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Capstone Papers

Capstone papers from Master´s of Science in Transportation Management (MSTM) are original research projects required for graduation. Each student selects a topic of interest to him or her that has significant policy or management implications and a practical focus, conducts independent research, and writes a thesis-quality paper complete with recommendations. The list below represents several of these papers.

These papers represent the individual efforts and opinions of the students who wrote them and are in no way intended to reflect the views or positions of the Mineta Transportation Institute or its staff.

All papers are in PDF format 

2007

How Transit Agencies Can Improve the Public Involvement Process to Deliver Better Transportation Solutions - Brandi M. Childress

Improving accountability for transportation project delivery in California:Can We get there from here? - Andrea G. Glerum, PE

Geographic Equity in Highway Funding in the Nine-County San Francisco Bay Area - Kenneth Kao

An Evaluation of CaltransManagement of Employee Probation - Wesley Zinke

2005

Transit Privatization: An Overview of the Industry With A Closer Look At Non-Operations Contracting - Joseph Rye

Traffic Impact Mitigation Fees: Should California´s Department of Transportation (Caltrans) have legal authority to impose? - Nicholas Deal

2004

The ADA Complementary Paratransit Requirement: Case Studies in Smaller Transit Agency Challenges and Solutions - Gregory M. Kausch

A Case For Congestion Pricing and Toll Indexing With the Public Response - Lee Rennacker

Developing a Nighttime Transportation Service for Seniors: Assessment of Needs and Recommendations - By Melina Takahashi

2003

The Future of Excluded State Employees´ Labor Relations in California - Leanne "Lee" Provost

Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Community Development: Building Coordination Between Two Departments - Joanne McDermott

Aligning and Marketing Transportation Service to Achieve Community Goals - James R. Helmer

A Review of the Los Angeles Transportation System - Mary C. Frederick

2002

Constructability: A case study in Transportation Project Delivery: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge New East Span - Sarah Picker

Challenges In Selecting, Administering and Managing Local-State Transportation Program Projects in California, With Sacramento County Projects as Case Study - Meshack Okpala

Air Pollution Regulation In California and the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate - Jeremy Ketchum

Should California Revisit SB 45? - James Chai

2001

Capstone Papers SJSU MSTM Class of 2001

2000

Japan´s High-Speed Rail System Between Osaka and Tokyo and Commitment to Maglev Technology: A Comparative Analysis with California´s High Speed Rail Proposal Between San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - Robert Kagiyama

Rationale for Alternate Fuel Vehicle Technology - T. Michael Lechner