Winter 2019
Archived Seminars
Key considerations in renewable fuels investments
Data and Methods for Prioritizing User-Centered Outcomes in Transportation
Data for Active Transportation Research and Planning
E-commerce, Equity, and Accessibility: Case studies from Portland, OR
Planning EV Infrastructure: Theory and Practice
Demand for plug-in electric vehicles in the future Danish vehicle market
Transit Research in Practice: Making change from inside an agency
Environmental Justice Perspectives on Transportation
Bike Share in the Sacramento Region: Lessons Learned and What’s Next
What Does Sustainable Freight Look Like for Caltrans?
Data analytics for Warehousing Transportation Analysis
Direct impacts of off-hour deliveries on urban freight emissions
You can’t drive what you can’t charge: unique infrastructure policy needs for commercial electric vehicles & the critical role of utilities
Not Your Father’s Heavy-Duty Trucks: Electric trucks as a substitute for new road infrastructure
From psychology to sustainability: how bikes and scooters can reshape urban mobility
Freeway tolling in California and implications for climate and equity
How might people spend time when traveling in a fully automated vehicle, and what effect might it have on the intensity of travel?
Caltrans’ Transportation Network: Equitable, Safe and Sustainable
The Cement Industry’s Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality Across the Value Chain by 2050
The IEA’s Net-Zero by 2050 Scenario
Reaching carbon neutral transportation in California by 2045: opportunities and challenges
Transportation's Linkages to the Affordable Housing Problem
The Geographic Relationships between Stations and Places that Matter: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Adoption and Implications for Planning Future Networks
The California Integrated Travel Project: Building a Modern Transit Experience in California
Prediction/Causality Tradeoffs and Data Size Issues in Transportation Modeling: The Example of Highway-Safety Analysis
Fred Mannering, Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida
Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Pandemics, and Urban Mobility Data-Driven Modeling and Analysis of Transportation Systems under the Threat of Major Disruptive Events
Kaan Ozbay, Department of Civil and Urban Engineering and Center of Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, New York
Traffic flow smoothing at scale
Daniel B. Work, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University
Deployable Decentralized Routing Strategies using Envy-Free Incentive Mechanisms for Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Environments
Srinivas Peeta, Frederick R. Dickerson Chair and Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
On the Empty Miles in Ridesourcing Systems
Yafeng Yin, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The Various Silver Linings of the Impacts of the Pandemic on Traffic
Fraser Shilling, Co-Director, Road Ecology Center, UC Davis
Dynamic Driving and Routing Games for Autonomous Vehicles on Networks: A Mean Field Game Approach
Xuan (Sharon) Di, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Smart Cities Center, Data Science Institute, Columbia University in the City of New York
Leveraging Transportation Infrastructure Investments for Climate Action
Darwin Moosavi, Deputy Secretary for Environmental Policy & Housing Coordination, California State Transportation Agency
Examining the Intersection of Transportation, E-Mobility and Diverse Communities
Dr. Shelley Francis, Co-Founder & Principal, EVNoire
The role of fuel economy and GHG standards in reaching zero emissions by 2050
David Greene, Senior Fellow of the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy, Research Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee
Coalitions needed to advance zero emission transportation policy
Anand R. Gopal, Ph.D., Program Officer, Climate Initiative, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The Role of Affordable Transit Oriented Development on Travel Behavior
Jesus Barajas, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis
Mode Choice, Energy, Emissions and the Rebound Effect in U.S. Freight Transportation
Jonathan E. Hughes, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado, Boulder
Is COVID-19 accelerating the energy transition by hastening the shift of investor capital?
Amy Jaffe, Research Professor and Managing Director of the Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School at Tufts University
Measuring, Managing, and Maximizing Transportation Happiness using Smartphone-Aided Day Reconstruction Method
Yingling Fan, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Minnesota
Formulating Policy and Saving the World: Creating a shared mission in a world of agendas
Natasha Vidangos, Vice President of Research & Analysis, Alliance to Save Energy
Case Studies of Travel Demand Analysis on Transport Disadvantaged Communities
Tierra Bills, Assistant Professor, Transportation Research Group, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University
There is No “Green Book” for Walking: Transit Risks Patterned by Race and Place
Jennifer D. Roberts, Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health, University of Maryland College Park
Transforming Transportation: accelerating the transition to a cleaner, more equitable, and more resilient future
Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director of the Georgetown Climate Center; Professor from Practice at Georgetown University Law Center
Lessons from Davis in Sustainable Transportation and Land Use Planning
Norman Garrick, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut
Distracted Pedestrians: Myth or Menace?
