January 2001
Department of Economics
University of California
Irvine, California 92697-5100
(949) 824-6502 / fax 824-2182
E-Mail: CALave@uci.edu
EDUCATION
B.A. Reed College (1960) Political Science (Physics minor)
Ph.D. Stanford University (1968) Economics
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD
1966 -- Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine
1972 Visiting Associate Professor, Hampshire College
1973 Visiting Scholar, School of Education, Stanford University
1975 Senior Research Associate, Charles River Associates, Cambridge, Mass.
1976 -- Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Irvine
1979 -- Professor, University of California, Irvine
1981-82 Visiting Scholar, Center for Transportation Studies, MIT
1981-82 Visiting Scholar, Joint Center for Urban Studies, MIT and Harvard Univ.
1978-81, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1994-97: Chair of the Faculty, School of Social Sciences,
University of California, Irvine
1978-81, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1989-92: Chair, Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine
1988-89 Visiting Scholar, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
1994-95 Visiting Scholar, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
1995-97 Director, Graduate Program in Transportation Sciences, University of California, Irvine
1995 -- Associate Director, Institute of Transportation Studies
1996-97 Faculty Assistant to the Chancellor
ACADEMIC HONORS
1980-96 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Transportation Research.
1987 Pyke Johnson award for the outstanding paper at the 65th Annual Meetings of the Transportation Research Board.
1991-97 Selected by the American Economics Association as their representative on the Board of Directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
1993 -- Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Transport Policy.
1993 Extraordinarius Award of the University of California, Irvine, for outstanding career contribution in community service, research, and teaching.
1996-97 Contributing Editor, Accident Analysis and Prevention.
1999 -- Associate Editor, Access Magazine. University of California, Berkeley.
2000 Daniel G. Aldrich Distinguished University Service Award of the University of California, Irvine.
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
Books and Monographs
Charles A. Lave and James G. March. An Introduction To Models In The Social Sciences, Harper and Row, New York, March 1975. Reprinted by University Press of America, 1993.
Donald Sharp, Michael Cole and Charles Lave. Education and Cognitive Development: The Evidence from Experimental Research. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Chicago 1979.
Charles A. Lave and James G. March. Modellen In De Sociale Wetenschappen: Een Inleiding, Samsom Uitgeverij, Brussels, 1980. Dutch edition of An Introduction to Models In The Social Sciences.
Charles A. Lave, Editor. Energy and Auto-Type Choice. Special, double issue of Transportation Research. Volume 14A #5 and Volume 14A #6, October and December 1980. Reprinted as a softcover monograph by Pergamon Press, Oxford 1981.
Charles A. Lave, Editor. Urban Transit: The Private Challenge to Public Transportation. Ballinger Press, Cambridge, Mass. January 1985.
Charles A. Lave and James G. March. Shakaikagaku no Tameno Modru Nyumon, Harvest Sha publishers, Tokyo, 1994. Japanese edition of An Introduction To Models In The Social Sciences.
Articles and Book Chapters
Charles A. Lave, "A Behavioral Approach to Modal Split Forecasting." Transportation Research, volume 3, no. 3, 463-480, Fall 1969. Reprinted in The Economics of Transport, Herbert Mohring, editor, Edward Elgar Ltd., 1992.
Charles A. Lave, "The Demand for Urban Mass Transportation." The Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. LII, no. 3, August 1970. Reprinted in Kosoku Doro To Jidosha (Journal of the Highway Research Foundation of Japan), August 1971.
Theodore D. Graves and Charles A. Lave. "Determinants of Urban Migrant Indian Wages." Human Organization, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 47-61, Spring 1972.
Charles A. Lave, "Interactive Regression Program Using Free Field, Natural Language Control Commands." A computer program abstract, Behavioral Science, March 1973.
Frank Koppelman and Charles Lave. "Report of the Workshop on Aggregation Problems." Proceedings of the Conference on Issues in Behavioral Demand
Modeling and the Valuation of Travel Time. Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., November 1973.
Charles A. Lave, "Comment on Gregory's ECBR/Limited-Good Distinction." Current Anthropology, March 1975. Volume 16, number 1, pp. 87-88.
Charles A. Lave, Review of "Becoming Modern," by Alex Inkeles. The Journal of Economic Literature, June 1975. Volume XIII, number 2, pp. 637-638.
Charles A. Lave and James V. Mueller. "The Economic Success of Tribal Migrants in Liberia." Published in Formal Methods of Economic Anthropology, American Anthropological Review, December 1975.
Michael Cole, Donald Sharp and Charles Lave. "The Cognitive Consequences of Education: Some Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Misgivings." Urban Review, Spring 1977, and reprinted in the OECD Monograph Series, Spring 1977.
