Research

TSRC, Caltrans Host Rail Workshop

December 13, 2019

Rail Workshop Panel !

Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) recently hosted a workshop that helped public agencies and innovative mobility companies come together for an afternoon of Understanding Modal Access/Egress for California Rail Stations on Nov. 19, 2019 at the State Capital in Sacramento.

"The workshop...

ITS Berkeley Joins Transportation Congestion Relief UTC

June 11, 2019

UTC 50 Year logoITS Berkeley is excited to announce their participation in the creation of USDOT’s only national center focused on congestion relief, called the “National Institute for Congestion Reduction” (NICR). The consortium also includes the lead institution of the University of South Florida and two additional partners: Texas A&M University and its affiliated Texas A&M...

SafeTREC Earns UC Larry L. Sautter Award

July 18, 2019
Congratulations to the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC)’s Street Story Team for earning a 2019 Larry L. Sautter Award.

Soga Named Bakar Fellow

September 10, 2019

Kenichi SogaITS affiliate Kenichi Soga is one of seven UC Berkeley faculty scientists with novel ideas and an entrepreneurial spirit who have been named to the 2019-20 cohort of Bakar Fellows, an honor that gives the fellows the money and time to translate their laboratory breakthroughs into technologies ready for the marketplace.

The awards foster a culture that led Forbes magazine to rank Berkeley the No. 3...

Kenichi Soga appointed to the Donald H. McLaughlin Chair of Mineral Engineering

October 18, 2019

Kenichi SogaCongratulations to Professor Kenichi Soga on his appointment to the Donald H. McLaughlin Chair of Mineral Engineering.

This is a major honor and a well-deserved recognition of Professor Soga's eminence in the field of GeoSystems Engineering.

Professor Soga has established himself as a world leader in geomechanics and subsurface sensing through his high impact research using leading-edge...

Tomizuka Awarded Honda Medal

October 17, 2019

Masayosh TomizukaCongratulations to Cheryl and John Neerhout, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering Masayoshi (Tomi) Tomizuka, who was recently awarded The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Soichiro Honda Medal at the 2019 Dynamic...

UC ITS BoA Meets in Berkeley

February 27, 2020

UC ITS Board of Advisors

The Institute of Transportation Studies Berkeley (ITS Berkeley) recently hosted the University of California Institute of Transportation Studies (UC ITS) Board of Advisors at the Faculty Club on the UC Berkeley campus Feb. 21, 2020.

As part of a statewide initiative to present information and receive feedback, UC ITS held...

Shared Mobility Policy Playbook

February 14, 2020

Shared mobility policy playbookShared Mobility Policy Playbook

Author(s): Susan Shaheen, PhD, Adam Cohen, Michael Randolph, Emily Farrar, Richard Davis, Aqshems Nichols

This Shared Mobility Policy Playbook provides an introduction and definitions of shared mobility services, mode-...