Research 



Refereed Journal articles

Susan Handy and Amy Lee. 2020. What Is It About Bicycling? Evidence from Davis, California. Travel Behaviour and Society. 20: p. 348-357. DOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2020.05.001

Jamey Volker, Amy Lee, and Susan Handy. 2020. Induced Vehicle Travel in the Environmental Review Process. Transportation Research Record. DOI: 10.1177/0361198120923365

Jamey Volker, Joe Kaylor, and Amy Lee. 2019. A New Metric in Town: A Survey of Local Planners on California’s Switch from LOS to VMT. Transport Findings, November. Open Access.

Jamey Volker, Amy Lee, and Dillon Fitch. 2019. Streamlining the Development Approval Process in a Post-Level of Service Los Angeles. Journal of the American Planning Association. 85(2): p. 114-132. DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2019.1601587

Gian-Claudia Sciara and Amy Lee. 2018. Allocating Transportation Revenues to Support Climate Policies in California and Beyond. California Journal of Politics and Policy. 10(1). DOI: 10.5070/P2cjpp10139474

Amy Lee and Susan Handy. 2018. Leaving Level-of-Service Behind: The Implications of a Shift to VMT Performance Metrics. Research in Transportation Business and Management. 29: p. 14-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2018.02.003

Amy Lee, Sarah Underwood, and Susan Handy. 2015. Crashes and other safety-related incidents in the formation of attitudes toward bicycling. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. 28: p. 14–24. DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2014.11.001

Sarah Underwood, Susan Handy, Debora Paterniti, and Amy Lee. 2014. Why do teens abandon bicycling? A retrospective look at attitudes and behaviors. Journal of Transport & Health. 1(1): 17–24. DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2013.12.002


Plans, White papers, & Research Reports

Amy Lee. 2023. The Policy and Politics of Highway Expansions. Doctoral dissertation. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/13x3n8zr

Amy Lee and Susan Handy. 2021. Putting Our Cash Where Our Climate Policy Is: Transportation Funding versus Planning for Climate Protection Among California MPOs. Part 2 in “MPO Planning and Implementation of State Policy Goals”. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7p8096mh

Elizabeth Deakin, …, Amy Lee, …, et al. 2021. Evaluation of California State and Regional Transportation Plans and Their Prospects for Attaining State Goals. (AKA: California Transportation Assessment Report Pursuant to AB 285) https://escholarship.org/uc/item/50j4b4r8

Amy Lee. 2020. Results of the 2019-2020 Campus Travel Survey. National Center for Sustainable Transportation. Online.

Amy Lee and Jamey Volker. 2020. The Cannery Mixed-Use Project (Davis, CA) Case Study. Prepared for the California Senate Bill 743 Implementation Assistance Project. www.SB743.org/casestudies.

Amy Lee. 2020. State Route 210 Widening, San Bernardino County Case Study. Prepared for the California Senate Bill 743 Implementation Assistance Project. www.SB743.org/casestudies.

Alex Steinberger and Amy Lee. 2020. City of Woodland 2035 General Plan Update Case Study. Prepared for the California Senate Bill 743 Implementation Assistance Project. www.SB743.org/casestudies.

Amy Lee. 2019. Results of the 2018-2019 Campus Travel Survey. National Center for Sustainable Transportation. Online.

Gian-Claudia Sciara and Amy Lee. 2018. Aligning California’s Transportation Funding with its Climate Policies. National Center for Sustainable Transportation. Online.

Amy Lee. 2017. Leaving Level-of-Service Behind: The Implications of a Shift to VMT Performance Metrics for California’s Built Environment. Unpublished master’s thesis. University of California, Davis. Download.

Amy Lee, Kevin Fang, and Susan Handy. 2017. Estimating Project-Level VMT Reductions: How Do Sketch-Level Tools Perform? CALPlanner: Planning News & Updates from APA California. Volume 17; Issue 4. Online.

Amy Lee, Kevin Fang, and Susan Handy. 2017. Evaluation of Sketch-Level Vehicle Miles Traveled Quantification Tools: Strategic Growth Council Grant Programs Evaluation Support Project. National Center for Sustainable Transportation. Online.

Electric Vehicle Readiness and Infrastructure Plan. Prepared for the County of Sacramento and the Cities Within. Sacramento Area PEV Collaborative. 2017.

Yolo County Case Study: Context-Sensitive Economic Development West of 505. Sacramento Area Council of Governments. 2015. Online.

Sacramento Regional Agricultural Infrastructure Project: Yuba County Case Study. Sacramento Area Council of Governments. 2014. Online.

Take Charge: An Infrastructure Roadmap for EVs. Sacramento Area Council of Governments. 2013. Online.