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Research Projects

METRANS
The METRANS Transportation Center has been conducting research since 1998. The table below includes all completed and current research projects. Research prior to 2012 was organized around four topic areas: goods movement and international trade, mobility of urban populations, infrastructure, and safety, security and vulnerability. These topic areas are preserved in the table. The research project database can be searched via keyword, topic area, year, or center. Click on the title for a description of the project. Final reports may also be downloaded from the table.
Center
Topic Area
Year
Proj #
PI
Research Project
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2021
PSR-21-01
Genevieve Giuliano
The Potential for Ride-Matching in Disadvantaged CommunitiesView the Project Report
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2021
PSR-21-12
Marlon Boarnet
Institutional Obstacles to New Transportation Technology Adoption [white paper]View the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Connected and autonomous systems E-commerce and urban freight
2021
PSR-21-16
Steven Gehrke
Evaluation of Sidewalk Delivery Robot Interactions with Pedestrians and BicyclistsView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Connected and autonomous systems Sustainability, energy, and health
2021
PSR-21-17
Chun-Hsing Ho
Development of Instrumented Bikes: Toward Smart Cycling Infrastructure and MaintenanceView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2021
PSR-21-SP81
Dan Wei
Economic Analysis and Review of Commercial Vehicle Road User ChargesView the Project Report
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2021
PSR-21-SP80
Genevieve Giuliano
Implementation of Action 6 of the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan (CSFAP) Phase 4: Tracking Economic Competitiveness
PSR
Safety and security Vehicles and infrastructure
2021
PSR-21-71
DoSoo Moon
Integrated Hazard Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Framework with Mixed Reality for Transportation InfrastructuresView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Vehicles and infrastructure
2021
PSR-21-72
Qi Chen
Rapid and Accurate Assessment of Road Damage by Integrating Data from Mobile Camera Systems (MCS) and Mobile LiDAR Systems (MLS): Can we get the best of both worlds?
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2021
PSR-21-45
Susan Handy
Post-COVID Transportation Scenarios: Evaluating the Impact of Policies
MetroFreight
Ports, aviation, international trade Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2021
MF-2.2e
Geraldine Knatz
Policy Implications of Automating Conventional Terminals
NCST
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
NCST-20-SP96
Tom O'Brien
Caltrans Sustainable Freight Academy
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
PSR-20-31
R. Jayakrishnan
A Smart Mobility Platform with Fair Congestion Pricing and Efficiently Distributed Incentives to Equitably Reduce VMT
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
PSR-20-40
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
The Implications of Freeway Siting in California: Four Case Studies on the Effects of Freeways on Neighborhoods of ColorView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
NCST
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
NCST-20-08
Meisam Razaviyayn
Incentive Systems for New Mobility Services
PSR
Freight logistics and optimization Integrating freight and passenger systems
2020
PSR-20-02
Cyrus Shahabi
Freight Volume Modeling on Major Highway Links View the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
PSR-20-03
Marlon Boarnet
Displacement and Commuting in the San Francisco Bay Area and Beyond: An Analysis of the Relationship Between the Housing Crisis, Displacement, and Long CommutesView the Project Report
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
PSR-20-07
Maged Dessouky
Making HOT lanes benefit every traveler: design, pricing, and analysisView the Project Report
PSR
Connected and autonomous systems Safety and security
2020
PSR-20-09
Petros Ioannou
Highway Safety and Traffic Flow Analysis of Mixed traffic with Connected and Non-Connected Vehicles View the Project Report
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
PSR-20-13
Gwen Shaffer
Using artificial intelligence to improve traffic flows, with consideration of data privacy principlesView the Project Report
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
PSR-20-15
Konstadinos Goulias
A Before-After Intervention Experiment and SurveyView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
PSR-20-19
Geoff Boeing
Race, Class, and the Production of and Exposure to Vehicular Pollution in Los Angeles View the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Freight logistics and optimization Sustainability, energy, and health
2020
PSR-20-20
Kanok Boriboonsomsin
Evaluating System-Level Impacts of Innovative Truck Routing Strategies View the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
PSR-20-21
Cyrus Shahabi
Large-scale and Long-term Forecasting of Performance Measurement of Public Transportation Systems View the Project ReportView the Project Brief
NCST
E-commerce and urban freight Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
NCST-20-01
Genevieve Giuliano
Travel Behavior in E-commerce: shopping, purchasing and receiving
NCST
