Policy Briefs
Parent: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for December, 2024 through March, 2025
| Item | Title | Total requests | Download | View-only | %Dnld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3q21f88p | Increasing Highway Capacity Induces More Auto Travel | 540 | 44 | 496 | 8.1% |
| 58x8436d | Increasing Highway Capacity Unlikely to Relieve Traffic Congestion | 270 | 30 | 240 | 11.1% |
| 7h64w30k | The Safe Systems Pyramid | 235 | 70 | 165 | 29.8% |
| 7js9s5jk | Reducing Car Dependence Has Economic, Environmental, and Social Benefits | 206 | 39 | 167 | 18.9% |
| 85d2f9d5 | Travel and the Built Environment in Rural Communities | 137 | 31 | 106 | 22.6% |
| 4b759563 | US-Mexico Second-hand Vehicle Trade: Implications for responsible EV end of life management and material circularity in North America | 132 | 24 | 108 | 18.2% |
| 26j5r1w5 | Who Experiences Rural Travel Burdens? Evidence from Car-Limited and Latin American Migrant Households | 130 | 23 | 107 | 17.7% |
| 91w588s7 | Trip-Level Mode Replacements and Daily Activity Patterns Reveal the Sustainability Potential of Micromobility | 114 | 45 | 69 | 39.5% |
| 14b0x0nm | Environmental Reviews Fail to Accurately Analyze Induced Vehicle Travel from Highway Expansion Projects | 101 | 11 | 90 | 10.9% |
| 0b31p8t4 | Sustainable Incentives for Accelerating the Zero Emission Vehicle Transition | 99 | 28 | 71 | 28.3% |
| 4vz52416 | The Effects of Ride-Hailing Services on Greenhouse Gas Emissions | 91 | 10 | 81 | 11.0% |
| 1q259456 | Understanding the Distributional Impacts of Vehicle Policy: Who Buys New and Used Electric Vehicles? | 88 | 15 | 73 | 17.0% |
| 2z8432cr | Bikesharing and other micromobility services can improve connectivity between affordable housing communities and transit | 86 | 18 | 68 | 20.9% |
| 4x38j8p1 | Extending public transit through micromobility facilities and services in the Bay Area | 84 | 13 | 71 | 15.5% |
| 4bp0r8pq | Challenges Are Present, But California Transit Agencies Are Open to Open-loop | 79 | 4 | 75 | 5.1% |
| 0p14c77j | Costs, Reliability, Vehicle Characteristics, and Incentives are the Top Factors Influencing Freight Vehicle Technology Choices | 74 | 4 | 70 | 5.4% |
| 0bk6b8j1 | E-bike Incentive Programs Reduce GHGs and Support Recreational Travel | 73 | 9 | 64 | 12.3% |
| 8wz0c90f | Cost of Vehicle Ownership: Cost Parity Between Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Conventional Vehicles Is at Least a Decade Away | 71 | 11 | 60 | 15.5% |
| 88k6z1zq | Mileage Fees: An Equitable and Financially Viable Alternative to the Gas Tax | 70 | 21 | 49 | 30.0% |
| 4764h534 | Using Vehicle Miles Traveled Instead of Level of Service as a Metric of Environmental Impact for Land Development Projects: Progress in California | 69 | 9 | 60 | 13.0% |
| 70d7f1zk | A Roadmap for Integrating Complete Streets Infrastructure into Pavement Asset Management Systems | 69 | 11 | 58 | 15.9% |
| 0142f99j | Best Practices for Science Communication: Messaging and Reputation | 66 | 21 | 45 | 31.8% |
| 46c2v36q | California Cities Face Trade-offs in Developing Plans and Policies for Transit-Oriented Development | 64 | 12 | 52 | 18.8% |
| 5f46r97r | Telecommuting Rates During the Pandemic Differ by Job Type, Income, and Gender | 64 | 8 | 56 | 12.5% |
