Publications

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Search for ITS Berkeley authored publications in the TRID database.  These include working papers, reports, proceedings, monographs, class notes, and library references. Affiliates in the database include California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH);  California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT); Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC); and the UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport, A Volvo Center for Excellence (Volvo Center).

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California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology

Transpotation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC)

Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC)

UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport: A Volvo Center of Excellence

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Recent Publications

Title Author Year Publication type
Struggling to Connect: Housing and Transportation Challenges of Low-Income Suburban Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area Pan, Alexandra; Deakin, Elizabeth, PhD; Shaheen, Susan, PhD 2024 Research Report
Behavioral and Sociodemographic Impacts of Carsharing Shaheen, Susan A.; Pan, Alexandra 2024 Book Chapter
Local Government Strategies to Improve Shared Micromobility Infrastructure Shaheen, Susan, PhD; Martin, Elliot, PhD; Cohen, Adam 2024 Research Report
Local Government Strategies to Improve Shared Micromobility Infrastructure Shaheen, Susan, PhD; Martin, Elliot, PhD; Cohen, Adam 2024 Research Report
Advanced Air Mobility: Opportunities, Challenges, and Research needsfor the State of California (2023-2030) Cohen, Adam; Shaheen, Susan, PhD 2024 Research Report
Going My Way? Understanding Curb Management and Incentive Policies to Increase Pooling Service Use and Public Transit Linkages in the San Francisco Bay Area Darling, Wesley; Broader, Jacquelyn; Cohen, Adam; Shaheen, Susan, PhD 2023 Journal Article
Creative Reallocation of Curbs, Streets, Sidewalks Accelerated by the Pandemic May be Here to Stay Shaheen, Susan, PhD; Cohen, Adam; Broader, Jacquelyn 2023 Research Report
Do Incentives Make a Difference? Understanding Smart Charging Program Adoption for Electric Vehicles Wong, Steven D.; Shaheen, Susan A.; Martin, Elliot PhD; Uyeki, Robert 2023 Journal Article
Advanced Air Mobility Community Integration Considerations Playbook Cohen, Adam; Hasan, Shahab; Mendonca, Nancy L.; Wulff, Yolanka 2023 Research Report
Transportation Network Companies Might Be Pulling Riders from Public Transit, but This Could Change Shaheen, Susan, PhD; Martin, Elliot, PhD; Stocker, Adam 2023 Research Report

News

September 9, 2024

Jiang, Sengupta present at ITSC 2025

Xuan Jiang and Raja SenguptaCivil and Environmental Engineering doctoral candidate Xuan Jiang and CEE professor Raja Senguta will be presenting at ITSC 2024, on the paper: DRBO - A Simulator Calibration Framework based on day-to-day Dynamic Routing and Bayesian Optimization at

September 6, 2024

Jiang Publishes GitHub repository
Xuan JiangWhile interning at Google over the summer, Civil and Enviromental Engineering doctoral candidate Xuan Jiang published a GitHub repository for GoogleCloudPlatform: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-alerting-notification-forwa...

August 29, 2024

Moving Beyond the Colors: The Full Life-Cycle Emissions of Hydrogen Production Pathways for California

Authors: Timothy Lipman, Transportation Sustainability, University of California, Berkeley; Pablo Busch, ITS, University of California, Davis; Stephanie Collins, Transportation Sustainability, University of California, Berkeley; Arpad Horvath, Transportation Sustainability, University of California, Berkeley; Alissa Kendall, ITS, University of California, Davis; Daniel Coffee, ITS, University of California, Los Angeles; and David Kong, ITS, University of California, Los Angeles.

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August 22, 2024

Low Energy: Estimating Electric Vehicle Electricity Use

Authors: Fiona Burlig, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago; James Bushnell, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Davis; David Rapson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Davis; and Catherine Wolfram, Ph.D., William F. Pounds Professor of Energy Economics, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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August 20, 2024

Electric Vehicles May Be Using Less Electricity than Assumed by California Regulators and Utilities

Authors: Fiona Burlig, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago; James Bushnell, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Davis; David Rapson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Davis; and Catherine Wolfram, Ph.D., William F. Pounds Professor of Energy Economics, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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August 13, 2024

Evaluate the Safety Effects of Adopting a Stop-as-Yield Law for Cyclists in California

Authors: Iman Mahdinia, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, SafeTREC, University of California, Berkeley; Julia B. Griswold, Ph.D., Director, SafeTREC, University of California, Berkeley; Rafael Unda, Graduate Student Researcher, SafeTREC, University of California, Berkeley; Soheil Sohrabi, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, SafeTREC, University of California, Berkeley; Offer Grembek, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, SafeTREC, University of California, Berkeley.

