Naseri, H., Ciari, F., Cloutier, M.-S., & Patwary, A. U. Z. (2025). Barriers to car-free streets: Identifying opponents of pedestrianization in Montreal. Cities, 165, 106178 (13 pages).
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Ciari, Francesco

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Francesco Ciari (96)
- Journal articles (35)
- 2025
Journal article Journal article Lemieux, C., Lach Gar, S. L., Bichai, F., Ciari, F., & Boisjoly, G. (2025). Green stormwater infrastructure and active mobility: A case study investigating the effects of bioswales on individuals' perceptions. Travel Behaviour and Society, 41, 101042 (22 pages).
- 2024
Journal article Abbasi, M., Mamdoohi, A. R., Ciari, F., & Sierpiński, G. (2024). An investigation of perceived risk dimensions in acceptability of shared autonomous vehicles, a mediation-moderation analysis. Scientific Reports, 14, 23276 (16 pages).Journal article Khachman, M., Morency, C., & Ciari, F. (2024). A novel machine learning-based spatialized population synthesis framework. Transportation, 29 pages.Journal article El Megzari, I., Ciari, F., & Frayret, J.-M. (2024). Dynamic Calibration of a Carsharing System in Multiagent Transport Simulation. Transportation Research Record, 15 pages.Journal article Farzin, I., Mamdoohi, A. R., & Ciari, F. (2024). Extension of an adoption model to evaluate autonomous vehicles acceptance. Scientia Iranica, 25 pages.
- 2023
Journal article Iman, F., Reza, M. A., Mohammadhossein, A., Amirhossein, B., & Ciari, F. (2023). Determinants behind the acceptance of autonomous vehicles in mandatory and optional trips. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Engineering Sustainability.Journal article Farzin, I., Abbasi, M., Macioszek, E., Mamdoohi, A. R., & Ciari, F. (2023). Moving toward a More Sustainable Autonomous Mobility, Case of Heterogeneity in Preferences. Sustainability, 15(1), 16 pages.Journal article Mamdoohi, A. R., Kheyrabadi, S. A., Mehryar, M., & Ciari, F. (2023). Preferences for Alternative Fuel Trucks among International Transport Companies. World, 4(4), 795-815.Journal article Abbasi, M., Mamdoohi, A. R., Sierpiński, G., & Ciari, F. (2023). Usage Intention of Shared Autonomous Vehicles with Dynamic Ride Sharing on Long-Distance Trips. Sustainability, 15(2), 17 pages.
- 2022
Journal article Farzin, I., Mamdoohi, A. R., & Ciari, F. (2022). Autonomous vehicles acceptance: A perceived risk extension of unified theory of acceptance and use of technology and diffusion of innovation, evidence from Tehran, Iran. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 39(13), 2663-2672.Journal article Khachman, M., Morency, C., & Ciari, F. (2022). Integrated multiresolution framework for spatialized population synthesis.Journal article Giorgione, G., Kliazovich, D., Bolzani, L., Ciari, F., & Viti, F. (2022). Systematic Analysis and Modelling of Profit Maximization on Carsharing. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2022, 1-17.
- 2021
Journal article Manout, O., & Ciari, F. (2021). Assessing the Role of Daily Activities and Mobility in the Spread of COVID-19 in Montreal With an Agent-Based Approach. Frontiers in Built Environment, 7, 654279 (20 pages).Journal article Khachman, M., Morency, C., & Ciari, F. (2021). Impact of the Geographic Resolution on Population Synthesis Quality. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(11), 27 pages.
- 2020
Journal article Becker, H., Balać, M., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2020). Assessing the welfare impacts of Shared Mobility and Mobility as a Service (MaaS). Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 131, 228-243.Journal article Giorgione, G., Ciari, F., & Viti, F. (2020). Dynamic Pricing on Round-Trip Carsharing Services: Travel Behavior and Equity Impact Analysis through an Agent-Based Simulation. Sustainability, 12(17), 6727 (23 pages).
