Dr. Susan Handy

Susan Handy is a Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science and Policy and Director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California, Davis, where she also chairs the graduate program in Transportation Technology and Policy. Her research focuses on strategies for reducing automobile dependence, including bicycling as a mode of transportation. She is the author of Shifting Gears, to be published in October 2023.

What was your first job?

Paper delivery person

Where's your hometown? 

Bay Area

What does your research focus on?

Reducing car dependence