Publications

MTI research publications are available to download. All publications are listed below. To sort by topic area, select the specific topic from the dropdown menu below.

Title	Date	Author
The Use of Foamed Glass Aggregate (FGA) as a Lightweight Fill Above Culverts	August 2026	Morsy
Artificial Intelligence for Transit Asset Management	August 2026	Cohen
Automated Battery Management Systems for Electric Vehicles	August 2026	Na & Xie
Mind the Gap: Freight and Rail System Resilience between Planning and Practice A Synthesis of Freight Plan Best Practices and Survey Results from U.S. Transportation Professionals	August 2026	Alexander & Uwineza
Mitigating Negative Consequences of New Urban Growth in Disadvantaged Communities	July 2026	Mathur, Ferrell and Adrian
SMART-TWIN: Systematic Modeling and Real-Time Transportation with Digital Twins	July 2026	Kulhandjian
Preparing Today’s Workforce for Tomorrow’s Autonomous Transportation: Bridging Electrical and Civil Engineering Disciplines	July 2026	Abadi & Moghadam
Routes to Sustainable Goods Movement: How Local and Regional Governmental Agencies Can Plan for the Sustainable Freight System of the Future	July 2026	Alexander & Grady
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Passenger Rail: How Central Valley Communities are Preparing for High-Speed Rail	July 2026	Hazleton-Boyle & Bick
Enhancing Sustainability and Durability in Asphalt Pavements: Evaluating the Impact of Low-Carbon Sulfur Polymer Modifiers and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement	June 2026	Saadeh, Doroudgar & Fini
A National-Level Hazard: Growing Assaults on Transit Staff	May 2026	Jenkins, Butterworth & Yagyu
Steel Corrosion in Underground Transportation Infrastructure	May 2026	Morsy, Ebo & Janardhanan
Equitable Estimation of Accurate High Injury Networks (HINs) for Vulnerable Road Users	April 2026	Pande, Majumdar & Kantorowski
Exploring the Stress-Strain Relationship of Lightweight Concrete to Enhance the Lifecycle Performance of Transportation Highways and Bridges	April 2026	Tehrani
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Daily and Per Capita VMT in California: A County-Level Analysis (2019–2023)	April 2026	Lao & Yang
Measuring Multimodal Equity in Resource-Challenged MPOs	March 2026	Ferrell, Reinke & Eells
What Holds High-Speed Rail Back: Lessons from Global Systems and California’s Experience	March 2026	Sharma, Lekhi & Parr
Cycling Past 50: A Closer Look into the World of Older Cyclists, Year 5 Survey	March 2026	Kachadoorian
Equity Evaluation of Residents’ Transit+Walk Accessibility to Sacramento Healthcare Facilities	March 2026	Abadi, Zandiatashbar, Pickett, Nemet & Sharifi
Development of a Framework for Identifying Asphalt Pavement Cracking Distresses Using Machine Learning	March 2026	Cheng