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Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions is Only the Beginning: A Literature Review of the Co-Benefits of Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled

Principal Investigator Kevin Fang, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This paper explores the presence and magnitude of potential co-benefits of reducing vehicle miles of travel, providing California-specific examples where available.

Project Status

Complete

Dataset of Estimated Miles of Walking and Biking by Census Tract for California

Research Product Type

Data

This project calculated two sets of activity estimates based on two different travel surveys conducted in California: the 2009 National Household Travel Survey and the 2010-2012 California Household Travel Survey.

Dataset: 2020 Critical Update to Caltrans Wildfire Vulnerability Analysis

Research Product Type

Data

The data and materials presented here support a research project conducted by UC Davis in support of Caltrans, a transportation agency that is conducting a wildfire vulnerability risk assessment for fuels reduction in the right of Way (ROW) to protect Caltrans’ infrastructure and travelers.

Dataset: Compilation of California and US Zero Emission Vehicle Programs, Laws, and Incentives

Research Product Type

Data

These appendices serve as a compilation of California and US Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) programs, laws, and incentives.

Dataset: Life Cycle Modeling of Tech & Strategies for a Sustainable Freight System in California

Research Product Type

Data

This dataset is from research that applies a life cycle perspective to assess the energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, air quality impacts, and costs of on-road freight vehicle technologies and operational strategies identified under the Sustainable Freight Action Plan.

Dataset: Replication Data for: New Open-Source Analyses of Transit Job Access and Transit Ridership

Research Product Type

Data

This is the replication data for a research project examines the link between job access and stop/station level transit ridership.

Dataset: Ridehailing, uncertainty and sustainable transportation

Research Product Type

Data

This study investigates how stakeholders throughout the state of California view the potential impacts of ridehailing services such as Uber or Lyft, to transportation systems, and how to address su

Development of a Fine Grained Spatial Resolution for an Integrated Health Impacts Assessment Tool for the Sacramento Region

Research Product Type

Research Report

Understanding the public health impacts of transportation plans can inform decision making and project prioritization.

Do Fuel Taxes Face Ideological or Economic Opposition? Evidence from Voting on Proposition 6 and Lessons for Policymaking

Principal Investigator Erich Muehlegger, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This project seeks to unpack the political opposition to gasoline taxes, by examining how precinct-level support for California Proposition 6, which would have immediately reduced state gasoline taxes, covaries with the political ideology of voters and the economic burden of gasoline taxes.

Project Status

In Progress

Dynamic Ridesharing: Simulation of System-Level Travel Effects Using Agent-Based Demand and Supply Models in the Sacramento Region

Principal Investigator Caroline Rodier, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This project examines the potential for single-occupancy drivers to use public transit in their morning commutes. (For the final project, the researchers switched the study location from the Sacramento area to the San Francisco Bay area.)

Project Status

Complete