Teaching and Research Interests

My name is Vonu and I am a faculty member in the Urban Planning and Policy Program in the University of Illinois at Chicago. I teach urban transportation and courses in the quantitative sequence in the planning program. My research interests are on advanced technologies in transportation networks and on the relationship between the economy, urban labor markets and transportation systems.

I am generally interested in a wide variety of public policy issues that relate to urban growth dynamics, land-use and sustainability, all of which affects urban and regional transportation systems.  I develop statistical/econometric models and micro/macro-level simulation models to simulate urban and household level decision-making that ultimately drive the demand for transportation.

Currently (as of Fall 2007), I am the lead investigator of grants that are examining the effects of weather, construction and special events on real-time traffic operations. We are also working on developing decision-support systems that will enable transportation agencies to prioritize transportation projects with overlapping (non mutually-exclusive) alternatives that are dependent and have feedback loops with each other and where modeling project sequencing and not prioritization is of primary interest. I am also working with graduate students to study the behavioral impacts of transit traveler information systems and on the effects of privacy and security factors on the quality of real-time information, especially as these relate to Vehicle Infrastructure Information (VII) systems.

A major research interest is on the complex nexus between urban growth dynamics, land-use and transportation accessibility, particularly access to jobs by workers in different occupational strata within various industries. I am currently leading a national-level study on the economic impacts on transportation services that are targeted to low-income/low-skilled workers. We are trying the estimate the societal as well as the longitudinal benefits of such public investments on worker productivity and such employment outcomes such as wages earned, hours worked etc. Proper institutional and coordination strategies are essential for these services to be successful and I have been examining, with my colleagues, how partnerships that plan, finance and operate such services form and are sustained over time.

My research has taken me to different localities within the US and also to different countries around the world. While transportation systems are very much embedded in their local contexts and political environments, there are some planning and methodological issues that tend to be fairly common across these areas. I like to discuss and write about these commonalities ad differences and to bring them to the classroom for discussions with students. Some of you may find my recent paper on job accessibility, urban growth and land decentralization in Delhi, India, to be of interest. 

I am currently the Interim Director of the Urban Transportation Center (http://www.utc.uic.edu ) and a Co-P.I. of the NSF IGERT Ph.D. program on Computational Transportation Science (http://cts.cs.uic.edu )

If you have any questions, please email me at vonu-pt@uic.edu

 

Publications and Book Chapters

·        Thakuriah, P. and Y. Liao (2007). Transportation Expenditures and Ability to Pay. Evidence from Consumer Expenditure Survey. In Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 1985, pp.257-267.

·        Thakuriah, P., P.S Sriraj, S. Soot and Y. Liao (2007). Determinants of Perceived Importance of Targeted Transportation Services for Low-Income Riders. In Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 1986, pp. 145-153.

·        Thakuriah, P. (2006). An Examination of the Simultaneous Relationship between Transportation Expenditures and Household Incomes. Proceedings of the 11^th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Kyoto, August.

·        Sriraj, P.S. and P. Thakuriah (2006). A Spatial Decision Support System for Transit and Housing Markets using the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Interactive GIS. Proceedings of the Applications of Advanced Transportation Technology of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

·        Sriraj, P.S., M. Minor and P. Thakuriah. (2006) Spatial Decision Support System for Low-Income Families: Relocation Tool for the Chicago, Illinois Region. In Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No 1956, pp. 119-126.

·        Thakuriah, P. and Y. Liao. (2006) An Analysis of Variations in Vehicle-Ownership Expenditures. In Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1926, pp. 1-9.

·        Thakuriah, P., S. Soot, P.S. Sriraj, Y. Liao and G. Berman. (2006) Activity and Travel Changes of Job Access Transportation Service Users: Analysis of a User Survey. In Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1927, pp. 55-62.

·        Thakuriah, P. (2004). Job Access Services and Programs for Low-Income Workers: Some Comments. Proceedings of City Futures International Conference, Chicago, IL.

·        Lee, J. and P. Thakuriah (2004). Probabilistic Linkage of Commercial Motor Vehicle and Carrier Data.  In the Journal of Transportation Research Forum, Vol. 43, No. 2, Fall, pp. 37-52.

