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

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

Recent Projects

Examining the Impact of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard on Fleet Electrification for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles

Research Team:

Julie Witcover (lead), Lewis Fulton, Colin Murphy

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Mapping the Potential of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Across Transportation Sectors in California

Research Team:

Lewis Fulton (lead), Timothy Lipman, Daniel Coffee

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA

Comparing California and European Strategies for Reaching Very Low Carbon Transportation Systems

Research Team:

Lewis Fulton (lead), Pierpaolo Cazzola, Marshall Miller, Aditya Ramji

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Recent Publications

research report

A Review of Data Systems to Track Zero-Emission Truck Adoption and Suggestions for Future Improvements

policy brief

Developing a Hydrogen Vehicle Market in California Will Require Significant Upfront Investment, but Should be Self-Sustaining Thereafter

research report

Fuel-cell Vehicle and Hydrogen Transitions in California: Scenarios, Cost Analysis, and Workforce Implications

Karen Frick

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

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

kfrick@berkeley.edu

Infrastructure Delivery, Operations, & Resilience Public Transit, Shared Mobility, & Active Transportation Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

Recent Projects

Benchmarking “Smart City” Technology Adoption in California: Developing and Piloting a Data Collection Approach

Research Team:

Alison Post (lead), Karen Frick

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

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

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

policy brief

The General Transit Feed Specification Makes Trip-Planning Easier – Especially During a Pandemic – Yet its Use by California Agencies is Uneven

Dillon Fitch-Polse

Professional Researcher, Co-Director Bicycling Plus Research Collaborative, UC Davis

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

dtfitch@ucdavis.edu

Infrastructure Delivery, Operations, & Resilience Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment Zero-Emission Vehicles & Low-Carbon Fuels

Recent Projects

The Development of Safety Surrogate Measures for Vulnerable Road Users through Computer Vision Trajectory Tracking

Research Team:

Tatsuya Fukushige (lead), Dillon Fitch-Polse

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Envisioning Micromobility as Public Transit: Two intervention studies in the living lab of Davis, California

Research Team:

Kari Edison Watkins (lead), Susan Pike, Dillon Fitch-Polse, Hope Bodenschatz

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Exploring the Effects of Cost on Usage of Shared Micromobility Services

Research Team:

Tatsuya Fukushige (lead), Kari Edison Watkins, Dillon Fitch-Polse

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Recent Publications

policy brief

A Cross-sector Micromobility Research Roadmap

published journal article

What factors influence the adoption and use of dockless electric bike-share? A case study from the Sacramento region

policy brief

Bike Theft: Estimating the Magnitude and Impacts on Bicycling Behavior Policy Brief

Ethan Elkind

Director, Climate Program, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, UC Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

eelkind@law.berkeley.edu

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

Recent Projects

Charging up the Central Coast: Policy Solutions to Improve Electric Vehicle Charging Access in Watsonville

Research Team:

Ethan Elkind (lead), Shruti Sarode, Katie Segal, Maia Baltzley, Louise Bedsworth

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Addressing High Capital Costs and Delays for California’s Major Transportation Projects

Research Team:

Ethan Elkind (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Recent Publications

research report

Charging Up the Central Coast: Policy Solutions to Improve Electric Vehicle Charging Access in Watsonville

research report

Getting Back on Track: Policy Solutions to Improve California Rail Transit Projects

policy brief

How Can California Transit Agencies Build Rail Cheaper and Faster?

Elizabeth Deakin

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

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

edeakin@berkeley.edu

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

Recent Projects

Stakeholder Perspectives and Strategies for Reviving Public Transit Ridership to Downtowns and Employment Centers in the Bay Area

Research Team:

Elizabeth Deakin (lead), Egon Terplan

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Markets and Program Options for E-Bikes in California

Research Team:

Elizabeth Deakin (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Best Practices for the Public Management of Electric Scooters

Research Team:

Elizabeth Deakin (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Recent Publications

research report

Struggling to Connect: Housing and Transportation Challenges of Low-Income Suburban Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area

policy brief

Low-Income Suburban Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area Face Significant Housing and Transportation Issues

published journal article

Crabgrass confinement: Housing and transportation challenges of low- and moderate-income suburban residents in the San Francisco Bay Area