Charles A. Lave, "The Negative Energy Impact of Modern Rail Transit Systems." Science, February 11, 1977. Vol. 195, pp. 595-596.
Charles A. Lave, "Transportation and Energy: Some Current Myths." Energy Use Management, Proceedings of the International Conference. Pergamon Press, New York, 1977. Vol. II, pp. 597-604.
G.J. Fielding, Roy E. Glauthier and Charles A. Lave. "Applying Performance Indicators in Transit Management." Proceedings of the National Conference on Transit Performance, pp.115-121. Norfolk, Virginia, September 1977.
Charles A. Lave, "The Energy Loss from Downtown People Movers." Energy Use Management, Proceedings of the International Conference. Pergamon Press, New York, 1977. Vol. I, pp. 639-644.
Charles Lave, Joyce Mehring and Richard Kuzmyak. "Price Elasticities of Intercity Passenger Travel." Proceedings, Eighteenth Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Forum. Vol. XVIII no. 1. Richard B. Cross Co., Oxford, 1977.
Charles A. Lave, "Transportation and Energy: Some Current Myths." Policy Analysis, Summer 1978. (Substantially expanded version of the paper above.) Volume 4, number 3, pp. 297-316. Excerpted in: The Public Interest, vol. 54; Rain: Journal of Appropriate Technology, vol. 7, no. 7; and CoEvolution Quarterly, vol. 20.
Charles A. Lave, "Rail Rapid Transit and Energy: The Adverse Effects." The Transportation Research Record, #648, pp. 14-29, Fall 1978.
Charles Lave, James Mueller and Theodore Graves, "The Economic Payoff to Different Kinds of Education: A Study of Urban Migrants in Two Societies." Human Organization, Summer 1978. Volume 37, no. 2, pp. 157-162.
Charles A. Lave and Kenneth N. Chomitz. "TECNET Transportation Energy Use Model," and "SRI's Report on Diesel Cars in the United States." In Transportation Energy Conservation Data Book: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography, 3rd Edition, pp. 39-40, 45-47. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, November 1978.
G. J. Fielding, Roy E. Glauthier and Charles A. Lave. "Performance Indicators for Transit Management." The Journal of Transportation, vol. 7, #4, December 1978.
Charles A. Lave, "Potential Energy Savings in Urban Passenger Transportation," pp. 184-197 in The Economic Impact of Energy Conservation, prepared for the Subcommittee on Advanced Energy Technologies and Energy Conservation of the U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979.
Charles Lave and Kenneth Train. "A Disaggregate Model of Auto-Type Choice." Transportation Research, vol. 13a, pp. 1-9, February, 1979.
Charles A. Lave, "Transit Deficits and Part-Time Labor: A Cure or Only a Band-Aid?" Proceedings of the Conference on Transit Labor, Toronto, March, 1979. Sponsored by the Ministry of Transport and Sage Management. Roads and Transport Association of Canada, RTAC. Ottawa. 1980.
Charles A. Lave, "Transit Productivity," commissioned paper summarizing the state of the art. In Transportation Needs, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. Publication # 79-R-2. April 1979.
Charles A. Lave, "Downtown People Movers and Energy," The Transportation Research Record, #689, June 1979. (A substantially expanded, and revised paper based on the work published in Energy Use Management.)
Charles A. Lave, "Energy Policy as Public Policy," Energy Use Management-II, pp. 2046-2053, proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Energy Use Management, Pergamon Press, New York, 1979.
Charles A. Lave, "Is Part-Time Labor a Cure for Transit Deficits?" Transportation Quarterly, vol. XXXIV, no. 1, pp. 61-74, January 1980.
Charles A. Lave, "Mass Transportation: Its Effect on Pollution and Energy," Proceedings of the Clean Air Act Conference, National Council for Environmental Balance. Hartford, July 1980.
Charles A. Lave and Kenneth N. Chomitz. "Labor Work Rules and Transit Costs." Proceedings of the Conference on Improving Transit Performance. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California. Pp. 78-85, May 1980.
Charles A. Lave, "Introduction," to special issue of Transportation Research: "Automobile Choice And Its Energy Implications," vol. 14A #5/6, October/December 1980.
Charles A. Lave, "Conservation of Energy in the Urban Passenger Sector: A General Principle and Some Proposals," Transportation Research, October/ December, 1980, volume 14A, #5/6.
Charles A. Lave and Joan Bradley. "Market Shares of Imported Cars: A Model of Geographic and Demographic Determinants." Transportation Research, October/December, 1980, volume 14A, #5/6.
Charles A. Lave, "Evaluation of Part-Time Labor and Work Rule Changes to Reduce Peak Period Transit Costs," Panel Sessions of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration University Research Conference, pp. 47-56, UMTA, Washington, D.C. September, 1980.
