Equity

Research Reports | Active and Completed Projects

Research Reports

• Turning Point: Shared Automated Vehicles Could Make Cities More Livable, Equitable
  August 2022, CTS 22-07
• Commercial Gentrification Along Twin Cities Transitway Corridors
  May 2022, CTS 22-02
• Fostering Social Equity with Automated Vehicles (Research Brief)
  March 2022, CTS Research Brief 2022-02
• A Vision for Future Streets: Leveraging AVs for Greater Health, Equity, Livability, and Prosperity (Research Brief)
  March 2022, CTS Research Brief 2022-01
• Advancing Social Equity with Shared Autonomous Vehicles: Literature Review, Practitioner Interviews, and Stated Preference Surveys
  January 2022, CTS 22-01
• Future Streets: Leveraging Autonomous Shared Vehicles for Greater Community Health, Equity, Livability and Prosperity
  August 2021, MDC
• A Toolkit for Community Engagement in Transitway Planning (Research Brief)
  August 2021, CTS Research Brief 2021-02
• Transitway Buildout Improves Accessibility to Nonwork Destinations (Research Brief)
  August 2021, CTS Research Brief 2021-03
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity Along Transitways: Toward a Mixed-Methods Toolkit - Part 2
  March 2021, CTS 21-05
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity Along Transitways: Toward a Mixed Methods Toolkit - Part 1
  January 2021, CTS 21-04
• Planning for Disruption: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
  September 2019, CTS 19-28
• Identifying the Opportunities and Obstacles of Connected and Automated Vehicles in Rural Minnesota: Community Engagement in Greater Minnesota
  June 2019, TPEC 2019-02
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Risk and Equity: Implications for Street Improvement Projects
  June 2019, CTS 19-15
• Maximizing the benefits of transitways in areas of concentrated poverty (Research Brief)
  May 2019, CTS Research Brief 2019-05
• Those Who Need It Most: Maximizing Transit Accessibility and Removing Barriers to Employment in Areas of Concentrated Poverty
  March 2019, CTS 19-05
• Advancing Transportation Equity: Research and Practice
  February 2019, CTS 19-08
• Strategies for Achieving Transit-Oriented Development (Research Brief)
  March 2018, CTS Research Brief 2018-03
• Specific Strategies for Transit-Oriented Development: Applying National Lessons to the Twin Cities - Phase 2
  November 2017, CTS 17-09
• Linking the Unemployed to Jobs: Integrated Transit Planning and Workforce Development (Research Brief)
  June 2016, CTS Research Brief 2016-04
• Spatial and Skills Mismatch of Unemployment and Job Vacancies
  May 2016, CTS 16-05
• Maximizing the Benefits of Transitway Investment (Research Summary)
  September 2012, CTS 12-16PS
• Maximizing the Benefits of Transitway Investment (Final report)
  September 2012, CTS 12-16
• Maximizing the Benefits of Transitway Investment (Research Brief)
  May 2012, CTS Research Brief 2012-03

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Active and Completed Projects

• Increasing Food Access: Integrated Vehicle Routing and Assortment Planning for Mobile Markets
  (09/2022)
• Feasibility Study: State - Tribal Partnership to Support Solar Energy
  (04/2022)
• Transportation Equity Training for MnDOT
  (03/2022)
• Improving Transportation Equity for all by Centering the Needs of Marginalized and Underserved Communities
  (07/2021)
• Transfer Behavior and Off-Peak Commutes
  (07/2021)
• Enhancing Managed Lane Equity Analysis
  (06/2021)
• Maximizing Transportation Assets by Building Community Connection Through Innovative Development of Rights of Way and Airspace
  (06/2021)
• Advancing Equity in Accessibility and Travel Experiences: The Role of Gender and Identity
  (05/2021)
• MnDOT FY 2022-2024 FTA DBE Goals
  (02/2021)
• MnDOT FY 2022-2024 FHWA DBE Goals
  (02/2021)
• Transitway Development and Commercial Gentrification
  (09/2020)
• Research Paper on the Role of Transportation in Addressing Social Isolation in Older Adults
  (03/2020)
• Equitable Access to Healthcare Through Improved Access to Transportation
  (01/2020)
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity along Transitways (Design)
  (12/2019)
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity along Transitways
  (09/2019)
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity along Transitways (MN Met Council)
  (09/2019)
• SCC: Leveraging Autonomous Shared Vehicles for Greater Community Health, Equity, Livability, and Prosperity (HELP)
  (09/2018)
• Advancing Transportation Equity Research & Literature/Program Review
  (03/2018)
• The Road Towards Equity in the Twin Cities: Envisioning the future of Vehicle Automation, Job Access and Equity in the 21st Century
  (03/2018)
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety, Equity, and Street Funding: New Criteria for Prioritizing Multimodal Street Projects in Minneapolis
  (02/2018)
• Connecting the Smart-City Paradigm with a Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Systems Framework to Advance Equity in Communities
  (01/2018)
• Those who Need it Most: Maximizing Transit Accessibility and Removing Barriers to Employment in Areas of Concentrated Poverty (Phase 3-Hennepin County)
  (12/2015)
• Specific Strategies for Achieving Transit-Oriented Economic Development: Applying National Lessons to the Twin Cities -- Phase 2
  (11/2015)
• Spatial and Skills Mismatch of Unemployment and Job Vacancies: Opportunities for Integrated Transit and Workforce Development
  (01/2015)
• Specific Strategies for Achieving Transit-Oriented Economic Development: Applying National Lessons to the Twin Cities -- Phase 1
  (08/2014)
• Enterprising Twin Cities Transitways: Regional Competitiveness and Social Equity in an Integrated Land Use and Transit Context
  (10/2010)
• Assessing Neighborhood and Social Influences of Transit Corridors
  (02/2010)
• How Affordable is Transportation? An Accessibility-Based Evaluation
  (09/2009)
• Impact of Twin Cities Transitways on Regional Labor Market Accessibility: A Transportation Equity Perspective
  (11/2008)
• Measuring the Equity and Efficiency of Ramp Meters
  (07/2000)