New Peer-Review Exploring the Future of Road Electrification in the United States
A review by the Policy Institute’s Austin Brown, Kelly Fleming and Hannah Safford exploring the available technologies and key challenges for electrification of the transportation sector. Electrification is necessary to fight the current impacts of transportation on climate change, and is possible with current and future technologies, infrastructure and policy.
Austin Brown on COVID-19 and Climate Policy Conversations
Director of the Policy Institute, Austin Brown, talks on shelter-in-place directives influence on society, the environment and transportation. Austin discusses lessons to be taken into consideration for environmental policy actions post COVID-19 recovery.
Policy Institute director Austin Brown featured on Capital Public Radio
Could COVID-19 change how people travel for good? Capital Public Radio discussed the question with the Policy Institute’s Austin Brown.
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.
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.
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.
Sopitsuda Tongsopit co-authors op-ed in Bangkok Post
Energy policy analyst Sopitsuda (Sophie) Tongosopit argues that combining vehicle electrification and solar energy is a pathway for tackling air pollution in Southeast Asia’s megacities.
Austin Brown leads NREL panel for Mobility Day
Austin Brown served as a panelist at the second Partner Forum hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado.