Research Expertise and Interest
transportation economics, policy and planning, air transportation, public transportation
Research Description
Mark Hansen is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. Hansen’s research focuses on urban transportation planning, modeling air transport systems, air traffic flow management, and aviation systems performance analysis. He is the Berkeley co-director of the National Center of Excellence in Aviation Operations Research, a multi-university consortium sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration. Hansen also received the Horonjeff Award for his research work in air transport in 1985.
In the News
Flight delays cost $32.9 billion, passengers foot half the bill
Delays from domestic flights put a $32.9 million dent into the U.S. economy, and half that cost is borne by airline passengers, according to a new report led by UC Berkeley researchers. The final report was delivered Oct. 18 to the Federal Aviation Administration, which commissioned the study.
California high-speed rail ridership forecast not reliable, study finds
The California High-Speed Rail Authority's forecasts of demand and ridership for a new San Francisco-to-Los Angeles high-speed train are not reliable because they are based on an inconsistent model, according to a new study by researchers at UC Berkeley's Institute of Transportation Studies. The study is the first academic review of the rail authority's ridership forecasts, which was included in California's successful application for federal stimulus dollars.