UTRC follows the reporting requirements set forth by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). The purpose of these reports is to share the funded research results available for the transportation professionals and researchers and to publish the center’s past and future activities in the education, workforce development and technology transfer programs.
UTRC publications include a variety of reports; Project Reports, Project Briefs, Journal Articles, Quarterly Newsletters, Annual Reports, and Conference Reports. These reports can be accessed using the search tool which filters publications by the report type, publication year, principal investigator, and research topics.
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Title: 2025 New Jersey Gubernatorial Candidates Transportation Voter Guide Author(s): Matthew W. Daus, Esq Publication Year: 2025 The 2025 New Jersey Gubernatorial Candidates Transportation Voter Guide was prepared by the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC). This guide is an objective comparison of the transportation policy positions of the two major… |
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Title: 2025 NYC Mayoral Candidates Transportation Policy Primer & Voter Guide Author(s): Matthew W. Daus, Esq Publication Year: 2025 Every four years, the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) releases an independent, non-partisan report analyzing the transportation policy positions of New York City’s mayoral candidates. The report is part of a long-standing effort… |
| Title: Curbing the Limousine Insurance Crisis: For-Hire Vehicle Insurance Reform Author(s): Matthew W. Daus, Esq Publication Year: 2025 This report, prepared by Matthew W. Daus for the National Limousine Association (NLA), provides an in-depth examination of the rising cost of commercial auto insurance for executive… |
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Title: Addressing Unlicensed & Illegal Ride Hailing in the NY/NJ Metro Region Author(s): Matthew W. Daus, Esq Publication Year: 2025 This report examines the rise of illegal and unlicensed for-hire vehicle (FHV) operations in New York and New Jersey, focusing on unauthorized taxis, limousines, and off-… |
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Title: Experimental Study on Pre-tressed Concrete Box Beams from a Decommissioned Bridge Strengthened with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Anchors and Laminates Author(s): Dr. Andreas Stavridis Publication Year: 2023 This study addresses the need to increase the flexural capacity of deteriorated pre-stressed concretebox beams through an experimental campaign involving the design, application, and testing of aretrofit scheme. The retrofit scheme considered… |
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Title: The NYC Taxi & For-Hire Vehicle Insurance Crisis: Root Causes & Solutions Author(s): Matthew W. Daus, Esq Publication Year: 2025 The NYC taxi and for-hire vehicle (“FHV”) insurance crisis has reached a pivotal point, driven by high insurance premiums that threaten to price-out individual drivers and fleet owners and rooted in the $700 million insolvency of the New York… |
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Title: Intercity Buses: Planning for a Post-Pandemic Paradigm Author(s): Matthew W. Daus, Esq Publication Year: 2024 The publication delves into the challenges and opportunities facing the intercity bus industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It outlines the industry's pre-pandemic… |
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Title: The Expanding Transportation Network Company “Equity Gap”: Adverse Impacts on Passengers with Disabilities, Underserved Communities, the Environment & the On-Demand Workforce Author(s): Matthew W. Daus, Esq Publication Year: 2016 This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the negative impacts that the proliferation of Transportation Network Companies (“TNCs”) have had on people with disabilities, underserved communities, the environment, social responsibility, and… |
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Title: The Airport of the Future: A Sustainable & Equitable Ground Transportation Management Paradigm Author(s): Matthew W. Daus, Esq Publication Year: 2023 This report endeavors to identify and convey best and accepted practices for managing commercial ground transportation at airports during construction and redevelopment projects, including when the construction phase is complete and the project… |
| Title: Report: Coordinated Street Furniture Franchise Author(s): Cristina Mejia Cancelado Publication Year: 2022 |
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Title: Report: Establishing Community Context Author(s): Fabian Barch Publication Year: 2022 |
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Title: Report: Analysis of Socioeconomic and Demographics Methodologies and Forecasting Solutions Author(s): Julia Amaral Publication Year: 2022 |
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Title: Equity Impacts of NYC Congestion Pricing on Taxi and For-Hire Vehicle Drivers and Passengers Author(s): Matthew W. Daus, Esq Publication Year: 2022 There are three principal types of equity considerations that relate to the distribution of benefits and burdens of congestion pricing: (1) income equity, (2) geographic equity, and (3) modal equity. This report attempts to look at first two,… |
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Title: Business Location Data Analysis and Editing Interface Tool Development Author(s): Dr. Camille Kamga, Sandeep Mudigonda Publication Year: 2021 One of the most important aspects of transportation planning is understanding employment information of businesses and organizations. Information such as location of employment, size of organization or business in terms of employees, sales, can… |
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Title: Performance Evaluation of Asphalt Mixtures Statewide Author(s): Publication Year: 2021 Currently, asphalt mixtures are design using volumetric concepts to determine optimum asphalt content levels with no means of verifying mixture performance prior to field production and placement. A new design methodology called Balanced Mixture… |
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Title: Performance Evaluation of Asphalt Mixtures Statewide Author(s): Dr. Thomas Bennert Publication Year: 2021 Currently, asphalt mixtures are design using volumetric concepts to determine optimum asphalt content levels with no means of verifying mixture performance prior to field production and placement. A new design methodology called Balanced Mixture… |
| Title: UTRC NYC 2021 Mayoral Election Transportation Policy Advisory Committee Report Author(s): Matthew W. Daus, Esq, Dr. Camille Kamga Publication Year: 2021 UTRC assembled a Transportation Policy Advisory Committee for the upcoming 2021 NYC Election and just released a report summarizing candidates’ positions on transportation issues. … |
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Title: When misconceptions impede best practices: evidence supports biological control of invasive Phragmites Author(s): Bernd Blossey Publication Year: 2019 Development of a biological control program for invasive Phagmites australis australis in North America required 20 years of careful research, and consideration of management alternatives. A recent paper by Kiviat et al. (Biol Invasions 21:2529–… |
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Title: Utilizing Digital Exhaust from Smartphone Applications for Transportation Planning, Continuous Measurement, and Market Analysis Author(s): Dr. Jonathan R. Peters, Dr. Candace Brakewood Publication Year: 2019 The goal of this project was to take a critical look at how new technologies used by transit riders can transform transportation, particularly to assess what riders do after they obtain travel information. The smartphone application, Transit App… |
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Title: Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Drivers: Making Highways Safer for Everyone Author(s): Martin E. Gordon Publication Year: 2019 One of the primary goals of USDOT is to make the U.S. transportation system the safest In the world. In order to fulfill this goal, it is important to understand how to improve highway safety for all users – including those users that may have… |