Policy Briefs
Parent: Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley
eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for May through August, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | Download | View-only | %Dnld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9dn2j441 | Multifamily Households Across California are Paying a Lot More to Charge Their Electric Vehicle | 512 | 94 | 418 | 18.4% |
| 1ds998jm | Student Access to Community College Relies Heavily on Private Vehicle Use | 383 | 85 | 298 | 22.2% |
| 1zm5t77t | The First Phase of California’s High-Speed Rail Project Provides the Greatest Economic Benefits Compared to Full Build Out | 314 | 79 | 235 | 25.2% |
| 6bh6n1p7 | What Should Agencies Measure to Decide If Microtransit Is Working? | 300 | 139 | 161 | 46.3% |
| 37f0x741 | Hydrogen Fuel Cell Drayage Trucks Can Advance California’s Climate Goals and Provide Health Benefits for Front Line Communities | 271 | 97 | 174 | 35.8% |
| 20m3j8w1 | Decarbonizing Heavy-Duty Transportation Modes with Electricity, Biofuels, and Hydrogen | 259 | 83 | 176 | 32.0% |
| 514205n7 | Challenges and Opportunities Facing App-Based Gig Drivers Extend Beyond Driver Pay | 237 | 47 | 190 | 19.8% |
| 00r5s0vs | Connected and Automated Vehicle Policy Development for California | 236 | 58 | 178 | 24.6% |
| 2qs445kh | Communities Are Experimenting with Microtransit to Fill Critical Gaps in Public Transit Service – What Have We Learned so Far? | 220 | 70 | 150 | 31.8% |
| 19z8s80x | Transportation Network Companies Could Be a Cost Effective Alternative to Microtransit in Low-Density Communities | 213 | 46 | 167 | 21.6% |
| 5ch1x4xn | What Can You Do with a County Road that You Can’t Afford to Maintain? | 212 | 45 | 167 | 21.2% |
| 4hj979ws | Justice-Centered Mapping Tools for Selecting Electric Vehicle Charger Locations | 210 | 80 | 130 | 38.1% |
| 1bh4k6n5 | Mobiliti—A New Tool to Guide Safer, More Equitable Traffic Management Strategies | 202 | 56 | 146 | 27.7% |
| 85v1k5ns | Low-Income Suburban Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area Face Significant Housing and Transportation Issues | 200 | 58 | 142 | 29.0% |
| 1mw8n13h | Innovative Mobility: Carsharing Outlook | 198 | 79 | 119 | 39.9% |
| 9j94q60f | The General Transit Feed Specification Makes Trip-Planning Easier — Especially During a Pandemic — Yet its Use by California Agencies is Uneven | 193 | 47 | 146 | 24.4% |
| 5n138149 | Who Benefits the Most from California’s High-Speed Rail Project? | 192 | 59 | 133 | 30.7% |
| 8g73s8pz | Wildfire Evacuation Planning Can Be Greatly Enhanced by Considering Fire Progression, Communication Systems, and Other Dynamic Factors | 190 | 47 | 143 | 24.7% |
| 6v67k43x | Hydrogen Can Have a Much Lower Carbon Intensity than Fossil Fuels But This Largely Depends on How It Is Produced and Distributed | 186 | 39 | 147 | 21.0% |
| 2jm242h7 | Charging Ahead: How Incomeand Home Access Shape Electric Vehicle Adoption among Ridehailing Drivers | 182 | 51 | 131 | 28.0% |
| 9vx1m1t9 | Impacts of Shared Mobility | 179 | 41 | 138 | 22.9% |
| 042924vr | Public-Private Partnerships Show Promise for Shifting Export of California Produce from Truck to Rail | 178 | 52 | 126 | 29.2% |
| 5m44m6zm | California’s High-Speed Rail Yields the Greatest Accessibility Gains to the Most Vulnerable Communities | 174 | 54 | 120 | 31.0% |
