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Gathering researchers, practitioners, and partners, the Center for Airport Transportation Resilience (CATRes) held a kick-off meeting Oct. 18, 2024 at ATAC headquarters in Santa Clara, CA, in person and online. Read more

In November 2024, ITS awarded a four-campus proposal “Restorative and Racial Justice in Reconnecting Communities" in the amount of $400,000. The project goal is to improve restorative justice (RJ) practices in transportation and infrastructure planning.



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The Institute of Transportation Studies Berkeley (ITS Berkeley) and Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) are pleased to announce that UC Berkeley alum Justin Wiley (’09) has joined as the new Strategy and Development Director

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Do, Montilla Awarded Eisenhower Fellowships

Miller, Walls Accepted to CTF Transportation Education Symposium

Fu Awarded AAa/e Scholarship, selected as 2024 Rising Star in Mechanical Engineering

Gonzalez Receives 2024 Lagrange-CRT Foundation Prize

Rakas Elected to AIAA Class of 2025 Associate Fellows

The University Transportation Center's Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) Annual Congress will be hosted March 24-25, 2025. PSR is opening registration and a call for abstracts within four themes for its 2025 program "Moving Forward: Improving Transportation in Region 9".

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TRANSOC students celebrate Transit Month by hosting "Transit Agency Mayhem", a speedrun across the Bay Area that challenged participants to use as many different transit agencies as possible.



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Get to know the Deputy Grant Director for SafeTREC's Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program, Kris Leckie in this edition of the ITS Staff Spotlight Series!



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News Bits

• Find ITS Berkeley at TRB 2025
• Lu participates in DOE Driving Automation Demo
• Inaugural CEE Highlights Event attracts 250+ attendees from CEE community
• Hosbey receives Berkeley Climate and Equity Seed Grant
• ITS Berkeley and CITRIS concludes the Fall 2024 Seminar Series
• UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce the release of the 2024 series of Traffic Safety Fact Sheets, which feature traffic safety data and trends at the national and state level on a variety of road safety topics. This series also highlights the Safe System approach to road safety, which the United States Department of Transportation uses to work towards zero roadway fatalities and serious injuries.

New Research:

• Mobiliti: A Digital Twin for Regional Transportation Network Design and Evaluation (in Digital Twins, Simulation, and the Metaverse: Driving Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Physical World through Simulation in the Virtual Worlds)
• SafeTREC Seminar Dec 12: Policy and Planning at the Alameda County Transportation Commission
• Fueling & Financing: Addressing the Urgent Challenges Facing Electric Heavy-Duty Vehicle Deployment
• New Publications Page

Media appearances:

• California High Speed Rail
• The Cost of Lightning
• Caltrain Celebrates Electric Service
• Will California be the first state to regulate flight emissions?
• Labor advocates sue Metro over $730-million contract to build subway cars. Will it hurt Olympic planning?
• In Transit: Cars are getting bigger and more dangerous. What can we do about it?

Kudos and Welcomes

• SafeTREC is excited to introduce new staff Sujin Lee as Postdoctoral Scholar, focusing on regional characteristics' intersection with transportation safety. Learn more about Sujin.
• SafeTREC is looking forward to working with new staff Fiona Norton who is now a Research Data Analyst at SafeTREC. Learn more about Fiona.
• Welcome to Justin Wiley, our new ITS and PATH Strategy and Development Director. Learn more about Justin.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6

ITS Library (412A McLaughlin Hall)

2 p.m.

ITS Winter Party and Bake-Off

Come join ITS Berkeley Dec. 6, 2024 2-4 pm in the ITS Library in McLaughlin Hall for end of the year fun. ITS will provide drinks and savory snacks, but we’re calling on all our bakers to help us put the finishing touch on our party. Party goers will help be the judges!

SUNDAY, JANUARY 5

Cuba Libre Restaurant and Rum Bar

6:30 p.m.

2025 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Reception

Connect with friends and alumni to celebrate the 2025 TRB Annual Meeting from 6:30-8:30 pm on Jan. 5 at Cuba Libre.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24

410 McLaughlin Hall

3 p.m.

Transportation Seminar

Gioele Zardini, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rudge (1948) and Nancy Allen Assistant Professor, will present at the ITS Transportation Seminar on Friday, January 24, 2025 at 3 pm in 410 McLaughlin Hall. Join us for Cookie Hour at 2:30 in the ITS Library (412 McLaughlin Hall).

FRIDAY, JANUARY 31

410 McLaughlin Hall

3 p.m.

Can Usage-Based Pricing Reduce Congestion: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Shoshana Vasserman, Assistant Professor, Economics, Center Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford Graduate School of Business will present Can Usage-Based Pricing Reduce Congestion: Evidence from a Field Experiment at the ITS Transportation Seminar on Friday, January 31, 2025 at 3 pm in 410 McLaughlin Hall. Join us for Cookie Hour at 2:30 in the ITS Library (412 McLaughlin Hall).

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7

410 McLaughlin Hall

3 p.m.

Conception and Development of the Alameda Corridor

Robert Leachman, UC Berkeley Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Professor Emeritus, will present Conception and Development of the Alameda Corridor at the ITS Transportation Seminar on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 at 3 pm in 410 McLaughlin Hall. Join us for Cookie Hour at 2:30 in the ITS Library (412 McLaughlin Hall).