Accessible Rendezvous with Automation at the Curb

2025-01-13T23:02:11-08:00

Autonomous vehicles, both individual and shared shuttles, offer significant mobility benefit to people with disabilities and others who lack use of a personal vehicle. However, they may also exacerbate existing barriers to human-driven shared ride services, such as policy violations, rendezvous failures, and poor curb location selection. We seek to address these barriers by identifying considerations for decisionmakers and service providers.

Accessible Rendezvous with Automation at the Curb2025-01-13T23:02:11-08:00

Optimizing urban mobility: A data-driven approach to strategic Mobility Hub placement

2025-01-13T23:02:12-08:00

Cities desirous of developing a multi-modal mobility platform would need to provide travelers with seamless information about and access to a range of emerging mobility options, such as fixed-route or flex-route public transit, micro-transit, ride-sharing, car rentals, bike-sharing, scooters, moped, and walking routes. Those options altogether have potential to improve accessibility to essential resources regarding employment, health care and food. This research acquires mobility service data to understand travel behavior in choosing mobility options, optimize design of such a platform by optimally placing mobility hubs with multiple mobility options, with the ultimate goals of improving accessibility, sustainability and efficiency for underserved populations.

Optimizing urban mobility: A data-driven approach to strategic Mobility Hub placement2025-01-13T23:02:12-08:00

Scalable V2X Options into the Future: A Los Angeles Case Study

2025-01-13T23:02:12-08:00

Scalable Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) solutions are essential for enhancing road safety and traffic efficiency in our communities. This project investigates scalable V2X options by considering global advancements and diverse technological ecosystems, utilizing all forms of V2X connectivity—including Cellular V2X (C-V2X), Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), and cellular networks—with Los Angeles serving as a case study. Currently, there's no comprehensive plan to implement these advanced vehicle communication technologies. Our aim is to develop a strategic plan to deploy V2X technology in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, improving safety, reducing traffic congestion, and preparing for major events like the 2028 Olympic Games. By engaging with various stakeholders and building a practical plan, we hope to create a reference that can inform future deployments by Caltrans or other cities across the U.S.

Scalable V2X Options into the Future: A Los Angeles Case Study2025-01-13T23:02:12-08:00

Understanding transit, ridehail and micro mobility use among low-income mobility wallet recipients

2025-01-13T23:02:10-08:00

LA Metro is providing financial support to 1,000 low-income people to support their use of transit, ridehailing, scooters, bicycles, and other shared services as a part of their universal basic mobility efforts. In the previous pilot phase, most funds went towards transit and ridehailing services, raising concerns about whether ridehailing may replace transit trips. Collecting and analyzing observed data about participants' travel behavior is needed to understand this relationship.

Understanding transit, ridehail and micro mobility use among low-income mobility wallet recipients2025-01-13T23:02:10-08:00

Permits, Fees, Paperwork and Delays: Regulating New Shared Mobility

2025-01-13T23:02:11-08:00

Public agencies and state and local governments often impose various regulations on shared mobility services. These regulations vary widely by place and mode, and the costs and benefits of these regulations are poorly understood. This project aims to categorize shared mobility regulations, identify their intents and impacts, and to better understand the balance of regulations.

Permits, Fees, Paperwork and Delays: Regulating New Shared Mobility2025-01-13T23:02:11-08:00

Business model for V2X

2025-01-06T23:00:16-08:00

Despite the significant potential of V2X technology to improve transportation efficiency, public safety, and sustainability, its adoption has been slow due to high infrastructure costs, lack of standardization, and unclear financial incentives for OEMs. The absence of sustainable business models that align OEM incentives with the societal benefits of V2X applications presents a major barrier to widespread adoption and public good.

Business model for V2X2025-01-06T23:00:16-08:00
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