Peter Furth

Presentations

Somerville RTC Meeting

• Boston's Evolving Greenway Network (PPT) - March 2009

Move Mass

• Traffic Intolerant Bicyclists and Boston's Greenway Network (PPT) - 2008

Presentations, Proceedings, and Articles in Unrefereed Journals

1. Furth, P.G. "A Greenway Network for the Boston Area." Presentation, Newton (MA) Free Library, sponsored by the Newton Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force, October, 2008.
2. Furth, P.G. "Congestion Protection for Public Transport:  Lessons from Europe." Presented at the International Bus Rapid Transit Conference, Santiago, Chile, August, 2008.
3. Furth, P.G. "Transit Signal Priority: How to Really Help Public Transport, without Hurting Other Traffic." Presented at the International Bus Rapid Transit Conference, Santiago, Chile, August, 2008.
4. Furth, P.G. "Traffic-Intolerant Bicyclists and Boston's Greenway Network." Presented at the Move Massachusetts meeting, June 20, 2008.
5. Furth, P.G. "On-Road Bicycle Facilities for Children and Other 'Easy Riders'." Presented at the Fourth Annual Bicycle Congress, Boise State University, Boise, April, 2008.
6. Furth, P.G. "On-Road Bicycle Facilities for Children and Other 'Easy Riders':  Stress Mechanisms and Design Criteria." Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, January, 2008.
7. Furth, P.G. "Designing a Bicycle Network for Children and other 'Easy Riders'." Presentation, ITE New England Section annual meeting, Warwick, RI, December 3, 2007.
8. Furth, P.G. and C. Boll, "Congestion Protection:  Lessons from Europe and Application to MBTA Route 66." Presentation, joint ITE / ITS Massachusetts meeting, Needham, MA, September 13, 2007.
9. Furth, P.G. "Traffic Calming Practices in the Safest Country on Earth." Presentation, ITE District 1 meeting, Providence, RI, May 9-11, 2007.
10. Furth, P.G. and M. Mekuria, "Evaluating the Impact of Stop Addition / Consolidation on Transit System Operations:  Tools developed Using ArcGIS/ArcObjects." Presentation, ITE District 1 meeting, Providence, RI, May 9-11, 2007.
11. Furth, P.G. and 9 student co-authors, "Restoring Emerald Necklace Paths at Route 9 and the Landmark Rotary," Muddy River Research Symposium, Colleges of the Fenway, Brookline, MA, April 25, 2007.
12. Furth, P.G. "Embedding Communication Education within the Civil Engineering Curriculum:  A Case Study at Northeastern University." Structure v. 14, n. 4, April, 2007.
13. Furth, P.G. "Lessons from the Safest Country on Earth." Presentation, joint ITE / Mass. Municipal Engineers Association meeting, Braintree, MA, March 21, 2007.
14. Furth, P.G. and Th.H.J. Muller, "Reliability-Based Timepoint Schedules for Long Headway Transit Routes." Presented at the 10th Conference on Computer Aided Scheduling in Public Transport, Leeds, 2006.
15. Furth, P.G., M.C. Mekuria, and J.L. SanClemente, "Parcel Level Modeling to Analyze Transit Stop Location Changes." Presented at the Second GIS in Transit Conference, Tampa (2005).
16. Furth, P.G. "Making the Most of Colleges in Your Midst," presentation to the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals workshop, Cambridge, MA, 2003.
17. Muller, Th.H.J., P. Knoppers, and P.G. Furth, "Public Transportation Analyzed On Time" (in Dutch), Verkeerskunde no. 3, 2001.
18. Muller, Th.H.J. and Furth, P.G., "Integrating Bus Service Planning with Analysis, Operational Control, and Performance Monitoring", Proceedings of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, 2000.
19. Furth, P.G. and Th.H.J. Muller, "TRAFCOD:  A Method for Stream-Based Control of Traffic Signals," presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, 1999.
20. Furth, P.G. and Th.H.J. Muller, "New Concepts in Transit Priority," presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, 1998.
21. Furth, P.G., "A Headway Control Strategy For Recovering From Transit Vehicle Delays," Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers Transportation Congress, San Diego, 1995.
22. Furth, P.G., "Using Automatic Vehicle Monitoring Systems to Derive Transit Planning Data," Proceedings of the International Conference on Automatic Vehicle Location Systems, Ottawa, pp. 189-200, 1988.