Researching Networks, Economics & Urban Systems

California PATH Research Projects

Between 1997 and 2002 I worked on a number of projects funded through California PATH The first projects helped fund my dissertation research. I was a post-doc in 1998-1999 and had some additional research when I was at Minnesota focused on evaluation of Intelligent Transportation Systems. This has led to the book Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Intelligent Transportation Systems, edited with David Gillen (Publisher: Kluwer, 2004).

Title Author(s)
Case Study: Road Pricing in Practice (UCB-ITS-PRR-97-38) David Levinson
An Economic Analysis of Network Deployment and Application to Road Pricing (UCB-ITS-PWP-98-01) David M. Levinson
Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Intelligent Transportation Systems: The Value of Advanced Traveler Information Systems (UCB-ITS-PRR-99-20) David Levinson, David Gillen, Elva Chang
Deploying Electronic Tolls (UCB-ITS-PRR-2000-11) David Levinson, Elva Chang
Whence Induced Demand: How Access Affects Activity (UCB-ITS-PWP-2000-21) David Levinson, Seshasai Kanchi
Evaluation Methods for Measuring the Value of ITS Services and Benefits from Implementation: Part X Freeway Service Patrols (UCB-ITS-PWP-2001-03) David Levinson, Pavithra Kandadai Parthasarathi
Inter-technology Effects in Intelligent Transportation Systems (UCB-ITS-PRR-2002-19) David M. Levinson, Seshasai Kanchi, David Gillen
Traffic Management System Performance Using Regression Analysis: A case study of Mn/DOT’s Traffic Management Systems (UCB-ITS-PWP-2006-03) David Levinson, Wei Chen
Effectiveness of VMS Using Empirical Loop Detector Data (UCB-ITS-PWP-2006-04) Hong Huo, David Levinson
User’s Manual for Computerized Benefit-Cost Analysis of Electronic Toll Collection System. California PATH Research Report for California Department of Transportation 2000-C3 (spreadsheets Automat.xls and Example.xls) Chang, E. Levinson, D, and Gillen, D.

Publications

Presentations

  • Levinson, D, Parthasarathi, P and Gillen, D. (2003), Insurance Value of Freeway Service Patrols: Stated Preference Analysis presented at Transportation Research Board Conference, January 12 – 16 2003 Washington DC (Session 544)
  • Levinson, D and Chen, Wei (2003), Traffic Management System Performance presented at Transportation Research Board Conference, January 12 – 16 2003 Washington DC (Session 428)
  • Levinson, D. and Kanchi, S (2000) Whence Induced Demand: How Access and Activity Affect Demand. International Association of Travel Behavior Research Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland Australia
  • Deploying Electronic Tolls (1999) 79th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, Jan. 2000.
  • The Economics of Traveler Information from Probes 79th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, Jan. 2000
  • The Value of Advanced Traveler Information Systems for Route Choice 79th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, Jan. 2000.
  • The Value of Advanced Traveler Information Systems for Route Choice NSF/ESF Conference on Social Change and Sustainable Transport University of California, Berkeley March 10 - 13, 1999

Masters Degrees

  • Seshasai Kanchi - May 2001 - Time Use and Capacity Expansion - won CTS Matthew Huber Prize (2001)
  • Pavithra Kandadai Parthsarathi - October 2001 A Disaggregate Analysis of Induced Demand
  • Hong Huo – August 2002 - Effectiveness Evaluation of Variable Message Signs Using Empirical Data

Implementation