A Message from ITS Director Samer Madanat

I write these lines at the start of an academic year that promises to be very interesting for the field of transportation research and for the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley. While the global economic recession dominates the headlines, the problems of global warming and the need to reduce humanity’s carbon footprint have not been forgotten. Given the major contribution of the transportation sector to greenhouse gas emissions, especially in the U.S., opportunities for research in the field of transportation energy and sustainability abound. More...

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Carbon-busting strategies for California:

The Transportation Sustainability Research Center recently delivered two reports to the state's Air Resources Board and the California Department of Transportation that may profoundly alter California's landscape. More....

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Fresh New Faces

Thirty new transportation/planning students have begun their graduate work at Berkeley and will be involved in transportation research projects throughout the Institute’s nine research centers. They join 41 continuing students working toward master or doctoral degrees.The entering students come from China, Colombia, France, Hong Kong, India, Lebanon, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Switzerland. Of the 16 American students, seven are from California. Meet them here.

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New ITS Faculty

The newest faculty member to join the ITS extended family is Paul Waddell, Professor of City and Regional Planning, and a creator of the popular UrbanSim modeling system for integrating land use and transportation modeling and planning. More...