- 2019
Journal article Soteropoulos, A., Berger, M., & Ciari, F. (2019). Impacts of automated vehicles on travel behaviour and land use: an international review of modelling studies. Transport Reviews, 39(1), 29-49.Journal article Balac, M., Becker, H., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2019). Modeling competing free-floating carsharing operators - A case study for Zurich, Switzerland. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 98, 101-117.
- 2018
Journal article Becker, H., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2018). Measuring the car ownership impact of free-floating car-sharing - A case study in Basel, Switzerland. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 65, 51-62.
- 2017
Journal article Becker, H., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2017). Comparing car-sharing schemes in Switzerland: User groups and usage patterns. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 97, 17-29.Journal article Meyer de Freitas, L., Schuemperlin, O., Balac, M., & Ciari, F. (2017). Equity Effects of Congestion Charges: An Exploratory Analysis with MATSim. Transportation Research Record, 2670(1), 75-82.Journal article Bösch, P. M., & Ciari, F. (2017). MacroSim - A macroscopic Mobsim for MATSim. Procedia Computer Science, 109, 861-868.Journal article Becker, H., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2017). Modeling free-floating car-sharing use in Switzerland: A spatial regression and conditional logit approach. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 81, 286-299.Journal article Balac, M., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2017). Modeling the impact of parking price policy on free-floating carsharing: Case study for Zurich, Switzerland. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 77, 207-225.Journal article Poletti, F., Bösch, P. M., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2017). Public transit route mapping for large-scale multimodal networks. International Journal of Geo-Information, 6(9).Journal article Cavallaro, F., Ciari, F., Nocera, S., Prettenthaler, F., & Scuttari, A. (2017). The impacts of climate change on tourist mobility in mountain areas. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 25(8), 1063-1083.Journal article Liu, J., Kockelman, K. M., Boesch, P. M., & Ciari, F. (2017). Tracking a system of shared autonomous vehicles across the Austin, Texas network using agent-based simulation.
- 2016
Journal article Boesch, P. M., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2016). Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Sizes Required to Serve Different Levels of Demand. Transportation Research Record, 2542(1), 111-119.Journal article Ciari, F., Weis, C., & Balać, M. (2016). Evaluating the influence of carsharing stations' location on potential membership: a Swiss case study. EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, 5(3), 345-369.Journal article Pillli-Sihvola, K., Nurmi, V., Perrels, A., Harjanne, A., Bösch, P. M., & Ciari, F. (2016). Innovations in weather services as a crucial building block for climate change adaptation in road transport. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 16(1), 150-173.Journal article Ciari, F., Balac, M., & Axhausen, K. W. (2016). Modeling Carsharing with the Agent-Based Simulation MATSim: State of the Art, Applications, and Future Developments. Transportation Research Record, 2564(1), 14-20.
- 2015
Journal article Ciari, F., & Genre-Grandpierre, C. (2015). De nouvelles métriques pour les réseaux viaires pour une auto-organisation de la ville allant dans le sens de la durabilité : vers la ville lente mais accessible. URBIA: les cahiers du développement urbain durable, 17, 183-196.Journal article Ciari, F., Balać, M., & Balmer, M. (2015). Modelling the effect of different pricing schemes on free-floating carsharing travel demand: a test case for Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2014
Journal article Ciari, F., Bock, B., & Balmer, M. (2014). Modeling Station-Based and Free-Floating Carsharing Demand:Test Case Study for Berlin. Transportation Research Record, 2416(1), 37-47.
- 2025
- Conference papers (55)
- 2024
Conference paper Bakhtiari, A., Patwary, A. U. Z., Ciari, F., Moeini, A., & Hajebrahimi, A. (2024, April). A Comparative Analysis of Time-Based and Hybrid Pricing Models for Electric Vehicle Charging [Paper]. 15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies Networks (ANT 2024) / The 7th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0 (EDI40 2024), Hasselt, Belgium. Published in Procedia Computer Science, 238.Conference paper Hassan, R., Pandey, P. K., & Ciari, F. (2024, September). Sizing Autonomous Vehicle's Fleets for Cities Considering Intercity Trips [Paper]. 27th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2024), Edmonton, AB, Canada.
