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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 Vehicles and infrastructure
2018
PSR-18-02
Maged Dessouky
Cost-Sharing Mechanisms for RidesharingView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-32
Michael Manville
The Opportunity Cost of Parking Requirements: Would Silicon Valley Be Richer if its Parking Requirements were Lower?View the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-25
Susan Pike
Davis Amtrak Station Pilot Project Evaluation: Informing Long Term Solutions to the Davis Amtrak Station Access BarriersView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-33
Martin Wachs
Balancing Accountability and Flexibility in California's Local Option Sales TaxesView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
E-commerce and urban freight Freight logistics and optimization
2018
PSR-18-22
Miguel Jaller
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Freight Patterns in Southern CaliforniaView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
E-commerce and urban freight Freight logistics and optimization
2018
PSR-18-24
Miguel Jaller
Automation, Electrification, and Shared Mobility in FreightView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
NCST
Freight logistics and optimization Sustainability, energy, and health
2018
NCST-18-03
Maged Dessouky
Congestion Reduction through Efficient Empty Container Movement under Stochastic DemandView the Project Report
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Safety and security
2018
PSR-18-31
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Public Transportation Safety Among University StudentsView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Vehicles and infrastructure
2018
PSR-18-20
Alan Jenn
Charging Forward: Deploying Electric Vehicle Infrastructure for Uber and Lyft in CaliforniaView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Integrating freight and passenger systems Vehicles and infrastructure
2018
PSR-18-21
Michael Zhang
Get More Out of Variable Speed Limit Control: An Integrated Approach to Manage Traffic Corridors with Multiple BottlenecksView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-SP91
Genevieve Giuliano
Improving Environmental Justice and Mobility in Southeast Los Angeles Executive SummaryView the Project Report
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-42
Oceana Francis
Stormwater Drainage Design and Best Management Practices with Applications to Roadways and Climate ChangeView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-41
Qi Chen
Ultra-high-accuracy Digital Terrain Model Mapping for Assessing Roadway Vulnerability to Sea-level Rise and Flooding: An Integrated Analysis of Mobile and Airborne LiDAR DataView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-09
Konstadinos Goulias
An Analysis of Accessibility, Social Interaction, and Activity-Travel Fragmentation in CaliforniaView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Connected and autonomous systems
2018
PSR-18-08
Andreas Molisch
Measurement and Modeling of Broadband Millimeter-Wave Signal Propagation Between Intelligent VehiclesView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Sustainability, energy, and health
2018
UCD-18-23
Austin Brown
California Climate Change Target Setting: A Workshop Report and Recommendations to the State of California Based on the Third California Climate Policy Modeling Dialogue and WorkshopView the Project Report
CSC
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
CSC-18-SP93
Hilda Blanco
Long Beach Transit Strategic Sustainability PlanView the Project Report
PSR
Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-SP52
Genevieve Giuliano
Implementation of Action 6 of CSFAP Phase 2a Tracking Economic CompetitivenessView the Project Report
PSR
Freight logistics and optimization
2018
PSR-18-01
Tom O'Brien
Goods Movement/Logistics Training
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-13
Wenlong Jin
Evaluating the Impacts of Start-Up and Clearance Behaviors in a Signalized Network: A Network Fundamental Diagram ApproachView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-14
Jae Hong Kim
Transportation Plans: Their Informational Content and Use Patterns in Southern CaliforniaView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-15
Jean-Daniel Saphores
What Explains Recent Trends in Orange County Transportation Authority Bus Ridership?View the Project Report
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health
2018
PSR-18-16
Scott Samuelsen
Life Cycle Assessment of Environmental and Economic Impacts of Deploying Alternative Urban Bus Powertrain Technologies in the South Coast Air BasinView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-17
R. Jayakrishnan
Efficient Mobility Portfolio schemes for Integrated, Intermodal, and Incentivized Shared TransportationView the Project Report
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-SP90
Genevieve Giuliano
Implementation of Action 6 of the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan (CSFAP) Phase 3: Tracking Economic CompetitivenessView the Project Report
MetroFreight
Sustainability, energy, and health
2018
MF-5.3c
Laetitia Dablanc