Charles Lave, Michael Cole and Donald Sharp. "Determinants of Educational Achievement." Economics of Education Review, pp. 253-262, v.1, n.2, Spring 1981.
Charles A. Lave, "Dealing with the Transit Deficit." Journal of Contemporary Studies, pp. 53-60, vol.IV, no.2, Spring 1981.
Charles A. Lave, "The Economist's Perspective: Comments on the Paper of John Kain," in Proceedings of the Aspen Conference on Future Urban Transportation. American Planning Association, pp. 140-l41. January 1981, Washington DC.
Charles A. Lave, "Fact and Fancy About Transportation Energy," Proceedings of the Western Meetings of the Institute of Transportation Engineering. Phoenix, July 1981. ITE Bulletin, vol. XXXVI, no. 1, January-February, 1982. Reprinted in the Santa Ana Register, May 18, 1982.
Charles A. Lave, "Rotorcraft in Urban Transportation: A Skeptical View," Proceedings of the Monterey Conference on the Future of Rotorcraft, American Planning Association. Wichita, February 1983.
Charles A. Lave, "Economic Considerations on the Future of Mini-Micro Cars." Proceeding of the Symposium on the Future of Mini-Micro Cars, presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Transportation Research Bulletin, #1983.
Kenneth N. Chomitz and Charles A. Lave. "Forecasting the Financial Effects of Work Rule Changes." Transportation Quarterly, Summer 1983. Vol. XXXVII, no. 3, pp. 453-473.
Charles A. Lave, "New Problems Do Not Demand New Solutions: The Principle of Least Disruption." Energy, vol. 8, no. 8-9, pp. 731-736. Fall 1983.
Charles A. Lave, "Speeding and Highway Fatalities," published in 55: A Decade of Experience, a report to the National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, November 1984.
Kenneth N. Chomitz and Charles A. Lave. "Part-Time Labor, Work Rules, and Urban Transit Costs." Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, vol. XVIII, no. 1, pp. 63-73. Winter 1984.
Charles A. Lave, "Speeding, Coordination, and the 55 MPH Limit," the American Economic Review, December 1985, vol. 75, no. 5, pp. 1159-1164.
Kenneth Chomitz, Genevieve Giuliano, and Charles Lave, "Part-Time Operators in Public Transit: Experiences and Prospects," Transportation Research Record # 1013. Washington, D.C., 1985.
Charles A. Lave, "Absenteeism, Accidents, and Attrition: Part-Time Versus Full-Time Bus Drivers." Transportation Research Record # 1078, pp. 62-71. Washington, D.C., 1986. This paper was voted the Pyke Johnson Award as the best paper presented at the 65th Annual Meetings of the Transportation Research Board, in the areas of transportation planning, or administration, or finance.
Charles A. Lave, "The 55 MPH Speed on U.S. Roads: Comments on the Godwin and Kulash Analysis." Transport Reviews, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 237-244, Summer 1988.
Genevieve Giuliano and Charles A. Lave, "The High Cost of a Bargain: Winning the Right to Use Part-Time Drivers." Transportation Research, vol. 23A, no. 2, pp. 151-159, March 1989.
Charles A. Lave, "Speeding, Coordination and the 55-MPH Limit: Reply," American Economic Review, vol. 79, no. 4, pp. 926-936, September 1989.
Charles Lave and Lester Lave, "Barriers to Increasing Highway Safety." In Challenging the Old Order: Towards New Directions in Traffic Safety Theory, edited by J. Peter Rothe, pp. 77-93. Transaction Publications, New Brunswick, NJ, 1990.
Charles Lave, "Transit Productivity (U.S. Transit Properties)," The Urban Transportation Monitor, vol. 4, no. 3, p. 9, February 16, 1990.
Charles Lave, "The Future of U.S. Traffic Congestion," I.T.S. Review, Institute of Transportation Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 4-8, University of California, Nov. 1990.
Charles Lave, "Contriving LRT 'Winners': Spin Control in the Forecasting Business," refereed comment in the LRT News, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 3-4, May 1991, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.
Charles Lave, "Measuring the Decline in Transit Productivity in the U.S.," Transportation Planning and Technology, vol. 15, pp. 115-124, Winter 1991.
Charles Lave, "Future Growth of Auto Travel in the U.S.: A Non-Problem," in Energy and Environment in the 21st Century, edited by Jefferson W. Tester and D. O. Wood, pp. 227-229, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1991.
Charles Lave, "Playing the Rail Transit Forecasting Game," refereed panel for TR News, number 156, pp. 1-12, September/October 1991, the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.
Charles A. Lave, "Effect of the 65 MPH Speed Limit on Highway Safety in the U.S.A.: Comment on Stephen Godwin," Transport Reviews vol 12, no. 1, pp. 11-13, January 1992.
