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Seminars

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

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January 25, 2019

GTFS and Public-Business Partnerships in the Information Age

4:00 pm

Chris Harrelson, 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

February 1, 2019

A Computational Optimization Method in Networked Dynamical Systems under Uncertainties

4:00 pm

Dengfeng Sun, 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Happening at the Institute

ITS Berkeley Wraps Up Successful TRB

ITS Berkeley faculty, researchers and students were active particip

Spring Transportation Seminar Schedule

Join us for the ITS Berkeley Transportation Spring Seminar Series.

Young robotics scholars to compete in FIRST LEGO League championship

WHAT: 2018-2019 Northern California FI

Flow: Traffic simulation joins forces with deep reinforcement learning and cloud computing

UC Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies and Aimsun recently created a new partnership to release Flow, a tool for managing large-scale traffic systems that feature a mix of human-driven and autonomous vehicles.

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).

Five Questions With An Expert Studying NYC’s Car-Share Pilot

Berkeley-based researcher Susan Shaheen is conducting surveys on behalf of NYC DOT.

ITS Berkeley Awards Ceremony and Holiday Party

ITS Berkeley and its Centers came together for the annual Holiday Party and Awards Ceremony Dec. 14, 2018 at the International House. Congratulations to the ITS Berkeley award winners!

Airport Design Class Makes Final Presentations

On Dec.

Lipman, Weber Co-Edit "Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Production"

TSRC Co-Director Timothy Lipman and LBNL Staff Scientist Adam Weber, have collaborated as Co-Editors of Volume 1 in the Springer Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

In the News

USA Today

Are scooters safe? Government scientists study health risks as scooters descend on cities

Dec. 19, 2018

Ensia

Hyperloop promises ultrafast transportation. But what does it mean for the environment?

Jan. 16, 2019

ABC7

Can Anything Be Done About Bay Bridge Traffic?

Dec. 12, 2018

Pacific Standard

Could Banning Bird Scooters Leave Behind a City's Most Economically Vulnerable Citizens?

Dec. 12, 2018

Streetsblog

Why Are We Still Waiting for Electric Buses?

Dec. 12, 2018

ABC7

Bay Area transportation experts say apps may make traffic worse

Dec. 6, 2018

Science

Watch just a few self-driving cars stop traffic jams

Dec. 6, 2018

Marketplace

Scooters could improve mobility in low-income areas, but they have an image problem

Dec. 6, 2018

India Times

In The Future Autonomous Cars May Also Be Used For Traffic Management On Roads

Nov. 14, 2018

Transportation Today

Research targets traffic optimization, pollution reduction

Oct. 31, 2018

Marketplace

Uber and Lyft are driving toward IPOs

Oct. 23, 2018

https://www.wired.com/story/uber-lyft-san-francisco-traffic-report/

UBER AND LYFT MADE TRAFFIC WORSE IN SAN FRANCISCO. BUT IT’S COMPLICATED

Oct. 23, 2018