Policy Briefs

Barbour, Elisa; Jin, Janet; Goldsmith, Emma; Grover, Salvador; Martinez, Jacqueline; Handy, Susan: California Cities Face Trade-offs in Developing Plans and Policies for Transit-Oriented Development, 2024

Bunch, Davis S.; Chakraborty, Debapriya; Brownstone, David: Household Vehicle Choice in California: Behavior and Impacts, 2024

Dessouky, Maged; Yao, Siyuan: Benefits of Battery Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks Increase Rapidly over Time, 2024

Ferguson, Beth; Sanguinetti, Angela: Extending public transit through micromobility facilities and services in the Bay Area, 2024

Hoogland, Kelly; Hardman, Scott; Chakraborty, Debapriya; Bunch, David S: Impacts of the Federal Tax Credit on the Decision to Lease or Purchase a Plug-in Electric Vehicle, 2024

Jaller, Miguel; Qian, Xiaodong; Xiao, Ivan: Bikesharing and other micromobility services can improve connectivity between affordable housing communities and transit, 2024

Nelson, Clare; Rowangould, Gregory: Mileage Fees: An Equitable and Financially Viable Alternative to the Gas Tax, 2024

Ramji, Aditya; Fulton, Lewis: Sustainable Incentives for Accelerating the Zero Emission Vehicle Transition, 2024

Volker, Jamey; Hosseinzade, Rey; Handy, Susan: Using Vehicle Miles Traveled Instead of Level of Service as a Metric of Environmental Impact for Land Development Projects: Progress in California, 2024

Barajas, Jesus; Wang, Weijing: Community-Oriented Solutions May Help Rural Residents Adapt to Life Without a Car, 2023

Boarnet, Marlon G; Lee, Seula; Gross, James; Thigpen, Calvin: Do Slow Streets Encourage More Dockless Travel? Evidence from Electric Scooter Usage in Four Cities, 2023

Dessouky, Maged; Mahtab, Zuhayer: Flexible Routing for Ridesharing, 2023

Fitch-Polse, Dillon; Johnson, Nicholas; Handy, Susan: E-bike Incentive Programs Reduce GHGs and Support Recreational Travel, 2023

Jaller, Miguel; D’Agostino, Mollie C.; Otero-Palencia, Carlos: Jobs and Automation in the Freight and Warehousing Sector, 2023

Murphy, Colin W; Pellaton, Paige; Fuller, Sam: Best Practices for Science Communication: Messaging and Reputation, 2023

Nguyen, Peter; Barajas, Jesus M: Land Use Efficiency Tool Improvements May Help Governments Meet Sustainability Targets Equitably, 2023

Sanguinetti, Angela: New Tool for Gig Drivers Considering Going Electric, 2023

Volker, Jamey; Handy, Susan: Increasing Highway Capacity Induces More Auto Travel, 2023

Volker, Jamey; Handy, Susan: Updating the Induced Travel Calculator, 2023

Burke, Andrew: The Requirements, Costs, and Benefits of Providing Charging Infrastructure for Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks at California’s Rest Areas, 2022

Circella, Giovanni; Jaller, Miguel; Sun, Ran; Qian, Xiaodong; Alemi, Farzad: Future Connected and Automated Vehicle Adoption Will Likely Increase Car Dependence and Reduce Transit Use without Policy Intervention, 2022

Circella, Giovanni; Makino, Keita; Matson, Grant; Malik, Jai: Travel Behavior Trends During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2022

Gadsby, April; Tsai, Yichang James; Harvey, John: A Roadmap for Integrating Complete Streets Infrastructure into Pavement Asset Management Systems, 2022

Ghafelebashi, Ali; Razaviyayn, Meisam; Dessouky, Maged: Incentive Systems for New Mobility Services to Reduce Congestion, 2022

Harvey, John; Butt, Ali A.; Ostovar, Maryam; Kendall, Alissa; Hernandez, Jesus: Demonstrating the Life Cycle Assessment Framework for Complete Streets, 2022

Iogansen, Xiatian; Circella, Giovanni: The Impact of Ridehailing on Other Travel Modes and on Vehicle Dependency, 2022

Jaller, Miguel; Xiao, Ivan; Dennis, Sarah; Rivera-Royero, Daniel: Planning Can Maximize Benefits and Mitigate Negative Consequences of Future Travel Increases from E-Commerce, 2022

