working paper

The Century Freeway/Transitway I-105: Nucleation, Land Use Changes and Transportation Behavior

Publication Date

June 1, 1995

Working Paper

UCI-ITS-WP-95-10

Areas of Expertise

Abstract

The Glenn M. Anderson Freeway/Transitway project includes six lanes for general traffic, two HOV lanes, and the Green Line, a light rail project with ten transit stations and park and ride lots. The 17.2 mile facility traverses eleven jurisdictions and serves these and other neighboring communities. The study analyzes transportation attitudes and behavior before and after the opening of both the freeway and before the transitway opening. We measure travel behavior impacts of the new transportation system using a panel study. The attitudes and intended use of the facility as well as a 24 hour travel diary. Also investigated land use around transit nodes and local freeway interchanges by measuring zoning changes, reviewing general plans and other documents, and interviewing local planning officials.

Suggested Citation
Joseph F. DiMento, Drusilla R. van Hengel and Sherry Ryan (1995) The Century Freeway/Transitway I-105: Nucleation, Land Use Changes and Transportation Behavior. Working Paper UCI-ITS-WP-95-10. Institute of Transportation Studies, Irvine. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5n56s5sr.

conference paper

Prioritization of potential alternative truck management strategies using the analytical hierarchy process

Proceedings of the 88th annual meeting of the transportation research board

Publication Date

January 1, 2009

Abstract

This study develops a decision-making framework for prioritizing potential alternative truck management strategies. The motivation of this study is derived from the need to evaluate likely impacts resulting from the implementation of these strategies. Two main objectives are accomplished in this study. The first part of the study develops a decision making framework which is capable of prioritizing potential alternatives truck management strategies using the Analytical Hierarchy Process. This enables the judgments and preferences of decision-makers to be quantified based on the relative importance of their individual criteria, and to allow quantitative interpretation from others. The second part of the study provides a specific example of how to prioritize potential alternative truck strategies using a case study. A PARAMICS simulation model is used as the main analytical tool to analyze quantitative impacts of these strategies. The framework includes various measures that can and cannot be directly transformed into monetary costs in order to reflect the standpoints of both the public and the private sectors. Another important contribution of the study is to develop a 100-score conversion formula as a normalization technique. Since quantitative measurements have different scales, the authors need to incorporate these measurements into a single value. This method allows decision-makers to easily facilitate comparisons among potential alternatives when the final decisions are made.

Suggested Citation
Choon Heon Yang and Amelia Regan (2009) “Prioritization of potential alternative truck management strategies using the analytical hierarchy process”, in Proceedings of the 88th annual meeting of the transportation research board, p. 22p.

Preprint Journal Article

Impact Evaluation of Falsified Data Attacks on Connected Vehicle Based Traffic Signal Control

Publication Date

October 9, 2020

Author(s)

Shihong Ed Huang, Wai Wong, Yiheng Feng, Qi Alfred Chen, Z. Morley Mao, Henry Liu

Report Number

arXiv:2010.04753

Abstract

Connected vehicle (CV) technology enables data exchange between vehicles and transportation infrastructure and therefore has great potentials to improve current traffic signal control systems. However, this connectivity might also bring cyber security concerns. As the first step in investigating the cyber security of CV-based traffic signal control (CV-TSC) systems, potential cyber threats need to be identified and corresponding impact needs to be evaluated. In this paper, we aim to evaluate the impact of cyber attacks on CV-TSC systems by considering a realistic attack scenario in which the control logic of a CV-TSC system is unavailable to attackers. Our threat model presumes that an attacker may learn the control logic using a surrogate model. Based on the surrogate model, the attacker may launch falsified data attacks to influence signal control decisions. In the case study, we realistically evaluate the impact of falsified data attacks on an existing CV-TSC system (i.e., I-SIG).

Suggested Citation
Shihong Ed Huang, Wai Wong, Yiheng Feng, Qi Alfred Chen, Z. Morley Mao and Henry X. Liu (2020) “Impact Evaluation of Falsified Data Attacks on Connected Vehicle Based Traffic Signal Control”. arXiv. Available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.04753 (Accessed: October 11, 2023).

conference paper

Under Pressure: Effectiveness and Usability of the Apple Pencil as a Biometric Authentication Tool

Proceedings 2024 Symposium on Usable Security

Publication Date

January 1, 2024

Author(s)

Elina Van Kempen, Zane Karl, Richard Deamicis, Qi Alfred Chen
Suggested Citation
Elina Van Kempen, Zane Karl, Richard Deamicis and Qi Alfred Chen (2024) “Under Pressure: Effectiveness and Usability of the Apple Pencil as a Biometric Authentication Tool”, in Proceedings 2024 Symposium on Usable Security. Symposium on Usable Security, San Diego, CA, USA: Internet Society. Available at: 10.14722/usec.2024.23056.

