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Publications

Policy Brief

Building Transit Safety Surveys that Matter: Lessons from San Francisco Muni

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Madeline Brozen, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

Date:

March 13, 2025

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

Project

Understanding and Addressing Sexual Harassment in San Francisco Transit Environments

Report

Capturing Transit Rider Perspectives on Safety and Harassment: Lessons from San Francisco

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Madeline Brozen, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

Date:

February 22, 2025

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

Project

Understanding and Addressing Sexual Harassment in San Francisco Transit Environments

Report

Road Capacity as a Fundamental Determinant of Vehicle Travel

Author(s):

Adam Millard-Ball, Michael Rosen

Date:

February 1, 2025

Program Area(s):

Environment, Public Transit, Traffic

Project

Right-sizing Transportation Infrastructure to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled

Policy Brief

Road Expansion is a Fundamental Cause of Growth in Vehicle Travel

Author(s):

Adam Millard-Ball, Michael Rosen

Date:

February 1, 2025

Program Area(s):

Environment, Public Transit, Traffic

Project

Right-sizing Transportation Infrastructure to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled

Report

Evaluating the Seismic Vulnerability and Resilience of BART’s Berkeley Hills Tunnel

Author(s):

Esra Zengin, Yousef Bozorgnia, Jonathan Stewart

Date:

January 1, 2025

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Resilient Transportation

Project

Transit System Vulnerability and Resilience

Journal Article

Terra Incognita: California Transit Agency Perspectives on Demand, Service, and Finance in the Age of COVID-19

Author(s):

Hannah King, Jacob L. Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

December 1, 2024

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project

Transit Finance and the Pandemic

Journal Article

A Bus Home: Homelessness in U.S. Transit Environments

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Hao Ding, Ryan Caro

Date:

September 1, 2024

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

Project

Homelessness in Transit Environments

Journal Article

Using a Modified Delphi Approach to Explore California’s Possible Transportation and Land Use Futures

Author(s):

John Gahbauer, Jacob L. Wasserman, Juan Matute, Alejandra Rios Gutierrez, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

September 1, 2024

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities, Transportation Finance

Project

Transit Renaissance: The Future of Public Transport and Its Finance and Governance

Report

Parking, Working from Home, and Travel Behavior

Author(s):

Michael Manville, Hao Ding

Date:

July 1, 2024

Program Area(s):

Access to Opportunities, Parking, Public Transit

Project

When Can Californians Work From Home: Examining Land Use and Parking Effects on Telework

Policy Brief

Better Parking Policy Can Make California Transportation More Sustainable

Author(s):

Michael Manville, Hao Ding

Date:

July 1, 2024

Program Area(s):

Access to Opportunities, Parking, Public Transit

Project

When Can Californians Work From Home: Examining Land Use and Parking Effects on Telework

Policy Brief

Issues and Reforms for California’s Transit Workers

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Allie Padgett, Keenan Ky-An Do

Date:

February 23, 2024

Program Area(s):

Access to Opportunities, Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

Project

Labor Challenges for Transportation: From Bus Drivers to Gig Workers

Report

Transit, Belabored: Issues and Futures for California's Frontline Transit Workforce

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Allie Padgett, Keenan Ky-An Do

Date:

February 22, 2024

Program Area(s):

Access to Opportunities, Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

Project

Labor Challenges for Transportation: From Bus Drivers to Gig Workers

Journal Article

Transit’s Financial Prognosis: Findings from a Survey of U.S. Transit Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s):

Fariba Siddiq, Jacob L. Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor, Samuel Speroni

Date:

October 1, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project

Transit Finance and the Pandemic

Journal Article

State of the BART: Analyzing the Determinants of Bay Area Rapid Transit Use in the 2010s

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

June 1, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit

Project

What's Behind Recent Transit Ridership Trends in the Bay Area?

Report

Financing the Future: Examining the Fiscal Landscape of California Public Transit in the Wake of the Pandemic

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, John Gahbauer, Fariba Siddiq, Hannah King, Hao Ding, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

April 10, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project

Transit Finance and the Pandemic

Policy Brief

Public Transit's Post-pandemic Fiscal Challenges

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, John Gahbauer, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

February 24, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project

Transit Finance and the Pandemic

White Paper

Options for the Future of State Funding for Transit Operations in California

Author(s):

John Gahbauer, Juan Matute, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

February 15, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Policy Brief

Shifting transit use in COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for transit’s recovery

Author(s):

Julene Paul, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

February 1, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit

Project

How Post-Pandemic Travel Trends May Affect Public Transit

Policy Brief

Fare-free? Reduced fares? What research tells us about strategies for pricing public transit

Author(s):

Hannah King, Brian D. Taylor

Date:

February 1, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project

Assessing the Equity Implications of Innovative Transit Fare Programs

Journal Article

Vehicle Access and Falling Transit Ridership: Evidence from Southern California

Author(s):

Michael Manville, Brian D. Taylor, Evelyn Blumenberg, Andrew Schouten

Date:

February 1, 2023

Program Area(s):

Public Transit

Project

Falling Transit Ridership: California and Southern California