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Friday, November 4, 2016
Photo by USC Sol Price School of Public Policy On November 8th, Los Angeles voters will go to the polls to decide on a variety of issues and elected offices. One issue on the ballot is Measure M, a proposed sales tax increase to fund transportation projects in the county. The proposed measure would raise the county sales tax by an additional half cent and extend 2008’s Measure R until voters decide to end it. The measure is projected to raise $120 billion over the next 40 years, ...
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Friday, November 4, 2016
Axel Hellman (MPL, Price) was selected to be the 2016 METRANS Student of the Year. The Student of the Year distinction honors outstanding students from each University Transportation Center around the country. Axel will travel to the TRB Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. in January 2017 to receive the award. Hellman worked for METRANS as a Student Assistant during the Spring 2016 and Fall 2016 semesters. Prior to that, he was involved with the center as a volunteer for ...
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Sunday, October 30, 2016
WTS-LA once again successfully organized a transportation event that attracted industry leaders, transportation professionals, and students, who came together to network and learn about the current and future trends and issues that impact the rail system in Southern California. METRANS facilitated the attendance of transportation students from local universities and all appreciate the generous donations of sponsors Alexandra Spencer, Arthur Schurr, John Livzey, USC METRANS, and Jacobs Engineering ...
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Sunday, October 30, 2016
Photo by Andrea Maldonado Lopez Thousands of cyclists, skaters and pedestrians gathered in downtown Los Angeles on October 16th , 2016 for the 19th CicLAvia, a recurring street festival that celebrates non-vehicular forms of transit. Attendees traversed a 5.75-mile car-free route that started in MacArthur Park, stretched along Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, and extended east to Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights. USC Master of Planning (MPL) students worked as volunteers for the event, ...
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Sunday, October 30, 2016
Photo by Blake Wagner On October 19 th , 2016, Monica Born, Vice President and Senior Engineering Manager of WSP | Parsons Brinkerhoff, visited USC and shared her journey, in particular her experience managing several METRO rail projects as a project manager. Born has been involved in multiple major rail line projects with L.A. METRO, including the Expo Line Phase 1 and 2, the Pasadena Gold Line, and the Foothill Extension. All of these projects run through several jurisdictions and impose ...
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Thursday, October 27, 2016
While attending the VREF Conference on Urban Freight 2016 in Sweden, Alison Conway, Assistant Professor, The City College of New York, was interviewed by a representative of Chalmers University of Technology. Using the city streets of Gothenburg as a back drop, Professor Conway pointed out urban freight challenges and site specific solutions that she observed in regards to safety, parking and congestion. The Volvo Research & Educational Foundations (VREF) supports the research efforts of the MetroFreight Center of Excellence. Full Article
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Monday, October 24, 2016
Benjamin Miller, Senior Research Fellow, Freight Programs, University Transportation Research Center in New York (and his colleagues [or: partners]) have moved their MetroFreight research project on waste management into the pre-implementation feasibility-analysis phase. For Trucks, Trains, Tugs, and Tubes: A Model for More-Efficient Collection and Transfer of Solid Waste, the Predominant Form of First-Mile Urban Freight, they studied the feasibility of retrofitting neighborhoods ...
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Friday, October 21, 2016
Photo by Blake Wagner On Wednesday, October 12, 2016, Dr. Maged Dessouky, professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at USC, and fourth year Ph.D. candidate from ISE USC Wentao Zhang, presented their work investigating supply chain consolidation and cooperation with the California Association of Flower Growers to students, faculty, and the public, as part of METRANS’ Fall Research Seminar Series. Their project started more than four years ago with the question: ...
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Friday, October 21, 2016
On Oct. 4 th , 2016, as part of its Industry Outlook Series, METRANS welcomed Mr. Ben Conwell from Cushman & Wakefield to speak to an audience of around 70 students, faculty, and transportation practitioners about the outlook of E-Commerce industry and the roles played by and impact on supply chain management and transportation. Starting with a simple yet demonstrative question, “How many of you have shopped online before?” Mr. Conwell showed that e-commerce is nearly universal. He ...
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Friday, October 21, 2016
Photo by Nicole Guo As transportation planners, engineers, and enthusiasts anticipate a world in which autonomous vehicles powered by alternative fuels become increasingly common, it is not surprising that BMW—a company celebrating its centennial—would spend little time reflecting on its storied past. Following appearances in Munich, Beijing, and London, the BMW Group’s exhibit Vision Next 100: Iconic Impulses finished its world tour on October 16 in Santa Monica, and there was ...
