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Thank you to Kristin White, Google Transportation Industry Executive and Head of Transportation Strategy & Partnerships at Google, who presented All Hype or All In? The Future of Transportation with Artificial Intelligence at the ITS Berkeley Transportation Seminar on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025.

Moura Partners with it's electric, UD for $1.1M CEC Grant to Launch Breakthrough Vehicle-to-Grid EV Charger | Institute of Transportation Studies ITS hosts a number of faculty members from nine UC Berkeley academic departments and schools and approximately 150 researchers and students are associated with ITS through our various research and…

Excited to be part of @calenergy.bsky.social $1.1 million award to berkeleyengineer.bsky.social Prof Scott Moura, @udelaware.bsky.social, and EV charging company It's Electric to develop, certify, and commercialize world's first curbside vehicle-to-grid EV charger:

Excited to see over 70 undergrad and graduate students from
@berkeleyengineer.bsky.social and College of Environmental Design who came to Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology open house to learn about getting involved in #AI #AV research!

Thank you to Simona Onori, Associate Professor in Energy Science and Engineering at Stanford University, who presented From EVs to the Grid: Unlocking Second-Life Battery Potential with AI at the Institute of Transportation Studies Transportation Seminar on Friday, September 12, 2025.

Read the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies September Newsletter: SB1 grants awarded, Xiao-Yun Lu receives lifetime achievement award, researchers win Kevin Corker Award, and more! conta.cc/41muv92

@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.

@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social researcher Adam Cohen comments on Hedge-fund manager Jason Mudrick was looking for his next big bet. He was as surprised as anyone that he settled on flying taxis www.wsj.com/business/mem... via @WSJ

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
@sfchronicle.com #AutonomousVehicles #TransportationSafety #BikeMonth #BicyclistSafety

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-...