- 2023
Conference paper Bakhtiari, A., Patwary, A. U. Z., & Ciari, F. (2023, March). Electric vehicle charging pricing design for agent-based traffic microsimulation [Paper]. 12th International Workshop on Agent-based Mobility and Transportation Models, Methodologies and Applications (ABMTrans 2023), Leuven, Belgium. Published in Procedia Computer Science, 220.Conference paper Dammak, B., Ciari, F., Jaoua, A. M., & Naseri, H. (2023, July). Investigating of machine learning's capability in enhancing traffic simulation models [Paper]. World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR 2023), Montréal, Québec. Published in Transportation Research Procedia, 82.
- 2021
Conference paper Moliner, M., Saunier, N., & Ciari, F. (2021, August). An Ontology of Indicators to Evaluate the Performance of Innovative Modes [Paper]. Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference.Conference paper Bakhtiari, A., Ciari, F., Moeini, A., & Hajebrahimi, A. (2021, October). Towards a Co-simulation of Electric Vehicles with Power Grid [Paper]. IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC 2021), Toronto, ON, Canada.
- 2019
Conference paper Giorgione, G., Ciari, F., & Viti, F. (2019, April). Availability-based dynamic pricing on a round-trip carsharing service: An explorative analysis using agent-based simulation [Paper]. 10th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2019), Leuven, Belgium. Published in Procedia Computer Science, 151.
- 2018
Conference paper Balac, M., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2018, September). Assessing the welfare impacts of MaaS : a case study in Switzerland [Paper]. 7th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (HEART 2018), Athens, Greece.Conference paper Paschke, S., Balac, M., & Ciari, F. (2018, January). Implementation of vehicle relocation for carsharing services in the multi-agent transport simulation MATSim [Paper]. 97th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C..Conference paper Ciari, F. (2018, January). Large scale shared systems and related modeling challenges [Presentation]. In Conference of the Transportation Research Board, Committee Meeting AP020, Washington, D.C..Conference paper Becker, H. F., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2018, January). Measuring the travel behaviour impact of free-floating car-sharing [Paper]. 97th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C..Conference paper Liu, J., Kockelman, K. M., Bösch, P. M., & Ciari, F. (2018, January). Tracking a system of shared autonomous vehicles across the Austin, Texas network using agent-based simulation [Paper]. 97th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C..
- 2017
Conference paper Wang, B., Liang, H., Horl, S., & Ciari, F. (2017, September). Dynamic ride sharing implementation and analysis in MATSim [Paper]. 6th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (HEART 2017), Haifa, Israel (7 pages).Conference paper Ciari, F. (2017, January). La mobilité du futur : véhicules autonomes et économie du partage [Presentation]. In Conférence des responsables des services de la protection contre le bruit, Olten, Switzerland.Conference paper Ciari, F. (2017, June). Sharing as key to rethink urban mobility : investigating and modeling innovative transport systems [Presentation]. In International Forum on Electric Vehicle Pilot Cities and Industrial Development, Peking, China.Conference paper Ciari, F. (2017, June). Simulation shared automated vehicle fleets : what can be done with MATSim, current limitation and modeling challenges [Presentation]. In Workshop on Smart Mobility : Safe and Connected Automation in Road Transport, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
- 2016
Conference paper Balac, M. F., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2016, January). Evaluating the influence of parking space on the quality of service and the demand for one-way carsharing : a Zurich area case study [Paper]. 95th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C..Conference paper Ciari, F. (2016, January). Investigating and modeling shared mobility [Presentation]. In Workshop on Flexible Urban Transport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Conference paper Ciari, F. (2016, January). Modeling carsharing with the agent-based simulation MATSim : state of the art, applications and future developments [Presentation]. In UC Davis Seminar, Davis, Calif..Conference paper Ciari, F. (2016, January). Sharing as a key to rethink mobility : investigating and modeling innovative transport systems [Presentation]. In Workshop on Shared Mobility Interconnected with Public Services in European Rural Areas, Brussels, Belgium.Conference paper Heyndrickx, C. R., Frederix, P., Bösch, P. M., & Ciari, F. (2016, January). The impact of extreme precipitation : a model based case-study for Zurich [Paper]. 95th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C..Conference paper Bosch, P. M., Muller, K., & Ciari, F. (2016, May). The IVT baseline scenario [Paper]. 16th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2016), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland (36 pages).Conference paper Ambuhl, L., Ciari, F., & Menendez, M. (2016, May). What about space? A simulation based assessment of AVs impact on road space in urban areas [Paper]. 16th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2016), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland (11 pages).
