Journal Articles

Control Problems for Conservation Laws with Traffic Applications Modeling, Analysis, and Numerical Methods

July 26, 2022
Book CoverSpringer Publications recently published: Control Problems for Conservation Laws with Traffic Applications Modeling, Analysis, and Numerical Methods Authors: Alexandre...

Extreme Temperatures Linked to Deaths In Latin America

June 28, 2022

Science MAgazineA recent study published in Nature Medicine, City-level impact of extreme temperatures and mortality in Latin America, highlights the effects of extreme temperatures on mortality for urban populations in Latin America.

Researchers from the Salud Urbana en América Latina (SALURBAL) project, including ITS Director...

Power Trips: Early Understanding of Preparedness and Travel Behavior During California Public Safety Power Shutoff Events

April 1, 2022
figure2Recent alum Stephen D. Wong, Transportation Sustainability Research Center researcherJacquelyn C. Broader, and TSRC Co-Director Susan A. Shaheen published Power Trips: Early Understanding of Preparedness and Travel Behavior During California Public Safety Power Shutoff Events at Sage publications....

Treating COVID with Bike Lanes: Design, Spatial, and Network Analysis of ‘Pop-Up’ Bike Lanes in Paris

March 29, 2022

Findings PressDepartment of City and Regional Planning doctoral student Marcel Moran recently published Treating COVID with Bike Lanes: Design, Spatial, and Network Analysis of ‘Pop-Up’ Bike Lanes in Paris at Findngs Press.

Abstract:

Paris bypassed standard-construction processes to...

West Oakland’s Experience in Building Community Power to Confront Environmental Injustice Through California’s Assembly Bill 617

April 4, 2022

Figure 1Recent ITS graduate Lily MacIver co-authored a paper based on her master’s thesis on how air quality management processes associated with Assembly Bill 617 (AB 617) in West Oakland, California, represent a shift in power relationships between government agencies and communities toward the goal of addressing legacies of environmental injustice at the American Journal of Public Health (...

Associations of Urban Environment Features with Hypertension and Blood Pressure across 230 Latin American Cities

March 9, 2022

Table 1Daniel Rodriguez, Interim Director of ITS Berkeley and Department of City and Regional Planning professor, and Mika R. Moran from the Institute of Urban and Regional Development recently published Associations of Urban Environment Features with Hypertension and Blood Pressure across 230 Latin American Cities in Environmental Health Perspectives....

UC ITS White Papers on CA Transportation Plan

March 7, 2022
A Brief History of Transportation Policies and Institutions Review of Statewide Transportation Plans for California MPO Planning and Implementation of State Policy Goals Examination of Key Transportation Funding Programs in California and Their Context...

What's the 'Big' Deal with Shared Micromobility? Evolution, Curb Policy, and Potential Developments in North America

January 24, 2022
Built MagazineTransportation Sustainability Reearch Center Co-Director Susan Shaheen and researchers Adam Cohen and Jacquelyn Broader recently published What's the 'Big' Deal with Shared Micromobility? Evolution, Curb Policy, and Potential Developments in North America at Built Environment :...

Bicycle safety in Bogotá: A seven-year analysis of bicyclists’ collisions and fatalities

October 6, 2021

Bicyclists’ mortality in Bogotá for the period 2011 to 2017ITS Associate Director and UC Berkeley City and Regional Planning Professor Daniel Rodriguez and others recently published Bicycle safety in Bogotá: A seven-year analysis of bicyclists’ collisions and...

Leveraging Big Data and Coordinated Charging for Effective Taxi Fleet Electrification: The 100% EV Conversion of Shenzhen, China

September 15, 2021

Bauer GraphRecent Energy and Resources Group, University of California at Berkeley alum Gordon S. Bauer; Aspiring Citizens CleanTech, Singapore and the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design's Cheng Zheng; Transportation Sustainability Research Center, University of California at Berkeley's...