Seminars

Transportation Futures: Integrating transportation, land use, and environmental planning for sustainable urban development

December 1, 2017

UC Berkeley's Elizabeth Deakin presented Transportation Futures: Integrating transportation, land use, and environmental planning for sustainable urban development Dec. 1, 2017.

Abstract

Concerns about global warming, economic disparity, social exclusion, and threatened shortages of water and energy have emerged on policy agendas throughout the world, and the need for aggressive intervention along...

Traffic Congestion Control: A PDE backstepping perspective

January 19, 2018

Miroslav Krstic, UC San Diego, presented Traffic Congestion Control: A PDE backstepping perspective, on Jan. 19, in 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building at 4 p.m.

Abstract

Control of freeway traffic using ramp metering is a "boundary control" problem when modeling is approached using widely adopted coupled hyperbolic PDE models of the Aw-Rascle-Zhang type, which include the velocity and density states, and...

Commute Time Quality: Exploring the role of mode and other factors using the UC Davis Campus Travel Survey

January 26, 2018
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Susan Handy, UC Davis, presented Commute Time Quality: Exploring the role of mode and other factors using the UC Davis Campus Travel Survey, on Jan. 26, 2018.

Abstract

Abstract: Workers worldwide spend a significant share of their time each week getting to and from work. With a finite number of hours in a day, workers are clearly affected by their amount of commute time, but their well-being...

Car-sharing Network Optimization Driven by High-resolution Data, Simulation and Discrete Optimization

February 2, 2018

Carolina Osorio, of MIT, presented Car-sharing Network Optimization Driven by High-resolution Data, Simulation and Discrete Optimization on February 2, 2018.

Abstract

With the increase in connectivity and in real-time responsiveness, travelers and vehicles are becoming "real-time optimizers" of their trips. The urban mobility challenges and breakthroughs of the next decades will...

Leveraging Big Data to Improve Operational Performance, Reliability, and Efficiency

February 9, 2018
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Jonny Simkin, of Swiftly, presented Leveraging Big Data to Improve Operational Performance, Reliability, and Efficiency on February 9, 2018.

Abstract

The existing public transit infrastructure in the United States already generates a tremendous amount of data, however, this information is often not used as effectively as it could be. In this session, we will discuss some of the ways that Swiftly is...

Managing Transportation in a New Era of Innovation

March 2, 2018
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Jeff Morales, ITS Senior Fellow, presented Managing Transportation in a New Era of Innovation on March 2 at 4 p.m. in 502 Davis Hall.

Abstract

A combination of forces is affecting the development and delivery of infrastructure and transportation services and presenting the industry with new challenges. Forces such as politics, budgetary constraints, organizational and workforce issues, and technology...

Measurable Commute Reduction and the War on SOV

February 23, 2018
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Steve Raney, Joint Venture Silicon Valley, presented Measurable Commute Reduction and the War on SOV on February 23, 2018.

Abstract

The Big Picture covers: state SB375 15% per capita driving reduction goal, auto-centered Silicon Valley versus transit-centered Helsinki, Proposition 26 (Chevron spent $3.4 backing it) as barrier to protecting the climate, public policy political viability comparison, trip...

A Drive for Better Air Service: How air service imbalances across megaregions integrate air and highway demands

March 9, 2018
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Megan Smirti Ryerson, University of Pennsylvania, presented A Drive for Better Air Service: How air service imbalances across megaregions integrate air and highway demands on March 9 at 4 p.m. in 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building.

Abstract

Between 2000 and 2010, newly merged U.S. airlines decreased service to airports in small and mid-sized metropolitan regions, opting to consolidate their operations at...

Data Science to Study Macroscopic Dynamics in Urban Traffic Networks

March 16, 2018
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UC Berkeley's Marta Gonzalez presented Data Science to Study Macroscopic Dynamics in Urban Traffic Networks at the ITS Berkeley Transportation Seminar March 16, 2018.

Abstract

I present a review on research related to the application of big data and information technologies to urban systems. Data sources of interest include but are not limited to: Probe/GPS data, Credit...

Towards Vision Zero: Intelligent Intersection Infrastructure to enhance safe operations of (self-driving) cars

March 23, 2018
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Pravin Varaiya, UC Berkeley, presented Towards Vision Zero: Intelligent Intersection Infrastructure to enhance safe operations of (self-driving) cars on March 23 in 502 Davis Hall at 4 p.m.

Abstract

Vision Zero plans concentrate on intersections that present a demanding environment. Challenges arise from complex vehicle trajectories; absence of lane markings to guide vehicles; split phases that prevent...