News & Announcements
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
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On Tuesday, November 5th, 2024, fourteen University of Southern California students from the Sol Price School of Public Policy and Viterbi School of Engineering had the pleasure of welcoming David Libatique, the Deputy Executive Director of Stakeholder Engagement for the Port of Los Angeles, and Aaron Hake, the Executive Director of the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) and the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation ...
METRANS UTC, PSR
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
The METRANS Transportation Consortium is excited to announce the publication of new a research report authored by Drs. Tom O’Brien and Tyler Reeb. Over the past year, the research team at the Center for International Trade & Transportation (CITT) collaborated with the California Department of Transportation ( Caltrans ) to evaluate and discuss the progress and setbacks the state DOT has encountered in the implementation of its agency-wide succession plan.
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METRANS UTC, PSR
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
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PSR served as the lead UTC sponsor of the TRB Tribal Peer Exchange. Esri, the global leader in geospatial information systems, graciously hosted the three-day event at its corporate headquarters in Redlands, CA, October 23-25, 2024.
In a landmark research initiative, Tribal transportation leaders, government officials, and researchers convened both in-person and virtually for a Transportation Research Board (TRB) ...
METRANS UTC, PSR
Monday, October 28, 2024
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One of the most challenging problems in urban transportation planning is the lack of fine-grain data on freight movements. Cities and regions do not know how many trucks operate on their streets and highways and have limited freight flow information. Recent PSR- funded research shows the potential for an effective and scalable solution to truck flow estimation using advanced computational methods applied to data from existing sensors.
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METRANS UTC
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
The METRANS Transportation Consortium was recently selected to lead a United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) University Partnership Program (UPP). METRANS will partner with four Southeast Asian universities to support collaboration among United States and Southeast Asian professionals, researchers, and university students in the context of the US-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP) Transportation Program and the Mekong-U.S ...
METRANS UTC, PSR
Friday, May 10, 2024
Photo credit: Bailey Shen, USC
Secretary Toks Omishakin of the California State Transportation Agency visited USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy on April 8, 2024, and spoke to students about Land Use and Transportation strategies and implementations of ongoing projects in California. He highlighted the policies focusing on Traditional Neighborhood Developments (TND) and Transit Oriented Development (TOD), as well as their ...
METRANS UTC, PSR
Friday, May 10, 2024
When ridehailing (e.g., Uber, Lyft) became popular over ten years ago, scholars and transportation professionals wondered whether it would reduce or increase transit ridership. In short, is ridehailing a substitute or complement for public transit? Much more recently, a seemingly unrelated discussion has become popular: How can fare-free transit boost public transportation ridership compared to other policy tools? Our recent METRANS research sheds light on both questions.
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Friday, April 5, 2024
In a letter to the USC community on February 29, 2024, USC Provost Andrew T. Guzman announced this year’s University and Distinguished professorships, the university’s highest academic honors. Our own Dr. Petros Ioannou, a long-time professor at USC and renowned transportation researcher, was honored with the title of University Professor. Provost Guzman notes, “We present these annually to select outstanding faculty who have brought great distinction ...
METRANS UTC
Friday, November 17, 2023
2023 CITT: Decarbonization: Truth, Consequences and Hard Choices
CITT hosted its annual State of the Trade and Transportation Industry Town Hall Meeting on November 17 at the Pointe Conference Center on the campus of California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). This year’s focus was on port decarbonization. Since the inaugural event in 2001, the CITT Town Hall has featured robust discussions about controversial topics. Past Town Halls have addressed issues running the ...
METRANS UTC
Friday, November 17, 2023
The CITT Policy and Steering Committee proudly presented Harbor Commissioner Diane Middleton with the 2023 Domenick Miretti Award at this year’s State of the Trade and Transportation Industry Town Hall Meeting. On November 17, ILWU Local 13 President Gary Herrera took the stage and introduced Middleton not only as an esteemed labor advocate and an accomplished attorney, but as a dear friend to the ILWU and the Harbor community at large. Like Domenick Miretti, the inspiration for this prestigious ...
