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ITS Berkeley Director's Letter View this email in your browser Faculty and staff from ITS Berkeley and its Centers review the ITS Berkeley Strategic Plan at an All Hands Meeting Dec. 4, 2018. Dear Colleagues and Friends, As we near the end of 2018, we have so much to celebrate at ITS! Thank you all for your hard work this year, and I look forward to celebrating with you all Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 at noon at the International House for our Holiday Celebration and as we recognize our outstanding students, researchers and partners at the Awards Ceremony. ITS faculty, staff and students have won several honors and awards throughout the year, most recently though I’d also like to congratulate our eight graduate students who were awarded opportunities in the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program: Abigail Cochran, Xiao Yun "Jayne" Chang, Ryan Laws, Stephen Wong, Jeremy Halpern, Fangyu Wu, Jessica Lazarus, and Eugene Vinitsky. I am so impressed with the participation this year and the broad topics of research that will be represented through ITS Berkeley! And congratulations to recent alum Cathy Wu for receiving the Council of University Transportation Center’s (CUTC) Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award. It is such an honor for her pioneering work and dedication to be recognized as the best Doctoral dissertation in the field of science and technology in transportation studies this year. I would also like to thank all of you who attended and participated in our Strategic Plan rollout Dec. 3. We enjoyed a good discussion on the plan, which gave us all a lot to think about. I am excited to see where we are headed as an Institute, and we have a good framework set in place that will help us get there. We are highlighting our focus on creating leaders and leading-edge innovations in data science, artificial intelligence, the sharing economy, sustainability, economic health, and social good. I understand that priorities and goals will shift over the years, but this strategic plan gives us tangible actions that will set our course — as well as some moonshot goals that we will figure out how to achieve together as we set our goals in motion. It was also a nice opportunity to gather with colleagues from the different centers, and we hope to plan more opportunities to bring us all together and foster more collaboration! Another recent opportunity for collaboration was the UC Institute of Transportation Studies kick-off event for a new research initiative focused on innovative mobility on Nov. 30. The day-long, interactive forum brought over 75 UC scholars together to identify research priorities for the state and connect researchers across campuses and disciplines in the pursuit of innovative mobility. The event exceeded expectations, with participation from the four ITS centers, Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, and UCLA, and a strong turnout from UC campuses at Merced, Riverside, San Diego, and Santa Cruz. For those that were able to attend from UC Berkeley, thank you for spending the day with us and sharing your unique perspective. And for those that were unable to join us, I invite you to share your “innovative mobility” research ideas with UC ITS via this online form, by Dec. 21, 2018 in preparation of a draft proposal the UC ITS is preparing for the State of California. I also invite you to sign up ( via this form) to receive updates on the UC Innovative Mobility Initiative and ways to get involved. Thank you again for all your hard work this year, it really has made an impact on ITS Berkeley! I hope you enjoy some time off between the semesters, and until next year and TRB! Go Bears, Alexandre Bayen Director of Institute of Transportation Studies Liao-Cho Professor of Engineering EVENTS View our complete calendar December 14, 2018 noon-12:00 p.m. ITS Holiday Lunch and Awards Ceremony International House ITS Faculty, staff and researchers gather for an end of the year celebration and award ceremony. January 13, 2019 5:30-7:30 p.m . ITS Berkeley TRB Reception Washington DC You are cordially invited to our 2019 Reception held in conjunction with the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board on Sunday, Jan. 13, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott Marquis; Liberty - Salon L/M; Meeting Level 4 901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC February 25-27, 2019 2019 California Transportation Planning Conference: Partnering for Sustainable Transportation: Navigating California's Changing Landscape San Diego Caltrans, in partnership with the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) at University of California, Berkeley present this t hree-day conference to provide attendees the opportunity to interact with transportation practitioners and decision-makers, exchange ideas and learn about emerging trends, opportunities and advancements in transportation planning from national, state, and local experts. NEWS Wu Receives Pikarsky Award ITS Berkeley Earns 8 Eisenhower Fellowships Lipman, Weber Co-Edit "Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Production" Gonzalez Co-Authors PNAS Paper TRB 2019 ITS Berkeley Schedule Airport Design Class Final Presentations HEADLINES Susan Shaheen, co-director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center is featured in Scooters could improve mobility in low-income areas, but they have an image problem at Markeplace. ITS Director Alexandre Bayen talks about Can Anything Be Done About Bay Bridge Traffic? to ABC 7 News. Timothy Lipman, co-director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center talks about Why Are We Still Waiting for Electric Buses? at Streetsblog. Doctoral student Eugene Vinitsky talks about Watch just a few self- driving cars stop traffic jams to Science Magazine. ITS Director Alexandre Bayen talks about Bay Area transportation experts say apps may make traffic worse to ABC 7 News. 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ITS Berkeley Directors Letter View this email in your browser
