James Elliot Moore

Expertise

Economic impact analysis, engineering economics, transportation engineering, urban transportation, infrastructure performance

Biographical sketch

James Elliott Moore II, Ph.D., has been with USC since 1988. He has faculty appointments in the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Price School of Public Policy. He is director of the Transportation Engineering program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Vice Dean for Academic Programs in the Viterbi School of Engineering. Professor Moore conducts fundamental and applied research on the engineering economic aspects of large-scale transportation and land use systems. His research interests include risk management of infrastructure networks subject to natural hazards and terrorist threats; economic impact modeling; transportation network performance and control; large scale computational models of metropolitan land use/transport systems, especially in California; evaluation of new technologies; and infrastructure investment and pricing policies. He has been published extensively in transportation planning and engineering literature. Prior to joining USC, he was on the faculty of Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Publications

• Moore, II, J. E., College Rules Punish Innocent as Well as Guilty: Guest Commentary; Orange County Registrar, MAy 4; 2017.
• Moore, II, J. E., Faculty Who Live Among Students; Inside Higher Education, Career Advice. Through 26 years serving as a residence hall advisor, James E. Moore II discovered there are many ways to right by the students with whom we live. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/05/31/faculty-member-recalls-his-26-years-undergraduate-residence-hall-essay, May 31; 2017.
• Park, J., Gordon, P., Kim, Y., Moore II, J. E., & Richardson, H., The Regional Economic Impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Oil Refinery Operations in the Gulf of Mexico and the Rest of the U.S.: Applying a Flexible Multi-Region Input-Output Model; In A. Abbas, M. Tambe, & D. von Winterfeldt (Eds.), Improving Homeland Security Decisions, Cambridge University Press; 2017.
• Park, J., Gordon, P., & Moore II, J. E., A New Approach to Quantifying the Impact of Hurricane Disrupted Oil Refinery Operations Utilizing Secondary Data; Group Decision and Negotiation, DOI 10.1007/s10726-017-9537-7; 2017.
• Moore, II, J. E., University Campuses will not Become Sanctuaries for the Undocumented; Orange County Register, Opinion, December 16; 2016.
• Moore, II, J. E., Why ‘Sanctuary’ Campuses Are Fooling Themselves: Guest Commentary; Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press Telegram, Daily Breeze, December 16; Press Enterprise, Opinion, December 23; 2016.
• Moore, II, J. E., & Rubin, T., Don’t Let County Taxpayers Get Railroaded: Guest Commentary; Los Angeles Daily News, Opinion, June 23rd, Long Beach Press Telegram and Pasadena Star News, June 22nd; 2016.
• Ragusa, G., & Moore, II, J. E., Common Denominators of Learning; American Society for Engineering Education PRISM, 26 (1), Last Word, September, 68; 2016.
• Meshkati, N., & Moore II, J. E., Metro Train Lines Need Better Intersection Safety Design: Guest Commentary; Los Angeles Daily News, Op-Ed, April 5th, Long Beach Press Telegram, April 3rd; 2015.
• Moore, II, J. E. , Close the 710 Gap. Now.; Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed., November 24th; 2015.
• Cho, J-K., Gordon, P., Moore II, J. E., Pan, Q., Park, J., & Richardson, H., TransNIEMO: Economic Impact Analysis Using a Model of Consistent Interregional Economic and Network Equilibria; Transportation Planning and Technology, 38(5),1-19. CESIFO Working Paper No. 4601, Category 12: Empirical and Theoretical Methods; 2015.
• Moore, II, J. E., The Ins and Outs of Industrial and System Engineering: IIE President James E. Moore Talks About Industrial Engineering in Today’s Context and the Opportunities it Presents for Students; Industrial Engineer, 47(7); 2015.
• Soyster, A., & Moore, II, J. E., Name Recognition: Why Adding ‘Systems’ to the Institute’s Name is Worthwhile; Industrial Engineer, 47(11); 2015.
• Moore II, J. E., An, Q., & Gordon, P., A Note on Commuting Times and City Size: Testing Variances as Well as Means; Journal of Transport and Land Use, 5(2),105-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.v7i2.427; 2014.
• Gordon, P., with Pan, Q., Moore II, J. E., & Richardson, H. W., Modeling the Effects of Peak-Load Pricing on Metropolitan Network and Activities; Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA: Final Report to the National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS), Project 10-03; 2011.
• Richardson, H.W., with Pan, Q., Moore II, J. E., & Gordon, P., Modeling the Effects of Peak-Load Pricing on Metropolitan Networks and Activities; Transportation Research Record; 2011.
• Richardson, H.W., with Lee, B., Moore II, J. E., Park, J., & Gordon, P., Estimating the State-by-State Economic Impacts of a Foot-and-Mouth (FMD) Attack; International Regional Science Review; 2011.
• Lee, B., Gordon, P., Moore, J. E. II., & Richardson, H. W., The Attributes of Residence/Workplace Areas and Transit Commuting; Journal of Transport and Land Use, 4(3), 43-63 Fall; 2011.
• Gordon, P., Richardson, H. W., Moore, J. E., Pan, Q., Park, J., Cho, S., Cho, J., Jun, E., & Nguyen, C, TransNIEMO: Economic Impact Analysis Using a Model of Consistent Interregional Economic and Highway Network Equilibria; Los Angeles, CA: Final Report to the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE); 2010.
• Gordon, P., with Park, J., Moore II, J. E., & Richardson, H. W., Short-Run Economic Impacts of Hurricane Katrina (and Rita); W.CESifo Forum, Focus Issue on Natural Disasters, 11(2), 73-79; 2010.
