More than 30 panelists from academia, public agencies, and industry placed California’s high-speed rail project under the microscope at a two-day conference held at UC Berkeley May 2-3 to examine more thoroughly its potential as well as its possible pitfalls.
The cost of domestic flight delays puts a $32.9 billion dent into the U.S.
Full article: https://news.berkeley.edu/2010/10/18/flight_delays/
macmillan at lectern
Therese McMillan, Deputy Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, described changes in transportation policy in the Obama administration, and invited ITS transportation and planning students to consider a career in public service.
By Ann Brody Guy | August 31, 2010
Twenty-eight new transportation students met faculty, staff, and each other in the Transportation Library on August 23 during a day of orientation activities.The new group includes 15 students from nine foreign countries -- China, Colombia, France, India, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco, Peru, and Vietnam -- and 13 U.S. students from six states, including eight from California. Presentations by faculty members covered academic program requirements and research opportunities.
Wolf Homburger, the former Assistant Director of ITS Berkeley and the author of a widely used textbook on traffic engineering, died June 9 after he was injured in a fall. He was 83.
California State Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) visited ITS Berkeley on Wednesday, March 10, to gather information on high-speed rail and other transportation-related topics. Senator Lowenthal is the Chair of the Transportation and Housing Committee and represents the 27th District. He was joined by Arthur Bauer, Staff Director of the Senate Tr
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