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Effects of Building a Stock of Bicycling Experience in Youth

Research Product Type

Associated Publication

This study provides confirmatory evidence for the importance of motility and its behavioral determinants.

Electric bicycles and cargo bikes—Tools for parents to keep on biking in auto-centric communities? Findings from a US metropolitan area

Research Product Type

Associated Publication

Despite a marked increase in electric bicycle (e-bike) research, few studies have looked at how parents or caretakers use e-bikes specifically to transport children.

Electric vehicle market potential and associated energy and emissions reduction benefits

Research Product Type

Associated Publication

This paper proposed a methodological framework to assess the potential of electric vehicle penetration and corresponding reduction in energy use and emissions in Georgia, U.S., using 2017 National Household Travel Survey data.

Emissions Information Can Prompt Travelers to Purchase Greener Flights

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

This policy brief summarizes findings and policy implications from a study in which researchers estimated the effect of displaying emissions and costs to flight choice.

Environmental Impacts of Automated Vehicles

Principal Investigator Caroline Rodier, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

In this white paper, the researcher examines travel and environmental effects of automated vehicles (AV), focusing on how AVs may change travel demand.

Project Status

Complete

Equitable distribution of bikeshare stations: An optimization approach

Research Product Type

Associated Publication

This article discusses the model researchers used to estimate potential bikeshare demand and its distribution, evaluating performance over a set of objectives to find the most equitable distribution of stations.

Estimating Aviation And Passenger Vehicle Emissions For Surveyed Long-Distance, Intercity Trips

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

The focus of this research is the design and implementation of a carbon calculator that estimates the CO2 emissions of both passenger vehicles and aviation options for surveyed real-world trips.

Estimating the Costs of New Mobility Travel Options: Monetary and Non-Monetary Factors

Research Product Type

Research Report

UC Davis researchers have developed a cost model of travel choices that individuals make related to urban vehicle travel.

Estimating the Hedonic Costs of New Mobility Travel Options

Principal Investigator Lewis Fulton, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This project studies the non-monetary influences of individual travel behavior, with particular emphasis on new mobility forms.

Project Status

Complete

Estimating The Travel Behavior Effects of Technological Innovations From Cross-Sectional Observed Data: Applications To Carsharing And Telecommuting

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

This dissertation estimates effects on travel behavior of two specific technological innovations – emerging shared mobility services and telecommuting – using publicly available travel surveys.