• B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2008
• M.Sc., Transportation Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2011
• Ph.D., Transportation Engineering, University of Arizona, 2018

Journal Articles

Helia Mohammadi-Mavi, Mustafa Fardin and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2025, "Should We Blame COVID-19 for the Decline in Transit Ridership, or Was It Merely a Stimulant?", Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Helia Mohammadi-Mavi and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2025, "Leveraging Machine Learning to Predict Rural-Urban Carpooling Decisions Given Monetary Incentives", Case Studies on Transport Policy

Jorge M. Diaz-Gutierrez and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2024, "How Effective Are Fixed-Effects Models in Fixing the Transit Supply-Demand Bidirectional Interaction?", Transportation Letters

Helia Mohammadi-Mavi, Andisheh Ranjbari, S. Ilgin Guler and Vikash V. Gayah, 2024, "What Does It Take for Rural-Urban Commuters to Switch from Driving to Carpooling?", Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Parastoo Jabbari, Andisheh Ranjbari, Paul Leiby and Don MacKenzie, 2024, "Value of Travel Time is Lower When Being Driven than when Driving Oneself", Transport Findings

Tom Maxner, Andisheh Ranjbari, Seyma Gunes and Chase P. Dowling, 2023, "Simulation-based Analysis of Different Curb Space Type Allocations on Curb Performance", Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics, 11, (1), pp. 1384-1405

Jorge M. Diaz-Gutierrez, Helia Mohammadi-Mavi and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2023, "COVID-19 Impacts on Online and In-store Shopping Behaviors: Why They Happened and Whether They Will Last Post Pandemic", Transportation Research Record

Andisheh Ranjbari, Caleb Diehl, Giacomo Dalla Chiara and Anne Goodchild, 2023, "Do Parcel Lockers Reduce Delivery Times? Evidence from the Field", Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation, 172

Giacomo Dalla Chiara, Klaas Fiete Krutein, Andisheh Ranjbari and Anne Goodchild, 2022, "Providing Curb Availability Information to Delivery Drivers Reduces Cruising for Parking", Scientific Reports (by Nature), 12, (1), pp. 1-11

Andisheh Ranjbari, Caleb Diehl, Giacomo Dalla Chiara and Anne Goodchild, 2022, "What is the Right Parcel Locker Size for a Residential Building?", Transportation Research Record, 2677, (3)

Zack Aemmer, Andisheh Ranjbari and Don MacKenzie, 2022, "Measurement and Classification of Transit Delays Using GTFS-RT Data", Public Transport, 14, (2), pp. 263-285

Chase P. Dowling, Tom Maxner and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2022, "An Empirical Taxonomy of Common Curb Zoning Configurations in Seattle", Transport Findings, pp. 263-285

Giacomo Dalla Chiara, Klaas Fiete Krutein, Andisheh Ranjbari and Anne Goodchild, 2021, "Understanding Urban Commercial Vehicle Driver Behaviors and Decision Making", Transportation Research Record, 2675, (9), pp. 608-619

Caleb Diehl, Andisheh Ranjbari and Anne Goodchild, 2021, "Curbside Management Challenges and Opportunities from Public and Private Sector Perspectives", Transportation Research Record, 2675, (11), pp. 1413-1427

Moein Khaloei, Andisheh Ranjbari, Ken Laberteaux and Don MacKenzie, 2021, "Analyzing the Effect of Autonomous Ridehailing on Transit Ridership: Competitor or Desirable First/Last Mile Connection?", Transportation Research Record, 2675, (11), pp. 1154-1167

Xiao Wen, Andisheh Ranjbari, Fan Qi, Regina Clewlow and Don MacKenzie, 2021, "Challenges in Credibly Estimating the Travel Demand Effects of Mobility Services", Transport Policy, 103, pp. 224-235

Andisheh Ranjbari, Jose Luis Machado-Leon, Giacomo Dalla Chiara, Don MacKenzie and Anne Goodchild, 2021, "Testing Curbside Management Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Ridesourcing Services on Traffic", Transportation Research Record, 2675, (2), pp. 219-232

Andisheh Ranjbari, Mark Hickman and Yi-Chang Chiu, 2020, "A Network Design Problem Formulation and Solution Procedure for Intercity Transit Services", Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 16, (3), pp. 1156-1175

