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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