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
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
Not Just an Ache: Examining the Rate of Musculoskeletal Pain in City Bus Drivers, Jeremy Steele
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
The Purpose, Function, and Performance of Streetcar Transit in the Modern U.S. City: A Multiple-Case-Study Investigation, MTI Report 12-39, Jeffrey Brown, Hilary Nixon, and Luis Enrique Ramos
Economic Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit in Southeast Michigan, Utpal Dutta and Jeff Henze
Great East Japan Earthquake, JR East Mitigation Successes, and Lessons for California High-Speed Rail, MTI Report 12-37, Frances Edwards and Daniel C. Goodrich
The Benefits of Transit in the United States: A Review and Analysis of Benefit-Cost Studies, Christopher E. Ferrell
Neighborhood Crime and Transit Station Access Mode choice - Phase III of Neighborhood Crime and Travel Behavior, Christopher E. Ferrell, Shishir Mathur, and Bruce S. Appleyard
Household Income and Vehicle Fuel Economy in California, Christopher E. Ferrell and David B. Reinke
Automated Transit Networks (ATN): A Review of the State of the Industry and Prospects for the Future, MTI Report 12-31, Burford Furman, Sam Ellis, Lawrence Fabian, and Peter Muller
High-Speed Rail and Equine Issues, Peter J. Haas and Allie Scrivener
Net Effects of Gasoline Price Changes on Transit Ridership in U.S. Urban Areas, MTI Report 12-19, Hiroyuki Iseki and Rubaba Ali
Advanced Low-Floor Vehicle (ALFV) Specification Research, Suresh Iyer, Partha Mishra, David Klinikowski, Boyd Thompson, Myra Strange, Wanda Boggs, and Carl Thornblad
Suicide Bombings Against Trains and Buses Are Lethal but Few, Brian M. Jenkins and Bruce R. Butterworth
Troubling Trends in Terrorism and Attacks on Surface Transportation: The Outlook Is Grim, but People Still Have a Great Deal of Control, Brian M. Jenkins and Bruce R. Butterworth
