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
Analyzing the Use and Impacts of Oakland Slow Streets and Potential Scalability Beyond Covid-19, Gordon Douglas and David Moore
Best Practices in Disaster Public Communications: Evacuation Alerting and Social Media, Frannie Edwards, Kaikai Liu, Amanda Lee Hughes, Jerry Zeyo Gao, Dan Goodrich, Alan Barner, and Robert Herrera
Twilytics: A Social Perception Analysis of Public Transit Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Egbe-Etu Etu, Imokhai Tenebe, Ankur Parma, Likhitha Yelamanchili, Dang Minh Nhu Nguyen, Louis Tran, and Ihor Markevych
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
Wastewater-derived Ammonia for a Green Transportation Fuel, Joseph Kalman and Maryam Haddad
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
AI-based Pedestrian Detection and Avoidance at Night using an IR Camera, Radar, and a Video Camera, Hovannes Kulhandjian
Understanding the Safety and Usability of Personal Vehicles for Non-Driving Individuals with Disabilities and their Families/Care Providers, Anil R. Kumar and Hannah Bowman
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Roadside Transportation-Related Air Quality (StarTraq 2021): A Characterization of Bike Trails and Highways in the Fresno/Clovis Area, Jaymin Kwon, Yushin Ahn, and Steve Chung
“TELE-commuting” During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Unveiling State-wide Patterns and Trends of Telecommuting in Relation to Transportation, Employment, Land Use, and Emissions in Calif, Tianjun Lu, Jian-yu Ke, Fynnwin Prager, and Jose N. Martinez
Exploring the Effects of Meaningful Tactile Display on Perception and Preference in Automated Vehicles, Kimberly D. Martinez and Gaojian Huang
Effect of Weather Events on Travel Time Reliability and Crash Occurrence, Sonu Mathew and Srinivas S. Pulugurtha
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
Pathway to Promote Diversity within Public Transit Workforce, Mehri Mohebbi, Sumita Raghuram, and Ahoura Zandiatashbar
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
Does Transit Service Reliability Influence Ridership?, Srinivas S. Pulugurtha, Raunak Mishra, and Sravya L. Jayanthi
Large Eddy Simulations of Wind Shear from Passing Vehicles Under a Freeway Overpass, Hamid Rahai and Assma Begum
Damage Detection and Damage Localization in Bridges with Low-Density Instrumentations Using the Wave-Method: Application to a Shake-Table Tested Bridge, Mehran Rahmani, Xintong Ji, and Sovann Reach Kiet
Blockchain and Distributed Autonomous Community Ecosystems: Opportunities to Democratize Finance and Delivery of Transport, Housing, Urban Greening and Community Infrastructure, William Riggs, Vipul Vyas, and Menka Sethi
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
Creating Safer Communities for the Use of Active Transportation Modes in California: The Development of Effective Communication Message Strategy for Vulnerable Road Users, Samer Sarofim and Aly Tawfik
Developing a Feasible Business Model for Expanding the EV Market to Lower Income Californians, Samer Sarofim and Aly Tawfik
A Geographical Contribution on Interurban Passenger Rail Transportation in the United States, Matthieu Schorung
Managing the Curb: Understanding the Impacts of On-Demand Mobility on Public Transit, Micromobility, and Pedestrians, Susan Shaheen, Elliot Martin, Adam Cohen, Jacquelyn Broader, and Richard Davis
Charging Drivers by the Gallon vs. the Mile: An Equity Analysis by Geography and Income in California, Samuel Speroni, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Michael Manville, and Brian D. Taylor
Exploring the Use of Public Transportation Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey, Keertana Sureshbabu, Egbe-Etu Etu, Susan Summerville, Ankur Parmar, and Gaojian Huang
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 Central Valley Transportation Challenge, Christian Wandeler and Steve Hart
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
Understanding the Role of Transportation in Human Trafficking in California, Kezban Yagci Sokat
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