Kelcie Ralph, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University
Zoom Seminar: Edge Lane Roads - A New Type of Shared Road for All Vulnerable Road Users
Michael Williams, Owner, Michael Williams Company
Zoom Seminar: The Future of Transportation: Making the Sacramento Region A Lab for Mobility Innovation
James Corless, Chief Executive Officer, Sacramento Area Council of Governments
Zoom Seminar: Building Trust to Enhance Preparedness: An Analysis of Community Perceptions
Johanna Amaya Leal, Assistant Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, Iowa State University Ivy College of Business
Zoom Seminar: California and the State of Freight
Avital Barnea, Deputy Secretary for Transportation Planning, California State Transportation Agency
Zoom Seminar: Transportation Innovation at Google: Opportunities for Researchers
Jeral Poskey, Project Executive for Transportation Planning at Google
Zoom Seminar: The Race to Zero Emissions in Transportation
Tucker Perkins, President & Chief Executive Officer, Propane Education & Research Council
Zoom Seminar: Toward Greener Supply Chains: Case study of a U.S. – China supply chain
Leticia Pineda, Researcher, International Council on Clean Transportation
Zoom Seminar: Scooters in Cities: The Story So Far
Kevin Fang, Assistant Professor of Geography, Environment, and Planning, Sonoma State University
Roundabouts of a Figurative Kind: Reflections on the beliefs that dominate transportation planning
Susan Handy - Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy and the Director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the UC Davis
Dynamic User Equilibrium of Mobility-on-Demand System with Linear Programming Rebalancing Strategy
Rongsheng Chen, University of Minnesota, Ryuichi Kitamura Award recipient
Integration of Life Cycle Assessment into Planning and Pavement Design
Milena Rangelov, Visiting Sustainable Pavements Research Associate, National Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements, Federal Highway Administration
Rethinking the impacts of transport infrastructure - a holistic life cycle approach
Shoshanna Saxe, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering. University of Toronto
Vision Zero in San Francisco: Advancing Public Health and Equity
Megan L. Wier, Director, Program on Health, Equity & Sustainability; Co-Chair, San Francisco Vision Zero
Population-based strategies to improve driving safety
Linda Hill, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, UC San Diego
Streets of the Future, Is 2020 a Tipping Point?
Janet Attarian, Senior Mobility Strategist I Principal, SmithGroup
California High-Speed Rail: Delivering a Transformative Investment
Margaret Cederoth, Director of Planning and Sustainability, California High-Speed Rail
Pavements, freight and vehicles – we all need and affect each other
Wynand Steyn, Head of Department of the Department of Civil Engineering and professor, University of Pretoria
Caltrans’ Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Program
Rachel Carpenter, Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Branch Chief, California Department of Transportation
Safety in Numbers for pedestrians and bicyclists: Implications for public policy
Peter Jacobsen, Professional Engineer
Health Co-benefits of Active Transportation for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
Neil Maizlish, Visiting Researcher, Department of Human Ecology, UC Davis
Heterogeneous traffic flow: how agent interactions shape collective properties
Jia Li, Research Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University
Emerging Trends in Last-mile Logistics: How green are they?
Jane Lin, Research Associate Professor, Institute for Environmental Science and Policy; Associate Professor, Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
Emerging mobility services, car ownership, and urban transport sustainability in the U.S.
Deborah Salon, Assistant Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University
Promises of emerging data for transportation applications
Cynthia Chen, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Washington
California Accomplishments in Addressing Climate Change and the Role of the State in the Coming Decade
Bob Epstein, Co-founder Environmental Entrepreneurs
Understanding Access to Grocery Stores in Food Deserts in Baltimore City
Celeste Chavis, Associate Professor, Morgan State University
Time Allocation Behavior of 20th Century American Generations: GI Generation, Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials
Annesha Enam, Winner of the 2018 TRB Ryuichi Kitamura Best Paper Award. Postdoctoral appointee at Argonne National Laboratory. PhD from University of Connecticut (UConn), USA in activity and travel behavior modeling.
Measure M and the (Potential) Transformation of Mobility in Los Angeles
Mike Manville, Associate Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
New Relationship Models between Vehicle Speed Profile, Roadway Characteristics, Pavement Roughness, and Vehicle Operating Costs
Elie Hajj, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Associate Director of WRSC, Pavement Engineering & Science Program, University of Nevada
Insights from the California Energy Policy Simulator into Policy Priorities for Reaching 2030 Goals for Zero Emission Vehicles and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions
Chris Busch, Director of Research, Energy Innovation
Vulnerable Road User Safety in the (Partially) Autonomous Age: Research Methods and Critical Issues
Tara Goddard, Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University
Shared, Electric, Automated: The 3 Revolutions and the Future of Mobility
Giovanni Circella, Director, 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program, ITS-Davis
Assessing the Transportation Impacts of Affordable Housing Developments? What can we learn from California
Kelly Clifton, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University
Clean Transportation and a View from the Air (Resources Board)
Sydney Vergis, Legislative Director for the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
Decarbonizing Cement and Concrete for California’s Infrastructure Projects
Sabbie A. Miller, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis
Equity, Justice and Sociocultural Research on Bicycling Transportation
Sarah McCullough, Associate Director, Feminist Research Institute, UC Davis
Cashless / Wireless / Paperless / Driverless: Public Transportation in an On-Demand World
Arthur L. Guzzetti, Vice President – Mobility Initiatives and Public Policy American Public Transportation Association
Autonomous Vehicles in California
Bernard C. Soriano, Deputy Director, California Department of Motor Vehicles
One Nevada Transportation Plan: Long Range Statewide Transportation Planning in a Rapidly Changing Environment
Sondra Rosenberg, Assistant Director for Planning, Nevada Department of Transportation
Influencing State Policy: An Insider's Perspective
Janet Dawson, worked for 11 years in the State Legislature as the Chief Consultant for the Assembly Transportation Committee
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