The Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) conducts research, education programs, and information and technology transfer, focusing on multimodal surface transportation policy and management issues. The Lucas Graduate School of Business at San José State University is the Institute’s academic home.
This collection consists of MTI research publications from 1996 to the present.
Submissions from 2018
What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options To Support Transportation? Results From Year Nine of a National Survey, Asha Weinstein Agrawal and Hilary Nixon
A Survey of Viva CalleSJ Participants: San Jose, California, 2017, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Hilary Nixon, and Cameron Simons
Exploring Strategies to Improve Mobility and Safety on Roadway Segments in Urban Areas, Stephen Arhin
Electric Kick Scooters on Sidewalks in Virginia but Not in California? A Review of How States Regulate Personal Transportation Devices, Kevin Fang, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, and Ashley Hooper
Towards a Smart World: Hazard Levels for Monitoring of Autonomous Vehicles’ Swarms, Francesca M. Favaro, Shivangi Agarwal, Nazanin Nader, and Sumaid Mahmood
Evaluation of the Valley Transportation Authority’s DO IT! Program A “Ladders of Opportunity Initiative” Program Funded by the Federal Transit Administration, Peter J. Haas and J. Fred Springer
An Analysis of Vehicle Ramming as a Terrorist Threat, Brian Michael Jenkins and Bruce R. Butterworth
Train Wrecks and Track Attacks: An Analysis of Attempts by Terrorists and Other Extremists to Derail Trains or Disrupt Rail Transportation, Brian Michael Jenkins and Bruce R. Butterworth
Review of Literature and Curricula in Smart Supply Chain & Transportation, Seung Jun Lee and Tianqin Shi
Improving Demand Modeling in California's Rail Transit System, Rui Liu
Establishing a Central Archive for Transit Passenger Data, Gregory Newmark and Hilary Nixon
Evaluating San José's 4th Street Pop-up Bikeway: What Does the Public Think?, Hilary Nixon
Do Americans’ Opinions About Federal Transportation Tax Options Depend on Survey Mode? A Comparison of Results from Telephone and Online Surveys, Hilary Nixon and Asha Weinstein Agrawal
Measuring the Economic Impact of High Speed Rail Construction for California and the Central Valley Region, Hilary Nixon, Matthew Holian, John Niles, and J. M. Pogodzinski
The Future of California Transportation Revenue, Martin Wachs, Hannah King, and Asha Weinstein Agrawal
Submissions from 2017
What Do Americans Think about Federal Tax Options to Support Public Transit, Highways, and Local Streets and Roads? Results from Year Eight of a National Survey, Asha Weinstein Agrawal and Hilary Nixon
Analyzing the Potential of Hybrid and Electric Off-Road Equipment in Reducing Carbon Emissions from Construction Industries, Matthew Holian and Jae-Ho Pyeon
The Challenge of Protecting Transit and Passenger Rail: Understanding How Security Works Against Terrorism, Brian Michael Jenkins
A Comparative Analysis of High-Speed Rail Station Development into Destination and Multi-Use Facilities: The Case of San Jose Diridon, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Deike Peters, Paige Colton, and Eric Eidlin
Improving Livability Using Green and Active Modes: A Traffic Stress Level Analysis of Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Access and Mobility, Maaza C. Mekuria, Bruce Appleyard, and Hilary Nixon
Assessing the Efficiency of Mass Transit Systems in the United States, Hokey Min
Performance Measures to Assess Resiliency and Efficiency of Transit Systems, Hani Nassif, Kaan Özbay, Devajyoti Deka, Peng Lou, Chaekuk Na, Sandeep Mudigonda, Yuan Zhu, Ender Faruk Morgul, Bekir Bartin, and Ayman El-Awar
