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  • As first term comes to a close, we want to introduce this year’s newest REACT Lab members – welcome to Yingjie, Eric, and Pegah!

    Yingjie is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Transportation Engineering at Tongji University, in Shanghai, China and has joined REACT Lab as an international visiting student. His research focuses on the carbon emission calculation of urban passenger transportation systems, and naturalistic bicycle studies focusing on cycling behavior. Yingjie hopes to contribute meaningful insights towards […]

  • Congrats to all of the communities acknowledged at CEA’s 2023 Climate & Energy Action Awards

    The District of Sannich, Greater Victoria Community Social Planning Council, and the UBC REACT Lab has won Community Energy Association’s Climate & Energy Action Award. To read more about this, please visit CEA’s blogpost here.

  • B.C. split on safety of self-driving cars – gradual introduction needed to build comfort among all road users.

    A REACT Lab study conducted by PhD Candidate Gurdiljot Gill and lab head Dr. Alexander Bigazzi revealed British Columbian’s mixed perceptions of automated vehicles, particularly their effects on pedestrian comfort and safety. The TransLink-funded study engaged 1,133 participants from across B.C. and aimed to assess public sentiment toward self-driving vehicles (SDVs). Key takeaways from the study include:– 41% of participants […]

  • Lab head Alexander Bigazzi and PhD student Amir Hassanpour will be presenting at BCRPA’s Symposium on May 3rd in Vancouver

    Lab head Alexander Bigazzi and PhD student Amir Hassanpour will be presenting at BCRPA’s Symposium on May 3rd in Vancouver for recreation and parks leaders from across the province. Their session, Managing Multi-Use Paths in the Era of Electric-Assist Micro-Mobility, will discuss strategies for managing conflicts among path users, particularly with e-bikes, e-scooters, and other new devices.The broader Symposium […]

  • Introductory soldering workshop during our team meeting

    To assist with the preparation of various electronic devices for upcoming fieldwork and on-bike data collections, REACT Lab recently held an introductory soldering workshop during their bi-weekly meeting. The students had a crash course on soldering basics from lab head, Dr. Alex Bigazzi, including a hands-on training session where they practiced soldering to a proto-board, […]

  • REACT Lab at TRBAM 2023

    REACT Lab was well represented last week at the 102nd Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. In attendance alongside REACT Lab Head Dr. Alexander Bigazzi were alumni Emily Bardutz, presenting a poster on perceptions of pedestrian comfort and safety for interactions with self-driven versus human-driven vehicles, and Hamed Barkh, hosting a poster on road grade […]

Welcome to REACT Lab at UBC

React Lab is a group of researchers dedicated to finding ways to make our transportation systems more effective, sustainable, equitable, and healthy. Our current research focuses on utilitarian bicycle and pedestrian travel analysis and modeling (speed and route choices, facility and network design, comfort and safety, energy expenditure, air pollution uptake, and more). We do this work on the unceded lands of the Coast Salish nations, with the guiding values of integrity, rigor, creativity, and empathy.

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The latest research projects our lab has been working on.

Micromobility growth and regulation: Multi-year trends in volume and speed for 27 types of personal mobility devices

2023 – 2024

Evidence-based design of off-street paths and cycleways: Fundamental traffic engineering parameters for bicycles and micromobility devices

2023 – 2028

Equity impacts of income-dependent e-bike purchase incentives

2023 – 2025

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Are you a prospective student hoping to work with our lab? We have some opportunities for you to join our team and work on great projects! Follow the link below to see if you meet the qualifications and submit an application.

Prospective students

News

  • UBC REACT Lab Wins 2023 Climate Action Award
    October 10, 2023
  • UBC Civil in the Media – Are self-driving cars safe?
    August 31, 2023
  • UBC Civil in the Media – E-bike rebates are now available in B.C. and they’re expected to be popular
    June 23, 2023
  • Metro Vancouver can safely integrate most new electric-powered mobility devices, study finds
    June 2, 2022
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React Lab, Civil Engineering
Vancouver Campus
2029 - 6250 Applied Science Lane
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel 604 822 4426
Email alex.bigazzi@ubc.ca
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