Joseph Schofer's research addresses policy analysis and evaluation for transportation infrastructure and services for passengers and freight, urban and intercity settings. He studies decision making and decision support, including needs for and use of data and information and strategies for learning from natural experiments and events such as accidents and weather disruptions. His research and writing extend to transportation finance, decisions that affect the resilience of transportation systems, and policies and actions affecting road safety.

Significant Recognition

Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award in recognition of outstanding achievement in transportation research, Transportation Research Board, 2011
Thomas B. Deen Lecturer, Transportation Research Board, 2014
National Associate of the National Research Council, National Academies
Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2003
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Advisor of the Year, 2002
Burlington Northern Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1987

Significant Professional Service

Member, Transportation Committee, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Chair, Standing Committee on Data for Decision Making, Transportation Research Board (National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine)
Member, Chicago Transit Authority Capital Advisory Committee
Member, Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council (Chicago)
Member, Transportation Committee, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Member, Board of Advisors, Institute for Transportation Studies, Univ. of California, Davis
Transportation Research Board, National Research Council (National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering)

Selected Publications

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Tackling the Road Safety Crisis: Saving Lives Through Research and Action. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27804, DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/27804; Transportation Research Board Special Report 354. J.L. Schofer, Committee Chair.

Joseph L. Schofer, Hani S. Mahmassani, Max T.M. Ng, “Resilience of U.S. Rail Intermodal Freight during the Covid-19 Pandemic,” Research in Transportation Business and Management, Vol. 43, June, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2022.100791

Max T.M. Ng, Joseph Schofer and Hani S. Mahmassani, “How Well Did U.S. Rail and Intermodal Freight Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic versus the Great Recession?”, Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2677, pp. 597-610, March, 2023, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03611981221150444

Amanda Stathopoulos, Elisa Borowski, Jason Soria, Joseph Schofer, “Does ridesourcing respond to unplanned rail disruptions? A natural experiment analysis of mobility resilience and disparity,” Cities, Vol. 140, September 2023

Joseph L. Schofer and Hani S. Mahmassani, editors, Mobility 2050: A Vision for Transportation Infrastructure, prepared for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and published by the Transportation Center, Northwestern University, June, 2016. (https://www.transportation.northwestern.edu/research/featured-reports/mobility-2050.html)

Raymond Chan, Pablo Durango-Cohen and Joseph L. Schofer, “Dynamic Learning Process For Selecting Storm Protection Investments,” Transportation Research Record 2599, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, 2016. Pp. 1-8.

Raymond Chan and Joseph Schofer, "Measuring Transportation System Resilience: Response of Rail Transit to Weather Disruptions." Nat. Hazards Rev. , 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000200, 4 November 2015.

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