Area of Expertise: Travel Behavior, Land Use, &amp; the Built Environment

Public Transit, Shared Mobility, & Active Transportation Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Transportation Economics, Funding, & Finance Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

Recent Projects

Investigating Opportunities to Mobilize Community Associations to Promote Sustainable Transportation and Land Use

Research Team:

Jae Hong Kim (lead), Nicholas Marantz

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Assessing the Potential for Densification and Reduction of Vehicle Miles Traveled in Areas Without Rail

Research Team:

Jae Hong Kim (lead), Jesus M. Barajas, Douglas Houston, Nicholas Marantz

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis, UC Irvine

Streamlining the CEQA Process in Transit Rich Areas

Research Team:

Jamey Volker (lead), Susan Pike, Nicholas Marantz

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis, UC Irvine

Recent Publications

published journal article

Can Governments Streamline Environmental Impact Analysis to Promote Transit Oriented Development? Evidence from California

research report

Assessing the Potential for Densification and VMT Reduction in Areas without Rail Transit Access

policy brief

What Challenges Can Arise from Coordinating Housing Development with Transportation?

Michael Manville

Professor, Department of Urban Planning, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

mmanvill@ucla.edu

Intelligent Transportation Systems, Emerging Technologies, & Big Data Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

Recent Projects

Impacts of Corridor- vs. Transit Area-based Upzoning on Housing and Transit Ridership

Research Team:

Michael Manville (lead), Shane Phillips, Aaron Barrall, Alexander Nelms

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Pricing Mechanisms to Achieve California’s Climate Goals

Research Team:

Michael Zhang (lead), Egon Terplan, Qiao Yu, Jiaqi Ma, Mollie Cohen D'Agostino, David Brownstone, Craig Rindt, Brain He, Yifang Zhu, Michael Manville, Jean-Daniel Saphores

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA

State Preemption and Parking Requirements

Research Team:

Adam Millard-Ball (lead), Amy Lee, Michael Manville

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Recent Publications

research report

Parking, Working from Home, and Travel Behavior

policy brief

Better Parking Policy Can Make California Transportation More Sustainable

research report

Policies to Improve Transportation Sustainability, Accessibility, and Housing Affordability in the State of California

Pei (Peggy) Wang

Research Engineer, California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH), UC Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

peggywang@berkeley.edu

Intelligent Transportation Systems, Emerging Technologies, & Big Data Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

Recent Projects

Trajectory Planning for Connected and Automated Vehicles in Work Zones

Research Team:

Pei (Peggy) Wang (lead), Xinwei Yang

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Accessibility of Shared Automated Vehicles for Visually Impaired Travelers

Research Team:

Pei (Peggy) Wang (lead), Rui Lin

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Transportation Accessibility and Adoption of Shared Automated Vehicles by Disabled Travelers

Research Team:

Pei (Peggy) Wang (lead), Rui Lin

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Recent Publications

policy brief

Shared Automated Vehicles Could Greatly Benefit Visually Impaired Travelers if Designed and Operated with Their Needs in Mind

research report

Drivers’ Responses to Eco-driving Applications: Effects on Fuel Consumption and Driving Safety

conference paper

Accessibility of Shared Automated Vehicles for the Visually Impaired Travelers

Joan Walker

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

joanwalker@berkeley.edu

Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

Recent Projects

Matching Technique with Authority: A Study of How Local DOTs Can Narrow the Gap between their Network Management Authority and their Analytical Capacity

Research Team:

Jane Macfarlane (lead), Joan Walker

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Job Accessibility Impacts of Pandemic Transit Service Adjustments in the San Francisco Bay Area

Research Team:

Joan Walker (lead), Johanna Zmud, Phoebe Ho

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Community College Transportation Access: A California Case Study

Research Team:

Susan Shaheen (lead), Adam Cohen, Madeline Brozen, Evelyn Blumenberg, Joan Walker, Rasik Hussain, Nicole Matteson, Aqshems Nichols

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley, UCLA

Recent Publications

research report

Matching Technique with Authority: A Study of How Local DOTs Can Narrow the Gap between their Network Management Authority and their Analytical Capacity

policy brief

Mobiliti—A New Tool to Guide Safer, More Equitable Traffic Management Strategies

research report

Job Accessibility Impacts of Pandemic Transit Service Adjustments in the San Francisco Bay Area

Jeffrey M. Vincent

Director, Berkeley Infrastructure Initiative (BI2), UC Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

jvincent@berkeley.edu

Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

Recent Projects

How Well Do New K-12 Public School Sites in California Incorporate Mitigation Measures Known to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled?

