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Seminars

We offer a seminar series that includes top academic and industry leaders.

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September 6, 2019

Pricing Data Science for Uber Eats

4:00 pm

Feras El Zarwi, 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

September 13, 2019

Rethinking America's Highway Institutions

4:00 pm

Robert Poole, 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Happening at the Institute

CalSTA’s Secretary David Kim Meets with ITS

Recently appointed Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), David Kim recently met with ITS and PATH leadership.

UC Berkeley names new dean to College of Environmental Design

Chancellor Carol Christ and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Alivisatos are pleased to announce that Vishaan Chakrabarti, celebrated architect and associate professor of professional practice at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, has accepted our offer to become the next dean of the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.

ITS Hosts New École Polytechnique, France President

ITS Berkeley hosted Eric Labaye, the new President of Ecole Polytechnique, France, with a delegation of representatives from École Polytechnique April 29, 2019 to discuss current and future collaborations between UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering, ITS Berkeley and École Polytechnique.

Kaminsky Named Sastry Chair for Leadership and Innovation

Congratulations to ITS affiliate Professor Phil Kaminsky, who has been named to the Sastry Chair for Leadership and Innovation.

ITS Berkeley at Davos for World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

ITS Director Alexandre Bayen was featured on a panel discussing the

Shaheen Joins TRB Exec Committee

Congratulations to Transportation Sustainability Research Center Co

Max Shen named to succeed Ken Goldberg as chair of IEOR

Professor Zuo-Jun "Max" Shen has just been named to be the next chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR).

An Interview with Susan Shaheen, the “Mother” of Shared Mobility

Lily Maxwell, smart cities content writer for iomob.net, interviews Susan Shaheen Ph.D., a pioneer in future mobility strategies. She was among the first to observe, research, and write about changing dynamics in shared mobility and the likely scenarios through which automated vehicles will gain prominence. She is an internationally recognized expert in mobility and the sharing economy.

Marta Gonzalez Featured on WCAI's Living Lab Radio

Marta Gonzalez has been using cell phone and credit card data to probe how different groups of people move around a city and talks about it on Living Lab Radio.

In the News

Mercury News

UC Berkeley has 6,000 parking spaces, but only 1 electric vehicle charger? What gives?

Aug. 19, 2019

New York Times

Older People Need Rides. Why Aren’t They Using Uber and Lyft?

Aug. 16, 2019

City Lab

Should Electric Vehicle Drivers Pay Per Mile?

Aug. 12, 2019

Marin Independent Journal

SMART could go broke by 2024

Aug. 12, 2019

Time

'I'm back to my own bike.' Higher prices threaten Silicon Valley's mobility revolution

Aug. 9, 2019

Law360

Car-Sharing Apps Face Tough Regulatory Road

Aug. 5, 2019

Lake County Record-Bee

UC Berkeley releases report on disaster evacuations

Jul. 18, 2019

Smart Cities World

How technology will shape transportation in smart cities

Jul. 18, 2019

Globe and Mail

Can smart mobility solutions answer transit’s first/last mile challenge?

Jul. 11, 2019

TechNode

AI driver monitoring is pushing forward semi-autonomous vehicle adoption

Jul. 11, 2019

Mercury News

Oakland to Palo Alto in 10 minutes? Yeah, you can do that: Here’s how

Jul. 11, 2019

KQED

Could Rewards Systems Get More People Using Public Transit?

Jul. 11, 2019