Project

Strategies for promoting rider connections to suburban transitway stations, 2024-2026, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao), sponsored by Minnesota Transitway Impact Research Program.

The value of dedicated right of way on transit ridership and carbon emissions, 2022-2023, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao), sponsored by Minnesota Transitway Impact Research Program.

 Connecting the Smart-City Paradigm with a Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Systems Framework to Advance Equity in Communities, 2017-2022, (Principal Investigator: Shashi Shekhar, Richard Feiock, Anu Ramaswami, Venkatesh Merwade, Julian Marshall; Investigator: Jason Cao among others), National Science Foundation.

Impact of Transitways on Travel on Parallel and Adjacent Roads, 2019-2020, (Principal Investigator: Alireza Khani; Co-PI: Jason Cao), Sponsored by MnDOT

Examining the challenges and opportunities of autonomous vehicles to urban planning, 2018-2019, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao; Investigator: Frank Douma), Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota

Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety, Equity, and Street Funding: New Criteria for Prioritizing Multimodal Street Projects in Minneapolis, 2018-2019, (Principal Investigator: Greg Lindsey; Investigator: Jason Cao), Road Safety Institute, University of Minnesota

Connecting the Smart-City Paradigm with a Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Systems Framework to Advance Equity in Communities, 2017-2020, (Principal Investigator: Shashi Shekhar, Richard Feiock, Anu Ramaswami, Venkatesh Merwade, Julian Marshall; Investigator: Jason Cao among others), National Science Foundation

After Study of the Bus Rapid Transit ‘A Line” Impacts, 2017-2018, (Principal Investigator: Alireza Khani; Co-PI: Jason Cao), Sponsored by MnDOT.

SRN: Integrated Urban Infrastructure Solutions for Environmentally Sustainable, Healthy and Livable Cities, 2015-2019, (Principal Investigator: Anu Ramaswami, Armistead Russell, Yingling Fan, Benjamin Orlove, and Patricia Culligan; Investigator: Jason Cao among others), in charge of transportation testbed, National Science Foundation.

Green Line LRT and Housing Price, 2016-2017, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao), Sponsored by Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota.

ABC Ramps Transportation Options, 2016-2017, (Principal Investigator: Frank Douma, Investigator: Jason Cao, Yingling Fan, Adeel Lari, Barbara Rohde ), Sponsored by MnDOT.

Exploring the Walking Tolerance of Transitway Users, 2015-2017, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao), Sponsored by MnDOT.

The Futures Project: Planning for Technology Change, 2015-2016, (Principal Investigator: David Levinson; Investigator: Jason Cao, Yingling Fan, Greg Lindsey, Adam Boies), sponsored by MnDOT and Local Road Research Board.

The impacts of transportation investments on economic growth in the Twin Cities, 2014-2015, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao and Michael Iacono; Investigator: David Levinson and Andrew Owen), sponsored by University Metropolitan Consortium and Center for Transportation Studies.

Where and how should we build our homes? Residential location, activity participation and travel behavior, 2014-2017, (Principal Investigator: Petter Naess; Investigator: Jason Cao among others), sponsored by Norwegian Research Council. 

The effects of transitways on auto ownership and auto use: Evidence from the Hiawatha LRT, 2014-2015, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao), sponsored by Minnesota Transitway Impact Research Program.

Travel behavior over time, 2013-2015, (Principal Investigator: David Levinson; Investigator: Jason Cao, Yingling Fan, Greg Lindsey, Michael Iacono), sponsored by MnDOT.

Exploring strategies for promoting modal shifts to transitways, 2013-2014, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao; Investigator: Yingling Fan, Andy Guthrie), sponsored by MnDOT.

PIRE: Developing low-carbon cities in the USA, China & India through inter-disciplinary integration across engineering, environmental sciences, social sciences & public health, 2012-2017, (Principal Investigator: Anu Ramaswami, Armistead Russell, Marian Chertow, Christopher Weible, and Patricia Romero-Lankao; Investigator: Jason Cao among others), in charge of land use and transportation interventions, National Science Foundation.

The impact of light rail transit on sustainable travel and obesity, 2012-2013, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao; Investigator: Lisa Harnack), Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota.

Methodologies for counting bicyclists and pedestrians in Minnesota: An integrated approach to measuring and modeling non-motorized traffic, 2011-2013, (Principal Investigator: Greg Lindsey; Investigator: Jason Cao), MnDOT.

Transportation, environmental, and health impacts of transitways: A case study of the Hiawatha line, 2011-2012, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao), sponsored by Minnesota Transitway Impact Research Program.

Cost-benefit analysis of value pricing: Case study for MnPASS, 2009-2011, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao; Investigator: Lee Munnich and Henry Liu), sponsored by the ITS Institute (RITA), University of Minnesota.

Blueprint for a green, healthy, and livable future: A symposium on transdisciplinary research in policy, planning, engineering, health, law, and humanities, 2009-2010, (Principal Investigators:Greg Lindsey, Yingling Fan, and Jason Cao), sponsored by MN Future Grant, University of Minnesota.

Exploring the effects of telecommuting on congestion mitigation, 2009-2011, (Principal Investigator: Adeel Lari; Investigator: Frank Douma and Jason Cao), sponsored by Minnesota Department of Transportation (through a $3.5 million telecommuting pilot program in the Urban Partnership Agreement)

Value-added: impacts of the proximity to transitway stations on commercial properties, 2009-2010, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao; Investigator: Yingling Fan), sponsored by Minnesota Transitway Impact Research Program. 

Travel grants, The Consortium for the Study of the Asia, University of Minnesota, 2009-2010.

Travel grants, The Office of International Program, University of Minnesota, 2009-2010.

Design of a framework for measuring sustainable regional development, 2009, (Principal Investigator: Bob Johns and Ed Goetz; Investigator: Jason Cao, Yingling Fan, Carissa Schively Slotterback), sponsored by McKnight Foundation.

Impact of Twin Cities transitways on regional labor market accessibility: A transportation equity perspective, 2008-2010, (Principal Investigator: Yingling Fan; Investigator: David Levinson and Jason Cao), sponsored by Minnesota Transitway Impact Research Program.

Substitution between e-shopping and travel: Evidence from the Twin Cities, 2008-2009, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao; Investigator: Frank Douma), sponsored by the ITS Institute (RITA), University of Minnesota.

Understanding transportation impacts of transitways: Demographic and behavioral differences between transitway riders and other transit riders, 2008-2009, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao), sponsored by Minnesota Transitway Impact Research Program.