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January 2, 2024
Crude carbon intensity, after rising from 2017 to 2020, has continued a steady decline. One likely explanation is that California is importing more lighter crudes from other countries as state production of heavier oil declines, said former CARB member and University of California, Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies Director Dan Sperling.
Politico
December 30, 2023
“I don’t think there would be a mountain lion population on the San Francisco Peninsula if there wasn’t a source population somewhere else because they get killed so frequently,” said Fraser Shilling, director of the Road Ecology Center.
The Oakland Side
December 29, 2023
“This was the year that EVs went from experiments, or technological demonstrations, and became mature vehicles,” Gil Tal, the director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center at UC Davis, says.
The Atlantic
December 22, 2023
Daniel Sperling catches up with automobile designer and former ITS-Davis researcher Dan Sturges while discussings the world’s automobile monoculture.
Youtube
December 15, 2023
Giovanni Circella, director of the 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program at UC Davis, discusses the feasibility of a high-speed rail future in California.
Los Angeles Times
December 8, 2023
The gathering was held in response to the California Department of Transportation releasing the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the proposed project, which is now accepting comments from the community. Featured speaker, Dr. Susan Handy, is a professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at UC Davis and is the Director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation.
Davis Enterprise
December 5, 2023
“We need to have a charging option for every driver, we don’t need a charger for every car,” says Gil Tal, PhD, director at the Electric Vehicle Research Center of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis.
Consumer Reports
December 1, 2023
The hybrid meeting will include a background by project advocates Yolo Transportation District staff, followed by a keynote from UC Davis Professor Susan Handy, the renowned Director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation.
Davis Vanguard
November 29, 2023
“There is no state approach. There’s the DMV approach. There’s the PUC. There’s the city of San Francisco approach. So there is no coherent strategy or policy,” said Dan Sperling, a former CARB member and director of UC Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies. “Quite frankly, it’s been disappointing.”
Politico
November 28, 2023
The Davis Futures Forum and Cool Davis will organize a public pro-and-con discussion of the Caltrans’ widening project for the Interstate 80 causeway between Davis and Sacramento. The keynote speaker is UC Davis Professor Susan Handy, head of the National Center for Sustainable Development.
The Davis Enterprise
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