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STEPS, Institute of Transportation Studies, Davis

2028 Academic Surge
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

(530) 752-1934 phone

 

Welcome

Established in 2007, the STEPS program aims to inform the public debate and to assist the private sector and government agencies by providing tools and knowledge concerning sustainable transportation alternatives. Nineteen generous sponsors fund a STEPS research team that includes fifteen faculty and research scientists and twenty-five graduate students, drawn from a variety of departments.

In June of 2010, the Program will host its fourth annual STEPS Research Symposium, focusing on initiating new fuel and vehicle pathways: technology readiness, consumer acceptance and the role of policy

Over the past few months STEPS research leaders have contributed to policy discussions on Low Carbon Fuel Standards (LCFS), sustainability of alternative fuels, federally implemented vehicle scrappage programs, fuel economy standards and the U.S. auto industry bailout. In addition, STEPS researchers were enormously productive, generating seven UCDavis research reports, five peer-reviewed publications and one book.

To Learn More - refer to the information in the Quick links section for additional Program information

Feature Publications & Reports: (to view all publications, click here)

  • Analysis of Lifecycle Water Requirements of Transportation Fuels: Corn-based Ethanol Model Description – Gouri Mishra and Sonia Yeh click here

  • Understanding the Design and Economics of Distributed Tri-generation Systems for Home and Neighborhood Refueling: Residential Case Studies – Xuping Li and Joan M. Ogden click here

  • Anticipating Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Energy Impacts in California: Constructing Consumer-Informed Recharge Profiles – Jonn Axsen and Kenneth S. Kurani click here

  • Impacts of Biofuels on Climate, Land, and Water – Mark Delucchi click here

  • A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables – Mark Delucchi and Mark Jacobson click here


Research Scope - Our comparative research is organized by energy categories (columns in the image below), and subject areas (rows below). For a detailed description of our research, click here. For the full size STEPS Matrix poster with current projects, click here. By clicking on the research or fuel title in the figure below, you will be taken to a research discription page.