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Pacific Southwest Region 9 UTC

The Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center has been conducting research since 2016. The table below includes all completed and current research projects. 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.

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PSR

Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance

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

PSR-18-33

Martin Wachs

Balancing Accountability and Flexibility in California's Local Option Sales TaxesView the Project ReportView the Project Brief

PSR

Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance

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

E-commerce and urban freight Freight logistics and optimization

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

PSR-18-24

Miguel Jaller

Automation, Electrification, and Shared Mobility in FreightView the Project ReportView the Project Brief

PSR

Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Safety and security

PSR-18-31

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

Public Transportation Safety Among University StudentsView the Project ReportView the Project Brief

PSR

Public transit, land use, and urban mobility Transportation planning, policy, and finance

PSR-18-SP91

Genevieve Giuliano

Improving Environmental Justice and Mobility in Southeast Los Angeles Executive SummaryView the Project Report

PSR

Sustainability, energy, and health Vehicles and infrastructure

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

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

Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance

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

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

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

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

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

PSR

Transportation planning, policy, and finance

PSR-18-SP52

Genevieve Giuliano

Implementation of Action 6 of CSFAP Phase 2a Tracking Economic CompetitivenessView the Project Report

PSR

Freight logistics and optimization

PSR-18-01

Tom O'Brien

Goods Movement/Logistics Training

PSR

Sustainability, energy, and health Transportation planning, policy, and finance

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

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

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

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

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