Media Coverage



Our experts are available to speak with the news media about many topics, including autonomous vehicles, bicycle and pedestrian safety, congestion, high-speed rail, intermodal connectivity, public transit, transportation planning and policy, transportation security, and workforce issues.

For media requests, please contact:

Alverina Weinardy
Director of Operations
San Jose, CA
alverina.weinardy@sjsu.edu
(408) 924-7560 office

The following represents a sample of print and broadcast stories featuring MTI research and leaders.

Date Title Media Outlet
06/12/2022 Transit workers raise alarm over spitting and assaults KRON4
06/12/2022 How Vulnerable to Attack Is U.S. Mass Transit and Passenger Rail? Homeland Security Today
06/10/2022 San Jose transit workers raise alarm over spitting and assaults San Jose Spotlight
06/09/2022 Mineta Transportation Institute to create multi-university consortium, climate change research from $4.6M federal grant Transportation Today
06/07/2022 Consortium to research climate-change risks to U.S. rail network Progressive Railroading
06/06/2022 How San Jose State plans to improve railway safety in an era of climate change KCBS Radio
06/02/2022 Philbrick: Robots rolling by transportation equity concerns San Jose Spotlight
06/02/2022 We’ve Got to Stop Requiring Parking Everywhere New York Times
05/30/2022 WTS International Announces 2022–2024 Board Directors and Officers Civil + Structural Engineer
05/24/2022 California needs to put its money where its mouth is on public transportation CalMatters
05/23/2022 WTS International announces 2022–2024 Board Directors and Officers American Journal of Transportation
05/18/2022 From MTI: A fixed route, not fixed approach: Adapting fixed-route transit for optimal accessibility and equity in a pandemic Mass Transit Magazine
05/18/2022 San Jose opens door to airport connector proposals San José Spotlight
05/09/2022 Bus ridership grows as gas prices soar Everett Herald
05/06/2022 Norman Mineta, former San Jose mayor and transportation secretary, dies at 90 ABC7 News
05/06/2022 Norm Mineta: A Uniquely American Story Truckinginfo
05/03/2022 Norman Mineta, 1st Asian American Cabinet Secretary and Former San Jose Mayor, Dies NBC Bay Area
04/29/2022 ‘It’s just more and more lanes’: the Texan revolt against giant new highways The Guardian
04/21/2022 Ventilation helps make public transit safer from spread of Covid-19, experts say, but masks are better CNN
04/21/2022 72% of Americans says better road safety is “very important” American Journal of Transportation

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