University of California, Davis

Do Fuel Taxes Face Ideological or Economic Opposition? Evidence from Voting on Proposition 6 and Lessons for Policymaking

  • Principal Investigator Erich Muehlegger, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
This project seeks to unpack the political opposition to gasoline taxes, by examining how precinct-level support for California Proposition 6, which would have immediately reduced state gasoline taxes, covaries with the political ideology of voters and the economic burden of gasoline taxes.
Project Status
Complete

Dock‐based and Dockless Bikesharing Systems: Analysis of Equitable Access for Disadvantaged Communities

  • Principal Investigator Miguel Jaller, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
The objectives of this project are to expand the previous work to evaluate the potential benefits of dockless systems to improve accessibility to disadvantaged communities, and to compare them with dock‐based systems. Specifically, the project will analyze the difference in service levels among dock‐based and dockless systems.
Project Status
Complete

Eco-Driving to Reduce Emissions (Behavioral Focus)-Cars

  • Principal Investigator Kenneth Kurani, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
This project provides energy and environment policy makers with both an up-to-date review of eco-driving outcomes and an understanding of how those outcomes depend on the behavioral contexts in which they are measured.
Project Status
Complete

Electric Vehicles and Environmental Justice

  • Principal Investigator David S. Rapson, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
This project examines environmental justice concerns of plug-in electric vehicle transactions.
Project Status
Complete