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Research Reports | Active and Completed Projects

Research Reports

• Best Types of Commodity Flow Data for Freight, Railroad, and Ports and Waterways Studies
  February 2023, MnDOT 2023-02
• Improving Railroad Grade Crossing Safety: Accurate Prediction of Train Arrival Times for Emergency Response Management and Driver Decision Support
  February 2019, CTS 19-03
• Accident Prediction Models using Macro and Micro Scale Analysis: Dynamic Tree and Zero Inflated Negative Binomial Models with Empirical Bayes Accident History Adjustment
  February 2019, CTS 19-02
• Positioning, Planning and Operation of Emergency Response Resources and Coordination between Jurisdictions
  February 2018, CTS 18-03
• When and How Much Did the Green Line LRT Increase Single-Family Housing Values in St. Paul, Minnesota?
  May 2017, 10.1177/0739456X17707811
• Student Pass Program Provides Educational, Economic, and Societal Benefits (Research Brief)
  February 2016, CTS Research Brief 2016-01
• Assessing the Impacts of Student Transportation on Public Transit
  December 2015, Metro Transit 2015
• The Influences of the Hiawatha LRT on Changes in Travel Behavior: A Retrospective Study on Movers
  November 2015, CTS 15-10
• Real Estate Development in Anticipation of the Green Line Light Rail Transit in St. Paul
  November 2015, CTS 15-09
• Real Estate Development Impacts of Transitway Funding Announcements (Research Brief)
  August 2015, CTS Research Brief 2015-01-V2
• Ridership and Pedestrian Impacts of Transitways: A Case Study of Hiawatha Light-Rail Transit in Minneapolis (Research Brief)
  March 2013, CTS Research Brief 2013-01
• Transportation Impact of Transitways: A Case Study of Hiawatha Light Rail Transit in Minneapolis
  March 2013, CTS 13-13
• Impacts of the Hiawatha Light-Rail Line on Commercial & Industrial Property Values in Minneapolis: A Transitway Impacts Research Program (TIRP) Research Brief
  July 2010, CTS Research Brief 2010-03
• Impacts of the Hiawatha Light Rail Line on Commercial and Industrial Property Values in Minneapolis
  June 2010, CTS 10-05
• Linking Light Rail Transit to the City: Six Neighborhood Station Districts
  August 1999, MnDOT 2000-01
• Use of the 1992 ICC Public Use Waybill Sample to Analyze Corn Movements by Rail
  March 1994, Mn/DOT P94-6
• An Analysis of Canadian Rail Movements to the United States Using the 1992 Public Use Waybill Sample
  March 1994, Mn/DOT P94-5
• Evaluation of the E-TRAN vehicle propulsion concept
  January 1994, Mn/DOT 1994-03
• Underground Station Design Issues for Light Rail Transit in the Twin Cities Geology
  January 1992, Regional Transit Center

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Active and Completed Projects

• Identify Best Types of Commodity Flow Data for Freight, Railroad, Ports and Waterways Studies
  (06/2021)
• Improving Railroad Grade Crossing Safety: Positioning, Planning, and Operation of Emergency Response Resources and Coordination Between Jurisdictions
  (08/2014)
• Improving Railroad Grade Crossing Safety: Accurate Prediction of Train Arrival Times for Emergency Response Management and Driver Decision Support
  (08/2014)
• Improving Railroad Grade Crossing Safety: Accident Prediction Models Using Macro- and Micro-Scale Analysis
  (08/2014)
• Assessing the Impacts of Student Transportation on City Buses and Trains
  (07/2014)
• The Anticipation of Rail Transit and Real Estate Development: Evidence from Green Line in St. Paul
  (02/2014)
• Understanding and Enhancing the Value of Freight Economy in Minnesota
  (12/2012)
• The Impact of Light Rail Transit (LRT) on Sustainable Travel and Obesity
  (07/2012)
• Transportation, Environmental, and Health Impacts of Transitways: A Case Study of the Hiawatha Line
  (12/2010)
• Value-added: Impacts of the Proximity to Transitway Stations on Commercial Property Values
  (04/2009)
• Intermodal Opportunities for Shortline Railroads in Minnesota
  (07/2000)
• Reducing Risk Taking at Passive Railroad Crossings with Active Warnings
  (07/2000)
• Linking the LRT to the City: The Hiawatha Districts
  (08/1998)
• Grade Crossing Safety: Increasing Public Awareness of the Dangers
  (09/1995)