Urban Transit Institute at the Transportation Institute - Research

The following reports are available in pdf format. If you have any difficulties, please contact rmgreenb@ncat.edu

Current Research Abstracts

• Transit Security in Small Urban Areas: Planning to Meet the Needs of Consumers with Disabilities (Phase IV) by Patricia Bethea-Whitfield, Ed.D., January 2005

• Crisis Management: Are Public Transportation Authority Leaders Prepared? by Wander Lester, Ph.D. and Vereda King, Ph.D., 2005

Final Research Reports

• Strategic Planning Effectiveness in Public Transit Agencies by Isaiah Ugboro, Ph.D. and Kofi Obeng, Ph.D., September 2005

• Assessing Dialysis Transportation Needs in Rural and Small Urban Transit Systems by Mary R. Lind, Ph.D. and Joanne M. Sulek, Ph.D., September 2005

• Developing an Evaluation Procedure of Regional Human Services Transportation by Julian Benjamin, Ph.D. and Ryoichi Sakano, Ph.D.,

• Best Practices of Rural and Small Urban Transportation Systems for Decreasing the Impact of Natural Disasters by William D. Cooper, Ph.D. and L. Milton Glisson, Ph.D., C.P.M., June 2005

• Evaluation of Traffic Safety in Construction Work Zones by Silvanus Udoka, Ph.D., May 2005

• Crash Risk Reduction at Signalized Intersections Using Longitudinal Data by Mark L. Burkey, Ph.D. and Kofi Obeng, Ph.D., January 2005

• Transit Security in Small Urban Areas: Planning to Meet the Needs of Consumers with Disabilities (Phase III) by Patricia Bethea-Whitfield, Ed.D., January 2005

• Failsafing Operations in Rural and Small Urban Transit Systems by Mary R. Lind, Ph.D. and Joanne M. Sulek, Ph.D., January 2005

• Traffic Control System Based on a Competitive Cumulative Momentum Model by Chung Yu, Ph.D. and Sheldon Muir, January 2005

• The Practice and Use of Strategic Planning Systems in Public Transit Organizations by Isaiah Ugboro, Ph.D. and Kofi Obeng, Ph.D., January 2005

• Board Effectiveness and Organizational Performance: A Study of Public Transit Sytems by Kofi Obeng, Ph.D. and Isaiah Ugboro, Ph.D., January 2004

• A Detailed Investigation of Crash Risk Reduction Resulting From Red Light Cameras in Small Urban Areas, Final Updated, July 2004 by Mark L. Burkey, Ph.D. and Kofi Obeng, Ph.D., September 2003

• Establishing Processes for Identification of Security Enhancement Opportunities and Implementation of Security Enhancement Programs in Public Transit Industry: A Six Sigma Approach by Kathryn Dobie, Ph.D. and Rhonda Hensley, Ph.D., January 2004

• Implementing Information Technology Projects in Rural and Small Urban Transit System by Mary R. Lind, Ph.D. and Joanne M. Sulek, Ph.D., January 2004

• A Fiber Optic Intersection Traffic Control System Based on a Competitive Cumulative Momentum Model by Chung Yu, Ph.D. and Sheldon Muir, January 2004

• Transit Security on Small Urban Areas: Planning to Meet the Needs Of Consumers with Disabilities (Phase I and II) by Patricia Bethea-Whitfield, Ed.D., January 2004

• Smart and Environmentally Responsible Traffic Signal Control by Chung Yu, Ph.D., Albert Harbury, and Chung Yu, April 2003

• A Detailed Investigation of Crash Risk Reduction Resulting From Red Light Cameras in Small Urban Areas, Preliminary by Mark L. Burkey, Ph.D. and Kofi Obeng, Ph.D., July 2002

• Public Transit Boards: Organizations and Characteristics by Kofi Obeng, Ph.D. and Isaiah Ugboro, Ph.D., January 2003

• The Effect of Source Data Automation Technology on Paratransit  Efficiency by Joanne M. Sulek, Ph.D. and Mary R. Lind, Ph.D., January 2003

• Evaluating Effects of Travel Demand Management in a Medium-Sized Urban Area by Julian Benjamin, Ph.D. and Ryoichi Sakano, Ph.D, August 2001
  

• Managing the Aftermaths of Contracting in Public Transit Organizations: Employee Perception of Job Security, Organizational Commitment and Trust by Isaiah Ugboro, Ph.D. and Kofi Obeng, Ph.D., August 2001
  

• Modeling Transit Issues Unique to Hurricane Evacuations: North Carolina's Small Urban and Rural Areas by Judy A. Perkins, Ph.D., December 2001
  

  UTI Annual Reports

• 2000-2001 Annual Report

• 2001-2002 Annual Report

• 2002-2003 Annual Report

• 2003-2004 Annual Report