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Research Spotlight: Validation of Freight Volume Modeling on Major Highway Links

Monday, October 28, 2024

  Source: samafoto via iStock   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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PSR Partners Present Knowledge Ecosystem Research in UC Berkeley Publication

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

  The METRANS Transportation Consortium is pleased to announce the publication of a new research paper that explores the pivotal role of Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE) units in shaping the future of workforce development across California. The peer-reviewed paper was a collaborative effort between Center for International Trade & Transportation Executive Director Dr. Tyler Reeb, a PSR researcher and METRANS executive committee member, and two other members of the ...

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PSR Researchers Showcase Impactful Transportation Research Projects at the Future of Transportation Summit in Washington D.C.

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

                  Pictured above: PSR Director Marlon Boarnet presents his lectern on changing work-from-home, commuting, and housing affordability trends at the FoT Summit on August 13, 2024. Pictured above: Tom O'Brien, Associate Dean of the College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPaCE) at CSULB & Missy Blair, Advanced Program Manager at Pima Community College, present their ...

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METRANS to Lead Partnership Initiative with Four Southeast Asian Universities

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 ...

Research Spotlight: Using Streaming Data for Congestion Pricing

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Photo Credit: (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)   Congestion pricing – used on highways in Southern California and in cities such as Singapore and London – requires understanding how much drivers would be willing to pay to travel faster. Technically, this is called travelers' value of travel time (VOT), and it is fundamental not only for congestion pricing, but also for many analyses of transportation projects. Most existing methods for estimating VOT rely ...

PSR Researcher Geraldine Knatz Publishes New Book on Terminal Island Communities

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

  The stories of the peoples that lived on Terminal Island is now being told in a new book Terminal Island, Lost Communities on America’s Edge by USC Price School’s Geraldine Knatz, with co-author Naomi Hirahara, with a foreword by USC’s William Deverell and an afterword by actor George Takai.     Today it’s a largely man-made land mass that is home to massive container terminals, huge cranes, ships and heavy-duty trucks.  Few ...

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Research Spotlight: Modeling the Impacts of Ridehailing and Transit Fare Policy on Transit Ridership

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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Secretary Toks Omishakin of the California State Transportation Agency Visits USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

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 ...
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The Seventh Annual PSR Congress Highlights Research Topics from Autonomous Vehicles to Transportation Equity

Friday, April 5, 2024

         From left to right: Students attend PSR Congress session at UNLV. UCLA student Alejandra Rios Gutierrez pictured with PSR Director, Marlon Boarnet. UC Irvine student Urian Campos pictured with PSR Director, Marlon Boarnet. UNLV student Yazmin Martinez pictured with parent and PSR Director Marlon Boarnet.    The 2024 Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) Annual Congress was hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) on March 11 ...

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PSR Researcher and Associate Director of Research for METRANS, Dr. Petros Ioannou, Appointed as University Professor at the University of Southern California

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 Research Spotlight: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Student Commuting

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

  Principal Investigator: Detlof von Winterfeldt with Aleyeh Roknaldi, Julie Hopper, Richard S. John, Laurel Kruke and Alice Qiao   A new PSR-funded research report has improved the estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from student commuting at the University of Southern California (USC). PSR researcher Detlof von Winterfeldt and his team determined student commuting contributes 17,969 metric tons of carbon emissions, or about 8.6% of all emissions from USC . ...
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Dr. Susan Handy Delivers the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship at the 2024 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) awarded Professor Susan Handy with the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship at TRB’s annual conference in Washington, D.C. Handy is the Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science and Policy and Director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California, Davis, a member of the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center (PSR UTC). The Lectureship is an honor conferred upon one academic ...

Recognizing 2023 Pacific Southwest Region UTC Students of the Year

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

The Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) University Transportation Center (UTC) is proud to honor exceptional students from member institutions for their promise in the transportation field. Students in doctoral, masters, undergraduate, community college, and professional development programs are recognized for their technical and research merit, academic, and leadership capabilities.   Monisha Reginald, a Master’s student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is PSR’s ...

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2024 PSR Congress Announcement: March 11 and 12 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

METRANS and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) are proud to announce the forthcoming sixth annual Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center (PSR-UTC) Congress, slated for March 11 and 12 at the UNLV Campus in Las Vegas, Nevada. Researchers may submit abstracts until February 2 at this link.   Each year, the PSR Congress serves as a pivotal platform for researchers, students, and practitioners to disseminate the outcomes of their research activities, along with ...