by Innovative Mobility Research | Aug 26, 2015 |
Authors: Timothy Lipman, Ph.D, Susan Shaheen, Ph.D Date Published: November 02, 2005 Abstract: This “Integrated Hydrogen/Intelligent Transportation Systems Evaluation for the California Department of Transportation” project was conceived to investigate hydrogen activities in the State and around the U.S. that might impact the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) operations. The project is intended to review these activities and to suggest potential interesting applications of combined hydrogen and intelligent transportation system (ITS) technologies. This project was conducted by researchers at the University of California – Berkeley under California Partners for Advanced Transportation and Highways (PATH) Task Order 5112. The main theme underlying this study is the potential for synergies between two rapidly evolving areas of advanced transportation and energy technology: hydrogen energy systems and ITS. We hypothesize that concepts and schemes that combine these two types of technologies can help to enable the potential use of hydrogen infrastructure by, first and foremost, allowing communication and mapping/navigation technologies to optimize the access to and operation of initially sparse hydrogen refueling networks. Additional benefits include helping to contend with the potentially limited driving range of initial hydrogen-powered vehicles and exposing consumers to new technologies in ways that do not require purchasing them, such as through fleet/motor pool, transit, and carsharing (i.e., short-term vehicle rentals) organization operations....
by Innovative Mobility Research | Aug 26, 2015 |
Authors: Susan Shaheen, Ph.D, Rachel Finson, Cynthia McCormick Date Published: November 1, 2004 Abstract: The Innovative Corridors Initiative (ICI) is a multi-year project designed to encouarge the early deployment of innovative technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in California. ITS technologies are defined through a broad array of information and vehicle control technologies that are designed to improve traffic and transit management including safety, user choice, congestion, and incident response. For over a decade, ITS technologies have been gaining acceptance and are now used in every metropolitan area in the United States to enhance transportation system management. This report describes the first-year efforts of the ICI initiative–a joint effort of the California Department of Transportation, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in the San Francisco By Area, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT) at UC Berkeley, and ITS America....
by Innovative Mobility Research | Aug 26, 2015 |
Authors: Susan Shaheen, Ph.D, Caroline Rodier, Rachel Finson Date Published: October 31, 2003 Abstract: The goal of the Davis Smart Mobility Model project is to optimize individual mobility options through improved connectivity among modes, enhanced techniques to link land-use planning and transportation system design, advanced information technologies, and clean-fuel vehicles. The California PATH/Caltrans partnership with the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) was initiated after campus planners expressed interest in learning how innovative mobility services and technologies (such as carsharing and smart parking management) might help to alleviate the transportation impacts of a campus expansion, expected to result in the arrival of more than 9,000 additional students, staff, and faculty in the coming decade. The campus is in the midst of a multi-year process to approve a Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) that will guide all aspects of this expansion. The study also focused on residents and impacts on Davis and the surrounding region....
by Innovative Mobility Research | Aug 26, 2015 |
Authors: Susan Shaheen, Ph.D, Rachel Finson Date Published: June 1, 2006 Abstract: This report reflects an initial scoping that is intended to inform a broader multi-year project at the University of California, Davis. The University of California, Davis is addressing projected growth scenarios in its Long-Range Development Plan and is interested in innovative transportation projects that will increase the mobility of the University community while improving and sustaining high environmental and social standards in planning objectives. This report starts to develop a general assessment of the campus and the City of Davis, introduces the project to key players and potential partners, and makes recommendations for how to proceed with the broader project....
by Innovative Mobility Research | Aug 26, 2015 |
Authors: Susan Shaheen, Ph.D, Troy Young, Ph.D, Daniel Sperling, Ph.D, Daniel Jordan, Ph.D, Thomas Horan, Ph.D Date published: May 1, 1999 Abstract: This report deals with a project that involved a review of the environmental impacts of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). The final phase of the project involved the development of a model that would be capable of quantifying the short-term environmental impacts of ITS applications along a typical transportation corridor. The report presents a model database with the modifications necessary to manipulate the data into a form suitable for use with INTEGRATION V2.0. The authors describe the difficulties and challenges that were faced in the project, which ultimately led to the unfortunate conclusion of the project without obtaining useful quantitative results from the modeling exercise....