·        Sinha, A. and P. Thakuriah (2004). Relationship of Occupational, Industry and Socioeconomic Characteristics and Job Start Times: Evidence from Current Population Survey. In Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 1894, pp 67-74

·        Thakuriah, P., P.S. Sriraj and J. F. Ortega (2003). Spatial Data Integration for Low-Income Worker Accessibility Assessment: A Case Study of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Proceedings of the Mid-Continent Transportation Symposium, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

·        Lee, J. and P. Thakuriah (2002). An Evaluation of Alternative Signal Control Strategies. Proceedings of the 9^th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Chicago, IL.

·        Thakuriah, P. (2002). Commercial Motor Carrier Operations in Northeast Illinois Region: Impacts on Land Use Trends Since 1970. In Suburban Sprawl Private Decisions and Public Policy. Eds. Wim Wiewel and Joseph J. Persky. New York: M.E. Sharp, Inc, 2002. 115-134.

·        Sacks, J., B. Park and P. Thakuriah. (2002). Statistically-Based Validation of Computer Models in Traffic Operations and Management. In Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Vol. 5, Issue 1.

·        Thakuriah, P. (2001). Introduction to the Special Issue on Methodological Issues in Accessibility Measures with Possible Policy Implications. In Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Vol.4, Nos. 2/3, Sept.-December.

·        Thakuriah, P. J. Lee, G. Yanos and A. Srinivasan (2001). Motor Carrier Safety: An Assessment of Enforcement Strategies. In Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1779, pp. 150-156. National Research Council.

·        Thakuriah, P., D. Virmani, S. Yun, and P. Metaxatos (2001). Estimation of Demand for Intercity Travel: Issues with the American Travel Survey. In the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board Conference on Personal Travel: The Long and Short of It published in Transportation Research Circular, Number E-C026, pp. 255-270.

·        Thakuriah, P. and P. Metaxatos. (2000). Effect of Residential Location and Transportation on Employment Opportunities. In Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1726, pp. 24-32

·        Thakuriah, P., A. Sen and A. Karr. (1999). Probe-Based Surveillance for Travel Time Information in ITS. In Behavioral and Network Impacts of Driver Information Systems. Edited by Richard Emmerink and Peter Nijkamp. Ashgate Publishing Ltd, England, pp. 393- 425.

·        Sen, A., P. Metaxatos, S. Soot and P. Thakuriah (1999). Estimation of Demand due to Welfare Reform. In Papers in Regional Science, Vol. 78, No. 2.

·        Metaxatos, P., S. Soot, P. Thakuriah and A. Sen (1999). Transportation Planning Process for Linking Welfare Recipients to Jobs. In Transportation Research Record, No. 1626, pp. 149-158.

·        Sen, A., P. Thakuriah, X. Zhu and A. Karr. (1999). Variances of Link Travel Time Estimates: Implications for Optimal Routes. In International Transactions in Operational Research, the Journal of the International Federation of Operations Research Societies, Vol. 6, 1999, 75-87.

·        Sen, A., S. Soot, P. Thakuriah, H. Condie. (1998). Estimation of Static Travel Times in a Dynamic Route Guidance System --- II. In Mathematical Computer Modeling, Vol. 27, No. 9-11, pp. 67-85.

·        Sen, A., P. Thakuriah, X. Zhu and A. Karr. (1997). Frequency of Probe Reports and Variance of Travel Time Estimates. In Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 123, No. 4, July/August.

·        Thakuriah, P. and A. Sen (1996). Quality of Information given by Advanced Traveler Information Systems. In Transportation Research Part C, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 249-266.

·        Thakuriah, P., A. Sen, S. Soot and E. Christopher (1996). Non-response and Urban Travel Models. In Transportation Research Record, No. 1551, Innovative Transportation Data Management, Survey Methods and Geographic Information Systems.

·        Sen, A. and P. Thakuriah (1995). Estimation of Static Travel Times in a Dynamic Route Guidance System. In Network, Control, Communication and Computing Technologies; a special issue of Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Pergamon Press, New York.

·        Soot, S., A. Sen, J. Marston and P. Thakuriah (1995). Multiworker Household Travel Demand. In 1990 National Personal Transportation Survey Report Series, Demographic Special Reports, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, February.

·        Thakuriah, P., A. Sen, S. Soot and E. Christopher (1993). Non-response Bias and Trip Generation Models. Published in Transportation Research Record, No. 1412, Innovations in Travel Survey Methods.

 

External Funded Research

·        IGERT: Integrative Graduate Program in Computational Transportation Science. Funded by National Science Foundation. Co-Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2006-2009.

