Publications

Askari, S., Tilahun, N., and Levinson, D. Determinants of automated speed camera location choice. Journal of Transport Geography, 137, 104869.

Xu, W., Smart, M., Tilahun, N., Askari, S., Dennis, Z., Li, H., and Levinson, D. The racial composition of road users, traffic citations, and police stops. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(24), e2402547121.

Tilahun, N. Safety Impact of Automated Speed Camera Enforcement: Empirical Findings Based on Chicago’s Speed Cameras. Transportation Research Record, 2677(1), 1490–1498.

Kim, S. J., Shin, J., and Tilahun, N. Racial disparities in the pattern of intergenerational neighbourhood mobility. Urban Studies, 60(2), 256–273.

Tilahun, N., Persky, J., Shin, J., and Zellner, M. Childhood Poverty, Extended Family and Adult Poverty. Journal of Poverty, 27(1), 1–14.

Eisenberg, Y., Hofstra, A., Tilahun, N., and Shanley, J. Rideshare use among people with disabilities: Patterns and predictors based on a large nationally representative survey. Travel Behaviour and Society, 29, 246–256.

Maharjan, S., Tilahun, N., and Ermagun, A. Spatial equity of modal access gap to multiple destination types across Chicago. Journal of Transport Geography, 104, 103437.

Shin, J., and Tilahun, N. The role of residential choice on the travel behavior of young adults. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 158, 62–74.

Tilahun, N., Persky, J., Shin, J., and Zellner, M. Place Prosperity and the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty. Review of Regional Studies, 51(2), 208–220.

Askari, S., Peiravian, F., Tilahun, N., and Yousefi Baseri, M. Determinants of users’ perceived taxi service quality in the context of a developing country. Transportation Letters, 13(2), 125–137.

Ermagun, A., and Tilahun, N. Equity of transit accessibility across Chicago. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 86, 102461.

Li, M., and Tilahun, N. A comparative analysis of discretionary time allocation for social and non-social activities in the US between 2003 and 2013. Transportation, 47(2), 893–909.

Li, M., and Tilahun, N. Time Use, Disability, and Mobility of Older Americans. Transportation Research Record, 2650(1), 58–65.

Tilahun, N., and Levinson, D. Contacts and Meetings: Location, Duration and Distance Traveled. Travel Behaviour and Society, 6, 67–74.

Tilahun, N., Thakuriah, P., Li, M., and Keita, Y. Transit Use and the Work Commute: Analyzing the Role of Last Mile Issues. Journal of Transport Geography, 54, 359–368.

Tilahun, N., and Li, M. Walking Access to Transit Stations: Evaluating Barriers with Stated Preference. Transportation Research Record, 2534(1), 16–23.

Yin, S., Li, M., Tilahun, N., Forbes, A. G., and Johnson, A. Understanding Transportation Accessibility of Metropolitan Chicago through Interactive Visualization. Proceedings of the 1st International ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop on Smart Cities and Urban Analytics (UrbanGIS), 77–84.

Tilahun, N., and Fan, Y. Transit and Job Accessibility: An Empirical Study of Access to Competitive Clusters and Regional Growth Strategies for Enhancing Transit Accessibility. Transport Policy, 33, 17–25.

Tilahun, N., and Levinson, D. Selfishness and Altruism in the Distribution of Travel Time and Income. Transportation, 40(5), 1043–1061.

Tilahun, N. Y., and Levinson, D. M. An Agent Based Model of Origin Destination Estimation (ABODE). Journal of Transport and Land Use, 6(1), 73–88.

Thakuriah, P., and Tilahun, N. Incorporating Weather Information into Real-Time Speed Estimates: Comparison of Alternative Models. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 139(4), 379–389.

Tilahun, N., and Levinson, D. Work and home location: Possible role of social networks. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 45(4), 323–331.

Thakuriah, P. V., Soot, S., Cottrill, C., Tilahun, N., Blaise, T., and Vassilakis, W. Integrated and Continuing Transportation Services for Seniors. Transportation Research Record, 2265(1), 161–169.

Tilahun, N. Y., and Levinson, D. M. A moment of time: Reliability in route choice using stated preference. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 14(3), 179–187.

Tilahun, N. Y., Levinson, D. M., and Krizek, K. J. Trails, lanes, or traffic: Valuing bicycle facilities with an adaptive stated preference survey. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 41(4), 287–301.

Krizek, K. J., Johnson, P. J., and Tilahun, N. Gender differences in bicycling behavior and facility preferences. Research on Women’s Issues in Transportation, Volume 2: Technical Papers, Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings 35, 31–40.

Tilahun, N., Askari, S., and Levinson, D. Determinants of Speed Camera Location Choice. 104th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Tilahun, N., Askari, S., and Levinson, D. The Racial Composition and Volume of Tickets at Red Light Cameras. 104th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Jang, J., Tilahun, N., and Sriraj, P. S. Transit Deserts and First-Mile Interventions to Improve Access: A Case Study Based on Chicago. 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Xu, W., Smart, M., Tilahun, N., Askari, S., Dennis, Z., and Levinson, D. Racializing Roads: Are Police Traffic Stops Racially Biased? 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Xu, W., Smart, M., Tilahun, N., Askari, S., Dennis, Z., and Levinson, D. Are Chicago Police Traffic Stops Racially Biased? Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting.

