Presentations
A list of conference presentations made by faculty and staff
Papers and posters presented at Transport Chicago. American Dental Association Building . Chicago, Illinois. June 5, 2009.
"Development of an Interactive Public and Specialized Transportation Information Management System: Statewide Coordination Lessons from Illinois" Dirks, L.,, H. Singh,. and P.S. Sriraj.
"Investigating Strategies to Improve Bus Transit Operations" Bright, C.J.
"The Need for a Federal Urban Freight Policy in the U.S." Miodonski, D.
"Understanding the Impacts of Delays on Blue Line Customers" Bernal, M.
"The Case for Peak Pricing on Public Transit" Smith, M.
Presentations made at the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C. January 11-15, 2009.
“Implementation of Scheduling Conflict Resolution Model in an Activity Scheduling System.” Auld, J., A. Mohammadian and M. Roorda.
“Adapts: Agent-Based Dynamic Activity Planning and Travel Scheduling Model--A Framework.” Auld, J. and A. Mohammadian.
“Tour-Based Mode Choice Modeling: Using an Ensemble of Conditional and Unconditional Data Mining Classifiefiers.” Biagioni, J. Szczurek, P. Nelson and A. Mohammadian.
“Overview of Approaches to Privacy Preservation in Intelligent Transportation Systems and Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Initiative.” Cottrill, C.
“Investigating Contextual Variability in Mode Choice Using Hierarchical Mixed Logit Model.” Long, L., J. Lin and K. Proussaloglou.
“Model-Based Synthesis of Household Travel Survey Data in Small- and Mid-Size Metropolitan Areas.” Long, L., J. Lin, W. Pu .
“Use of Biodiesel in Railways and Its Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Land Use.” McDonnell, S., J. Lin.
“Cost Estimation for Provision of Americans with Disabilities Act Free Special Services in Illinois.” Metaxatos, P., J. DiJohn, L. Dirks and K. Allen.
“A Method for Small-Area Demand Forecasting of Freight Flows/: Chicago Area Transportation Modeling Users Group.” Metaxatos, Pavlos.
“Planning for Bus-on-Shoulder Operations in Northeastern Illinois: Survey of Stakeholders.” Metaxatos, P. and P. Thakuriah.
“Behavioral Considerations in Response to Energy Prices and Global Climate Change.” Mohammadian, A.
“Real-Time Estimation of Urban Street Travel Time Using Buses as Speed Sensors.” Pu, W. and J. Lin.
“School Bus Routing Problem in Large-Scale Networks: A New Approach Utilizing Tabu Search on a Case Study in Developing Countries.” Rashidi, T., H.Z. Asshtiani and A. Mohammadian.
“Competing Hazard Model of Household Vehicle Transaction Behavior with Discrete Time Intervals and Unobserved Heterogeneity.” Rashidi, T. and A. Mohammadian.
“Travel Behavior and the Effects of Household Demographics and Lifestyles.” Rashidi, T., A. Mohammadian and Y. Zhang.
Presentations at ACSP-AESOP 4th Joint Congress. Chicago, IL. July 6-11, 2008.
"Simulation and Investigation of the Path Dependency of Transportation Policy." Lu, Y. and K. Kawamura.
"Is the Relationship Between Built Environment and Obesity Scale Invariant? An Empirical Investigation." Metaxatos, P.
"Making Truck-Rail Intermodal Competitive."Roosa, E. and K. Kawamura.
Papers and posters presented at Transport Chicago. Illinois Institute of Technology. Chicago, Illinois. June 6, 2008.
"Prompted Recall Travel Surveying With GPS." Auld. J., C. Williams and K. Mohammadian.
"Ranking CTA Infill Stations by Fiscal Efficiency Using Alternative Local Financing Methods." Heidel, A., P.S. Sriraj, and D. Barnum.
"Investigating Mode Choice Variability in Mixed Logit Model: Accounting for Residential Neighborhood Type Choice." Long, L., K. Proussaloglou, Cambridge Systematics, Inc; Lin, J.
