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Climate Adaption for State DOTS and Local Agencies

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

This white paper reviews the state of the practice and knowledge for climate adaptation processes at state departments of transportation and local transportation agencies. It also has interviews with stakeholders and reviews of recent literature.

Project Status

Complete

Climate Change, Infrastructure, Policy and Governance – Who Should Be Doing What?

Exploring how to facilitate cross jurisdictional collaboration on climate action planning and implementation is new territory that layers in all levels of government and raises big questions about who will use what resources to protect and preserve infrastructure.

CO2 and Cost Impact Analysis of a Microgrid with Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: A Case Study in Southern California

Research Product Type

Associated Publication

As a part of an innovative Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), this paper investigates the effectiveness of transportation-based microgrid configurations in reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and electricity costs.

Comparison of Electric Vehicle Miles Traveled between Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles and Battery Electric Vehicles

Principal Investigator Seshadri Srinivasa Raghavan, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

The goal of this study intends to understand the relative share of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) between a plug-in hybrid vehicle and a battery electric vehicle.

Project Status

Complete

Conducting an Inventory to Quantify Carbon Sequestration Potential for Fuels Reduction in Caltrans Rights of Way

Principal Investigator James Thorne, PhD.
University of California, Davis

This research project aims to support efforts within Caltrans in conducting a wildfire vulnerability risk assessment for fuels reduction in the right of way (ROW) to protect Caltrans’ infrastructur

Project Status

Complete

Critical Infrastructure Systems: Distributed Decision Processes over Network and Uncertainties

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

This dissertation focuses primarily on the system analysis of critical infrastructure systems (CIS), with a particular interest to address the modeling and computational challenges brought by uncertainties, interdependencies and distributed decision making of various components and stakeholders involved in CIS.

Curbside Management Is Critical for Minimizing Emissions and Congestion

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

Researchers at the University of California, Davis conducted a review of practices in curbside management, and they conducted simulations to evaluate the impact of different management and design strategies on travel time, congestion, vehicle travel, and emissions in residential, commercial, and mixed-use neighborhoods in San Francisco.

Current Natural Gas Infrastructure Can Accommodate Future Conversion to Near-Zero Transportation Technology

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

This policy brief summarizes findings from a research project which examined how natural gas infrastructure can be economically and technologically synergistic for natural gas and renewable natural gas in the near term.

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: A Survey of Agencies on Mitigating Extreme Heat Exposure through Novel Materials and Improved Pedestrian Infrastructure Design

Research Product Type

Data

This is the dataset of the National Center of Sustainable Transportation (NCST) project titled A Survey of Agencies on Mitigating Extreme Heat Exposure through Novel Materials and Improved Pedestrian Infrastructure Design.