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 2024
Understanding Workforce Diversity in the Transit Industry: Establishing a Baseline of Diversity Demographics, Asha W. Agrawal, Evelyn Blumenberg, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, and Brittney Lu
How Will California’s Electric Vehicle Policy Impact State-Generated Transportation Revenues? Projecting Scenarios through 2040, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Hannah King, and H. A. “Burt” Tasaico
What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options to Support Transportation? Results from Year Fifteen of a National Survey, Asha Weinstein Agrawal and Hilary Nixon
Traffic Sign Extraction from Mobile LiDAR Point Cloud, Yushin Ahn, Riadh Munjy, and Ziyuan Li
Impervious Surfaces from High Resolution Aerial Imagery: Cities in Fresno County, Yushin Ahn and Richard Poythress
Exploring Equity Frameworks for a Cross-Jurisdictional Vehicle Miles Traveled Mitigation Program in Santa Clara County, Serena Alexander, Luana Chen, and Maxwell Belote-Broussard
Consistent VMT Mapping and Modeling in California: How Can We Better Assess the VMT Impacts of State and Local Transportation Projects?, Serena E. Alexander, Shams Tanvir, Syed Tanvir Ahmed, and Annie Jones
Ten Years Forward: An Evaluation of California’s Active Transportation Program, Bruce Appleyard, Mario Carbajal, Madison Swayne, Nell Ahangarfabrik, and Megan Honey
Mapping of Pavement Conditions Using Smartphone/Tablet LiDAR Case Study: Sensor Performance Comparison, Calvin Beavers, Chad Day, Austin Krietemeyer, Scott M. Peterson, Yushin Ahn, and Xiaojun Li
Experimental Investigation of the Self-Healing Potential of Bacteria for Sustainable Concrete Structures Phase 2, Andrea Calabrese, Pitiporn Asvapathanagul, Nisarg N. Patel, Nanubala Dhruvan, Austin Adams, Michael Hernandez, and Douglas S. Lopez-Cruz
Exploring Performance-Based Contracts: A Good Option to Address Long-Term Road Maintenance in California?, Maria Calahorra-Jimenez and Richard Poythress
Examining Transit Service Improvements with Internet-of-Things (IoT): A Disparity Analysis, Shailesh Chandra, Robert Valencia, and Vamsi Krishna Oruganti
Development of the Roadway Pothole Management Program, DingXin Cheng
Forecasting Commercial Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) in Urban California Areas, Steve Chung, Jaymin Kwon, and Yushin Ahn
Moving Towards the Electrification of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles in the Inland Empire, Kimberly Collins, Raffi Der Wartanian, Francisca Beer, and Yunfei Hou
Investigating the Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Manual and Automated Driving: A Systematic Review, Miaomiao Dong, Yuni Lee, Jackie Cha, and Gaojian Huang
Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) Guidance for Railroads, Frances L. Edwards and Daniel C. Goodrich
Battery Electric Vehicles: Travel Characteristics of Early Adopters, Yunwen Feng, Jean-Daniel Saphores, Hilary Nixon, and Monica Ramirez Ibarra
Transit Workforce Development Challenges and Mitigation Practices, Jodi Godfrey
Effects of Low-Cycle Fatigue Fracture of Longitudinal Reinforcing Steel Bars on the Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers, Yu-Fu Ko and Jessica Gonzalez
Smart Robot Design and Implementation to Assist Pedestrian Road Crossing, Hovannes Kulhandjian
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Roadside Transportation-Related Air Quality (StarTraq 2022): Data-Driven Exposure Analysis by Transportation Modes, Jaymin Kwon, Yushin Ahn, and Steve Chung
The Transportation Sector, Cap-and-Trade and Blockchain: A Carbon Credit Trading Platform, Aditya Mankar and Forouzan Golshani
Are California’s Local Jurisdictions Disproportionately Directing Growth Toward Existing Disadvantaged Communities? Evidence from the Southern California and San Francisco Bay Area Regions, Shishir Mathur and Christopher Ferrell
Time-To-Failure Prediction of Fine-Grained Soil Slopes Subject to Weather-Driven Deterioration, Arm M. Morsy
