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Saturday, November 25, 2017
On November 17, the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis held a seminar sponsored through ITS-Davis partnership with METRANS, the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center. UC Davis alumnus and Ubers Global Lead on Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Adam Gromis, talked about transforming transportation by moving people with "fewer, fuller, and more efficient vehicles and trips." The benefits of such a transformation can include increased mobility ...
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Sunday, November 19, 2017
On October 5th, the Los Angeles chapter of WTS hosted a luncheon panel at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown LA, focused on Senate Bill 1 (SB-1). SB-1, also known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, is a legislative package of $54 billion signed into law on April 28, 2017, for maintenance and rehabilitation of Californias transportation infrastructure, focusing on safety, congestion, transit, and the improvement of freight mobility throughout the state. FAST Executive ...
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Sunday, November 19, 2017
ShengAo Xie (Victor) completed his Master of Planning degree from USC with a concentration in transportation, and recently joined AECOM as a transportation planner in their downtown Los Angeles office. Xie also holds a bachelors degree in finance. Actively exploring practical opportunities in the transportation field since he was still in school, Xie began his transportation career as an intern at several major public planning and transportation agencies in southern California region, ...
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Sunday, November 12, 2017
On October 4, 2017, METRANS and Women in Management (WIM) co-hosted the WIM Women Deans Panel Women in Academia: What does it take to reach the top? on the USC Main Campus, featuring speakers Elizabeth Daley, Dean of the USC School of Cinema Arts, and Karen Symms Gallagher, Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education. The two Deans shared their personal experiences as female leaders in the academic world, and personal stories about their own recognition of the impact of gender, both ...
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Saturday, November 4, 2017
Across the globe, societies are beginning to experience radical events caused by CO 2 -induced global warming. These black swans are causing billions in lost GDP, fracturing nations, starving communities, and generating a tidal wave of environmental refugees. For these reasons and more, it has never been more important, and frankly more energizing, to be a transportation researcher. Transportation students at UC Davis work daily in one of the most influential sectors on climate change, as well ...