Includes bibliographical references and index.

An overview on opportunities and challenges of smart card data analysis

Part 1 : estimating passenger behavior

Transit origin-destination estimation

Destination and activity estimation

Modeling travel choices on public transport systems with smart card data

Part 2 : combining smart card data with other databases

Combination of smart card data with person trip survey data

A method for conducting before-after analyses of transit use by linking smart card data and survey responses

Multipurpose smart card data : case study of Shizuoka, Japan

Using smart card data for agent-based transport simulation

Part 3 : smart card sata for evaluation

Smart card data for wider transport system evaluation

Evaluation of bus services key performance indicators using smart card data

Ridership evaluation and prediction in public transport by processing smart card data : a Dutch approach and example

Assessment of traffic bottlenecks at bus stops

Conclusions : opportunities provided to transit organizations by automated data collection systems, challenges and thoughts for the future