Automation Projects
Behavioral Experiment to Simulate AV Impacts on Travel Patterns: The "Chauffeur" Experiment
This project seeks to understand the changes in travel behaviors as the subjects adjust their travel and activities during the chauffeur week when, as in a self-driving vehicle, they are explicitly relieved of the driving task.
Can We Design SAV so People are More Willing to Ride-Pool?
This research develops an online survey protocol to test potential SAV users’ willingness to ride-pool in a conventionally designed vehicle versus one with features aimed to mitigate risks and create benefits for pooling.
Impacts of Autonomous Delivery Robots (ADRs) on Pedestrians and Vehicle Traffic
This project has two main goals: (i) to improve understanding of the impacts of ADRs operation on sidewalks and intersections, and (ii) to lay down the key features,—required technology improvements and changes in the urban infrastructure—to operate ADRs in a non-disruptive way for vehicle traffic and pedestrians.
Emissions Impact of Connected and Automated Vehicle Deployment in California
This project evaluates potential future scenarios of deployment of light-duty connected and automated vehicles (CAV) on vehicle miles traveled (VMT), energy usage, and greenhouse gas (GHG) and criteria pollutant emissions in California.
Automated Vehicle Scenarios: Simulation of System-Level Travel Effect in San Francisco Bay Area
This project explores system-level travel effects under several automated vehicle scenarios using agent-based travel demand and supply models.
Examining the role attitude plays in adoption of an automated electric shuttle in West Village: A before and after analysis
This before-and-after study surveys the public attitude, facilitators and barriers of an autonomous shutter's adoption, as well as potential market and influences of future AVs.
Examining the role attitude plays in adoption of an automated electric shuttle in West Village: A before and after analysis
This before-and-after study surveys the public attitude, facilitators and barriers of an autonomous shutter's adoption, as well as potential market and influences of future AVs.
Carsharing and AV Testing in Dubai (UAE)
This project focuses on the analysis of the mobility patterns in The Sustainable City (TSC), a sustainabilityinspired environmental-friendly community in Dubai (partially inspired by the UC Davis West Village), and the investigation of the market for an EV-carsharing program to be developed in the community and the travel behavior impacts of the deployment of a driverless shuttle.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Enabled Fuel-Aware Optimization for Multi-Modal Automated Vehicles
Reduce fuel use and travel delay by developing, implementing and evaluating learning algorithms used on AV platoons (passenger vehicles, buses, and trucks).