Policy Brief

To understand current climate adaptation workforce development needs, researchers at the University of Vermont surveyed state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations about training needs and opportunities at their agencies and catalogued climate adaptation graduate and certificate programs at universities around the country to assess whether these programs aligned with identified needs.

UC Davis researchers adapted a previously developed GIS planning toolbox to be used outside of California, collaborating with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission to develop a case study for using this toolbox for EV infrastructure planning in the Greater Philadelphia region.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis surveyed residents and employees of the West Village area of the UC Davis campus during the three-month pilot deployment of a self-driving, electric shuttle to understand attitudes toward self-driving technology. This policy brief summarizes findings from that research and provides policy implications of self-driving shuttles.

This policy brief summarizes research regarding concerns that transit-oriented developments could undermine the well-being of low-income groups and greenhouse gas reduction efforts.

This policy brief examines the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles in California between 2014 and 2016, both spatially and temporally, to gain a better understanding of the technology diffusion process and the effect of technology exposure, while controlling for sociodemographic factors and the effect of PEV incentive programs on PEV adoption in the state.

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution is rarely considered in the process of bike infrastructure planning. This oversight can have negative impacts on bicyclists given they are directly exposed to vehicular exhaust and experience an increased breathing rate during biking.

Researchers at the University of Southern California looked at case studies of ten distressed malls in California’s metropolitan areas to assess their potential for mixed-use development, including housing.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis investigated the range of potential impacts that rapid adoption of CAVs in California might have on vehicle miles traveled and emissions.

This policy brief summarizes findings from researchers at the University of California, Davis, who collected state travel data and electricity demand data to run a model that identified optimal highway rest areas for electric vehicle charger installation and calculated how an increase in charging demand would affect the California electricity grid at selected highway locations.

This policy brief discusses the gender imbalance observed in the plug-in electric vehicle market and its implications.