RESEARCH GRANTS
European Commission
2001 – 2003: CyberCars – Cybernetic Technologies for the Car in the New City. Technion PIs: Y. Zvirin, Y. Shiftan, S. Bekhor.
2001 – 2003: CyberMove – Cybernetic Transportation Systems for the City of Tomorrow. Technion PIs: Y. Zvirin, Y. Shiftan, S. Bekhor.
2006 – 2008: CityMobil – Towards Advanced Transport for the Urban Environment. Technion PIs: Y. Zvirin, Y. Shiftan, J. Prashker, S. Bekhor.
2013 – 2016: 2MOVE2 – New forms of sustainable urban transport and mobility. Technion PIs: D. Mahalel, S. Bekhor, A. Galtzur.
2013 – 2016: SOLUTIONS – Sharing Opportunities for Low Carbon Urban Transportation. Technion PIs: S. Bekhor, A. Galtzur.
2016 – 2017: PETRA – Personal Transport Advisor. Technion PIs: S. Bekhor, A. Galtzur
2019 – 2022: SPROUT – Sustainable Policy Response to Urban Mobility Transition. Technion PIs: S. Bekhor, A. Galtzur.
2004 – 2005: Framing the impact of Information Communication Technologies on travel behavior and social changes. Principal Investigators: Y. Shiftan, S. Bekhor.
2008 – 2011: Investigation of the combined problem of parking place search and route choice. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, T. Toledo.
2013 – 2016: Investigation of long-distance travel patterns in Israel. Principal Investigator: S. Bekhor.
2017 – 2019: Public transport network planning that considers new information and communication technologies. Principal Investigator: S. Bekhor.
2021 – 2024: Developing a New Route Choice Set Generation method based on Ecological Rationality: a neural network approach. Principal Investigators: S. Kaplan, S. Bekhor.
Israel Ministry of Science and Technology
2014 – 2016: Managing social, geospatial and transportation data to effectively evacuate and aid earthquake survivors.. Principal Investigators: Y. Kanza, S. Bekhor, Y. Doytsher.
2015 – 2017: Integration of behavioral transportation models in a disaster management system. Granting Agency: Ministry of Science. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, T. Toledo.
2018 – 2021: Pattern-Based Transit (PBT): a novel transport service. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, A. Galtzur, S. Manor.
Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center
2021 – 2022: An integrated model for shared mobility systems that considers endogenous demand and travel times. PI: S. Bekhor.
2021 – 2022: Using gamification as a tool for promoting sustainable use of Mobility-as-a-Service. PIs: S. Kaplan, S. Bekhor.
Israel Ministry of Transport
2015 – 2016: Assessing the efficiency of the penalty point system in Israel. Principal Investigators: V. Gitelman, S. Bekhor.
2016 – 2017: Development of a process to calibrate dynamic traffic assignment model based on floating car data. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, T. Toledo.
2016 – 2017: GIS tool to analyze transportation data that integrates datasets from infrastructure, travel speeds, road crashes, and driver events. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, T. Toledo.
2016 – 2017: Feasibility study of a transportation system based on electric infrastructure. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, L. Tartakovsky.
2017 – 2018: Measuring the effectiveness of public transportation on Municipal basis. Principal Investigators: Y. Shiftan, S. Bekhor.
2017 – 2018: Examining the feasibility of electric propulsion in the urban public transportation. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, Y. Shiftan.
2017 – 2018: Monitoring a trial of integrating motorcycles in bus lanes in Tel-Aviv – phase 2. Principal Investigators: V. Gitelman, S. Bekhor.
2017 – 2019: An optimization system for reducing congestion and air pollution generated from truck traffic in Haifa bay. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, T. Toledo.
Henry Ford II Foundation
2002 – 2003: Design of a CyberCars transportation system for the Technion Campus. Principal Investigators: Y. Zvirin, S. Bekhor.
