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Thursday, July 28, 2016
Photo by John Livzey On July 13, Women’s Transportation Seminar – Los Angeles, or WTS-LA, invited new LA Metro Chief Planning Officer Therese McMillan to serve as keynote speaker at their luncheon event held at the Jonathan Club, Los Angeles. Ten students from the University of Southern California (USC); the University of California, Irvine; Mississippi State University; and Occidental College attended the event at no charge to them, and learned firsthand how McMillan plans to move ...
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Saturday, July 23, 2016
Photo by Kaitlyn Zhang Thanks to the generous sponsorships of Myers & Sons Construction, Jacobs, Stantec, James Moore, Arthur Schurr, and Alexandra Spencer, six WTS-LA student members from the University of Southern California (USC) and California State University Long Beach attended a WTS-LA half-day professional development workshop. The workshop was held on Saturday, July 16 th at USC , and was led by Katie Carr, a Principal at Fehr & Peers and Left Lane Advisors, a ...
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Saturday, July 16, 2016
Student Assistant Griffin Kantz represented USC and METRANS this past week at the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) 2016 Western District Annual Meeting, held in Albuquerque, NM on July 10-13, 2016. Kantz, the USC ITE Student Chapter President, was the only current student from USC or CSULB in attendance, although many alumni from both schools including recent METRANS guest speaker John Lower were present. To augment his experience attending the meeting, Kantz traveled to, from, and ...
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Saturday, July 16, 2016
(Photo on the right: WTS Student Member Biying Zhao) To help students make professional connections with transportation practitioners, METRANS encourages students to attend events and participate in programs held by the WTS Los Angeles Chapter (WTS-LA). Facilitated by corporate and individual sponsorships, local university students regularly enjoy complimentary attendance at chapter events and subsidized student memberships, and METRANS Assistant Director, Victoria Deguzman, serves ...
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Friday, July 8, 2016
At the Conference of California Historical Societies (CCHS) June 2016 Annual Meeting, former Director of the Port of Los Angeles and now University of Southern California Professor Dr. Geraldine Knatz received an Award of Merit for Scholar/Authorship. The award recognizes Knatz for coauthoring the new book Terminal Island: Lost Communities of Los Angeles Harbor with Naomi Hirahara, who also received the award. The book debuted at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on April 16th. Knatz ...
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Friday, July 8, 2016
By Griffin Kantz, USC B.S. Policy, Planning, and Development 2017 METRANS Student Assistant and Events Coordinator Yurida Ramos has recently joined the Office of City Councilmember Jose Huizar as a planning intern at their City Hall office in Downtown LA. Councilmember Huizar represents Council District 14, which encompasses Downtown LA, Boyle Heights, El Sereno, and Northeast LA neighborhoods. The internship is geared to provide aspiring planners with practical experience in ...
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Friday, July 1, 2016
Eleven transportation students from Cal State Dominguez Hills, Occidental College, UC Irvine, and USC participated as student volunteers at the FuturePorts Annual Conference, assisting with registration and check-in, materials distribution, tech setup, and audience engagement. Each year FuturePorts offers a limited number of complimentary spaces at the conference to students who enlist as morning or afternoon volunteers. Photo by Biying Zhao Each year, FuturePorts convenes logistics, ...
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Friday, July 1, 2016
METRANS Transportation Center Director Dr. Genevieve Giuliano and Price School Ph.D. candidates Sanggyun Kang and Quan Yuan just published their latest research report called Spatial Dynamics of Logistics Facilities and Implications for Freight Flows this June . This research project is funded by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), through the National Center for Sustainable Transportation and METRANS Transportation ...