Delivery couriers on bicycle in Paris: comparing two surveys
MetroFreight
Sustainability, energy, and health
2018
MF-5.4a
Sandrine Wenglenski
Delivery Workers' City Life: A Short-Film on Deliveries in New York City
MetroFreight
Sustainability, energy, and health
2018
MF-5.1d
Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Decomposing the Home-Based Delivery Supply Chain Phase 2: Residential Parcel Deliveries: Evidence from a Large Apartment ComplexView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
MetroFreight
Sustainability, energy, and health
2018
MF-5.1e
Genevieve Giuliano
Shopping, freight deliveries, and urban form
MetroFreight
Sustainability, energy, and health
2018
MF-4.1k
Martin Koning
A new look at the environmental assessment of logistics sprawl Part 2
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2018
PSR-18-SP51
Genevieve Giuliano
Developing Effective Traffic Management Strategies for Special Events based on ADMS DatasetView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
MetroFreight
Freight logistics and optimization Safety and security
2018
MF-SP-8.1
Alison Conway
Complete Streets Considerations for Freight and Emergency Vehicle OperationsView the Project Report
NCST
Freight logistics and optimization Sustainability, energy, and health
2017
NCST-SCAQMD-417
Petros Ioannou
Freight Load Balancing and Efficiencies in Alternative Fuel Freight ModesView the Project Report
PSR
Connected and autonomous systems Public transit, land use, and urban mobility
2017
PSR-17-11
James Miles
Evaluation of Autonomous Vehicles and Smart Technologies for Their Impact on Traffic Safety and Traffic CongestionView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2017
PSR-17-17
Susan Pike
Informing a Pilot: Preparing the Pre-launch Survey for the Davis Amtrak Station Access ProgramView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Safety and security Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2017
PSR-17-13
Fraser Shilling
Automated Analysis of Wildlife-Vehicle Conflict Hotspots Using Carcass and Collision DataView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2017
PSR-17-03
Yueyue Fan
Next-Generation Transit System Design Under Revolution of Shared MobilityView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Connected and autonomous systems Sustainability, energy, and health
2017
UCR-17-10
Kanok Boriboonsomsin
Connected Emission Control Technologies for Freight VehiclesView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2017
UCSB-17-05
Konstadinos Goulias
Vertical Equity Statewide Pilot, Data Inventory, and Guidelines for Performance Based PlanningView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Safety and security Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2017
PSR-17-01
Wendy Meguro
A Primer on Coastal Transportation System Resilience and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise on Oahu Using Living Shorelines and Green InfrastructureView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Safety and security Sustainability, energy, and health
2017
PSR-17-02
Suwan Shen
Physical Exposure and Social Sensitivity: Estimating Sea Level Rise Impacts to Transportation through Vulnerability Assessment and Social Media AnalysisView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility
2017
PSR-17-02
Petros Ioannou
Integrated Traffic Flow Control in a Connected NetworkView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2017
PSR-17-04
Antonio Bento
The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Policies for Reducing GHG Emissions in the Freight SectorView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance
2017
PSR-17-09
Gary Painter
Examining the Geography of Opportunity through a New Public Transit Opportunity IndexView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
PSR
Sustainability, energy, and health
2017
PSR-17-15
Genevieve Giuliano
Economic Competitiveness, Definitions, and MetricsView the Project Report
NCST
Freight logistics and optimization Sustainability, energy, and health
2017
NCST-SCAQMD-416
Genevieve Giuliano
Developing Markets for Zero Emission Vehicles in Short Haul Goods MovementView the Project Brief
NCST
Sustainability, energy, and health
2017
NCST-17-04
Anastasios Chassiakos
Dynamic Scheduling of Chassis Movements with Chassis Processing Facilities in the LoopView the Project Report
METRANS UTC PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility
2017
PSR-17-05
Phebe Vayanos
Socially Optimal Personalized Routing with Preference LearningView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
METRANS UTC PSR
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility
2017
PSR-17-09
Tridib Banerjee
Institutional Response to Transit Oriented Development in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area: Understanding Local Differences Through the Prism of Density, Diversity, and DesignView the Project ReportView the Project Brief
NCST
Public transit, land use, and urban mobility
2017
NCST-17-10
Marlon Boarnet
Gentrification Near Rail Transit Areas: A Micro-Data Analysis of Moves into Los Angeles Metro Rail Station AreasView the Project Report
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