Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2024 – Shared Mobility 

TITLE

Social and Environmental Impacts of Carsharing: Looking Back and Looking Forward

SPEAKER

Susan Shaheen, PhD

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Co-Director, Transportation Sustainability Research Center

University of California, Berkeley

DATE AND TIME

5/29 (Wednesday), 11 am -12 noon (Hong Kong Time)

5/28  (Tuesday), 8-9 pm (Pacific Time)

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ORGANISED BY

Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong

ABSTRACT

Carsharing, short-term access to a vehicle fleet, has been a sustainable transportation strategy employed across the globe, starting as early as the 1940s. This talk features Professor Susan Shaheen’s work on carsharing, starting with her doctoral dissertation research and numerous evaluations, spanning over two decades. The presentation explores a range of operational models, methods of calculating impacts, energy/environmental impacts, social equity, and electric vehicle deployment in carsharing fleets. The presentation includes key takeaways and policy options for maximizing the social and environmental benefits of this shared mode.

SPEAKER’S BIO

Susan Shaheen is a pioneer in future mobility strategies. Her research focuses on sustainable transportation, social equity, behavioral dynamics, public policy, shared mobility, electrification/alternative fuels, and advanced air mobility. She is a professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and Co-Director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center of the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS)-Berkeley. She also directs the UC ITS’ Resilient and Innovative Mobility Initiative. In January 2023, she was appointed to the California Air Resources Board by Governor Gavin Newsom. In 2022, she became the Chair of the Subcommittee for Planning and Policy Review for the TRB Executive Committee. She also joined the California Transportation Foundation Board in January 2022 where she serves as Co-Chair of the Scholarship Committee. She served as Chair of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Committee in 2021and Vice Chair in 2020. She has a Ph.D. from UC Davis and a M.S. from the University of Rochester. She has authored 92 journal articles, over 160 reports and proceedings articles, 36 book chapters, and co-authored and -edited three books. She received the 2017 Roy W. Crum award from TRB for her distinguished achievements in transportation research. In May 2016, she was named one of the top 10 academic thought leaders in transportation by the Eno Transportation Foundation.

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

The Institute of Transport Studies, HKU was established in 2003. It is a university centre that seeks to identify research programmes as mission-oriented activities and not by traditional academic disciplines alone. As an exemplary interdisciplinary research group, the Institute is having 29 Institute Fellows, all being academic staff at the Professional level, from the Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Business and Economics, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, and Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine. Apart from hosting the Distinguished Transport Lecture series, international workshops and other seminars, the Institute has co-organized the International Conference on Smart Mobility and Logistics in Future Cities with the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics in Hong Kong and the Transport Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.