California Department of Transportation

Caltrans Sustainable Freight Academy

  • Principal Investigator Thomas O'Brien, Ph.D.
  • California State University Long Beach
This project will involve the design and implement two four-day in-person Sustainable Freight Academies for Caltrans during calendar year 2021.
Project Status
Complete

Centrally Coordinated Schedules and Routes of Airport Shuttles with LAX Terminals as Application Area

  • Principal Investigator Petros Ioannou, Ph.D.
  • University of Southern California
The purpose of this project is to develop a CENtrally COordinated Shuttle system (CENCOS) which can effectively coordinate airport shuttle schedules and routes in order to minimize curb congestion at the pick-up and drop-off points, reduce operational cost, improve quality of service with considerable benefits to mobility and environment.
Project Status
Complete

Changes in Mode Share in California

  • Principal Investigator Susan Handy, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
In this project, existing travel survey data will be analyzed and changes in mode share in California will be summarized to provide evidence for potential reasons for the change with the purpose of helping Caltrans evaluate their progress in meeting their specific goals of tripling bicycling and doubling walking and transit.
Project Status
Complete

Congestion Reduction through Efficient Empty Container Movement

  • Principal Investigator Maged Dessouky, Ph.D.
  • University of Southern California
The researchers created a model to solve the "Empty Container Problem" of freight operations. They tested the model using data from the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.
Project Status
Complete

Congestion Reduction via Personalized Incentives

  • Principal Investigator Meisam Razaviyayn, Ph.D.
  • University of Southern California
The purpose of this research is to develop real-time algorithms to reduce traffic congestion and improve routing efficiency via offering personalized incentives to drivers.
Project Status
Complete