阿莎·温斯坦·阿格拉瓦尔
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教授 Department of Urban and Regional Planning
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目前的研究活动
My research agenda is guided by a commitment to the principles of sustainability and
equity: what planning and policy tools can communities adopt to encourage environmentally-friendly
travel and improve accessibility for people struggling with poverty or other disadvantages?
I have explored this question from many angles, including in these publications:
• The Impact of COVID-19 on California 运输 Revenue
• Crime and Harassment on Public 运输: A Survey of 菠菜网lol正规平台 学生 Set in
国际背景下
• Harmonizing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in 运输 and Land-Use
加州城市的规划
• Community Benefits and Lessons for Local Engagement in a California Open Streets
Event: A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Viva CalleSJ 2018
• The Impact of ZEV Adoption on California 运输 Revenue
• What Do Americans Think about Federal Tax Options to Support 运输? 结果
从第十年的全国调查
• How and Where Should I Ride This Thing? “Rules of the Road” for Personal 运输
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Research 连接s to Current 事件
Almost all my research is specifically designed to inform contemporary planning and policy debates about the transportation system that most of use daily. 例如, I've written about whether gas taxes are a fair and efficient way to pay for roads, whether ride-hailing can help older adults who risk isolation once they cannot drive, how to make public transportation safe for 菠菜网lol正规平台 students, strategies to assess whether "road diets" benefit communities, and designs for effective bus-only lanes.
Because my work addresses current issues, I am invited to share research findings with local, state, and national decision makers. 例如, I've had the opportunity 赠送U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works staff, the California 运输 Commission, Subcommittees of the California State Senate Committees on 住房 and 运输, and the Santa Clara Valley 运输 Authority.
I am also actively involved with the community through service on professional advisory 组. 例如, I have served on the Metropolitan 运输 Commission's Regional Means-Based Transit Fare Pricing Study Technical Advisory Committee, Santa Clara County Traffic Safe Communities Network Steering Committee, and the Santa Clara County Valley 运输 Authority's Pedestrian Access to Transit Task Force.
I have had a chance to share my work by contributing to stories aired in popular media outlets such as as The Washington Post, CBS Evening News, ABC News/KGO-TV (on mileage fees), San Diego Union-Tribune (on transit fare policy), WBUR, and the San Francisco 纪事报.
Finally, over the years I have learned that 一个's work can contribute in unexpected 但是愉快的方式. My favorite example of this relates to my doctoral dissertation, which analyzed public debate about traffic congestion in Boston in the 1890s and 1920s. Years after I completed the degree, I received a polite email from a writer who said he had been reading my dissertation to inform a detective novel he was writing, set 20世纪20年代的波士顿. His hero was involved in a police chase, and the writer had read my work to figure out if there were traffic lights in Boston at that time.
个人与研究的关系
两个因素. First, as a child and teenager I discovered that I loved wandering around 步行城市. Because I had a chance to do this in many places around the world, I saw how much urban environments vary and realized that many US communities offer a very poor quality walking experience. Thus, I developed an interest in learning how to improve neighborhoods that aren’t pedestrian-friendly.
Second, my father is a theoretical mathematician, and so I’ve never in my life been able to talk to him in any depth about the substance of his research. 这样的经历 led me to want a career that any一个 would happily talk about with me. 运输 计划是完美的! When I tell people what I do, they immediately and eagerly start sharing their personal stories about traffic congestion, poor bike infrastructure, the high cost of public transit, their new electric vehicle, or whatever else concerns 他们谈论他们的日常旅行.
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