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

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Michael Kleeman

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis

Areas of Expertise

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

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Measuring Changes in Air Quality from Reduced Travel in Response to COVID-19

Research Team:

Michael Kleeman (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Recent Publications

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policy brief

On-Road Motor Vehicles No Longer Dominate Ozone Formation

August 1, 2024

research report

Measuring Changes in Air Quality from Reduced Travel in Response to COVID-19

December 1, 2023

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Jae Hong Kim

Associate Professor, Department of Planning, Policy & Design, UC Irvine

Areas of Expertise

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

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

Research Team:

Jae Hong Kim (lead)

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 Irvine, UC Davis

Telecommuting and the Open Future

Research Team:

Jae Hong Kim (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Recent Publications

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research report

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

September 1, 2024

policy brief

What Challenges Can Arise from Coordinating Housing Development with Transportation?

September 1, 2024

research report

Telecommuting and the Open Future

January 6, 2024

Our Experts

Jay Jayakrishnan

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine

Areas of Expertise

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

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Categorizing and Prioritizing Trip Types to Support California’s VMT Reduction Goals

Research Team:

Jay Jayakrishnan (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Modeling the interactions of costs, price, choice and performance in shared mobility systems with subscription service possibilities

Research Team:

Jay Jayakrishnan (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Autonomicity: A Modeling Framework for Equitable Policy Analysis for Future Transportation

Research Team:

Jay Jayakrishnan (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Recent Publications

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research report

Reducing Degradation in High-Occupancy Lanes

November 1, 2019

published journal article

Integrating Autonomous Vehicles in Multimodal Peer-to-peer Shared Mobility Systems and its Network Impacts

May 2, 2019

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Susan Handy

Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis

Areas of Expertise

other Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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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

UC Campus(es):

UCLA, UC Davis

Right-sizing Transportation Infrastructure to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled

Research Team:

Adam Millard-Ball (lead), Susan Handy

UC Campus(es):

UCLA, UC Davis

Induced Travel Calculator Technical Assistance

Research Team:

Susan Handy (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

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published journal article

Does Bike-share Enhance Transport Equity? Evidence from the Sacramento, California Region

May 6, 2023

research report

How Dock-less Electric Bike Share Influences Travel Behavior, Attitudes, Health, and Equity: Phase II

July 1, 2021

policy brief

Bike-Share in the Sacramento Region Primarily Substitutes for Car and Walking Trips and Reduces Vehicle Miles Traveled

July 1, 2021

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Mark Hansen

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Freight, Logistics, & Supply Chain Infrastructure Delivery, Operations, & Resilience Public Transit, Shared Mobility, & Active Transportation Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment Zero-Emission Vehicles & Low-Carbon Fuels

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Assessing Scenarios for a Low Carbon Corridor from Northern to Southern California

Research Team:

Mark Hansen (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Policy Scenarios for Advancing Sustainable Aviation Fuels in California

Research Team:

Mark Hansen (lead), Jin Wook Ro, Colin Murphy

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley, UC Davis

Assessing the Broader Equity Benefits of California’s High-Speed Rail Project

Research Team:

Mark Hansen (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Recent Publications

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policy brief

California’s High-Speed Rail Yields the Greatest Accessibility Gains to the Most Vulnerable Communities

April 1, 2025

research report

Advancing Alternative Fuel Aviation Technologies in California

February 1, 2025

research report

Encouraging Mode Shift from Truck to Rail for California Produce

September 1, 2018

Our Experts

Carol Galante

Donald Terner Distinguished Professor, Faculty Director, Department of Affordable Housing and Urban Policy, Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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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

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Our Experts

John Gahbauer

Research Consultant, UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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Reforming California’s Transportation Development Act

Research Team:

Brian D. Taylor (lead), John Gahbauer, Juan Matute

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Changing Transit Ridership and Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Research Team:

Susan Shaheen (lead), John Gahbauer, Yan Xing, Adam Cohen, Juan Matute, Jacob Wasserman, Jeremy Epstein

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA

Steering California’s Transportation Future: A Report on Possible Scenarios and Recommendations

Research Team:

John Gahbauer (lead), Juan Matute, Jacob Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Recent Publications

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published journal article

Using a Modified Delphi Approach to Explore California's Possible Transportation and Land Use Futures

September 1, 2024

research report

Financing the Future: Examining the Fiscal Landscape of California Public Transit in the Wake of the Pandemic

April 10, 2023

white paper

Options for the Future of State Funding for Transit Operations in California

February 1, 2023

Our Experts

Lewis Fulton

Director, Energy Futures Program, UC Davis

Areas of Expertise

Freight, Logistics, & Supply Chain Public Transit, Shared Mobility, & Active Transportation Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment Zero-Emission Vehicles & Low-Carbon Fuels

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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), Tri Dev Acharya, Jasenka Rakas, Chris Yang, Marshall Miller

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UCLA

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

Research Team:

Lewis Fulton (lead), Pierpaolo Cazzola, Marshall Miller

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Recent Publications

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policy brief

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

October 1, 2024

research report

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

July 1, 2024

policy brief

Hydrogen Can Have a Much Lower Carbon Intensity than Fossil Fuels But This Largely Depends on How It Is Produced and Distributed

September 23, 2022

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