Charles Lave, "Cars and Demographics," Access, pp. 4-11, Fall 1992, University of California.
David Brownstone and Charles Lave, "Transportation Energy Use" in The Environment of Oil, Richard Gilbert, editor, Kluwer Academic Press, 1993.
Charles Lave, " 'Clean for a Day': California Versus the EPA's Smog Check Mandates," Access, pp. 2-7, Fall 1993, University of California.
Charles Lave and Patrick Elias, "Did the 65 MPH Speed Limit Save Lives?" Accident Analysis and Prevention, v. 26, no. 1, pp. 49-62, February 1994.
Charles Lave, "The Demand Curve Under Road Pricing and the Problem of Political Feasibility," Transportation Research, v. 28A, no. 2, pp. 83-92, March 1994.
Charles Lave, "Caltrans Center Proposals," The Center for Transportation Innovation, Appendix, California Council on Science and Technology, March 1994.
Charles Lave, "Love, Lies, and Transportation in L.A.," Access, no. 4, pp. 40-41, Summer 1994, University of California. Reprinted in The Transit Advocate, Summer 1994. Reprinted in Association for Commuter Transportation Newsletter, July/August 1994.
Charles Lave and Richard Crepeau, "Travel by Households Without Vehicles," in Travel Mode Special Reports: 1990 NPTS Report Series, Chapter 1, pp. 1-47. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Washington D.C., December 1994.
Charles Lave, "It Wasn't Supposed to Turn Out Like This: Federal Subsidies and Declining Transit Productivity." Access, no. 5, pp. 21-25, University of California, Fall 1994. Reprinted in Public Transportation Innovation Journal, pp. 8-11, 25, vol. 9, no. 1, February 1995. Subject of editorial, Wall Street Journal, January 18, 1995.
Amihai Glazer, Daniel Klein, and Charles Lave, "Clean on Paper, Dirty on the Road: Troubles with California's Smog Check," The Journal of Transport Economics, pp.85-92, January 1995.
Charles Lave, "Slowdown Ahead for the Domestic Auto Industry," Access, no. 6, pp. 40-41, University of California, Spring 1995.
Charles Lave, "Author's Reply," to Erik Verhoef on "The Demand Curve Under Road Pricing...", Transportation Research, pp. 459-65, vol 29A, n. 6, November, 1995.
Charles Lave, "Higher Speed Limits May Save Lives," Access, no. 7, pp. 23-26. University of California, Fall 1995.
Charles Lave, "Author's Reply," to Michael Griffith on "Did the 65 mph Speed Limit Save Lives?" Accident Analyis & Prevention, Vol. 27, No 1., pp. 138-140, 1995.
Amihai Glazer and Charles Lave, "Regulation by Prices and by Command," Journal of Regulatory Economics, pp. 191-197, vol. 6, no. 2, March 1996.
Charles Lave, "Are Americans Really Driving So Much More?" Access, no. 8, pp. 1-17, University of California, Spring 1996
Charles Lave, "What Really is the Growth of Vehicle Usage?" Transportation Research Record #1520, pp. 117-121, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.
Richard Crepeau and Charles Lave, "Travel by Carless Households," Access, no. 9, pp. 29-31, University of California, Fall 1996.
Charles Lave and Patrick Elias, "Resource Allocation in Public Policy: The Effects of the 65 mph Speed Limit," Economic Inquiry, v.35, pp. 614-620, July 1997.
Charles Lave, "25 Years of U.S. Energy Policy: Successes, Failures, and Some General Lessons for Public Policy," Transportation Quarterly, pp. 7-13, vol. 52, number 4, Fall 1998.
Charles Lave and Lester Lave, "Fuel Economy and Auto Safety Regulation: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?" Pages 257-290 in Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy: A Handbook in Honor of John R. Meyer, edited by Jose Gomez-Ibanez, William B. Tye, and Cliffor Winston, Brookings Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999.
Non-Academic Articles
Charles A. Lave, "A Poet's 'Education' ," letters section, Science, vol. 203, no. 4377, January 19, 1979. Reprinted in Chemical and Engineering News, February, 1979.
Charles A. Lave, "Energy Cure: Buy Small, Drive Faster." The Wall Street Journal, Op-Ed essay, volume XCVIII, number 29, February 10, 1978.
Charles A. Lave, "The Costs of Going 55." Newsweek Magazine, "My Turn" essay, October 23, 1978, p. 37. Reprinted in Current Issues in the American Economy, 3rd edition, D. C. Heath and Co., 1980; Understanding American Politics, by Grover Starling, Dorsey Press 1982; and Strategies for Successful Writing, by Reinking and Hart, Prentice Hall, 1988.
