The International Urban Freight conference (I-NUF) began in 2006 and has been hosted by the METRANS Transportation Consortium (based jointly at University of Southern California and California State University, Long Beach) approximately every two years since. The conference brings together researchers and practitioners in urban freight, supply chains, and logistics from around the world. The event is a showcase for cutting-edge research and dynamic information sharing and provides a forum for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to reimagine and guide the future of the industry.

Dr. Rongxiang Su completed his PhD in Geographic Information Science from

the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in December of 2023. Their partially PSR- funded dissertation explores people’s daily activity-travel patterns and interactions across different socio-geographical spaces. Su's research received an honorable mention for the 2023 Eric Pas Dissertation Award from the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR) during the 2025 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Click below to read Su's dissertation, Sensing Human Activity and Interaction Patterns through Movement Observations.

• Register for the 2025 National Summit on the Future of the Transportation Workforce in Westminster, CO, from June 2-4, 2025. Take advantage of the early registration period (closing March 3, 2025) and register at a discounted rate!

USC

• METRANS Seminar | Evaluating the Impact of the Clean Miles Standard Program on the Transportation System: A Microscopic Simulation in San Francisco| Speaker: Dr. Peng Hao (UC Riverside) | Wednesday, March 5, 2025

UC Davis

• UCD ITS Seminar | Resilient New Mobility Systems in the Age of Automation, Connectivity & Shared-Use Services | Speaker: Jiaqi Ma (UCLA) | Friday, March 7, 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.