ACADEMIC DEGREES

1999:   Ph.D., Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

1990:   M.Sc. in Transportation Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

1985:   B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering, ITA (Aeronautical Institute of Engineering), Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2008 - present: Associate Professor, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

2003 - 2008: Senior Lecturer, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

Summer 2005: Visiting Professor, Center for Collaborative Research, University of Tokyo, Japan.

2001 - 2003: Lecturer, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

2000 - 2001: Research Affiliate (Post-Doc), Intelligent Transport Systems Laboratory, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.

1996 - 1999:   Teaching Assistant at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 - 2001:   Transportation consultant, Cambridge Systematics Inc., USA.

1999 - 2000:   Transportation consultant, NTA - Metropolitan Mass Transit System for the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area.

1990 - 1996:   Transportation planner, Israel Institute for Transportation Planning and Research, Tel Aviv.

1989 - 1990:   Computer programmer, Transportation Research Institute, Haifa.

1986 - 1987:   Field engineer, Schlumberger Wireline Co., Argentina and Chile.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Graduate courses:

• Numerical Methods in Engineering (019006): 2002 - present
• Transportation Networks (019709): 2001-2004, 2006 - present

• Selected Topics in Transportation Engineering (019725): 2004

Undergraduate courses:

• Systems Analysis (014004): 2005 - present
• Introduction to Transportation Planning (014703): 2002-2003, 2008
• Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering (014705): 2004
• Laboratory in Transportation Planning (014713): 2002 - 2005
• Air Transportation (014717): 2005 - present
• Final Project in Transportation : 2003 - 2006

 

PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2008:            Guest Editor (with K. Mohammadian), Special Issue on Travel Behavior of Special Population Groups, Transportation.

2007 - 2009:   Member of the Jury, Eric Pas Dissertation Prize Award, IATBR -International Association for Travel Behavior Research. Appointed to be the Chair of the Jury for the 2009 Prize.

2006 - 2009:   Member of the Transportation Demand Forecasting Committee of the Transportation Research Board, USA.

2001 - present: Member of the Modeling Committee, Israel Ministry of Transport.

Summer1996:  Member of the Technion's official delegation, 13th Umbrella Symposium: Optimization in Engineering, Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany.

 

 

HOSTING POST DOCTORAL FELLOWS

1. Carlo Giacomo Prato, May 2005 - October 2007.

 

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Ph. D. Theses Completed

1. Prato, Carlo G. (2005). Latent Factors and Route Choice Behaviour. Advisors: C. Pronello (Politecnico di Torino), S. Bekhor. Student attended the Technion during last year of Ph.D. studies. Degree awarded by Politecnico di Torino.
2. Leck, Eran. (2008). Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Transportation Improvements: The Case of Greater Beer-Sheva. Advisors: S. Bekhor, D. Gat.
3. Farah, Haneen. (2009). Development of a Model for Crash Prediction Based on Infrastructure, Traffic Characteristics and Drivers' Behavior. Advisors: A. Polus, S. Bekhor.

Ph. D. Theses in Progress

1. Kaplan, Sigal. Development of a Spatially Correlated Semi-Compensatory model for Household Location Choice. Advisors: Y. Shiftan, S. Bekhor.
2. Rozenberg, Daphna. Effects of Compact Urban Planning on Tel-Aviv's Air Quality. Advisors: D. Shefer, S. Bekhor.
3. Rozen, Neta. Dynamic Congestion Games in Transportation Networks. Advisors: D. Mahalel, S. Bekhor.

 

