Policy Brief

Researchers at UC Davis studied methods and web-based mapping and quantitative analysis tools available to regional and local governments to evaluate the land use efficiency and equity of their policies and plans. The team reviewed 11 web-based tools on their incorporation of VMT, gentrification, equity, land use, and tool accessibility.

To inform the optimal design of programs to price road use/damage, emissions, and congestion, researchers at UC Davis reviewed published studies, examined existing programs, and investigated potential design choices for such programs. This policy brief summarizes the findings from that study.

This policy brief summarizes findings from a study that looked at (i) the effect of different factors on life cycle emissions; (ii) the impact of excluding life cycle emissions from policies; and (iii) potential strategies that might be used to effectively incorporate life cycle emissions in light-duty vehicle GHG policy.

This policy brief provides a statewide assessment of freight movement on all traffic congestion, and defines freight impact areas as severely congested roadway corridors with high volumes of trucks.

Researchers at UC Davis developed an initial methodology to evaluate implications of design decisions on the environmental impacts of concrete systems using a multi-criteria selection process to assist decision-makers.

In the U.S., mileage fees, or road user charges, are being explored as an alternative to motor fuel taxes, often called “gas taxes.” Researchers from the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center used data from over 360,000 Vermont vehicles to assess the financial and equity impacts of replacing the Vermont state gas tax with a revenue-neutral mileage fee of 1.5 cents per mile.

This policy brief informs policymakers’ efforts to encourage more sustainable travel modes for millennials and sheds light on how millennials might respond to policy interventions.

This policy brief summarizes findings from a project which utilized a method to monitor shoreline and infrastructure changes in response to sea level rise using a network of time-lapse cameras.

This policy brief summarizes findings from a project that created a tool to investigate the distribution of public health impacts resulting from the implementation of a regional transportation plan in the six-county Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) region.

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).