Transportation

Frank Douma, Camila Fonseca-Sarmiento, Robin Phinney, and Jerry Zhao have completed their report, “Mitigating Community Harms of Dense Highway Infrastructure - Spaghetti Junctions,” which analyzes strategies implemented across the U.S. to mitigate the adverse effects of dense highway infrastructure.

Kaitlyn Denten, Camila Fonseca-Sarmiento, and Frank Douma, all of IURIF, published a new report, “Distribution of the E-Bike Rebate and Data Collection for the Analysis of Travel Behavior Impact” for the Center for Transportation Studies.

Professor Yingling Fan and PhD candidate Noah Wexler completed this research report, "The Effects of Highway Improvement Projects on Nearby Business Activity," for the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). They analyzed how state-funded highway improvement projects in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area affected nearby businesses,

Professor Jason Cao and Tao Tao (PhD '22), currently a postdoc researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, published the paper, “Exploring nonlinear and collective influences of regional and local built environment characteristics on travel distances by mode,” in the Journal of Transport Geography. This work was funded by the University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.

Professor Yingling Fan is co-leader of a $6 million grant project to address transportation insecurity, funded by the Federal Transit Administration. The Center for Transportation Studies is leading the research.

PhD student Noah Wexler and Professor Yingling Fan published their paper, "Transitway investment and nearby commercial gentrification," in Multimodal Transportation Journal. Their research examined the impact of mass transit projects on business investments nearby. 

Professor Yingling Fan has developed an innovative “Transportation Happiness Map” that captures the positive emotions tied to biking, reliable public transportation, safe and scenic paths, and avoiding traffic behind the wheel. 

Professor Samuel Myers Jr. has been appointed to serve on the U.S. Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Contracting Equity. He began his three-year term in April. 

Faculty, staff, and student researchers affiliated with the Institute for Urban and Regional Infrastructure Finance (IURIF) have won the 2022 Robert C. Johns Research Partnership Award from the Center for Transportation Studies, for their Minnesota Distance-Based Fee Demonstration.

Humphrey School PhD candidate Tao Tao and Professor Jason Cao published the paper, “Examining motivations for owning autonomous vehicles: Implications for land use and transportation,” in the Journal of Transport Geography.