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February 6, 2023

San Francisco Examiner

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Transportation Sustainability Researcher Center Co-Director Susan Shaheen discusses automated vehicle adoption in Arizona and California. 

Link to full article here

February 13, 2022

Viewpoints Radio

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Susan Shaheen, the Transportation Sustainability Research Center Co-Director, talks with Viewpoints Radio about the United States' current infrastructure and what more needs to be done to promote greater citizen mobility with bikes, scooters, and other non-motor modes of transportation.

February 2, 2022

The Institute of Engineering and Technology

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Transportation Sustainability Research Center Co-Director Susan Shaheen publishes a book that provides information on how to shape future shared vehicle systems. 

Click here for further information. 

January 21, 2022

California Transportation Foundation

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The California Transportation Foundation names Susan Shaheen, co-director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center, to the 2022 Board of Directors. 

December 1, 2021

Transfers Magazine

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September 23, 2021

StreetsBlog Cal

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Research teams at the University of California Davis and Berkeley campuses have  developed a menu of options to set California on a path toward automated vehicle safety, social equity, mobility, and sustainability.

August 26, 2021

July 1, 2021

Wunder Mobility

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Wunder Mobility talks with Susan Shaheen about the potential separation between public and private transportation, how to create a healthy mobility ecosystem with complementing modes and less competition, and how public transport operators innovate. 

February 11, 2021

Bay Curious

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A year into the coronavirus pandmeic there's hope on the horizon. It's too soon to know the lasting impacts on the Bay Area, but we asked experts in mental health, transportation and education to try and predict what we might expect in our day-to-day lives as we slowly emerge from this crisis. 

January 19, 2021

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Susan Shaheen, the co-director of the Transporation Sustainability Research Center, discusses her latest study, Future of Public Transit and Shared Mobility Scenario Planning for COVID 19 Recovery

December 14, 2020

Smart Cities Dive

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The assessment is the first of its kind in North America to show aggregated metrics of the micromobility industry at-large, according to NABSA. The report points to 264 cities in the U.S., 17 in Mexico and 11 in Canada that had at least one bike-share or e-scooter system in 2019.

December 8, 2020

August 27, 2020

An truck and road sign lay by the side of the road after a storm

Transporation Sustainability Reseach Center's Stephen Wong quoted in a Transport Topics article on disaster response. The article discusses different strategies for disaster response, particularly in light of Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm, making landfall in August 2020. 

August 21, 2020

San Francisco Chronicle

Susan Shaheen - in a navy patterned blouse and black pants - sits on a circular bench on the platform at the Orinda BART station in Orinda, California.

Transportation Sustainability Research Center Co-Director Susan Shaheen discusses the potential future of public transit and shared mobility during recovery from and response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

July 14, 2020

Pineville Voice

A man wearing a face mask rides a scooter near the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on May 15, during a strict lockdown in Russia to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Transportation Sustainability Research Center Co-Director Susan Shaheen discusses how scooters and electric bikes (e-bikes) are gaining traction as the COVID-19 lockdowns ease in the Pineville, North Carolina. 

July 2, 2020

Vulog

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TSRC's Susan Shaheen has been selected for Vulog's Top 20 of 2020 Influential Women in Mobility. The “Influential Women of Mobility” project celebrates women's achievements in mobility and encourages a shift towards greater gender equality in the industry. 

June 17, 2020

Financial Times

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Uber has signed a deal to manage public transport in Marin County, in the San Francisco Bay area, with its software.

Residents in Marin, which has a population of 250,000, will be able to book rides on public minibuses through Uber’s app, which will match riders travelling in the same direction.

June 12, 2020

UC Berkeley

Congratulations to Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) survey researchers Jacquelyn Broader and Adam Cohen on earning spot Staff Appreciation and Recognition Awards!

Read more about their efforts and achievements here.

May 29, 2020

New York Times

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It was a difficult question even before the coronavirus pandemic hit: When self-driving cars eventually rule the roads, will Americans own their cars or make use of ride-hailing fleets?