Berkeley Lab researchers use algorithms for smart and sustainable mobility solutions
LBNL News Release Julie Chao (510) 486-6491 • OCTOBER 28,
Applying artificial intelligence to self-driving cars to smooth traffic, reduce fuel consumption, and improve air quality predictions may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have launched two research projects to do just that.
In collaboration with UC Berkeley, Berkeley Lab scientists are using deep reinforcement learning, a...
ITS Berkeley Director Alexandre Bayen co-authored an article in the German newspaper, Der Tagesspiegel. The article is titled "San Francisco makes it — commuting without a car." 
Dr. Timothy Lipman, Transportation Sustainability Research Center Co-Director, and Dr. Adam Weber, Chemist Staff Scientist/Engineer at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, have collaborated as Co-Editors of Volume 1 in the Springer Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology (Second Edition, 2019).
Worsening of traffic congestion in cities is an ongoing challenge in urban regions. Stories of mega-jams that last tens hours, or even days, appear not only in fiction but in reality. Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning Marta Gonzalez recently co-authored a paper in the 
ITS affiliate Ethan Elkind co-authors a new report that provides a comprehensive review of key legal and policy considerations for local and regional agencies tasked with crafting these innovative mechanisms and recommends that decision makers launching new VMT banks and exchanges consider key ideas.
Last month, the state of California issued its latest assessment of the many challenges the state faces from climate change — including wildfires like those still raging throughout the state – and highlighted for the first time the regional impacts with nine deep-dive reports spearheaded by University of California scientists.
A manuscript entitled “Efficient thermal management of Li-ion batteries with a passive interfacial thermal regulator based on shape memory alloy,” co-authored by Professor Scott Moura, was recently accepted for publication into Nature Energy. The co-authors include CEE PhD student Saehong Park, and Mechanical Engineering colleagues Dr. Menglong Hao and Prof...
Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) Co-Director Dr. Timothy Lipman provided a briefing for the Transportation Research Board Executive Committee Meeting in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on June 13, 2018.