vehicle miles traveled (VMT)

Impacts of Remote/Hybrid Work and Remote Services on Activity and Transportation Patterns

  • Principal Investigator Giovanni Circella, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
This project will greatly improve the understanding of the impacts of remote/hybrid work and other remote services and inform State and planning agencies by shedding light on the complex ways remote activities affect short‐term daily routines (e.g., telecommuting vs. commuting trips, travel mode choice, and spatial/ temporal trip distributions) and long‐term choices (vehicle choice, residential location and real estate development), and will help understand the impacts on vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and transportation‐based greenhouse gas (GHG) emission impacts. 
Project Status
In Progress

Increasing Highway Capacity Induces More Auto Travel

Research Product Type
Policy Brief
Researchers at the University of California, Davis reviewed the empirical research on induced travel to understand the likely effects of adding roadway capacity in a variety of contexts.

Induced Travel Calculator

Research Product Type
Calculator
This calculator looks at how the addition of high-occupancy vehicle lane (HOV) miles contributes to the addition of vehicle miles traveled (VMT).

Induced Travel Calculator Improvements

  • Principal Investigator Jamey Volker, PhD
  • University of California, Davis
This project will explore possible improvements to the UC Davis Induced Travel Calculator and develop recommendations for any further improvements that would require additional resources. 
Project Status
Complete

Induced Travel Calculator Project

  • Principal Investigator Susan Handy, Ph.D.
  • University of California, Davis
This project will develop a web-based tool for calculating the induced travel effects of highway expansion projects
Project Status
Complete