M. Sc. Theses Completed

1. Weiss, Anat (2004). Modeling the Generation of Shopping Trips and their Integration in the Travel Pattern. Advisors: Y. Shiftan, S. Bekhor.
2. Ferdman, Avigail (2005). Modeling Joint Development of Land Use and Light Rail Stations: The Study of Tel Aviv. Advisors: D. Shefer, S. Bekhor.
3. Even Paz, Asaf (2006). Knowledge Discovery from Databases (KDD) of Dynamic Spatial Patterns. Advisors: M. Shoshany, S. Bekhor.
4. Rabota, Nils (2006). Research of Solutions for the Design of a New Means of Public Transportations for Defined Areas, Suitable for Populations Having Different Disabilities. Advisors: R. Nabarro, S. Bekhor.
5. Feinstein, Uzi. (2006) Investigation of Preferences as a Methodology for Measuring Quality and Level of Service in Domestic Air Transportation. Advisor: S. Bekhor.
6. Fux, Ravit. (2006) Integration of Road Network Reliability into the Traffic Assignment Problem. Advisor: S. Bekhor.
7. Mowafak, Wated (2007). Travel Demand Conditioned by Travel Time and Toll. Advisors: D. Mahalel, S. Bekhor.
8. Reznikova, Lena. (2007) Algorithms for the Cross-Nested Logit Stochastic User Equilibrium. Advisors: T. Toledo, S. Bekhor.
9. Zananiri, Issa. (2007) Framing the impact of Information Communication Technologies on travel behavior and social changes. Advisors: Y. Shiftan, S. Bekhor.
10. Saji, Elias. (2008) Investigation of the Impact Range of Simulation and Traffic Assignment in Transportation Planning. Advisor: S. Bekhor.
11. Biniamin-Rozenfeld, Lirit. (2008) Investigation of Route Choice Behavior using combined data from GPS and GIS. Advisor: S. Bekhor.

12. Lazarev, Michael. (2008) Analysis of the characteristics affecting route choice in transit assignment. Advisor: S. Bekhor.

M. Sc. Theses in Progress

1. Cohen, Ronen. Investigation of Car Availability in Israel. Advisor: S. Bekhor.
2. Blum, Ilil. Investigation of travel habits using cell-phones data. Advisor: S. Bekhor.
3. Iscovitch, Orly. A Model to Determine the Optimal Noise Level in an Urban Road System. Advisor: S. Bekhor.

RESEARCH GRANTS

2001 - 2003:   CyberCars - Cybernetic Technologies for the Car in the New City. Granting Agency: European Commission (128,000 Euro). Principal Investigators: Y. Zvirin, Y. Shiftan, S. Bekhor.

2001 - 2003:   CyberMove - Cybernetic Transportation Systems for the City of Tomorrow. Granting Agency: European Commission (182,000 Euro). Principal Investigators: Y. Zvirin, Y. Shiftan, S. Bekhor.

2002 - 2003:    Transit Route Design with Short-Turn and Multi-End Points Trips. Granting Agency: Technion Fund (3,000 Dollars). Principal Investigators: A. Ceder, S. Bekhor.

2002 - 2003:   Design of a CyberCars transportation system for the Technion Campus. Granting Agency: Henry Ford II Foundation (7,500 Dollars). Principal Investigators: Y. Zvirin, S. Bekhor.

2003 - 2004:   Definition of Data Needs for Transportation Planning in Israel. Granting Agency: Israel Ministry of Transport, in partnership with Perelstein-Galit Company (300,000 NIS). Principal Investigators: J. Prashker, S. Bekhor, Y. Shiftan.

2002 - 2004:   Reduction of Air Pollution through Land Use and Site Planning Forms more Conducive to Alternate Transportation Modes such as Walking, Biking and Use of Mass Transit. Granting Agency: Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection (90,000 NIS). Principal Investigators: D. Gat, Y. Mamane, P. Plaut, S. Bekhor.

2004 - 2005:   Model Development to Evaluate the Potential of Improved Rail Service to Attract Car Users in Israel. Granting Agency: Henry Ford II Foundation (3,000 Dollars). Principal Investigators: Y. Shiftan, S. Bekhor.

2004 - 2005:   Framing the impact of Information Communication Technologies on travel behavior and social changes. Granting Agency: Israel Science Foundation (88,000 NIS). Principal Investigators: Y. Shiftan, S. Bekhor.

2005 - 2006:   Analyzing Public Transport Route-Choice Behavior Using Combined Data from GPS and GIS. Granting Agency: Henry Ford II Foundation (9,000 Dollars). Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, S. Filin.

2005 - 2006:   Explanatory Research by Means of Data Mining for Investigating Relationships among Infrastructure, Drivers and Offences Characteristics. Granting Agency: Ran Naor Foundation (231,000 NIS). Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, D. Mahalel.

2005 - 2007:   Sustainable Urban Development: The Relationship between Transport, Land Use and Air Pollution. Granting Agency: Henry Ford II Foundation (3,000 Dollars). Principal Investigators: D. Shefer, S. Bekhor.