Designing Road Diet Evaluations: Lessons Learned from San Jose’s Lincoln Avenue Road Diet, Hilary Nixon, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, and Cameron Simons
Transportation Construction Work-Zone Safety Impact on Time-Related Incentive Contracting Projects, Jae-Ho Pyeon and Do Kim
Feasibility Study of a Campus-Based Bikesharing Program at UNLV, Hualiang Teng, Boniphace Kutela, Eneliko Mulokozi, Bingyi Hu, Yang Jiao, and Haiqing Li
Submissions from 2016
A Survey of Viva CalleSJ Participants: San Jose, California 2016, Asha Weinstein Agrawal and Hilary Nixon
A Survey of Viva CalleSJ Participants: San Jose, California 2015, Asha W. Agrawal and Hilary Nixon
What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options to Support Public Transit, Highways, and Local Streets and Roads? Results from Year Seven of a National Survey, Asha W. Agrawal and Hilary Nixon
Exploring Bicycle and Public Transit Use by Low-Income Latino Immigrants: A Mixed-Methods Study in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jesus M. Barajas, Daniel G. Chatman, and Asha W. Agrawal
An Overview of System Design Issues Related to Safety Aspects of Bicycle Infrastructure, Jan L. Botha
Safety of Lithium Nickel Cobalt Aluminum Oxide Battery Packs in Transit Bus Applications, Timothy Cleary, Marc Serra Bosch, Jim Kreibick, and Joel Anstrom
The US Transit Bus Manufacturing Industry, David Czerwinski, Xu (Cissy) Hartling, and Jing Zhang
Improving Pathways to Transit for Persons with Disabilities, Stephanie DiPetrillo, Andrea Lubin, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Carla Salehian, Stephen Gibson, Kristen William, and Theodore Trent Green
Emergency Management Training for Transportation Agencies, Frances Edwards, Daniel Goodrich, and James Griffith
International Lessons for Promoting Transit Connections to High-Speed Rail Systems, Stan Feinsod, Eduardo Romo Urroz, Peter J. Haas, and James Griffith
Estimating Uncertainty of Bus Arrival Times and Passenger Occupancies, Vikash V. Gayah, Zhengyao Yu, and Jonathan S. Wood
Benefit-Cost Analysis for Transportation Planning and Public Policy: Towards Multimodal Demand Modeling, Matthew Holian and Ralph McLaughlin
Experimental Modeling of NOx and PM Generation from Combustion of Various Biodiesel Blends for Urban Transport Buses, Ashok Kumar, Dong-Shik Kim, Hamid Omidvarborna, Manideep Yarlagadda, Sudheer Kumar Kuppili, and Nader Sawtarie
Bikesharing and Bicycle Safety, Elliot Martin, Adam Cohen, Jan L. Botha, and Susan Shaheen
Bus Transit Operational Efficiency Resulting from Passenger Boardings at Park-and-Ride Facilities, John S. Niles and J. M. Pogodzinski
The Impact of Transit-Oriented Development on Social Capital, Robert B. Noland, Orin T. Puniello, and Stephanie DiPetrillo
Funding Resilient Infrastructure in New Jersey: Attitudes Following a Natural Disaster, Robert B. Noland, Marc D. Weiner, and Michael R. Greenberg
Trend Analysis of Long Tunnels Worldwide, Jae-Ho Pyeon
Transit Performance Measures in California, Caroline Rodier and Emily Issac
Remedial Actions to Prevent Suicides on Commuter and Metro Rail Systems, Patrick Sherry
Advances in Repurposing and Recycling of Post-Vehicle-Application Lithium-Ion Batteries, Charles R. Standridge, Lindsay Corneal, and Nicholas Baine
Submissions from 2015
What Do Americans Think about Public Transit? A Review of U.S. Public Opinion Polling Survey Questions, Asha W. Agrawal
Comparing Data Quality and Cost from Three Modes of On-Board Transit Passenger Surveys, Asha W. Agrawal, Stephen Granger-Bevan, Gregory Newmark, and Hilary Nixon
What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options to Support Public Transit, Highways, and Local Streets and Roads? Results from Year Six of a National Survey, Asha W. Agrawal and Hilary Nixon
Development of Bus-Stop Time Models in Dense Urban Areas: A Case Study in Washington DC, Stephen Arhin and Errol Noel