Policy Briefs

Parent: University of California Institute of Transportation Studies

eScholarship stats: History by Item for April through July, 2026

Item	Title	Total requests	2026-07	2026-06	2026-05	2026-04
6cg12850	Is housing affordability associated with shorter commutes for low-income workers?	1,158	26	58	84	990
0r61q59c	Mitigating VMT from Highway Expansion Projects: Early Insights from California	604	67	197	113	227
1ds998jm	Student Access to Community College Relies Heavily on Private Vehicle Use	440	35	53	250	102
6dr4196z	Organizing and Delivering Public Transit Service in California	390	79	140	85	86
9mk5p97z	From Data to Decisions: A Road Prioritization Framework for Resilience, Risk, and Fairness	379	28	91	130	130
9dn2j441	Multifamily Households Across California are Paying a Lot More to Charge Their Electric Vehicle	370	120	92	59	99
3rn5v4wh	The LA Metro Transit Ambassador Pilot Program Shows Promise in Improving Customer Experience and Safety on Transit	364	66	73	103	122
4rf2191v	Acquiring and Operating an Electric Vehicle is Largely Out of Reach for Most Ridehailing Drivers	362	60	86	113	103
22t184bb	How California cities respond to state-level parking reform	359	59	100	116	84
6bh6n1p7	What Should Agencies Measure to Decide If Microtransit Is Working?	349	46	50	146	107
6sq396xs	Autonomous Trucking Combined with Appropriate Policy Could Increase Job Quality, Road Safety, and Commerce	331	37	93	79	122
2vd6x1tf	How Did Travel Change after COVID-19? Insights from Northern California Megaregion	320	27	87	112	94
9pg836pq	California’s SB 375 Falls Short in Streamlining Transit-Oriented Development, But this Could be Fixed	319	42	37	86	154
37g3340n	Can Green Hydrogen Be a Cost Competitive Transportation Fuel by 2030?	316	50	85	93	88
78b122p1	Driving Grid Readiness: Integrating Electric Vehicles into California’s Energy System	314	55	45	131	83
1zm5t77t	The First Phase of California’s High-Speed Rail Project Provides the Greatest Economic Benefits Compared to Full Build Out	304	35	71	59	139
514205n7	Challenges and Opportunities Facing App-Based Gig Drivers Extend Beyond Driver Pay	298	39	49	93	117
40r2j6zh	Building Transit Safety Surveys that Matter: Lessons from San Francisco Muni	282	37	46	113	86
83z6q499	Vehicle Automation May Require New Safety Policies	282	23	86	116	57
20m3j8w1	Decarbonizing Heavy-Duty Transportation Modes with Electricity, Biofuels, and Hydrogen	278	37	42	128	71
0pg9215q	How Amenities Can Improve the Business Case for Fast Charging Infrastructure	272	23	56	180	13
19z8s80x	Transportation Network Companies Could Be a Cost Effective Alternative to Microtransit in Low-Density Communities	271	31	32	104	104
0qb0k3hr	Overcoming Barriers to Transit-Oriented Development: Considering State, Regional, and Local Roles	269	44	26	79	120
6s76c61b	A Review of SB 1 Project Performance: Cost Overruns, Schedule Delays, and Cancellations	259	38	63	81	77
3zz821vq	Bike Theft: Estimating the Magnitude and Impacts on Bicycling Behavior	255	61	65	43	86
05m98123	Investigating Unmet and Difficult Travel in Underserved Communities in California	251	16	60	164	11
3b81t7bm	Americans are Spending More Time at Home and Traveling Less Post-Pandemic	250	42	43	71	94
6kt2b830	California Travel Post-Pandemic Has Changed: Are Our Policies Keeping Up?	244	26	121	97
14b0x0nm	Environmental Reviews Fail to Accurately Analyze Induced Vehicle Travel from Highway Expansion Projects	241	39	44	121	37
4q87j713	How Seven Cities Are Exploring Congestion Pricing Strategies	241	27	45	67	102
02b601tk	Changing Transit Ridership and Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic	234	27	51	102	54
7qd30292	Customer-Oriented Open Data Can Help Make Transit More Accessible to Seniors and People with Disabilities	234	34	32	57	111
060723b4	Women Have Smaller Activity Spaces Than Men, Especially in Households with Children	232	14	45	92	81
3bp2q1rr	Young Adults Aren’t Leaving Home, Socializing, or Traveling as Much Post-Pandemic	232	31	50	56	95
02k9d06g	How Are California's Public Transit Operators Faring Fiscally Coming Out of the Pandemic?	231	21	55	86	69
37f0x741	Hydrogen Fuel Cell Drayage Trucks Can Advance California’s Climate Goals and Provide Health Benefits for Front Line Communities	228	21	37	82	88
93p7h6dv	Fare-free? Reduced fares? What research tells us about strategies for pricing public transit	226	35	51	71	69
35p6w3sc	Commute Distance and Jobs-Housing Fit in Los Angeles	225	30	57	79	59
5n138149	Who Benefits the Most from California’s High-Speed Rail Project?	222	39	39	57	87
00r5s0vs	Connected and Automated Vehicle Policy Development for California	220	22	42	95	61
2qs445kh	Communities Are Experimenting with Microtransit to Fill Critical Gaps in Public Transit Service – What Have We Learned so Far?	220	29	52	72	67
6x67v8rh	The Long-term Impacts of the Pandemic on Ridehailing Use Could Have Negative Environmental Impacts	220	21	69	130
8hk277vb	Ambiguity in Defining High-Quality Transit Shapes Where Housing Can Be Built in California	218	40	56	122
85v1k5ns	Low-Income Suburban Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area Face Significant Housing and Transportation Issues	212	27	32	80	73
83z5m89g	Making Workplace Charging Work: What Employees Value in Managed and Bidirectional Programs	210	20	34	67	89
7j7026p8	Balancing Electric Vehicle Adoption with Grid Stability in California: A Time-sensitive Challenge	209	40	33	71	65
8g73s8pz	Wildfire Evacuation Planning Can Be Greatly Enhanced by Considering Fire Progression, Communication Systems, and Other Dynamic Factors	209	25	50	62	72
3mw5h90d	Affordable Carsharing in Urban Contexts: Lessons from Richmond’s Pilot Program	207	14	40	153
7x85h2wx	Truck Parking and Idling is Having an Impact on Disadvantaged Communities in California	205	23	56	65	61
3mm040km	Electric Assisted Bikes (E-bikes) Show Promise in Getting People out of Cars	204	48	45	46	65

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