Following a comprehensive peer review process, METRANS recently revealed the list of research projects selected for funding this year through the university transportation center (UTC) program. The projects total $2.8M in research support from the US Department of Transportation (US DOT) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). METRANS issued its joint Request for Proposals (RFP) in early February for both the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center (PSR), a UTC based at USC, and the National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) based at University of California, Davis.
Proposals chosen by the centers align with themes such as technology for improved mobility and managing mobility in high growth cities and regions, as well as environmentally responsible infrastructure and operations and multimodal travel and sustainable land use.
The range of topics reveals the depth of research capacity in the schools that are part of the METRANS Consortium.
Project Title |
Principal Investigator |
University |
Center |
The Potential for Ride-Matching in Disadvantaged Communities |
Genevieve Giuliano |
USC |
PSR |
Validation of Freight Volume Modeling on Major Highway Links |
Cyrus Shahabi |
USC |
PSR |
Modeling Multi-modal Mobility in a Coupled Morning-Evening Commute Framework that Considers Deadheading and Flexible Pooling |
Jong-Shi Pang |
USC |
PSR |
Routing of Battery Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks for Drayage Operations |
Maged Dessouky |
USC |
NCST |
The Ridesharing Routing Problem with Flexible Pickup and Drop-off points |
Maged Dessouky |
USC |
NCST |
Centrally Coordinated Schedules and Routes of Airport Shuttles with LAX Terminals as Application Area |
Petros Ioannou |
USC |
NCST |
Coordinated Traffic Flow Control in a Connected Environment |
Petros Ioannou |
USC |
NCST |
Commuting During and after COVID-19: The Impact of COVID-19 on Shared Mobility and Extreme Commuting in the Bay Area - Central Valley |
Marlon Boarnet |
USC |
PSR |
Slow Streets and Dockless Travel: Using a Natural Experiment for Insight into the Role of Supportive Infrastructure on Non-Motorized Travel |
Marlon Boarnet |
USC |
NCST |
White Paper: Institutional Obstacles to New Transportation Technology Adoption |
Marlon Boarnet |
USC |
PSR |
Improving the Accuracy of Intersection Counts and Densities for Measuring Urban Street Network Compactness and Resilience |
Geoff Boeing |
USC |
PSR |
Spatial Implications of Telecommuting in the United States |
Andrii Parkhomenko |
USC |
NCST |
Evaluation of Sidewalk Delivery Robot Interactions with Pedestrians and Bicyclists |
Steven Gehrke |
NAU |
PSR |
Development of Instrumented Bikes: Toward Smart Cycling Infrastructure and Maintenance |
Chun-Hsing Ho |
NAU |
PSR |
Evaluating Alternative Strategies for Traffic Reduction in Los Angeles |
Antonio Bento |
USC |
NCST |
Spatial Microanalysis and Equity Assessment of Joint Relationships among Destination Choice, Activity Duration, and Mode Choice |
Konstadinos Goulias |
UCSB |
PSR |
Connectivity-Based Cooperative Ramp Merging in Multimodal and Mixed Traffic Environment |
Guoyuan Wu |
UCR |
PSR |
Evaluating Accessibility of Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Using Data-Driven Time-Dependent Reachability Analysis |
Cyrus Shahabi |
USC |
NCST |
New Continuous Approximation Models for Passenger and Freight Transportation |
John Gunnar Carlsson |
USC |
PSR |
Coordinated Demand-side Management and Traffic Control for Tight Areas |
Ketan Savla |
USC |
PSR |
Redeveloping Failing Malls: Opportunities for Reducing VMT and GHG Emissions and Increasing the Housing Supply through Urban Villages |
Hilda Blanco |
USC |
PSR
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