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 2023
Using Thermal Remote Sensing to Quantify Impact of Traffic on Urban Heat Islands during COVID, My-Thu Tran and Bo Yang
A Gravity Model Integrating Land-Use and Transportation Policies for Sustainable Development: Case Study of Fresno, California, Chih-Hao Wang and Na Chen
Evaluation, Comparison, and Improvement Recommendations for Caltrans Financial Programming Processes and Tools, Wenbin Wei, Nigel Blampied, and Raajmaathangi Sreevijay
Land Use Analysis on Vertiports Based on a Case Study of the San Francisco Bay Area, Wenbin Wei, Kerry Rohrmeier, Tiffany Martinez, Michael Winans, and Heungseok Park
Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Design and Operations, Yu Yang and Hen-Geul Yeh
A Bike System for All in Silicon Valley: Equity Assessment of Bike Infrastructure in San José, CA, Ahoura Zandiatashbar, Jochen Albrecht, and Hilary Nixon
Enhancing Older Adults’ Mobility in Active Living and Tiered Living Communities, Yongping Zhang, Carol Kachadoorian, Wen Cheng, and Edward Clay
Submissions from 2022
Understanding COVID-19’s Impact on Local Transportation Revenue –A Mid-Crisis View from Experts, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Serena Alexander, and Ashley M. Hooper
Fragmented or Aligned Climate Action: Assessing Linkages Between Regional and Local Planning Efforts to Meet Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets, Serena E. Alexander, Ahoura Zandiatashbar, and Branka Tatarevic
Routes to Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Freight Transportation in the City of San José, Serena Alexander, Kyle Laveroni, Maxwell Friedman, and Janani Thiagrajan
Impact of Dedicated Bus Lanes on Intersection Operations and Travel Time Model Development, Stephen Arhin, Babin Manandhar, Kevin Obike, and Melissa Anderson
Biological Hydrogen Gas Production from Food Waste as a Sustainable Fuel for Future Transportation, Pitiporn Asvapathanagul, Leanne Deocampo, and Nicholas Banuelos
Connected Simulation for Work Zone Safety Application, Vahid Balali
Aligning the Transit Industry and Their Vendors in the Face of Increasing Cyber Risk: Recommendations for Identifying and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges, Scott Belcher, Terri Belcher, Kathryn Seckman, Brandon Thomas, and Homayun Yaqub
Contracting Strategies: A Different Approach to Address Long-term Performance, Maria Calahorra-Jimenez
Optimizing Multimodal Transportation Access to Support Commuting Among Low-Income Transit Riders with Social Distancing, Shailesh Chandra and Vivek Mishra
Manual for Asphalt Pavement Repair and Resurfacing Preparation, DingXin Cheng, Gary Hicks, and Roger D. Smith
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
Design of an Evaluation Plan for Senate Bill 1046, Maria Chierichetti, Armin Moghadam, and Fatemeh Davoudi
Can Californian Households Save Money on Transportation Costs by Living in Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs)?, Hongwei Dong
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
