Research Project

A National Assessment of the Air Quality and Health Impacts of Vehicle Travel and Electrification: Phase 1 Near Roadway Impacts and Equity Analysis

  • Principal Investigator Gregory Rowangould, Ph.D.
  • University of Vermont
This project will address limitations in the current literature surrounding air quality impacts of vehicle traffic, especially in underserved communities. The team will employ a refined near-roadway emission exposure surrogate that balances spatial precision and computational burden to estimate changes in exposure levels and health risks and the distribution of these burdens over time as EV adoption increases.
Project Status
In Progress

Accounting for fare evasion in estimates of transit ridership

  • Principal Investigator Kari E. Watkins, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
This project will assess and document methods used to determine Unlinked Passenger Trips and Passenger Miles Traveled at transit agencies across California, including sources of potential error such as fare evasion.
Project Status
In Progress

Active Transportation Benefit-Cost Tool

  • Principal Investigator Susan Handy, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
This project will develop a tool to evaluate the costs and benefits of active transportation projects as a part of Caltrans Active Transportation Program project evaluation.
Project Status
Complete

Advancing Active Transportation Project Evaluation

  • Principal Investigator Dillon Fitch-Polse, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
In this project, the researchers will conduct data collection and analysis to supplement the California AT Benefit-Cost Tool (or "the BC Tool").
Project Status
Complete

Advancing Equitable Electric Vehicle Adoption: Addressing home charging barriers and costs

  • Principal Investigator Dana Rowangould, Ph.D.
  • University of Vermont
This project evaluates the relationships between EV adoption, home charger installation, and housing characteristics as well as the costs of home charging installation for homes of different types in the City of Burlington, Vermont. The project also investigates the sociodemographic makeup of residents living in homes with greater barriers to home charging using national data.
Project Status
Complete