·        Design of Special Events, Weather and Construction Delay Component of a Dynamic Traveler Information System. Funded by NAVTEQ, LLC. Principal Investigator. Grant term 2007-2008.

·        Bus on Shoulders. Funded by Illinois Department of Transportation. Principal Investigator. Principal Investigator. Grant term 2007-2008.

·        A National Human Service Transportation Survey. Funded by Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), Washington, DC, from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Program. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2007-2008.

·        Technical Studies for the Regional Transportation Authority. Funded by the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA). Co-Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2006-2008.

·        Lipinski/Randolph Scholarship. Funded by Illinois Department of Transportation. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2006-2009.

·        Planning Partners and Economic Impacts Study. Funded by Federal Transportation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2005-2006.

·        Study on Employment Transportation Partnerships and Economic Benefits. Funded by Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), Washington, DC, from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Program. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2005-2006.

·        Study of the Common Ground Process. Funded by Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2005-2006.

·        Impact of Transit on Low-Income Populations. Multi-year, multiple-project grant funded by Federal Transit Administration’s Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program, U.S. Department of Transportation. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2001-2006.

·        System-wide Information for Transportation Assessment and Research. Funded by Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2005-2007.

·        National Partnership for Low-Income Worker Accessibility. Funded by Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Joblinks Program. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2003-2004.

·        Economic Benefits of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Funded by Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative (METSI) of the Illinois Department of Transportation. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2003-2004.

·        Development, Testing and Evaluation of Intelligent Databases for Motor Carrier Safety. Funded by Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation. Principal Investigator.  Grant Term: 2000-2001.

·        Strategic Study for the Combined Development of Chongming, Chanxing and Hensgha Island of Shanghai, China. Funded by Shanghai Municipal Government, People’s Republic of China. Researcher. Grant Term: 2001-2002.

·        Initiative for Access to Jobs and Economic Opportunities. Funded by Illinois Board of Higher Education through University of Illinois at Chicago’s Office of Vice-Chancellor for Research to match FTA’s JARC grant, which requires a 50 percent match. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2001-2003.

·        Initiative for Access to Jobs and Economic Opportunities. Funded by University of Illinois at Chicago to match FTA’s JARC grant, which requires a 50 percent match. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2002-2003.

·        Development of a Midwest Personal Travel Demand Model. Funded by the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative of the Illinois Department of Transportation. Principal Investigator.  Grant Term: 1999-2000.

·        Preliminary Technology Guidelines for an Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Deployment in Malaysia: Implications for a Revenue Model. Funded by Oyster Solutions, New Delhi, India and Sinar Dian Technologies SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 1999-2000.

·        Statistical Support Service for National Transit Database. Funded by Pace, the suburban Chicago bus division of the Regional Transportation Administration. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 1998-2001.  

·        Implications of the Welfare Reform Bill on Suburban Chicago Transit Demand: Some Strategies for Pace. Funded by Pace. Principal Investigator.   Grant Term: 1997-1998. 

·        Transportation and Welfare Reform. Funded by Illinois Department of Human Services. Co-Principal Investigator.  Grant Term: 1998-1998.

·        Travel Information, Access to Economic Opportunities and Issues of Environmental Justice. Funded by Chicago Area Transportation Study. Co-PI.  Grant Term: 2000-2001.

·        Transportation Infrastructure and Network Modeling. Funded by National Science Foundation's (NSF) through the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS). Multi-year, multi-university research project. Researcher.  Grant Term: 1996-1999. 

·        Evaluation of RT-TRACS Adaptive Signal Control. Funded by Chicago Department of Transportation and National Institute of Statistical Sciences. Principal Investigator. Grant Term: 2000-2001. 

·        Comparison of Interstate and Intrastate Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety. Funded by Illinois Department of Transportation. Principal Investigator.  Grant Term: 1998-1999.  

·        Intermodal Safety Issues in Northeastern Illinois. Joint project with the Department of Civil Engineering in Northwestern University. Funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation.  Co-Principal Investigator.  Grant Term: 1998-1999. 

·        Metropolitan Initiative/Case Studies. Funded by Center for Urban and Metropolitan Policy, Brookings Institute. Researcher.  Grant Term: 1998-1999.

·         Highways and Urban Decentralization. Funded by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. Co Principal Investigator.  Grant Term: 1997-1998.

·        Urban Decentralization. Funded by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. Co Principal Investigator.  Grant Term: 1998-2000.

