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 2022
Impact of Dedicated Bus Lanes on Intersection Operations and Travel Time Model Development, Stephen Arhin, Babin Manandhar, Kevin Obike, and Melissa Anderson
Optimizing Multimodal Transportation Access to Support Commuting Among Low-Income Transit Riders with Social Distancing, Shailesh Chandra and Vivek Mishra
Comprehensive Performance Assessment of Passive Crowdsourcing for Counting Pedestrians and Bikes, Wen Cheng, Yongping Zhang, and Edward Clay
Inventorying San Francisco Bay Area Parking Spaces: Technical Report Describing Objectives, Methods, and Results, Mikhail Chester, Alysha Helmrich, and Rui Li
Can Californian Households Save Money on Transportation Costs by Living in Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs)?, Hongwei Dong
Examining the Effects of a Bike and E-Bike Lending Program on Commuting Behavior, Dillon T. Fitch, Zeyu Gao, Lucy Noble, and Terry Mac
Influence of Level 1 and Level 2 Automated Vehicles on Fatal Crashes and Fatal Crash Occurrence, Hardik Gajera, Srinivas S. Pulugurtha, and Sonu Mathew
Examining the Effects of Precision Scheduled Railroading on Intercity Passenger and High-Speed Rail Service, John G. Green and Francis J. Miller
Assessing Public Health Benefits of Replacing Freight Trucks with Cargo Cycles in Last Leg Delivery Trips in Urban Centers, Jennifer C. Hartle, Ossama (Sam) A. Elrahman, Cara Wang, Daniel A. Rodriguez, Yue Ding, and Matt McGahan
Congestion Costs and Scheduling Preferences of Car Commuters in California: Estimates Using Big Data, Jinwon Kim and Jucheol Moon
Evaluation of Sustainability Determinants to Develop a Sustainability Rating System for California Infrastructure Construction Projects, Joseph Kim and Patricia McCarthy
Modeling and Predicting Geospatial Teen Crash Frequency, Sonu Mathew, Srinivas S. Pulugurtha, and Sarvani Duvvuri
Transportation Utility Fee to Fund Transit in California, Shishir Mathur and Ralph Robinson
Negotiating Transportation Insecurity: Local Responses and Coping Strategies in San José, CA, Andrew Ng and Melissa Beresford
Risk Factors Associated with Crash Injury Severity Involving Trucks, Srinivas S. Pulugurtha, Sarvani Duvvuri, and Sonu Mathew
Drivers’ Response to Scenarios when Driving Connected and Automated Vehicles Compared to Vehicles with and without Driver Assist Technology, Srinivas S. Pulugurtha and Raghuveer Gouribhatla
Feasibility Study of Regional Air Mobility Services for High Priority Transportation in the San Joaquin Valley, Julia Roa and Joseph Oldham
Evaluation of Polymer Binder Technisoil G5® in Concrete Mixture, Shadi Saadeh and Pritam Katawal
A Geographical Contribution on Interurban Passenger Rail Transportation in the United States, Matthieu Schorung
COVID-19 Public Transportation Air Circulation and Virus Mitigation Study, Aly Tawfik, Deify Law, Juris Grasis, Joseph Oldham, and Moe Salem
Protecting Our Community from the Hidden Vulnerabilities of Today’s Intelligent Transportation Systems, Shahab Tayeb
Taming the Data in the Internet of Vehicles, Shahab Tayeb
The Fresno State Transportation Challenge, Christian Wandeler and Steve Hart
Investigating the Resilience of Accessibility to Emergency and Lifesaving Facilities under Natural Hazards, Chih-Hao Wang and Na Chen
Submissions from 2021
How Do California’s Local Governments Fund Surface Transportation? A Guide to Revenue Sources, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Kevin Yong Lee, and Serena Alexander
What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options to Support Transportation? Results from Year Twelve of a National Survey, Asha Weinstein Agrawal and Hilary Nixon
Comparing Twitter and LODES Data for Detecting Commuter Mobility Patterns, Jochen Albrecht, Andreas Petutschnig, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Bernd Resch, and Aleisha Wright
