UIC-College of Business Administration

Paul Metaxatos

Biography

Paul is a Research Assistant Professor with the University of Illinois at Chicago Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. He has had over 15 years of professional experience in transportation. He has conducted research in land use, transportation and freight modeling, transit planning, and ITS evaluation with a focus on policy analysis. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Paul is a standing member of the Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee corridor Commercial Vehicle Operations committee. More information about Prof. Metaxatos can be found in his personal website at

http://www.utc.uic.edu/~pavlos/ .

Expertise

Transportation, freight, and ITS planning, policy evaluation, performance measurement, data quality

Representative Publications

Pagano, A. and P. Metaxatos (forthcoming). Organizational Structures for Brokerage of Paratransit Services. Accepted for publication in the Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Metaxatos, P., P.S. Sriraj, S. Sööt and J. DiJohn (2005). Effect of Whistle-Blowing Bans on Accidents at Gated Rail-Highway Crossings: The Northeastern Illinois Experience. Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Vol. 43, No. 2, Winter 2004, 101-116.

Metaxatos, P. (2004). Estimation and Accuracy of Origin-Destination Highway Freight Weight and Value Flows. Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Vol. 6(2/3): 67–80.

Metaxatos, P. and A.M. Pagano (2004). Efficiency, Effectiveness Impacts of a Computer-Assisted Scheduling and Dispatching System Implementation. Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Vol. 43, No. 1, Spring 2004, 77-90.

Pagano, A., P. Metaxatos and A. Morreale (2004). Computer-Assisted Scheduling and Dispatching Systems for Paratransit Brokerage and Coordination: State Strategies for Implementation. Transportation Research Record 1884, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council,

Washington , D.C. , 47-54.

Pagano, A. and P. Metaxatos (2003). Measuring Intercity Bus Transportation Unmet Needs. Transportation Research Record 1841, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 41-53.

Pagano, A.M., P. Metaxatos and M. King (2002). Effect of Computer-Assisted Scheduling and Dispatching Systems on Paratransit Service Quality. Transportation Research Record 1791, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 51-58.

Pagano, A.M., P. Metaxatos and M. King (2001). How Effective is Computer-Assisted Scheduling and Dispatching in Paratransit? Results from a Survey. Transportation Research Record 1760, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 100-106.

Thakuriah, P., and P. Metaxatos (2000). Effect of Residential Location and Access to Transportation on Employment Opportunities. Transportation Research Record 1726, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 24-32.