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ITS Berkeley Meets with Legislator in Washington DC

While the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) Berkeley was in full force at the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine’s Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting Jan. 8-12, 2023 in Washington DC, several of our faculty and researchers took the opportunity to meet with legislators, staffers, and alumni on Capitol Hill. Read more about the visit!

Shaheen, Quirk Appointed to CARB, Walker Named Next CEE Chair, Soga Inducted into NAE

Congratulations to Civil and Environmental Engineering professor and Transportation Sustainability Research Center Co-Director Susan Shaheen and ITS Senior Fellow Bill Quirk on their recent appointment to the California Air Resources Board! Read more Congratulations to CEE Professor Joan Walker on her recent appoint as CEE Department Chair, effective July 1, 2023. Read more Congratulations to ITS affilaite, CEE Professor, and Center for Smart Infrastructure director Kenichi Soga on his induction into the National Academy of Engineering. Read more

Pan and Nichols Earn Student of the Year Awards; Parker Earns Top Ranking Award

Congratulations to CEE doctoral student Alexandra Pan on recently being named student of the year by the Telemobility University Transportation Center (UTC). Read more CSCRS is proud to announce CEE doctoral student Aqshems Nichols, as its 2022 Outstanding Student of the Year. Read more DCRP doctoral student Madeleine Parker earns Top Ranked Doctoral Fellowship Fellow Award. Read more

ITS Berkeley Recap From TRB

ITS Berkeley faculty, students, staff, and research appeared in over 40 sessions at TRB this year, won several awards, and attended hundreds of sessions at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Jan. 8-12, 2023 in Washington DC. Read more

Moura, Zekkos Receive 2022 CITRIS Seed Awards

Congratulations to PATH Faculty Director and CEE professor Scott Moura and CEE professor Dimitrios Zekkos on receiving Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) at the University of California (UC) 2022 CITRIS Seed Awards. Read more

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NEWS BITS & KUDOS

News bits:
TechTransfer has a new LinkedIn page, check it out and follow
City and Regional Planning recent graduate Marcel Moran presented Which Streets are Complete? Mapping Pedestrian and Transit Infrastructure at Scale in San Francisco, CA at the University of Chicago Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation’s Postdoctoral Candidate Colloquium Series on Feb. 1, 2023.
Congratulations to SafeTREC Co-Director Offer Grembek on his new job. After 15 years at SafeTREC, he is moving into the private sector to work on safety research in the next few weeks.
New Research:
Simulating the Impact of Dynamic Rerouting on Metropolitan-Scale Traffic Systems
Socially-aware evaluation framework for transportation
Simulating the Integration of Urban Air Mobility into Existing Transportation Systems: A Survey
Is informal transport flexible?
Formalization of East Jerusalem public transport: Mobility, politics and planning
Media appearances:
How Can We Make Air Travel Greener (Besides Never Flying Again)?
What can S.F. learn from Waymo in Arizona?
Applications are open:
2023 Complete Streets Safety Assessment Program
Applications open for community pedestrian and bicycle safety trainings and technical assistance available for communities throughout California
Videos:
Past ITS Transportation Seminars
In Memoriam:
Save the Date: The Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department has scheduled a memorial for Pravin Varaiya on April 19, 2023 (Wednesday) between 3:30 pm and 6 pm in the Wozniak Lounge/Terrace (4th floor Soda Hall). More information to follow.

EVENTS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Work@Work Wednesday

Seminar | February 22 | 10:30-11:30 am | ITS Library (412 McLaughlin)

ITS affiliated faculty, staff, GSRs and GSIs, take a break and join ITS Berkeley for coffee and donuts in the Institute of Transportation Studies Library, 412 Mc Laughlin Hall on Feb. 22, 2023 from 10:30-11:30 am.

CSCRS Webinar: Peer Influence and the Perceptions of Safety

Seminar | February 22 | 11:30-noon | Online

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Disability, Transportation, and Accessibility: New Trends and Longstanding Challenges in the US

Seminar | February 24 | 3 p.m. | McLaughlin Hall, ITS Library (room 412)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Flixbus and Greyhound: How can David and Goliath win together?

Panel Discussion | February 27 | 10 a.m. | Haas School of Business, Spieker Forum

Asphalt Concrete Materials and Mix

Course | February 27 | 2-4 p.m. | Online

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2023

Funding and Programming Transportation Projects in California