Research

Transportation Sustainability Research Center Releases Carsharing Market Outlook

February 23, 2018

The University of California, Berkeley's Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC), a leading provider of independent shared-use mobility research, announced the release of its Carsharing Market Outlook. Dr. Susan Shaheen, a pioneer in shared mobility, and UC Berkeley’s TSRC have been tracking carsharing developments worldwide since 1997.

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PATH Research Featured in New Video

January 19, 2018

California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH)’s research is featured in the new Harnessing Innovation for Public Transportation: FTA’s Research Program video, which explores underpinning every successful innovation is research to ensure new ideas work and are worth the investment. Through testing and deployment, the Federal Transit Administration’s Research, Demonstration and Innovation...

In-person Research and Policy Dialogues

October 24, 2017

The CA Air Resources Board (CARB) and the UC Institute of Transportation Studies are piloting a series of in-person research and policy dialogues between state agency practitioners and UC transportation researchers. The first dialogue is scheduled for Friday, January 19, 2018, from 10:00am – 12:00pm at CARB headquarters –...

Research and Industry Meet at BDD

September 14, 2017
Continuing the momentum of collaboration between artificial intelligence and transportation academics and technology and car companies, Berkeley DeepDrive hosted a retreat on Oct. 19, 2016 to bring academics and industry together, while reporting out project progress. “These retreats help bridge the gap between researchers and industry and offer a chance for interaction and conversation,” says BDD Director Trevor Darrell. Led Darrell, with Professor Ken Goldberg and Thomas West serving as associate directors, the...

Effect of Pavement Structural Response on Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Emissions: Field Calibration of Models

September 21, 2016

During the summer of 2016, in the second phase of a Caltrans-sponsored study, the UCPRC investigated the effects of pavement structural response (the bending under load phenomenon), along with verifying models for roughness and texture.

Full article: http://www.ucprc.ucdavis.edu/

Case Study: Interstate 210 Pilot Project

September 21, 2016

Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology's Connected Corridors I-210 Pilot project is featured as part of the SCAG’s final 2016 RTP/SCS, which was federally approved in early June of this year. See page 88.

Full article: http://scagrtpscs.net/Documents/2016/final/f2016RTPSCS.pdf

TSRC, Zipcar Study Finds Significantly Fewer Personal Cars on Campuses

September 14, 2017
Zipcar, the world’s leading car sharing network, and the University of California, Berkeley’s Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC), today released the findings of a first-of-its kind study of Zipcar car sharing on North American college...

Learning to levitate

May 31, 2016
Berkeley Hyperloop (bLoop) team members have been invited to build a working prototype of their design for a futuristic vision of a mass transit system in which people board pressurized capsules to zing through reduced-pressure tubes on rails of air. Full article: https://engineering.berkeley.edu/magazine/spring-2016/learning-levitate

The Effects of Bikesharing Programs on Transit Use: New Research

August 5, 2014
Do public bikesharing programs increase or reduce transit use in cities?

That depends, say Elliot Martin and Susan Shaheen of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC). Previous research has shown public bikesharing programs decrease driving and taxi use in almost every urban environment. But how do these programs affect shifts to—or from—transit? In research...

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Profiles SafeTREC's David Ragland

June 17, 2014

SafeTREC founder and director David Ragland is profiled in an article entitled "Safe Routes to School Examined: How Structural Changes Around Schools Affect Children's Mobility and Safety," published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Full article: https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2011/07/active-living-research.html