• Gordon, P., with Jim, S., Kim, Y., Moore II, J. E., Park, J., & Richardson, H. W., Estimating the State-by-State Economic Impacts of Hurricane Katrina; Post-Katrina: Risk Assessment, Economic Analysis and Social Implications. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; 2008.
• Gordon, P., with Cho, S., Moore II , J. E., & Richardson, H. W., The Economic Effects of Highway Widening: Tolled Lanes vs. General Purpose Lanes, Using an Integrated Impact Model; Road Congestion Pricing: Lessons from Europe and Implications for the United States. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; 2008.
• Gordon, P., with Moore II, J. E., Park, & Richardson, H. W., The Economic Impacts of a Terrorist Attack on the U.S. Commercial Aviation System; Risk Analysis; 2007.
• Gordon, P., with Richardson, H. W., & Moore II, J. E., The Economic Costs and Consequences of Terrorism; Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; 2007.
• Gordon, P., with Park, J., Moore II, J. E., & Richardson, H. W., Simulating The State-by-State Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Three Major U.S. Ports: Applying NIEMO (National Interstate Economic Model); in H.W. Richardson, P. Gordon & J.E. Moore II (Eds.)., The Economic Costs and Consequences of Terrorism. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; 2007.
• Richardson, H.W., with Gordon, P., Moore II, J. E., & Pan, Q., The Economic Impact of a Terrorist Attack on the Twin Ports of Los Angeles-Long Beach; The Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; 2006.
• Richardson, H.W., with Gordon, P., Moore II, J. E., & Pan, Q., The Economic Costs and Impacts of a Terrorist Attack on Terminal Island, Los Angeles; In J. Haveman & H. Schatz (Eds.) Issues of Port Security. San Francisco, CA: Public Policy Institute of California; 2006.
• Gordon, P., with Richardson, H. W., & Moore II, J. E., The Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks.; Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; 2006.
• Gordon, P., with Richardson, H. W., Moore II, J. E., & Pan, Q., The Costs of a Terrorist Attack on Terminal Island at the Twin Ports of Los Angeles-Long Beach; in J. Haveman & H. Schatz (Eds) Protecting the Nation’s Seaports: Balancing Cost and Security Public Policy Institute of California: San Francisco; 2006.
• Moore II, J. E., et al., Transportation system risk curves: Probabilistic performance scenarios for highway networks subject to earthquake damage; Earthquake Spectra.; 2006.
• Borrero, J., Moore II, J. E., Cho, S., & Synolakis, C., Natural disasters and California: The regional economic cost of a tsunami wave generated by the Palos Verdes slide; In C. Taylor & E. VanMarcke (Eds.), Acceptable risk processes: Natural and man-made hazards. Reston, VA: Society of Civil Engineers; 2005.
• Moore II, J. E., with Cho, S., Cho, S., Gordon, P., Richardson, H., & Shinozuka, M., Analyzing Transportation Network Reconstruction Strategies: A Full Cost Approach; Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, 12, 212-227; 2000.
• Giuliano, G., with Moore, J. & Golob, J., An integrated fare system using SmartCards: Results from a Field Operational Test; Transportation Research Record, 1735,138-146; 2000.
• Moore II, J. E., with Chang, S., & Shinozuka, M., Probabilistic Earthquake Scenarios: Extending Risk Analysis Methodologies to Spatially Distributed Systems; Earthquake Spectra, 16, 557-572; 2000.
• Moore II, J. E., with Cho, S., An Improved User Equilibrium-based Method for Estimating Trip Tables; American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Transportation Engineering, 126, 492-497; 2000.
• Moore II, J. E., with Rubin, T. A., & Lee, S., Market Based Transportation Alternatives for Los Angeles; Planning and Markets, 3, 31-35; 2000.
• Giuliano, G., with Moore, J., Functional Evaluation of the Los Angeles Smart Card Field Operational Test; Transportation Research C, 6, 247-270; 1999.
• Moore II, J. E., with Kim, G., & Xu, R., An Analysis of Seasonality and Long Term Trends in Los Angeles Highway Traffic Volumes; Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 3, 1-14; 1999.
• Moore II, J. E., with McNally, M. G., Mattingly, S., MacCarley, C. A., Hwa, H-H., & Jayakrishnan, R., Evaluation of the Anaheim Adaptive Control Field Operational Test: Institutional Issues; Transportation Research Record, 1683, 67-77; 1999.
• Moore II, J. E., with Kalaba, R., Xu, R., & Chen, G., Nonlinear Estimation with Associative Memories and Machine Evaluation of Derivatives: An Application to Calibrating Spatial Interaction Models; Environment and Planning A, 31, 441-457; 1999.
• Moore II, J. E., with Rubin, T., & Lee, S., Ten Myths About US Rail Transit Systems; Transportation Policy, 6, 57-73; 1999.
• Moore II, J. E., with Rubin, T., & Lee, S., A Post Mortem Analysis of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 20-Year Long Range Plan; Public Works Management and Policy, 3, 187-206; 1999.
• Moore II, J. E., with Giuliano, G., Functional Evaluation of the Los Angeles Smart Card Field Operational Test; Transportation Research C, 6C, 247-270; 1998.

Funded projects

Technical and Safety Evaluation of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority Positive Train Control Deployment Project

Principal Investigator: James Moore with Maged Dessouky, Najmedin Meshkati, Greg Placencia, Ubli Mitra, Petros Ioannou Sponsor: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), 2011-2015 Amount Awarded: $ 899,864

The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Moorage Marinas on the West Coast

Principal Investigator: James Moore with Jiyoung Park Sponsor: Seagrant, 2014-2015 Amount Awarded: $ 149,886.