2009 Conference

June 5, 2009
American Dental Association
211 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL

2009 Sponsors:

Banner Photo by Ron Zack @ Flickr.

Papers

Impacts of Transit Infrastructure on Development

Making Smart Choices: Transit Oriented Development Corridors in the South Suburbs, A TOD Selector Analysis (David Chandler, María Choca-Urban, Kyle Smith, Center for Neighborhood Technology)
Transit Agencies’ Roles in Transit Oriented Development, A Case Study (Steve Hands, Chicago Transit Authority)
South Over the Alleys: Chicago’s South Side ‘L’, Past, Present and Future (John G. Allen, Ph.D., Regional Transportation Authority, Graham C. Garfield & Anthony Coppoleta, Chicago Transit Authority, Herbert S. Levinson)

Bring It On: Better Freight

South Suburban Freight Study (Ed Paesel, South Suburban Mayors & Managers Association, Barb Sloan, Cambridge Systematics) Part 1& 2
The Mid-City Freightway Study (Monique Urban, Dan Tempesta, Kimon Proussaloglou. Cambridge Systematics, Richard Hazlett, Chicago Department of Transportation)
The Need for a Federal Urban Freight Policy in the U.S. (Daniel Miodonski, University of Illinois at Chicago)

Changing Needs of Transit Customers

Understanding the Impacts of Delays on Blue Line Customers (Margarita Bernal, University of Illinois at Chicago)
Designing Shuttle Services for Niche Markets (Larry Deeter & Lynn Otte, TranSystems)
Transit Ridership Models: Present Status and Future Needs (Grace Gallucci & John G. Allen, Ph.D., Regional Transportation Authority)

Location, Location, Location

Transit Connectivity Index: Examining Transit Availability and its Relation to Location Efficiency (Albert Benedict, Harley Cooper, Gajus Miknaitis, Linda Young, Peter Haas, Center for Neighborhood Technology)
Driving: a Hard Bargain, Housing and Transportation (H+TSM) Affordability in the Chicago Region (María Choca-Urban, Peter Haas, Stephanie Morse, Olympia Moy, Linda Young, Center for Neighborhood Technology)
Willingness to Pay for Job Accessibility: Evidences Revealed from Neighborhood Scale Analyses in Buffalo and Seattle Housing Markets (Sungsoon Hwang, DePaul University)

My Way is the Highway

A Century of Chicago’s Crosstown Corridor: Transportation and Infrastructure from Burnham’s City Beautiful to Richard M. Daley’s Global City (Jean-Paul D. Addie, York University, Canada)
Chicago Area Freeway Performance Measurement (Todd Schmidt, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning)
Congestion Pricing on Chicago’s Highways: What do Drivers Think? (Elizabeth R. Greene & Colin Smith, Resource Systems Group, Inc.)

Pricing Policies

The Case for Peak Pricing on Public Transit (Matt Smith, University of Illinois at Chicago)
Unrealized Assets: Parking Pricing and the Potential for Funding Transportation Choices (Katie Tully & Arline Welty, Active Transportation Alliance)
Intelligent Parking Management (Steven Grant, Booz Allen Hamilton)

Operational Efficiency

CORSIM Application of Alternative Fuels for Transit Buses (Stefan Rukowicz, Ardeshir Faghri, Reza Taromi, University of Delaware)
Investigating Strategies to Improve Bus Transit Operations (CJ Bright, University of Illinois at Chicago)
Transit Signal Priority Regional Plan (Kevin O’Neil, PE, URS Corporation, Taqhi Mohammed, Pace Suburban Bus)
Time-Based Separation Using the LWR Model (Chih-Hsiang & Ta-Chung Wang, Cheng Kung University,Taiwan)

Transportation Management

Poster Session