Journal Articles

Examining the Potential for Uber and Lyft to be Included in Subsidized Mobility Programs Targeted to Seniors, Low Income Adults, and People with Disabilities

October 21, 2020
report coverUC Berkeley City and Regional Planning Professor Emerita Elizabeth Deakin and Graduate Student Researchers Jeremy Halpern and Madeleine Parker recently published Examining the Potential for Uber and Lyft to be Included in Subsidized Mobility Programs Targeted to Seniors, Low Income Adults, and People with...

Best Practices for the Public Management of Electric Scooters

November 23, 2020
GraphITS Graduate Student Researcher Karl Reinhardt and Professor Emerita of City and Regional Planning and Urban Design Elizabeth Deakin recently published Best Practices for the Public Management of Electric Scooters. Abstract: This research projects evaluates the social, environmental, and safety impacts of shared electric...

Public Transit and Shared Mobility COVID-19 Recovery: Policy Recommendations and Research Needs

December 1, 2020

report coverTransportation Sustainabilty Research Center Co-Director Susan Shaheen and recent alum Stephen Wong recently published Public Transit and Shared Mobility COVID-19 Recovery: Policy Recommendations and Research Needs.

Abstract: While the COVID-19 crisis has devastated many public transit and...

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mobility Needs of an Aging Population in Contra Costa County

November 22, 2021

Map of East BaySafe Transportation Rearch and Education Center Co-Director David Ragland, PhD, MPH, Lecturer and Policy Researcher Glenn Schor, PhD, MPH, and Editor Grace Felschundneff recently published The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mobility Needs of an Aging Population in Contra Costa County.

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PATH Paper Earns George N. Saridis Best Transactions Paper Award for Outstanding Research

January 7, 2021

SardisAwardCongratulations to Partners in Advanced Transportation Technology researchers Steven Shladover and John Spring and former PATH affiliates Vicente Milanés, Hiroshi Kawazoe, Christopher Nowakowski, and Masahide Nakamura on earning the 2015 George N. Saridis Best Transactions Paper Award for Outstanding Research for Cooperative Adaptive Cruise...

Improving Urban Traffic Throughput with Vehicle Platooning

July 6, 2020

Before California sheltered in place, UC Berkeley and ITS researchers were out in traffic showing how forming vehicle platoons can dramatically improve urban traffic flow in Arcadia, CA. They recently published a paper and video on their research and demonstration.

Funded by the National Science Foundation and DOT, Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) Chair Roberto Horowitz leads the team of ME and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)...

Synthesis of State-Level Planning and Strategic Actions on Automated Vehicles: Lessons and Policy Guidance for California

October 14, 2020

AV report coverUC Berkeley Civil and Environemental Engineering doctoral student Stephen Wong and UC Berkeley Tranportation Sustainability Research Center Co-Director and Professor Susan Shaheen recently published Synthesis of State-Level Planning and Strategic Actions on Automated Vehicles: Lessons and Policy Guidance for California.

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What’s your angle? Analyzing angled parking via satellite imagery to aid bike-network planning

September 29, 2020

Angle parkingCity and Regional Planning doctoral student Marcel Moran recently published What’s your angle? Analyzing angled parking via satellite imagery to aid bike-network planning in Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science.

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Impact of Adverse Weather on Freeway Bottleneck Performance

September 7, 2020

ASCERecent ITS Berkeley post doc and doctoral student, now University of Pennsylvania Department of Recreation and Athletics Meet Operations Manager, Penn Relays Carnival, Joshua Seeherman and ITS and PATH affiliate Alexander Skabardonis recently published Impact of Adverse Weather on Freeway Bottleneck Performance in the ASCE...

Deconstructing laws of accessibility and facility distribution in cities

September 15, 2020

graph 1UC Berkeley Department of City and Regional Planning and Energy Technologies Area Berkeley Lab post doc Yanyan Xu and Luis E. Olmos, Qatar Computing Research Institute's Sofiane Abbar, and UC Berkeley Department of City and Regional Planning and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Energy Technologies Area Berkeley Lab Professor Marta C. González...