selected publications academic article Khreis, H., Sanchez, K. A., Foster, M., Burns, J., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., Jaikumar, R., Ramani, T., & Zietsman, J. (2023). Urban policy interventions to reduce traffic-related emissions and air pollution: A systematic evidence map. Environment International. 172, 107805-107805. Tivey, J., Davies, H., Levine, J., Zietsman, J., Bartington, S., Ibarra-Espinosa, S., & Ropkins, K. (2023). Meta-Analysis as Early Evidence on the Particulate Emissions Impact of EURO VI on Battery Electric Bus Fleet Transitions. Sustainability. 15(2), 1522-1522. Fox, M., Penbrooke, T., Farzaneh, R., Rahman, M., Ramani, T., & Zietsman, J. (2022). Pilot study and cumulative risk framework to advance long-haul driver health. 2(2), 88-96. Mendoza-Sanchez, I., Uwak, I., Myatt, L., Van Cleve, A., Pulczinski, J. C., Rychlik, K. A., ... Johnson, N. M. (2022). Maternal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in South Texas, evaluation of silicone wristbands as personal passive samplers. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 32(2), 280-288. Glazener, A., Sanchez, K., Ramani, T., Zietsman, J., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., Mindell, J. S., Fox, M., & Khreis, H. (2021). Fourteen pathways between urban transportation and health: A conceptual model and literature review. 21, 101070-101070. Askariyeh, M. H., Venugopal, M., Khreis, H., Birt, A., & Zietsman, J. (2020). Near-Road Traffic-Related Air Pollution: Resuspended PM2.5 from Highways and Arterials. 17(8), 2851-2851. Sohrabi, S., Zietsman, J., & Khreis, H. (2020). Burden of Disease Assessment of Ambient Air Pollution and Premature Mortality in Urban Areas: The Role of Socioeconomic Status and Transportation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(4), 1166-1166. Askariyeh, M. H., Vallamsundar, S., Zietsman, J., & Ramani, T. (2019). Assessment of Traffic-Related Air Pollution: Case Study of Pregnant Women in South Texas. 16(13), 2433-2433. Alotaibi, R., Bechle, M., Marshall, J. D., Ramani, T., Zietsman, J., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., & Khreis, H. (2019). Traffic related air pollution and the burden of childhood asthma in the contiguous United States in 2000 and 2010. 127, 858-867. Zietsman, J., Johnson, J., Ramani, T., Farzaneh, R., Rodgers, M., Samoylov, A., Xu, Y. A., & Moore, A. (2018). Effectiveness of Idle Reduction Technologies in Reducing Driver Exposure to Diesel Emissions. Transportation Research Record. 2672(25), 1-10. Khreis, H., de Hoogh, K., Zietsman, J., & Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J. (2018). The Impact of Different Validation Datasets on Air Quality Modeling Performance. Transportation Research Record. 2672(25), 57-66. Chen, Y., Hu, K., Zhao, J., Li, G., Johnson, J., & Zietsman, J. (2018). In-use energy and CO2 emissions impact of a plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicle based on real-world driving. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 15(5), 1001-1008. Levy Zamora, M., Pulczinski, J. C., Johnson, N., Garcia-Hernandez, R., Rule, A., Carrillo, G., ... Koehler, K. (2018). Maternal exposure to PM2.5 in south Texas, a pilot study. Science of the Total Environment. 628-629, 1497-1507. Ramani, T., Zietsman, J., & Pryn, M. R. (2018). Towards Sustainable Transport Planning in the United States. 18(3), 276-294. Askariyeh, M. H., Kota, S. H., Vallamsundar, S., Zietsman, J., & Ying, Q. i. (2017). AERMOD for near-road pollutant dispersion: Evaluation of model performance with different emission source representations and low wind options. 57, 392-402. Zietsman, J. (2017). Driver Exposure - Impact of Idle Reduction Technologies. 5, S33-S33. Kumar, S., Nimchuk, N., Kumar, R., Zietsman, J., Ramani, T., Spiegelman, C., & Kenney, M. (2016). Specific model for the estimation of methane emission from municipal solid waste landfills in India. 216, 981-987. Ramani, T. L., & Zietsman, J. (2016). Sustainable transportation - alternative perspectives and enduring challenges. International Journal of Urban Sciences. 20(3), 318-333. Bishop, G. A., Hottor-Raguindin, R., Stedman, D. H., McClintock, P., Theobald, E. d., Johnson, J. D., ... Misra, C. (2015). On-road heavy-duty vehicle emissions monitoring system. 49(3), 1639-1645. Ramani, T., Kader, M., Johnson, J., Jacobs, T., Spiegelman, C., & Zietsman, J. (2015). Incorporating Onboard Diagnostics into Fleet Preventive Maintenance Practices. Transportation Research Record. 2482(2482), 1-7. Ramani, T. L., Zietsman, J., Ibarra, K., & Howell, M. (2013). Addressing Sustainability and Strategic Planning Goals Through Performance Measures Study of Bus Rapid Transit Systems in El Paso, Texas. Transportation Research Record. 2357(2357), 33-40. Ko, M., Lord, D., & Zietsman, J. (2013). Environmentally Conscious Highway Design for Vertical Grades. Transportation Research Record. 2341(2341), 53-65. Lv, J., Zhang, Y., & Zietsman, J. (2012). A convex approach to traffic assignment problem under air quality constraints for planning purposes. Advances in Transportation Studies. 85-96. Ramani, T., Sprague, S., Zietsman, J., Kumar, S., Kumar, R., & Krishnan, A. (2012). Landfill Gas to Energy Applications in India: Prefeasibility Analysis of Mumbai Landfills. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste. 16(3), 250-257. Li, J., Shi, P., Shan, H., Lu, M., Ramani, T., Zietsman, J., Kumar, S., & Kumar, R. (2012). A Glance at the World. 