Research

On April 17, 2024, the Institute of Transportation Studies signed an MOU with the Korea Automotive Technology Institute (KATECH).

ITS Berkeley Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology leadership met with visitors from KATECH to talk about their respective programs and future collaboration opportunities. KATECH visitors included KATECH President, Mr. NA Seung Sik, Global Cooperation Division Managing Director Dr. Jae Yong PARK, Mobility Safety Lab Leader Dr. You-Jun CHOI, and current and incoming heads of their North America office in San Jose, Mr. Se Yeop KIM and Mr. Jun Jang...

During the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington DC Jan, 7-10, 2024, UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies leaders met with federal leaders.

ITS participants included Director Daniel Rodriguez, Assistant Director, Laura Melendy Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) Chair Joan Walker, Transportation Sustainability...

Research Team: Susan Shaheen (lead), Jacob Wasserman, Elliot Martin, Adam Cohen, Michael Hyland, Brooke Schmidt, Mengying Ju, and Adam Stocker

UC Campus(es): UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA

Problem Statement: While the COVID-19 pandemic caused ridership on public transit and shared mobility to drop precipitously and put severe strain on their finances and operations, all was far from well prior to the pandemic. Transit ridership had dropped across the state in the five years prior to the pandemic,...

A recent SALURBAL study published in Applied Geography sheds light on the relationship between neighborhood greenness and mental health and depression in cities across Mexico. The study, “Associations between urban...