Summer 2007: Stories This Issue

Highlights of 2007 World Conference on Transport Research

Nobel Laureate Daniel McFadden gives keynote address, "The Behavioral Science of Transportation;" the 2007 Dupuit Prize is awarded to Moshe Ben-Akiva, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for lifetime achievement; selected photos from the closing night awards dinner.

Also, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center Co-Hosts WCTR Conference Traffic Safety Sessions.

UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport (a Volvo Center of Excellence) presents special session at WCTR Conference.

Counting Cars (and More) with PeMS: A research project's transition to the real world

The story of the development of PeMS illustrates how the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) and its affiliated centers, California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH) and California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT), take a researcher's idea, develop it, deploy and test it, and then send it on its way for use in the wider world.

Our Summer Students from American University of Beirut and Howard University

There are some new faces this summer at ITS from Beirut and Washington, D.C. Seven engineering undergraduate students from the American University of Beirut (AUB) are working on a variety of projects under the direction of ITS researchers. Two additional students are visiting from Howard University.

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News from ITS

July 12: NEXTOR's Mark Hansen Testifies at Senate Finance Hearing on FAA Modernization Costs.

Michael Cassidy named Acting Director of ITS: Samer Madanat goes on sabbatical as of July 1, 2007.

June 21-24: The Air Transport Research Society’s World Conference, at Berkeley: Includes participation from all facets of the aviation industry: airlines, airports, air traffic control (ATC), aerospace, government officials, consultants and academics. Hosted by NEXTOR.

PATH pays tribute to
Anthony Brennan, Assistant Director: the 12-year veteran of the California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways program died on May 31, 2007 after a long illness.

May 17: TSRC Director Alex Farrell Co-Authors Green Biofuels Index: It would aid consumers, market with a biofuels rating system that would reflect the positive or negative environmental impacts of a particular fuel.

Robert Harley, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has joined the ITS Advisory Council, ITS Director Samer Madanat announced at the council’s annual meeting on May 7.