Schedule-Based Dynamic Transit Modeling: Theory and Applications outlines thenew schedule-based dynamic approach to mass transit modeling. In the last tenyears the schedule-based dynamic approach has been developed and appliedespecially for operational planning. It allows time evolution of on-boardloads and travel times for each run of each line to be obtained, and usesbehavioral hypotheses strictly related to transit systems and usercharacteristics. It allows us to open new frontiers in transit modelling tosupport network design, timetable setting, investigation of congestioneffects, as well as the assessment of new technologies introduction, such asinformation to users (ITS technologies). The contributors and editors of thebook are leading researchers in the field of transportation, and in thisvolume they build a solid foundation for developing still more sophisticatedmodels. These future models of mass transit systems will continue to addhigher levels of accuracy and sensitivity desired in forecasting theperformance of public transport systems.