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Title Date Published Investigator
Security Research Reports Back to Top
The Role of Transportation in Campus Emergency Planning

June 2009

Edwards & Goodrich
Selective Screening of Rail Passengers February 2007 Jenkins & Butterworth
Designing and Operating Safe and Secure Transit Systems: Assessing Current Practices in the United States and Abroad November 2005 Taylor, Sideris, Liggett, Fink, Wachs, Cavanagh, Cherry & Haas
Saving City Lifelines: Lessons Learned in the 9-11 Terrorist Attacks September 2003 Jenkins & Winslow
Protecting Public Surface Transportation Against Terrorism and Serious Crime: Continuing Research on Best Security Practices October 2001 Jenkins & Gersten
Terrorism Overview October 2001 Jenkins
Protecting Surface Transportation Systems and Patrons from Terrorist Activities December 1997 Jenkins
Security Symposium and Forum Reports Back to Top
The Fourth National Security Summit: Approaches to Passenger Screening March 2007 MTI
Third National Transportation Security Summit: rail security--a symposium on terrorism and business continuity September 2005 MTI
California Transportation Security Summits

April 2003

MTI
National Transportation Security Summit October 2001 MTI
Terrorism in Surface Transportation - A Symposium

March 1996.

MTI

Transportation Finance Research Reports Back to Top
"Green" Transportation Taxes and Fees: A Survey of Californians

June 2009

Weinstein, Dill & Nixon
Transportation Financing Opportunities for the State of California October 2006 Weinstein, Dill, Goldman, Hall, Holtzman, Recker & Goodwin
Factors Influencing Voting Results of Local Transportation Funding Initiatives with a Substantial Rail Transit Component: Case Studies of Ballot in Eleven Communities October 2001 Werbel & Haas
Why Campaigns for Local Transportation Funding Initiatives Succeed or Fail: An Analysis of Four Communities and National Data

June 2000

Haas, Massey, Valenty & Werbel
Analysis of Policy Issues Relating to Public Investment in Private Freight Infrastructure.

December 1999

Evans & Kelley
Transportation Finance Symposium and Forum Reports Back to Top
The Fourth National Security Summit: Transportation Finance: Tough Choices Down the Road

October 2006

Lessons Learned: Tax Referenda and Why They Succeed or Fail

November 2001

Our Transportation Crisis: Who Will Pay?

November 1998

Transportation/Land Use/Environment Research Reports Back to Top
An Ambit-Based Activity Model for Evaluating Green House Gas Emission Reduction Policies

August 2008

Zia
Creating an Educational Network in California to Assess and Address its Future Transportation Education Challenges

July 2008

Flouris
Applying Smart Growth Principles and Strategies to Resolving Land Use Conflicts Around Airports September 2008 Lee
Connecting Transportation Decision Making With Responsible Land Use: State and Regional Policies, Programs, and Incentives. February 2008 Binger, Lee, Rivasplata, Lynchm & Subhashini
Beyond Uncertainty: Modeling Transportation, Land Use, and Air Quality in Planning October 2007 Rodier
How Far, By Which Route, and Why? A Spatial Analysis of Pedestrian Preference

June 2007

Binger, Lee, Rivasplata, Lynch & Subhashini
Verifying the Accuracy of Land Use Models Used in Transportation and Air Quality Planning: A Case Study in the Sacramento, CA Region

October 2005

Rodier
Modeling Long-Range Transportation and Land Use Scenarios for the Sacramento Region, Using Citizen-Generated Policies

May 2005

Johnston, Gao & Clay
The Pasadena Gold Line: Development Strategies, Local Decisions, and Travel Characteristics along a New Rail Line in the Los Angeles Region

April 2005

Lund & Willson
Can Consumer Information Tighten The Transportation/Land-Use Link? A Simulation Experiment

March 2006

Levine, Rodriguez, Song & Weinstein
Higher-Density Plans: Tools for Community Engagement

September 2004

Schreiber, Binger & Church
Using Spatial Indicators for Pre-and Post -Development Analysis of TOD Areas: A Case Study of Portland and the Silicon Valley

