Academic degrees

2003               Ph.D. in Transportation Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1998               M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Transportation and Highways), Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
1995               B.Sc. Summa Cum Laude in Civil Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

 

 

Academic appointments

2005-present   Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion

2004-2005       Visiting Scientist, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion

2002-2005       Research Associate, Center for Transportation and Logistics, MIT

1998-2002       Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT

1995-1998       Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion

 

 

Honors

2006               Royal Society Incoming Short-term Visit Fellow, University of Leeds.

2005-2007       Horev Fellow of the Leaders in Science and Technology Program, Technion

2003               Transportation Science and Logistics Dissertation Prize, honorable mention, INFORMS

2002               Eric Pas Dissertation Prize in Travel Behavior Research, honorable mention, IATBR

1998               Michael Golan Graduate Thesis Prize in Transportation Research, Technion

1993               Nissim Sacchi Prize for excellence in study of Structural Statics, Technion

 

 

Graduate students

Completed Theses

1. Emmanuel Abbe, Diploma, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 2002. Behavioral modeling: generalized extreme value for discrete choice models (Second advisor: M. Ben-Akiva)
2. Joseph Scariza, M.Sc., MIT, 2003. Evaluation of ramp metering algorithms (Primary advisor: M. Ben-Akiva)
3. Ross Beinhaker, M.Eng., MIT, 2004. The impact of intelligent transportation systems on supply chain management
4. Emily Sterzin, M.Sc., MIT, 2004. Modeling influencing factors in a microscopic traffic simulator (Primary advisor: M. Ben-Akiva)
5. Dan Florian, M.Sc., MIT, 2004. Simulation-based evaluation of advanced traveler information systems (Primary advisor: M. Ben-Akiva)
6. Bhanu P. Mahanti, M.Sc., MIT, 2004. Aggregate calibration of microscopic traffic simulation models (Primary advisor: M. Ben-Akiva)
7. Charisma Choudhury, M.Sc., MIT, 2005. Modeling lane-changing behavior in presence of exclusive lanes (Primary advisor: M. Ben-Akiva)
8. Carmine Gioia, Ph.D., Copenhagen Business School, 2005. A microeconometric analysis of mergers and acquisitions (Primary advisor: S. Thomsen)
9. David Zohar, M.Sc., Technion, 2006. Detailed modeling of the lane changing action.
10. Lena Reznikova, M.Sc., Technion, 2007. Algorithms for cross nested logit stochastic user equilibrium. (Second advisor: S. Bekhor)
11. Wafa Elias, Ph.D., Technion, 2008. The effect of activity patterns on road accidents: case studies of bypassed towns (Primary advisor: Y. Shiftan).
12. Romina Katz, M.Sc., Technion, 2008. State dependence in lane changing models.
13. Oded Cats, M.Sc., Technion, 2008. Mesoscopic simulation for transit operations.

 

Theses in Progress

1. Henriette Shacar, M.Sc., Technion. Car following models with implications for speed limiters. (Second advisor: A. Ceder)
2. Sharona Halon, M.Sc., Technion. Safety evaluations of soft delineation devices on undivided rural roadways.
3. Zohar Elias, M.Sc., Technion. A model for the prediction of freeway events.
4. Itzik Klein, Ph.D., Technion. Enhanced models for detection and tracking of vehicles. (Second advisor: S. Filin)
5. Tatiana Kolichkina, M.Sc., Technion. Off-line estimation of origin-destination matrices.
6. Oded Cats, Ph.D., Technion. Mesoscopic simulation for transit operations.

 

 

Publications

Books

Toledo T., Integrated model of driving behavior, VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, Saarbrucken, Germany, 2008.

