EDUCATION:

1986		Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University of California, Irvine
1980		Master of Science in Civil Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo
1976		Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Dr McNally is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and of Urban Planning and Public Policy, and a Faculty Associate of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Irvine. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering in 1986 from UCI and was with the School of Urban and Regional Planning and the Department of Civil Engineering at USC prior to joining the faculty at UCI in 1987. Research interests focus on the study of complex travel behavior, investigations of interrelationships between transportation and land use, and the development of new technologies and modeling methodologies which reflect and support these research areas. Among various research awards, he received a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. He has served as Principal Investigator on a variety of funded projects, including research and development relating to: operational models of activity-based travel forecasting, web-based self-administered travel surveys, GPS-based, wireless in-vehicle data collection systems, information technology for shared-use station car programs, multi-jurisdictional corridor decision support systems with integrated traffic microsimulation models, the role of information on traveler behavior, and the evaluation of advanced traffic management and control technologies.

RECENT CONTRACT AND GRANTS:

• CARB:Impacts of Telecommuting and Remote Services on Transportation, Land Use, And Climate Change, California Air Resource Board, April 2024-June 2026, with CSUDH (PI for UCI portion).
• SCC-IRG: Revamping Regional Transportation Modeling and Planning to Address Unprecedented Community Needs during the Mobility Revolution, National Science Foundation, 2021-2024 (Co-PI)
• SCC-PG: Addressing Unprecedented Community-Centered Transportation Infrastructure Needs and Policies for the Mobility Revolution, National Science Foundation, 2020-2021 (Co-PI)
• Analysis of Activity-Travel Patterns and Tour Formation of Transit Users, Pacific Southwest Transportation Center (2020-2021)
• Academic Advisory Panel: Peer Review and Validation of the Five Big Moves, SanDAG, 2019-2020
• The Influence of Housing Characteristics on Complex Travel Behavior, SB1, UCITS, 2019-2021
• Transportation System Performance: Congestion Pricing, Induced Demand, and Equity, UC, 2018-2019
• Interregional Travel in California: Assessment, Analysis, and Implications for Emissions, CARB, 2015-16
• Designing a Transit-Feeder System Using Bikesharing and Peer-to-Peer Ridesharing, UC Connect (with R.Jayakrishnan), 2015
• Left-Turn Elimination to Improve Network Performance, Caltrans/UCTC, 2011-2013
• The Development of Web-based Training Modules for The Planning and Operational Analysis of Public Transit Systems, Caltrans, 2010
• Development of On-line Training for Traffic Corridor Analysis, Caltrans (with WW Recker), 2007
• Assessing the Quality and Applicability of Local Travel Demand Models, Caltrans (with A. Chen, Utah State; W.Louden, DKS; K.Goulias, UCSB), 2005
• CARTESIUS and CTNET: Integration and Field Operational Test, PATH, 2005
• A GIS-based Tool for Forecasting the Travel Demands of Demographic Groups within California, PATH (with K.Goulias, UCSB; and T.Golob, UCI), 2005
• Field Deployment and Operational Test of an Agent-based, Multi-jurisdictional Traffic Management System, PATH/CCIT, 2004
• Distributed On-line Database System for Transportation Management Using Cooperating Roadside and In-vehicle Communication Devices, NSF (with R.Jayakrishnan), 2003

SELECTED PAPERS:

