As urban areas continue to grow and become denser, transit will be vital in the success and progress of metropolitans. Light rail, particularly in the United States, has [...]

The lack of affordable housing and homelessness continues to be a serious public policy issue. Even though homelessness has been decreasing nationally, major cities have [...]

Intra-jurisdictional delivery of publicly provided services often results in observable differences in service levels that vary by spatial subunit (neighborhood). These [...]

Transit Signal Priority (TSP) is a traffic signal control strategy that can provide priority to transit vehicles and thus improve transit service. However, this control s[...]

Several urban areas in the United States have planned for new facilities to cater to the needs of users of alternative modes of transportation (e.g., public transportatio[...]

City governments across the country invest in rail transit to provide localized access to vital facilities for vulnerable groups of their populations, and to encourage de[...]

Light rail transit is considered as an environmentally sustainable transit option based on perceptions of its possible benefits on minimizing air pollution, energy consum[...]

This dissertation consists of two consecutive parts. The first part examines the impact of light rail transit (LRT) investment on the type of jobs (i.e., industrial and w[...]