Policy and Behavior Research at the California Partners for Advanced Highways and Transit (PATH)

The policy and behavioral research program at California PATH focuses on understanding the role, response, and impacts of advanced transportation technologies. This cross-cutting program brings together a variety of theories, methodologies, and disciplines in answering applied policy and planning questions related transportation technology use and response. Disciplines and approaches include: engineering, planning, economics, systems and policy analysis, psychology, sociology, and business/marketing. This paper briefly describes the overall policy and behavioral research program as well as some of the key research projects that have been carried out over the last several years, with a focus on shared-use vehicle systems (i.e., carsharing or short-term vehicle rentals), smart parking systems, and intelligent transit-oriented developments with enhanced transit