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October 10, 2025

Communicating Cars Help Tame Stop‑and‑Go: UC Berkeley and Nissan demonstrate safer, smoother traffic on I‑680

In a Bay Area field trial, a small fleet of vehicles used seconds‑ahead information to reduce hard braking and time spent stopped—building on lessons from CIRCLES and the 2022 “MegaVanderTest.”

October 9, 2025

Control Across Scales in Traffic Management

Thank you to Murat Arcak, Professor of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in UC Berkeley’s EECS department who presented Control Across Scales in Traffic Management at the Institute of Transportation Studies Transportation Seminar on Friday, October 3, 2025.

SALURBAL

Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks For Traffic Fatalities in Latin American Cities

SALURBAL - Cheng Kai Hsu

October 6, 2025

Tribute to Juan Pestana

We are sad to announce the passing of our former colleague, Juan Pestana, on the night of September 16, 2025 in Lexington, Massachusetts. His friends in the Geosystem Engineering Program were informed by his daughter Maria.

Juan was a professor at UC Berkeley for 23 years and led the UC Pavement Research Center from 2014-2017. He was a dear colleague, and we will miss him.

CA's New AI Safety Law / The Bay Area's Driverless Future / "Fairyland"

Susan Shaheen Article Dr.

September 29, 2025

All Hype or All In? The Future of Transportation with Artificial Intelligence

Thank you to Kristin White, Transportation Industry Executive and Head of Transportation Strategy & Partnerships at Google, who presented All Hype or All In? The Future of Transportation with Artificial Intelligence at the Institute of Transportation Studies Transportation Seminar on Friday, September 26, 2025.

If a driverless Waymo commits a traffic violation, who gets the ticket?

SF Chronicle Waymo car Safe Transportation Research Center researcher Matt Raifman talks about If a driverless Waymo commits a traffic violation, who gets the ticket? to the SF Chronicle:

September 27, 2025

CA ending clean air vehicle incentives starting next month: Here's what it means for drivers

Acting ITS Director Scott Moura talks about CA ending clean air vehicle incentives starting next month: Here's what it means for drivers to ABC 7 news:

September 26, 2025

Map Shows Route Proposed For World’s Fastest Train

Newsweek web site Civil and Environmenal Engineering Professor Mark Hansen talks about Map Shows Route Proposed For World’s Fastest Train to Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-ro

September 22, 2025

The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Infrastructure

Thank you to Dr. Vincent Tang, Deputy Director at ARPA-I within the U.S. Department of Transportation, who presented The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Infrastructure at the Institute of Transportation Studies Transportation Seminar on Friday, September 19, 2025.

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