Policy Briefs
Parent: Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley
eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for June through September, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | Download | View-only | %Dnld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9dn2j441 | Multifamily Households Across California are Paying a Lot More to Charge Their Electric Vehicle | 591 | 88 | 503 | 14.9% |
| 1zm5t77t | The First Phase of California’s High-Speed Rail Project Provides the Greatest Economic Benefits Compared to Full Build Out | 418 | 90 | 328 | 21.5% |
| 37f0x741 | Hydrogen Fuel Cell Drayage Trucks Can Advance California’s Climate Goals and Provide Health Benefits for Front Line Communities | 256 | 121 | 135 | 47.3% |
| 5ch1x4xn | What Can You Do with a County Road that You Can’t Afford to Maintain? | 237 | 47 | 190 | 19.8% |
| 6bh6n1p7 | What Should Agencies Measure to Decide If Microtransit Is Working? | 222 | 70 | 152 | 31.5% |
| 514205n7 | Challenges and Opportunities Facing App-Based Gig Drivers Extend Beyond Driver Pay | 217 | 30 | 187 | 13.8% |
| 1ds998jm | Student Access to Community College Relies Heavily on Private Vehicle Use | 199 | 55 | 144 | 27.6% |
| 5n138149 | Who Benefits the Most from California’s High-Speed Rail Project? | 198 | 88 | 110 | 44.4% |
| 85v1k5ns | Low-Income Suburban Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area Face Significant Housing and Transportation Issues | 198 | 43 | 155 | 21.7% |
| 4hj979ws | Justice-Centered Mapping Tools for Selecting Electric Vehicle Charger Locations | 196 | 71 | 125 | 36.2% |
| 6618731x | Congestion Pricing Can Be Equitable If a Portion of the Revenue is Returned to Drivers | 192 | 43 | 149 | 22.4% |
| 00r5s0vs | Connected and Automated Vehicle Policy Development for California | 189 | 35 | 154 | 18.5% |
| 6v67k43x | Hydrogen Can Have a Much Lower Carbon Intensity than Fossil Fuels But This Largely Depends on How It Is Produced and Distributed | 185 | 40 | 145 | 21.6% |
| 1bh4k6n5 | Mobiliti—A New Tool to Guide Safer, More Equitable Traffic Management Strategies | 182 | 40 | 142 | 22.0% |
| 2qs445kh | Communities Are Experimenting with Microtransit to Fill Critical Gaps in Public Transit Service – What Have We Learned so Far? | 182 | 56 | 126 | 30.8% |
| 9j94q60f | The General Transit Feed Specification Makes Trip-Planning Easier — Especially During a Pandemic — Yet its Use by California Agencies is Uneven | 180 | 21 | 159 | 11.7% |
| 6xp3h69x | Local Government Strategies to Improve Shared Micromobility Infrastructure | 179 | 30 | 149 | 16.8% |
| 2jm242h7 | Charging Ahead: How Incomeand Home Access Shape Electric Vehicle Adoption among Ridehailing Drivers | 178 | 57 | 121 | 32.0% |
| 1mw8n13h | Innovative Mobility: Carsharing Outlook | 177 | 70 | 107 | 39.5% |
| 20m3j8w1 | Decarbonizing Heavy-Duty Transportation Modes with Electricity, Biofuels, and Hydrogen | 175 | 47 | 128 | 26.9% |
| 8gh33630 | Dashboard Cameras Combined with AI Provide an Affordable Method for Identifying Curb Usage | 170 | 68 | 102 | 40.0% |
| 8g73s8pz | Wildfire Evacuation Planning Can Be Greatly Enhanced by Considering Fire Progression, Communication Systems, and Other Dynamic Factors | 166 | 29 | 137 | 17.5% |
| 9ws6j5fk | Preserving Privacy in Road User Charge (RUC) Architectures | 161 | 33 | 128 | 20.5% |
| 2kq661m0 | A Case Study: Testing Wildfire Evacuation Strategies for Communities in Marin County, California | 156 | 24 | 132 | 15.4% |
