Seminar Archive: 2009-2010

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June 4, 2010

An Overview of Bus Rapid Transit in the US and the World

Dr.G. Scott Rutherford, Professor, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Director, Director, Engineering Professional Programs, UW Professional and Continuing Education, Director, Valle Scholarship & Scandinavian Exch Program

May 28, 2010

A New Direction for the Zero Emission Vehicle Regulation

Joshua M. Cunningham, Air Resources Engineer, Mobile Source Control Division, California Air Resources Board

May 21, 2010

Do Transit Investments Increase Agglomeration Economies?

Dr. Daniel G. Chatman, Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley

May 14, 2010

Multistage Energy System Planning under Uncertainties;Optimal Design of Biofuel Production System and Resource Allocation: A California Case Study

Yongxi (Eric) Huang;Chien-Wei Chen, ITS-Davis Graduate Researcher;ITS-Davis Graduate Researcher

April 30, 2010

Mobility, Place-making, and Economic Competitiveness

Dr.Robert Cervero, STC Distinguished Speaker, Professor of City & Regional Planning; Director, University of California Transportation Center; Director, Institute of Urban & Regional Development

April 23, 2010

Overcoming Barriers to Cycling in Low-Income and Minority Communities

Dr. Lynn Weigand, Director of the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation, Center for Transportation Studies, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University

April 16, 2010

What Happens to Commuting When it is Disrupted by a Major Freeway Reconstruction Project? Insights from Fix I-5

Dr. Pat Mokhtarian, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chair of the Graduate Group, and Associate Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis

April 9, 2010

Reducing Transportation Emissions in the Developing World:

Adam Millard-Ball, Ph.D. Candidate, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University

April 2, 2010

No Seminar

March 26, 2010

No Seminar

October 8, 2010

March 5, 2010

Next Generation of Adaptive Traffic Signal Control

Dr. Pitu Mirchandani, STC Distinguished Speaker, Professor of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering and Director of the ATLAS Laboratory at Arizona State University

February 26, 2010

Modeling Multimodal Morning Commute in a One-to-one Corridor Network

Zhen (Sean) Qian, ITS-Davis Graduate Researcher, UC Davis

February 19, 2010

Greenhouse Gas emissions reduction potential and associated costs from transportation and land use strategies for 50 states

Dr. Lewison Lem, MPA, Principal Consultant, Transportation Energy and Climate Change Practice Leader, Jack Faucett Associates

February 12, 2010

Assessing Vehicle Electricity Demand Impacts on California Electricity Supply

Dr. Ryan McCarthy, Science and Technology Fellow at California Council on Science and Technology

February 5, 2010

Driving and the Built Environment: The Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use, and CO2 Emissions, An overview of Transportation Research Board Special Report 298, presented by Patricia L. Mokhtarian (member of the study committee)

Dr. Pat Mokhtarian, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chair of the Graduate Group, and Associate Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis

January 29, 2010

Multistage system planning for bioethanol production and distribution in California

Yongxi (Eric) Huang, ITS-Davis Graduate Researcher, UC Davis

January 22, 2010

Changing the Game in the U.S. Auto Sector: The Role of the Plug-In Vehicle Network

Shannon Arvizu, Ph.D. Candidate, Columbia University

January 15, 2010

No Seminar

January 8, 2010

No Seminar

November 20, 2009

Can biofuel production in the United States meet the promises of policy makers?

Nathan Parker, ITS-Davis Graduate Researcher

November 13, 2009

Trip-Generation Rates Spreadsheet for Smart-Growth Land Use Projects in California: the Need and the Context

Dr. Richard Lee, ITS-Davis Visiting Practitioner and Associate, Fehr & Peers

November 6, 2009

Reductions Goals in the Transportation Sector, Christopher Yang

Dr. Christopher Yang, ITS-Davis Researcher - Project Engineer

October 30, 2009

Do Consumers and Firms Care about Gasoline Prices?

Dr. Christopher Knittel, Associate Professor of Economics, Chancellor's Fellow, UC Davis

October 23, 2009

Bicycling in the Netherlands and Europe, policies and practices. What can America learn from them?

Dr. Eva Heinen;Jason Moore, Visiting Scholar, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands;ITS-Davis Graduate Researcher and Fulbright Scholar

October 16, 2009

Technical Writing Tips and Traps

Dr. Pat Mokhtarian, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chair of the Graduate Group, and Associate Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis

October 2, 2009

Hybrid Cars and HOV Lanes

Sharon Anne Shewmake, ITS-Davis Graduate Researcher

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