sustainability

The primary goal of this dissertation is to develop frameworks, quantitative models, and databases to support data-driven, informed, and integrated decision-making for managing the vast transportation infrastructure in California. This research focuses on optimizing maintenance and rehabilitation strategies for jointed plain concrete pavements to ensure cost-effectiveness and minimal disruption to traffic flow.

This report summarizes the Caltrans 2024 Sustainable Freight Academy, which consisted of presentations from goods movement professionals and subject matter experts and allowed participants to develop their skills in grant writing by applying lessons learned from the course.

This policy brief examines findings of a study on driving impacts and policy approaches for affordable housing in Transit-Oriented Developments.

UC Davis researchers surveyed almost 150 city planning directors in California’s four largest metropolitan areas to better understand cities’ motivations for supporting transit-oriented development, the challenges encountered, and techniques employed in achieving their transit-oriented development goals.

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.

This is the dataset for project "Understanding Real-World Brake Activity: A Key to Assessing Non-Tailpipe Emission Sources for Sustainable Transportation and Communities" (UCR-DOT-1013).