Policy Briefs
Parent: Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley
eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for March through June, 2025
| Item | Title | Total requests | Download | View-only | %Dnld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9dn2j441 | Multifamily Households Across California are Paying a Lot More to Charge Their Electric Vehicle | 202 | 93 | 109 | 46.0% |
| 5m44m6zm | California’s High-Speed Rail Yields the Greatest Accessibility Gains to the Most Vulnerable Communities | 188 | 25 | 163 | 13.3% |
| 1zm5t77t | The First Phase of California’s High-Speed Rail Project Provides the Greatest Economic Benefits Compared to Full Build Out | 186 | 47 | 139 | 25.3% |
| 9vx1m1t9 | Impacts of Shared Mobility | 156 | 28 | 128 | 17.9% |
| 6xp3h69x | Local Government Strategies to Improve Shared Micromobility Infrastructure | 150 | 31 | 119 | 20.7% |
| 2qs445kh | Communities Are Experimenting with Microtransit to Fill Critical Gaps in Public Transit Service – What Have We Learned so Far? | 142 | 31 | 111 | 21.8% |
| 1ds998jm | Student Access to Community College Relies Heavily on Private Vehicle Use | 137 | 19 | 118 | 13.9% |
| 1mw8n13h | Innovative Mobility: Carsharing Outlook | 126 | 66 | 60 | 52.4% |
| 5n138149 | Who Benefits the Most from California’s High-Speed Rail Project? | 122 | 18 | 104 | 14.8% |
| 514205n7 | Challenges and Opportunities Facing App-Based Gig Drivers Extend Beyond Driver Pay | 111 | 13 | 98 | 11.7% |
| 0dj471j8 | How Did Transit Service Adjustments During the Pandemic Impact Job Accessibility in the San Francisco Bay Area? | 102 | 14 | 88 | 13.7% |
| 3km8b4jw | Decline of Rail Transit Requires New Strategies | 101 | 20 | 81 | 19.8% |
| 4hj979ws | Justice-Centered Mapping Tools for Selecting Electric Vehicle Charger Locations | 99 | 24 | 75 | 24.2% |
| 85v1k5ns | Low-Income Suburban Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area Face Significant Housing and Transportation Issues | 88 | 19 | 69 | 21.6% |
| 30m9m61b | Creative Reallocation of Curbs, Streets, Sidewalks Accelerated by the Pandemic May be Here to Stay | 78 | 13 | 65 | 16.7% |
| 8g73s8pz | Wildfire Evacuation Planning Can Be Greatly Enhanced by Considering Fire Progression, Communication Systems, and Other Dynamic Factors | 78 | 8 | 70 | 10.3% |
| 7vm0d838 | Connected and Automated Vehicle Technology is Not Enough; it Must also be Collaborative | 75 | 16 | 59 | 21.3% |
| 6618731x | Congestion Pricing Can Be Equitable If a Portion of the Revenue is Returned to Drivers | 71 | 16 | 55 | 22.5% |
| 8474n9tk | Policy Considerations for Advancing Bidirectional Electric Vehicle Charging in California | 70 | 14 | 56 | 20.0% |
| 00r5s0vs | Connected and Automated Vehicle Policy Development for California | 69 | 7 | 62 | 10.1% |
| 1nf4n76r | Could Transportation Network Companies help Improve Rail Commuting? | 69 | 10 | 59 | 14.5% |
| 042924vr | Public-Private Partnerships Show Promise for Shifting Export of California Produce from Truck to Rail | 68 | 5 | 63 | 7.4% |
| 9nh6w2gq | Public Transit and Shared Mobility COVID-19 Recovery: Policy Options and Research Needs | 68 | 14 | 54 | 20.6% |
| 5tg2b0dp | Equity Assessment of Transportation Should Incorporate Materials, Supply Chains, and Targeted Mitigation Policies | 65 | 11 | 54 | 16.9% |
