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

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), Samuel Speroni, Fariba Siddiq

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis, UCLA

Recent Publications

published journal article

The Evolving Travel and Driving Behaviors of Older U.S. Travelers in the 21st Century

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?

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

book/book chapter

Mobility 10X: Accelerating Transportation Innovation in California

policy brief

What Should Agencies Measure to Decide if Microtransit Is Working?

policy brief

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

Jean-Daniel Saphores

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

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

saphores@uci.edu

Public Transit, Shared Mobility, & Active Transportation Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

Recent Projects

Transportation and Food Access: A Comparison between Santa Ana, CA, and Syracuse, NY

Research Team:

Jean-Daniel Saphores (lead), Anne C. Bellows

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Understanding Post-Pandemic Travel Behavior Patterns and Trends in California

Research Team:

Jean-Daniel Saphores (lead), Llorenc Miquel

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

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

Recent Publications

policy brief

LA County's GoPass Program Helped Build Transit Ridership While Enhancing Student Outcomes

policy brief

Free and Reduced Transit Fare Programs in California Increased After COVID-19–But Can it Last?

policy brief

Capacity Building is Key for Accelerating Open-loop Payments Adoption Among Transit Agencies

Daniel Rodriguez

ITS-Berkeley Director; Chancellor's Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

danrod@berkeley.edu

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

Recent Projects

Assessing the Equity Legacy of Mega-Event Transit Investments: Accessibility Impacts of Los Angeles’ ‘28 by 28’ Projects

Research Team:

Daniel Rodriguez (lead), Gregório Luz

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Rail Transit Ridership in California: Lessons Learned from Station Area Assessments

Research Team:

Daniel Rodriguez (lead), Susan Pike, Michael McNally, Meiqing Li

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine

Evaluating the Effects of a Classroom-Based Bicycle Education Intervention on Bicycle Activity, Self-Efficacy, Personal Safety, Knowledge, and Mode Choice

Research Team:

Daniel Rodriguez (lead), Libby Nachman, Ziana Deen

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Recent Publications

published journal article

Rail transit ridership changes in COVID-19: Lessons for station area planning in California

research report

Rail Transit Ridership Changes in COVID-19: Lessons from Station Area Characteristics

policy brief

Decline of Rail Transit Requires New Strategies

Stephen Ritchie

Chancellor's Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

sritchie@uci.edu

Recent Projects

Improving Rail Emissions Estimation Using Vision-Based Monitoring and Operational Data

Research Team:

Stephen Ritchie (lead), Andre Tok

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Analysis of Large Truck Crashes in California

Research Team:

Stephen Ritchie (lead), Youngeun Bae, Craig Rindt

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Assessing the Role of Truck-as-a-Service in California’s Zero-emission Transition

Research Team:

Stephen Ritchie (lead), Youngeun Bae, Craig Rindt

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Recent Publications

policy brief

Navigating the Shift: Critical Insights of California Fleet Operators into Zero-Emission Technologies

policy brief

What Matters Most to Drayage Companies When Considering a Zero-Emission Truck: Insights from Small and Large Fleet Operators

preprint journal article

Small and Large Fleet Perceptions on Zero-emission Trucks and Policies

Carolina Reid

Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

c_reid@berkeley.edu

Recent Projects

The Impacts of Upzoning on Housing Production and Communities in California

Research Team:

Carolina Reid (lead), Carol Galante, Jared Nolan, Simon Hochberg, Elizabeth Kneebone, David Garcia, Anna Cash, Karen Chapple

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Recent Publications

research report

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

Rezwana Rafiq

Assistant Project Scientist, UC Irvine Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Irvine

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

rrafiq@uci.edu