Journal papers

1. Toledo T., Koutsopoulos H.N., Davol A., Ben-Akiva M., Burghout W., Andreasson I., Johansson T. and Lundin C., Calibration and validation of microscopic traffic simulation tools: Stockholm case study, Transportation Research Record 1831, pp. 65-75, 2003.	Download
2. Toledo T., Koutsopoulos H.N. and Ben-Akiva M., Modeling integrated lane-changing behavior, Transportation Research Record 1857, pp.30-38, 2003.	Download
3. Prashker J.N. and Toledo T., A gradient projection algorithm for side constrained traffic assignment, European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research 4(2), pp. 177-193, 2004.	Download
4. Toledo T., Ben-Akiva M., Darda D., Jha M. and Koutsopoulos H.N., Calibration of microscopic traffic simulation models with aggregate data, Transportation Research Record 1876, pp. 10-19, 2004.	Download
5. Jha M., Gopalan G., Garms A., Mahanti B.P., Toledo T. and Ben-Akiva M., Development and calibration of a large scale microscopic simulation model, Transportation Research Record 1876, pp. 121-131, 2004.	Download
6. Toledo T. and Koutsopoulos H.N., Statistical validation of traffic simulation models, Transportation Research Record 1876, pp. 142-150, 2004.	Download
7. Bekhor S. and Toledo T., Stochastic user-equilibrium algorithms based on the gradient projection method, Transportation Research Part B 39(3), pp. 279-295, 2005.	Download
8. Toledo T., Choudhury C. and Ben-Akiva M., A lane-changing model with explicit target lane choice, Transportation Research Record 1934, pp. 157-165, 2005.	Download
9. Toledo T. and Beinhaker R., Evaluation of the potential benefits of advanced traveler information systems, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems 10(4), pp. 173-183, 2006.	Download
10. Toledo T. and Lotan T., In-vehicle data recorder for evaluation of driving behavior and safety, Transportation Research Record 1953, pp. 112-119, 2006.	Download
11. Toledo T., Driving behaviors: models and research directions, Transport Reviews 27(1), pp. 65-84, 2007.	Download
12. Toledo T., Koutopoulos H.N. and Ben-Akiva M., Integrated driving behavior modeling, Transportation Research Part C 15(2), pp. 96-112, 2007.	Download
13. Abbe E., Bierlaire M. and Toledo T., Normalization and correlation of cross nested logit models, Transportation Research Part B 41(7), pp. 795-808, 2007.	Download
14. Toledo T. and Zohar D., Modeling durations of lane changes, Transportation Research Record 1999, pp. 71-78, 2007.	Download
15. Toledo T., Koutopoulos H.N. and Ahmed K.I., Estimation of vehicle trajectories with locally weighted regression, Transportation Research Record 1999, pp. 161-169, 2007.	Download
16. Bekhor S., Reznikova L. and Toledo T., Application of cross nested logit route choice model in stochastic user equilibrium traffic assignment, Transportation Research Record 2003, pp. 41-49, 2007.	Download
17. Toledo T., Albert G. and Hakkert S., Impact of active speed limiters on traffic flow and safety: a simulation-based evaluation, Transportation Research Record 2019, pp. 169-180, 2007.	Download
18. Farah H., Polus A., Bekhor S. and Toledo T., Study of passing gap acceptance behavior using a driving simulator, Advances in Transportation Studies, 2007 Special Issue, pp. 9-16, 2007.	Download
19. Bekhor S., Toledo T. and Prashker J., Effects of choice set size and route choice models on path-based traffic assignment, Transportmetrica 4(2), pp. 117-133, 2008.	Download
20. Toledo T., Musicant O. and Lotan T., In-vehicle data recorders for monitoring and feedback on drivers' behavior, Transportation Research Part C 16(3), pp. 320-331, 2008.	Download
21. Farah H., Yechiam E., Bekhor S., Toledo T. and Polus A., Association of risk proneness in overtaking maneuvers with impaired decision making, Transportation Research Part F 11(5), pp. 313-323, 2008.
22. Bekhor S., Toledo T. and Reznikova L., A path-based algorithm for the cross nested logit stochastic user equilibrium traffic assignment, Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 24, pp. 15-25, 2008.	Download
23. Klein I., Toledo T. and Filin S., Early vehicle motion detection and applications, Transportation Research Record 2086, pp. 23-29, 2008.	Download
24. Albert G., Toledo T. and Hakkert S.A., Monetary evaluation and comparison of safety improvements: The case of light good vehicles in Europe, International Journal of Transport Economics 36(2), pp. 177-196, 2009	Download
25. T. Koutsopoulos H. and Ben-Akiva M., Estimation of an integrated driving behavior model, Transportation Research Part C 17(4), pp. 365-380, 2009.
26. Prato C.G., Toledo T. And Lotan T., Intra-familial transmission of driving behavior: evidence from in-vehicle data recorders, Accepted, Transportation Research Record.
27. Toledo T. and Katz R., State-dependence in lane changing models, Accepted, Transportation Research Record.
28. Farah H., Bekhor S., Polus A. And Toledo T., A passing gap acceptance model for two-lane rural highways, Transportmetrica 5(3), pp. 159-172, 2009.