| 8949c3zd | Are our Transit Systems Ready for Earthquakes? | 65 | 14 | 51 | 21.5% |
| 9z0871t6 | Road Usage Charging (RUC) | 64 | 7 | 57 | 10.9% |
| 2kq661m0 | A Case Study: Testing Wildfire Evacuation Strategies for Communities in Marin County, California | 63 | 13 | 50 | 20.6% |
| 6rb1j5wb | Transportation Network Companies Might Be Pulling Riders from Public Transit, but This Could Change | 63 | 11 | 52 | 17.5% |
| 5rn5g0cn | Real-World Simulations of Life with an Autonomous Vehicle Suggest Increased Mobility and Vehicle Travel | 61 | 11 | 50 | 18.0% |
| 9095n098 | Toll Pricing “Futures” Market Could Reduce Congestion and Increase Revenue | 58 | 8 | 50 | 13.8% |
| 19r0034f | How is the COVID-19 Pandemic Shifting Retail Purchases and Related Travel in the Sacramento Region? | 56 | 6 | 50 | 10.7% |
| 6v67k43x | Hydrogen Can Have a Much Lower Carbon Intensity than Fossil Fuels But This Largely Depends on How It Is Produced and Distributed | 56 | 5 | 51 | 8.9% |
| 83b2n13t | Shared Mobility Policies for California | 56 | 11 | 45 | 19.6% |
| 8gh33630 | Dashboard Cameras Combined with AI Provide an Affordable Method for Identifying Curb Usage | 55 | 7 | 48 | 12.7% |
| 9985x1rx | Pooling Passengers and Services | 53 | 4 | 49 | 7.5% |
| 1d63h6pd | UC Berkeley Develops New User-Friendly Tool to Expedite the Evaluation of Connected Automated Vehicle Technologies | 52 | 9 | 43 | 17.3% |
| 4xv6z4mj | Insights on Autonomous Vehicle Policy from Early Adopter Cities and Regions | 52 | 5 | 47 | 9.6% |
| 6j47524x | Mobility Challenges Facing Older Adults: A Contra Costa County Case Study | 52 | 9 | 43 | 17.3% |
| 47s8s0v4 | Climate Adaptation Strategies for California Airports will Require a Holistic Approach, Including New Governance Models | 51 | 8 | 43 | 15.7% |
| 5ch1x4xn | What Can You Do with a County Road that You Can’t Afford to Maintain? | 48 | 5 | 43 | 10.4% |
| 8nv3n88g | Adult Bicycle Education Classes Increase Confidence, Feelings of Safety, and Knowledge of Bicycling Rules | 48 | 6 | 42 | 12.5% |
| 35r8k96t | Where are Private “Smart City” Transportation Technologies Concentrated in California? | 47 | 8 | 39 | 17.0% |
| 9j94q60f | The General Transit Feed Specification Makes Trip-Planning Easier — Especially During a Pandemic — Yet its Use by California Agencies is Uneven | 47 | 5 | 42 | 10.6% |
| 2qr5975v | Intelligent Intersections Reduce Crashes and Will Support the Safe Introduction of Autonomous Vehicles | 45 | 9 | 36 | 20.0% |
| 6pw2w52b | Leveraging the Sharing Economy to Expand Shelter and Transportation Resources in California Evacuations | 44 | 10 | 34 | 22.7% |
| 9ws6j5fk | Preserving Privacy in Road User Charge (RUC) Architectures | 43 | 7 | 36 | 16.3% |
| 3ns22813 | Considerations for Mitigating VehicleMiles Traveled under SB 743 | 42 | 6 | 36 | 14.3% |
| 7rm9w4pn | Policy Brief: Social Equity Impacts of Congestion Management Strategies | 42 | 6 | 36 | 14.3% |
| 3s53f1cx | Impacts of Shared Mobility: Pooling | 41 | 6 | 35 | 14.6% |
| 829330jw | Research on the Effects of Bicycle Education is Limited but Does Point to Higher Rates of Bicycling and Increased Safety | 40 | 7 | 33 | 17.5% |
Note: Due to the evolving nature of web traffic, the data presented here should be considered approximate and subject to revision. Learn more.