Transit

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Active and Completed Projects

• Evaluating pedestrian considerations for transit advantage at roundabouts
  (09/2025)
• Workers as Co-designers of Workforce Development: Lessons for Transit Workforce Planning
  (07/2025)
• Study on Post-COVID Pandemic Public Transportation
  (10/2023)
• Value of Dedicated Right-of-Way: Transit Service Reliability and User Impacts
  (07/2023)
• Western Minnesota Contactless Payment Project
  (12/2022)
• MnDOT's Mobility-as-a-Service Platform: Assessing User Behavior and Measuring System's Benefits
  (09/2022)
• The values of dedicated right of way to transit ridership and carbon emissions
  (06/2022)
• Exploring Shared Mobility Public-Private Partnerships
  (02/2022)
• Funding shared mobility services as an extension of existing public transit services
  (02/2022)
• Rural Community Transit Strategies
  (07/2021)
• Transfer Behavior and Off-Peak Commutes
  (07/2021)
• Designing an autonomous service to cover transit last mile in low-density areas
  (06/2021)
• Understanding post-COVID safety concerns towards the use of transit, shared mobility, and connected and automated vehicles in Greater Minnesota
  (10/2020)
• Transitway Development and Commercial Gentrification
  (09/2020)
• Incremental Transition to Electric Transit Systems: Evaluation, Planning, and Operations
  (06/2020)
• COVID-19 Implications on Public Transportation: Understanding Post-Pandemic Travel Behavior Decision-Making Process among Downtown Minneapolis Commuters
  (06/2020)
• Research Paper on the Role of Transportation in Addressing Social Isolation in Older Adults
  (03/2020)
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity along Transitways (Design)
  (12/2019)
• Parking FlexPass at ABC Ramps: Integrating Parking and Transit Options for Sustainable Mobility
  (10/2019)
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity along Transitways
  (09/2019)
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity along Transitways (MN Met Council)
  (09/2019)
• Minnesota Council of Transportation Access, 2020-2021
  (07/2019)
• Impact of Transitways on Travel on Parallel and Adjacent Roads and Park-and-ride Facilities
  (06/2019)
• Bus operator workforce optimization
  (05/2019)
• Transit Program Allocation: Experiences across State and Recommendations for Minnesota
  (02/2019)
• National Accessibility Evaluation, 2018-2019
  (10/2018)
• Value of Transitways to Regional Economies: National and Twin Cities Perspectives
  (10/2018)
• Evaluation of Multimodal Transportation Networks through Shared Mobility Systems
  (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)
• Multimodal Connections with Transitways: Ridership, Access Mode, and Route Choice Implications - Phase II Analysis and Documentation
  (11/2017)
• After Study of the Bus Rapid Transit 'A Line' Impacts
  (05/2017)
• Measuring Travel Happiness in Shenzhen: Framework and Application.
  (04/2017)
• Full-Day Accessibility Evaluation of Transit Systems Using GPS-Based Location Data
  (03/2017)
• Green Line LRT and Housing Price
  (10/2016)
• Smartphone-Based Interventions for Sustainable Travel Behavior
  (10/2016)
• Metro Transit Bus Operator Workforce Optimization
  (09/2016)
• Accessibility and Behavior Impacts of Bus-Highway System Interactions
  (06/2016)
• Modeling Reliability of Multimodal Transportation Networks
  (05/2016)
• Metro Transit Service Reliability Measures Assessment
  (01/2016)
• Those who Need it Most: Maximizing Transit Accessibility and Removing Barriers to Employment in Areas of Concentrated Poverty (Phase 3-Hennepin County)
  (12/2015)
• Develop a Tool to Determine MnPASS Access Spacing
  (11/2015)
• Specific Strategies for Achieving Transit-Oriented Economic Development: Applying National Lessons to the Twin Cities -- Phase 2
  (11/2015)
• Exploring Walking Tolerance of Transitway Users
  (04/2015)
• Spatial and Skills Mismatch of Unemployment and Job Vacancies: Opportunities for Integrated Transit and Workforce Development
  (01/2015)
• The Effects of Transitways on Auto Ownership and Auto Use: Evidence from the Hiawatha LRT
  (09/2014)
• Specific Strategies for Achieving Transit-Oriented Economic Development: Applying National Lessons to the Twin Cities -- Phase 1
  (08/2014)
• Assessing the Impacts of Student Transportation on City Buses and Trains
  (07/2014)
• Economic Development Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit
  (03/2014)
• The Anticipation of Rail Transit and Real Estate Development: Evidence from Green Line in St. Paul
  (02/2014)
• New Jersey Transit Disparity Study
  (01/2014)
• Human Services Research and Transportation Planning
  (09/2013)
• I-35E MnPASS Extenstion Land Use and Transit Enhancement Study
  (08/2013)
• Sustainability for Superbus
  (06/2013)
• Exploring Strategies for Promoting Modal Shifts to Transitways
  (05/2013)
• Statistical Analysis of Fare Compliance
  (03/2013)
• Enabling the Next Generation of Super Hybrid Transit Bus
  (01/2013)
• Transit Station and Stop Design and Travel Time Perceptions
  (11/2012)
• Multimodalism for Small Cities
  (09/2012)
• Economic Benefits of Transportation Service Coordination in Minnesota: Case Studies
  (08/2012)
• The Impact of Light Rail Transit (LRT) on Sustainable Travel and Obesity
  (07/2012)
• Communications and Outreach Support for the Minnesota Council on Transportation Access, FY12
  (12/2011)
• How Do We Keep People on Rural Transit After the Construction Project Ends?
