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Lexcie Lu, Transit Analyst,
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2006/01/25
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[Taiwan Railways Administration EMU100, Driving Trailer ED112, Manufactured by English Electric, 1978; Original rolling stock for the Taiwan West Coast Mainline Electrification Programme -- 2010/02/07 Photo at Qidu station, Sundays-only Train 1120]

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International Best Practices and Benchmarking

Zen and the Art of Commuter Rail Operations: Taiwan Railway Administration's Design, Operations, and Philosophy
Alex Lu and Amanda N. Marsh
TRB Manuscript No. 11-1301

Final Paper, as revised, 16 November, 2011. (also available is the Executive Summary.)
Photographs of Taiwan's Railways (February, 2010)
Poster (PDF available) at Session 339: Innovations in Commuter Rail Transport

Subway Productivity, Profitability, and Performance: A Tale of Five Cities
Alla Reddy, Alex Lu, and Ted Wang
TRB Paper No. 10-0487

Final Paper, available from the TRB metapress. (Pre-publication draft available here.)
Presentation at Session 369: Managing and Developing Regional Transit Systems and Transit Infrastructure
Presentation at the APTA 2010 Multimodal Operations Planning Workshop, New York City, N.Y.
Press Coverage:
1. Regional Plan Association Spotlight, 2011/8/10: Learning From Hong Kong
2. The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, New York Public Radio (NPR affiliate), 2011/8/5: Transit Systems That Make Money
3. New York Daily News Opinion, 2011/7/29: What Jay Walder's new city, Hong Kong, can teach us about transit: Make money, don't just spend it

Organizational Regimes for Commuter Rail: Improving Train Service Worldwide
John G. Allen and Alex Lu
TRB Paper No. 09-1641 (now renumbered 10-0242)

Final Paper, available from the TRB metapress. (Pre-publication draft available here.)
Draft Paper, an earlier Transport Chicago version
Presentation at Session 311: Paradigm Shifts for Commuter Rail, Part I

Regulatory Structure and Business Models for Bus Service Delivery in Southeast Asia
Alla V. Reddy et al.

Presentation (PDF available) in Innovative Service Delivery Techniques at 2012 APTA Bus Conference, Long Beach, Calif.

Vertical Integration versus Infrastructure Separation for Railroads: Different Optimums for Different Settings?
Alex Lu
TRB Paper No. 02-2332

Draft Paper, as revised, November 2001
Handout, Open Access: a European Dream Unfulfilled, an American Nightmare?, as presented at poster session, January 2002
Poster PDF is also available.

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