PATH's SafeTrip-21 bus tour showed off a variety of high-tech traffic tools, such as interfaces for smart parking and transit connections, and alerts for upcoming work zones and road closures. (Photo: Jay Sullivan)
ITS Berkeley News
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Former ITS Director Adib Kanafani received the W.N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding service to both transportation research and the Transportation Research Board at a luncheon held in Washington, D.C. on January 25. Among his many accomplishments, he was cited for major contributions to transportation systems, transportation engineering, airport planning and design, and air transport economics.
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The University of California Transportation Center (UCTC) has received a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation and a matching amount from California's Department of Transportation to oversee a new research consortium of five other UC and four Cal State University campuses.
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Vikash Gayah, a Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been named 2011-2012 UCTC Outstanding Student of the Year. His dissertation work focuses on the dynamics of traffic networks and operations. Gayah will join other award recipients from university transportation centers around the country at a ceremony preceeding the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C.