·        Advanced Driver and Vehicle Advisory Navigation Concept. Development and Field Test of a Dynamic In-Vehicle Navigation System. Funded by the Federal Highway Administration, Illinois Department of Transportation, Motorola, Inc, Illinois University Transportation Research Consortium. Graduate Research Assistant. 

 

Unpublished Technical Research Reports and Working Papers

·        Thakuriah, P., Sriraj, P.S. and K. Hoschouer (2006). An Equity Assessment of the Job Access and Reverse Commute Program. With support from Federal Transit Administration, US Department of Transportation, JobLinks Program, and the US Department of Labor. Urban Transportation Center, UIC, March 2006.

·        Thakuriah, P., Sriraj, P. S. J. Persky and R. Baiman (2006) An Economic Analysis of the Targeted Transportation Services for Low-Income Workers. Interim Report to the Federal Transit Administration, US Department of Transportation and the Community Transportation of America, Washington, D.C.

For a presentation of this research, see: Study of Employment Transportation Partnership and Economic Benefits with a Focus on the JARC Program.

·        Thakuriah, P., Sriraj, P.S., Y. Liao, K. Hoschouer (2005). Role of Planning Partnerships in Transportation Coordination. With Support from: Federal Transit Administration, US Department of Transportation, JobLinks Program, and the US Department of Labor. Urban Transportation Center, UIC, March 2005.

·        Sriraj, P.S., M. Minor and P. Thakuriah (2005). Housing Relocation Assistant: A Housing Relocation Tool for the Chicagoland Area. UIC-FTA Working Series.

·        Thakuriah, P. (2005). Variations in Outcomes of Targeted Transportation Services. UIC-FTA Working Series. UIC-FTA Working Series.

·        Sriraj, P.S., M. Minor and P. Thakuriah (2005).  A Spatial Decision Support System for Transit and Housing Markets using the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Interactive GIS. UIC-FTA Working Series.

·        Thakuriah, P. and Y. Liao (2005).  A Longitudinal Analysis of Effects of Adequate Transportation Access in Young Adulthood. UIC-FTA Working Series.

·        Liao, Y. and P. Thakuriah (2005). Multilevel Linear Modeling of Household Vehicle Usage. UIC-FTA Working Series.

·        Thakuriah, P., Sööt, S., Sriraj, P.S., Dickson, C. (2004) Partnerships for Low-Income Employment Transportation. With Support from: Federal Transit Administration, US Department of Transportation, JobLinks Program, and the US Department of Labor. Urban Transportation Center, UIC.

·        Zhou, J. and P. Thakuriah. (2003). Federal-Level Congestion-Related Legislation in the United States and Implications for China. UIC-UTC Working Paper.

·        Niumpradit, S. and P. Thakuriah (2003). Highway Expenditure and Economic Performance: Exploratory Analysis in a Multi-Year Cross-country Setting. UIC-UTC Working Paper.

·        Thakuriah, P., Ortega, J. F. Sriraj, P. S. (2003). Spatial Data Integration for Low-Income Worker Accessibility Assessment: A Case Study of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. UIC-UTC Working Paper.

·        Thakuriah, P. and S. Niumpradit (2003). The Analysis of the Impact of Intelligent Transportation Systems to the Economy: The Case of Electronic Toll Collection systems. Report III to the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative (METSI), August.

·        Sinha, A.K., Thakuriah, P. (2003)  Job Start Times and Occupational Characteristics. UIC-FTA Working Paper WP-3A-04.

·        Thakuriah, P., Liao, Y. (2003) Dynamics of Subsidies and Vehicle Ownership Decisions of Low-Income Families, UIC-FTA Working Paper WP-3B-04.

·        Thakuriah, P., Ortega, J. F. Sriraj, P. S. (2003) Spatial Data Integration Using a Cross-Sectoral Approach. UIC-FTA Working Paper WP-3C-04.

·        Ortega, J. F., Thakuriah, P. (2003) Cross-Sectoral Conceptualization Of Job Accessibility Projects: A Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Support System Application, UIC-FTA Working Paper WP-3D-04.

·        Thakuriah, P., J. Lee and S. Niumpradit. (2003). Development, Testing and Evaluation of Intelligent Databases for Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety. U.S Department of Transportation, BTS, Grant Number DTTS-00-B003-IL Final Report.

