Susan Handy

Job title: 
Professor
Department: 
Alumni
Environmental Science and Policy
University of California, Davis
Bio/CV: 

Dissertation: Regional Versus Local Accessibility: Variations in Suburban Form and the Effects on Non-Work Travel

Advisor: Elizabeth Deakin

PhD City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, 1992

MS Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1987

BSE Civil Engineering, Princeton University, 1984

University of California, Davis - Present 

  • Distinguished Professor

Dr. Susan Handy's research focuses on the relationships between transportation and land use and on strategies for reducing automobile dependence.  Her recent work includes projects for the California Air Resources Board and Caltrans on methods for evaluating the impacts on vehicle travel of proposed land development and transportation projects. Her new book, Shifting Gears: Toward a New Way of Thinking About Transportation, is available for pre-order from MIT Press.

Research interests: 

Relationships between transportation and land use

The impact of land use on travel behavior

Strategies for reducing automobile dependence