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Adding Carbon to the Equation in Online Flight Search

Research Product Type

Research Report

This study explores the potential to promote lower-emissions air travel by providing consumers with information about the carbon emissions of alternative flight choices in the context of online flight search and booking.

Adding Carbon to the Equation in Online Flight Search to Promote Lower-Emissions Air Travel

Principal Investigator Nina Amenta, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This study examines how knowledge of carbon emissions may affect online flight ticket purchases.

Project Status

Complete

Advancing Models of Intercity Travel: Overnight Models and Mobile Device Data

Principal Investigator Lisa Aultman-Hall, Ph.D.
University of Vermont

This project aims to understand the motivations and impacts behind long-distance travel, with special focus on equity aspects.

Project Status

Complete

Advancing Understanding of Long-Distance and Intercity Travel with Diverse Data Sources

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

This policy brief aims to answer the following questions: what is the best way to measure individuals’ long-distance travel in order to inform planning and policy, and what factors are associated with long-distance travel and do they suggest inequitable access to intercity and more distant destinations?

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

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

Research Product Type

Research Report

In this project, the authors developed a centrally coordinated shuttle scheduling and routing management system for mixed fleets of diesel and electric shuttles using a digital twin of LAX to LA downtown traffic road network by optimizing the total combined cost of energy consumption and travel time.

Dataset: Employee airline travel preferences survey data, UC Davis GreenFLY project

Research Product Type

Data

This survey data is from a study exploring the potential to promote lower-emissions air travel by providing consumers with information about the carbon emissions of possible flight choices in the c

Dataset: Popular flight costs and emissions data

Research Product Type

Data

This dataset gives information on 67 popular destinations for UC Davis employee business travel.

Emissions Information Can Prompt Travelers to Purchase Greener Flights

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

This policy brief summarizes findings and policy implications from a study in which researchers estimated the effect of displaying emissions and costs to flight choice.

Estimating Aviation And Passenger Vehicle Emissions For Surveyed Long-Distance, Intercity Trips

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

The focus of this research is the design and implementation of a carbon calculator that estimates the CO2 emissions of both passenger vehicles and aviation options for surveyed real-world trips.