·        Niumpradit, S. and P. Thakuriah (2002). The Economic and Aggregate Productivity Benefits of Intelligent Transportation Systems. Report to the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative, University of Illinois at Chicago and Illinois Department of Transportation. Thakuriah, P., J. Lee and others (2002).

·        Thakuriah, P. J. Lee and others. (2002). Evaluation of Alternative Signal Control Strategies in the City of Chicago Final report to the Chicago Department of Transportation.

·        Soot, S., P.S. Sriraj and P. Thakuriah (2002). A Survey of Users of Job Access Reverse Commute Funded Transportation Services. Report to the Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

·        Thakuriah, P. (2002). Data Quality Criteria for Evaluating Commercial Motor Carrier and Vehicle Databases. UIC-UTC Working Paper.

·        Thakuriah, P. (2001). Intelligent Transportation Systems for Economies in Transition.  UTC-UIC Working Paper.

·        Thakuriah, P. (2001). An Assessment of Variability in Low-Income Employee Profiles. UTC-UIC Working Paper.

·        Thakuriah, P. and J. Lee (2001). Data Needs for Evaluation of Adaptive Signal Control Systems. UTC-UIC Working Paper.

·        Thakuriah, P. and J. Lee (2001). Detection of High-Risk Trucks. Data Linkage and Inference. UTC-UIC Working Paper.

·        Zhang, T., M. Jaffe and P. Thakuriah. (2001). Strategic Study for the Combined Development of Chongming, Changxing and Hengsha Insland in Shanghai. Final report to the Chinese Municipal Government.

·        Thakuriah, P.(2000). Preliminary Technology Guidelines for an Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Deployment in Malaysia: Implications for a Revenue Model. Final Report to Oyster Solutions, New Delhi, India and Sinar Dian Technologies SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

·        Soot, S., P. Thakuriah and P. Metaxatos. (2000). Factors Contributing to Growth in VMT. UTC-UIC Working Paper.

·        Thakuriah, P., D. Virmani and S. Yun. (1999). Framework for Intercity Travel Demand Modeling in the United States. UTC-UIC Working Paper.

·        Thakuriah, P. and P. Metaxatos. (1999). An Assessment of Needs for Access to Jobs. UTC-UIC Working Paper.

·        Thakuriah, P., G. Yanos, D. Virmani, A. Sreenivasan and V. Rivas (1999). Comparison of Interstate and Illinois Intrastate Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety. Final Report to Illinois Department of Transportation.

·        Thakuriah, P., S. Soot, and P. Metaxatos.  (1999) Destination Accessibility Measures for a Low-Income Group.  Technical Synopsis Part B of report titled Implications of the Welfare Reform Bill on Suburban Chicago Transit Demand: Some Strategies for Pace.

·        Graves, T. L., A. F. Karr, N. M. Rouphail and P. Thakuriah. (1998) Real-time Prediction of Incipient Congestion on Freeways from Detector Data.  Technical Report #79, National Institute of Statistical Sciences, Research Triangle Park.

·        Thakuriah, P. and  A. Sen (1996).  Quality of Information Given by Advanced Traveler Information Systems.  Working Paper # 51, National Institute of Statistical Sciences.

·        Thakuriah, P. (1996).  Travel Time Estimation with Imputed Signal Control Information.  Working Paper # 52, National Institute of Statistical Sciences.

·        Thakuriah, P., G. Yanos, D. Virmani, A. Sreenivasan and V. Rivas (2000).  Comparison of Interstate and Intrastate Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety.  Final Report No. VB-H1-98 to the Illinois Transportation Research Center.

·        Thakuriah, P., P. Metaxatos and D. Yang (1999).  Propensity for Long-Distance Travel in the United States. Final report to the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative.

·        Thakuriah, P. (1999).  Commercial Motor Carrier Operations in the Northeast Illinois Region: Impacts on Land Use:  Trends Since 1970.  In Metropolitan Case Study for Chicago.  Brookings Institute.

·        Thakuriah, P., S. Soot, P. Metaxatos, and others (1998). Implications of the Welfare Reform Bill on Suburban Chicago Transit Demand: Some Strategies for Pace. Final report to Pace.  This report was a basis for a U.S.  Department of Labor grant to the six-county northeastern Illinois area for transportation purposes and was further used as a basis for the Chicago Area Transportation Study's Job Access and Reverse Commute application to the Federal Transit Administration for FY 1998.

