Caltrans Planning Horizons: Induced Vehicle Travel in the Environmental Review Process

Induced Vehicle Travel in the Environmental Review Process

Event Overview

Empirical research shows that expanded roadway capacity attracts more vehicles. However, environmental impact assessments of roadway expansion projects often ignore, underestimate, or mis-estimate this induced travel effect and overestimate potential congestion relief benefits. This presentation will cover an online tool developed by UC Davis to facilitate estimation of induced vehicle travel impacts of roadway capacity expansion projects. For more information email kevin.k.chen@dot.ca.gov.

Speaker

Dr. Jamey Volker is a postdoctoral researcher at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies.