4th Annual Transit Research Symposium

The fourth annual Transit Research Symposium highlighted completed and in progress transit research at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies Transit Research Center.

Participants engaged in conversation about various research needs. Overall, the symposium provided a great space for collaboration and education about recent transit research.

If you missed the event or want to revisit the presentations, here it is!

Keynote

Transit: Challenges, Challenges, Opportunities

Jeff Morales, Managing Principal, InfraStrategies, LLC

Session 1: Ridership and Mode Shift Trends

How Does Post-Pandemic Modality for Commuting Trips Compare to Pre-Pandemic Modality in California? Evidence from a Longitudinal Survey

Patrick Loa, Postdoctoral Researcher, ITS-Davis

Pricing Ride-Hailing to Encourage Transit

Gregory Erhardt, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky

Understanding Disparities in Activity Participation in Post-Pandemic California: A Clustering Analysis Approach

Basar Ozbilen, Postdoctoral Researcher, ITS-Davis

Session 2: Intercity Rail

Piloting Open Payments on Passenger Rail

Jim Allison, Manager of Planning, Capitol Corridor

Service Improvements on Regional Rail (Capitol Corridor) and their Effects on Ridership

Maha Ahmad, Transportation Technology and Policy PhD Student, UC Davis

Impact of LCFS on Transit Fuel Prices

Colin Murphy, Co-Lead, Low Carbon Fuel Policy Research Initiative, ITS-Davis; Associate Director, Energy Futures Center, ITS-Davis

Propulsion Beyond Diesel for Passenger Railways

Mohamed Hegazi, Subject Matter Expert, DB E.C.O. North America

Session 3: Transit User Groups

Exploring the Significance of Care Trips in Daily Mobility

Naomi Panjaitan, Transportation Technology and Policy PhD Student, UC Davis

Mind the Gender Gap: Case Studies of U.S. Transit Agency Policies and Design Guidelines for Gender Inclusive Transit Planning

Kari Watkins, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis

Youth Cruz Free: Fare Free Bus and Ridership Behavior among Santa Cruz County Teens

Bailey Affolter, Transportation Technology and Policy PhD Student, UC Davis

TCRP Project B-53: Addressing the Travel Needs of Women

Naria Kiani, Senior Associate, Fehr and Peers

Session 4: Service and Payments Innovations

The Los Angeles Mobility Wallet: Phase 1 Findings

Brian Harold, Policy Evaluation Specialist, ITS-Davis

Transit’s Adoption of Open-Loop Payments

Susie Pike, Director, Transit Research Center, ITS-Davis

Open Loop Fares and the Business of Transit

Brad Cecil, Transit Solutions Consultant, STraffic America

Assessing the Reliability and Usability of Mobile Ticketing App Data for Transit Analytics: A Case Study of Unitrans in Davis, California

Marcus Chan, Transportation Technology and Policy PhD Student, UC Davis
Siddhartha Gulhare, Postdoctoral Researcher, ITS-Davis

Transit Signal Priority and UVX Headways

Gregory Macfarlane, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University