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Strategies for Transitioning to ZEVs - Passenger

Principal Investigator Thomas Turrentine, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This paper discusses the current challenges to a widespread electric vehicle transition. It acknowledges consumers’ resistance to change, changing technologies, and the urgency of addressing climate change through vehicle emissions reductions.

Project Status

Complete

Supporting Sustainable Transportation: Redefining State Practices for Allocating Transportation Funding in California

Principal Investigator Gian-Claudia Sciara, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This white paper reviews the complex systems through which California generates and allocates state revenue for transportation investment. The paper suggests preliminary steps for revising the state's transportation funding framework to reinforce emissions reduction goals.

Project Status

Complete

Targeted Investment for Critical Food Access in Rural New England

Principal Investigator David C. Novak, Ph.D.
University of Vermont

This project studies rural road networks that are vulnerable to extreme weather events and are necessary for accessing food.

Project Status

Complete

Targeted Investment for Food Access

Research Product Type

Research Report

This project focuses on modeling access to food locations by identifying the most critical roadway links in a transportation network. The project also provides a unique method for estimating household-level vulnerability characteristics using population synthesis.

The Future of California’s Cap-and-Trade Program: Policy Choices and Implications for Cross Border Linkage

California is in the process of defining the next chapter of its innovative greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program. Last year the state adopted a legally binding emissions reduction goal of 40 percent from 2020 to 2030, but the role of cap and trade in meeting this target is uncertain.

Travel Behavior, Responses To Fuel Prices, And Barriers To Change In Small And Rural Communities

Research Product Type

Associated Publication

This research aims to examine barriers to making sustainable travel behavior changes such as using multi-modal transportation, reducing overall amounts of travel, or moving to locations closer to necessary services.

UC Davis at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit

UC Davis was selected as an official affiliate event host for the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in San Francisco, CA where, under the leadership of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy, hosted four official affiliate sessions.

Sep 11-12, 2018 @ 8:00am - 5:30pm
555 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
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Understanding the Role of Transportation in Meeting California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target: A Focus on Technology Forcing Policies, Interactions with the Electric Sector and Mitigation Costs

University of California, Davis

This dissertation presents novel methodological improvements to the CA-TIMES energy/economic framework, enabling a more nuanced view of California's transition to a low carbon transportation energy system, under different policy and technology assumptions.

Project Status

Complete

Webinar: Sea Level Rise Monitoring at the Local and Regional Scale

This webinar highlights results and lessons learned from two shoreline studies and shares next steps for this work.

Workforce Development Needs of Transportation Sector Climate Adaptation Professionals

Research Product Type

White Paper

This white paper assesses the workforce development needs and current training opportunities related to transportation-sector climate adaptation. To do so, training needs were examined and opportunities identified by state and regional transportation agencies; training needs of aspiring and early-career climate adaptation professionals were cataloged; and a scan was completed of the educational opportunities in climate adaptation currently offered by universities in the United States.