Research

Bolinas to be case study in evacuation

July 3, 2019

Bolinas to be a case study in evacuationResearchers from the University of California, Berkeley, including ITS affiliate Kenich Soga, are launching a yearlong study in Bolinas that will employ new traffic simulation models to develop the most efficient method of evacuation, as discussed in the Point Reyes Light...

Improving Caltrans’ Decision-making Capabilities During Accidents

March 18, 2020

Highway Traffic

Traffic in cities generally follows an intermittent pattern linked to the typical 9-to-5 business hours. In any case, this periodic pattern gets disturbed following an unfortunate accident. And currently, the major challenge that traffic engineers face is designing accurate traffic flow models, for use during such mishaps, that they must adapt to during unanticipated traffic...

UC ITS Meets with Caltrans

March 17, 2020

UC ITS Directors Meet with Caltrans Leaders

The University of California Institute of Transportation Studies (UC ITS) leadership, including ITS Berkeley Director Alexandre Bayen and UC ITS Innovative Mobility Initiative Director and UC Berkeley Transportation Sustainability Research Center Co-Director Susan Shaheen, met with the new California...

UC Berkeley has 6,000 parking spaces, but only 1 electric vehicle charger? What gives?

August 19, 2019

UC Berkeley has 6,000 Parking Spaces but only One Electric Vehicle Charger?Professor Scott Moura talks about his research that will impact UC Berkeley has 6,000 parking spaces, but only 1 electric vehicle charger? What gives? at The...

California may be a climate leader, but it could be a century behind on its carbon goals: study

October 28, 2019

California may be a climate leader, but it could be a century behind on its climate goalsITS affiliate Dan Kammen talks about California may be a climate leader, but it could be a century behind on its carbon goals: study to Utility Dive.

CIRCLES Project Kicks Off Multi-Campus Traffic Smoothing Study

March 11, 2020

Connected Truck

UC Berkeley and the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) Berkeley are looking to use connected and autonomous vehicle technology to smooth traffic, calm congestion, and reduce fuel use with a $3.5 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) cooperative research agreement for the CIRCLES Project.

With Rutgers University-Camden, University of Arizona, Temple University,...

Shen, Rungskunroch Earn Sussman Best Paper Prize

March 13, 2020

Max ShenCongratulations to ITS affiliate professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Chair Zuo-Jun “Max” Shen and former ITS Berkeley Visiting Student Research Panrawee Rungskunroch on earning the Professor Joseph M Sussman Best Paper Prize for the paper "An Improvement on the End...

Groupe ADP, ITS partner for Airport Sustainability Research Project

November 12, 2019
Groupe ADP and ITS Berkeley join together for a partnership in a research project that tackles airport sustainability issues.

Electric Vehicles and Global Urban Adoption: Policy Solutions from France and California

November 21, 2019

Ethan ElkindUC Berkeley Law's Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) just released a symposium brief on the lessons learned for electric vehicle deployment in France and California, based on the discussion at our June 2019 international conference at UC...

Legislative Staff Talk ITS Research

November 21, 2019

Legislative BriefResearchers from the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) met with California policy makers at a Legislative Briefing Nov. 6, 2019 on the Berkeley campus for an afternoon of discussion on current research, policy needs, and how the two groups can work together.

“You are seeing just a partial view of what ITS does today,” says ITS Director Alexandre Bayen. “This table is...