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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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Research Project

PSR

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

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

PSR-18-SP90

Genevieve Giuliano

Implementation of Action 6 of the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan (CSFAP) Phase 3: Tracking Economic CompetitivenessView the Project ReportView the Project Brief

PSR

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

PSR-18-SP51

Genevieve Giuliano

Developing Effective Traffic Management Strategies for Special Events based on ADMS DatasetView the Project ReportView the Project Brief

PSR

Connected and autonomous systems Public transit, land use, and urban mobility

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

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

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

PSR-17-03

Yueyue Fan

Next-Generation Transit System Design Under Revolution of Shared MobilityView the Project ReportView the Project Brief

PSR

Public transit, land use, and urban mobility

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

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

PSR-17-09

Gary Painter

Examining the Geography of Opportunity through a New Public Transit Opportunity IndexView the Project ReportView the Project Brief

PSR

Connected and autonomous systems Sustainability, energy, and health

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

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

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

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

Sustainability, energy, and health

PSR-17-15

Genevieve Giuliano

Economic Competitiveness, Definitions, and MetricsView the Project Report

PSR

Public transit, land use, and urban mobility

PSR-17-01

Petros Ioannou

Optimizing Combined Truck Routing and Parking based on Parking Availability PredictionView the Project Report

METRANS UTC PSR

Sustainability, energy, and health

PSR-17-02

Shailesh Chandra

Investigating Impact of Crowdsourcing on Smart Freight MobilityView the Project Report

METRANS UTC PSR

Public transit, land use, and urban mobility

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

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

METRANS UTC PSR

Public transit, land use, and urban mobility

PSR-17-11

Mohammad Mozumdar

Smart Sensing System for Real-time Automatic Traffic Analysis of Highway Rest AreasView the Project Report

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