December 2025 News

Undergraduate Students from the USC Price School of Public Policy Connect with California State Senator Laura Richardson

Photo Credit: Akilah Graham

On October 22, 2025, over 60 USC Price School of Public Policy undergraduate students had the opportunity to meet California State Senator Laura Richardson and engage in a discussion about her career in politics across the local, city, state, and federal levels. Dr. Marlon Boarnet, Professor of Public Policy at USC, led the discussion with Senator Richardson. Discussion topics included career advice for students, California’s affordability issue, and the 2025 Pacific Palisades fire.

Dr. Marlon Boarnet Joins Panel at the 2025 Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Forum Hosted by UC Riverside

Dr. Marlon Boarnet, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the METRANS Transportation Consortium, joined the lineup of speakers at the 2025 Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Forum, Driving the Future– ITS for Safer, Smarter, and Sustainable Mobility on October 28, 2025. Boarnet joined the panel titled Intelligent Transportation Systems for Safety and Congestion Management – Measuring Impact. The event was part of the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) week-long Plenary on Intelligent Transport Systems and was hosted by the Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) and Research and Economic Development (RED) at the University of California, Riverside.

From left to right: Dr Marlon Boarnet, Professor of Public Policy at USC; Dr. Peng Hao, Associate Research Engineer, UC Riverside; András Csepinszky, Founder & CEO of Mo TeRe; Nathan Mustafa, Deputy Public Works Director/ City Engineer for the City of Riverside

PSR In the News

The Los Angeles Times quoted Antonio Bento (USC) in an article about California ending solo driver EV access to carpool lanes.

PSR Events

UC Davis

UCD ITS Seminar |Border Chocolate| Speaker: Francisco Pares Olguin (Deputy Director of the Global South Center at UC Davis) | Friday, December 5, 2025

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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.

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