• Rafiq, R. and McNally, M. G. (2025). Public Transit Use in Pandemic Year 2022: Which Groups Changed Usage? Accepted for presentation at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 2025.
• Rafiq, R., Ahmed, T, McNally, M. G., and Hyland, M. (2025). Working from Home and Vehicle Miles Traveled: The Mediating Role of Travel Efficiency and Non-work Travel. Accepted for presentation at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 2025.
• Rafiq, R. and McNally, M. G. (2024). Factors Affecting Changes in Public Transit Use in the 2022 Pandemic Year. Journal of Public Transportation. Manuscript Number: JPUBTR-D-24-00064. In Review.
• Rafiq, R. and McNally, M. G. (2023). Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Time-Use and Travel: A Comparison between Telecommuters, Potential Telecommuters, and Commuters. Travel Behavior and Society. In Review.
• Rafiq, R., McNally, M. G., and Uddin, Y. S. (2022). Telecommuting and Travel during COVID-19: An Empirical Comparison of Population Geographies in the U.S. Transportation Research Record Special Issue on COVID-19. 2677(4):562-582 [doi: 10.1177/03611981221109182] [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10149499/pdf/10.1177_03611981221109182.pdf]
• Rafiq, R. and McNally, M. G. (2022). A Structural Analysis of the Work Tour Behavior of Transit Commuters, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 160, 61-79 [doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2022.04.003].
• Rafiq, R., McNally, M. G., Uddin,Y.S., and Ahmed, T. (2022). Impact of Telecommuting on Activity-travel Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Aggregate Structural Analysis. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 159, 35-54. Special Issue: Characterizing Health Pandemic Impacts on Transportation Systems and the Demand for Mobility. [doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2022.03.003]
• Rafiq, R., McNally, M. G., Uddin,Y.S., and Ahmed, T. (2022). Flattening the Curve by Working from Home: Changes in Activity-Travel Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Paper (22-04118) presented at TRB 2022. Washington DC
• Rafiq, R. and McNally, M. G. (2022). A Comparison of Time-use for Telecommuters, Potential Telecommuters, and Commuters during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Paper (22-04201) presented at TRB 2022. Washington DC
• McNally,MG, Rafiq,R, and Uddin,MYS (2022). Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Telecommuting and Travel. In Loukaitou-Sideris,A; Bayen,AM; Circella,G; and Jayakrishnan,R (eds.) Pandemic in the Metropolis. Springer.
• Rafiq,R and McNally,MG (2022). An Exploratory Analysis of Alternative Travel Behaviors of Ride-Hailing Users", Transportation [doi.org/10.1007/s11116-021-10254-9].
• An,S, Nam,D, Jayakrishnan,R, Lee,S, and McNally,MG (2021). A Study of The Factors Affecting Multimodal Ridesharing with Choice-based Conjoint Analysis. Sustainability, 13(20), 11517. [doi.org/10.3390/su132011517].
• Rafiq,R and McNally,MG (2021). Heterogeneity in Activity-travel Patterns of Public Transit Users. Transportation Research Part A 152, 1-18 [doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2021.07.011].
• Rafiq,R and McNally,MG (2021). Defining Public Transit Commuters Based on Their Work Tour Choice. Paper (21-03193) presented at TRB 2021. Washington D.C.
• Rafiq,R and McNally,MG (2021). Heterogeneity in Activity-travel Patterns of Public Transit Users. Paper (21-03013) presented at TRB 2021. Washington DC
• Rafiq,R and McNally,MG (2020). An Empirical Analysis and Policy Implication of Work Tours Utilizing Public Transit. Transportation Research Part A. 142, 237-259 [doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2020.10.018]
• Rafiq,R and McNally,MG (2020). A Study of Tour Formation: Pre-, During, and Post-Recession Analysis. Transportation, 1-47. [doi.org/10.1007/s11116-020-10126-8]
• Rafiq,R and McNally,MG (2020). How do People Use Ride-hailing? An Exploratory Analysis of Associated Travel Behavior. Paper (20-02752) presented at TRB 2020. Washington DC