32(3), 613-616. Ko, M., Lord, D., & Zietsman, J. (2012). Environmentally Conscious Highway Design for Crest Vertical Curves. Transportation Research Record. 2270(2270), 96-106. Ramani, T., Zietsman, J., Kumar, S., & Kumar, R. (2012). Improving municipal solid waste management in India A Glance at the World. Waste Management. 32(3), 613-614. Ramani, T. L., Zietsman, J., Knowles, W. E., & Quadrifoglio, L. (2011). Sustainability Enhancement Tool for State Departments of Transportation Using Performance Measurement. Journal of Transportation Engineering. 137(6), 404-415. Bari, M. E., Zietsman, J., Quadrifoglio, L., & Farzaneh, M. (2011). Optimal deployment of emissions reduction technologies for construction equipment. 61(6), 611-630. Lee, D., Zietsman, J., Farzaneh, M., & Johnson, J. (2011). Characterization of On-Road Emissions of Compressed Natural Gas and Diesel Refuse Trucks. 2233(2233), 80-89. Farzaneh, M., Lee, J. S., Villa, J., & Zietsman, J. (2011). Corridor-Level Air Quality Analysis of Freight Movement North American Case Study. 2233(2233), 19-26. Ramani, T. L., Zietsman, J., Gudmundsson, H., Hall, R. P., & Marsden, G. (2011). Framework for Sustainability Assessment by Transportation Agencies. Transportation Research Record. 2242(2242), 9-18. Ramani, T. L., Quadrifoglio, L., & Zietsman, J. (2010). Accounting for Nonlinearity in the MCDM Approach for a Transportation Planning Application. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 57(4), 702-710. Farzaneh, M., Schneider, W. H., & Zietsman, J. (2010). Field Evaluation of Carbon Dioxide Emissions at High Speeds. 2191(2191), 152-157. Farzaneh, M., Zietsman, J., & Lee, D. (2009). Evaluation of In-Use Emissions from Refuse Trucks. 2123(2123), 38-45. Zietsman, J., Bari, M. E., Rand, A. J., Gokhale, B., Lord, D., & Kumar, S. (2008). Feasibility of landfill gas as a liquefied natural gas fuel source for refuse trucks. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association. 58(5), 613-619. Farzaneh, M., Zietsman, J., Perkinson, D., & Spillane, D. (2008). Comparative Field Evaluation of Biodiesel Impact on Hot Stabilized Emissions from School Buses. 2058(2058), 43-50. Zietsman, J., Rilett, L. R., & Kim, S. (2006). Transportation corridor decision-making with multi-attribute utility theory. International Journal of Management and Decision Making. 7(2/3), 254-254. Zietsman, J., & Perkinson, D. G. (2005). Estimating Extended Idling Emissions of Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks in Texas. 1941(1), 34-42. Zietsman, J., & Rilett, L. R. (2000). Aggregate- and disaggregate-based to travel time estimations - Comparison of applications to sustainability analysis and advanced traveler information systems. 1725(1725), 86-94. Sanchez, K. A., Foster, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., May, A. D., Ramani, T., Zietsman, J., & Khreis, H. Urban policy interventions to reduce traffic emissions and traffic-related air pollution: Protocol for a systematic evidence map. 142, 105826. book Gudmundsson, H., Hall, R. P., Marsden, G., & Zietsman, J. (2016). Sustainable Transportation, Indicators, Frameworks, and Performance Management. Springer Nature. chapter Khreis, H., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., Zietsman, J., & Ramani, T. (2020). Chapter 1 Traffic-related air pollution: Emissions, human exposures, and health: An introduction. Traffic-Related Air Pollution. (pp. 1-21). Elsevier. Sanchez, K. A., Ramani, T., Zietsman, J., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., & Khreis, H. (2020). Chapter 23 The state of the literature on traffic-related emissions, air pollution, human exposures, and health. Traffic-Related Air Pollution. (pp. 541-562). Elsevier. Khreis, H., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., Zietsman, J., & Ramani, T. (2020). Chapter 25 Traffic-related air pollution: Emissions, human exposures, and healthThe way forward. Traffic-Related Air Pollution. (pp. 597-620). Elsevier. Zietsman, J., & Ramani, T. (2019). Advancing Health Considerations Within a Sustainable Transportation Agenda: Using Indicators and Decision-Making. Integrating Human Health into Urban and Transport Planning. (pp. 287-305). Springer Nature. conference paper Ramani, T., Jaikumar, R., Trueblood, A., Uwak, I., Vallamsundar, S., Johnson, N., & Zietsman, J. (2018). Emissions from US-Mexico Border Crossings: Assessing Affected Populations in El Paso, Texas. Journal of Transport and Health. S22-S23. Khreis, H., de Hoogh, K., Zietsman, J., & Nieuwenhuijsen, M. (2018). The Impact of Different Validation Datasets on Air Quality Modeling Performance. Journal of Transport and Health. S9-S10. Koehler, K., Pulczinski, J., Vallamsundar, S., Zietsman, J., & Johnson, N. (2016). Air pollution exposures among pregnant women in a United States-Mexico border town. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. Park, S., Rakha, H., Farzaneh, M., Zietsman, J., & Lee, D. (2010). Development of fuel and emission models for high speed heavy duty trucks, light duty trucks, and light duty vehicles. 25-32. Bochner, B. S., Zietsman, J., & Villa, J. C. (2007). Guidelines for incentivizing partnerships between state dots and local public and private partners. 959-974. Zietsman, J., & Rilett, L. R. (2001). Analysis of aggregation effects in vehicular emission estimation. Transportation Research Record. 56-63.
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