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
NCST-20-04
Marlon Boarnet
New Open-Source Analyses of Transit Job Access and Transit Ridership
NCST
Freight logistics and optimization Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
NCST-20-05
Petros Ioannou
Balancing of Truck Parking Demand by a Centralized Incentives/Pricing System
NCST
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
NCST-20-06
Maged Dessouky
Dynamic Routing for RidesharingView the Project Report
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility
2020
PSR-20-17
Ketan Savla
Data-driven Feedback Control of Urban Traffic Systems with Performance Guarantees
PSR
Safety and security Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
PSR-20-SP95
Sze-chuan Suen
Using Traffic Data to Inform Transmission Dynamics for COVID19 in Southern CaliforniaView the Project Report
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
PSR-20-SP97
Marlon Boarnet
Measuring the Evolution of California's Central Valley: Demographics, Supercommuting, and Fiscal StressView the Project Report
PSR
Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2020
PSR-20-SP98
Tom O'Brien
Geospatial Approaches to Enhancing MPO Community EngagementView the Project Report
NCST
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2019
NCST-19-21
Stephen Cronin
Recycling Diesel Soot Particles for Use as Activated Carbon in Li Ion Batteries
PSR
Connected and autonomous systems Sustainability, energy, and health
2019
PSR-19-17
Ketan Savla
Traffic Flow Models Based on Queuing Theory for Analysis and Performance EvaluationView the Project Report
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2019
PSR-19-34
Jean-Daniel Saphores
Public Transportation, Transportation Network Companies (TNC) and Active Modes: An analysis based on 2009 and 2017 NHTSView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2019
PSR-19-33
Michael McNally
Analysis of Activity-Travel Patterns and Tour Formation of Transit UsersView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Connected and autonomous systems Vehicles and infrastructure
2019
PSR-19-51
Stephen Ritchie
Investigation of Truck Data Collection using LiDAR sensing technology along Rural HighwaysView the Project Report
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2019
PSR-19-61
Gregory Pierce
Assessing Effectiveness of Financing Subsidies on Clean Vehicle Adoption by Low- and Moderate-income ConsumersView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2019
PSR-19-24
Antonio Bento
Using big data to estimate the environmental benefits of congestion pricing in the Los Angeles metropolitan area View the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Connected and autonomous systems Sustainability, energy, and health
2019
PSR-19-32
Wenlong Jin
Impacts of connected and autonomous vehicles on the performance of signalized networks: A network fundamental diagram approachView the Project Report
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2019
PSR-19-63
Paul Ong
Mobility, Accessibility and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods: Assessing Diversity in Transportation-Related Needs and OpportunitiesView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2019
PSR-19-60
Madeline Brozen
Intersectional transportation trends in Los Angeles CountyView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
NCST
Freight logistics and optimization Sustainability, energy, and health
2019
NCST-19-23
Petros Ioannou
Optimizing Fuel Consumption and Pollutant Emissions in Truck Routing with Parking Availability Prediction and Working Hours Constraints
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2019
PSR-19-26a
Guoyuan Wu
Estimating the Impacts of Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) Technology on Traffic Energy and EmissionsView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Connected and autonomous systems Safety and security
2019
PSR-19-12
Chun-Hsing Ho
Development of Cost-Effective Sensing Systems and Analytics (CeSSA) to Monitor Roadway Conditions and Mobility SafetyView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2019
PSR-19-15
Konstadinos Goulias
Revisiting the impact of teleworking on activity-travel behavior using recent data and sequence-based analytical techniquesView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2019
PSR-19-19
Tridib Banerjee
Innovations in Transit? An In-Depth Case Study of the City of Monrovia/Lyft Public-Private Partnership to Increase Transit Ridership in Suburbia View the Project Report
PSR
Freight logistics and optimization Sustainability, energy, and health
2019
PSR-19-20
John Carlsson
The 'sidekick' routing paradigm for VMT reduction and improved accessibilityView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Connected and autonomous systems Sustainability, energy, and health
2019
PSR-19-10
Jong-Shi Pang
Modeling e-hailing and car-pooling services in a coupled morning-evening commute frameworkView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2019
PSR-19-11
Marlon Boarnet
Ridesharing, Ride-Hailing, and Transit Ridership: A National Study Using the 2017 National HouseholdView the Project Report
PSR
Connected and autonomous systems Freight logistics and optimization
2019
PSR-19-04
Petros Ioannou
Dynamic Routing of Trucks and Truck Platoons Using Real-Time Traffic SimulatorsView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
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