The Institute of Transportation Studies Berkeley is excited to award 12 projects this year through funding from the UC Institute of Transportation Studies FY 2022-23 Statewide Transportation Research Program (STRP) funded by the State of California through the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Senate Bill 1) and the Public Transportation Account.
This year, $705,916 was awarded to professors in three academic departments and six centers at ITS Berkeley and at UC Berkeley.
10 Research projects:
Improving Electric Vehicle Charger Deployment in Lower-Income Communities
Ethan Elkind, Climate Program Director of the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment - Berkeley Law
Evaluate the safety effects of adopting a stop-as-yield law for cyclists in California
Offer Grembek, Co-Director of the Safe Transportation Education and Research Center (SafeTREC)
Creating an Inclusive Bicycle Level of Service
Julia Griswold, researcher at SafeTREC
Tools for Demand-Supply Assessment of EV Charging Infrastructure and Strategy Evaluation of Smart Charging
Alex Kurzhanskiy, researcher at Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH)
Estimating Equity Impacts of Smart Transportation Strategies
Jane Macfarlane, Director of Smart Cities Research Center
Clean Miles Standard (SB 1014): Advancing Equity in Electric Vehicle and Charging Access for Low to Moderate Income Ridehail Drivers
Susan Shaheen, Co-Director Transportation Sustainability Research Center
Impact of COVID-19 on Commuting and Equitable Access to Jobs
Joan Walker, Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor
Accessibility and Adoption of Shared Automated Vehicles by Visually Impaired Travelers
Peggy Wang, researcher at PATH
Preliminary or exploratory work:
Transformative Justice and Transportation Equity: Advancing Community Solutions to Address Past Inequity for Healthier, More Sustainable Communities
Charisma Acey, City and Regional Planning Associate Professor
The Role of Information in Urban Transportation System Resilience
Michael Anderson, Agricultural and Resource Economics Professor
Translational Project:
Design guidance for bridge deck overlays using UHPC
Laura Melendy, Director of TechTransfer
Synthesis Project:
Evaluate the Safety Effects of Decriminalizing Jaywalking on California Streets — A Research Synthesis of the Literature
David Ragland, Co-Director of SafeTREC