Andisheh Ranjbari, Mark Hickman and Yi-Chang Chiu, 2020, "Network Design with Elastic Demand and Dynamic Passenger Assignment to Assess the Performance of Transit Services", Journal of Advanced Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 146, (5), pp. 04020030

Yanbo Ge, Andisheh Ranjbari, Elyse Lewis, Eric Barber and Don MacKenzie, 2019, "Defining Psychometric Variables Related to the Use of Autonomous Vehicles", Transportation Research Record, 2673, (12), pp. 655-669

Jingya Gao, Andisheh Ranjbari and Don MacKenzie, 2019, "Would Being Driven by Others Affect the Value of Travel Time? Ridehailing as an Analogy for Automated Vehicles", Transportation, 6, (6), pp. 2103-2116

Andisheh Ranjbari, Yi-Chang Chiu and Mark Hickman, 2017, "Exploring Factors Affecting Demand for Possible Future Intercity Transit Options", Public Transport, 9, (1), pp. 463-481

Ali Tavakoli Kashani, Afshin Shariat-Mohaymany and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2012, "Analysis of Factors Associated with Traffic Injury Severity on Rural Roads in Iran", Journal of Injury and Violence Research, 4, (1), pp. 36-41

Afshin Shariat-Mohaymany, Ali Tavakoli-Kashani, Hadi Nosrati and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2011, "Identifying Significant Predictors of Head-on Conflicts on Two-lane Rural Roads Using Inductive Loop Detectors Data", Traffic Injury Prevention, 12, (6), pp. 636-641

Andisheh Ranjbari, Afshin Shariat-Mohaymany and S. M. Mahdi Amiripour, 2011, "Transit Network Design: The Necessity of Elastic Demand Consideration", Advanced Transportation, 97-98, pp. 1117-1122

Ali Tavakoli Kashani, Afshin Shariat-Mohaymany and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2011, "A Data Mining Approach to Identify Key Factors of Traffic Injury Severity", PROMET–Traffic & Transportation, 23, (1), pp. 11-17

Afshin Shariat Mohaymany, Ali Tavakoli Kashani and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2010, "Identifying Driver Characteristics Influencing Overtaking Crashes", Traffic Injury Prevention, 11, (4), pp. 411-416

Conference Proceedings

Jorge Diaz-Gutierrez, Helia Mohammadi-Mavi and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2025, "Clustering Transit Agencies by Network and Operational Data to Improve Ridership ML-based Models", 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Jorge M. Diaz-Gutierrez, Nawaf Nazir, Nicola Longo and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2025, "Mitigating Airport Curbside Congestion through Strategic Management of Variable Message Signs Management with Model Predictive Control Algorithms", 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Jorge M. Diaz-Gutierrez and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2025, "Assessing Ridership Impacts of Fare-Free Transit Policies through Agency- and Route-level Models", Conference on Advanced Systems in Public Transport (CASPT)

Jorge M. Diaz-Gutierrez, Helia Mohammadi-Mavi and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2025, "Enhancing Transit Ridership Prediction With A Publicly Accessible Machine Learning Tool", Conference on Advanced Systems in Public Transport (CASPT)

Helia Mohammadi-Mavi and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2025, "Will Monetary Incentives Encourage Carpooling for Rural-Urban Commutes? Insights from a Machine Learning Study", 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Jorge M. Diaz-Gutierrez and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2024, "How Effective Are Fixed-Effects Models in Fixing the Transit Supply-Demand Bidirectional Interaction?", 103rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Jorge M. Diaz-Gutierrez, Andisheh Ranjbari, Tom Maxner and Nawaf Nazir, 2024, "Evaluating the Impacts of Variable Message Signs on Airport Curbside Performance Using Microsimulation", 103rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Helia Mohammadi-Mavi, Andisheh Ranjbari, S. Ilgin Guler and Vikash V. Gayah, 2024, "What Does It Take for Rural-Urban Commuters to Switch from Driving to Carpooling?", 103rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Lissa Melis, Andisheh Ranjbari and Vikash V. Gayah, 2024, "Delivering Efficiency: Joint Optimization of Parcel Locker Location and Configuration Considering Vehicle Routing and Flexible Delivery Alternatives", 103rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Lissa Melis, Vikash V. Gayah and Andisheh Ranjbari, 2023, "Joint Parcel Locker Location and Configuration Problem Considering Vehicle Routing and Alternative Delivery Mechanisms", ORBEL 37 (37th annual conference of the Belgian Operational Research Society), 10, (1), pp. 43

