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

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

research report

What are the best ways to organize, coordinate, and deliver public transit service in large metropolitan areas? A Research Synthesis

policy brief

Organizing and Delivering Public Transit Service in California

published journal article

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

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

published journal article

Navigating the gig economy: transportation labor challenges facing California’s app-based ridehailing and courier drivers

policy brief

What Should Agencies Measure to Decide if Microtransit Is Working?

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

Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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

Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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

Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

Recent Projects

Connecting Telework, Travel Behavior, and System Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Research Team:

Michael McNally (lead), Rezwana Rafiq

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Teleworking, Travel, and Quality of Life Before, During, and After the Pandemic Across Different Population Groups in the U.S.

Research Team:

Michael McNally (lead), Rezwana Rafiq

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

A Delphi Study of Technology and Policy Implications of RIMI Research on Public Transit and Shared Mobility

Research Team:

Michael McNally (lead), Rezwana Rafiq

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Recent Publications

preprint journal article

A Comparison of Time-use for Telecommuters, Potential Telecommuters, and Commuters during the COVID-19 Pandemic

published journal article

Telecommuting and Travel during COVID-19: An Exploratory Analysis across Different Population Geographies in the U.S.A.

preprint journal article

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Telecommuting and Travel

Chhandara Pech

Assistant Director, UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

cpech07@ucla.edu

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

Recent Projects

Sharing the History and Present Legacy of Freeway Siting in California

Research Team:

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris (lead), Jacob Wasserman, Chhandara Pech, Paul Ong

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Stockton’s Crosstown Freeway, Urban Renewal, and Asian Americans: Systemic Causes and Impacts

Research Team:

Chhandara Pech (lead), Paul Ong, Jacob Wasserman, Christopher-Hung Do, Anne Yoon

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

The Spatial Dilemma of Sustainable Transportation and Just Affordable Housing

Research Team:

Paul Ong (lead), Chhandara Pech, Jacob Wasserman

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Recent Publications

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From "Across the Tracks" to "Across the Freeway": A History of the Racialization and Exclusion behind the I-10 Freeway in Colton

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Freeway Revolts and Racially Exclusive Participatory Planning: A History of Organized Opposition to Freeway Construction in Pacoima

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The Fight for Teralta Park: The History behind State Route 15 and California's First Freeway Cap

Suzanne Paulson

Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

Paulson@atmos.ucla.edu

Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

Recent Projects

Using Emerging Sensor Networks to Investigate Impacts of Roadway Activities on PM10 and PM2.5

Research Team:

Suzanne Paulson (lead), Pami Mukherjee, Kyongwon Yoo, Nur Yasmin Rizal

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Paul Ong

Research Professor, Department of Economics, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

pmong@ucla.edu