planning

Exploring Microtransit Adoption and Impacts on Transportation Access of Underserved Populations

  • Principal Investigator Yan Xing, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
This research focuses on transportation of underserved people in the Sacramento area of California and aims to explore their barriers to and facilitators of adoption of a technology-enabled on-demand service—microtransit—and how and to what extent it helps get access to services and employment by employing quantitative methods based on data collected through phone and intercept surveys.
Project Status
In Progress

Federal Road Charge Tax Administration Process

  • Principal Investigator Alan Jenn, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
This project aims to understand current federal road funding, with the aim of facilitating a transition between a traditional fuel tax and a road charge mechanism.
Project Status
Complete

Federal Road Charge Tax Administration Process

Research Product Type
Research Report
In this report, researchers investigate the institutional structure of the current gasoline tax at the federal level including historical changes, how the tax is collected, and how it is allocated and disbursed to fund infrastructure projects.

Freight Efficiency Strategies: Planning and Policy

Research Product Type
White Paper
To establish a broad perspective on ways that state departments of transportation (DOT) are facilitating interregional and statewide freight planning efforts, this white paper analyzes state DOT organizational charts to identify where freight planning functions are housed.

Future Electric Vehicle Charging Demand at Highway Rest Areas and Implications for Renewable Energy Penetration in California

Research Product Type
Policy Brief
This policy brief summarizes findings from researchers at the University of California, Davis, who collected state travel data and electricity demand data to run a model that identified optimal highway rest areas for electric vehicle charger installation and calculated how an increase in charging demand would affect the California electricity grid at selected highway locations.

Global Warming Potential from Build-Out and Maintenance of Global Roadway Networks

  • Principal Investigator John Harvey, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
The goal of this project is to produce a first-order estimate of future global warming potential from road building, maintenance, and rehabilitation for the world’s road networks and put this into context with other expected transportation-related greenhouse gases.
Project Status
In Progress
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