2006 - 2008:   CityMobil - Towards Advanced Transport for the Urban Environment. Granting Agency: European Commission (16,000 Euro). Principal Investigators: Y. Zvirin, Y. Shiftan, J. Prashker, S. Bekhor.

2007 - 2008:   Investigation of Car Availability in Israel. Granting Agency: Alice Shuster Foundation (8,500 Dollars). Principal Investigator: S. Bekhor.

2007 - 2008:   Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Transportation Improvements. Granting Agency: Mif'al Hapais Fund (15,000 NIS). Principal Investigator: S. Bekhor.

2008 - 2009:  Investigation of Travel Habits using Cellular Phone Data. Granting Agency: Henry Ford II Foundation (6,000 Dollars). Principal Investigator: S. Bekhor.

2008 - 2010:   Investigation of the combined problem of parking place search and route choice. Granting Agency: Israel Science Foundation (63,000 NIS). Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, T. Toledo.

 

HONORS

2008:   Excellence in Teaching Award (Distinguished Faculty Lecturer), Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

2006:   Excellence in Teaching Award (Distinguished Technion Lecturer), Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

2003:   Excellence in Teaching Award (Distinguished Faculty Lecturer), Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

2000:   Eric Pas Award for the Best Dissertation in Transportation, IATBR - International Association for Travel Behavior Research.

1999:   Excellence in Teaching Award (Distinguished teaching assistant), Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

1996:   Division Head Scholarship for Ph.D. studies, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (3 consecutive years).

1989:   Zalman and Michael Shirion Fund prize for M.Sc. Thesis: Evaluation of Air Traffic Control Models, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

1987:   Full Scholarship for M.Sc. degree studies, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (2 consecutive years).

 

SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

1993 - 1996:   Haifa Transportation Master Plan: Manager of the Israel Institute of Transportation Planning and Research team in the project.

1999 - 2000:   NTA - Metropolitan Mass Transit System for the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area: Transportation Demand Modeling.

2003 - 2004:   Israel Railways: Ridership Forecasts for 5-Year and 10-Year National Investment Plan.

2007 - 2008:   Israel National Roads Company: Travel Demand Forecasting for the Strategic National Road Plan for the year 2030.

