Resilient and Innovative Mobility Initiative

The California Resilient and Innovative Mobility Initiative (RIMI) serves as a living laboratory – bringing together university experts, policymakers, public agencies, industry stakeholders, and community leaders – to inform the state transportation system’s immediate COVID-19 response and recovery needs, while establishing a long-term vision and pathway for directing innovative mobility to develop sustainable and resilient transportation in California. RIMI is led by the UC ITS in partnership with the State of California, regional and local governments, non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, and industry.

Mission:

RIMI’s mission is to direct transportation and mobility innovations toward the public interest through a holistic, integrated, and societal-building approach that addresses technological, environmental, resilient, and socio-economic impacts. 

Program Structure: 

RIMI is organized around three core research pillars: 

Carbon Neutral Transportation

This pillar houses projects that focus on decarbonizing California’s transportation sector. Find projects Carbon Neutral Transportation

Emerging Transportation Technology and Innovation

This pillar focuses on three themes : connected and automated vehicles, urban air mobility and advanced air mobility, and freight and supply chain technology. Find projects at Emerging Transportation Technology and Innovation 

Public Transit and Shared Mobility

This pillar will provide information for a future vision of public transit and shared mobility in California that increases access to opportunity, supports resilience, and reimagines how these modes work together. Projects in this pillar focus on challenges, opportunities, and transformations related to public transit and private shared mobility in California. Projects under this pillar include:

Equity and High-Road Jobs serve as cross-cutting themes that are integrated across the three pillars. Each pillar is guided by a multi-year research roadmap, outlining a collaborative research agenda across the four UC ITS campuses. This research agenda will evolve over time to address emerging issues and support a long-term collective vision for developing a sustainable and resilient transportation system in California.