September 2004

Schlossberg, Brown, Bossard & Roemer
Toward Sustainable Transportation Indicators for California

August 2003

Lee, Wack, Jud, Munroe, Anguiano & Keith
Verifying the Accuracy of Regional Models Used in Transportation and Air Quality Planning

June 2003

Rodier
Trucks, Traffic, and Timely Transport: A Regional Freight Logistics Profile

June 2003

Niles
Making Growth Work for California´s Communities

May 2003

Schreiber, Binger & Church
The California General Plan Process and Sustainable Transportation Planning

June 2002

Lee, Wack, Deertrack, Duiven & Wise
Land Use and Transportation Alternatives: Constraint or Expansion of Household Choice

June 2002

Levine, Inam, Werbel & Torng
Developer-Planner Interaction in Transportation and Land Use Sustainability June 2002

June 2002

Inam, Levine & Werbel
Using the Internet to Envision Neighborhoods with Transit Oriented Development Potential

June 2002

Bossard, Colman, Hobbs, Keck, Reed, Roemer, Taketa, & Zheng
Envisioning Neighborhoods with TOD Potential“ (Includes demonstration CD)

May 2002

Bossard, Hobbs, Hondorp, Kelly, Plembaeck, Salazar, Subotic, Taketa, Tran, Wang, Zheng & Colman
Using Fiber Networks to Stimulate Transit-Oriented Development: Prospects Barrier and Best Practices

October 2001

Siembab, Graham & Roldan
Applying an Integrated Model to the Evaluation of Travel Demand Management Policies in the Sacramento Region

September 2001

Johnston, Rodier, Abraham, Hunt, Tonkin
Construction of Transit-Based Developments: New Policy Initiatives for Governments

September 2001

Lefaver, Buys, Castillo, Mattoon & Vargo
Applying an Integrated Urban Model in the Evaluation of Travel Demand Management Policies in the Sacramento Region: Year Two

September 2001

Johnston, Rodier, Abraham & Hunt
GIS for Livable Communities: Examination of community Perceptions of Assets, Liabilities and Transportation Improvements

September 2001

Horan, Serrano & Murran
Best Practices in Developing Regional Transportation Plans

September 2001

Rothblatt &Colman
A Planning Template for Nonwork Travel and Transit Oriented Development

September 2001

Nelson, Niles & Hibshoosh
Sustainable Communities/San Joaquin Valley Growth Response ( Non grant funding)

August 2001

Schreiber
Public Land with Private Partnerships for Transit Based Development

May 1997

Lefaver
Transportation/Land Use/ Environment Symposium and Forum Reports Back to Top
*Planning for Surface Transportation and Land Use - A Symposium

June 1995

Transit Issues Research Reports Back to Top

Public Versus Private Mobility for the Poor: Transit Improvements Versus Increased Car Ownership in the Sacramento Region

June 2009

Johnston, Gao

Neighborhood Crime and Travel Behavior: An Investigation of the Influence of Neighborhood Crime Rates on Mode Choice

April 2008

Ferrell, Mathur & Mendoza

Video Transit Training for Older Travelers: A Case Study of the Rossmoor Senior Adult Community, California

June 2007

Shaheen & Rodier
Bus Rapid Transit: A Handbook for Partners

August 2006

Gray, Kelley & Larwin
Ridership Enhancement Quick Study
( Non grant funding)

September 2005

Haas
Increasing Transit Ridership: Lessons from the Most Successful Transit Systems in the 1990s

June 2002

Taylor, Haas, Boyd, Hess, Iseki & Yoh
Implementation of Zurich´s Transit Priority Program

October 2001

Nash & Sylvia
How to Best Serve Seniors on Existing Transit Services“ September 2001

September 2001

Koffman & Salstrom
*Capital versus Operating Grants for Transit: Economic Impacts for California

October 1997

Haas
Transit Issues Symposium and Forum Reports Back to Top
Bart to Silicon Valley, What's Next?

April 2006

Bus in the Fast Lane: A Forum on Bus Rapid Transit in the Bay Area

May 2005

MTI Staff
Bart to Silicon Valley, How Now?

