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ITS is excited welcome 66 new transportation students! There are 26 new MS students, 15 new MEng students, 1new TE PhD student, 1 new MS/MCP student, 21 new MCP students and 2 new DCRP PhD students this year.

In August 2024, ITS awarded the first of 7 projects through the Statewide Transportation Research Program (STRP), funded by the Road Repair and Accountability Act (Senate Bill 1) for a total amount of $595,000. 





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Congratulations to this year's ITS Award winners! Awards were presented Aug. 21, 2024 during a ceremony at the Richmond Field Station.




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ITS Berkeley is excited to welcome Arielle Fleisher, Policy Development and Research Manager at Waymo, Dr. Brien Seeley, pioneering leader of aviation technology, and Dr. Ann Xu, co-founder and CEO of ElectroTempo, Inc, to the ranks of our ITS Senior Fellows.

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Joyce Jiayu Chen Receives ITS CA-CTF Scholarship



Yati Liu Receives Wadell Fellowship



Berkeley Paper Wins Best Paper Award at ICRAT




Bayen Receives IEEE Awards



Lutzker Selected as a Computational Social Sciences Fellow


The Institute of Transportation Studies Berkeley welcomed visiting delegations from Baja California (Mexico) State Energy Commission, Alianza MX, and the California Energy Commission on Tuesday, August 20, 2024.




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Get to know Transportations Sustainability Research Center's Adam Cohen in this edition of ITS Staff Spotlight Series!





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News bits

  • SafeTREC's VR Bicycle Simulator featured at 10th Annual STEM Exploration Camp: UC Berkeley SafeTREC was honored to participate as part of the 10th Annual STEM Exploration Camp hosted by Self-eSTEM, whose mission is to ignite pride, purpose, and possibility among BIPOC girls and women through STEM. For the event, SafeTREC provided their Virtual Reality (VR) bike simulator from the Bicycle Level of Service (BLOS) research project as an immersive and engaging learning opportunity for the camp Innovators to gain a deeper understanding of transportation and environmental design. Watch this video to learn more about the event.
  • Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology launched their new website, check it out here.
  • Athanasopoulos-Zekkos receives CSMIP Grant
  • ITS Alum Ryan Russo Leads NACTO as Executive DirectorITS Alum Ryan Russo Leads NACTO as Executive Director
  • Jiang, Sengupta present at ITSC 2025


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Kudos and Welcomes

  • SafeTREC Welcomes New Staff Matthew Raifman and Megan Wier. SafeTREC is excited to introduce Matthew Raifman as Transportation Safety Researcher and Megan Wier as lecturer for the UC Berkeley fall course Injury Prevention and Control. Learn more about the work Matt and Megan will be doing at SafeTREC.
  • ITS Berkeley welcomes Thomas Götschi, Research Data Analyst, who will be working on quantitative risk assessments of transportation policies, their health outcomes, and their climate co-benefits with Professor Daniel Rodriguez and Salud Urbana en America Latina - SALURBAL. Learn more about Thomas.


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4

410 McLaughlin Hall

3 p.m.

Transportation Seminar: Perspectives on Transportation Equity

Jesus Barajas, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, will present Perspectives on Transportation Equity at the ITS Berkeley Transportation Seminar on Friday October 4, 2024 at 3 pm in 410 McLaughlin Hall. Join us for Cookie Hour in the ITS Library (412) McLaughlin Hall at 2:30 pm.


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11

410 McLaughlin Hall

3 p.m.

Transportation Seminar: Advancing Towards a Smarter and More Sustainable Transportation System

Corey Harper, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University will present Advancing Towards a Smarter and More Sustainable Transportation System at the ITS Berkeley Transportation Seminar on Oct. 11, 2024 at 3 p.m. in 410 McLaughlin Hall. Join us for Cookie Hour at 2:30 p.m. in the ITS Library (412 McLaughlin Hall).


THURSDAY OCTOBER 17

Webinar

2 p.m.

Hydrogen at the Crossroads: Scaling Infrastructure, Vehicles, and Workforce for a Zero-Emission Transportation Future in California

California’s commitment to hydrogen as a clean transportation fuel is ramping up with a landmark $12.6 billion agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES) consortium to build a renewable Hydrogen Hub in the state. Are we at a tipping point for hydrogen in California’s zero-emission transportation future? Join ARCHES and the UC Institute of Transportation Studies (UC ITS) to explore what a hydrogen transition in transportation could mean for California, including what it might cost, workforce implications, and the feasibility of delivering “green” low-carbon hydrogen. Speakers will share new research on the scale and pace of investment needed to deliver hydrogen distribution systems and refueling stations to meet growing demand, the availability and cost of hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks and passenger vehicles over the next decade and beyond, the latest carbon intensity estimates for hydrogen production, and the workforce implications of building out a hydrogen system in California. Industry experts will offer perspective on research implications to California’s growing hydrogen economy, policy, and future research directions.


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall

3 p.m.

Fall 2024 Charting New Paths speaker series: Emerging Aviation Technology: Autonomy

Lina Yang, Head of Intelligent Systems at Supernal, will present Emerging Aviation Technology: Autonomy at the Charting New Paths lecture on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 from 3–4 p.m. in the Banatao Auditorium in Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus.


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25

Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall Berkeley

3 p.m.

Fall 2024 Charting New Paths speaker series: The Use of Technology to Improve Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety

Linda Hill, Transportation Research and Education for Driving Safety (TREDS) Center Director ,Distinguished Professor and Founding Faculty of the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, UC San Diego, will present The Use of Technology to Improve Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety at the Charting New Paths lecture on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 from 3–4 p.m. in the Banatao Auditorium in Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus.


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1

Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall

3 p.m.

Fall 2024 Charting New Paths speaker series: Transportation Planning in a Time of Transition

Kate Gordon, CEO of California Forward, will presentTransforming Transportation: Bringing Science to Policy at the Charting New Paths lecture on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 from 3–4 p.m. in the Banatao Auditorium inSutardja Dai Hallon the UC Berkeley campus.

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