News & Announcements
METRANS UTC
Friday, August 21, 2015
A recently completed METRANS research report — from USC Professor Maged Dessouky — has found that the use of dynamic freight routing techniques can reduce congestion in areas where they operate. The objective of the report — Efficiencies in Freight and Passenger Routing and Scheduling —is to develop routing techniques that react better to uncertainties in demand to improve the operations of the trucking industry in terms of reducing vehicle miles, thus minimizing the impact of freight ...
METRANS UTC
Friday, August 21, 2015
Driverless cars have the potential to change everything: transportation, health, the economy and the entire look of the urban landscape. Experts predict these vehicles could be ready for consumers in as little as five years, but big challenges must be faced before they hit the road. The first injury-causing accident with a Google driverless car recently brought the issue of safety to the fore. Here’s a look ahead from USC experts on what’s next for driverless cars. Ethics: Programmers ...
METRANS UTC
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Providing transportation service to more than 10.4 million people that call L.A. home, Metro (formerly branded as MTA or LACMTA) operates the third-largest public transportation system in the United States by ridership, and is one of the region's largest employers. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of AECOM and Professor James Moore, 10 USC students were attended this month’s WTS Breakfast in Downtown L.A. that featured Phillip Washington, the new Metro CEO. The students expressed ...
METRANS UTC
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
We remember fondly our METRANS field trip to ARTIC when it was first opened. We plan a return trip, and invite you to join us! For more information regarding METRANS transportation field trips, contact METRANS Assistant Director, Victoria Deguzman, at [email protected] . Click here to read more. Join us on Facebook .
METRANS UTC
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
We look forward to hearing from USC's newest transportation faculty, Antonio Bento, share his Corporate Average Fuel Economy research as part of our Fall 2015 research seminar series . For more information about the series, contact METRANS Assistant Director Victoria Deguzman at [email protected] . Click here to read more about about Electric Car Mandates. Join us on Facebook
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Dr. Alison Conway, MetroFreight New York Research Team member, will participate as a featured speaker and share her research in a webinar discussion on August 19, 2015. Click here for more details on the VREF Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems website. The Peer-to-Peer Exchange Program is designed to share global best practice cases and real world examples of sustainable urban freight systems. This program is open to anyone with a professional or a personal ...
METRANS UTC
Thursday, July 30, 2015
The Summer 2015 Issue of METRANS News is now available. Click here for a pdf version. METRANS News is generally published three times a year and summarizes METRANS research, education and outreach activities. It highlights METRANS researchers, conferences and other events, recent publications, interviews with key individuals involved in METRANS, and other newsworthy activities and events. It is distributed to university transportation centers and faculty throughout the U.S., to federal, state, and local public agencies, and to the transportation industry. To be added to the mailing list for a hard copy of the newsletter or to receive an email announcement regarding each new issue, please contact [email protected] .
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
A New York City street is not like a street anywhere else in America. It is more frenetic, more teeming, more daunting, more commercial, more electric, more lawless, more infested, more sticky, more musical, more neon. Everywhere, lines are blurred or disobeyed. Pedestrians creep over the curb into the roadway. Restaurants spill out their doors into patio seating. Shoppers who intend to buy nothing at all gawk from the street through the windows instead. And now a UPS truck is honking ...
METRANS UTC
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Plans for a new $4 billion airport were unveiled today by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Watch this excerpt on Al Jazeera America
METRANS UTC
Friday, July 24, 2015
Southern California has endless sunny days and miles of beautiful beaches, but why are its roads so bad? Nearly two-thirds of roads in the Los Angeles and Orange County area are in poor condition. According to a new study released this week , poor road conditions cost the average motorist $1,031 a year in vehicle deterioration, increased maintenance, as well as increased fuel consumption, and tire wear. Do you feel safe driving on Southern California roads? Are road conditions ...
