Genevieve Giuliano
Director, METRANS
From her extensive research on how people travel, transportation expert Genevieve Giuliano debunks popular theories about highway congestion and mixed-use development.
Her recent research tracking travelers in the United States and Europe, for example, found that creating more high-density mixed-use development would not necessarily ease road congestion. Use of automobiles has more to do with income than with residential location, she says.
As both transportation researcher and director of METRANS — a university transportation center funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the California Department of Transportation — Giuliano has provided insights and published studies on public transit, travel patterns of the elderly, urban transportation and low-income commuters.