Charles A. Lave, "The Mass Transit Panacea and Other Fallacies About Energy," The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 244, no. 4, pp. 39-43. Boston, October 1979. Reprinted in the Bulletin of the School of Design, vol. II, #5, M.I.T., October 1979.
Charles A. Lave and Lester B. Lave. "A Case of Lead Poisoning," The New York Times, Op-Ed essay, page A25, February 2, 1979.
Charles A. Lave, "The Preservation of the Automobile," a review of The War Against the Automobile by B. Bruce-Briggs. Technology Review, vol. 81, no. 8, pp. 13-15. Cambridge, Mass., August/September 1979.
Charles Lave, "The Yeast That Makes Transit Quality Rise." The Wall Street Journal, Op-Ed essay, 22 April 1985. Reprinted in Urban Times, supplement to the Sacramento Bee, p.6, June 11, 1985.
Charles Lave, "Privatization, Urban Transit's Savior?" The Chicago Tribune, Op-Ed essay, June 26, 1986. Reprinted in the Orange County (CA) Register, the Palo Alto (CA) Peninsula Times Tribune, the Elko (NV) Free Press, the Reading (PA) Eagle, and the Fort Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel.
Charles Lave, "Transit Subsidies: The Help That Failed," The Washington Post, Op-Ed essay, June 10, 1991. Reprinted in Newsday, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, The Seattle Press Intelligence, The Denver Post, and The Sacramento Bee. Also reprinted in The National Weekly Edition of The Washington Post, vol. 8, no. 33, p. 29, 17-23 June, 1991.
Charles Lave, "Those Unstoppable Automobiles," The Washington Post, Op-Ed essay, Sunday, 16 August 1992. Reprinted in: Detroit News and Free Press; Cleveland Plain Dealer, Portland Oregonian, and San Jose Mercury News.
Charles Lave, "Green Taxes: They May Not Get Us Where We Want To Go," Governing, April 1993. (Excerpt from Access 1992 article.)
Charles Lave, "Whose Love Affair With The Car?" The Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed essay, May 7, 1993.
Charles Lave, "To Ease The Commute, Give Poolers Precedence." The Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed essay, January 20, 1994. (This proposed several measures to deal with traffic congestion following the Northridge earthquake. These measures were subsequently adopted by Los Angeles and CalTrans.)
Charles Lave, "Quit Riding Us About Californian's Loving Their Cars." The Orange County Register, Op-Ed essay, May 16, 1994. Reprinted in The Transit Advocate.
Charles Lave, "Targeting the Gross Polluters," invited contribution for "The Next Los Angeles: Turning Ideas Into Action," a special supplement to the Los Angeles Times, July 17, 1994.
Charles Lave, "Bad Marriage: Consultants & Public Funds," Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed essay, June 30, 1998.
Extensive editorial comment regarding my research on the demand for public transit and automobiles is contained in The Wall Street Journal, January 18, 1995; and James Q. Wilson's "Cars and Their Enemies," Commentary magazine, July 1997; and the Wall Street Journal, July 7, 1997. Extensive editorial comment regarding my work on transportation safety is contained in Business Week, October 13, 1997, page 20; and George Will's "Why Speed Doesn't Always Kill", The Washington Post, November 6, 1997.
Reports
Charles A. Lave, Finance Section, Volumes I and VII, Tanzania-Zambia Highway Study, for The World Bank, published by SRI, June 1966.
Joyce Mehring and Charles Lave. Price Elasticities of Demand for Transportation Fuels, for Charles River Associates. Federal Energy Administration Contract CO-04-50115-00. May 1976.
Gordon J. Fielding, Roy Glauthier and Charles Lave. Development of Performance Indicators for Transit; for the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, February 1978. NTIS # 278-678.
Kenneth N. Chomitz and Charles A. Lave. Labor Work Rules and Transit Operating Costs. Final report for research grant UMTA-CA-11-0018/UCI. January, 1981. National Technical Information Service (NTIS) number PB 81-180556.
Kenneth Chomitz, Genevieve Giuliano and Charles Lave, Fiscal and Organizational Impacts of Part-Time Labor in Public Transit, final report for research grant UMTA- CA-05-0187-1, July 1985. National Technical Information Service (NTIS) # PB 85-.
Charles Lave, An Overview of the Jaguar System, (user's manual for the Jaguar, Merge, Create, and Predict programs. Latest edition, February 4, 1988.
Amihai Glazer, Daniel Klein, and Charles Lave, " 'Clean for a Day': Troubles with California's Smog Check." A report to the Committee on Transportation of the California Senate, August 1993.
Charles Lave, Shomik Mehndiratta, Genevieve Giuliano, and Michael Kemp, "Part-Time Transit Operators: the Trends and Impacts," research report written for the Transporation Research Board of the National Research Council, Fall 2000.
