Our experts are frequently spotlighted in national/local news outlets and widely read blogs. The headlines and summaries below link to the original news articles and features.
October 29, 2024
Dan Sperling, a distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been named the 2024 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s prestigious S.S. Steinberg Award in honor of “remarkable contributions to transportation education.”
UC Davis News
October 18, 2024
“Alan Jenn is an assistant professional researcher at the Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicle (PH&EV) group of the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) at the University of California, Davis, and an affiliate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.”
Electronics 360 at Global Spec
October 17, 2024
“This article was originally published on The Conversation by Alan Jenn at the University of California. Read the original article here.”
INVERSE
October 16, 2024
“Daniel Sperling, Ph.D., a professor of civil engineering and environmental science and policy and founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis (ITS-Davis), is the 2024 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) prestigious S.S. Steinberg Award.”
American Journal of Transportation
October 14, 2024
” Alan Jenn is a transportation researcher at the University of California, Davis. Writing for The Conversation, he says that although EV charging infrastructure in the US has improved in the past several years, reliability is still a critical issue.”
Clean Technica
October 10, 2024
The Biden administration is using tax credits, regulations and federal investments to shift drivers toward electric vehicles. But drivers will make the switch only if they are confident they can find reliable charging when and where they need it.
The Conversation
October 8, 2024
“… Fraser Shilling — a scientist at UC Davis who’ll tell us what he’s learned from his rigorous scholarly examination of… roadkill. Meep meep! Learn …”
Smithsonian Magazine
October 4, 2024
Utilization of public chargers increases almost three-fold when they’re closely located to dining services, according to a survey by the Next 10 climate think tank and the University of California, Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies. The authors added that drivers in California are 37% more likely to choose charging sites with amenities than standalone locations.
Transport Topics
October 3, 2024
Yet, experts like Jason Munster, the founder of the hydrogen advising firm CleanEpic, and Lewis Fulton, the director of the Energy Futures program at the University of California, Davis, noted that, until hydrogen fuel cell trucking infrastructure comes online, consumer fuel cell vehicles will struggle to gain market share.
Observer
October 1, 2024
UC Davis professor Susan Handy, the director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation, objected to the I-80 widening project.
Sacramento Bee
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