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UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport, Berkeley, USA
Searching for new ideas
The western world´s transportation systems cannot be copied by developing countries, because their conditions are too different. Researchers at VREF´s CoE in Berkeley are working on new ideas for sustainable transportation systems that suit conditions in both developing and developed countries.
“We can provide advice based on scientific evaluations and, thereby, help bring attention to solutions that can really improve transportation systems," says Carlos F. Daganzo, Director of the UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport.
The UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport was established in 2004. The Centre´s overarching aim is to develop new methods and solutions for sustainable transportation, addressing the specific problems of developing countries.
The Centre is financed by VREF through 2010 at a level of SEK 25 million, plus about 1.3 million US dollars from other sources in the form of research grants and fellowships.
The Centre collaborates with other CoEs and shares knowledge widely with researchers from many universities and research institutes around the world.
Host organisation:
Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Link to the Centre's Website
Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Link to the Centre's Website
Publications:
- On the capacity of isolated, curbside bus stops
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Research theme:
Public Transport Development
Year: 2011
Type: Research article - Increasing the capacity of signalized intersections with separate left turn phases
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Research theme:
Urban Traffic Management
Year: 2011
Type: Research article - Macroscopic relations of urban traffic variables: Bifurcations, Multivaluedness and Instability
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Research theme:
Urban Traffic Management
Year: 2011
Type: Research article - Bus rapid transit impacts on land uses and land values in Seoul, Korea
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Research theme:
Transport Planning & Governance Systems
Year: 2011
Type: Research article - Life-cycle assessment of high-speed rail: the case of California
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Research theme:
Green & Safe Transports
Year: 2010
Type: Research article - Structure of competitive transit networks
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Research theme:
Transport Planning & Governance Systems
Year: 2010
Type: Research article - Rail + Property Development in Hong Kong: Experiences and Extensions
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Research theme:
Transport Planning & Governance Systems
Year: 2009
Type: Research article - Traffic flow reconstruction using mobile sensors and loop detector data
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Research theme:
Urban Traffic Management
Year: 2008
Type: Research article - Existence of urban macro-scale macroscopic fundamental diagrams: Some experimental findings
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Research theme:
Urban Traffic Management
Year: 2008
Type: Research article - Urban gridlock: Macroscopic modeling and mitigation approaches
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Research theme:
Urban Traffic Management
Year: 2007
Type: Research article - Use characteristics and mode choice behaviour of electric bike users in China
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Research theme:
Green & Safe Transports
Year: 2007
Type: Research article - Transit oriented development's ridership bonus: A product of self selection and public policies
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Research theme:
Transport Planning & Governance Systems
Year: 2007
Type: Research article - Modular Composition of Synchronous Programs: Applications to Traffic Signal Control
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Research theme:
Urban Traffic Management
Year: 2006
Type: Paper - Bus lanes with intermittent priority: Strategy, formulae, and an evaluation
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Research theme:
Urban Traffic Management
Year: 2006
Type: Research article - On the variational theory of traffic flow: well-posedness, duality and applications
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Research theme:
Urban Traffic Management
Year: 2006
Type: Research article
News
2013-05-16
Urban Freight for Livable Cities Publication
Based on the papers presented in the 2012 international VREF Future Urban Transport Conference, this book aims to make the freight issue more visible,... 2013-01-09
Håkan Frisinger Award 2012 rewards eco-friendly transportation
The Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research will be awarding the scholarship for 2012 to Professor Ingemar Denbratt at Chalmers...
Urban Freight for Livable Cities Publication
Based on the papers presented in the 2012 international VREF Future Urban Transport Conference, this book aims to make the freight issue more visible,... 2013-01-09
Håkan Frisinger Award 2012 rewards eco-friendly transportation
The Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research will be awarding the scholarship for 2012 to Professor Ingemar Denbratt at Chalmers...
2013-01-08
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