Research

DRIVE AI Holds Second DRIVE AI Demo Day

April 23, 2026

The UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies showed off recent innovations in the transportation ecosphere involving artificial intelligence to over 100 attendees at the DRIVE AI (Data · Robotics · Infrastructure · Vehicles · Electrification · Artificial Intelligence) Demo Day on April 16, 2026 at the UC Berkeley Richmond Field Station.

“I love hosting demo day, it’s an amazing opportunity to show people the cutting-edge research that we, our partners, and friends are working on,” says ITS Berkeley Acting Director Scott Moura. “The...

Developing a Safer, More Efficient Autonomous Robot

April 3, 2026
College of Engineering, UC Berkeley

Negar MehrA new story from Berkeley Engineering highlights research at UC Berkeley focused on improving the safety and efficiency of autonomous robotic systems.

Led by Assistant Professor Negar Mehr and her team, the research explores how advanced control systems can help robots make better decisions in uncertain and dynamic environments. Rather than...

High temperatures linked to higher homicide rates in Latin American cities

March 30, 2026
Carolina Rendón, Katy Invdvik, Vea Jain

Chalk outline on sidewalkA new study from the SALURBAL-Climate project, published in Environmental Research, co-authored by researchers at University of California, Berkeley, examines the link between...

Macfarlane, Mobiliti Labs License Innovative Software

February 18, 2026

Jane Macfarlane

Congratulations to Smart Cities Research Center Director Dr. Jane Macfarlane and her startup, Mobiliti Labs, who have licensed innovative infrastructure simulation software from Berkeley Lab and...

ITS Activities at TRB

January 16, 2025

ITS Berkeley students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends were all over the Transportation Research Board Jan, 8-12, 2025! See where we were.

A typology of the built environment around rail stops in the global transit-oriented city of Seoul, Korea

September 24, 2021

GraphITS Associate Director and UC Berkeley Department of City and Regional Planning Professor Daniel A. Rodríguez and Chang-Deok Kang, Department of Urban Planning and Real Estate, Chung-Ang University recently published A typology of the...

ITS Berkeley Schedule at TRB

November 3, 2025

TRB Graphic with swirls

Come see where UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies Faculty, Staff, and Students and Berkeley Lab Researchers will present their research at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Jan. 11-15, 2026. Please note, in light of uncertain federal...

ITS Berkeley at INFORMS

November 3, 2025

CATRes PanelInstitute of Transportation Studies Berkeley faculty and student affiliates travelled to the 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center and the Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park in Atlanta, Georgia, joining more than 6,000 INFORMS members, students, prospective employers and employees, and academic and industry experts to share ways O.R. and analytics are fueling Smarter...

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

October 10, 2025

Autonomous car graphic on highway in front of cityIn 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.”

UC Berkeley and Nissan researchers recently showed how coordinating drive patterns of a...

Moura Partners with it's electric, UD for $1.1M CEC Grant to Launch Breakthrough Vehicle-to-Grid EV Charger

September 18, 2025

Car Charger

By turning EVs into grid assets, curbside vehicle-to-grid technology will play a key role in advancing California's climate goals

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies Acting Director Scott Moura, University of Delaware, and Brooklyn-based EV charging company it's...