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February 24, 2026

Giuseppe Loianno, UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Professor, presented The Future of Autonomous Mobility: Agile and Collaborative Robot Autonomy at the Institute of Transportation Studies Transportation Seminar on Friday, February 20, 2026. 

February 23, 2026

KQED news page, rail car photoITS Berkeley affiliate Ethan Elkind, UC Bekeley Law Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) Climate Program Director talked to KQED about The Rise and Fall of the Bay Area Streetcar Transit System, listen here: https://www.kqed.org

Jon Atlkins in front of skyscraperCongratulations MS Transportation Engineering/MCP student Jon Atkins on being awarded the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center Masters Student of the Year.

February 20, 2026

Cal Matter website with a photo of a truckITS Berkeley affiliate Ethan Elkind, UC Bekeley Law Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) Climate Program Director, talked to Cal Matters about Trump scraps a cornerstone climate finding, as California prepares for co

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February 19, 2026

SacBee Opinion pageITS Berkeley affiliate Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program, and Marie Grimm, environmental policy research fellow.

February 18, 2026

February 13, 2026

Mobility 10x Summit: Accelerating Transportation Innovation Across California was the capstone event of the Resilient and Innovative Mobility Initiative (RIMI)—a four-year research effort launched in 2021 by the University of California Institute of Transportation Studies (UC ITS), featuring a number of UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies researchers and their research performed through RIMI.

CapRadio HSR news storyITS Berkeley affiliate Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment talks to CapRadio about Critics say bill creates ‘veil of secrecy’ over California’s high-s

February 5, 2026

Cal Matters EV storyITS Berkeley affiliate Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment talks about California’s instant EV rebates would require automakers to match state funds at Cal Matters: 

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