| 6xp3h69x | Local Government Strategies to Improve Shared Micromobility Infrastructure | 172 | 38 | 134 | 22.1% |
| 9ws6j5fk | Preserving Privacy in Road User Charge (RUC) Architectures | 169 | 47 | 122 | 27.8% |
| 5rn5g0cn | Real-World Simulations of Life with an Autonomous Vehicle Suggest Increased Mobility and Vehicle Travel | 166 | 62 | 104 | 37.3% |
| 7qd30292 | Customer-Oriented Open Data Can Help Make Transit More Accessible to Seniors and People with Disabilities | 165 | 40 | 125 | 24.2% |
| 6618731x | Congestion Pricing Can Be Equitable If a Portion of the Revenue is Returned to Drivers | 162 | 39 | 123 | 24.1% |
| 9350c32g | How Might Adjustments to Public Transit Operations Affect COVID-19 Transmission? | 162 | 52 | 110 | 32.1% |
| 4gk412w6 | The Benefits and Challenges of Incorporating Uber and Lyft in Subsidized Ride Programs that Serve Vulnerable Populations | 159 | 29 | 130 | 18.2% |
| 0dj471j8 | How Did Transit Service Adjustments During the Pandemic Impact Job Accessibility in the San Francisco Bay Area? | 156 | 40 | 116 | 25.6% |
| 8gh33630 | Dashboard Cameras Combined with AI Provide an Affordable Method for Identifying Curb Usage | 156 | 55 | 101 | 35.3% |
| 2kq661m0 | A Case Study: Testing Wildfire Evacuation Strategies for Communities in Marin County, California | 154 | 31 | 123 | 20.1% |
| 2qr5975v | Intelligent Intersections Reduce Crashes and Will Support the Safe Introduction of Autonomous Vehicles | 154 | 66 | 88 | 42.9% |
| 9nh6w2gq | Public Transit and Shared Mobility COVID-19 Recovery: Policy Options and Research Needs | 154 | 44 | 110 | 28.6% |
| 83b2n13t | Shared Mobility Policies for California | 152 | 41 | 111 | 27.0% |
| 3km8b4jw | Decline of Rail Transit Requires New Strategies | 149 | 48 | 101 | 32.2% |
| 6rb1j5wb | Transportation Network Companies Might Be Pulling Riders from Public Transit, but This Could Change | 149 | 38 | 111 | 25.5% |
| 4xv6z4mj | Insights on Autonomous Vehicle Policy from Early Adopter Cities and Regions | 146 | 47 | 99 | 32.2% |
| 3ss034fw | Automated Vehicle Technology Has the Potential to Smooth Traffic Flow and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions | 145 | 55 | 90 | 37.9% |
| 30m9m61b | Creative Reallocation of Curbs, Streets, Sidewalks Accelerated by the Pandemic May be Here to Stay | 144 | 42 | 102 | 29.2% |
| 19r0034f | How is the COVID-19 Pandemic Shifting Retail Purchases and Related Travel in the Sacramento Region? | 143 | 34 | 109 | 23.8% |
| 8w77044h | Overview of Shared Mobility | 143 | 47 | 96 | 32.9% |
| 7cg95810 | Will California Lose Thousands of Affordable Homes Near Transit? | 138 | 27 | 111 | 19.6% |
| 2sw9f2k6 | Creating a Regional Program for Preserving Industrial Land: Perspectives from San Francisco Bay Area Cities | 137 | 43 | 94 | 31.4% |
| 9z0871t6 | Road Usage Charging (RUC) | 136 | 38 | 98 | 27.9% |
| 2zr0p7r2 | Transformative Community Planning Can Advance Mobility Justice | 135 | 42 | 93 | 31.1% |
| 3s53f1cx | Impacts of Shared Mobility: Pooling | 135 | 47 | 88 | 34.8% |
| 1rw1z3mx | Upzoning Under SB 50: The Influence of Local Conditions on the Potential for New Supply | 134 | 25 | 109 | 18.7% |
| 9h2233g0 | Shared Automated Vehicles Could Greatly Benefit Visually Impaired Travelers if Designed and Operated with Their Needs in Mind | 134 | 54 | 80 | 40.3% |
Note: Due to the evolving nature of web traffic, the data presented here should be considered approximate and subject to revision. Learn more.