Spring 2011 May Webinar
May 11, 2011: Topics in Travel Behavior
- How to Participate This will be an online only webinar click here for details on how to join us.
- Further seminar materials will be available on the Materials page.
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Getting Around When You're Just Getting By: Transportation Survival Strategies of the Urban Poor Transportation expenditures impose a heavy burden on low-income households, many of whom experience difficulty covering their travel costs. However, we know relatively little about how low-income households manage these expenses. To address that gap in the literature, we conducted interviews with 73 low-income adults. We find that they are deeply concerned about the high cost of travel and engage in complex strategies to manage their transportation expenditures while preserving their basic mobility. These findings suggest a set of policies to help families reduce and better manage their automobile and public transit expenditures. Evelyn Blumenberg is Associate Professor of Urban Planning in the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Blumenberg's research examines the effects of urban structure on economic outcomes for low-wage workers, and on the role of planning and policy in shaping the spatial structure of cities. Her recent research focuses on the role of transportation in facilitating the welfare-to-work transition, the travel behavior of immigrants, and the transportation expenditure burden of low-income and minority households. |
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Exploring the Effectiveness of Transit Security Awareness Campaigns in the Bay Area Passengers are the key to transit security. Enlisting the riders as eyes and ears of transportation is the focus of the Department of Homeland Security's "See Something, Say Something" campaign. The riding public must be educated to participate in its own safety, but is the poster campaign achieving its purpose? Research by MTI has disclosed useful information for the design of future security awareness campaigns. Frances L. Edwards, Ph.D., CEM is the Deputy Director of MTI's NTSCOE, and professor and director of the Masters of Public Administration program at San Jose State University. She is a Certified Emergency Manager with over 20 years experience as a director of emergency services in California, including 14 years in the City of San Jose. She is a widely published author, well known speaker, and internationally recognized expert in homeland security and emergency management. |
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Energy Information Feedback Field Test: Driver Responses and Behavioral Theory Ken Kurani - Sustainable Transportation Center, UC Davis Field experiments and simulations estimate energy information feedback to drivers may reduce on-road fuel consumption, but ad hoc behvioral theory limits results to specific conditions. We present diverse driver responses from 98 participants from 43 households in California in a field test of energy feedback to drivers of plug-in-hybrid electric vehicles. Research is framed within the Theory of Planned Behavior and Extended Model of Goal Directed Behavior. In response to energy information, some drivers report setting goals, having emotional reactions, and creating new driving behaviors. Distraction from the primary driving task was a persistent problem for some drivers. Ken Kurani is an Associate Researcher at the University of California, Davis' Institute of Transportation Studies; he has a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research focuses on how citizen/consumers use new technologies to shape their own lives as well as policy making and marketing. His present research includes household response to electric drive vehicles, information feedback, and citizen/consumer valuation of automotive fuel efficiency and fuel economy. |
Spring 2011 Season of Webinars |
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April 13, 2011 |
May 11, 2011 |
June 15, 2011 |
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