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
What Do Americans Think about Federal Tax Options to Support Transportation? Topline Results from Year Twelve of a National Survey	March 2021	Agrawal & Nixon
Safety Considerations for All Road Users on Edge Lane Roads	March 2021	Williams, Lamera, Bauranov, Voulgaris & Pande
Evaluating Innovative Financing Mechanisms for the California High-Speed Rail Project	March 2021	Chandra, Thai, Mishra & Wong
How will State Motor Vehicle Violation Fines be Impacted by Widespread Use of Autonomous Vehicles?	March 2021	Talbott
Enhancement of Multimodal Traffic Safety in High-Quality Transit Areas	February 2021	Zhang, Cheng & Jia
Evaluating the Success of SamTrans’ Route FCX: A Commuter Express Route between Foster City and San Francisco	February 2021	Louie
A Study on Vehicle Tire Inflation and Fuel Consumption	February 2021	Chandra & Balali
Safe Routes to Schools Service-Learning Projects in San José Spark Longstanding Student Engagement in Community Planning	February 2021	Kos
Structural Identification and Damage Detection in Bridges using Wave Method and Uniform Shear Beam Models: A Feasibility Study	February 2021	Rahmani & Naik
Do Equity and Accountability Get Lost in LOSTs? An Analysis of Local Return Funding Provisions in California’s Local Option Sales Tax Measures for Transportation	February 2021	Lederman, Kellogg, Haas, Wachs & Agrawal
Effective Lesson Plans in Transportation	February 2021	Singleton & Walkup
Infrastructure Academy Transportation Program	January 2021	Hashemian
TOD and Park-and-Ride: Which is Appropriate Where?	January 2021	Niles & Pogodzinski
Using BEAM Software to Simulate the Introduction of On-Demand, Automated, and Electric Shuttles for Last Mile Connectivity in Santa Clara County	January 2021	Hsueh, Czerwinski, Poliziani, Becker, Hughes, Chen & Benn
Developing Guidelines for Assessing the Effectiveness of Intelligent Compaction Technology	January 2021	Mazari, Aval, Satani, Corona & Garrido
Modeling Operational Performance of Urban Roads with Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions	January 2021	Kodupuganti, Mathew & Pulugurtha
Evaluating Financing Mechanisms and Economic Benefits to Fund Grade Separation Projects	January 2021	Chandra, Rahmani, Thai, Mishra & Camacho
Numerical Investigations of Transient Wind Shear from Passing Vehicles Near a Road Structure (Part I: Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Simulations)	January 2021	Rahai & Begum
Financing America’s Infrastructure Needs: Low-Cost Federal Loans Available Now from the Build America Bureau at USDOT	January 2021	Klepper
Local Climate Action Planning as a Tool to Harness the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation and Equity Potential of Autonomous Vehicles and On-Demand Mobility	January 2021	Alexander, Agrawal & Clark