Research Bio

Daniel G. Chatman examines how transportation systems and land use jointly shape travel behavior, economic opportunity, and urban equity, with a focus on policies that are intended to reduce driving. He is best known for empirical studies that disentangle built environment effects from residential self-selection, evaluations of congestion-priced parking and transit-oriented development, and recent work on post-pandemic travel and state efforts to estimate how affordable housing developments may reduce vehicle miles traveled. Using survey experiments, quasi-experimental designs, and policy evaluation, his research clarifies how transportation investments and regulations influence auto use, access to jobs and other nonwork activities, and neighborhood change.

Chatman is Professor and Chair of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design and a faculty affiliate of the Institute of Transportation Studies. His scholarship appears in leading planning and transportation journals and informs debates over equitable, climate-forward mobility policy. His expertise spans travel behavior, land-use–transport interactions, and transportation policy analysis.

Research Expertise and Interest

transportation, urban planning, travel behavior, immigration, housing, agglomeration