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Friday, June 24, 2016
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Friday, June 24, 2016
Photo by John Livzey Facilitated by donor sponsorships, twelve students from the University of Southern California, California State University Northridge, Biola, and Mississippi State University joined the WTS Los Angeles luncheon on June 16, 2016, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The event featured representatives from transit planning teams seeking to bring sleek, 21 st -century streetcar transit service to the downtowns of both Los Angeles and Santa Ana. Jessica ...
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Friday, June 24, 2016
Photo by California Department of Transportation On June 6th, METRANS researcher Professor Marlon Boarnet from the Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California (USC), presented his research on urban travel behavior as part of the Research Connection webinar held by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Research, Innovation and System Information at Caltrans Headquarter, Sacramento. California. Professor Boarnet's Caltrans presentation ...
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Friday, June 17, 2016
MetroFreight Researchers Maged Dessouky and Lunce Fu from the University of Southern California,Viterbi School of Engineering published their interim report titled Integrating Management of Truck and Rail Systems in Los Angeles . This research is supported by the Volvo Research and Education Foundations through the MetroFreight Center of Excellence at METRANS Transportation Center. Dessouky and Fu note that according to the Federal Railroad Administration, the American railway system will experience ...
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Friday, June 17, 2016
Meet METRANS Transportation Center student assistant Nicole (Haichao) Guo. (Photo by Nicole Guo) Guo just finished her first year of graduate study at the University of Southern California, majoring in civil engineering with a concentration in transportation engineering. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Traffic and Transportation from Southeastern University, in Nanjing, China. Guo is also an active student member of WTS-Los Angeles. Guo developed her interest for transportation when ...
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Friday, June 10, 2016
Attendees to the 2016 Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Summer Meeting, held earlier this week on the USC campus and hosted by METRANS, enjoyed a luncheon keynote presentation by Joshua L. Schank, the first Chief Innovation Officer for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). Photo by Lynn Feng In his presentation, Dr. Schank described the way he views his role as head of the new Office of Extraordinary Innovation (OEI) at Metro and how he ...
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Friday, June 10, 2016
On June 6 th , 60 Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) guests participated in an exciting tour to explore the headquarters of Hyperloop One as a part of their conference agenda. The advanced hyperloop technology is referred to as “The Fifth Mode of Transport,” and is projected by Elon Musk to be a mode able to carry passengers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in as little as 30 minutes when developed. The next day, June 7 th , 66 CUTC guests joined the L.A. by ...
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Friday, June 3, 2016
The Urban Freight Platform invites you to submit papers for The VREF Conference on Urban Freight 2016: Plan for the future - sharing urban space 17-19th of October 2016, Gothenburg Deadline for abstract submission extended to 12th June 2016! Participation at the conference is free of charge! The second international conference organised by the Urban Freight Platform will discuss the complexity of freight transport in urban areas with a focus on the need to share space both at ...
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Friday, June 3, 2016
Meet METRANS Transportation Center Administrative Assistant Arnold Valdez Valdez has just completed his Master of Planning degree at USC Price School of Public Policy and was quickly hired by METRANS to assist with research administration. During his master’s studies, he focused on transportation and became very interested in research topics relating to transportation modeling, and spatial data analysis. Along with Arnold’s background in geography and urban planning, he has conducted ...
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Friday, June 3, 2016
Photo by John Livzey On May 26, 2016, 13 students from BIOLA U, USC, UCLA, and CSUN attended a luncheon held by the WTS-LA chapter featuring a presentation on the future of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). Their attendance was sponsored by various partners of WTS-LA, including Jacobs Engineering Group, Emilie Gino, John Livzey, Arthur Schurr, Alexandra Spencer, and USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Following the main course, Cynthia Guidry and Ellen Wright, respectively the Deputy ...