April 2001

MTI Staff
Crossing the Bay: Water Transit Initiative Forum

July 1999

*Rail Transit: Issues and Opportunities For the Bay Area and California. A Series of Two Public Forums Sponsored by The Mineta Institute, The Commonwealth Club of California, and the Silicon Valley Forum: San Jose Forum, Sept 26, 1997; San Francisco Forum, October 17, 1997

July 1998

Passenger Rail Research Reports Back to Top
A Consumer Logistics Framework for Understanding Preferences for High-Speed Rail Transportation

August 2007

Gerth & Rajan
High-Speed Rail Projects in the United States: Identifying the Elements of Success-Part 2

Novembe 2006

Cerreno
High-Speed Rail Projects in the United States: Identifying the Elements for Success-Part 1

October 2005

Cerreno, Evans & Permut
Best Practices in Shared-Use High-Speed Rail Systems

June 2003

Nash
Passenger Rail Symposium and Forum Reports Back to Top
Fast Tracks in the Golden State: Symposium on California High-Speed Rail

December 2003

International Issues Research Reports Back to Top
(NAFTA II) California Border Zone Land Transportation Issues

September 2001

Gray & Kelley
Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Transportation in the Border Areas of the United States

August 1999

Gray
International Issues Symposium and Forum Reports Back to Top
*Conduct of Background Research for the Establishment of an International Surface Transportation Policy Conference in California (Global Cooperation Through Transportation: Joining Forces Across Border)

June 1996

Murray
Workforce and Labor Issues Research Reports Back to Top
The Impact of Telecommuter Rail Cars on Modal Choice

May 2005

Hayton
The Future of Transportation Education: A Needs Assessment of the Transportation Management Program at San José State University

June 2004

Valenty
Transit Labor Relations Guide

September 2001

Oestreich & Whaley
Issues Related to the Emergence of the Information Superhighway and California Societal Changes

December 1996

Botha
*An Assessment of Needs for Management Training and Education in Surface Transportation in the United States and Canada

September1994

Giglierano
Workforce and Labor Issues Symposium and Forum Reports Back to Top
The Crisis in Workforce Development

March 2008

MTI
*Toward a Cooperative Future? Labor-Management Relations in Surface Transportation: A Symposium

May 1997

Miscellaneous Research Reports Back to Top
Exploration of Data Sources for Air Cargo Studies November 2006 Wei
The Travel Behavior and Needs of the Poor: A Study of Welfare Recipients in Fresno County, California

May 2002

Blumenberg & Haas
Effects of Online Shopping on Vehicular Traffic -

October 2001

Giglierano & Roldan
Statewide Safety Study of Bicycles and Pedestrians on Freeways, Expressway, Toll Bridges, and Tunnels

September 2001

Ferrara
Non-Pricing Methods to Optimize High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Usage

September 2001

Gray, Harvey & Kelley
Maintenance and Continued Development of the IISTPS Transportation Information System, TransWeb™

January 1999

Belanger & Kwan
*Development of a Statewide Surface Transportation Network Utilizing the International Transportation Information System ITIS

June 1996

Belanger
Miscellaneous Symposium and Forum Reports Back to Top
A Town Hall Meeting on Our Bicycle Safety Crisis

February 2009

MTI Staff
No Road, No Rage: a Forum on Expanding Bay Area Ferry Service

September 2003

MTI Staff
Regional Transportation Hot Spot Forum Marin/Sonoma 101 Corridor

April 2003

MTI Staff
Visioning Session Silicon Valley

June 2000

Driving into the 21st Century: Technology Solutions to Transportation Problems

November 1998

*American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials Region 4 Research Advisory Committee - Summer Meeting Proceedings
Garrett Morgan Symposium Reports Back to Top
Eighth National Garrett Morgan Symposium on Sustainable Transportation

September 2008

National Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Symposium

March 2007

Sixth National Garrett Morgan Symposium on Sustainable Transportation

March 2006

National Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Symposium

May 2005

National Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Symposium

June 2004

National Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Symposium

May 2003

National Symposium and Videoconference on Sustainable Transportation

June 2001