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    • Emissions and air quality
    • Micromobility and e-bikes
    • Comfort and safety
    • Travel behaviour
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    • Cycling Speed and Energy
    • E-Bike Impacts & Incentives
    • Perceptions of Comfort and Safety
    • Data and Methods for Cycling Analysis
    • Consequential/Marginal Emissions Accounting
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  • 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.

  • Congrats to our newest grads Steve and Gurdil – wishing you all the best!

  • New report on Saanich’s e-bike incentive program

    See the results of our recent report quantifying the travel and greenhouse gas impacts of an e-bike purchase incentive program in Saanich, BC: Results page.

  • 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 […]

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 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.

We are also delighted to be part of the Rethinking the Right-of-Way (ReROW) research cluster at UBC.

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Research Projects

The latest research projects our lab has been working on.

Human-centered sustainable transportation infrastructure in British Columbia: An inclusive approach to design based on diverse experiences of walking and cycling

2025 – 2027

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

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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

  • Dr. Alex Bigazzi on What’s Behind TransLink’s Summer Fare Increase
    April 4, 2025
  • Dr. Alexander Bigazzi Wins Wall Legacy Award for Inclusive, Sustainable Transport Design
    December 10, 2024
  • UBC Civil Engineering finds e-bike incentives worth the investment
    May 6, 2024
  • UBC REACT Lab Wins 2023 Climate Action Award
    October 10, 2023
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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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