Local Climate Action Planning as a Tool to Harness the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation and Equity Potential of Autonomous Vehicles and On-Demand Mobility, Serena Alexander, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, and Benjamin Y. Clark
Safeguarding Equity in Off-Site Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Mitigation in California, Serena E. Alexander, Mariela Alfonzo, and Kevin Lee
Predicting Bus Travel Times in Washington, DC Using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Stephen Arhin, Babin Manandhar, Hamdiat Baba Adam, and Adam Gatiba
Via2G Microtransit Pilot Evaluation, Anne Brown, Alice Grossman, and Lucy Noble
Evaluating Financing Mechanisms and Economic Benefits to Fund Grade Separation Projects, Shailesh Chandra, Mehran Rahmani, Timothy Thai, Vivek Mishra, and Jacqueline Camacho
Evaluating Innovative Financing Mechanisms for the California High-Speed Rail Project, Shailesh Chandra, Timothy Thai, Vivek Mishra, and Princeton Wong
Promoting Interest in Transportation Careers Among Young Women, Eugene Cordero and Kiana Luong
Exploring the Relationship Between Mandatory Helmet Use Regulations and Adult Cyclists’ Behavior in California Using Hybrid Machine Learning Models, Fatemeh Davoudi Kakhki and Maria Chierichetti
City Best Practices to Improve Transit Operations and Safety, Michelle DeRobertis, Christopher E. Ferrell, Richard W. Lee, and David Moore
Researching Relationships between Truck Travel Time Performance Measures and On-Network and Off-Network Characteristics, Sarvani Duvvuri and Srinivas S. Pulugurtha
Surface Transportation Supply Chain Security: Creating a Blueprint for Future Research, Frances Edwards, Joseph Szyliowicz, Dan Goodrich, William Medigovich, Liz Lange, and Autumn Anderton
Solar-Powered Automated Transportation: Feasibility and Visualization, Burford J. Furman, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Shannon McDonald, Ron Swenson, Jack Fogelquist, Yu Chiao, Alex Pape, and Mario Cruz
Infrastructure Academy Transportation Program, Hassan Hashemian
Using BEAM Software to Simulate the Introduction of On-Demand, Automated, and Electric Shuttles for Last Mile Connectivity in Santa Clara County, Gary Hsueh, David Czerwinski, Cristian Poliziani, Terris Becker, Alexandre Hughes, Peter Chen, and Melissa Benn
Cycling Past 50: A Closer Look into the World of Older Cyclists, Carol Kachadoorian
Achieving Excellence for California’s Freight System: Developing Competitiveness and Performance Metrics; Incorporating Sustainability, Resilience, and Workforce Development, Jian-yu Ke, Fynnwin Prager, Jose Martinez, and Chris Cagle
Modeling Operational Performance of Urban Roads with Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions, Swapneel R. Kodupuganti, Sonu Mathew, and Srinivas S. Pulugurtha
Detecting Driver Drowsiness with Multi-Sensor Data Fusion Combined with Machine Learning, Hovannes Kulhandjian
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Roadside Transportation Related Air Quality (STARTRAQ) and Neighborhood Characterization, Jaymin Kwon, Yushin Ahn, and Steve Chung
Do Equity and Accountability Get Lost in LOSTs? An Analysis of Local Return Funding Provisions in California’s Local Option Sales Tax Measures for Transportation, Jaimee Lederman, Peter Haas, Stephanie Kellogg, Martin Wachs, and Asha Weinstein Agrawal
Analytical Models for Traffic Congestion and Accident Analysis, Hongrui Liu and Rahul Ramachandra Shetty
Developing Guidelines for Assessing the Effectiveness of Intelligent Compaction Technology, Mehran Mazari, Siavash F. Aval, Siddharth M. Satani, David Corona, and Joshua Garrido
Enhancement of Asphalt Performance by Graphene-Based Bitumen Nanocomposites, Sara Moghtadernejad, Ehsan Barjasteh, Ren Nagata, and Haia Malabeh