Transit Use & Behavior

Transit Use

 

Projects

  • Susie Pike (Co-PI) -- Exploring the Microtransit Market in Sacramento:
    Evaluating the use of SmaRT Ride microtransit in the Sacramento area, with a focus on consumer preferences, and understanding the factors influencing the use of SmaRT Ride. Role: Co-PI     https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/project/exploring-consumer-market-and-environmental-impacts-microtransit-services
     
  • Jesus Barajas (Co-PI) -- Understanding the Declining Ridership in Downstate Illinois Transit Systems: 
    Analyzing declining ridership by conducting household surveys     and focus groups in the service areas of eight downstate transit agencies, which cover seven geographic regions in Illinois. This study will address four primary research questions:
    1. What are the characteristics of non-riders and lapsed riders, and how do these compare with those of current transit users?
    2. What are the key barriers to transit use among non-riders and lapsed riders?
    3. How are emerging and evolving transportation technologies influencing transit ridership?
    4. What types of strategies might encourage more frequent transit use? 
       
  • Elham Pourrahmani -- Exploring the Consumer Market and Environmental Impacts of Microtransit Services in Sacramento and Citrus Heights:
    Investigating the consumer market of microtransit, and its impact on alternative modes, the environment, and its role in the COVID-19 pandemic. By carrying out interviews and focus groups with representatives of the transit agency, this study will accurately evaluate the competitiveness of microtransit in the market in terms of cost and efficiency. The results will help transportation planners better understand the level of demand for such a service and its social and environmental impacts, thereby making well-informed decisions to encourage this new business model in the future.
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    Resilient and Innovative Mobility Initiative

    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. 

     

Publications

  • The Impact of Affordable Housing on San Francisco's Transit Use: 
    Barajas, Jesus, Karen Frick, and Robert Cervero. “Travel of TOD Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area: Examining the Impact of Affordable Housing,” June 30, 2020.     https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1r20w0tv.
     
  • How Immigration and Income Affect People's Perceptions About Public Transit:
    Barajas, Jesus M., Asha Weinstein Agrawal, and Daniel G. Chatman. “Immigration, Income, and Public Transit Perceptions: Findings from an Intercept Survey.”     Journal of Public Transportation 21, no. 2 (July 1, 2018): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.5038/2375-0901.21.2.1
     
  • Studying Low-income Latino Immigrants' Bicycle and Public Transit Use:
    Barajas, Jesus M., Daniel G. Chatman, and Asha Weinstein Agrawal. “Exploring Bicycle and Public Transit Use by Low-Income Latino Immigrants: A Mixed-Methods Study in the San Francisco Bay Area.” San José, CA: Mineta Transportation Institute, 2016.     https://transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/default/files/1202-bicycle-and-transit-use-by-low-income-latino-immigrants.pdf