| 3ss034fw | Automated Vehicle Technology Has the Potential to Smooth Traffic Flow and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions | 155 | 70 | 85 | 45.2% |
| 2210z53n | Planning for the Next Big Earthquake: A New Tool for Transportation Agencies | 154 | 47 | 107 | 30.5% |
| 5rn5g0cn | Real-World Simulations of Life with an Autonomous Vehicle Suggest Increased Mobility and Vehicle Travel | 153 | 61 | 92 | 39.9% |
| 9vx1m1t9 | Impacts of Shared Mobility | 153 | 27 | 126 | 17.6% |
| 4gk412w6 | The Benefits and Challenges of Incorporating Uber and Lyft in Subsidized Ride Programs that Serve Vulnerable Populations | 151 | 19 | 132 | 12.6% |
| 2qr5975v | Intelligent Intersections Reduce Crashes and Will Support the Safe Introduction of Autonomous Vehicles | 143 | 56 | 87 | 39.2% |
| 83b2n13t | Shared Mobility Policies for California | 143 | 31 | 112 | 21.7% |
| 8w77044h | Overview of Shared Mobility | 143 | 28 | 115 | 19.6% |
| 3km8b4jw | Decline of Rail Transit Requires New Strategies | 141 | 38 | 103 | 27.0% |
| 2975d8m6 | California Can Improve Access to Electric Vehicle Charging By Incorporating Equity, Price, and Grid Readiness Data | 140 | 13 | 127 | 9.3% |
| 19z8s80x | Transportation Network Companies Could Be a Cost Effective Alternative to Microtransit in Low-Density Communities | 138 | 16 | 122 | 11.6% |
| 5m44m6zm | California’s High-Speed Rail Yields the Greatest Accessibility Gains to the Most Vulnerable Communities | 138 | 33 | 105 | 23.9% |
| 2zr0p7r2 | Transformative Community Planning Can Advance Mobility Justice | 137 | 43 | 94 | 31.4% |
| 042924vr | Public-Private Partnerships Show Promise for Shifting Export of California Produce from Truck to Rail | 134 | 41 | 93 | 30.6% |
| 19r0034f | How is the COVID-19 Pandemic Shifting Retail Purchases and Related Travel in the Sacramento Region? | 134 | 23 | 111 | 17.2% |
| 7qd30292 | Customer-Oriented Open Data Can Help Make Transit More Accessible to Seniors and People with Disabilities | 134 | 20 | 114 | 14.9% |
| 6rb1j5wb | Transportation Network Companies Might Be Pulling Riders from Public Transit, but This Could Change | 132 | 34 | 98 | 25.8% |
| 7cg95810 | Will California Lose Thousands of Affordable Homes Near Transit? | 131 | 19 | 112 | 14.5% |
| 1gr9k6hv | When Seconds Count: Protecting Airports with Earthquake Early Warning Systems | 130 | 24 | 106 | 18.5% |
| 6j47524x | Mobility Challenges Facing Older Adults: A Contra Costa County Case Study | 130 | 16 | 114 | 12.3% |
| 1d63h6pd | UC Berkeley Develops New User-Friendly Tool to Expedite the Evaluation of Connected Automated Vehicle Technologies | 129 | 14 | 115 | 10.9% |
| 6pw2w52b | Leveraging the Sharing Economy to Expand Shelter and Transportation Resources in California Evacuations | 129 | 16 | 113 | 12.4% |
| 30m9m61b | Creative Reallocation of Curbs, Streets, Sidewalks Accelerated by the Pandemic May be Here to Stay | 128 | 32 | 96 | 25.0% |
| 507998n9 | Revitalizing Downtowns May Help Transit Recovery—But It Won’t Be Enough | 127 | 15 | 112 | 11.8% |
| 9h2233g0 | Shared Automated Vehicles Could Greatly Benefit Visually Impaired Travelers if Designed and Operated with Their Needs in Mind | 126 | 53 | 73 | 42.1% |
| 9350c32g | How Might Adjustments to Public Transit Operations Affect COVID-19 Transmission? | 125 | 28 | 97 | 22.4% |
Note: Due to the evolving nature of web traffic, the data presented here should be considered approximate and subject to revision. Learn more.