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@berkeleyengineer.bsky.social PhD students Zhe Fu, Linda Lim, DCRP PhD student Michael Montilla were in DC as 2025 Eno Transportation Fellows for a week-long experience engaging with dozens of nationally recognized experts, key policymakers, industry leaders, & fellow transportation enthusiasts

Meme Stocks Made Him a Fortune. Now He’s Betting on Flying Taxis. Hedge-fund manager Jason Mudrick was looking for his next big bet. He was as surprised as anyone that he settled on a futuristic industry.

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Waymos are getting more assertive. Why the driverless taxis are learning to drive like humans Waymo is teaching its driverless robotaxis to drive more like humans, so they can blend in better with human traffic.

SafeTREC's Matthew Raifman discusses #AutonomousVehicle #Safety for "Waymos are getting more assertive. Why the driverless taxis are learning to drive like humans" www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/w...

See the latest ITS Berkeley news Email from UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies Read the June Newsletter- Commencement, New Acting Director, Berkeley Mobility Hub, and more!   View in your browser June Newsletter Spring 2

Read our latest newsletter: We're thrilled to celebrate 2025 graduates at ITS Berkeley! With new acting leadership in place and exciting advancements like the Berkeley Mobility Hub, we're committed to shaping the future of transportation. #Graduation2025 #MobilityInnovation

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Excited to announce @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social Professor Scott Moura will serve as Acting Director for the 2025-26 academic year! CEE and DCRP Associate Professor Marta Gonzalez will serve as Acting Faculty Director at PATH! Read more: its.berkeley.edu/news/moura-n...

Congrats to all our @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social @ucberkeleysafetrec.bsky.social and DCRP ITS affiliated graduates! We so enjoyed your company and your talents! See commencement photos: its.berkeley.edu/news/2025-co...

BART Meltdowns, Fare Hikes, Budget Cuts and Other Bay Area Transit Woes | KQED We’ll talk about how different transit agencies are bracing for cuts, the federal government’s check on California’s shift toward electric vehicles, and the critical ways our transportation system has...

ITS affiliate, Ted Lamm, CLEE at @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social assoc director and UC ITS Board of Advisors/ITS Berkeley alum Laura Tolkoff, SPUR transportation policy director talk about BART Meltdowns, Fare Hikes, Budget Cuts and Other Bay Area Transit Woes at KQED Forum: www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

Happy Graduation to the @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social ITS affiliated doctoral students! Congratulations, you did it!

Super excited to be with our @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social masters students at commencement today!

Congratulations to our Transportation Masters in City Planning and PhD students who graduated today! It as great to see you at the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social College of Environmental Design Commencement today and the Department of City and Regional Planning celebrations!

Congratulations to alum SPUR Chief Policy Officer Sujata Srivastava on her Distinguished Alumni Award at the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social College of Environmental Design commencement!

It's happening! College of Environmental Design commencement!

Buses vs. Trains: The Future of Public Transit in the Great Lakes Region | Great Lakes Now As cities invest in greener, more accessible transit, a key debate emerges: sleek light rail or cost-effective bus rapid transit? The answer may depend more on perception than performance.

ITS Director Daniel A. Rodríguez, Chancellor's Professor of City and Regional Planning UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, talks about #Buses vs. #Trains: The Future of #PublicTransit in the Great Lakes Region to Great Lakes Now - Detroit PBS: www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/05/buse...

Sales tax reluctantly floated as transit boon Would you rather pay crossing bridge or at register?

ITS Berkeley Senior Fellow Egon Terplan talks about Lawmakers reluctantly float sales tax as public transit boon to the San Francisco Examiner: www.sfexaminer.com/news/politic...

A Zoox and an e-bike collided in S.F. Here’s what it says about robotaxi safety A Zoox and an e-bike collided in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood. Here’s what it says about robotaxi safety.