• Rafiq,R and McNally,MG (2019). Tour Formation of Ride-hailing Users: A Gender Perspective. The 6th TRB International Conference on Women's Issues in Transportation (WIiT 2019), Irvine, CA
• Rafiq,R and McNally,MG (2019). Modeling Tour Choice Patterns of Transit Commuters. Paper (19-20907) presented at TRB 2019. Washington, DC
• Rafiq,R and McNally,MG (2018). Modeling the Structural Relationships of Activity-Travel Participation of Working Women. Transportation Research Record, 2672(47), 81-91 [doi:10.1177/036119811878135].
• Nesamani,K, Saphores,JD, McNally,MG, and Jayakrishnan,R (2017). Examination of the Influence of Emission Specific Characteristics on Vehicle Operation, Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 4(3), 215-229.
• Ranaiefar,F, Chow,J, McNally,MG, and Ritchie,SG (2014). A Structural Direct Demand Model for Inter-regional Commodity Flow Forecasting Paper presented at TRB 2014. Washington DC
• Masoud,N, Ranaiefar,F, McNally,MG, Rodriguez-Roman,D, and Ritchie,SG (2014). An Alternative Method to Estimate Balancing Factors for the Disaggregation of OD Matrices. Paper presented at TRB 2014. Washington DC
• Carmargo,P, McNally,MG, and Ritchie,SG (2014). Exploratory Use of Raster Images for Freight Modeling, SHRP 2 Second Symposium: Innovations in Freight Demand Modeling and Data Improvement October 2013
• Chow,JYJ, Hernandez,SV, Bhagat,A, McNally,MG (2014). Multi-Criteria Sustainability Assessment in Transport Planning for Recreational Travel. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 8(2), 151-175.
• Nesamani,K, Subramanian,KP, Jayakrishnan,R, and McNally,MG (2009). Influence of Geometric Design, Traffic, and Roadside Characteristics on Speeds of Heterogeneous Traffic. Indian Journal of Transport Management, 33(2), 142-162.
• Greenwald,M and McNally,MG (2008). Land Use Influences on Trip Chaining: Evidence from Portland, Oregon, Urban Design and Planning, 161 (2), 61-73.
• McNally,MG and Rindt,CR (2007). The Activity-based Approach", in Hensher,DA and Button,K (eds.) Transport Modeling, 2nd Edition, Pergamon, Elsevier Science
• McNally,MG (2007). "The Four Step Model", in Hensher,DA and Button,K (eds.) Transport Modeling, 2nd Edition, Pergamon, Elsevier Science.
• McGowen,P and McNally,MG (2007). Predicting Activity Types from GPS and GIS Data. Paper (07-3199) presented at TRB 2007. Washington DC
• Zhang,Y, Marca,JE, Rindt,CR, Jayakrishnan,R, and McNally,MG (2007). Efficient Path and Subpath Storage Data Structures for Network Travel Analysis with Route Behavioral Elements. Paper (07-3029) presented at TRB 2007. Washington DC
• Nesamani,K, Chu,L, McNally,MG, and Jayakrishnan,R (2006). Estimation of Vehicular Emissions by Capturing Traffic Variations. Atmospheric Environment, 41(14), 2996-3008.
• Kim,HK, Kim,H, and McNally,MG (2006). A Household Activity Scheduling Model Incorporating a Task Allocation Process with Week-based Learning Mechanisms. The IATBR 11th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research, Kyoto, Japan
• Recker,WW, Zhang,HM, Chu,L, Chen,A, and McNally,MG (2006). Development of Methods and Tools for Managing Traffic Congestion in Freeway Corridors. The 9th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Toronto, Canada
• Nesamani,K, Subramanian,KP, Jayakrishnan,R, and McNally,MG (2006). Factors Affecting Speed of Motor Vehicles on Urban Arterials: Case of Chennai, India. Paper (06-2984) presented at TRB 2006. Washington DC
• Lee,MS and McNally,MG (2005). An Empirical Investigation on the Dynamic Processes of Activity Scheduling and Trip Chaining. Transportation, 33(6), 553-565.
• Moore,JE, McNally,MG, Mattingly,SP, and MacCarley,CA (2005). Technical Evaluation of the Anaheim Adaptive Control Field Operational Test: Institutional and Technical Issues. Journal of Transportation Planning and Technology, 28(6): 465-482.
• Lee,MS and McNally,MG (2004). Toward a Combined Qualitative and Quantitative Method for Activity-based Travel Modeling", The Maastricht Conference on Travel Behavior Methods, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
• Lee,MS and McNally,MG (2003). On the Structure of Weekly Activity/Travel Patterns", Transportation Research, 37(10), 823-839.