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
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
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
TOD and Park-and-Ride: Which is Appropriate Where?, John Niles and J.M. Pogodzinski
Steps to Supplement Park-and-Ride Public Transit Access with Ride-and-Ride Shuttles, John S. Niles and J. M. Pogodzinski
Mapping E-Commerce Locally and Beyond: CITT K12 Special Investigation Project, Thomas O’Brien and Deanna Matsumoto
A Model for Integrating Rail Services with other Transportation Modalities: Identifying the Best Practices and the Gaps for California’s Next State Rail Plan, Eric Peterson, Wenbin Wei, and Lydon George
Numerical Investigations of Transient Wind Shear from Passing Vehicles Near a Road Structure (Part I: Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Simulations), Hamid Rahai and Assma Begum