Experts @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social including @berkeleyits.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social, Steven Shladover & SafeTREC's Matt Raifman discuss robotaxi safety: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/z... via
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Congratulations to @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social PhD students Zhe FU and Linda Lim and City and Regional Planning PhD student Michael Montilla on being selected to attend the 2025 @enotrans.bsky.social Leadership Development Conference!
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ITS Berkeley showed the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Innovation and Entrepreneurship group, City of Richmond, California and other guests around the Richmond Field Station as the Berkeley Mobility Hub phase 1 takes off. Read more about the new plans for RFS here: its.berkeley.edu/news/its-lau...

Great Conversation continues w/ @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social PhD Linda Lim, Google Public Sector Kristin White, CEE Prof Scott Moura, and Contra Costa Transit Authority Tim Haile @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social Transportation and Mobility Club/ITS Berkeley Private-Public Partnerships and Innovation Panel

Great discussion w/ mod @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social PhD Linda Lim, former DOT SMART Grants Madeline Zhu, Waymo Arielle Fleisher, Leke Services Laolu Adeola, CITRIS Director Alex Bayen @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social Mobility Club/ITS Berkeley Fireside Chat #Transportation #Automation and #AI Panel

ITS Berkeley Strategy and Development Director Justin Wiley kicks off the @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social Mobility Club/ITS Berkeley Fireside Chat - Powering the Future: Public-Private Partnerships at the Intersection of Mobility, Autonomy, and AI by talking about the new Berkeley Mobility Hub!

New #AV Test Track, #V2X Signal Lab, and #Drone Park position @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as a global center for next-gen mobility research, commercialization, and workforce development at ITS Berkeley's Mobility Hub at RFS: its.berkeley.edu/news/its-lau...
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Watch as traffic safety research is explained in 101 seconds - Berkeley News The U.S. has the highest rate of road traffic fatalities among any wealthy nation. Here's how UC Berkeley experts are working to make our roads safer.

The U.S. has the highest rate of road traffic fatalities among any wealthy nation. Here's how @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social expert and alum Julia Griswold and the @ucberkeleysafetrec.bsky.social are working to make our roads safer: news.berkeley.edu/2025/04/24/w...

Congratulations to @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social Civil & Environmental Engineering PhD Candidate Ziad Yassine on being named ITS PhD Student of the Year and CEE and College of Environmental Design MS/MCP students Jacob Champlin and Ameen DaCosta on being named ITS Masters Students of the Year!

Thank you to all who presented, attended, and contributed to the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center Annual Congress at UC Berkeley March 24-25, 2025. We had a great time getting know what we are all up to! See our recap and photos: its.berkeley.edu/PSRCongress2...

Congratulations to @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social CEE doctoral candidates Zhe Fu and Jaewon Saw, who will compete as semi-finalists in the UC Berkeley Grad Slam on April 9, 3-5 pm via Zoom. Read more: its.berkeley.edu/news/fu-saw-...

We're excited to open the Pacific Southwest Region UTC Annual Congress Moving Forward: Improving Transportation in Region 9 with Keynote speaker CalSTA Secretary Toks Omishakin!

ITS Berkeley and CITRIS capped off the @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social UC Berkeley CEE masters visit day with an engaging panel: Robotaxis and AI: Navigating Mobility Innovation and the Public Good events.berkeley.edu/its/event/27...

Congratulations to Kristi McKenney, who was recently appointed as the first female Executive Director of the Port of Oakland and is an ITS Berkeley, @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social UC Berkeley Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) alum (’89)! lnkd.in/gr-JK6dh

Welcome future bears! Excited to see many potential Transportation and Systems Engineering masters students on a cold and rainy @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social Civil and Environmental Engineering visit day!

Transit Nut Rides From SF to LA Only on Public Transportation, It Costs Him Just $61 (But Takes Two Whole Days) An ambitious transit enthusiast just rode all the way from San Francisco (actually Oakland) to Los Angeles, a trek that cost a mere $61, but took two full days to pull off, and required an overnight h...

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Transit Nut Rides From SF to LA Only on Public Transportation, It Costs Him Just $61 (But Takes Two Whole Days) at @sfist.bsky.social
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