| 16h5v245 | Last-Mile Delivery Innovations and Best Practices in the Age of E-commerce | 58 | 25 | 33 | 43.1% |
| 1z28n542 | We Can Get There From Here: New Perspectives on Transportation Equity | 58 | 4 | 54 | 6.9% |
| 592274zf | Do Slow Streets Encourage More Dockless Travel? Evidence from Electric Scooter Usage in Four Cities | 58 | 15 | 43 | 25.9% |
| 2tm293kz | Mitigating CO<sub>2 </sub>Emissions from California’s Concrete Infrastructure | 55 | 4 | 51 | 7.3% |
| 09x148mr | Millennial Travelers Are More Multimodal than Older Travelers, but This Trend Might Change as They Age | 52 | 9 | 43 | 17.3% |
| 1kb8h9vs | The Monetary and Non-Monetary Factors Influencing Travel Choices in an Automated, Shared, and Electric Vehicle Future | 52 | 1 | 51 | 1.9% |
| 33r245zv | Impacts of the Federal Tax Credit on the Decision to Lease or Purchase a Plug-in Electric Vehicle | 52 | 8 | 44 | 15.4% |
| 2hv4h0r8 | Effect of New Rail Transit Stations on Income Distribution of Nearby Residential Moves | 51 | 13 | 38 | 25.5% |
| 5vb9d26f | The Costs of Owning Battery-Electric Trucks – Is the Research Aligning? | 50 | 6 | 44 | 12.0% |
| 0hx3b44m | Urban Design that Reduces Vehicle Miles Traveled Can Create Economic Benefits | 49 | 17 | 32 | 34.7% |
| 6sf4z68w | Jobs and Automation in the Freight and Warehousing Sector | 49 | 8 | 41 | 16.3% |
| 7xv7x65k | Land Use Efficiency Tool Improvements May Help Governments Meet Sustainability Targets Equitably | 48 | 8 | 40 | 16.7% |
| 83m7s3kg | The Sustainability of Alternative Last-Mile Delivery Strategies | 46 | 16 | 30 | 34.8% |
| 42g2n4nz | Household Vehicle Choice in California: Behavior and Impacts | 44 | 9 | 35 | 20.5% |
| 5s738624 | Why are Some California Consumers Abandoning Electric Vehicle Ownership? | 44 | 10 | 34 | 22.7% |
| 5945q52x | Setting Transportation Network Company Policies to Increase Sustainability | 42 | 4 | 38 | 9.5% |
| 1986q75z | Bike Lanes and Slow Car Speeds Can Improve Bicycling Comfort for Some (But Not All) People | 41 | 9 | 32 | 22.0% |
| 0rb439tv | Future Connected and Automated Vehicle Adoption Will Likely Increase Car Dependence and Reduce Transit Use without Policy Intervention | 40 | 5 | 35 | 12.5% |
| 31t851c6 | Can Affordable Housing in Transit-Oriented Development Help Solve California’s Housing Crisis while also Addressing Environmental Goals? | 40 | 4 | 36 | 10.0% |
| 7q69b37f | Curbside Management Is Critical for Minimizing Emissions and Congestion | 39 | 12 | 27 | 30.8% |
| 7xc670k6 | Climate Action Plans Should Quantify Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Costs to Achieve Meaningful, Cost-Effective Emissions Reductions | 39 | 11 | 28 | 28.2% |
| 0hb6p657 | High Percentages of Reclaimed Asphalt Affect the Performance of Asphalt Binder | 38 | 4 | 34 | 10.5% |
| 0q7056s8 | Benefits of Battery Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks Increase Rapidly over Time | 35 | 5 | 30 | 14.3% |
| 0130q7rw | The Impact of Ridehailing on Other Travel Modes and on Vehicle Dependency | 34 | 4 | 30 | 11.8% |
| 12s554kd | Electrifying Ride-Sharing: Transitioning to a Cleaner Future | 34 | 11 | 23 | 32.4% |
| 05z1x7m6 | Ridehailing Demand Is Resilient Among Low-Income Travelers During the COVID-19 Pandemic | 33 | 4 | 29 | 12.1% |
Note: Due to the evolving nature of web traffic, the data presented here should be considered approximate and subject to revision. Learn more.