RESEARCH GRANTS
1969-71: Rockwell Foundation. "Investigation of Labor Migration in Liberia."
1970-72: National Inst. of Mental Health. "Economic/Cultural Change in Liberia."
1975-76: U.S. Federal Energy Administration. "Fuel Intensity Implications of Federal Capital Grants."
1976-77: U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration. "A Disaggregate Model of Automobile-Choice."
1976-77: U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration "Development of Performance Indicators for Transit." Jointly with G. J. Fielding and R. Glauthier.
1977-78: U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration. "Energy Intensity of Urban Transportation."
1978: University of California Committee on Appropriate Technology. "Appropriate Technology in Personal Transportation." Jointly with H. Gladwin.
1978-80: U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. "The Cost of Work Rules."
1979-81: U.S. Department of Energy. "National Travel Patterns." Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee.
1981-82: UC Universitywide Energy Research Group, "Public Transit and Energy Conservation: When Does it Help and When Does it Fail?"
1983-84: Pacific Institute for Public Policy Research, "Public-Private Cooperation in the Provision of Transit Services.
1983-84: U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. "Fiscal and Organizational Impacts of Part-Time Labor in Public Transit: An Empirical Assessment." Jointly with Kenneth Chomitz and Genevieve Giuliano
1984: Urban Mass Transportation Administration. "Workshop on Transportation in Major Developments".
1985-86: Institute for Transportation Studies, "Measurement of the Givebacks Necessary to Win Part-Time Labor." Jointly with Genevieve Giuliano.
1985-86: Committee on Instructional Development, UCI, "Updates and Improvements on Jaguar Data Analysis Package."
1985-86: UC Universitywide Energy Research Group, "Costs and Benefits of Substituting Methanol for Oil Fuels." Jointly with D. Brownstone, S. Erfle, G.J. Fielding, K. Small
1987: UC Institute of Transportation Studies, "Urban Transit Deficits and the Labor Productivity Crises."
1988-89: U.S. Department of Transportation, "Productivity in the Transit Industry."
1989-90: U.S. Department of Transportation, "Implications of Automobile Saturation in the United States."
1990-91: California Energy Commission, "Future Energy Consumption in California," jointly with David Brownstone.
1991-92: The AAA Foundation for Highway Safety, "The Safety Consequences of the 65 MPH Speed Limit."
1991-92: U.S. Department of Transportation, "Measuring the Impact of the 65 MPH Speed Limit."
1992-93: U.S. Department of Transportation, "Understanding and Forecasting the Growth Rate of Auto Travel."
1993-94: U.S. Department of Commerce, "Travel Behavior of Households Without Automobiles.
1993: U.S. Department of Transportation, Region 9 University Transportation Center, "Optimal Inspection and Maintenance Programs for Automobile Emissions." Jointly with Amihai Glazer and Daniel Klein.
1994-95: Universitywide Energy Research Group, California Energy Studies Program; "Forecasting the Growth of California VMT."
1994-95: U.S. Department of Transportation, Region 9 University Transportation Center: "What Really is the Growth Rate of Auto Travel?"
1995-96: U.S. Department of Transportation, Region 9 University Transportation Center: "Measuring the Impact of Transit-Linked Land Development and Urban-Form on Vehicle-Miles-Traveled." Jointly with Elizabeth Deakin.
1997-98: U.S. Department of Transportation, Region 9 University Transportation Center: "Estimating the Effects of Abolishing the National Maximum Speed Limit."
1997-2000: National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences: "Part-time Operators: Trends and Impacts." Jointly with Charles River Associates.
CONSULTING
1966: Economic Development Finance, TAN-ZAM Highway Study for The World Bank.
1970-71: Transportation Planning for Boulder, Colorado: URS Research Company.
1973-74: Costs and Benefits of Legal Aid, Law Center, University of Southern California.
1975: Senior Research Associate, Transportation Economics, for Charles River Associates, Cambridge.
1980: Transit Evaluation and Planning, Los Angeles County Transportation Commission.
1980: Costs and Efficiency of Alternative Labor Contracts, for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
1980-81: Route Evaluation Analysis and Effects of Part-Time Labor for Portland Tri-Met.
1976-85: Energy Research Consultant, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Tennessee; and Department of Energy, Conservation Branch, Washington, D.C.
1988: Review of the TEEMS Acid Rain Projections for the U.S. Department of Energy.
1988-89: Transit Consolidation Panel, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, San Francisco.
1992-93: Forecasting the effects of the AQMD ride-sharing program in Southern California, COMSIS Corporation.
1993: Member, "Blue Ribbon Panel" appointed by the Transportation Committee of the California Senate, to review proposed changes in the state's I/M program for automobile emissions.
