October 9, 2025

UC ITS Launches New Round of Research to Shape California’s Transportation Future

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Through funding from the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Senate Bill 1), the UC Institute of Transportation Studies (UC ITS) is launching a new slate of research projects aimed at advancing California’s transportation, climate, and equity goals.

This year’s portfolio features work to enhance roadway safety, develop innovative planning tools, reduce transportation emissions, improve public health, and integrate emerging technologies. Together, these projects demonstrate UC ITS’s ongoing commitment to ensuring that public investments and policies are grounded in rigorous research and deliver tangible benefits for communities across the state.

Explore the new projects launching this fall below.

Evaluate the Effects of California’s First Speed Camera Installation Using Telematics Data in San Francisco

Research Team:

Julia Griswold (lead), Sujin Lee, Matthew Raifman

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Airport Parking as Grid Assets: Optimal Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Management

Research Team:

Matthew D. Dean (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Co-Designing a Community Bicycle Lending Library in Santa Ana, CA

Research Team:

Elisa Borowski (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

CrossWise: A Scalable System for Intersection Classification and Safety Analysis

Research Team:

Maryam Hosseini (lead), Jon Atkins

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Enhancing Automated Vehicle Braking for Human Compatibility

Research Team:

Wenlong Jin (lead), Jooneui Hong

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Do Plans Converge? Tracking Local Planning in Response to State Transportation Goals

Research Team:

Jae Hong Kim (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Complement or Substitute? Understanding How a Mobility Wallet Interacts with Transit Discount Programs in Los Angeles

Research Team:

Madeline Brozen (lead), Evelyn Blumenberg, Brian Harold, Caroline Rodier, Sang-O Kim

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Exploring the Linkages and Interplay between Transit Service and California’s Housing Laws

Research Team:

Jacob Wasserman (lead), Aaron Barrall, Adam Millard-Ball, Amy Lee

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Sharing the History and Present Legacy of Freeway Siting in California

Research Team:

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris (lead), Jacob Wasserman, Chhandara Pech, Paul Ong, Jordan Grimaldi, Andres F Ramirez

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Evaluating Phase 2 of the Los Angeles Mobility Wallet Program

Research Team:

Caroline Rodier (lead), Brian Harold, Yunwan Zhang

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Development of an Online Repository of Data and Metadata for California’s Highway Bridges

Research Team:

Ertugrul Taciroglu (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Trajectory Planning for Connected and Automated Vehicles in Work Zones

Research Team:

Pei (Peggy) Wang (lead), Xinwei Yang

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

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

Fair Miles: A Data-Informed Framework for Road Usage Pricing in California

Research Team:

Manxi Wu (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Re-Examining Induced Travel in California

Research Team:

Michael Cassidy (lead), Jean Doig Godier, Atiila Kharobo

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Pushed from the Curb: Optimizing the Use of Curb Space by Ride-sourcing Vehicles

Research Team:

Ryland Lu (lead), Donald Shoup

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Barriers to Low-Income Electric Vehicle Adoption in California: An Assessment of Price Discrimination and Vehicle Availability

Research Team:

Erich Muehlegger (lead), David Rapson

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Using GPS Tracking to Understand the Transportation Costs of Displacement: A San Francisco Pilot

Research Team:

Miriam Zuk (lead), Karen Chapple

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley

Improving Electric Transportation Resilience After Disasters

Research Team:

Ricardo deCastro (lead), Keith Corzine

UC Campus(es):

UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz

Delayed Mobility and Retirement

Research Team:

Evelyn Blumenberg (lead), Martin Wachs

UC Campus(es):

UCLA