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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.

Estimation of Program Effects from Cross-Sectional Observational Surveys – Case Studies of the Effect on Travel Behavior of the Adoption of (i) Future Mobility Options like Carsharing, and (ii) Telecommuting

Principal Investigator Gouri Shankar Mishra
University of California, Davis

This dissertation uses publicly available travel surveys to estimate how new trends in shared mobility services and telecommuting impact travel behavior.

Project Status

Complete

Evaluating the Relative Carbon Emissions of Intercity Travel Choices

Principal Investigator Elizabeth Duffy
University of Vermont

This project evaluates the motivations and emissions impacts of individuals choosing car or plane travel for long-distance trips.

Project Status

Complete

Evaluating Transit Use in the Post-Pandemic Era

Principal Investigator Parsa Pezeshknejad
University of Vermont

This project will evaluate the reasons that public transit riders return (or do not return) to transit in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Project Status

In Progress

Evaluation of Travel and the Built Environment in Small and Rural Communities

Principal Investigator Dana Rowangould, Ph.D.
University of Vermont

This research will evaluate the relationship between travel and the built environment in rural regions. The results of this research will inform GHG mitigation and transportation and land use planning in rural regions across the US.

Project Status

In Progress

Examining Market Segmentation to Increase Bike-Share Use: The Case of the Greater Sacramento Region

Research Product Type

Research Report

Bike-share systems are proliferating across the US and could expand opportunities for those most underserved by the transportation system. A deeper understanding of current bike-share users could enable the expansion of these services and their benefits to a larger population.

Examining Market Segmentation to Increase Bike-share Use: The Case of the Greater Sacramento Region

Principal Investigator Dillon Fitch-Polse, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

Researchers will leverage unique survey data on travel behavior in the greater Sacramento region before and after the availability of the dockless e-bike-share and e-scooter-share.

Project Status

Complete

Exploration of New Methods in Long Distance Transportation Data Collection and Tourism Travel in Vermont

Principal Investigator Ben Kaufman
University of Vermont

This project studies patterns and impacts related to long-distance travel and tourism in Vermont.

Project Status

Complete

Exploration Of New Methods In Long Distance Transportation Data Collection And Tourism Travel In Vermont

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

This Masters thesis describes current methods of transportation data collection and proposes new methods, as well as attempts to quantify the impact on Vermont’s roadways of the transportation-based tourism sector.