1995: Member, External Review Panel, State of California's High Speed Rail Commission.
1995-97: United States Federal Trade Commission, patterns of automobile usage rates and aging.
1997-- : Charles River Associates, success and problems of part-time labor in the transit industry.
PRESENTATIONS -- past 10 years
"Things Won't Get a Lot Worse: The Future of U.S. Traffic Congestion," presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 1990.
"Federal Subsidies and the Ruinous Decline in Transit Productivity: It Wasn't Supposed to Turn Out Like This," presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 1990.
"Future Growth of Auto Travel in the U.S.: A Non-Problem," presented at the MIT Conference on Energy and the Environment. Cambridge, March, 1990.
"Rail Transit: A Skeptic's View," presented to the Industrial League of Orange County, Irvine, CA, August, 1990.
"National Energy Problems Revisited," panel member, the 70th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 1991.
"Urban Transportation Problems," FACS Journalism Conference, sponsored by the Ford Foundation, Atlanta, April 1991.
"Energy Projections for the California Transportation Sector," invited testimony before the California Energy Commission, Sacramento, May 1991.
"Should Federal CAFE Standards Be Raised?" invited testimony before the Committee on Fuel Economy of Automobiles and Light Trucks of the National Research Council, Irvine, July 11, 1991.
Keynote address, "The Spread of the Automobile Demon: What Can We Do?", conference on the Future of the Automobile, sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Wye, Maryland, April 13, 1992.
"The Future of Auto Travel in the U.S.," invited seminar presented at the Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, May 28, 1992.
Panel member, "The Economics of Energy," sponsored by the University Energy Research Group, Berkeley, California, June 26, 1992.
Panel synthesizer, "The Future of the Auto," sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Aspen, Colorado, July 13-18, 1992.
Invited Testimony: Transportation Analysis Hearings of the California Energy Commission, Sacramento, California, November 23, 1992.
"Automobile Saturation," invited paper for Transportation Panel of the Western Political Science Association, Pasadena, California, March 18, 1993.
"Orange County's Transportation Future," invited talk for Orange County Business Executives Round Table, Costa Mesa, California, May 20, 1993.
"Recommendations for Reforming the Smog Check Program," invited testimony to a joint session of the Assembly and Senate Transportation Committees of the California Leglislature, Sacramento, August 24, 1993.
"The Possibilities and Limitations of Engineering Solutions to Transportation Problems," invited testimony to California Council on Science and Technology, Irvine, October 21, 1993.
"Did the 55 MPH Speed Limit Save Lives," joint presentation with Patrick Elias, the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 1994.
"What Really is the Growth Rate of Vehicle Miles Traveled," the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 1994.
"Travel Patterns of Households Without Vehicles," invited paper for national conference on implications of the NPTS, sponsored by the US Department of Transportation. Washington, DC, April 21, 1994.
"Comparative Estimates of U.S. Auto Travel Growth," invited presentation, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, September 16, 1994.
Invited panel member, U.S. Department of Energy symposium on "The Transportation Future: Emerging Challenges and Choices," San Francisco, September 23, 1994.
Invited panel member, National Research Council "Environmental Roundtable," Beckman Center, Irvine, CA, November 4, 1994.
"The Growth of Auto Travel: Can Public Policy Make a Difference?" Invited presentation, Transportation Research Forum, Berkeley, CA, February 15, 1995.
"The Decline of Productivity in the Urban Transit Industry," invited presentation to the annual conference on Transit Productivity, Las Vegas, NV, February 27, 1995.
"Measuring the Growth Rate of U.S. Auto Travel," invited presentation, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, March 13, 1995.
"The Irrestable Force Meets the Immovable Objection," invited presentation, University of Calilifornia Kosmos Club, Berkeley, May 1, 1995.
Keynote speaker, Annual Meeting of the California Transit Association, "Productivity Declines and Financial Deficits," Sacramento, CA, May 2, 1995.
Panel Member, "Improving the Performance of In-Use Vehicle Emissions,": The 5th UCLA Transportation, Land Use, and Air Quality Symposium, Lake Arrowhead, October 17, 1995.
"Feasible Land Use Changes Cannot Increase Transit Patronage," invited presentation 20th World Congress, AIPCR, Montreal, Canada, October 26, 1995.
"Speed Limits and Safety? Not Necessarily" Invited luncheon keynote presentation, University of Minnesota public information series, November 18, 1997.
"Safer at Higher Speeds: Exploring the New Regime," invited presentation, conference on "Transportation and the Environment." Duke University, December 10, 1997.
"Rail Perspectives: Views and Voices," a panel on Light Train Transit for the Orange County Transportation Authority, University of California, Irvine August, 1999.
