Projects
A selection of downloadable one-page project descriptions
Current Projects
Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative (FY08)
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Making the CTA More Competitive in the 21st Century
UTC-CTA Project website
Principal Investigator:
P.S. Sriraj
Rail Freight Transportation Policy Research Program
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Analysis Of Employment Transportation And New Freedom Programs: Trends And Outcomes
Principal Investigator:
Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah
Freight Planning Support System for Northeastern Illinois
Principal Investigator:
Kazuya Kawamura
Planning for the Bogota, Columbia Metro System
Principal Investigators:
Siim Sööt and Joseph DiJohn
Public and Specialized Transportation Providers Database Project
Principal Investigator:
Lise Dirks
Rapid Replacement/Construction of Bridges
Principal Investigator:
P.S. Sriraj
The Relationship Between Transportation and the Housing Crisis
Principal Investigator:
Siim Sööt
Scoping Data Access and Integration Needs to Facilitate Better Management of Research Innovation
Principal Investigator:
P.S. Sriraj
Analysis Of The Impact of the Senior Ride Free and Circuit Breaker Programs on Public Transit in the Chicago Region
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Completed Projects
Bus on Shoulders: Analysis of a Preliminary Concept
Principal Investigator:
Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah
The Burnham Transportation Plan of Chicago: 100 Years Later
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Relationship Between Obesity and Built Environment in the Chicago Area
Principal Investigator:
Paul Metaxatos
Asset Management and Metropolitan Planning Organizations
Principal Investigator:
P.S. Sriraj
The Impact of Freight Congestion on the Chicago Area Commute
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Coordination and Partnerships in Employment and Human Services Transportation
Principal Investigator:
Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah
Summary Report (pdf)
Design of Special Events, Weather and Construction Delay Component of a Dynamic Traveler Information System
Principal Investigator:
Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah
ADA Special Services: Price Elasticity for the Provision of Free Service In the State of Illinois
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Final Report (pdf)
Development of Transportation Planning Information for the Chicago Region Using the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) Data
Principal Investigator:
Paul Metaxatos
Ramp High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV)
Principal Investigator:
Kazuya Kawamura
Lake County Coordinated Paratransit Study
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Final Report (pdf)
Human Services Transportation Provider Survey
Principal Investigator:
Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah
Technical Services to the RTA
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Technical Assistance for Modeling to the Champaign MPO
Principal Investigator:
Paul Metaxatos
Systemwide Information for Transportation Assessment: Economic Impacts and ITS Deployment Planning
Principal Investigator:
Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah
Systemwide Information for Transportation Assessment: American Community Survey (ACS) Data
Principal Investigator:
Siim Sööt
Systemwide Information for Transportation Assessment: Transferability of Household Travel Survey Data in Calibrating and Validating Travel Forecasting Models
Principal Investigator:
Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian and Jie (Jane) Lin
Systemwide Information for Transportation Assessment and Research: Chicago Region Freight Study
Principal Investigator:
Kazuya Kawamura
Economic Analysis and Partnerships of the Job Access and Reverse Commute Program
Principal Investigator:
Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah
UTC-FTA-CTAA JARC website
Final Report
North East Lake County Transportation Organization
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
McHenry County Coordinated Paratransit Study
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Disruption Management Template Development
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Are Sprawl and Obesity Related? Evidence from the Chicago Area
Principal Investigator:
Siim Sööt
Final Report (pdf)
Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study
Principal Investigator:
Kazuya Kawamura
IGERT Program on Computational Transportation Science
IGERT website
Principal Investigator:
Ouri E. Wolfson
Where is the 2000-2005 Growth in Metropolitan Chicago: Collar or Fringe Counties?
Principal Investigator:
Siim Sööt
Final Report (pdf)
Impact Analysis for Freight Operation Improvements
Principal Investigator:
Kazuya Kawamura
Outer Circumferential Land Use Study
Principal Investigator:
Siim Sööt
Best Practices for Linking Strategic Planning to Resource Allocation and Implementation Decisions Using Elements of a Transportation Asset Management Program
Principal Investigator:
Anthony Pagano
Database of State-Agency Transportation Funding
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Pedestrian Safety in Illinois, 1990-2000
Principal Investigator:
Siim Sööt
Final Report (Word Document)
Evaluation of Bridge Inspection and Assessment in Illinois
Principal Investigator:
Sue McNeil
State of Illinois Job Access Reverse Commute Program
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Regional Transportation Authority Intelligent Transportation Systems
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Development of Integrated Economic Impact Analysis Tool for Equity Sensitive Projects
Principal Investigator:
Kazuya Kawamura
Technical Support for the Special Committee on Mass Transit for Northeastern Illinois
Principal Investigator:
Sue McNeil
Measuring the Benefits of Implementing Asset Management Systems and Tools
Principal Investigator:
Sue McNeil
Technology Transfer for Asset Management in Transportation III
Principal Investigator:
Sue McNeil
Visualizing Metra
Principal Investigator:
Laxmi Ramasubramanian
Development, Evaluation and Testing of Intelligent Transportation Databases for Motor Carrier Safety
Principal Investigator:
Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah
A Side Collison Warning System for Transit Buses
Principal Investigator:
Sue McNeil
Strategic Project Plan: Computer Assisted Scheduling and Dispatch Systems
Principal Investigator:
Anthony Pagano
Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS) High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Bypass Lanes on Metered Expressway
Principal Investigator:
Jung Taek Lee
A Knowledge Discovery Framework for Civil Infrastructure Contexts
Principal Investigator:
Sue McNeil
Recent Trends in Illinois Motor-Vehicle Fatalities
Principal Investigator:
Siim Sööt
Development of Intercity Bus Strategic Plan and Program
Principal Investigator:
Anthony Pagano
Travel Behavior, Economic Development and Urban Decentralization
Principal Investigator:
Siim Sööt
Kane County Transit Opportunity Assessment
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Evaluation of Near-Transportation Private Sector Asset Management Practices
Final Report (November 2002)
Principal Investigator:
Sue McNeil
Factors Affecting Collisions at Gated Rail-Highway Crssings: A Northeastern Illinois Case Study
Principal Investigator:
Paul Metaxatos
Traffic System Signal Inventory
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Transportation Information Clearinghouse
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
Final Report, January 2004(PDF)
I-55 Corridor Growth Study in Will County
Principal Investigator:
Joseph DiJohn
