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ITS Berkeley welcomed University of California, Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) Toks Omishakin, explored Building a Foundation: 75 years of ITS contributions, ITS and the Future: Emerging Opportunities for the Next Decade, and held a student poster session, reception, brunch, and a ping pong tournament Oct. 14 and 15 2022 to kick off our 75th anniversary year, read more about the festivities.

University of California, Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ

Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) Toks Omishakin

State Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) recently visited the UC Berkeley campus, where he met with ITS Berkeley leadership, Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) Faculty Director Scott Moura, Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) Co-Director Tim Lipman and Center for Smart Infrastructure's Tracy Becker to learn about innovative research projects and ideas. Read more about the visit

Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology recently gathered to celebrate employees who retired over the last couple of years: Alexander Skabardonis, Bob Meade, Ching-Yao Chan, David Nelson, Joe Butler, Thomas West, Wei-Bin Zhang, and Xiao-Yun Lu. See pictures from the event

Congratulations to Department of City and Regional Planning doctoral students Cheng-Kai Hsu and Meiqing Li on receiving the Wendy Tao International Smart Cities Fellowship.

Read more about the fellowship

The Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley (ITS Berkeley) is excited to announce San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) Transportation Policy Director Laura Tolkoff has been appointed to serve on the University of California Institute of Transportation Studies (UC ITS) Board of Advisors.

Read more about Laura

UC Berkeley Robert S. Cornish Endowed Chair of Regional Planning and Lecturer in City & Regional Planning Egon Terplan joins the ranks of ITS Senior Fellows. He is a specialist in regional economic development, land use, transportation, government reform and regional policy and currently writes about and advises on infrastructure, urban revitalization, economic development, region policy, and other topics. Read more about Egon

• New Research:
• The Emergence of Shared E-scooters: Prioritizing Safety
• A metrics-based method for evaluating corridors for urban air mobility operations
• Media appearances: 
• Thousands of EV chargers will soon line America’s highways
• Has Berkeley declared a ‘war on cars’? One bike lane has come to symbolize a larger battle
• Highway carbon rule an early test of SCOTUS climate ruling
• Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation to End Local Parking Mandate
• California Considers Proposal To Ban Diesel Big Rig Trucks
• Applications are open:
• 2023 Complete Streets Safety Assessment Program
• 2023 Tribal Transportation Safety Assessment Program
• Welcome new staff: Please welcome new TechTransfer Event Specialist Mali Williams.
• Kudos: To the central ITS office (Helen, Kendra, Laura, and Amanda) for their wonderful leadership and skill in putting together a successful 75^th celebration! Without their critical contributions that event would not have been possible!

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2022

Aligning the TransportationSystem to Climate and Equity Goals: Panel to discuss next steps for the California Transportation Assessment (AB 285)

Panel Discussion | December 2 | 3 p.m. | 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Panelist/Discussants: Elisa Barbour, Professional Researcher, Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis; Darwin Moosavi, Deputy Secretary, Environment & Housing, CalSTA

Moderator: Egon Terplan, Robert S. Cornish Endowed Chair of Regional Planning and Lecturer, City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2022

ITS Berkeley End of Year Holiday Party

Social Gathering | December 9 | 3-5 p.m. | ITS Library (412 McLaughlin Hall)

Please join ITS Berkeley for the End of Year Holiday Party on Dec. 9, 2022 from 3-5 pm in the ITS Library.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2022

Pavement Life Cycle Cost Analysis: The Basics

Course | December 13 | 2-4 p.m. | Online

This class has two two-hour sessions, held between December 13-14, 2022 from 2-4pm. For everything you need to know about this course, click here.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2023

ITS Berkeley TRB Reception

Celebration | January 8 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar - Washington, D.C.

Join ITS Berkeley at the Annual Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting for a reception with friends, faculty, staff, students, and alumni at Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar - Washington, D.C. on Jan. 8, 2023 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.