·        Thakuriah, P., S. Soot, A. Sen, P. Metaxatos, and others (1998).  Transportation and Welfare Reform. Final report to the Illinois Department of Human Services.

·        Soot, S., A. Sen, P. Thakuriah and others (1998). Highways and Urban Decentralization. Final report to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.

·        Sen, A., P. Thakuriah, X. Zhu and A. F. Karr. Frequency of Probe Vehicle Reports and Variance of Arterial Link Travel Time Estimates. NISS Working Paper Series.

·        Thakuriah, P. and A. Sen (1996). Quality of Information Given By Advanced Traveler Information Systems. NISS Working Paper Series.

·        Thakuriah, P. and A. Karr. (1996). Analysis of Probe-Based Information on Signalized Arterials. NISS Working Paper Series. NISS Working Paper Series.

·        Thakuriah, P. and A. Karr. (1996). Characterization of Imperfection in Information given by Advanced Traveler Information Systems. NISS Working Paper Series.

·        Sen, A., S. Soot, Thakuriah, P. and A. Karr. (1996). Estimation of Static Travel Times in a Dynamic Route Guidance System – II. NISS Working Paper Series.

·        Thakuriah, P. (1996). Link Travel Time Estimation with Imputed Signal Control Information. NISS Working Paper Series. NISS Working Paper Series.

·        Thakuriah, P. (1994). Transportation Planning and Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems. NISS Working Paper Series. NISS Working Paper Series.

·        Thakuriah, P. and A. Sen (1994). Evaluation of Route Quality in an Advanced Traveler Information System.

·        Thakuriah, P. and A. Sen (1994).  Static Estimates of Travel Times in ADVANCE:  Release 1.5 Algorithm Report and Detail Design Document (#8600).  ADVANCE Working Paper Series #39.

·        Thakuriah, P. (1994).  Static Estimates of Travel Time for ADVANCE.  Release 1.0 SPU Algorithm.  ADVANCE Working Paper Series, Task TRF-TT-31, June.

·        Thakuriah, P. and A. Sen.  (1993) Data Fusion for Travel Time Prediction.  ADVANCE Working Paper Series, Task TRF-TT-07, June.

·        Sen, A., P. Thakuriah and N. Liu  (1993).  Travel Time Prediction: Report for Phase I of the ADVANCE Project.  ADVANCE Working Paper Series, Task TRF-TT-11, September.

·        Sen, A., P. Thakuriah and N. Liu (1993).  Design of the ADVANCE Travel Time Forecasting Procedure.  ADVANCE Working Paper # 31.

·        Sun, L. and P. Thakuriah.  (1993).  Solutions to Selected Exercises in Regression Analysis:  Theory, Methods and Applications. Published by Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.

·        Boyce, D., A. Sen, S. Soot and P. Thakuriah.  (1991).  TAMS' Study on the Third Airport:  A Review of the Enplanement Forecasts. Report to the Bi-State Commission on Site Selection of a Third Airport, Chicago.

Significant Colloquium

·        Mobility and Accessibility for the Urban Poor: Policies, Analysis and Implementation Strategies. Presentation in College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. October 8, 2007.

·           LEHD: Potential for Transportation Planning and Programming. Invited presentation, Joint Census Bureau and Brookings Institute Workshop on Local Employment Dynamics. In Brookings Institute, Washington, D.C. Feb. 1, 2007.

·           National Longitudinal Travel Data. Invited presentation in Federal Transit Administration, U.S. DOT, Washington, D.C. Feb. 1, 2007.

·        Modeling Accessibility and Equity: The Indian Context. Invited presentation in the Center for Complex Systems, University of Michigan, November 17, 2006.

·        Design of a Prototype Travel Time Information System for Dynamic Content Dissemination and Management. Invited presentation in NAVTEQ, Chicago, October 25, 2006.

·        Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Planning, Urban Transportation Systems: Land-Use, Economic Development and Sustainability Interactions. Invited colloquium, May 27, 2006.

·        Government of Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Urban Transportation Systems: Issues and Analysis. Invited colloquium, May 26, 2006.

·        Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Illinois Welfare Policy Symposium. Transportation for Low-Income Employment and Discretionary Trips. Review of Recent Trends. Panelist in Illinois Welfare Policy Symposium. May 24, 2006.

·        School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India. Elements of the U.S. Regional Transportation Planning Process: Overview of the Chicago Area Transportation Plan. Invited colloquium, December 6, 2004.

