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Can Smart Growth Reduce Vehicle Travel in Rural Communities?

Research Product Type

Research Report

In this report, travel behavior data from the Federal Highway Administration’s National Household Travel Survey is combined with detailed built environment data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Smart Location Database to evaluate the relationships between personal and built environment factors and sustainable travel behaviors including vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and mode choice.

Can State and Regional Efforts Change Local Land Use Planning and Reduce Sprawl?

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

This policy brief summarizes findings and recommendations from a study on challenges posed by California Senate Bill 375.

Dataset: Analysis spreadsheet of land use efficiency and equity tools

Research Product Type

Data

Dataset used in the project "Tools and Best Practices for Land Use Efficiency and Equity in Cities" by Peter Nguyen and Jesus M. Barajas.

Dataset: Dataset of air travelers’ ground transportation choice at four airports in Northern California

Research Product Type

Data

This dataset is collected during the project "Air travelers’ Ground Transportation Choice at Four Airports in Northern California."It contains the survey responses regarding the use of the four airports in Northern California.

Dataset: Incorporating infrastructure and vehicle technology requirements, changes in demand, and Decarbonization policies’ considerations into freight planning

Research Product Type

Data

This is the dataset for the project "Incorporating Infrastructure and Vehicle Technology Requirements, Changes in Demand, and Decarbonization Policies Considerations into Freight Planning."

Developing an Interactive Machine Learning based Approach for Sidewalk Digitalization

Principal Investigator Ji Luo, Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside

This report proposes a machine-learning-based sidewalk digitization method, taking full advantage of roadway networks to reconstruct an initialized (connected) sidewalk network.

Project Status

Complete

Effectiveness of Land Use and Demand Strategies in Reducing VMT and GHG Emissions - Passenger

Principal Investigator Deborah Salon, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This white paper is written to be a practitioner’s guide to the extensive academic literature that provides evidence of policy effectiveness in reducing vehicle miles travelled (VMT). It compares the costs and benefits of various VMT reduction policies.

Project Status

Complete

Effects of Road Configurations and Urban Vegetation on the Air Quality Impact of Vehicle Related Emissions

Principal Investigator Faraz Enayati Ahangar
University of California, Riverside

This project examined the effects of road configurations and urban vegetation on the air quality impact of vehicle-related emissions and used this understanding to suggest methods to mitigate the impact of these emissions on urban air quality.

Project Status

Complete

Empirical assessment of land use and other policy impacts on freight facility location choices in California

Principal Investigator Maria Catalina Valencia-Cardenas
University of California, Davis

This project develops an integrated framework to evaluate how land-use, transportation, and economic development policies influence the location of freight facilities in California, and how these patterns relate to economic and social outcomes.

Project Status

In Progress

Environmental Impacts of Automated Vehicles

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

In this white paper, the researcher examines travel and environmental effects of automated vehicles (AV), focusing on how AVs may change travel demand.

Project Status

Complete