Discussion of Driving Mobility: The Role of Automobiles and Public Transit Deb Niemeier, University of California, Davis
Deb Niemeier is a Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at the University of California, Davis. Her research
interests focus on transportation-air quality modeling, energy
consumption and land use interactions, sustainability and the
project development process for major infrastructure projects.
She is the Director for the Sustainable Design Academy at UC
Davis and has just completed a 6-year term as Editor-in-Chief of
Transportation Research, Part A, the leading international
journal focused on transportation policy and practice.
In November 2014, the Center hosted the conference “Poverty and
Place,” which focused on the implications of geography and
population density have for poverty. This conference brought
together a unique mix of researchers, policy professionals and
industry leaders to discuss their work studying the people,
geography, and the safety net as it relates to persistent
poverty.
