Could COVID-19 change how people travel for good? Capital Public Radio discussed the question with the Policy Institute’s Austin Brown.
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Policy Institute leadership provides expert commentary to BBC, Capital Public Radio
The BBC and Capital Public Radio recently turned to the Policy Institute’s Austin Brown and Colin Murphy for insight on what current events may mean for the future of sustainable transportation.
What the present pandemic means for the future of transportation
COVID-19 is affecting transportation today, and the pandemic will likely have huge impacts on how we get around in the future. This blog series explores intersections between the COVID-19 pandemic and the “3 Revolutions” in transportation: shared mobility, vehicle electrification, and vehicle automation.
UC Institute of Transportation Studies to lead major study on a carbon-neutral transportation system for California
The Policy Institute, working with the UC Institute of Transportation Studies, will lead a major study for the California Environmental Protection Agency to help steer the state towards its goal of carbon neutrality by 2045.
Electric vehicle fees won’t fix the transportation funding gap
Many blame electric vehicles for the $1.1 trillion gap in federal transportation funding. Many are wrong.
United by a Distributed Energy Future
How can governments, businesses, and consumer advocates work together to establish sensible and mutually agreeable data-sharing practices for mobility data?
UC Davis Teams up with The Exploratorium for Transportation Event
The Policy Institute and the Exploratorium co-hosted a week of events focused on addressing the San Francisco Bay Area’s immense transportation challenges: ever-worsening traffic, seemingly intractable inequities, and pollution that damages our health and climate.
In new op-ed, Policy Institute experts explain why forced arbitration could hurt users of automated vehicles
Writing for leading legal website Law360, the Policy Institute’s Gordon Anderson and Austin Brown argue that without intervention from policymakers, arbitration could become the default mechanism for resolving disputes surrounding automated vehicles. The result, they warn, would be a legal playing field steeply tilted towards manufacturers.
New advisory group puts environmental justice at the forefront of transportation planning and research
A new advisory group will help ensure that social and environmental justice considerations are deeply integrated into climate research initiatives and policy proposals at all stages.
Policy Institute and ITS-Davis assume leading role in new international mobility initiative
The Policy Institute is a core partner of the Global New Mobility Coalition (GNMC): an international group of more than 100 experts, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and companies working together on deploying creative mobility solutions across the world.