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Overview

Amer Shalaby is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and specializes primarily in the fields of Social Sciences and Engineering. Their research focuses extensively on Transportation and related subfields, including Automotive Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Building and Construction, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The core topics addressed in their work encompass Transportation Planning and Optimization, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Transportation and Mobility Innovations, Traffic Control and Management, Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis, Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques, and Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency.

Amer Shalaby has contributed to numerous scientific papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Urban rail service design for collaborative passenger and freight transport, 2021, Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Impacts of COVID-19 on urban rail transit ridership using the Synthetic Control Method, 2021, Transport Policy
  • The rise and fall of transit ridership across Canada: Understanding the determinants, 2020, Transport Policy
  • Driverless shuttle pilots: Lessons for automated transit technology deployment, 2021, Case Studies on Transport Policy
  • Equity Analysis and New Mobility Technologies: Toward Meaningful Interventions, 2020, Journal of Planning Literature

Their work is published in several key venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Transport Policy
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Case Studies on Transport Policy

Amer Shalaby collaborates regularly with certain co-authors, including:

  • Baher Abdulhai
  • Kareem Othman
  • Willem Klumpenhouwer
  • Diego Da Silva
  • Lisa Li

The volume and scope of their publications show a comprehensive research agenda integrating engineering and social science perspectives on transportation systems, with particular attention to planning, optimization, innovation, and equity considerations within urban and regional mobility contexts.

Best Publications

  • The Four Pillars of Sustainable Urban Transportation

    Christopher Kennedy;Eric Miller;Amer Shalaby;Heather Maclean

  • Development of planning level transportation safety tools using Geographically Weighted Poisson Regression.

    Alireza Hadayeghi;Amer S. Shalaby;Bhagwant N. Persaud

  • Prediction Model of Bus Arrival and Departure Times Using AVL and APC Data

    Amer Shalaby;Ali Farhan

  • Macrolevel Accident Prediction Models for Evaluating Safety of Urban Transportation Systems

    Alireza Hadayeghi;Amer S. Shalaby;Bhagwant N. Persaud

  • A Trip Reconstruction Tool for GPS-based Personal Travel Surveys

    Eui-Hwan Chung;Amer Shalaby

  • Enhanced System for Link and Mode Identification for Personal Travel Surveys Based on Global Positioning Systems

    Sheung Yuen Amy Tsui;Amer S Shalaby

  • Case Study: Relationship of Walk Access Distance to Transit with Service, Travel, and Personal Characteristics

    B. W. Alshalalfah;A. S. Shalaby

  • BUS TRAVEL TIME PREDICTION MODEL FOR DYNAMIC OPERATIONS CONTROL AND PASSENGER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

    Amer Shalaby;Ali Farhan

  • Temporal Transferability and Updating of Zonal Level Accident Prediction Models

    Alireza Hadayeghi;Amer S. Shalaby;Bhagwant N. Persaud;Carl Cheung

  • Urban rail service design for collaborative passenger and freight transport

    Zhujun Li;Zhujun Li;Amer Shalaby;Matthew J. Roorda;Baohua Mao

  • Real-Time Transportation Mode Detection via Tracking Global Positioning System Mobile Devices

    Young-Ji Byon;Baher Abdulhai;Amer Shalaby

  • Simulating Performance Impacts of Bus Lanes and Supporting Measures

    Amer S. Shalaby

  • Real-Time Optimization for Adaptive Traffic Signal Control Using Genetic Algorithms

    Jinwoo Lee;Baher Abdulhai;Amer Shalaby;Eui-Hwan Chung

  • Access Walking Distance, Transit Use, and Transit-Oriented Development in North York City Center, Toronto, Canada

    David F Crowley;Amer S Shalaby;Hossein Zarei

  • Moving freight on public transit: Best practices, challenges, and opportunities

    Keith Cochrane;Shoshanna Saxe;Matthew J. Roorda;Amer Shalaby

  • Advanced Transit Signal Priority Control with Online Microsimulation-Based Transit Prediction Model

    Jinwoo Lee;Amer Shalaby;John Greenough;Mike Bowie

  • Aerial Ropeway Transportation Systems in the Urban Environment: State of the Art

    B. Alshalalfah;A. Shalaby;S. Dale;F. M. Y. Othman

  • Safety Prediction Models: Proactive Tool for Safety Evaluation in Urban Transportation Planning Applications

    Alireza Hadayeghi;Amer S Shalaby;Bhagwant N Persaud

  • Enhanced System for Link and Mode Identification for Personal Travel Surveys Based on Global Positioning Systems

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  • Active Transit Signal Priority for Streetcars: Experience in Melbourne, Australia, and Toronto, Canada

    Graham Victor Currie;Amer Shalaby

  • AUTOMATED TRANSIT HEADWAY CONTROL VIA ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PRIORITY

    Kenny Ling;Amer Shalaby

Frequent Co-Authors

Khandker Nurul Habib
Khandker Nurul Habib University of Toronto
Eric J. Miller
Eric J. Miller University of Toronto
Bhagwant Persaud
Bhagwant Persaud Toronto Metropolitan University
Matthew J. Roorda
Matthew J. Roorda University of Toronto
Mohamed E. Mahmoud
Mohamed E. Mahmoud University of Alabama
Steven Farber
Steven Farber University of Toronto
Graham Currie
Graham Currie Monash University
Tarek Sayed
Tarek Sayed University of British Columbia
Christopher Kennedy
Christopher Kennedy University of Victoria
Heather L. MacLean
Heather L. MacLean University of Toronto

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