"Urban Street Travel Time Prediction Using Real Time Bus Tracker Data." Pu, W. and J. Lin.
“FREQ Simulation and Ramp Meter/HOV Bypass Optimization for the Northwest Study Area.” Rodriguez, J., K. Kawamura and A. Samimi.
"An Investigation of Bus Headway Regularity and Service Performance in Chicago Bus Transit System." Ruan, M. and J. Lin.
" Sustainable Development: Examining the Impacts of Built- Environment and Transportation on Public Health.” Samimi, A. and K. Mohammadian.
"Impacts of Idling Reduction Devices on Transit Buses." Ziring, E.
Presentations at 10th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation (AATT). Athens, Greece. May 2008.
“Modeling Activity Scheduling Conflict Resolution Strategies.” Auld, J., A. Mohammadian, P. Nelson and S. Doherty.
“Population Synthesis with Control Category Optimization.” Auld, J., A. Mohammadian and K. Wies.
"An Investigation of Bus Headway Regularity and Service Performance in Chicago Bus Transit System. Lin, J., and M. Ruan.
"Computer Assisted Scheduling and Dispatching Systems in Paratransit: Implementation Alternatives, Costs and Brokerage Potential." Metaxatos, P.
"Development of Adaptive Tracking Technology for the University of Illinois at Chicago Shuttle Bus." Transportation. Metaxatos, P.
"Small Area Estimation of Freight Flows: The Case of Geographically Refined Destinations." Metaxatos, P.
"Buses As Probes: Archived vs. Real-Time AVL." Pu, W., and J. Lin.
“Analysis and Application of Intra- Household Interaction Rules for an Activity-Based Microsimulation of Travel Demand.” Yagi, S. and A. Mohammadian.
Papers presented at the TRB 86th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008.
“Evaluating Pedestrian Risk in Environmental Justice Areas.” Cottrill, C. and P. Thakuriah
“Examination of the Relationship Between Real-Time Traffic Information and Market Entry Barrier for Local Delivery Firms: Agent-Based Approach.” Kawamura, K. and Y. Lu.
“Bayesian Updating of Transferred Household Travel Data Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation with Gibbs Sampler.” Zhang, Y. and A. Mohammadian.
“Microsimulation of Household Travel Survey Data.” Zhang, Y. and A. Mohammadian.
“Examining Common Distributional Assumptions of Travel Characteristics for Data Simulation.” Zhang, Y. and A. Mohammadian.
“Trip Generation Revisited: Estimation of Trip Generation Rates from Small-Scale Household Travel Surveys.” Metaxatos, P. and R. Morocoima-Black.
“Population Synthesis with Region-Level Control Variable Aggregation.” Auld, J., A. Mohammadian and K. Wies.
“Combined Trip Distribution and Assignment Model: Applications to Captive Trips.” Zargari, S. A., M. Araghi and A. Mohammadian.
“Traveler Information Delivery Mechanisms: Impacts on Consumer Behavior.” Khattak, A. J., X. Pan, B. M. Williams, N. M. Rouphail and Y. Fan.
“Longitudinal Analysis of Effect of Transportation Difficulties on Earnings Among Young Adults from Disadvantaged Families.” Thakuriah, P. and L. Tang.
“Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Job Access and Reverse Commute Program.” Thakuriah, P., P. S. Sriraj and T. Schmidt.
“Effectiveness of Transit Strategies Targeting Elderly People.” Rashidi, T. H. and A, Mohammadian.
“Economic Impact of Traffic Incidents on Businesses.” Khattak, A. J., Y. Fan, and C. Teague.
“Evaluation of the Miami-Dade Pedestrian Safety Demonstration Project.” Zegeer, C. V., R. D. Blomberg, D. Henderson, L. Marchetti, S. Masten, Y. Fan, A. Brown, J. S. Stutts, L. S. Sandt and L. Thomas.
