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Student, Sonoma State University
Exploring who is injured on e-bikes, what are their injuries, and how they are injured - An e-bike trade group estimates that e-bike sales in the United States quadrupled from around a quarter million in 2019 to over one million in 2022. With the proliferation of e-bikes in the United...
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Student, San José State University
Safety of micromobility transportation: What We Can – and Cannot – Learn from United States Emergency Department Records - Over the last several years, the use of micromobility devices for transportation (e.g. e-bikes, e-scooters, skateboards) has expanded around the world. This...
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PhD Candidate, University of California, Davis
Auto manufacturers’ non-market responses to vehicle CO2 standards - Introduction Vehicle CO2 standards represent one of the clearest regulatory pathways to passenger vehicle decarbonization. In the United States (US), the most recent standard, proposed and finalized under the Biden...
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Student Researcher, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies
Assessment of California MPO Travel Demand Forecasting Models - The goal of this project was to assess the capabilities of the travel demand forecasting models (TDMs) used by California’s metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) with respect to forecasting the increase in vehicle...
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Research Assistant/Student, University of Southern California
Collision Avoidance Systems in TrucksThe safety concern posed by heavy-duty truck crashes in the United States is evidenced by 5,936 fatalitiesin 2022, a 2% increase from 2021, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [1].In 2022, Class 8 Heavy-duty trucks accounted...
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PhD Student, University of California, Berkeley
Comparing Narratives between Autonomous Vehicles Related Crash \and Uber Reported Crash through NLP Methods - As driverless automated driving systems (ADS) start to operate on public roads, there is an urgent need to understand how safely these systems are managing real-world traffic...
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PhD candidate, University of California, Davis
Service improvements on Capitol Corridor and impacts on ridershipPublic transit has undergone turbulent changes in the US. Between 2012 and 2018, bus ridership in the US declined 15% and rail ridership declined 3%, losses which are widespread and in contrast to trends observed in...
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Graduate Student, University of California, Davis
Understanding underserved community households’ awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of ZEVs - California’s ambitious climate goals include various policies looking to promote zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) market growth and create an equitable transition. Underserved communities...
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PhD Candidate, Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Berkeley
Locating Public Charging Infrastructure, and EV Adoption in Urban Neighborhoods with Limited At-Home Parking - Most public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations are privately owned, and cluster near destinations or along highways. These trends, coupled with the convenience of at-home...
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Student Research Assistant, CSULB
Optimizing Vortex Separation for Microplastic Removal from Freeway Runoff: Performance and Efficiency Analysis - Microplastic pollution is an emerging environmental problem that has been widely found in many environmental compartments. Microplastics are typically defined as particulate...
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undergraduate student research assistant, California State University Long Beach
Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Davis
Enhancing Surrogate Safety Measures for Active Transportation: A Multi-Metric Approach to Near-Miss Detection and Risk Assessment - As transportation systems professionals strive to provide more sustainable options of travel, there is a growing need to understand the safety risk of...
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Assistant Professor, California State University Long Beach
Levelized Cost of Hydrogen Analysis for Port Drayage Fuel Cell Trucks: A Production to Dispensing Perspective - Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) offer a viable pathway to decarbonize Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs). Particularly, port drayage trucks benefit significantly...
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PhD candidate, University of California, Davis
Electric Vehicles & Household Fleets - This work examines the relationship between electric vehicles (EVs) and conventional vehicles in households in the U.S. Using nationally representative data from the 2022 National Household Travel survey, we investigate several details about...
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Graduate research assistant, University of Southern California
Predictive Control for Traffic Networks with Performance Guarantees - Increased sensing and actuation modalities have the potential to improve efficiency and resilience of urban traffic networks. The legacy control systems for ramp metering or traffic signal timing typically work...
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PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
Is Electric Vehicle Carsharing for Everyone? From Activity Patterns to User Retention - This research explores the user dynamics of electric vehicle (EV) carsharing within underserved communities, focusing on BlueLA, a one-way station-based EV carsharing service in Los Angeles, California...
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