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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Co-operation, integration and co-ordination are much researched themes in mainstream economic and management literature. The port industry has witnessed a multiplication of port co-operation/integration schemes in recent years partly driven by governance reforms, public policy, political forces and market pressures. The cooperation among ports comes in various forms: port authority mergers (Ningbo-Zhoushan, Copenhagen-Malmo, Port Metro Vancouver, Genoa-Savona), port alliances (Seattle/Tacoma), ...
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Sunday, April 2, 2017
By Shichun Hu, USC MS ISE 2017 Transportation plays a major role in contributing to global warming, with nearly 30% of CO2 emissions coming from the sector. As a result, the industry is working hard to explore the feasibility of alternative fuel and electric vehicles. Under this general background, METRANS Researcher Professor Maged Dessouky and Ph.D. candidate Ethan Shao conducted research on how to efficiently deploy alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) for freight delivery. The type ...
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Saturday, April 1, 2017
June Liu is a USC alumnus. She completed a Master of Public Policy in 2015 from the USC Price School of Public Policy. Just this year, June started her new position in Portugal as an International Consultant with Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI). Our conversation follows. (Photo by June Liu) Can you tell us a bit about your job? I recently accepted a position as an International Consultant with Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, a science and innovation consulting firm. I will ...
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Friday, March 31, 2017
By Rabi Abonour, UCLA Master of Urban and Regional Planning, 2018 Photo by Rabi Abonour If you build it, they will come. So hope the team behind the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), a $184 million transportation hub along the Santa Ana River. On March 24th, a group of METRANS students toured the facility with John Lower, Associate Vice President at Iteris, Inc. and former Traffic and Transportation Manager for the City of Anaheim; Mengzhao Hu, Senior ...
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Sunday, March 26, 2017
Shichun Hu Welcome back to the Electric Vehicles series! During part 1 , we talked a bit about the history of electric vehicles and together we found out that it can trace back as early as gasoline powered vehicles. In part 2, we will look at the state of electric vehicles today. With many different models of electric vehicles on the market or planned for release within the next 5 years, people are surrounded by news of electric vehicles. But is the EV market really taking off? Table ...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
By Jimmy Mai, MSCE ‘17 After months of anticipation and planning, USC hosted the ITE Southern California Student Chapter Traffic Bowl 2017 on February 25 th . The Traffic Bowl is a “Jeopardy”-style competition that tests participating students’ knowledge of transportation planning and engineering topics. Participating schools included USC, UCLA, UC Irvine, CSU - Fullerton, Cal Poly – Pomona, and CSU – Long Beach. Each school sent three of its best and brightest ...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
By Nicole Guo, MSCE 2017 Photo by Janell Goddard METRANS is proud to announce that Janell Goddard was recently hired by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (commonly known as LA Metro, or Metro) as a transportation associate. Goddard began attending METRANS events in Spring 2016 and has since earned her bachelor’s degree in urban studies from Biola University. Goddard’s interests include multi-model transportation systems and sustainable ...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
There is much research on the topic of housing affordability in Transit-oriented developments (TODs), and the literature varies in its use of methodological approaches, data, geography, and normative motivations. To summarize the current literature and synthesize the findings from the various approaches, cities, and data sets to establish stylized facts, METRANS researchers Professor Marlon Boarnet and Professor Rapheal Bostic recently released a white paper titled “Building Affordable Housing ...
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Saturday, March 18, 2017
Photo by Yang Deng Students interested in working in transportation at the federal level may find the process of getting involved daunting. With many different departments, agencies, and competing priorities--not to mention the changing whims of politics – it can be difficult to know where to start. To help students embark on the federal process, Eric Plosky, Chief of Transportation Planning at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, ...
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Friday, March 17, 2017
Moderator: Dan Beal Panelists: Kate Amissah, Fred Chang, Emily Finkel, and Caitlin Shankle On Wednesday, March 1, transportation consultant Dan Beal moderated a panel of young transportation professionals on the USC main campus as part of the METRANS Spring 2017 Lunch with a Practitioner Speaker Series. Panelist Kate Amissah holds a Master’s in Civil Engineering from USC and is a Principal Transportation Planner at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). ...
