Conference papers and presentations

Jang, J., Tilahun, N. and P.S. Sriraj (2024) Transit Deserts and First-Mile Interventions to Improve Access: A Case Study Based on Chicago. Presented at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Xu, W., Smart, M., Tilahun, N., Askari, S., Dennis, Z and D. Levinson (2024) Racializing Roads: Are Police Traffic Stops Racially Biased? Presented at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Xu, W., Smart, M., Tilahun, N., Askari, S., Dennis, Z and D. Levinson (2023) Are Chicago Police Traffic Stops Racially Biased? Presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Chicago, Illinois.

Tilahun, N. (2022) Automated Speed Camera Enforcement: Notes on Its Acceptability and Empirical Findings on Effectiveness Based on Chicago’s Speed Cameras. Presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Ermagun, Alireza, Maharjan, S. and N. Tilahun. (2022) Modal Access Gap Across Chicago. Presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Yochai Eisenberg, Y., Hofstra, A., Tilahun, N., and J. Shanley (2022) Rideshare Use Among Adults with Disabilities: Patterns and Predictors Based on a Large Nationally Representative Survey. Presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Ermagun, A. and N. Tilahun (2020) Equity of Transit Accessibility Across Chicago. Presented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Jaeyong Shin. J and N.Tilahun (2020) The Role of Transportation, Urban Amenities, and Life Cycle on the Residential Location Choice of Young Adults. Presented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Shin, J and N. Tilahun (2019) The different tastes of young adults on transportation, urban Amenities, and residential location choice. Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Greenville, South Carolina.

Askari, S., Peiravian, F., Baseri, M. and N. Tilahun (2019) Investigation of User Satisfaction with Fixed-Route Taxi Service: A Case Study of Iran. Presented at the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Shin, J and N. Tilahun (2018) The Effect of Changes in Central Cities on the Residential Location of Millennials. Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Buffalo, New York.

Shin, J. and N. Tilahun (2017) Are Young Adults Really Flocking Back to the City? An Analysis of Migration Trends Under Evolving Transportation and Urban Environments. Presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Li, M. and N. Tilahun (2017) Time Use, Disability, and Mobility Among Older Americans. Presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Keita, Y. and N. Tilahun (2017) Impact of Great Recession on Transportation Spending Distribution of Poor and Middle-Income Households: Gender Analysis. Presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Li, Moyin & Nebiyou Tilahun (2016) A comparative analysis of time allocation for social activities in the United States Between 2003 and 2013. Presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Keita, Yaye & Nebiyou Tilahun (2016) Gendered Mobility: Reshaping the Geography of Workdays During Non-workdays. Presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Tilahun, Nebiyou (2015) The Equity of Accessibility: A Case Study of Chicago. Presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Houston, TX.

S. Yin, M. Li, N. Tilahun, A. G. Forbes, and A. Johnson (2015) Understanding transportation accessibility of metropolitan Chicago through interactive visualization. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Smart Cities and Urban Analytics (UrbanGIS), Seattle, Washington, November 2015. [pdf]

Li, Moyin & Nebiyou Tilahun (2015) A comparative analysis of time allocation for face-to-face social activities in the U.S. 2003 and 2013. Presented at the 14th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research (IATBR); Windsor, U.K.

Tilahun, Nebiyou & Moyin Li (2015) Walking Access to Transit Stations: Evaluating Barriers Using Stated Preference.  Presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Tilahun, Nebiyou & Moyin Li (2015) The Geography of Close Contacts & Face-to-Face Meetings: An Empirical Study.   Presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C. (An earlier version was also presented at the World Symposium on Transport & Land Use Research. Delft, The Netherlands.  June 2014.)

Tilahun, N., Li, M., Thakuriah, P. and Y. Keita (2014) Transit Use and the Work Commute: Empirical Analysis of Role of Built Environment, Last Mile Issues, and Personal Constraints in Mode Choice, Presented at the 93th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Tilahun, Nebiyou and Thakuriah, P. and Y. Keita (2013) Factors Determining Transit Access by Car-Owners: Implications for Intermodal Passenger Transportation Planning, Presented at the 92th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Tilahun, Nebiyou and Yingling Fan (2013) Transit and Access to Jobs in Competitive Clusters, Presented at the 92th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Tilahun, Nebiyou and Yingling Fan (2012) Transit Accessibility & Jobs: Competitive Clusters, Transit System Changes, and Enhancing Regional Accessibility. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Cincinnati, OH.

Tilahun, Nebiyou Y. and David M. Levinson (2012) Home Relocation and the Journey to Work. The 13th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research – IATBR 2012, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Tilahun, Nebiyou Y. and David M. Levinson (2011) An Agent Based Model of Worker and Job Matching, Presented at the 1st World Symposium on Transport & Land Use Research. Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

Thakuriah, P., Soot, S., Cottrill, C., Tilahun, N., Blaise, E., Vassilakis, W. (2011) Integrated and Continuing Transportation Services for Seniors: Case Studies of The New Freedom Program, Presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Thakuriah, P. and N. Tilahun(2011) Incorporating Weather Information into Real-Time Speed Estimates: Comparison of Alternative Models, Presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Thakuriah, P. V., & Tilahun, N. (2010, November). Using real-time weather information for traveler information: a statistical learning application under alternative experimental conditions. In Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science (pp. 35-42). ACM. [pdf]

Tilahun, Nebiyou Y. and David M. Levinson (2010). Contacts and Meetings: Location, Duration and Distance Traveled. Presented at the 89th Annual Transportation Research Board Conference.

Tilahun, Nebiyou Y. and David M. Levinson (2008). A moment of time: valuing reliability using stated preference. Presented at the 87th Annual Transportation Research Board Conference.

Tilahun, Nebiyou Y. and David M. Levinson (2008). Matching home and work: A possible role for social networks. Presented at the 87th Annual Transportation Research Board Conference.

Tilahun, Nebiyou Y. and David M. Levinson (2008). Willingness to Pay and the Cost of Delay on I-394 High Occupancy/Toll Lanes. Presented at the 87th Annual Transportation Research Board Conference.

Tilahun, Nebiyou Y. and David M. Levinson (2007). Matching home and work: A possible role for social networks. Presented at the 2nd Frontiers in Transportation Conference: Social Networks, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Tilahun, Nebiyou Y. and David M. Levinson (2007). Value of time comparisons in the presence of unexpected delay. Presented at the Third International Conference on Transport Network Reliability in Delft, Netherlands.

Tilahun, Nebiyou Y. and David M. Levinson (2006). Selfishness and altruism in travel time and income distributions. Presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the IATBR, Kyoto, Japan.

Tilahun, Nebiyou Y. and David M. Levinson (2006). A moment of time: Reliability in route choice using stated preference. Presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the IATBR, Kyoto, Japan.

Krizek, Kevin J., Pamela Johnson and Nebiyou Tilahun (2005). Trails, lanes, or traffic: Valuing bicycle facilities with an adaptive stated preference survey. Presented at the 84th Annual Transportation Research Board Conference.