Research

Response of Concrete Pavements to Ambient Environment Actions

August 23, 2020

Response of Concrete Pavements to Ambient Environment Actions

Measuring and modeling the effects of the ambient-environment on concrete pavements constitutes a research priority of the UCPRC. The ambient-environmental actions produce changes in concrete temperature and/or pore water content and the...

Development of Concrete Overlay on Asphalt Pavement Design Method

August 23, 2020

Development of concrete overlay on asphalt pavement design methodThe concrete overlay on asphalt (COA) is a rehabilitation alternative consisting of a 100 to 175 mm (4 to 7 in.) thick portland cement concrete overlay of an existing flexible or composite pavement. When designed and built properly, the COA...

Student Teaches LEGO League Concepts at Elementary School

August 23, 2020

EB Lego League ProjectWhen the Bay Area shelter in place closed in-person classrooms at the University of California Berkeley and area schools, instruction shifted online. As teachers and professors quickly adapted to a new set of circumstances, ITS Director Alexandre Bayen’s students also rose to the challenge to bring their Diversity, Inclusion, Outreach Program at École Bilingue (EB...

New TSRC Report Shows Benefits of Optimizing EV Charging

August 23, 2020

BMW Electric vehicle chargingBy changing charging behaviors of electric vehicle owners, a new BMW North America, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and UC Berkeley Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) report shows users can reduce their energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions.

“This initial report highlights key findings that can help shape electric vehicle...

Light Shows the Way to Build “Smart” Infrastructure

July 7, 2020
By: Wallace Ravven
Mark Joseph Hanson) (This article orignally appeared on the Berkeley Research website)

Last January, in the face of a public outcry, New York Governor Cuomo abandoned plans for a 15-month shutdown of the Canarsie Tunnel, part of the subway line between Manhattan and Brooklyn.

The 95-year-old...

Can Sharing Economy Platforms Increase Social Equity for Vulnerable Populations in Disaster Response and Relief? A Case Study of the 2017 and 2018 California Wildfires

June 12, 2020

GraphCivil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) doctoral candidate and Transportation Sustaianbility Research Center (TSRC) researcher Stephen D.Wong, TSRC Researcher Jacquelyn C. Broader, and TSRC Co-Director and CEE professor Susan A. Shaheen recently published ...

Resources to start understanding and addressing racism in transportation

June 11, 2020

Transportation Library Director Kendra K. Levine gathers resources to start understanding and addressing racism in transportation: https://itslibrary.berkeley.edu/news/understanding-racism-transportation

https://itslibrary.berkeley.edu/news/understanding-racism-transportation

MCP Student Summer Projects

June 11, 2020

city streetRead the full story at teh Department of City and Regional Planning news site

Continuing Master of City Planning students in the Department of City and Regional Planning will be continuing their research this summer by participating in one or two group projects with a community...

Rail and the California Economy

October 17, 2017

Rail and the CA EconomyWith California's population projected to grow by 21 million by 2050, rail transportation will be vital to the state's efficient movement of freight and...

Shen, Shaheen Earn COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fast-Track Research Awards

May 27, 2020

Congratulations to Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department Chair and Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Max Shen and CEE Professor and Transportation Sustainability Research Center Co-Director Susan Shaheen for earning University of California Institute of Transportation Studies COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fast-Track Research awards.

Shen will work with Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD student Yiduo Huang to look at what the recovery of the public transportation system in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 will...