Jung, Heejung; Johnson, Kent; Lopez, Brenda: Real-World Brake Activity Testing in Heavy-Duty Vehicles to Inform Emissions Inventories, 2022

Lozano, Mark T.; Kendall, Alissa; Arnold, Gwen; Harvey, John T.; Butt, Ali A.: How Much Do Local Climate Action Plans in California Consider Emissions, Cost, and Equity?, 2022

Matsumoto, Deanna; Mace, Caitlin; Reeb, Tyler; O’Brien, Thomas: Advancing Seaport Environmental Sustainability: Case Studies from the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan, 2022

Mohiuddin, Hossain; Fitch, Dillon; Handy, Susan: Understanding the Bike-share Market in the Sacramento Region to Increase Demand and Improve Access, 2022

Passmore, Reid; Watkins, Kari E.; Guensler, Randall: BikewaySim and Complete Paths Networks are Expected to Improve Modeling of Bicycle Activity and Route Choice, 2022

Pike, Susan C.; D'Agostino, Mollie C.: What Will a Transition to Digital Transit Payments Mean for Un- and Underbanked Transit Passengers?, 2022

Qian, Xiaodong; Jaller, Miguel: Do Dock-based and Dockless Bikesharing Systems Provide Equitable Access for Disadvantaged Communities?, 2022

Qian, Xiaodong; Xiao, Runhua; Jaller, Miguel; Chen, Shenyang: How Intelligent Vehicle Technologies Can Improve Vulnerable Road User Safety at Signalized Intersections, 2022

Rodier, Caroline; Harold, Brian; Zhang, Yunwan: Evaluating Pilot Approaches to Increase Rural Mobility, 2022

Rodier, Caroline; Garcia Sanchez, Juan Carlos; Harrison, Makenna; Francisco, Jerel; Tovar, Angelly; Randall, Creighton: Publicly Funded Electric Carsharing Services Can Reduce Emissions and Expand Transportation Access, but They Need More Study, 2022

Rodier, Caroline; Chai, Huajun; Kaddoura, Ihab: Simulating the Effects of Shared Automated Vehicles and Benefits to Low-Income Communities in Los Angeles, 2022

Vital, Filipe; Ioannou, Petros: A Truck Routing Model to Reduce Fuel Consumption and Emissions while Accounting for Parking Availability and Working Hours Constraints, 2022

Volker, Jamey; Thigpen, Calvin: Single-Family Neighborhoods in Sacramento Have Sufficient Parking to Accommodate Accessory Dwelling Units, 2022

Wang, Guihua; Fulton, Lew; Miller, Marshall: The Costs of Owning Battery-Electric Trucks – Is the Research Aligning?, 2022

Whitney, Jason P.; Hollander, Allan D.; Boynton, Ryan M.; Shapiro, Kristen D.; Thorne, James H.; Worthington, Lisa Ann: A Model for Efficiently Allocating Resources to Mitigate Wildfire Risk along California Roadways, 2022

Witcover, Julie: What to Make of Biofuels? Understanding the Market from 2010 to the Present, and Projecting Ahead to 2030 Given Current Policies, 2022

Xing, Yan: A Glimpse of Microtransit at an Early Stage: The SmaRT Ride Consumer Market in the Sacramento Area, 2022

Yuan, Tianchen; Ioannou, Petros: Variable Speed Limit Control to Reduce Traffic Congestion in the Face of Uncertainty, 2022

Blanco, Hilda: Failing Shopping Malls Can Be a Powerful Tool for Addressing California’s Affordable Housing Shortage, 2021

Boarnet, Marlon G.; Burinskiy, Evgeny; Deaderick, Lauren; Guillen, Danielle; Ryu, Nicholas: Urban Design that Reduces Vehicle Miles Traveled Can Create Economic Benefits, 2021

Chakraborty, Debapriya; Buch, Koral; Tal, Gil: Cost of Vehicle Ownership: Cost Parity Between Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Conventional Vehicles Is at Least a Decade Away, 2021

Chakraborty, Debapriya; Bunch, David S.; Xu, Bingzheng; Tal, Gil; Brownstone, David: Exposure to Electric Vehicle Technology at Home and Work Can Fuel Market Growth, 2021

Cunningham, Patrick R.; Miller, Sabbie A.: Quantifying Environmental Impacts from Concrete Production, While Accounting for Data Variability and Uncertainty, 2021