Faculty and staff from ITS Berkeley and its Centers review the ITS Berkeley Strategic Plan at an All HandsMeeting Dec 4 2018
Dear Colleagues and Friends As we near the end of 2018 we haveso much to celebrate at ITS Thankyou all for your hard work this year
and I look forward to celebrating with you all FridayDec 14 2018 at noon at the International Housefor our Holiday Celebration and as we recognizeour outstanding students researchers and partnersat the Awards Ceremony ITS faculty staff and students have won severalhonors and awards throughout the year mostrecently though Irsquod also like to congratulate oureight graduate students who were awardedopportunities in the Dwight David EisenhowerTransportation Fellowship Program AbigailCochran Xiao Yun Jayne Chang Ryan LawsStephen Wong Jeremy Halpern Fangyu WuJessica Lazarus and Eugene Vinitsky I am soimpressed with the participation this year and thebroad topics of research that will be representedthrough ITS Berkeley And congratulations to recent alum Cathy Wu forreceiving the Council of University TransportationCenterrsquos (CUTC) Milton Pikarsky Memorial AwardIt is such an honor for her pioneering work anddedication to be recognized as the best Doctoraldissertation in the field of science and technologyin transportation studies this year I would also like to thank all of you who attendedand participated in our Strategic Plan rollout Dec3 We enjoyed a good discussion on the planwhich gave us all a lot to think about I am excitedto see where we are headed as an Institute andwe have a good framework set in place that willhelp us get there We are highlighting our focus oncreating leaders and leading-edge innovations indata science artificial intelligence the sharingeconomy sustainability economic health andsocial good I understand that priorities and goalswill shift over the years but this strategic plan givesus tangible actions that will set our course mdash aswell as some moonshot goals that we will figure outhow to achieve together as we set our goals inmotion It was also a nice opportunity to gather withcolleagues from the different centers and we hopeto plan more opportunities to bring us all togetherand foster more collaboration Another recent opportunity for collaboration wasthe UC Institute of Transportation Studies kick-offevent for a new research initiative focused oninnovative mobility on Nov 30 The day-longinteractive forum brought over 75 UC scholarstogether to identify research priorities for the stateand connect researchers across campuses anddisciplines in the pursuit of innovative mobility The event exceeded expectations withparticipation from the four ITS centers BerkeleyDavis Irvine and UCLA and a strong turnout fromUC campuses at Merced Riverside San Diegoand Santa Cruz For those that were able to attendfrom UC Berkeley thank you for spending the daywith us and sharing your unique perspective Andfor those that were unable to join us I invite you toshare your ldquoinnovative mobilityrdquo research ideas withUC ITS via this online form by Dec 21 2018 inpreparation of a draft proposal the UC ITS ispreparing for the State of California I also inviteyou to sign up (via this form) to receive updates onthe UC Innovative Mobility Initiative and ways toget involved
Thank you again for all your hard work this year itreally has made an impact on ITS Berkeley I hopeyou enjoy some time off between the semestersand until next year and TRB Go Bears
Alexandre BayenDirector of Institute of Transportation StudiesLiao-Cho Professor of Engineering
EVENTS
View our complete calendar
December 14 2018 noon-1200 pmITS Holiday Lunch and Awards Ceremony International HouseITS Faculty staff and researchers gather for anend of the year celebration and award ceremony
January 13 2019 530-730 pm ITS Berkeley TRB ReceptionWashington DCYou are cordially invited to our 2019 Reception
held in conjunction with the 98th Annual Meeting
of the Transportation Research Board onSunday Jan 13 from 530 pm to 730 pm inthe Marriott Marquis Liberty - Salon LMMeeting Level 4 901 Massachusetts Ave NWWashington DC
February 25-27 20192019 California Transportation PlanningConference Partnering for SustainableTransportation Navigating Californias ChangingLandscapeSan DiegoCaltrans in partnership with the Institute ofTransportation Studies (ITS) at University ofCalifornia Berkeley present this three-dayconference to provide attendees the opportunityto interact with transportation practitioners anddecision-makers exchange ideas and learnabout emerging trends opportunities andadvancements in transportation planning fromnational state and local experts
NEWS
Wu Receives PikarskyAward
ITS Berkeley Earns 8Eisenhower Fellowships
Lipman Weber Co-EditFuel Cells and HydrogenProduction
Gonzalez Co-AuthorsPNAS Paper
TRB 2019 ITS BerkeleySchedule
Airport Design Class FinalPresentations
HEADLINES
Susan Shaheenco-director of theTransportationSustainability
Research Center is featuredin Scooters could improvemobility in low-incomeareas but they have animage problem atMarkeplace
ITS DirectorAlexandre Bayentalks about Can
Anything Be Done AboutBay Bridge Traffic to ABC7 News
Timothy Lipmanco-director of theTransportation
Sustainability ResearchCenter talks about Why AreWe Still Waiting for ElectricBuses at Streetsblog
Doctoralstudent EugeneVinitsky talks
about Watch just a few self-driving cars stop trafficjams to Science Magazine
ITS DirectorAlexandreBayen talks about
Bay Area transportationexperts say apps may maketraffic worse to ABC 7News
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