·        Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies. Model-Based Estimates of Transportation Safety Data Quality.  Invited presentation in the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies 2004 Conference organized by Hong Kong Technical University and University of Hong King, December 2004.

·        Community Transportation Association of America. Partnerships for Low-Income Worker Transportation. Invited presentation in the 2004 CTAA Expo, July 2004.

·        Northwestern University, Transportation Center. Accessibility for Low-Income Workers. Needs Assessment, Trends and Evaluation. Invited speaker, Dec. 4, 2003.

·        Community Transportation Association of America. Low-Income Worker Accessibility: Survey of JARC-Funded Transit in 23 Sites. Invited presentation in Philadelphia, June, 2003.

·        Testimony to U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Illinois Transportation: The Crossroads of Our Nation. April 7, 2003.

·        Interpreting Neighborhood Change, Voorhees Center. Spatial Accessibility to Economic Opportunities: Concepts, Measurement and Implications for Low-income Populations. Invited presentation in Chicago, April 4, 2003.

·        United States Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Data Linkage Issues: Some Considerations and Applications. Invited colloquium in the Statistics Seminar Series, June 11, 2002.

·        ITS America, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank. ITS and Planning in Emerging Markets. Invited speaker in the International Symposium on Intelligent Transportation Systems in Emerging Nations hosted by ITS America, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank. May 2, 2002.

·        University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL. Access to Economic Opportunities. Policy and Methodological Issues. Invited colloquium in the GIS Colloquium Series hosted by the Departments of Planning and Geography. February, 2000.

·        University of Wisconsin. Transportation Systems. Planning to Make It Take Us Where We Want To Go. Invited colloquium made to the University of Wisconsin Spring College Program. April, 2000.

·        Northwestern University/University of Chicago. Joint Center for Poverty Research. Invited presentation as member of a panel on Transportation and Welfare Reform. December 15, 1998.

·        University of Illinois at Chicago. Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science. Estimation of Travel Times on Arterial Street Networks. Invited colloquium. April 4, 1998.

·        Transportation Research Board. Washington D.C. Welfare Reform and Women’s Travel Needs. Invited presentation in TRB’s panel on Transportation and Welfare Reform. January, 1998.

·        Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Quality of Route Guidance in Probe-based Advanced Traveler Information Systems. Invited colloquium in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. May 1995.

·        University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Transportation Planning and Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems. Invited colloquium in the School of Planning and Architecture. April 1994.

·        Indian Institute of Technology.  New Delhi, India. Implementation of a Dynamic Route Guidance System: Issues and Considerations. Invited colloquium. December 1992.

Conference Presentations

(Starred items indicate preparation of a paper)

·        *Transportation And Employment Accessibility In A Changing Context Of Metropolitan Decentralization: Case of New Delhi, India. Presentation in Pre-Organized Session: Urban Work/Labor: The Politics and Ethics of the Changing Development Debate in the Annual Meetings of American Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Milwaukee, Oct 18, 2007.

·        *Decision Problems In Intelligent Transportation Systems Project Selection, Prioritization And Sequencing. Presentation in the ACSP Annual Conference, Milwaukee, Oct 20, 2007.

·        *Ridership Effects of Real-time Transit Traveler Information Systems. Presentation in the ACSP Annual Conference, Milwaukee, Oct 21, 2007.

·        *Relationship of Attitudes towards Road and Transit Capital Investments and Propensity to Ride Transit Given Traveler Information. Paper presented in January, 2007 annual meetings of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

·        *An Analysis of Behavioral Responses to Real-Time Transit Information. Paper presented in the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, November, 2006.

·        *An Examination of the Simultaneous Relationship between Transportation Expenditures and Household Incomes. Presentation made in the 11^th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Kyoto, August 2006.

·        *Transportation Expenditures and Ability to Pay:  Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey.  Paper presented in January, 2006 annual meetings of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

·        *Determinants of Perceived Importance of Targeted Transportation Services for Low-Income Riders. Paper presented in January, 2006 annual meetings of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

·        * Housing Relocation Assistant: A Housing Relocation Tool for the Chicagoland Area. Paper presented in January, 2006 annual meetings of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

·        *Variations in Outcomes of Targeted Transportation Services. Paper presented in Oct. 2005 American Collegiate Schools of Planning conference, Kansas City, MO.

·        *A Spatial Decision Support System for Transit and Housing Markets using the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Interactive GIS. Paper presented in Oct. 2005 American