2004 – 2005: Model Development to Evaluate the Potential of Improved Rail Service to Attract Car Users in Israel. Principal Investigators: Y. Shiftan, S. Bekhor.
2005 – 2006: Analyzing Public Transport Route-Choice Behavior Using Combined Data from GPS and GIS. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, S. Filin.
2005 – 2007: Sustainable Urban Development: The Relationship between Transport, Land Use and Air Pollution. Principal Investigators: D. Shefer, S. Bekhor.
2008 – 2009: Investigation of Travel Habits using Cellular Phone Data. Principal Investigator: S. Bekhor.
2009 – 2010: A Model to Determine the Optimal Noise Level in an Urban Road System. Principal Investigator: S. Bekhor.
Road Safety Projects
2005 – 2006: Explanatory Research by Means of Data Mining for Investigating Relationships among Infrastructure, Drivers and Offences Characteristics. Granting Agency: Ran Naor Foundation. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, D. Mahalel.
2009 – 2010: Road-safety programs in ten world’s leading countries and their effectiveness. Granting Agency: Israel Road Safety Authority and Insurance Union Fund. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, V. Gitelman.
2009 – 2011: Examination of Impact of Safety Interventions on Fatality and Casualty Numbers in Road Accidents in Israel: a Feasibility Study. Granting Agency: Ran Naor Foundation. Principal Investigators: V. Gitelman, S. Bekhor.
2009 – 2011: Development of Statistical Tools for Estimating the Numbers of Serious Road Accident Casualties in Israel. Granting Agency: Ran Naor Foundation (398,200 NIS). Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, V. Gitelman.
2010 – 2012: Overview of e-safety systems and their safety aspects. Granting Agency: Israel Road Safety Authority. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, Y. Abramson.
2011 – 2012: Air Traffic Control Systems and Modeling – Literature Review. Granting Agency: Civil Aviation Authority. Principal Investigator: S. Bekhor.
2011 – 2013: Examination of characteristics and factors for bicycle riders’ injury in road accidents in Israel. Granting Agency: Israel Road Safety Authority. Principal Investigators: V. Gitelman, S. Bekhor.
2011 – 2013: Development of infrastructure measures to improve elderly pedestrian safety in towns. Granting Agency: Israel Road Safety Authority. Principal Investigators: V. Gitelman, S. Bekhor.
2012– 2013: Examination of relationship between driving events identified by advanced technologies and road infrastructure characteristics. Granting Agency: Netivey Israel. Principal Investigators: V. Gitelman, S. Bekhor.
2012 – 2014: Examination of the safety potential of selected e-safety systems. Granting Agency: Israel Road Safety Authority. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor.
2012 – 2013: Investigation of drivers’ preferences and opinions about the use of Intelligent Speed Adaptation Systems. Granting Agency: Ran Naor Foundation. Principal Investigator: S. Bekhor.
2012 – 2013: Examining the relationship between road safety and speed at the national level. Granting Agency: Or Yarok. Principal Investigator: S. Bekhor.
2013 – 2014: Examining the relationship between road crashes and traffic speed. Granting Agency: Or Yarok. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor, T. Toledo.
2013 – 2014: Mapping of recommended speed camera locations. Granting Agency: Or Yarok. Principal Investigators: S. Bekhor.
2014 – 2016: An improvement of models and decision tools in the Safety Management System of Netivey Israel. Granting Agency: Netivey Israel. Principal Investigators: V. Gitelman, S. Bekhor.
2014 – 2016: Monitoring a trial of integrating motorcycles in bus lanes in Tel-Aviv. Granting Agency: Netivey Ayalon. Principal Investigators: V. Gitelman, S. Bekhor.
2015 – 2016: Research on road safety with BRT traffic. Granting Agency: Yefe Nof . Principal Investigators: V. Gitelman, S. Bekhor.
2015 – 2017: Road safety monitoring and analysis based on Geographical Information Systems. Granting Agency: Or Yarok. Principal Investigator: S. Bekhor.