Refereed Papers in International Journals

Juran I., Prashker J., Bekhor S., Ishai I. (2009). A Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model for the Assessment of Moving Bottlenecks. Transportation Research Part C 17, pp. 240-258.
Bekhor S., Prato C. (2009). Methodological transferability in route choice modeling. Transportation Research Part B 43, pp. 422-437.
Leck, E., Bekhor, S., Gat, D. (2008). Equity Impacts of Transportation Improvements on Core and Peripheral Cities. Journal of Transport and Land Use 1(2), pp. 153-182.	Download
Bekhor S., Toledo T., Reznikova L. (2008). A Path-Based Algorithm for the Cross Nested Logit Stochastic User Equilibrium Traffic Assignment. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 24, pp. 15-25.
Bovy, P. Bekhor, S., Prato C. (2008). The Factor of the Revisited Path Size: Alternative Derivation. Transportation Research Record 2076, pp. 132-140.	Download
Leck E., Bekhor S, Gat D. (2008). Welfare Economic Impacts of Transportation Improvements in a Peripheral Region. European Transport 40, pp. 88-105.
Farah H., Yechiam E., Bekhor S., Toledo, T, Polus A. (2008). Association of risk proneness in overtaking maneuvers with impaired decision making. Transportation Research Part F 11(5), pp. 313-323.
Bajwa S., Bekhor S., Kuwahara M., Chung E. (2008). Discrete Choice Modeling of Combined Mode and Departure Time. Transportmetrica 4(2), pp. 155-177.	Download
Bekhor S., Toledo T., Prashker J. (2008). Implementation Issues of Route Choice Models in Path-Based Algorithms. Transportmetrica 4(2), pp. 117-133.	Download
Bekhor S., Prashker J. (2008). GEV-based Destination Choice Models that Account for Unobserved Similarities among Alternatives. Transportation Research Part B. 42(3), pp. 243-262.
Farah H., Polus A., Bekhor S., Toledo T. (2007). Study of passing gap acceptance behavior using a driving simulator. Advances in Transportation Studies, Special Issue 2007, pp. 9-16.
Bekhor S., Reznikova L., Toledo T. (2007). Application of Cross-Nested Logit Route Choice Model in Stochastic User Equilibrium Traffic Assignment. Transportation Research Record 2003, pp. 41-49.	Download
Prato, C. and Bekhor S. (2007). Modeling Route Choice Behavior: How Relevant is the Composition of Choice Set? Transportation Research Record 2003, pp. 64-73.	Download
Shoshany M., Even-Paz A., Bekhor S. (2007) Evolution of Clusters in Dynamic Point Patterns: with a Case Study of Ants' Simulation. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 21(7), pp. 777-797.
Bekhor, S., Elgar A. (2007) Investment in Mobility by Car as an Explanatory Variable for Market Segmentation. Journal of Public Transportation 10(2), pp. 17-32.	Download
Prato C., Bekhor S. (2006). Path Enumeration by Using Branch and Bound Technique. Transportation Research Record 1985, pp. 19-28.	Download
Bekhor S., Feinstein U. (2006). Modeling Passengers' Preferences on a Short-Haul Domestic Airline with Rank-Ordered Data. Transportation Research Record 1951, pp. 1-6.	Download
Bekhor S., Ben-Akiva M., Ramming S. (2006). Evaluation of Choice Set Generation Algorithms for Route Choice Models. Annals of Operations Research 144, pp. 235-247.
Prato C., Bekhor S., Pronello C. (2005). A Methodology for an Exploratory Analysis of Latent Factors Influencing Drivers' Behavior. Transportation Research Record 1926, pp. 115-125.	Download
Bekhor S., Toledo T. (2005). Investigation of Path-Based Algorithms for the Stochastic User Equilibrium Problem. Transportation Research Part B, 39(3), pp. 279-295.
Elgar A., Bekhor S. (2004). Car Rider Segmentation according to Riding Status and Investment in Car Mobility. Transportation Research Record 1894, pp. 109-116.	Download
Prashker J., Bekhor S. (2004). A Review on Route Choice Models used in the Stochastic User Equilibrium Problem. Transport Reviews 24(4), pp. 437-463.
Bekhor S., Ben-Akiva M., Ramming M.S. (2002) Adaptation of Logit Kernel to Route Choice Situation. Transportation Research Record 1805, pp. 78-85.	Download
Shiftan Y., Bekhor S. (2002). Investigating Individual's Perceptions of Auto Travel Cost. International Journal of Transport Economics, XXIX (2), pp. 151-166.
Bekhor S., and Prashker J. (2001). A Stochastic User Equilibrium Formulation for the Generalized Nested Logit Model. Transportation Research Record 1752, pp. 84-90.	Download
Prashker J., and Bekhor S. (2000). Congestion, Stochastic and Similarity Effects in Stochastic User Equilibrium Models. Transportation Research Record 1733, pp. 80-87.	Download
Prashker J., and Bekhor S. (2000). Some Observations on Stochastic User Equilibrium and System Optimum. Transportation Research Part B, 24(4), pp.277 - 291.
Prashker J., and Bekhor S. (1999). Stochastic User Equilibrium Formulations for Extended Logit Assignment Models. Transportation Research Record 1676, pp. 145-152.	Download
Vovsha P., and Bekhor S. (1998). The Link-Nested Logit Model: Overcoming the Route Overlapping Problem. Transportation Research Record 1645, pp. 133-142.	Download
Prashker J., and Bekhor S. (1998). Investigation of Stochastic Network Loading Procedures. Transportation Research Record 1645, pp. 94-102.	Download
Prashker J., Hocherman I., and Bekhor S. (1994). Investigation of Conflict Characteristics at Airway Intersections. Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, 120(5), pp. 843-859.

Papers in Conference Proceedings

2. Bekhor S., Prashker J., Hocherman I. (1997). A Model for Evaluating Air Traffic Conflicts at Multiple Airway Intersections. Proceedings, IFAC Conference on Transportation Systems, Chania, Greece.	go to link
1. Vovsha P., Bocher B., Bekhor S. (1995). Comparative Analysis of Land Use and Transportation Scenarios: An Application to the Tel-Aviv Metropolitan Area. Proceedings of the URS.	go to link