  (10/2011)
• Research on How to Achieve System-Level, Transit-Oriented Jobs-Housing Balance
  (07/2011)
• Evaluating Twin Cities Transitways' Performance and their Interaction with Traffic on Neighboring Major Roads
  (07/2011)
• Bus Driver Intersection Task Analysis: Investigation of Bus-Pedestrian Crashes
  (07/2011)
• Mode share
  (06/2011)
• Itasca County Area Transportation Study, Phase II
  (04/2011)
• A Fast, Action-Based Algorithm for Paratransit Vehicle Assignment
  (02/2011)
• Transportation, Environmental, and Health Impacts of Transitways: A Case Study of the Hiawatha Line
  (12/2010)
• Enterprising Twin Cities Transitways: Regional Competitiveness and Social Equity in an Integrated Land Use and Transit Context
  (10/2010)
• Bike, Bus, and Beyond: Extending Cyclopath to Enable Multi-Modal Routing
  (07/2010)
• Worker Earnings, Commuting, and Labor Force Participation in Minnesota Counties
  (07/2010)
• Assessing Neighborhood and Social Influences of Transit Corridors
  (02/2010)
• System Analysis for Public Transit - Developing Data-Driven Support Tools for Transit Planning and Scheduling
  (12/2009)
• Personal Rapid Transportation Forum
  (10/2009)
• How Affordable is Transportation? An Accessibility-Based Evaluation
  (09/2009)
• Innovative Parking Pricing Demonstration Project - Phase II
  (08/2009)
• Itasca County Area Transportation Study
  (07/2009)
• Extraboard-Driver Workforce Planning for Bus Transit Operations
  (07/2009)
• Workforce Planning for Transit Operations
  (07/2009)
• Transitway Data Management Project
  (04/2009)
• Value-added: Impacts of the Proximity to Transitway Stations on Commercial Property Values
  (04/2009)
• Impact of Twin Cities Transitways on Regional Labor Market Accessibility: A Transportation Equity Perspective
  (11/2008)
• Bus Signal Priority Based on GPS and Wireless Communications (Phase III) - Bus to Roadside Infrastructure Communications Framework for Intelligent Transit Applications
  (10/2008)
• Mining Bus Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) and Automatic Passenger Count (APC) Database for Intelligent Transit Applications
  (09/2008)
• Understanding Transportation Impacts of Transitways: Demographic and Behavioral Differences between Transitway Riders and Other Transit Riders
  (01/2008)
• Technology for Transit: Lane Guidance for Shoulder-running Buses
  (11/2007)
• Guidance Augmentation using VPS for Transit Applications: Year 2 of 2
  (09/2007)
• Economic Impacts of Transitways, Part 1: The Hiawatha Light Rail Line
  (07/2007)
• Super Bus Project Phase I: Energy Audit
  (07/2007)
• GPS Augmentation for Robust Lane Assistance on Cedar Avenue in Support of the Urban Partnership Agreement
  (07/2007)
• Improving Car-sharing and Transit Service with ITS
  (12/2006)
• Examining the Success of Bus Only Shoulder Lanes
  (08/2006)
• Guidance Augmentation Using VPS for Transit Applications
  (08/2006)
• Identifying Physical Opportunities and Barriers for Transit in MNPass I-394 Corridor
  (08/2006)
• Estimating Running Time and Demand for a Bus Rapid Transit Corridor
  (07/2006)
• Using Archived ITS Data To Improve Transit Performance and Management
  (07/2006)
• Multi-Camera Monitoring of Human Activities at Critical Transportation Infrastructure Sites
  (07/2005)
• Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit on West Broadway Neighborhoods in North Minneapolis
  (07/2005)
• Studying the Needs of the Transportation Disadvantaged: Elderly and Developmentally Disabled
  (01/2005)
• Bus Signal Priority on GPS and Wireless Communications - Phase II
  (09/2004)
• Bus Signal Priority Based on GPS and Wireless Communications
  (09/2004)
• Mass Transit Surveillance and Early Warning System
  (08/2004)
• Understanding the Potential Market of Metro Transit's Ridership and Services
  (03/2004)
• Capacity Expansion in the Twin Cities: The Roads-transit Balance
  (02/2004)
• User Perspectives on Location Efficient Mortgages and Car Sharing
  (12/2002)
• Recognition of Human Activity in Metro Transit Spaces
  (11/2002)
• Advanced BRT: Innovative Technologies for Dedicated Roadways
  (07/2002)
• Station Urban Design Issues in Red Rock Commuter Rail
  (06/2002)
• Urban Design, Transportation, Environment and Urban Growth: Transit-Supportive Urban Design Impacts on Suburban Land Use and Transportation
  (02/2001)
• Bus Rapid Transit Technologies: Assisting Drivers Operating Buses on Road Shoulders
  (09/2000)
• Linking the LRT to the City: The Hiawatha Districts
  (08/1998)
• Linking Freeway Bus Service to Freeway Routes: The I-35W Challenge
  (04/1998)
• Dynamic Structural Analysis of Light Weight Guideways Used for Personal Rapid Transit Systems
  (06/1997)
• Rollover Protection and Wheelchair Securement: Assessment
  (07/1996)
• Bus Lines as Economic Development Corridors: Retrofitting Bus Lines on Urban Highways
  (07/1996)
• Human Factors for Transitway Safety Improvement
  (10/1995)
• Bus Amenity Corridors: Structuring Transit Friendly Cities and Suburbs
  (01/1995)