This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $610,000 to the University of Florida to conduct a collaborative research project titled "Safe Bicycle Infrastructure: Preparing for an E-Bike Future". The project aims to improve bicycle infrastructure planning and design across U.S. communities to promote safer and more widespread e-bike use. The research will study how different types of...
This $275,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of a safer and more user-friendly electric bicycle. The key objectives are to create an advanced electric bicycle with an electronic drivetrain, balance assist, and artificial intelligence-based controls to enhance safety, maneuverability, and accessibility for a wide range of users. The funded work involves...
This five-year, $549,037 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports research at the University of Michigan-Dearborn to develop a framework for studying driver-bicyclist interactions and improve bicycling safety. Funded through NSF's Engineering Directorate under the CFDA 47.041 program, this early career faculty award will address gaps in understanding how drivers and bicyclists interact on roadways. Key products include observational studies using naturalistic driving, cycling and drone...
This $449,943 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative research project titled "Planning for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure - Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI)." The project, led by New York University (NYU), aims to understand the broader social and economic impacts of electric vehicle charging station (EVCS) placement on community mobility, social...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,197,612 project grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of California, Los Angeles for the period of October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The grant funds the Civic Bicycling Collective Infrastructure project which aims to promote bicycle commuting through collaborative online and mobile systems. Key products and services include a mobile application from RideAmigos to provide...
This $115,014 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research to develop a human-centered planning framework for public electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. The research aims to integrate human cognitive processes and social impacts into engineering models to ensure the long-term community benefits of nationwide public charging networks. Key activities include using survey data...
This $150,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program aims to develop and deploy low-cost, battery-powered smart cameras to democratize urban mobility data acquisition, especially in underserved communities. The research will focus on creating new control and perception algorithms to efficiently operate these smart cameras within battery and computational constraints. Key project elements...
The University of Chicago was awarded a $600,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2024. The grant is part of NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), which aims to promote basic research and education in these fields as well as monitor science resources. Under this award, the University will conduct research on the economics of electric vehicles...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $799,986 will support research into developing an online learning framework for emerging mobility systems through June 2025. Funded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, the Trustees of Boston University will consolidate real-world transportation data to establish approaches for optimally controlling cyber-physical systems. Researchers will merge learning and control methods to enhance accessibility, safety, and...
This $149,786 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research into the placement of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and their broader social and economic impacts. The project integrates computational social science, urban resilience, behavioral science, and complex systems modeling to optimize the deployment of EV charging infrastructure in a way that boosts the economic...
This $140,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program to The Johns Hopkins University on September 15, 2024. The grant funds a collaborative research project entitled "SAI: Safe Bicycle Infrastructure: Preparing for an E-Bike Future" that aims to improve bicycle infrastructure planning and design across U.S. communities to promote safer and more widespread use of electric bicycles (e-bikes). The project will study how different types of bicycle facilities affect cyclists' and e-cyclists' perceptions of comfort and safety, as well as their riding behavior, to help transportation planners make better infrastructure investment decisions. The research team will develop and test a novel socioecological theory of planned behavior model by collecting and analyzing multi-sourced data, including surveys, interviews, bike trip trajectories, and street imagery, coupled with state-of-the-art generative AI technologies and modeling approaches. This research is expected to be completed by August 31, 2027.