Multi-Modal Travel & Sustainable Land Use

Simulating Bike-Transit Trips Through BikewaySim and TransitSim

  • Principal Investigator Kari E. Watkins, Ph.D.
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
This research project links Georgia Tech’s newest shortest path calculator, BikewaySim, with the finished shortest path calculator for public transportation, TransitSim.
Project Status
Complete

Smart Growth Trip Generation

  • Principal Investigator Susan Handy, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
The goal of this project is to develop and disseminate data and a method that practitioners can use to estimate multimodal trip-generation rates for “smart growth” land use development projects proposed in California.
Project Status
Complete

Streamlining the Development Process in a Post-LOS Los Angeles

  • Principal Investigator Jamey Volker, PhD
  • University of California, Davis
This project analyzes the switch from level-of-service (LOS) to vehicle miles traveled (VMT) as a measure of significant environmental impacts. The researchers study how both LOS and VMT relate to development, housing, land use, and emissions.
Project Status
Complete

Studying the Impacts of the Pandemic and Future Mobility Patterns in California During the Post COVID-19 Recovery

  • Principal Investigator Giovanni Circella, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
Starting in early 2020, the world has experienced huge disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The analyses carried out in this study will shed light on the complicated impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on activity participation and travel patterns, including commuting and non-commuting (e.g., discretionary) trips, and the use of various means of travel.
Project Status
Complete

Sustainability of Micromobility Services: VMT Reduction and Transit Connection

  • Principal Investigator Dillon Fitch-Polse, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
In this project, the research team will quantify the magnitude of micromobility service effects on vehicle miles of travel (VMT) through triangulation and synthesis of three primary travel behaviors: mode substitution, transit connection, and driving/ride-hailing behavior.
Project Status
Complete