Phd Dissertation

Commuting behavior of two-worker households in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Publication Date

June 30, 1993

Associated Project

Author(s)

Abstract

This is the first study that analyzes two-worker and single-worker households’ commuting behavior in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Areas. This study uses “Excess commuting” to test how important commuting distance is for urban workers to choose their residential and job locations in Los Angeles area. Individual location data used are from the Transit Panel Study Survey, 1991. The results show that commuting distance is still an important factor for urban workers to make location decisions, contrary to other study results. I find that if two-worker households’ commuting distance optimization process is restricted by their members job locations, two-worker households’ excess commute is smaller than single-worker households’. Also, the results suggest that spatial mismatch restricts unskilled workers in single-worker households more than it restricts workers from other groups. Further, the results show that the commuting distances of two-worker households are affected more by jobs-housing balance in the region than are the commuting distances of single-worker households. I find that two-worker household males behave differently from two-worker household females, and that two-worker household females behave differently from single-worker household females. I also find that there are sharper gender differences among whites than among nonwhites.

Suggested Citation
Seyoung Kim (1993) Commuting behavior of two-worker households in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. PhD Dissertation. UC Irvine. Available at: https://uci.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CDL_IRV_INST/1go3t9q/alma991035093099204701.

conference paper

A Sur­viv­a­bil­i­ty-Aware Cy­ber-Phys­i­cal systems design methodology

2019 IEEE 15th international conference on automation science and engineering (CASE)

Publication Date

August 1, 2019

Author(s)

Nafiul Rashid, Gustavo Quiros, Mohammad Al Faruque
Suggested Citation
Nafiul Rashid, Gustavo Quiros and Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque (2019) “A Sur­viv­a­bil­i­ty-Aware Cy­ber-Phys­i­cal systems design methodology”, in 2019 IEEE 15th international conference on automation science and engineering (CASE). IEEE, pp. 848–853. Available at: 10.1109/coase.2019.8843113.

policy brief

Planning Light- and Heavy-Duty ZEV Infrastructure for a More Resilient Fueling Network in California

Publication Date

March 1, 2026

Author(s)

Abstract

To meet goals for air quality improvement and greenhouse gas reduction, California aims to expand both light-duty and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). To support these aims, the State has set targets for the number of electric charging and hydrogen fueling stations, but deployment is falling short of these targets. For example, there were only 50 hydrogen stations and just over 200,000 chargers as of September 2025, as compared to the goals for this year, set in 2018, of 200 hydrogen stations and 250,000 electric vehicle chargers. Building a large, reliable, equitable network in a short time presents challenges of scale, reliability, and resiliency. One possible way to address these challenges is to combine light-and heavy-duty vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure, given the overlap of these vehicles’ travel patterns and of the respective charging and fueling technologies used. The research investigates how this strategy could support robust charging and refueling networks for projected ZEV growth. To that end, the research also developed a “conservative” and an “optimistic” scenario to simulate charging and hydrogen fueling station deployment across California for 2025, 2035, and 2045.

research report

CCIT working paper

Publication Date

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Lianyu Chu, Hamed Benouar, Will Recker

Abstract

This report describes a comprehensive evaluation study of an Automated Workzone Information System (AWIS) known as the Computerized Highway Information Processing System (CHIPS). The system is designed to use traffic sensors to detect traffic congestion in the work zone area. The system then delivers appropriate messages, using portable message signs, to motorists as they approach or pass through a work zone. CHIPS was deployed at a California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) work zone site near Los Angeles. The effectiveness of the system was evaluated based on three criteria: safety, diversion, and response from travelers.

Suggested Citation
Lianyu Chu, Hamed Benouar and Wilfred W. Recker (2005) CCIT working paper. University of California, Berkeley, p. 67p.

Phd Dissertation

Institutional and economic aspects of water services management at the United States-Mexico border: Accountability, non-payment and water demand in Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas

Publication Date

January 1, 2007
Suggested Citation
Ismael Aguilar-Benitez (2007) Institutional and economic aspects of water services management at the United States-Mexico border: Accountability, non-payment and water demand in Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. PhD Dissertation. UC Irvine. Available at: https://uci.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CDL_IRV_INST/u4evf/cdi_proquest_journals_304877848.

published journal article

Do employment centers matter? Consequences for commuting distance in the Los Angeles region, 2002–2019

Cities

Publication Date

February 1, 2024

Author(s)

Jaehyun Ha, Sugie Lee, Jae Hong Kim, John R. Hipp

Abstract

The presence of employment centers provides the potential for reducing commuting distance. However, employment centers have distinct attributes, which may lead to varied impacts on commuting outcomes. We examine how proximity to employment centers can influence commuting distance with consideration of the heterogeneity of employment centers and workers. Specifically, we consider various attributes of employment centers related to location, persistency, job density, industry diversity, and size and analyze their impacts on the commuting patterns of low- and high-income workers using panel (2002-2019) data. Our analysis of the Los Angeles region shows that increasing proximity to the nearest employment center decreases commuting distance even after controlling for the job attributes located in the neighborhood of workers. The results further suggest that employment centers are not equal in terms of their impact on commute distance and that their impact is different for commuters from different income groups. Our findings contribute to the literature by deciphering the location and attributes of employment centers that may exert a greater impact on commuting patterns.

Suggested Citation
Jaehyun Ha, Sugie Lee, Jae Hong Kim and John R. Hipp (2024) “Do employment centers matter? Consequences for commuting distance in the Los Angeles region, 2002–2019”, Cities, 145, p. 104669. Available at: 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104669.