Dissertation Grant | National Center for Sustainable Transportation

Building Stocks of Experience: How Beliefs About How You Can, Ought, and Like To Travel Influence Youths’ Current and Future Travel Behavior

Principal Investigator Calvin Thigpen, PhD
University of California, Davis

This dissertation studies how individual experiences and skills can inform one's attitudes and adoption of different travel modes. Specifically, the researcher focuses on how childhood bicycling experiences and teenage driver's license delays impact adult travel behavior.

Project Status

Complete

Can Emerging Micromobility Enable More Car-Light Sustainable Lifestyles?

Principal Investigator Hossain Mohiuddin
University of California, Davis

This project proposes to explore how micromobility (i.e., bike-share and scooter-share) services are enabling individuals toward a car-light lifestyle.

Project Status

In Progress

Characterization of Asphalt Mixes Containing Recycled Materials with Improved Laboratory Technology and Innovative Performance Assessment Approaches

Principal Investigator Shawn Hung
University of California, Davis

This dissertation aimed to understand the properties and effectiveness of asphalt mixes containing recycled materials.

Project Status

Complete

Cooperative eco-approach and departure (EAD) along signalized corridors

Principal Investigator Zhensong Wei
University of California, Riverside

The objectives of the research project are to: 1) Combine cooperativity and the EAD to reduce the negative effect of the increasing penetration rate and 2) conduct field tests in existing connected vehicle testbeds and extend the scope to corridors or networks and study the energy optimization approach for multiple intersections.

Project Status

Complete

Design and Evaluation of Dynamic Mobility Management Systems

Principal Investigator David Oswald
University of California, Riverside

The goal of this project is to design and evaluate a Dynamic Mobility Management System (DyMMS) to address traffic congestion, which leads to more fuel consumption, significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and poor air quality.

Project Status

Complete

Developing Agent-Based Distributed Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems in the Connected and Automated Vehicle Environment

Principal Investigator Ziran Wang, Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside

In this project, the researcher aims to create an agent-based cooperative vehicle-infrastructure system (CVIS) framework, and develop modeling and control approaches in a connected and automat

Project Status

Complete

Development of Predictive Performance Models and Calibration of Mechanistic Empirical Design Method for Optimized Transportation Infrastructure Management, Considering Life-Cycle Costs and Environmental Impacts

Principal Investigator Ashkan Saboori
University of California, Davis

This project develops models to evaluate pavement quality and performance.

Project Status

In Progress

Effects of High Early Strength Concrete Thermal Contraction, Shrinkage and Creep on Pavement Performance

Principal Investigator Julio Paniagua
University of California, Davis

This research is focused on the development of recommendations and guidance on the use of thin bonded concrete overlay of asphalt (BCOA) as a rehabilitation alternative for California based on the

Project Status

In Progress

Energy and Environmental Impacts of Atlanta’s Reversible Express Toll Lanes: A Synthetic Control Analysis

Principal Investigator Tian Xia
Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Tech team will analyze the counterfactual scenario after the opening of reversible toll lanes on the I-75/I-575 Northwest Corridor of Atlanta, GA, in order to assess the energy and emis

Project Status

In Progress

Enhanced Accounting for Item Cost Variability in AASHTOWare Project Software

Principal Investigator William Reichard
Georgia Institute of Technology

This research proposes to use bootstrap analysis to derive confidence intervals for each item in the AASHTOWare database.

Project Status

In Progress