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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Repost of an L.A. Times Article by Dan Weikel and Alice Walton - Contact Reporters USC researchers found that the 8.6-mile Expo Line did accomplish a worthy goal: boosting transit ridership in a dense, car-choked corridor. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Contrary to predictions used to promote the first phase of the Expo light rail line between downtown and Los Angeles' Westside, a new study has found that the $930-million project has done little to relieve traffic congestion ...
METRANS UTC
Monday, November 16, 2015
Ten undergraduate and graduate level students from the University of Southern California attended the September 30 WTS Los Angeles panel luncheon, thanks to the generosity of sponsors Alexandra Spencer, infrastructure sector publicist at Alexandra Spencer Public Relations; Lou Cornell, vice president, Jacobs Engineering Group; and Elizabeth Levin, president of Liz Levin and Company. Levin and BART general manager Grace Crunican, co-authors of Boots on the Ground, Flats in the Boardroom, organized ...
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Friday, November 13, 2015
More than 20 MetroFreight researchers gave presentations at the 2015 International Urban Freight Conference on October 21-23, 2015, in Long Beach, California. The conference was established in 2006 and is held every two years. Organized by the METRANS Transportation Center, the purpose of I-NUF is to provide a forum for multidisciplinary research on all aspects of urban freight. The presentations are as follows: Mehrdad Aliasgari: A Cost-Effective Smartphone Solution for Traffic Management ...
METRANS UTC
Thursday, November 12, 2015
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Thursday, November 5, 2015
METRANS now has a blog and the first entry features Geraldine Knatz. Her topic is "Public Investment in Seaports: Have We Reached the Tipping Point? To go the blog section, click on the METRANS Blog banner on the lower left hand side of the home page or go to the About tab at the top of the home page.
METRANS UTC
Monday, November 2, 2015
On November 5 th , WTS Los Angeles Chapter will present Rachel Junken and Ling Feng, two second year Master of Planning students at the University of Southern California, $6,000 & $4,000 Myra L. Frank Memorial Graduate Scholarships respectively. These highly competitive scholarships are awarded annually to women pursuing career paths in transportation. The scholarship is in honor of Myra L. Frank, a leader who was instrumental in founding the WTS Los Angeles Chapter and actively served as a ...
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Friday, October 30, 2015
On Wednesday, October 7th, USC students had the opportunity meet over lunch with William R. Kelly, President and CEO of Kelly Associates Management Group, as part of the Fall METRANS Lunch with a Practitioner Seminar Series. Kelly has extensive knowledge in the areas of organizational management, economic development, and city planning. His firm, Kelly Associates Management Group, helps public sector professionals craft unique, creative solutions to the problems confronting their communities. Prior, ...
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Laetitia Dablanc, a Research Director at IFSTTAR (Paris, France), one of the core partners in CoE MetroFreight, was invited to present VREF Theme Urban Freight at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Expert Meeting on Sustainable Freight Transport, which was held in Geneva on Oct 14-16, 2015. The discussions addressed challenges and opportunities for urban freight systems, and how these can best be addressed in order to seize opportunities, particularly in developing countries' megacities. Delegates from several countries (China, several Latin American countries, Morocco) expressed specific interest in urban freight issues. NGOs such as Climate & Clean Air Coalition, SLoCaT, ICCT, Smart Freight Centre expressed interest in further developing contacts with VREF. You can read more, visit Volvo Research And Educational Foundations page and for event details, click here .
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Call for Papers for the SPECIAL ISSUE titled Urban policy, freight distribution planning and behaviour change: stakeholders’ engagement, perception and reaction to be hosted by Italian Journal of Regional Science Important Dates Submission opens: October 1st, 2015 Deadline for submission of full paper: November 27th, 2015 Feedback from first-round reviews: March 11th, 2016 Deadline for re-submission of papers: July 1st, 2016 Feedback ...
METRANS UTC
Monday, October 26, 2015
WTS Orange County awarded Price Master of Planning student, Axel Hellman, and Viterbi Bachelor of Science student, Hilina Gudeta, certificates of completion of the 2015 WTS Summer Academy at their September 16th Awards Luncheon in Orange County. The Academy is an annual two-week program, which provides students an opportunity to better understand the transportation industry and what it takes to build, finance, and manage infrastructure in Southern California. Applicants are evaluated based on their ...
