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Projects

The National Center for Sustainable Transportation has funded a variety of research grants, organized by our three research themes (Infrastructure Provision; Travel Demand; and Vehicle Technology), and by project type (applied research projects, white papers / research synthesis, seed grants, translational projects, dissertation grants, and graduate student-led research). 

View Projects Awarded Prior to 2025

Scaling Shared Autonomous Vehicle Services: Adoption, Demand, and System Implications

  • Principal Investigator Basar Ozbilen, PhD
  • University of California, Davis
This study will generate policy-relevant evidence to support informed shared autonomous vehicle deployment by examining adoption expectations, anticipated use by trip purpose, and geographic variation across urban, suburban, and rural areas.
Project Status
In Progress

What Makes Complete Streets Projects Work?

  • Principal Investigator Elisa Barbour, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
This project will assess community reactions to complete streets projects that repurpose vehicular travel lanes or parking spaces for bicycle lanes, sidewalks or other pedestrian amenities, and/or transit-only or transit-priority lanes.
Project Status
In Progress