Research Reports

  1. Brakewood and Davis (2025). TCRP Synthesis 182: Providing Low-Income Fare Discounts at Public Transit Agencies. Transit Cooperative Research Program. 127 pages. (Link to Report).
  2. Cline, Sener, Blume, Miller, Brakewood, Hightower, Minor (2024). NCHRP Report 1126: Sustaining Zero-Fare Public Transit in a Post COVID-19 World: A Guide for State DOTs. National Cooperative Highway Research Program. 76 pages. (Link to Report; Link to Excel Tool).
  3. Mishra, Golias, Brakewood, Aravind (2024). Influencing Mode Shift through Behavioral Change Strategies. Final Report for Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), Nashville, Tennessee. 77 pages. (Link to Report).
  4. Brakewood, Cherry, Ziedan, and Shah (2023). Transit – Serving Communities Optimally, Responsively, and Efficiently (T-SCORE) Center.  Project C3 – Quantifying the Impact of New Mobility on Transit Ridership. Final Report for the United States Department of Transportation. (Link to Report).
  5. Brakewood, Cherry, Ziedan, Shah, Aryal, Hightower, and Whitehouse (2023). Tier 1 University Transportation Center (UTC) Match Funds for the Strategic Implications of Changing Public Transportation Travel Trends. RES2021-15: Transit – Serving Communities Optimally, Responsively, and Efficiently (T-SCORE) Center. Final Report for the United States Department of Transportation and the Tennessee Department of Transportation. (Link to Report).
  6. Guo, Hightower, Cherry and Brakewood (2022). Evaluating Transit Equity and Accessibility to Affordable Housing in Tennessee. Final Report for Tennessee Department of Transportation. (Link to Report).
  7. Brakewood (2022).  TCRP Synthesis 163: Considering the Unbanked in Cashless Fare Payment at Point of Service for Bus/Demand-Response Services. (Download Report).
  8. Gu, Zhang, Brakewood, Han (2022). WAZE Data Reporting. Final Report for Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). (Link to Report).
  9. Mishra, Brakewood, Golias, Aravind, Venthuruthiyil, and Sharma (2022). Connecting Demand Response Transit with Fixed Service Transit. Final Report for Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). (Link to Report).
  10. Watkins, Berrebi, Erhardt, Hoque, Goyal, Brakewood,  Ziedan, Darling, Hemily, and Kressner (2021). TCRP Report 231: Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, and Responses. (Download Report).
  11. Aryal, Cherry, Brakewood, Han, Sexton, Nelson, and Cate (2021). Evaluating Performance and Benefits of Road Reconfigurations in Tennessee. Final Report for Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), Nashville, Tennessee. (Link to Report).
  12. Khojandi, Brakewood, Cherry, Jin, Rezaei, and Haque (2021). Improvement of Park-and-Ride Facilities and Services in Metropolitan Areas of Tennessee. Final Report for Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). (Link to Report).
  13. Crossland, Brakewood and Cherry (2021). Investigating the Service of App-Based Rideshare and Transportation Network Companies in Tennessee. Final Report for Tennessee Department of Transportation. (Link to Report).
  14. Golub, Brown, Brakewood and MacArthur (2021). Applying an Equity Lens to Automated Payment Solutions for Public Transportation. NITC-RR-1268. Final Report for the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), Portland, Oregon. 90 pages. (Link to Project Page and Final Report).
  15. Brakewood (2020). TCRP Synthesis 148: Business Models for Mobile Fare Apps. Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. (Download Report).
  16. Dumbaugh, Saha, Brakewood, and Ziedan (2020). Examining the Traffic Safety Effects of Urban Rail Transit: A Review of the National Transit Database and a Before-After Analysis of the Orlando SunRail and Charlotte Lynx Systems. Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety. Final Report. (Download Report).
  17. Shah, Cherry, Brakewood, Cate, Kohls, Ortmann and Proulx (2020). TDOT Bicycle & Pedestrian Counting: Best Methodologies Assessment. Final Report for the Tennessee Department of Transportation (Link to Report).
  18. Peters and Brakewood (2019). Utilizing Digital Exhaust from Smartphone Applications for Transportation Planning, Continuous Measurement, and Market Analysis. Final Report for University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) Region 2. (Download Report).
  19. Teal, Larsen, King, Brakewood, Frei, and Chia (2019). TCRP Report 210: Development of Transactional Data Specification for Demand-Responsive Transportation. (Download Report).
  20. Hendricks, Barbeau, Joslin & Brakewood (2018). Mobile Fare Payment Technology Phase II. Final Report for FDOT. (Download Report).
  21. Brakewood (2018). Evaluating the Impacts of Real-Time Information on Subway Ridership in New York City. Final Report for the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC). (Download Report).
  22. Brakewood and Paaswell (2017). Assessing NJ TRANSIT’s Mobile App for User’s Receptiveness to Geotargeting. Final Report for New Jersey DOT. (Download Report).
  23. Georggi, Barbeau, Joslin, and Brakewood (2016). Assessment of Mobile Fare Payment Technology for Future Deployment in Florida. Final Report for FDOT. (Download Report).
  24. Watkins, LaMondia, and Brakewood (2015). Developing a New Course for Public Transportation Education. Final Report for STRIDE. (Download Report).
  25. Barbeau, Brakewood, and Watkins (2015). Moving America on Transit–Innovation in Real-time Transit Information. NCTR 79017. (Download Report).