Sustainable Transportation Initiative
Combining world-class talent, facilities, and leadership at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and University of California, Berkeley to deliver foundational scientific research and robust engineering solutions addressing the nation’s mobility system needs.
Learn About Our Research on Battery-Electric Trains
Berkeley Lab study shows how battery-electric trains can deliver environmental justice, cost-savings, and resilience to the U.S.
Read the news release: eta.lbl.gov/news/big-batteries-wheels-can-deliver-zero
Recent Publications
Yang, Hung-Chia, Ling Jin, Alina Lazar, Annika Todd-Blick, Alex Sim, Kesheng Wu, Qianmiao Chen, and C. Anna Spurlock."Gender Gaps in Mode Usage, Vehicle Ownership, and Spatial Mobility When Entering Parenthood: A Life Course Perspective."Systems
11.6 (2023) 314. DOI
Kersey, Jessica, Natalie Popovich, and Amol A. Phadke."Rapid battery cost declines accelerate the prospects of all-electric interregional container shipping."Nature Energy
7.7 (2022) 664 - 674. DOI
Jin, Ling, Alina Azar, Caitlin Brown, Bingrong Sun, Venu Garikapati, Srinath Ravulaparthy, Qianmiao Chen, Alex Sim, Kesheng Wu, Tin Ho, Thomas P. Wenzel, and C. Anna Spurlock."What Makes You Hold on to That Old Car? Joint Insights from Machine Learning and Multinomial Logit on Vehicle-level Transaction Decisions."Frontiers in Future Transportation - Connected Mobility and Automation
(2022). DOI