Dana Cuff

Director and Professor, cityLAB, and Department of Architecture and Urban Design, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

dcuff@aud.ucla.edu

Intelligent Transportation Systems, Emerging Technologies, & Big Data Public Transit, Shared Mobility, & Active Transportation Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

Recent Projects

Mapping mobilities: Opportunities for centering youth in mobility research, design, and planning

Research Team:

Dana Cuff (lead), Claire Nelischer

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Sidewalking: A Toolkit for Engaging Youth in Planning and Designing Urban Mobility Futures

Research Team:

Dana Cuff (lead), Yang Yang, Claire Nelischer

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Pathways to Autonomy: Supporting Youth Independent Mobility in Westlake, Los Angeles

Research Team:

Dana Cuff (lead), Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Recent Publications

published journal article

The social life of the sidewalk: tracing the mobility experiences of youth in Westlake, Los Angeles

research report

Sidewalking: A Toolkit for Engaging Youth in Planning and Designing Urban Mobility Futures

research report

Pathways to Autonomy: Supporting Youth Independent Mobility in Westlake, Los Angeles

Adam Cohen

Survey Researcher, Transportation Sustainability Research Center, UC Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

apcohen@berkeley.edu

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

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

Feasibility Study on the Implementation of Earthquake Early Warning in Airports

Research Team:

Mark Hansen (lead), Adam Cohen

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

How Shared Mobility Can Complement or Compete with Transit

Research Team:

Susan Shaheen (lead), Michael Hyland, Jacob Wasserman, Elliot Martin, Adam Cohen, "Brooke (Schmidt) Wolfe "

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UCLA

Recent Publications

policy brief

Student Access to Community College Relies Heavily on Private Vehicle Use

white paper

Strategies for Improving Community College Access in California

policy brief

Communities Are Experimenting with Microtransit to Fill Critical Gaps in Public Transit Service – What Have We Learned so Far?

Giovanni Circella

Director, 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program, UC Davis

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

gcircella@ucdavis.edu

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

Recent Projects

Investigating the Evolution of Residential Self-Selection in the Post-COVID Era: The Transition to Digital Lifestyles and Changing Travel Behaviors

Research Team:

Basar Ozbilen (lead), Yongsung Lee, Giovanni Circella, Keita Makino

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Impacts of Remote/Hybrid Work and Remote Services on Activity and Transportation Patterns

Research Team:

Giovanni Circella (lead), Kari Edison Watkins, Yongsung Lee

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

A Review and Synthesis of Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Urban Logistics

Research Team:

Yongsung Lee (lead), Giovanni Circella, Miguel Jaller

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Recent Publications

preprint journal article

Peaked Too Soon? Analyzing the Shifting Patterns of PM Peak Period Travel in Southern California

published journal article

Hybrid Workers’ Activity Intensity: Post-Pandemic Comparison of Telework-Only and in-Person Workdays

published journal article

Teleworkers and Physical Commuters During the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Change in Mobility Related Attitudes and the Intention to Telecommute in the Future

Daniel G. Chatman

Chair and Professor, Department of City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

dgc@berkeley.edu

Freight, Logistics, & Supply Chain Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

Recent Projects

Exploring the Impacts of Working at Home and Online Shopping on Post-Pandemic Travel and Transportation Policy in California

Research Team:

Daniel G. Chatman (lead), Yage Liu

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Assessing the Perspective of Labor Unions on California’s Policy Goals Related to Sustainable Transportation

Research Team:

Daniel G. Chatman (lead), Tamara Kerzhner

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Investigating Transportation and Housing Linkages for the State of California

Research Team:

Daniel G. Chatman (lead), Tamara Kerzhner

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Recent Publications

research report

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

policy brief

Insights on Autonomous Vehicle Policy from Early Adopter Cities and Regions

research report

Autonomous Vehicles in the United States: Understanding Why and How Cities and Regions Are Responding

Karen Chapple

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

Areas of Expertise

Contact

Email:

chapple@berkeley.edu