"Problems with Light Rail Transit." An interview for television station KOCE, September 7, 1999.
"Role of the Part-Time Position in Recruiting Full-Time Operators," presentation at the 80th Annual Meetings of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, January 9, 2001, Washington, D.C.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Economic Association
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Administration
American Statistical Association
Society for Applied Anthropology (Fellow)
Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
"Committee on Energy Conservation and Transportation Demand," of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1976 -- .
Member, Board of Trustees, Reed College, 1978-82.
Advisory panel on "Transit Productivity" of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., 1979.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Transportation Research, 1980-91, 1992-96.
"Committee to Develop Simplified Guidelines for Evaluating Transit Options in Urban Areas," for the Transp. Research Board, National Research Council, 1982-84.
"Commission to Evaluate the Costs and Benefits of the 55 MPH Speed Limit," for the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 1983-85.
Advisory Panel on Acid Rain Impacts of Transp. Emissions; Argonne Labs, 1988.
Bay Area Transit Consolidation Advisory Panel, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, San Francisco 1989-90.
Member, Board of Trustees, National Bureau of Economic Research; representing the American Economic Association, 1991 -- .
Steering Committee, project on the Future of the Automobile in the Urban Environment, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, 1991-94.
"Committee on Transportation Data and Information Systems," of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1992 -- .
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Transport Policy, 1993 -- .
Consultant, White House Conference on Global Climate Change, 1993-94.
Member, "Blue Ribbon Panel" appointed by the California Senate Transportation Committee to review proposed changes in the auto emissions program, 1993-94.
Member, Project Panel, "Understanding Transit Markets of the Future." Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1994 -- .
Member, Project Panel, "Effective Programs to Reduce Bus Accidents". Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1996 -- .
Member, "Committee for Guidance on Setting and enforcing Speed Limits," of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 1996-1998.
Contributing Editor, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 1996-97.
Member, "Committee for an International Comparison of Transit Policies," Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1997-2000.
Associate Editor, Access Magazine, published by the University of California, Berkeley, 1999 -- .
Member, "Committee for a Study of Public Sector Requirements for a Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS)," for the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council. Washington, D.C., 2000 -- .
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Vice Chair of the Irvine Academic Senate, 1978-80.
Faculty Chair, School of Social Sciences, 1978-81, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1994-97.
Chair, Department of Economics, 1978-81, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1989-92.
Chair of the Board of Directors, Irvine Campus Housing Authority, Inc. 1983-97.
Executive Committee, U.S. Dept. of Transp., Univ. Transportation Center, 1988-97.
Universitywide Committee on Academic Administrative Discipline, 1993-94.
Review Committee, Graduate School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley, 1994-95.
Director, Graduate Program in Transportation Sciences, UC Irvine, 1995-97.
Associate Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Irvine, 1995-97.
Dean Search Committee, School of Engineering, UC Irvine, 1995-96.
Faculty Assistant to the Chancellor, UC Irvine, 1996-97.
Current/Past Committee Service for the Academic Senate
Chair of: Educational Policy, Business and Finance, Faculty Welfare, Computer Users, Statewide Faculty Housing, Radiological Sciences Review, Biological Sciences Review, Freshmen Seminars, Student Writing Requirements, Comm. on Comm.
Vice-Chair of: Graduate Council, Faculty Club Board of Directors.
Member of: Executive Comm., Senate Advisory Comm., Statewide Welfare, Computer Policy, Parking and Transportation, Task Force on General Education, Planning and Budget, Task Force on Writing Excellence, Representative Assembly, and various ad hoc comm.
Current/Past Committee Service for the School of Social Sciences
Chair of: Merits and Promotions, Recruiting, Space, Research, Macro-Social Science Recruiting, Computer and Word Processing.
Vice Chair of: Dean Search Comm., Design of Social Sciences Unit II.
Member of: Executive Comm., Charter Revision Comm., Curriculum Comm., Personnel Comm., School Reorganization, and various ad hoc comm.
Current/Past Committee Service for the Campus Administration
Member of: Executive Comm. of the Institute of Transportation Studies (Statewide & Irvine), Campus Planning, Probation and Dismissal, Instructional Development, Resource Planning and Advisory, Quality of Management Steering Comm., Public Policy Research Organization Advisory Board, Parking, Chancellor's Advisory Comm. on Housing, Search Comm. for Director of I.T., Computer Pricing, Animal Research Policy, Dan and Jean Aldrich Scholarship Comm., Future of the Institute of Transportation Studies, Organization Comm. for the Department Chairs Forum, California Avenue Task Force, Science Library Advisory Group, I.T. Policy Advisory Comm., President's Comm. to Select a Director for UERG, Fullbright Scholar selection comm., and various ad hoc comm.