Publications

The National Center for Sustainable Transportation primarily publishes research reports, white papers / research synthesis papers, and policy/research briefs. NCST funding also supports the production of journal articles, conference papers, books, dissertations, theses, presentations, posters, and more.

Multi-Modal Travel in Yosemite Valley

Research Product Type
Research Report
In this study, the researchers examined traffic volumes and patterns in Yosemite Valley, the heart of Yosemite National Park.

Updating the Induced Travel Calculator

Research Product Type
Research Report
With Calculator use increasing, the Institute of Transportation Studies at University of California, Davis (ITS-Davis) initiated a project to update the National Center for Sustainable Transportation’s Induced Travel Calculator and improve its functionality based on recent data and empirical research.

Demonstrating the Life Cycle Assessment Framework for Complete Streets

Research Product Type
Policy Brief
The researchers assessed whether the LCA framework was useful in identifying whether a complete street delivered, or was likely to deliver, the intended performance and benefits, and the social and health conditions of the neighborhoods receiving the benefits.

Planning Can Maximize Benefits and Mitigate Negative Consequences of Future Travel Increases from E-Commerce

Research Product Type
Policy Brief
Researchers at the University of California, Davis developed a forecasting model to quantify the potential impacts of future e-commerce on emissions and transport activity under different scenarios with assumptions about penetration levels of various technologies (e.g., electrification, rush deliveries, crowdshipping, and automation/efficiency improvements).

Incentive Systems for New Mobility Services to Reduce Congestion

Research Product Type
Research Brief
Researchers at the University of Southern California developed a distributed algorithm for offering incentives to organizations to make socially optimal routing decisions designed to lower the traffic flow of congested roads without creating new congestion in other parts of the road network.

Caltrans Sustainable Freight Academy

Research Product Type
Research Report
The academy consisted of presentations from goods movement professionals and subject matter experts, from the U.S. State DOTs and public-and private organizations as well as those from international planning agencies.

Incentive Systems for New Mobility Services

Research Product Type
Research Report
With rapid population growth and urban development, traffic congestion has become an inescapable issue in large metropolitan regions. This research project studies the problem of offering incentives to organizations to change the behavior of their individual drivers (or individuals using their organization’s services).