBD. Primary supervisor together with Prof. Daniel Shefer
as an additional supervisor. Winner of “Keren Mifal Hapis” award ($4,000) for
her thesis. 1999.
2.
Ayelet Perber - Comparison between Selective Congestion Tolls and Fuel Tax,
as Alternative Means to Reduce Traffic Congestion; Case Study: Haifa
Metropolitan Area. (Replacing supervisor for Prof. Daniel Shefer, while on
Sabbatical) 1999.
3.
Ofir Mezer - Considerations for Roadside Safety Improvements. Additional
supervisor together with Prof. Shalom Hakkert as Primary Supervisor, 1999.
4.
Eran Ben-Elia - Transportation Impact Statement (TIS) - A New Tool for
Decision-Making in Land Use and Transportation Planning. (Replacing
supervisor for Prof. Daniel Shefer, while on Sabbatical), 2000.
5.
Ruti Amir – The Effect of Improved Rail Connection between Tel-Aviv and
Beer-Sheva. Additional supervisor together with Prof. Ilan Salamon from the
Hebrew University as Primary Supervisor, 2001.
6.
Yotam Barlach - The Effect of Employment Site Characteristics on Commute
Mode Choice, 2001
7.
Pazit Hershkovich – Characteristics of work traveling patterns in metropolitan.
Additional supervisor together with Prof. Yossi Prashker as Primary supervisor,
2001
8.
Sigal Kaplan – Sustainable transportation – scenario analysis of transportation
alternatives in the Tel-Aviv metropolitan area. Primary supervisor together with
Prof. Shalom Hakkert as Additional supervisor, 2001.
9.
Edi Benedit – Analysis of the Relationship between Monitored Air Pollution
Levels and Transportation Variables, 2001.
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10.
Adrian Kutrosh – Analysis of Trip Generation Characteristics in Israel for the
Years 1984, 1994 and Spatial and Temporal Transferability of Trip Generation
Demand Models. Additional supervisor together with Prof. Yossi Prashker as
primary supervisor, 2002.
11.
Dani Chana – Transit communities for Israel: a response to urban sprawl.
Additional supervisor together with Dr. Dani Gat as Primary supervisor, 2002
12.
Natallie Catz – The Effect of Residence Patterns on Trip Generation, 2002
13.
Arnon Golani – The Effect of Transportation Control Measures on Traffic
Congestion – Case Study: Tel-Aviv. Winner of “Keren Mifal Hapis” award
($4,000) for his thesis. 2002 (together with Prof. Avishai Ceder)
14.
Issa Zananiri – Empirical Study on the Effects of Information and
Communication Technology on Travel Behavior, 2007 (Primary supervisor
together with Shlomo Bekhor as additional supervisor)
M.Sc. Thesis in Progress
M.Sc. Final Papers Completed
15.
Rachel Burd-Eden – The Effect of Parking Policy on Travel Behavior to
Business Districts. 2000
16.
Robert Ischak - Shopping Malls Trips: Characteristics and Destination Choice
Behavior. (Additional supervisor together with Prof. Yossi Prashker as Primary
Supervisor.) 2001
17.
Ihab Atalla – Comparison of Methods to Evaluate the Demand for New Transit
Systems. (Additional supervisor together with Prof. Yossi Prashker as Primary
supervisor.) 2002.
18.
Hiba Waba – The effect of HOV lanes and parking regulation on businesses in
the CBD. 2003. (Primary supervisor with Prof Avishai Ceder as replacing
supervisor during Sabbatical)
19.
Anat Veis – Tour Generation Model for the Haifa Metropolitan Area. (Primary
supervisor with Shlomo Bekhor as additional and replacing supervisor during
Sabbatical) 2004
20.
Eran Riisfeld – Delay Analysis at Signalized Intersections and Development
of Warrants for Interchanges on Rural Highways (Additional supervisor
together with Prof. Abishai Polus as primary supervisor) 2006
21.
Pinchas Berger – Travel Demand and the Value of Time. (Additional
supervisor together with Prof. Daniel Shefer as primary supervisor) 2007
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M.Sc. Final Papers in Progress
22.
Tamar Keinan – The Effect of Employer Car Taxation Policy on Car Ownership
and Vehicle Kilometer Travel