- 2015
Conference paper Zhang, R., Pavone, M., Spieser, K., Frazolli, E., Bosch, P. M., Ciari, F., Fragant, D., & Santi, P. (2015, July). Agent-based simulation of autonomous cars [Paper]. American Control Conference (ACC 2015), Chicago, Illinois.Conference paper Ciari, F. (2015, March). A glance into the future of transport modeling [Presentation]. In Zukunftskonferenz 2015 - Next Generation Urban Development and Planning Tools, Graz, Austria.Conference paper Ciari, F., & Bosch, P. (2015, January). A multi-modal infrastructure data base for MATSim [Presentation]. In International Workshop on Behavioural Detail and Computational Demands in Agent-based Model, Singapore.Conference paper Bosch, P. M., & Ciari, F. (2015, April). A multi-modal network for MATSim [Paper]. 15th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2015), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland (21 pages).Conference paper Yang, W., Zhang, L., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2015, January). An adaptive three-stage fuzzy controller for signalized intersections using golden ratio based genetic algorithm : a comprehensive study [Paper]. 94th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C..Conference paper Balac, M., & Ciari, F. (2015, April). Enhancement of the carsharing fleet utilization [Paper]. 15th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2015), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland (13 pages).Conference paper Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2015, July). Insights on the Swiss way to "Peak Car" [Paper]. 14th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR 2015), Windsor, UK.Conference paper Ciari, F. (2015, January). Simulations in transport planning [Presentation]. In Audi Urban Future Initiative, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2014
Conference paper Ciari, F. (2014, March). Carsharing - why model carsharing demand and how [Presentation]. In Verkehrsingenieurtag, Zürich, Switzerland.Conference paper Bosch, P. M., & Ciari, F. (2014, May). Climate change influence on Swiss transport, tourism and energy - a stakeholder perspective [Paper]. 14th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2014), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland (27 pages).Conference paper Balac, M., Ciari, F., Genre-Grandpierre, C., Voituret, F., Gueye, S., & Michelon, P. (2014, April). Decoupling accessibility and automobile mobility in urban areas [Paper]. 5th Conference : Transport Solutions from Research to Deployment, Paris, France (10 pages).Conference paper Stahel, A., Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2014, January). Modeling impacts of weather conditions in agent-based transport microsimulations [Paper]. 93rd annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C..Conference paper Balac, M., & Ciari, F. (2014, May). Modlling station-based carsharing in Switzerland [Paper]. 14th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2014), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland (18 pages).Conference paper Ciari, F. (2014, March). Sie sind auch ein Agent! Wie agenten-basierte Verkehrssimulationen funktionieren [Presentation]. In Treffpunkt Science City - Total Mobil – ständig unterwegs in Raum Zeit und Denken, Zürich, Switzerland.
- 2013
Conference paper Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2013, January). Carpooling in Switzerland : public attitudes and growth strategies [Paper]. 92nd annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C..Conference paper Ciari, F. (2013, January). Carpooling potential in Switzerland [Presentation]. In 1st world Collaborative Mobility Congress (WOCOMOCO 20013), Lucerne. Germany.Conference paper Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2013, January). Large-scale travel data sets and route choice modeling : European experience [Presentation]. In 92nd annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Luxembourg, The Netherlands.Conference paper Ciari, F., Marmolejo, A., Stahel, A., & Axhausen, K. W. (2013, April). Mobility patterns in Switzerland : past, present and future [Paper]. 13th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2013), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland (24 pages).