“Urban Form, Individual Spatial Footprints, and Travel: An Examination of Space-use Behavior.” Fan, Y. and A. J. Khattak.
“Influence of Urban Form on Work Travel Behavior: Exploration Using Agent-Based Modeling.” Lu, Y., K. Kawamura and M. Zellner.
“Household Excess Travel and Neighborhood Characteristics: Associations and Trade-Offs.” Fan, Y., A. J. Khattak and D. A. Rodriguez.
“Analysis of Transit Quality of Service and Employment Accessibility for the Greater Chicago Region.” Minocha, I., P. S. Sriraj, P. Metaxatos and P. Thakuriah.
“Measuring the Impact of Rail to Road Modal Shift: Results from Three Case Studies.” Pagano, A. M.
“Analysis of Activity Conflict Resolution Strategies.” Auld, J., A. Mohammadian and S. T. Doherty.
“Modeling Daily Activity-Travel Tour Patterns Incorporating Activity Scheduling Decision Rules.” Yagi, S. and A. Mohammadian.
“Joint Models of Home-Based Tour Mode and Destination Choices: Applications to a Developing Country.” Yagi, S. and A. Mohammadian.
Papers and posters presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ASCP) Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, October 18-21, 2007
“Decision Problems In Intelligent Transportation Systems Project Selection, Prioritization and Sequencing." Cottrill, C.D., P. Thakuriah, and T. Gustafson.
“Examining The Path Dependency Of Modal Balance Using A Multi-Agent Simulation.” Kawamura, K. and Y. Lu.
“Does Real-Time Traffic Information Affect Trucking Industry Organization? Exploratory Analysis Using Multi-Agent Simulation.” Kawamura, K. and Y. Lu.
“Built Environment and Obesity In The Chicago Metropolitan Area.” Metaxatos, P. and S. Sööt.
“Demographics of Sprawl and Travel: New Trends in the Chicago Area.” Sööt, S. and Sen, A.
“Optimal Strategy for Multidimensional Fleet Purchases and Assignment.” Sriraj, P.S., D.T. Barnum and D. Andersen.
“Evaluation of the Impact of the U-Pass Program of the Chicago Transit Authority.” Swarup, T.
“Ridership Effects of Real-Time Transit Traveler Information Systems.” Tang, L. and P. Thakuriah.
“Transportation and Employment Accessibility in a Changing Context of Metropolitan Decentralization: Case of New Delhi, India.” Thakuriah, P.
Papers and posters presented at Transport Chicago annual meeting, Chicago, WI, June 1, 2007
“Evaluation of a Data Mining Approach to the Work-Trip Mode Choice in Chicago Area.” Lu, Y.
“’Complete Streets’ Road Design Audits for Bicycles and Pedestrians.” Barsotti, E., S. Hunt, and C. Trigg.
“Evaluating Pedestrian Risk in Environmental Justice Areas.” Cottrill, C.D.
“An Analysis of Passengers’ Perceptions of Train Safety in Chicago.” Yavuz, N., E.W. Welch, and P.S. Sriraj.
“An Analysis of Chicago Area Transit Quality and Accessibility Indicators.” Minocha, I.
“Effectiveness of Transit Strategies Targeting Elderly People.” Rashidi, T.H. and K. Mohammadian.
“Comparison of University Pass Programs on Commuter Rail Services.” Hunt, S.
“Exploring the Merits of a Time-Based Fare Structure and its Implications for the Chicago Transit Authority.” Smith, M.
Presentations at the TRB Annual Meeting Washington, DC, January 21-25, 2007.
"Validity of Using Activity Type to Structure Tour-Based Scheduling Methods." Doherty, S. and Mohammadian, A.
"Novel Direction-Based Clustering Algorithm in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks." Fan, P, A Mohammadian, P. Nelson, J. Haran, and J Dillenburg.
