Amir Hassanpour
New report on Four-Year Trends of Personal Mobility Devices in Metropolitan Vancouver
See the results of our recent report on the evolution of mode share, speeds, and comfort in off-street paths here.
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 […]
Pegah Ghane
MASc Student Graduate Research Assistant
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 […]
Human-electric hybrid vehicles: Report release
A new report published by researchers at REACT Lab investigates the implications of the new non-auto mobility options in Metro Vancouver.
REACT Lab research presented at the 2021 UBC 3MT Competition
Ph.D. Student Amir Hassanpour presents at the 2021 UBC 3 minute thesis (3MT) competition (Physical Activity Heat) and won first prize.