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Optimizing Bikeshare Service to Connect Affordable Housing Units with Transit Services

Principal Investigator Miguel Jaller, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This project will develop a framework to optimize the location of bikeshare stations to mitigate the barriers between affordable housing and transit services. To achieve this, the multi-objective optimization process will consider both bikeshare trip demand, transit service schedule, available affordable housing units, and other geographic information.

Project Status

Complete

Optimizing Fuel Consumption and Pollutant Emissions in Truck Routing with Parking Availability Prediction and Working Hours Constraints

Research Product Type

Research Report

The transportation sector is responsible for a significant part of the U.S.’s greenhouse emissions, with a considerable amount being generated by medium-and heavy-duty trucks. However, when it comes to the trucking industry, ‘green’ routing studies do not consider other critical practical factors, like working hours regulations and parking availability. This study addresses a variant of the shortest path and truck driver scheduling problem under parking availability constraints which focuses on optimizing fuel consumption and emissions by controlling the truck's travel speed and accounting for time-dependent traffic conditions.

Performance-Based Approaches to Incentivize Local Adoption of Sustainable Land-Use Policies

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

This white paper focuses on the relationship between land use policies and driving patterns. It recommends strategies for enhancing local land use performance in reducing vehicle trips and increasing non-auto use.

Project Status

Complete

Permeable Pavement Road Map Workshop 2017

Principal Investigator John Harvey, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This project identified knowledge gaps and other barriers to wider implementation of permeable pavements. It involved a workshop that discussed plans for improved pavement policy.

Project Status

Complete

Planning and Policymaking for Transit-Oriented Development, Transit, and Active Transport in California Cities

Research Product Type

Research Report

This report provides research findings from the first year of a two-year research project on patterns of local policymaking in California to support transit-oriented development (TOD), transit, and active transport.

Planning for Sustainable and Equitable Goods Movement: Identifying Barriers, Best Practices and a Path Forward

Principal Investigator Gregory Rowangould, Ph.D.
University of Vermont

The objective of this research is to understand the limitations and barriers to more effective regional goods movement planning and the implications for understanding and addressing sustainability and equity concerns.

Project Status

In Progress

Policy Improvements of Private Transportation in US and China

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

This dissertation consists of three chapters that investigate policies aiming for improving private automobile transportation from different angles.

Policy, Preference and Practicality: An Investigation into Millennial Housing Choice, and the Policies and Practicalities of Densifying Development in California

Principal Investigator Jamey Volker, PhD
University of California, Davis

This dissertation synthesizes three different studies in order to evaluate how housing and land use impact amount of vehicle miles traveled.

Project Status

Complete

Projecting Reductions in Vehicle Kilometers Traveled from New Bicycle Facilities

Research Product Type

Associated Publication

This paper presents a simple method for projecting the impact of new bicycle facilities on vehicle kilometers traveled.

Quantification Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emission Reductions

Principal Investigator Susan Handy, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This research project will gather empirical data, agency reports, and other credible data sources to improve quantification methods used to estimate greenhouse gas emission reductions.

Project Status

Complete