technology (general) | National Center for Sustainable Transportation

Environmental and economic costs, benefits and uncertainties of vehicle electrification: a life cycle approach

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

The objective of this dissertation is to develop and refine methods of assessing the life cycle environmental impacts and economic costs of electric vehicle technologies and policies.

Environmentally-Friendly Driving Feedback Systems Research and Development for Heavy-Duty Trucks

Principal Investigator Kanok Boriboonsomsin, Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside

Researchers developed a variety of eco-driving technologies for trucks. They then tested how effective these technologies were in reducing emissions and fuel consumption.

Project Status

Complete

Evaluating the Effectiveness of “Smart Pedal” Systems for Vehicle Fleets

Principal Investigator George Scora
University of California, Riverside

The research team will utilize the before/after “Smart Pedal” data to conduct a cost/benefit analysis of the top 2% of Caltrans Fleet vehicles which would benefit from “Smart Pedal” technology installation.

Project Status

Complete

Evaluating the Effectiveness of “Smart Pedal” Systems for Vehicle Fleets

Research Product Type

Research Report

This research evaluates the potential effectiveness of a select “Smart Pedal” system for improving fuel economy and reducing GHG emissions in the Caltrans vehicle fleet.

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

Complete

Exploring Microtransit Adoption and its Impacts on Transportation Access for Underserved Populations

Research Product Type

Research Report

This project evaluates a broad range of factors influencing microtransit adoption and travel behavior among underserved populations using original revealed choice survey data collected from February – May 2024 with online and intercept surveys.

Freight Load Balancing and Efficiencies in Alternative Fuel Freight Modes

Research Product Type

Research Report

This project developed a centrally coordinated load balancing system that considers all user demands and generates individual routes that balance freight loads across the network by minimizing cost.

Freight Load Balancing and Efficiencies in Alternative Fuel Freight Modes

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

In this project, the researchers will develop a methodology to reduce freight system inefficiencies by incorporating a centrally coordinated load balancing system.

Project Status

Complete

Improving Transportation Information Resilience: Error Estimation for Networked Sensor Data

Research Product Type

Research Report

This project focuses on the problem of error detection and data recovery of partially malfunctioning sensors that could provide valuable information. The results of three network examples with different scales demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method in a large variety of scenarios. This research improves fundamental knowledge on transportation data analytics as well as the effective management of data and information infrastructure in transportation practice.

Improving Transportation Information Resilience: Error Estimation for Networked Sensor Data

Principal Investigator Yueyue Fan, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This research will improve fundamental knowledge on transportation data analytics as well as the effective management of data and information infrastructure in transportation practice.

Project Status

Complete