Tilahun, N. Automated Speed Camera Enforcement: Notes on Its Acceptability and Empirical Findings on Effectiveness Based on Chicago Speed Cameras. 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Ermagun, A., Maharjan, S., and Tilahun, N. Modal Access Gap Across Chicago. 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Eisenberg, Y., Hofstra, A., Tilahun, N., and Shanley, J. Rideshare Use Among Adults with Disabilities. 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Ermagun, A., and Tilahun, N. Equity of Transit Accessibility Across Chicago. 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Shin, J., and Tilahun, N. The Role of Transportation, Urban Amenities, and Life Cycle on the Residential Location Choice of Young Adults. 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Shin, J., and Tilahun, N. The different tastes of young adults on transportation, urban amenities, and residential location choice. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.

Askari, S., Peiravian, F., Baseri, M., and Tilahun, N. Investigation of User Satisfaction with Fixed-Route Taxi Service: A Case Study of Iran. 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Shin, J., and Tilahun, N. The Effect of Changes in Central Cities on the Residential Location of Millennials. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.

Shin, J., and Tilahun, N. Are Young Adults Really Flocking Back to the City? 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Li, M., and Tilahun, N. Time Use, Disability, and Mobility Among Older Americans. 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Li, M., and Tilahun, N. A comparative analysis of time allocation for social activities in the United States between 2003 and 2013. 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Tilahun, N. The Equity of Accessibility: A Case Study of Chicago. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.

Yin, S., Li, M., Tilahun, N., Forbes, A. G., and Johnson, A. Understanding transportation accessibility of metropolitan Chicago through interactive visualization. Proceedings of the 1st International ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop on Smart Cities and Urban Analytics (UrbanGIS), 77–84.

Tilahun, N., and Li, M. Walking Access to Transit Stations: Evaluating Barriers Using Stated Preference. 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Tilahun, N., Li, M., Thakuriah, P., and Keita, Y. Transit Use and the Work Commute. 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Tilahun, N., and Fan, Y. Transit and Access to Jobs in Competitive Clusters. 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Tilahun, N. Y., and Levinson, D. M. Home Relocation and the Journey to Work. International Conference on Travel Behavior Research.

Tilahun, N. Y., and Levinson, D. M. An Agent Based Model of Worker and Job Matching. World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research.

Thakuriah, P., Tilahun, N., and Zellner, M., eds. Seeing Cities through Big Data: Research, Methods and Applications in Urban Informatics. Springer. Edited volume.

Thakuriah, P., Tilahun, N., and Zellner, M. Big Data and Urban Informatics: Innovations and Challenges to Urban Planning and Knowledge Discovery. In Seeing Cities through Big Data. Springer.

Zhu, S., Tilahun, N., He, X., and Levinson, D. M. Travel Impacts and Adjustment Strategies of the Collapse and Reopening of the I-35W Bridge. In Network Reliability in Practice.

Tilahun, N., and Levinson, D. Unexpected delay and the cost of lateness on I-394 high occupancy/toll lanes. In Travel Demand Management and Road User Pricing.

Sutton, S., and Tilahun, N. Red-Light and Speed Cameras: Analyzing the Equity and Efficacy of Chicago’s Automated Enforcement Program.

Tilahun, N., Yin, S., and Li, M. The Metropolitan Chicago Accessibility Explorer. Technical Report, Urban Transportation Center, University of Illinois Chicago.

Tilahun, N., Li, M., Keita, Y., and Thakuriah, P. Next Generation Intermodal Transportation System. Technical Report, Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois Chicago.

Douma, F., Tilahun, N., and Peck, S. Impact of Exempting the Recording of Low Level Speed Violations. Technical Report.

Munnich, L., Dworin, J., Tilahun, N., and Schmitt, M. Assessing Minneapolis-St. Paul’s Regional Economic Competitiveness: An Analysis of Industry Clusters. CURA Reporter, 44(2).

Fan, Y., and Tilahun, N. Enterprising Twin Cities Transitways: Regional Competitiveness and Social Equity in an Integrated Land Use and Transit Context. Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota.

Thakuriah, P., Tilahun, N., Soot, S., Cottrill, C., and Vassilakis, W. Case Studies of Job Access and Reverse Commute Program: 2009–2010. Final Report to the Federal Transit Administration.

Davis, G., Tilahun, N., and Mesa, P. Statistical Modeling for Intersection Decision Support. Minnesota Department of Transportation.

Krizek, K., Barnes, G., Poindexter, G., Mogush, P., Thompson, K., Levinson, D., Tilahun, N., et al. Guidelines for Analysis of Investments in Bicycle Facilities. NCHRP Project 7-14.