Journal of Public Transportation

期刊简介：The Journal of Public Transportation is an international peer-reviewed open access journal. The Journal contains original research and case studies associated with various forms of public transportation and related transportation and policy issues. Topics are approached from a variety of academic disciplines, including engineering, planning, economics, geography, public policy, political science, and others, and include policy, methodological, technological, and financial aspects. Emphasis is placed on the identification of innovative solutions to public transportation problems. The Journal was founded by the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida. CUTR strives to help improve the performance and relevance of public transportation and other forms of active transportation. Much of CUTR's research is applied, practical research, in support of the implementation of innovative solutions, and is designed to assist those who plan, design, operate, and maintain transit and paratransit systems, commuter assistance programs, and first-mile/last-mile components that support public transportation. CUTR remains affiliated with the Journal and continues to play an active role in its editorial team. The Journal is published with the support of the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University. Paper Content The Journal will only consider submissions that address public transportation, as defined by the US TRB's Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual: "Transportation service to the public on a regular basis using vehicles that transport more than one person for compensation, usually but not exclusively over a set route or routes from one fixed point to another. Routes and schedules of this service may be predetermined by the operator or may be determined through a cooperative arrangement. Subcategories include public transit service and paratransit services that are available to the general public." Articles included in the Journal should be accessible and understandable by personnel in transit properties or related services so the findings can be used to the benefit of passengers, agencies, and communities. Papers featuring case studies should do more than use already accepted methodologies and share findings; the research should advance the state of knowledge and should feature lessons learned and techniques that can be generalized so the information is useful in other locales that may have similar challenges. Papers that are highly technical/mathematical and/or very academic in nature that might be beyond the comprehension of most transit or related agency personnel are not encouraged. Authors should consider submitting these papers to more technical journals. Paper Standards We seek to publish papers that are professionally prepared and include complete literature reviews, well-explained methodologies, solid data, and clear and unbiased conclusions. Papers must be well organized and should follow a general sequence that describes the problem; states the objectives; reviews past work and the literature; describes the approach, assumptions, and data used; discusses the results and limitations; and draws conclusions. Research funding sources and data providers should be acknowledged. International authors should bear in mind that an insufficient translation into English can make a paper awkward and difficult to understand. If necessary, papers should be reviewed and edited by a professional English editor before submission so peer reviewers can provide the most helpful reviews and readers can fully comprehend the information. Papers found to be difficult to understand due to language issues may be returned to the authors for English editing and resubmission.

【译文】《公共交通杂志》是一份国际同行评审的开放获取期刊。该杂志包含与各种形式的公共交通以及相关交通和政策问题相关的原创研究和案例研究。主题涉及各种学科，包括工程、规划、经济学、地理学、公共政策、政治学等，并包括政策、方法、技术和金融方面。重点是确定公共交通问题的创新解决方案。该杂志由南佛罗里达大学城市交通研究中心 (CUTR) 创办。 CUTR 致力于帮助提高公共交通和其他形式的主动交通的性能和相关性。 CUTR 的大部分研究都是应用性的、实践性的研究，以支持创新解决方案的实施，旨在帮助那些规划、设计、运营和维护交通和辅助交通系统、通勤援助计划以及支持公共交通的第一英里/最后一英里组件的人员。 CUTR 仍隶属于该期刊，并继续在其编辑团队中发挥积极作用。该杂志的出版得到了圣何塞州立大学峰田交通研究所的支持。论文内容 本期刊将仅考虑涉及公共交通的提交内容，根据美国 TRB 的《交通能力和服务质量手册》的定义：“使用有偿运输多人的车辆定期向公众提供交通服务，通常但不限于从一个固定点到另一个固定点的固定路线或路线。该服务的路线和时间表可以由运营商预先确定，也可以通过合作安排确定。子类别包括向公众提供的公共交通服务和辅助交通服务。”期刊中包含的文章应可供交通设施或相关服务人员访问和理解，以便研究结果可用于造福乘客、机构和社区。以案例研究为特色的论文应该不仅仅使用已经接受的方法和分享研究结果；研究应提高知识水平，并应以吸取的经验教训和可推广的技术为特色，以便这些信息在可能面临类似挑战的其他地区有用。不鼓励发表技术性/数学性和/或学术性很强的论文，这些论文可能超出大多数交通或相关机构人员的理解范围。作者应该考虑将这些论文提交给更多技术期刊。论文标准我们寻求发表专业准备的论文，包括完整的文献综述、解释良好的方法、可靠的数据以及清晰和公正的结论。论文必须组织良好，并应遵循描述问题的一般顺序；陈述目标；回顾过去的工作和文献；描述所使用的方法、假设和数据；讨论结果和局限性；并得出结论。应承认研究经费来源和数据提供者。国际作者应该记住，英文翻译不充分可能会使论文尴尬且难以理解。如有必要，论文在提交前应由专业的英文编辑进行审阅和编辑，以便同行审稿人可以提供最有帮助的评论，读者也可以充分理解信息。由于语言问题而难以理解的论文可能会被退回给作者进行英文编辑并重新提交。