This working paper explores how working from home (e.g. telework) may or may not have changed daily travel--both how and why you go places. This is of particular importance in light of mandated work from home events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. While total driving and vehicle-miles-traveled...

The Better Neighborhoods, Same Neighbors (BNSN) Initiative envisions an East Oakland with healthy surroundings, safe and accessible transportation and thriving arts and culture that builds community wealth and ensures housing is a human right for existing East Oakland residents. The initiative...

Rapidly evolving urban mobility ecosystems and recent innovations in autonomous vehicle (AV) and electric vehicle (EV) technologies suggest we are on the brink of fundamental shifts in the urban transportation landscape. Many of these advanced technologies—in particular, autonomous vehicles...

This report investigates and develop specifications for using blockchain and distributed organizations to enable decentralized delivery and finance of urban infrastructure. The project explores uses cases including: providing urban green, street or transit infrastructure; services for street...

In the face of global climate change, providing urban systems that support sustainable agriculture and recognize the critical nature of water is fundamental. In this article, William Riggs calls for a ‘nourished’ urbanism which builds on food systems alongside urban environments with social,...

Research has shown that travel behaviour can be influenced by economic and social nudges. This chapter explores how individual decisions are framed by the built environment as well as by behavioural factors. It explores how transportation nudges provide a growth area for transportation planners...

Does homeownership result in a greater local political participation in urban neighborhoods? Contemporary urban theorists argue that homeownership reinforces social and political bonds. Much of this discussion is rooted in the works of Marx and Engels, suggesting that homeownership leads to...

Research has shown that free fares for young people, whether under 18 or college age, can drive youth ridership. This paper evaluates the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s (SFMTA or Muni) free youth transit program. The Free Muni for Youth Program provides free Muni services for...

This paper provides a conceptual look at various personas that could be used for autonomous vehicle deployments globally. It uses ideas developed as a part of a “ideathon” workshop in 2023 related to the EU-funded SHOW project. The idea was to develop concepts for how stakeholders could be...

A substantial and growing body of literature has provided educated guesses and transportation demand modeling about how riders might behave in autonomous vehicles (AVs). No studies to-date have explored how riders behave when given access to rides in these new modes of transportation, and how...