Estimating Models for Engineering Costs on the State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP) Portfolio of Projects, Elhami Nasr, Tariq Shehab, Nigel Blampied, and Vinit Kanani
Assessing GTFS Accuracy, Gregory L. Newmark
Measurement and Prediction of Transit System Performance Using Probe Data Generated through DSRC and non-DSRC Technologies, Gregory L. Newmark
Addressing Transportation Construction Workforce Needs Through Innovative Policies and Practices, Thomas O'Brien, Ben Olson, and Devin Martinez-Flores
Artificial Intelligence for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety: Using AI to Detect Near-Miss Collisions, Mohammad Pourhomayoun
Is Parking Cash-Out Worth It? Comparing Cost-Effectiveness and Climate and Equity Benefits in the Bay Area and South Coast Air Quality Management Districts, Fynnwin Prager, Tianjun Lu, Ashley Membere, and Parveen Chhetri
A Practical Framework for Component-Level Structural Health Monitoring of the Gerald Desmond Bridge, Mehran Rahmani, Vesna Terzic, Andrea Calabrese, and Brittany Cambell
Developing an ROI Assessment Model for Employee Development Programs Implemented by California Transit Agencies, Tyler Reeb and Susan Gallagher
L&D On-ramps and Off-ramps for the Mobility Workforce: A Blueprint for Knowledge Ecosystem Formation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Tyler Reeb, Barbara Taylor, and James Reuter
Governing Structures for Successful Regional Transit Coordination and their Formation, Charles Rivasplata, Richard Lee, Michelle DeRobertis, and Christopher Ferrell
Enhancing Evacuation Warning Responsiveness: Exploring the Impact of Social Interactions through an Agent-Based Model Approach, Alessandro Toledo Salazar, Matthew Medrano, Mathias Duque Medina, Julio Roa, and Jorge E. Pesantez
Construction Contracting in the Zero Emission Transportation Sector: Evidence from Underrepresented Businesses, Gökçe Soydemir and Orestis P. Panagopoulos
Beneath I-280: Excavating a Neighborhood Lost to San José Freeways, Leila Ullmann and Gordon Douglas
Fresno County Afterschool Transportation Education, Christian Wandeler and Felipe Mercado
Does California High-Speed Rail Promote Accessibility for Station Cities?: Case Study of Fresno and Merced, Chih-Hao Wang and Na Chen
Battery Management System Development for Electric Vehicles and Fast Charging Infrastructure Improvement, Yu Yang, Hen-Geul Yeh, and Cesar Ortiz
Submissions from 2023
Learning about Street Harassment on Transit: A Survey Instrument for Transit Agencies, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Jon Canapary, Carol Anne Caroll, Tam J. Guy, and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Investing in California’s Transportation Future: 2022 Public Opinion on Critical Needs, Asha Weinstein Agrawal and Hilary Nixon
What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options to Support Transportation? Results from Year Thirteen of a National Survey, Asha Weinstein Agrawal and Hilary Nixon
What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options to Support Transportation? Results from Year Fourteen of a National Survey, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Hilary Nixon, and Adam Azevedo
Pay-As-You-Go Driving: Examining Possible Road-User Charge Rate Structures for California, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Samuel Speroni, Michael Manville, and Brian D. Taylor
Understanding the Effect of Pervasive Events on Vehicle Travel Time Patterns, Chirag Akbari, Ninad Gore, and Srinivas S. Pulugurtha
Examining the Externalities of Highway Capacity Expansions in California: An Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Using Remote Sensing Technology, Serena E. Alexander, Bo Yang, Owen Hussey, and Derek Hicks
Evaluating Benefits from Transportation Investments Aligned with the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI), Serena Alexander, Shams Tanvir, and T. William Lester
Incorporating Public Health into Transportation Decision Making, Bruce Appleyard and Tim Garrett
