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. Call for abstract submission is currently open and will close October 20, 2024.

USC's Sol Price School of Public Policy recently published a news article summarizing the work of Dr. Marlon Boarnet, METRANS Director, and Dr. Genevieve Giuliano, Price School interim dean, on California's advanced clean fleets regulations which will require trucking companies to make the switch to zero-emission trucks by 2035.

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• The Transportation Research Symposium, hosted by Elsevier in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, recently announced a new invited speaker, Dr. Susan Handy (UC Davis). Abstract submission is currently open and is set to close on November 15, 2024!

• Dr. Marlon Boarnet was quoted in a Smart Cities Dive article about Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's vision of a car-free LA for the 2028 Olympic games.

USC

• METRANS Seminar: Stochastic Ride Sharing System with Flexible Pickup and Drop-Off | Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | In Person and via Zoom

• METRANS Seminar: Education and Careers in Transportation | Friday, October 25, 2024 | In Person and via Zoom

• METRANS Seminar: The environmental impacts of living far from work locations: Examining the roles of housing, migration, and long-distance commuting | Wednesday, November 6, 2024 | In Person and via Zoom

UC Berkeley

• Transportation Seminar: Perspectives on Transportation Equity | Friday, October 4, 2024 | In Person

• Transportation Seminar: Advancing Towards a Smarter and More Sustainable Transportation System| Friday, October 11, 2024 | In Person

• Charting New Paths Speaker Series: Emerging Aviation Technology: Autonomy | Friday, October 18, 2024 | In Person and via Youtube Livestream

• Charting New Paths Speaker Series: The Use of Technology to Improve Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety | Friday, October 25, 2024 | In Person and via Youtube Livestream

U of Hawaii

• Webinar: Artificial Intelligence: Helping or Harming Emergency Management? | Thursday, October 17, 2024 | Via Zoom

UC Irvine

• Seminar: Human Spatial Navigation: Cognitive Graphs, Route Choice, and Individual Differences | Friday, October 18, 2024 | In Person and via Zoom

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.