- 2012
Conference paper Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2012, January). Choosing carpooling or car sharing as a mode : Swiss stated choice experiments [Paper]. 91st annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C..Conference paper Ciari, F. (2012, January). Entscheidungsmodelle zum car sharing und car pooling [Presentation]. In Fahrzeuge Teilen IVT Seminar, Zurich, Switzerland.Conference paper Ciari, F., & Axhausen, K. W. (2012, January). Modeling location decisions of retailers with an agent-based approach [Paper]. 91st annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C..Conference paper Ciari, F. (2012, May). Why do people carpool? Results from a Swiss survey [Paper]. 12th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2012), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland (25 pages).
- 2011
Conference paper Ciari, F., Schuessler, N., & Axhausen, K. W. (2011, January). Estimation of car-sharing demand using an activity-based microsimulation approach : model discussion and preliminary results [Paper]. 90th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C..Conference paper Ciari, F. (2011, January). Matsim, an agent based traffic simulator [Presentation]. In CTS Seminar, Illinois, Chicago.Conference paper Ciari, F. (2011, May). Modeling location decisions of retailers with an agent-based approach [Paper]. 11th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2011), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland (24 pages).
- 2010
Conference paper Meister, K., Balmer, M., Ciari, F., Homi, A., Reiser, M., Waraich, R., & Axhausen, K. W. (2010, July). Large-scale agent-based travel demand optimization applied to Switzerland, including mode choice [Paper]. 12th world Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR 2010), Lisbon, Portugal.
- 2009
Conference paper Ciari, F., Balmer, M., & Axhausen, K. W. (2009, January). Concepts for a large scale car-sharing system : modelling and evaluation with an agent-based approach [Paper]. 88th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C..Conference paper Ciari, F., Balmer, M., & Axhausen, K. W. (2009, December). Large scale use of collective taxis : a multi-agent approach [Paper]. 12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR 2009), Jaipur, India.Conference paper Ciari, F. (2009, September). Modeling collective taxis in a multi-agent traffic simulation framework [Paper]. 9th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2009), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland (14 pages).Conference paper Horni, A., & Ciari, F. (2009, January). Modeling shopping customers & retailers with the activity-based multi-agent transportation simulation MATSim [Presentation]. In CCSS Seminar, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2008
Conference paper Ciari, F., Balmer, M., & Axhausen, K. W. (2008, October). A new mode choice model for a multi-agent transport simulation [Paper]. 8th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2008), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland.
- 2007
Conference paper Ciari, F., Balmer, M., & Axhausen, K. W. (2007, September). Mobility tool ownership and mode choice decision processes in multi-agent transportation simulation [Paper]. 7th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2008), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland.
- 2024
- Book chapters (3)
- 2019
Book chapter Ciari, F., Janzen, M., & Ziemlicki, C. (2019). Planning shared automated vehicle fleets. In Antoniou, C., Efthymiou, D., & Chaniotakis, E. (eds.), Demand for Emerging Transportation Systems (pp. 151-168).
- 2017
Book chapter Ciari, F., & Becker, H. (2017). How Disruptive Can Shared Mobility Be? A Scenario-Based Evaluation of Shared Mobility Systems Implemented at Large Scale. In Disrupting Mobility: Impacts of Sharing Economy and Innovative Transportation on Cities (pp. 51-63).
- 2016
Book chapter Ciari, F., & Balac, M. (2016). Car sharing. In The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim (pp. 141-144).
- 2019
- Reports (3)
- 2021
Report Moliner, M., Ciari, F., & Saunier, N. (2021). État de l'art sur les indicateurs de performance des mobilités innovantes. (Technical Report).Report Moliner, M., Ciari, F., & Saunier, N. (2021). Une Ontologie des Indicateurs de Performance des Mobilités Innovantes. (Technical Report).
- 2020
Report Manout, O., El-Megzari, I., & Ciari, F. (2020). Modeling the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Sensitivity Analysis on Input Data Using Agent-Based Transportation Simulation. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2020-34).
- 2021