The Role of Citizen-Based Innovation in Transportation: The Case of Egypt’s Largest Metropolitan Area, Greater Cairo Hossam Abdelgawad, P.Eng., Ph.D. 1,2 * Tel. 416-978-5049, Fax. 416-978-5054 Email: hossam.abdelgawad@alumni.utoronto.ca Sherif N. Kinawy 3 Tel. 416-978-5049, Fax. 416-978-5054 Email: sherif.kinawy@mail.utoronto.ca * Corresponding author 1 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, ON M5S 1A4 2 Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering, 12631, Giza, Egypt 3 PhD Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, ON M5S 1A4 Paper submitted for presentation at the 94 th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, and publication in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Submission Date: November 14, 2014 Abstract: 231 words, Body: 6726, Figure + Tables: 2, Total: 7457