News & Announcements
METRANS UTC, PSR
Monday, June 18, 2018
I and fellow PSR students were honored to be selected by the BMW Group to join their Student Dialogue, convened on June 6th, 2018 at the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. The goal was for students and BMW professionals to examine key questions related to the future of sustainable urban mobility. “Thirty-three students of eight different universities took part at our BMW Group Student Event,” noted Sabrina Artmann, BMW Group Steering Governmental and External Affairs, Sustainability Communications. ...
METRANS UTC, PSR
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Is there a better way to spend the spring break than visiting Trojan alumni in New York? The 13 New York Trekkies selected from the 35 competitive applicants could not think of any other answer when they made plans this spring. Organized by Career Services of USC Price School, from March 11th to 15th, the New York Trek connected New York-based alumni with ten graduate students from Master of Planning (MPL), Master of Public Policy (MPP), Master of Public Administration (MPA), and Master of International ...
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Monday, June 4, 2018
This year’s State of the Trade and Transportation Town Hall Meeting convened a wide range of professionals from industry, government, and academia. The evening began with a welcome address from Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) Executive Director Thomas O’Brien and the Dean of the College of Continuing and Professional Education (CCPE) Jeet Joshee. “The objectives of the Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) are clear: the Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex ...
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Monday, June 4, 2018
Representatives from all the Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) 9 UTC partners were present at the first annual PSR Congress meeting held at Long Beach State University. The purpose of the PSR Congress is to bring industry and public agency representatives together with PSR students and faculty to discuss the region’s needs and how PSR can address them. Region 9 includes California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands. PSR is an eight member consortium led by USC. Other partners ...
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Sunday, June 3, 2018
How difficult is it for residents of disadvantaged urban neighborhoods to engage in safe active transportation like bicycling and walking? How accessible are parks and green spaces? What are the physical and mental health implications for residents with limited access to these spaces? Are the obstacles especially acute in a city like Fresno, California that ranks 94 th out of the nation’s 100 largest cities for park accessibility and availability and where 47% of the population lives in disadvantaged ...
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Sunday, May 27, 2018
We are pleased to introduce our METRANS Opportunities Editor, Lin Zhu. Zhu was born in China and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Traffic Control Engineering from North China University of Technology at Beijing, China before coming to USC to pursue a Master of Science in Transportation Engineering. She expects to graduate in May, 2019. Zhu began with METRANS on the Event Support team. She learned about METRANS from Rui Zhang, USC Master of Planning-Transportation student, and a Research Assistant ...
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Sunday, May 20, 2018
As students studying transportation, we often see firsthand exciting research taking place on ways we can improve our communities. But there can be a disconnect: The research that can be used to inform planning and policymaking outside our institutions may be too academic or technical for transportation practitioners or the general public. Simply put, our research may not be reaching the people who could benefit the most from it. Enter Transfers Magazine , a free biannual digital publication of ...
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Monday, May 14, 2018
We are pleased to introduce our new Editor, Drew Quinn, joining our METRANS news team this summer. Quinn is pursuing a Master of Planning degree with a Transportation Planning emphasis at USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and expects to graduate in 2019. Quinn earned a Bachelor’s degree in History from the George Washington University, DC, and in addition to Los Angeles, has lived in Philadelphia, Madrid and his hometown, Galloway, New Jersey (near Atlantic City). His new editor ...
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Sunday, May 13, 2018
On Monday, April 16 th , 2018, at USC’s Lewis Hall, PSR students had the pleasure of sharing lunch with Elissa Konove, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Metrolink, who spoke on her personal and professional journey as part of PSR’s Lunch With a Practitioner Speaker Series. Konove touched on topics ranging from earning her Master’s in Public Policy at USC to serving as the Chief Financial Officer at the Federal Highway Administration and finally her return to Los Angeles as a ...
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Sunday, May 6, 2018
Urban mobility is undergoing unprecedented transformations. The transportation status quo is being challenged by ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft and fast-emerging shared services like electric scooters and dockless bikes. For many the trends disrupting public transit are unsettling. In this time of public transit innovation what is working, what is not working, and what should be changing? On Friday, April 20, 2018, Dr. Susan Shaheen of UC Berkeley, an internationally recognized leader ...