James Koch, Tom Maxner, Vinay Amatya, Andisheh Ranjbari and Chase P. Dowling, 2023, "Physics-informed Machine Learning of Parameterized Fundamental Diagrams", 102nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Zack Aemmer, Andisheh Ranjbari and Don MacKenzie, 2023, "Synthetic Controls Evaluation of Transit Performance at Camera Enforced Intersections", 102nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Tom Maxner, Panagiota Goulianou, Andisheh Ranjbari and Anne Goochild, 2022, "Urban Delivery Companies’ Needs and Preferences for Green Loading Zones Implementation: A Case Study of NYC", ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development, ASCE, pp. 323-334

Alejandro Henao, Chase P. Dowling, Josh Sperling, Chris Hoehne, T Coleman, Scott Le Vine, Andisheh Ranjbari and Katie Wolf, 2022, "Turning Curb Data into Curb Policy Via a Bid-Rent Framework", 101st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Moein Khaloei, Andisheh Ranjbari and Don MacKenzie, 2020, "Analyzing the Shift in Travel Modes’ Market Shares with the Deployment of Autonomous Vehicle Technology", 99th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board

Parastoo Jabbari, Andisheh Ranjbari and Don MacKenzie, 2020, "How will Automated Vehicles Change Your Travel Patterns? Analyzing Mode Choices in a Home-to-Home Tour-based Model", 99th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board

Xiao Wen, Andisheh Ranjbari, Yanbo Ge, Michiko Namazu and Don MacKenzie, 2019, "A Randomized Encouragement Experiment to Measure the Causal Effects of Shared Mobility Services on Travel Behavior and Car Ownership", 98th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board

Andisheh Ranjbari, Mark Hickman and Yi-Chang Chiu, 2018, "A Mathematical Optimization Model for Solving the Intercity Transit Network Design Problem", International Conference on Advanced Systems in Public Transportation (CASPT)

Andisheh Ranjbari, Yi-Chang Chiu and Mark Hickman, 2016, "Flexpress: A Flexible and Express Intercity Transit Service", ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development, ASCE, pp. 513-524

Andisheh Ranjbari, Mark Hickman and Yi-Chang Chiu, 2016, "Labels or Actual Alternatives’ Attribute Values? A Study of Choice Decisions in a Stated Preference Experiment", 95th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board

Andisheh Ranjbari, Yi-Chang Chiu and Mark Hickman, 2015, "An interactive Preference Analysis Method for Evaluating Possible Intercity Transit Options", International Conference on Advanced Systems in Public Transportation (CASPT)

Andisheh Ranjbari, Afshin Shariat-Mohaymany and S. M. Mahdi Amiripour, 2012, "Bus Network Design Considering Elastic Demand: Case Study of Kashan", International Conference on Advanced Systems in Public Transportation (CASPT)

• April 2024 - January 2025, "PennDOT Act 130 Reporting: Evaluating the Impact of Connected and Automated Vehicles to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," (Sponsor: COP: Department of Transportation).

• February 2022 - September 2023, "A Data-driven Simulation Tool for Dynamic Curb Planning and Management," (Sponsor: Battelle - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory).

• October 2022 - March 2023, "SCC-CIVIC-PG Track B: Novel shared transportation services to improve rural-urban commutes," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).

• Most Highly Downloaded Recent Publication, Transportation Research Record (TRR) Journal, December 2023

• Best Practical Implications Paper, Transportation Research Board, Standing Committee on Urban Freight Transportation, 2021

• Top 20 future leaders in transportation, Eno Center for Transportation (Washington, DC), 2016

Service to Penn State:

• Committee Work, Committee Member, DEIB & Outreach Committee, January 2025 - August 2025

• Assistance to Student Organizations, Co-Advisor, Faculty Co-Advisor, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter, August 2023

• Committee Work, Committee Member, Graduate Committee, August 2022 - August 2024

Service to External Organizations:

• Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Other, Deputy Committee Research Coordinator & Member, Transportation Research Board, Standing Committee on Transportation Demand Forecasting (AEP50), April 2024 - April 2027

• Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Committee Member, Transportation Research Board, Standing Committee on Public Transportation Marketing and Fare Policy (AP030), April 2024 - April 2027

• Voluntary Consultation and/or Advising, Advisor, Advisory Board, University Planned District Transportation Study (the 10-year update), November 2022