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August 1, 2024

Challenges and Opportunities Facing App-Based Gig Drivers Extend Beyond Driver Pay

Authors: Susan Shaheen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; Brooke Wolfe, Survey Researcher, TSRC, University of California, Berkeley; Adam Cohen, Survey Researcher, TSRC, University of California, Berkeley; and Jacquelyn Broader, Survey Researcher, TSRC, University of California, Berkeley.

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July 26, 2024

Devastator: A Scalable Parallel Discrete Event Simulation Framework for Modern C++
Authors: John Bachan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Jianlan Ye, Arizona State University, Xuan Jiang, UC Berkeley, Tan Nguyen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Mahesh Natarajan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Maximilian Bremer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Cy Chan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Source: Proceedings of the 38th ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation

July 12, 2024

Toll Pricing “Futures” Market Could Reduce Congestion and Increase Revenue

Authors: Nicholas Fournier, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, SafeTREC, PATH, University of California, Berkeley; Anthony Patire, Ph.D., Research & Development Engineer, PATH, University of California, Berkeley; and Alexander Skabardonis, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.

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Designing a Time-Driven Simulation Framework for Large-Scale Traffic Networks
Author: Xuan Jiang
Source: Proceedings of the 38th ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation
Simulating Integration of Urban Air Mobility into Existing Transportation Systems: Survey
Authors:  Xuan Jiang, Yuhan Tang, Junzhe Cao (UC Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering), Vishwanath Bulusu (Crown Consulting), Hao Yang (John Hopkin University), Xin Peng (UC Berkeley Civil and Environemntal Engineering), Yunhan Zheng, Jinhua Zhao (MIT), Raja Sengupta (UC Berkeley Civil and Environemntal Engineering)
Source: Journal of Air Transportation

June 25, 2024

A Futures Market for Demand Responsive Travel Pricing

Authors: Nicholas Fournier, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, SafeTREC, PATH, University of California, Berkeley; Anthony Patire, Ph.D., Research & Development Engineer, PATH, University of California, Berkeley; and Alexander Skabardonis, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.

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June 24, 2024

Struggling to Connect: Housing and Transportation Challenges of Low-Income Suburban Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area

Authors: Alexandra Pan, Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; Elizabeth Deakin, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of City and Regional Planning and Urban Design, University of California, Berkeley; and Susan Shaheen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.

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Low-Income Suburban Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area Face Significant Housing and Transportation Issues?

Authors: Alexandra Pan, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; Elizabeth Deakin, Ph.D., Departments of City and Regional Planning and Urban Design, University of California, Berkeley; Susan Shaheen, Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.

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Assessing the Functionality of Transit and Shared Mobility Systems after Earthquakes

Authors: Kenichi Soga, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; Louise Comfort, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh; Bingyu Zhao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technische Universität Wien (Vienna University of Technology); Yili (Kelly) Tang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Civil

Are our Transit Systems Ready for Earthquakes?

Authors: Kenichi Soga, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; Louise Comfort, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh; Bingyu Zhao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technische Universität Wien (Vienna University of Technology); Yili (Kelly) Tang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Western Ontario; and Tianyu Han, Ph.D Student, Department

May 23, 2024

Dashboard Cameras Combined with AI Provide an Affordable Method for Identifying Curb Usage

Authors: Murat Arcak, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley; and Alexander A. Kurzhanskiy, Ph.D., Associate Research Engineer, PATH, University of California, Berkeley.

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April 30, 2024

Reduce Emissions and Improve Traffic Flow Through Collaborative Autonomy

Authors: Anthony D. Patire, Ph.D., Research and Development Engineer, PATH, University of California, Berkeley; Francois Dion, Ph.D., Research and Development Engineer, PATH, University of California, Berkeley; and Alexandre M. Bayen, Ph.D., Associate Provost for Moffett Field Program Development, University of California, Berkeley.

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April 17, 2024

Pattern Recognition for Curb Usage

Authors: Murat Arcak, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley and Alexander A. Kurzhanskiy, Ph.D., Associate Research Engineer, PATH, University of California, Berkeley.

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April 1, 2024

Subsidizing Transportation Network Companies to Support Commutes by Rail
Research Team: Michael Cassidy (lead), Carlos Daganzo, and Wesley Darling

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