2024 PSR Congress Announcement:

March 11 and 12 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

The Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) University Transportation Center (UTC) is proud to honor exceptional students from member institutions for their promise in the transportation field. Students in doctoral, masters, undergraduate, community college, and professional development programs are recognized for their technical and research merit, academic, and leadership capabilities.

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The Transportation Research Board (TRB) awarded Professor Susan Handy with the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship at TRB’s annual conference in Washington, D.C. Handy is the Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science and Policy and Director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California, Davis, a member of PSR. The Lectureship is an honor conferred upon one academic leader associated with TRB every year.

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• CITT Interim Executive Director Tyler Reeb quoted in L.A. Times on the impact of Red Sea turmoil on San Pedro Bay Ports.
• Genevieve Giuliano quoted in the San Diego Union Tribune on the impact of climate change on San Diego's coastal rail corridor.

The METRANS Transportation Consortium was established in 1998 as the first University Transportation Center in Southern California. METRANS is a joint partnership of the University of Southern California (USC) and California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).

METRANS' mission is to solve transportation problems of large metropolitan regions through interdisciplinary research, education and outreach. Its three primary objectives are: (1) fostering independent, high quality research to solve the nation's transportation problems; (2) training the next generation transportation workforce; and (3) disseminating information, best practices, and technology to the professional community.