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ITS Alum Ryan Russo Leads NACTO as Executive Director

June 28, 2024
Ryan RussoFormer Oakland DOT leader and NYC DOT Deputy Commissioner is nationally respected for innovative, equity-based transportation programs Russo succeeds Corinne Kisner, who led NACTO’s growth into one of the nation’s most influential transportation policy and practice organizations

The Board of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) today...

Young Professional Involvement Award

January 18, 2018


Congratulations to the Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on Alternative Transportation Fuels and Technologies (ADC80), chaired by TSRC co-director Timothy Lipman, for earning the 2nd annual Young Professional Involvement Award!

Staff Spotlight: Fred Webre

June 11, 2024

Fred WebreFred Webre

Library Assistant, ITS Library

What’s your hometown?

Berzerkeley, CA

What is your role at ITS, describe your job in four words, and how long have you been here?

Library Assistant at the Institute of Transportation Studies Library. Fun, exciting, engaging, enigma. I’ve been here since right after Thanksgiving 2023

What is your favorite thing about...

Elkind Discusses Escalating Transit Costs

June 5, 2024

Ethan Elkind speaking on zoomDirector of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment Ethan Elkind was reently interviewed for a documentary The Explosion in Costs & Timelines for American Transit Projects, a 30-minute video on...

Shaheen Delivers Keynote at Disrupting Mobility Summit

June 10, 2024

Panel DiscussionTransportation Sustainaibility Research Cener Co-Director Susan Shaheen co-hosted and provided the opening keynote at the Disrupting Mobility Summit in Berlin – A Global Summit Innovative Sustainable Futures on May 16, 2024.

Transportation Sustainability Research Center Senior Research Manager Adam Cohen was also a preseter and moderator at the Summit....

Shaheen Presents at University of Hong Kong Distinguished Lecture Series

June 3, 2024

Lecture posterTSRC Co-Director Susan Shaheen presented Social and Environmental Impacts of Carsharing: Looking Back and Looking Forward at the University of Hong Kong Distinguished Lecture Series 2024 on May 29, 2024: ://www.institute-of-transport-studies.hku.hk/dtls

See Our 2024 Graduate Cards!

May 11, 2024

ITS Berkeley is excited to celebrate the success of all the Transportation-concentration masters and PhD student who graduated this year! We look forward to seeing what you do next!

Hsu Earns Two Prestigious Awards

May 20, 2024

Man smilingCongratulations to Cheng-Kai (Kai) Hsu, a PhD candidate in the Department of City and Regional Planning! He has been honored with two prestigious fellowship awards this summer: the IRLE (Institute of Research on Labor and Employment) Dissertation Fellowship and the...

MCP Graduates Present Capstone Projects

May 14, 2024

Graduating Masters in City Planning students recently presented their capstone projects for their professors and peers on May 10, 2024. Tranportation concetration students Thomas Namara, Angie Chen, Kathryn Exon Smith, Petra Reyes, Rio Morales, Mallika Gupta, Franchesca Rodriguez, Katie Heuser, Aneesh Mugulur, Mary McGee, Rachel Strangeway, Yican Du, and Nathan Carlson showed off their work through powerpoint presentarions, posters, Q and A, and discussion.

Fung Institute End of Year Showcase 2024

May 8, 2024

Congratulations to the Master of Engineering students class of 2024! Many students in the cohort participated in the Fung Institute End of Year Showcase 2024 on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Tranportation Enginnering MEng students Nuha Anfaresi, Sydney Chen, Caoying Huang, Nozomu Kitamura, and Mike Santos were on hand to present their captone projects to Berkeley students, faculty, and alumni that focused on cutting edge work in engineering and innovation for social impact.

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