Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis (ITS-Davis)

01/03/2023

predictions for 2023: decreases in car-centric lifestyle, increases in micromobility access, infrastructure, and options, increases in remote work options, shrinking AV industry, and increased tactical urbanism. More from Planetizen 💡👇

Seventeen transportation experts and professionals weigh in on what they think trends in the sector will look like in 2023.

01/02/2023

New CA law for 2023, S.B. 1398, will ban Tesla from claiming their cars to be "self-driving". After a major collision was found to be caused by one of the vehicles, which injured 18 people during Thanksgiving. Read more from Transport Topics

Starting in 2023, Tesla will effectively be banned from advertising its vehicles as Full Self-Driving in California under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

12/30/2022

The issues for travelers this year are not trivial and should not be ignored. This article by The New York Times questions the validity of air travel and if high-speed rail might be a solid choice for the future. 👇

Once a Texas mainstay, Southwest has become a major airline that many Californians rely upon to travel across their vast state.

12/29/2022

Check out CalMatters.org collection of photojournalism from the past year. These images help us as Californians appreciate what we have done and realize how far we have to go. Check out the photo collection with descriptions👇 📸

CalMatters photojournalists and freelancers share some of the most compelling images of California in 2022.

12/28/2022

Check out this short and fun video from the California High-Speed Rail Authority showing their 2022 accomplishments! Cali is on track to be the first U.S. state to have a functional cross-state HSR system. Follow them and support the effort! 🫶 🚅

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has released a video highlighting the accomplishments of the growing system in the last year.

12/27/2022

Thanks to Victoria Franco of LocalNewsMatters.org funded by Bay City News Foundation for the story on SFGATE.com about the San Joaquin Council of Governments’ Stockton Mobility Collective.

SJCOG’s Stockton Mobility Collective aims at improving transportation options for residents who are looking for clean, affordable ways to travel to jobs, schools, health care, grocery stores and other key destinations. The project will provide access to nonprofit electric bikesharing and carsharing programs and incentives to reduce the cost burden of transportation where the need is greatest.

Read the story here: https://bit.ly/3PIr7y4.

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12/27/2022

New studies show that EVs can lower our electric bills. This adds to a list of reasons to be more excited and less worried about transitioning away from gas-powered cars. Read about it from CleanTechnica ⚡️

People are often scared of change, and look for reasons to justify not wanting to change. This has certainly been the case with electric vehicles for the past decade. There are so many misperceptions and there are so many misleading attacks on electric vehicles. At the same time, across the public a...

12/26/2022

Construction of the CA High-Speed Rail system continues in Fresno and Kings County. Check out the latest expansion of the HSR project here 👇 🚆

12/23/2022

Welcome, Başar Özbilen to the ITS-Davis team! Basar is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program - UC Davis and we cannot wait to see how he applies all his transit expertise from working in the US, as well as Brazil, Turkey, and Portugal!

https://its.ucdavis.edu/people/basar-ozbilen/

12/22/2022

California Transit Association released its 2023-2028 strategic plan, which includes more focus on sustainability, equity, and rider/workers. Public transit is a pivotal force for reducing emissions and needs major support to keep it going. Read more from Mass Transit Magazine 💡

The new strategic plan serves as a blueprint for meeting the changing needs of the public transit industry and the communities, workers and families across California it serves.

12/21/2022

California Air Resources Board's new scoping plan projects a 71% reduction in air pollution by 2045. Learn more about the plan and share your thoughts in the comments below 👇

The California Air Resources Board today approved the final proposed 2022 Scoping Plan, a world-leading roadmap to address climate change that cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 85% and achieves carbon neutrality in 2045. The 2022 Scoping Plan provides a detailed sector-by-sector roadmap to guide the....

12/20/2022

US Postal Service has committed to going 100% electric by 2026! This comes after a massive amount of public pressure. Their initial plan was to stick with only a 10% EV fleet. Read more from Sierra Club 📫⚡️

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after a year and a half of significant public pressure over the Postal Service’s unpopular and short-sighted decision to buy hundreds of thousands of gas-powered trucks and stick to a fleet of merely 10 percent electric vehicles, and then 40 percent, the agency announced a ...