"Evaluation of Application of Delivery Consolidation in U.S. Urban Area Using Logistics Cost Analysis." Kawamura, K and Y Lu.
"Modeling Household Vehicle Transaction Behavior: Competing Risk Duration Approach." Mohammadian, A and T. Rashidi.
"Investigating the Transferability of National Household Travel Survey Data." Mohammadian, A, and Y. Zhang.
"Estimation of Costs of Cars and Light Truck Use Per Vehicle-Kilometer in Canada." Mohammadian, A T. Rashidi, R. Barton, and T Litman.
"Impact of Computer-Assisted Scheduling and Dispatching Systems on Efficiency of Delivery of Paratransit Services: Evidence from Peoria, Illinois." Pagano, A, and P. Mataxatos.
"Trip Table Realization: Underlying Stochasticity and Impacts on Assigned Link Flows." Pu, W., D. Boyce, and J. Lin.
"Policy Simulation for New Bus Rapid Transit and Area Pricing Alternatives Using an Opinion Survey in Jakarta." Yagi, S and A. Mohammadian.
"Microsimulation and Policy Applications of an Activity-Based Modeling System of Travel Demand." Yagi, S. and A Mohammadian.
"Individual and Neighborhood Determinants of Perceptions of Bus and Train Safety in Chicago: An Application of Hierarchical Linear Modeling." Yavuz, N., E. Welch and P.S. Sriraj.
Papers presented at other conferences
“Impact of Changing Demographics on Household- and Individual-Level Travel Attributes.” TRB Conference on Impact of Changing Demographics on the Transportation System. Washington, D.C., October 27-28, 2008. Rashidi, T. and A. Mohammadian.
“Travel Data Simulation Tool.” Proc. of the 11th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities, TRB, Portland, Oregon. September 17-19, 2008. Mohammadian, A.
"Generating County-Level Freight Data Using Public Data Sources." The Mid- Continent Transportation Research Forum. Madison, Wisconsin. August 2008. Ruan, M, and J. Lin.
“Synthetic Household Travel Survey Data Simulat ion.” Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Transport Simulation. Gold Coast , Queensland, Australia. August 6-8, 2008. Zhang, Y. and A. Mohammadian.
"GPS Use by Households: Early Indicators of Privacy Preferences Regarding Ubiquitous Mobility Information Access." First International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science, July 2008, Dublin, Ireland. Cottrill, C.
"Interdisciplinary Transportation Research- Challenges and Opportunities in Use-Inspired Research, Education and Services." Invited Presentation in the Center for Transportation Research and Department of Civil Engineering. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. July 14, 2008. Thakuriah, P.
"Bus Probe Based Urban Travel Time Prediction." Office of Emergency Management and Services. June 25, 2008, Chicago, Illinois. Lin, J.
"Freight Congestion in the Chicago Metropolitan Area." Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Congressmen James Oberstar and Daniel Lipinski). June 17, 2008. DiJohn, J. and P. Thakuriah.
"Mobile Source Emissions and Climate Change." University of Illinois at Chicago, Graduate College Summer Series on Interdisciplinary Perspective on Global Environmental Changes. May 19, 2008, Chicago, Illinois. Lin, J.
“Effects of Transportation, Land Use and Built En v i r o nme n t o n He a l t h .” Proceedings of the 8th Iranian Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering. Tehran, Iran. May 13-15, 2008. Samimi, A., A. Mohammadian and M.R. Ghaeli.
"Economic and Social Urban Indicators: A Spatial Decision Support System for Chicago Area Transportation Planning." Presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. Boston, Massachusetts. April 16, 2008. Thakuriah, P., P.S. Sriraj, P. Metaxatos, I. Minocha and T. Swarup.
(October, 2007) “Accessibility for the Urban Poor: Policies, Analysis and Implementation Strategies.” Presentation in College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Thakuriah, P.
(October, 2007) “IGERT: A Doctoral Program in Computational Transportation Science.” Presentation made in the Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress, Beijing, China. Thakuriah, P.
