Other Sustainable Transportation Projects

Improving Public Safety through Spatial Synthesis, Mapping, Modeling, and Performance Analysis of Emergency Evacuation in California Localities

  • Principal Investigator Miguel Jaller, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
The project will help centralize and assess evacuation routes, and assess their capacity for evacuation. It will help inform infrastructure investment priority decisions, as it will identify the road segments with the largest impact on the evacuation route/network performance.
Project Status
Complete

Introduction to GIS High School Workshop & White Paper

  • Principal Investigator Thomas O'Brien, Ph.D.
  • California State University Long Beach
The CSULB Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) will write a white paper on introducing GIS technology to high school students. CITT will then develop the introductory GIS workshop for high school students with a focus on sustainable transportation.
Project Status
Complete

Leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Asset Inventories and Management

  • Principal Investigator Fengxiang Qiao, Ph.D.
  • Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University, in partnership with the University of Houston, will expand the Texas Department of Transportation’s Transportation Asset Management Plan which currently only includes pavements and bridges.
Project Status
In Progress

Modeling Traffic Noise and Light on Natural Landscapes at the State Scale

  • Principal Investigator Fraser Shilling, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
The researchers will develop a method for statewide modeling of noise and light intrusion into areas adjacent to roads to aid locating and designing crossings to maximize wildlife approach and use.
Project Status
Complete

Personal Vehicle Ownership and Operating Cost Calculator

  • Principal Investigator Daejin Kim
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
This project developed a tool that can help the public better understand the total cost of owning and operating a personal vehicle over the lifetime of that vehicle, from vehicle purchase to vehicle disposal.
Project Status
Complete