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Challenges Are Present, But California Transit Agencies Are Open to Open-loop

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

Researchers from the University of California, Davis gathered surveys from a small sample of transit agencies (N = 21) and found that agencies are interested in open-loop payments, agencies and passengers would likely support it, but that it also presents challenges for agencies and passengers. This policy brief summarizes the findings from that research and provides policy implications.

All Aboard! Easier Transit Travel with Standardized Payments

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

This research examines the potential for the adoption of a standardized fare payment system throughout California’s transit operators; to better serve their customers and provide seamless trip-planning and payment.

Project Status

Complete

All Aboard! Easier Transit Travel with Standardized Payments

Research Product Type

Research Report

This study explores interest in, and the challenges faced by transit agencies and operators in the adoption of open-loop payment systems.

Assessing Bike-Transit Accessibility

Research Product Type

Associated Publication

This paper presents a methodology for assessing bicycle first-last mile trips from one area to many possible areas using three visualizations on accessibility, travel times, and transit mode(s) utilized.

Can Emerging Micromobility Enable More Car-Light Sustainable Lifestyles?

Principal Investigator Hossain Mohiuddin
University of California, Davis

This project proposes to explore how micromobility (i.e., bike-share and scooter-share) services are enabling individuals toward a car-light lifestyle.

Project Status

Complete

Centrally Coordinated Schedules and Routes of Airport Shuttles with LAX Terminals as Application Area

Principal Investigator Petros Ioannou, Ph.D.
University of Southern California

The purpose of this project is to develop a CENtrally COordinated Shuttle system (CENCOS) which can effectively coordinate airport shuttle schedules and routes in order to minimize curb congestion at the pick-up and drop-off points, reduce operational cost, improve quality of service with considerable benefits to mobility and environment.

Project Status

Complete

Centrally Coordinated Schedules and Routes of Airport Shuttles with LAX Terminals as Application Area

Research Product Type

Research Report

In this project, the authors developed a centrally coordinated shuttle scheduling and routing management system for mixed fleets of diesel and electric shuttles using a digital twin of LAX to LA downtown traffic road network by optimizing the total combined cost of energy consumption and travel time.

Changing Markets for Commuter and Suburban Rail

Principal Investigator Kari E. Watkins, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

The goal of this project is to understand barriers to potential ridership including a dearth of first- and last-mile connections, reliability of service, bicycle and pedestrian facilities near stations, cost, changes in attitudes, changes in demand for travel (induced by work from home preferences), and station level amenities including parking.

Project Status

In Progress

Dataset: Supporting Code for NCST Report: Simulating Bike-Transit Trips using BikewaySim and TransitSim

Research Product Type

Data

This is the dataset associated with the report "Simulating Bike-Transit Trips Using BikewaySim and TransitSim."

Dataset: Transit agencies want open payments but there are challenges

Research Product Type

Data

This includes data used in the project, "All Aboard! Easier Transit Travel with Standardized Payments". The data was collected from California transit agencies in the fall of 2022 that gathered information about agency perceptions of open-loop payments and the challenges with adopting open fare collection systems, and whether assistance programs would benefit transit agencies interested in adopting open-loop payments.