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June 18, 2025

Congratulations to Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology’s Xiao-Yun Lu on being recognized by the Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) with a Lifetime Distinguished Achievement award. The Technology Integration team nominated him in recognition of “decades of world-class research exploring the impact of automation, connectivity, and emerging technologies on the transportation system.” 

Lu was publicly recognized during the plenary session of the VTO Annual Merit Review (AMR) on June 2, 2025. 

Team AwardCongratulations to Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology and Berkeley Lab’s Xiao-Yun Lu (PI) and Hao Liu on receiving the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) Team award for their project,Improved Mobility and Energy Savings Through Optimization of Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) Application for Signal Controls for Arterial Mixed Traffic Scenario

June 9, 2025

June 7, 2025

New York Times _ Elkind

ITS affiliate, Ethan Elkind, director of the climate program at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, discussed Trump’s Proposed 

June 6, 2025

June 4, 2025

Scott MouraThe University of California Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies is pleased to announce that Scott Moura, Clare & Hsieh Wen Shen Distinguished Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering will serve as Acting Director for the 2025-26 academic year.

June 3, 2025

June 2, 2025

ITS Staff Spotlight Hao Liu Featured Center: PATH

Name: Hao Liu 

  • What's your hometown?

My hometown is Shimen, a small town in Hunan Province, China. We are renowned for our spectacular canyons and ancient trade routes that traverse the waves of mountains.

SEED Grant Recipients Congratulations to the team of City and Regional Planning professors Marta Gonzalez and Maryam Hosseini who were recently awarded a Lau Grant for Just Climate Futures, a grant to support climate research projects that investigate carbon-neutral timber construction, new methods of wildfire risk mitigation, converting commercial buildings into affordable housing, and the environmenta

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