Research Project

This study examined the state of employee retention and knowledge management in the Vermont Agency of Transportation.

This project looked at attitudes and adoption of alternative vehicle fuels. The researchers also analyzed barriers to alternative fuel adoption, and strategies for improving technologies.

This research will determine whether charging at roadside rest areas, especially those along interstate highways, are likely to meet the needs of the trucks that have multi-day trips.

This project looks at a variety of scenarios to understand how automated vehicles may affect travel demand in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Automated vehicles have the potential to reduce the need for parking, but they also have the potential to increase congestion through picking up and dropping off passengers. This project studies such possible environmental effects.

The main objective of this project is to develop a centralized truck parking system that will balance parking utilization in time and space by using full information about supply and demand.

The key objective of this contract is to inform the California Air Resources Board on the quickly evolving transportation patterns resulting from the deployment and adoption of emerging transportation technologies, and the disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, and identify opportunities for reduction of vehicle miles travelled (VMT) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation.

This research project will study battery technologies that can significantly increase the energy density to at least 500 Wh/kg or higher and reduce charging time to fifteen minutes or lower and have a cell cost to the original equipment manufacturer of $70/kWh or lower in a large battery pack (>500 kWh).

Through development of necessary benchmarks as well as robust tools for assessment and improvement, this work will better inform the procurement of concrete for transportation infrastructure. Further, the tools developed will quantify potential co-benefits or unintended consequences to other environmental impacts.

Yosemite National Park attracts 4.5 million visitors a year, 60% of whom spend at least some time in Yosemite Valley where many of the park’s natural wonders are found. Bicycles have been a popular travel alternative within the valley. The purpose of this project is to explore the potential for bicycling to play a larger role in the effort to manage Yosemite Valley traffic and reduce environmental impacts.