(April, 2007) “Examining of the Path Dependency of Urban Development and Work Trip Mode Balance Using Agent-Based Model.” Chicago Area Transportation Modeling Users Group. Lu, Y.
(February, 2007) “LEHD: Potential for Transportation Planning and Programming.” Joint Census Bureau and Bookings Institute Workshop on Local Employment Dynamics. Washington, D.C. Thakuriah, P.
(February, 2007) “National Longitudinal Travel Data.” Federal Transit Administration. Washington, D.C. Thakuriah, P.
“An Examination of Anticipated Behavioral Responses to Real-Time Transit Information Systems.” Tang, L. and P. Thakuriah. Proceedings of the World Conference on Transport Research Society, 2007.
“Modeling Household Vehicle Transaction Behavior: Competing Risk Duration Approach.” Mohammadian, A. and T. Rashidi. Transportation Research Board. January 2007.
"An Analysis on Long Term Emission Benefits of a Government Vehicle Fleet Replacement Plan in Northern Illinois." Lin, J., C. Chen and D.A. Niemeier. 11th International Conference of the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies December 9-11, 2006.
"Chicago Mass Transit's Periodic Financial Woes." DiJohn, J. Presentation to Chicago Chapter of Transportation Research Forum, Chicago IL, November 29, 2006.
"Freight Planning and Strategies for Urban Built Areas." Kawamura, K. Center for Advancing Research and Solutions for Society, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI November 17, 2006.
"A Hierarchical Logit Model Analysis of Transferability of National Household Travel Survey Data." Lin, J. and L Long. 53rd Annual North American Meeting of Regional Science Association International, Toronto, ON, Canada November 16, 2006.
"Economic Impacts of Truck Lanes -- A CGE Analysis." Kawamura, K, R. vom Hofe and S. Chen. Assocation of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX November 10, 2006.
“An Analysis of Behavioral Responses to Real-Time Transit Information.” Tang, L. and P. Thakuriah. Paper presented in the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, November, 2006.
“What Neighborhood are You in? Empirical Findings of Relationships between Residential Location, Lifestyle and Travel.” UIC GIS Day. November, 2006. Chicago. Long, L.
"Integrating Land-Use, Urban Transport and Air Quality: A Comparitive Study of China and India." Lin, J. November 17, 2006
“The Returning Trolley – Reintroduction of Streetcars in American Communities.” Wilson, D. and K. Kawamura. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting. Fort Worth, TX. November 10, 2006.
“Transportation Policy Analysis Using an Activity-Based Microsimulation Model.” Yagi, S. and K. Mohammadian. 53rd Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Toronto, ON, Canada. November 14-18, 2006.
“Modeling Accessibility and Equity in Transportation: Perspectives for the Indian Context.” Thakuriah, P. University of Michigan’s Center for Complex Systems and Center for Advancing Research and Solutions for Society. November 17, 2006.
“Design of Prototype Travel Time Information System for Dynamic Content Dissemination and Management.” Thakuriah, P. NAVTEQ. Chicago, IL. October 25, 2006.
UTC Seminar Series, 2006-2007
"Topographically-Based Real-Time Traffic Anomaly Detection in a Metropolitan Highway System." Caceres, R.
"An Analysis of Behavioral Responses to Real-Time Transit Information Systems." Tang, L.
"Examining Privacy in the Context of Intelligent Transportation Systems." Cottrill, C.
"Investigating Mode Choice Regional Variance by Using National Household Travel Survey and Census Transportation Planning Package." Long, L.
"Travel Time Prediction on Signalized Urban Streets Using AVL Buses as Probes." Pu, W.
"The CTA's Pink Line Rapid Transit Service Alternatives and Customer Impact Evaluation." Busby, J.
"Signal Progression Effects on Congestion and Capacity of Intersections." Benekohal, R.
"Takefu City Accident Data Analysis: Perceived Danger and Real Accidents." Kudo, S.