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See photos from the College of Engineering Masters and PhD Commencement Ceremonies, College of Engineering PhD Reception, Civil and Environmental Engineering Masters Reception, and City and Regional Planning Reception

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See our 2024 Graduate Cards!

UC Berkeley's Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) packed the Bauer Wurster Auditorium on Friday evening, April 12, 2024, for a panel discussion “From Here to There: 50 Years of UC Berkeley and BART”, a lively conversation amongst distinguished academics and professionals. 

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Graduating Masters of City Planning Transportation concentration students recently presented their capstone projects for their professors and peers on May 10, 2024.

Many of the Transportation Concentration Master of Engineering students participated in the Fung Institute End of Year Showcase 2024 on Thursday, May 2, 2024.. 

On April 17, 2024, the Institute of Transportation Studies signed an MOU with the Korea Automotive Technology Institute (KATECH). ITS Berkeley Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology leadership met with visitors from KATECH to talk about their respective programs and future collaboration opportunities.

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Congratulations to Cheng-Kai (Kai) Hsu, a PhD candidate in the Department of City and Regional Planning! He has been honored with two prestigious fellowship awards this summer: the IRLE(link is external) (Institute of Research on Labor and Employment) Dissertation Fellowship and the Roselyn Lindheim Award in Environmental Design and Public Health. 

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ITS Berkeley doctoral students Rowland Herbert-Faulkner and Phoebe Ho are amongst the top 16 transportation graduate students across the country who will come together at the Eno Future Leaders Development Conference June 2-6, 2024 in Washington DC. Read more

Congratulations to Civil and Environmental Engineering Doctoral Candidate Zhe Fu on receiving the UC Berkeley Dean's Award for Inclusive Excellence! She was presented with the award April 8, 2024.

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Get to know Institute of Transportation Studies Library Assistant Fred Webre in this edition of ITS Staff Spotlight Series!

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Congratulations to the seven Master of City and Regional Planning graduates whose capstone projects were funded by ITS Berkeley through the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center.

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News bits

• BMW Group Visits Berkeley Campus
• Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology researchers Joshua Meng and Alex Kurzhanskiy were awarded a FY23 SMART grant with the Contra Costa Transportation Authority
• SafeTREC's Griswold awarded new contract for "Developing a Safe System Approach to Setting Speed Limits: Phase II"
• 7th Annual TRANSOC Alumni Reception
• Catch up on our seminars
• WeRISE Summit Conference Hosted by Berkeley CEE - Soga's Lab, Nichols Present

New Research:

• Pattern Recognition for Curb Usage
• Dashboard Cameras Combined with AI Provide an Affordable Method for Identifying Curb Usage
• Reduce Emissions and Improve Traffic Flow Through Collaborative Autonomy
• Spatial system perspective of understanding ‘‘fuel-sensitive routes’’ using regional-scale case studies
• Local Government Strategies to Improve Shared Micromobility Infrastructure
• Testing Wildfire Evacuation Strategies and Coordination Plans for Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Communities in California
• A Case Study: Testing Wildfire Evacuation Strategies for Communities in Marin County, California,

Presentations:

• June 11, 2024: SafeTREC's Griswold and Oum to present at OTS Traffic Safety Law Enforcement Forum
• TSRC Co-Director Susan Shaheen presented at the University of Hong Kong Distinguished Lecture Series 2024 on May 29, 2024
• Shaheen Delivers Keynote at Disrupting Mobility Summit, Cohen Presents

Media appearances: 

• The Explosion in Costs & Timelines for American Transit Projects
• A Billionaire-Backed City Promises to Be a Green Urban Paradise
• A portal to progress: Federal funds advance vision for Salesforce Transit Center rail links
• The Good, Bad and Annoying as Autonomous Vehicle Services Expand
• Despite some progress, state’s high-speed rail is $100 billion short and many years from reality
• TSRC and NorCal ZERO / First Element hydrogen station project in the news
• Hydrogen-Powered Private Jets Can Cut Emissions — If They Can Get Off the Ground
• In Transit: Amtrak's Future in California
• Battery-powered rigs could clean up the trucking industry
• In Transit: How California is Addressing EV Charging Infrastructure Woes

Kudos and Welcomes

• Welcome to new employees: Noelani Fixler, SafeTREC Policy and Program Analyst, and Karen Vo, SafeTREC Communications Coordinator

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2024

Welcome Back BBQ and Awards Celebration

Join us Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at the Richmond Field Station for our Awards Ceremony at 11:30 am, RFS Bldg 445, followed by a welcome back barbecue!

MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2024

TE and MCP Orientation

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2024

Instruction Begins