News & Announcements
METRANS UTC, PSR
Monday, November 19, 2018
Transfers Magazine is the biannual research publication of the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center. The latest issue features articles from scholars at UCLA, USC, UC Irvine, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa on critical questions facing transportation policy. What makes a good new driver? Does light rail really reduce traffic? How can coastal cities create better evacuation plans to deal with the increased threats of climate change? Why do parking requirements stand in the way of more affordable, flexible "granny flat" housing? Each article is a condensed, accessible version of peer-reviewed academic research, intended to transfer the knowledge of experts into policy actions that improve people’s lives. Click here for the most recent issue
METRANS UTC, PSR
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Despite the numerous ways that transportation has reinvented itself, it still has not solved the problem of moving people efficiently over short distances. In a seminar held at the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis on November 2, transportation leading mobility innovation expert discussed some emerging forms of transportation that will make us re-evaluate how we move in dense, urban environments.
Jonah Houston, Senior Portfolio Lead at IDEO’s Transportation and Mobility ...
METRANS UTC
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Second-year Price MPL Jared Bendifallah is the 2018 recipient of the James “Jim” Cowen Scholarship from the American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF), the philanthropy affiliate of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). This is only the second year that this scholarship has been offered, given in memory of a giant of the transit industry who had a long career in transit management, including contributions to the BART system in the San Francisco Bay area, the MAX ...
METRANS UTC, PSR
Saturday, November 3, 2018
With the issue of how California funds highway and transit projects currently much in the news and on the minds of voters, one of the state’s leading experts on financing transportation gave a tutorial on the complexities of such taxes and fees at the October 26 seminar hosted by the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis. Students attending the seminar on October, 26, 2018 . Michael Coleman, fiscal policy advisor for the League of California, and noted author and local ...
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Sunday, October 28, 2018
Rachel Krusenoski first heard of SCAG (Southern California Association of Governments) at the 2017 California Transportation Foundation annual symposium. A senior PPD major in the USC Price school and the President of the USC chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Krusenoski has long held an interest in transportation planning and had interest in obtaining an internship in this field. Fortunately for Rachel one of her USC professors was a former employee of SCAG and suggested she ...
METRANS UTC
Monday, October 22, 2018
On Tuesday, October 9 th , METRANS welcomed Dr. Sara Brown to the Doheny Memorial Library to host the first in a series of METRANS professional development events, titled Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace. Brown started the event by introducing her organization, the USC Shoah Foundation and Institute for Visual History and Education. The Shoah Foundation collects visual histories of genocide survivors across the globe, and works to ensure that everyone can be an agent in their lives to honor ...
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Presentations Available for Download Below Presentations Presentation of the Day, Introduction of the International Project MetroFreight and the Paris Team Laetitia Dablanc, IFSTTAR, MetroFreight Paris The Freight Landscape Genevieve Giuliano , University of Southern California, MetroFreight Los Angeles E-Commerce and Urban Logistics Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Hofstra University, MetroFreight New York Urban Goods ...
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Monday, October 15, 2018
The VREF MetroFreight Center of Excellence (CoE) is an integral part of the METRANS Transportation Center at the University of Southern California (USC) and California State University Long Beach (CSULB). METRANS is celebrating its 20 th Anniversary throughout 2018 and recognizing the value of collaboration with those individuals and organizations vested in transportation research, policy and programs. On Thursday, October 4, 2018, an Anniversary Reception and Dinner Celebration took ...
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Sunday, October 14, 2018
On Friday, September 21, 2018, USC transportation students from both engineering and planning went on a field trip to observe the business activities of Eagle Rock Aggregates and the Marine Exchange of Southern California. As a Master of Planning student, I am fascinated by the concept of “smart cities” and how cities can become more optimized and prosperous by integrating new technology into their existing systems. With Los Angeles becoming a hub for new mobility options including e-scooters, ...
METRANS UTC
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Last month, Operation Lifesaver, a nonprofit public safety education and awareness organization dedicated to reducing collisions, fatalities and injuries at highway-rail crossings and trespassing on or near railroad tracks, kicked off the second annual Railroad Safety Week (Sept. 23-29). Believe it or not, a person or vehicle is hit by a train about every three hours in the U.S. The goal of Rail Safety Week is to raise awareness, encourage rail safety education and empower the public to ...
