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Home > Research > Research by Topic > Rail

Rail

Active and Completed Projects | Research Reports

Active and Completed Projects
  • The Impact of Light Rail Transit (LRT) on Sustainable Travel and Obesity
    (2012)
  • Transportation, Environmental, and Health Impacts of Transitways: A Case Study of the Hiawatha Line
    (2010)
  • Intermodal Opportunities for Shortline Railroads in Minnesota
    (2000)
  • Reducing Risk Taking at Passive Railroad Crossings with Active Warnings
    (2000)
  • Linking the LRT to the City: The Hiawatha Districts
    (1998)
  • Grade Crossing Safety: Increasing Public Awareness of the Dangers
    (1995)

Research Reports
  • Transportation Impact of Transitways: A Case Study of Hiawatha Light Rail Transit in Minneapolis
    Mar 2013, CTS 13-13
  • Linking Light Rail Transit to the City: Six Neighborhood Station Districts
    Aug 1999, MnDOT 2000-01
  • An Analysis of Canadian Rail Movements to the United States Using the 1992 Public Use Waybill Sample
    Mar 1994, Mn/DOT P94-5
  • Use of the 1992 ICC Public Use Waybill Sample to Analyze Corn Movements by Rail
    Mar 1994, Mn/DOT P94-6
  • Evaluation of the E-TRAN vehicle propulsion concept
    Jan 1994, Mn/DOT 1994-03
  • Underground Station Design Issues for Light Rail Transit in the Twin Cities Geology
    Jan 1992, Regional Transit Center

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