Research Team:

Jeffrey M. Vincent (lead), Sandra Mukasa, Jamie Albrecht, Karen Frick

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Recent Publications

policy brief

How Well Are Newly Sited K-12 Schools Incorporating Vehicle Miles Traveled Mitigation Measures?

research report

How Well Do New K-12 Public School Sites in California Incorporate Mitigation Measures Known to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled?

Jamey Volker

Professional Researcher, National Center for Sustainable Transportation, UC Davis

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

jvolker@ucdavis.edu

Public Transit, Shared Mobility, & Active Transportation Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Transportation Economics, Funding, & Finance Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

Recent Projects

Improving Induced Travel Demand Forecasting for Different Road Types: A Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis

Research Team:

Jamey Volker (lead), Keuntae Kim

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Highway Expansions and Environmental Review: A Case Study Review of How Agencies are Addressing Induced Travel and Related Impacts

Research Team:

Amy Lee (lead), Susan Handy, Jamey Volker

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis, UCLA

Re-allocating Urban Space to Support Multimodal Transportation

Research Team:

Adam Millard-Ball (lead), Jamey Volker, Elisa Barbour, Susan Handy

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis, UCLA

Recent Publications

published journal article

Can Governments Streamline Environmental Impact Analysis to Promote Transit Oriented Development? Evidence from California

research report

The Induced Travel Calculator and Its Applications

policy brief

Environmental Reviews Fail to Accurately Analyze Induced Vehicle Travel from Highway Expansion Projects

Brian D. Taylor

Professor, Urban Planning and Public Policy, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

btaylor@ucla.edu

Freight, Logistics, & Supply Chain Infrastructure Delivery, Operations, & Resilience Intelligent Transportation Systems, Emerging Technologies, & Big Data Public Transit, Shared Mobility, & Active Transportation Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment Zero-Emission Vehicles & Low-Carbon Fuels

Recent Projects

Do Post-Pandemic Travel Shifts Warrant Changes to California’s Transportation Policies and Plans?

Research Team:

Brian D. Taylor (lead), Hao Ding

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

What is the Best Way to Organize and Coordinate Public Transit Service in Large Metropolitan Areas?

Research Team:

Brian D. Taylor (lead), Hao Ding

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Working from Home and Travel: What Does the Future Hold?

Research Team:

Brian D. Taylor (lead), Susan Pike, Samuel Speroni, Fariba Siddiq

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis, UCLA

Recent Publications

research report

Headed Out Less: Analyzing Teen and Young Adult Travel Trends in the 21st Century

policy brief

Which Pandemic-Induced Changes in Work and Commuting Are Sticking, and What Does this Mean for Public Policy?

op-ed

America is becoming a nation of homebodies

Susan Shaheen

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

sshaheen@berkeley.edu

Recent Projects

Assessing the Potential Equity Impacts of the Clean Miles Standard (SB 1014) with an Emphasis on Part-Time Ridehail Drivers

Research Team:

Susan Shaheen (lead), Elliot Martin, Mengying Ju

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Designing Microtransit Services to Complement Public Transit

Research Team:

Susan Shaheen (lead), Susan Pike, Kari Edison Watkins, Adam Cohen, Michael Hyland

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine

Transitioning Ridehailing Fleets to Zero Emission

Research Team:

Susan Shaheen (lead), Elliot Martin, Mengying Ju

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Recent Publications

policy brief

Charging Ahead: How Income and Home Access Shape Electric Vehicle Adoption among Ridehailing Drivers

published journal article

Charging Ahead: Perceptions and Adoption of Electric Vehicles Among Full- and Part-Time Ridehailing Drivers in California

published journal article

Transitioning Ridehailing Fleets to Zero Emission: Economic Insights for Electric Vehicle Acquisition

Jean-Daniel Saphores

Director; Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

saphores@uci.edu