Institute of Transportation Studies

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The Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) at the University of California, Berkeley, is a center for research, education, and scholarship in the field of transportation. UC Berkeley faculty members, staff researchers, and graduate students comprise this multidisciplinary institute of more than 300 people, primarily supported by research funds. The UC Berkeley ITS is an organized research unit with nine affiliated organizations and an eight-member advisory council. It is part of multi-campus research unit, the University of California Institute of Transportation Studies, which includes UC Berkeley ITS, UC Davis ITS, UC Irvine ITS, and UCLA ITS.

Two UC Berkeley academic departments, Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering and City and Regional Planning in the College of Environmental Design, offer graduate and undergraduate courses in transportation engineering, planning, policy, economics, and technology, and confer degrees. ITS, an organized research unit (ORU), provides a means for those students to conduct research. Advisory council members are from the arenas of transportation, government, metropolitan planning, and academia.

The Institute of Transportation Studies was created at UC Berkeley in 1948 by the California state legislature to support the design and construction of the state's transportation system following World War II. Its original mission was "to conduct research and provide instruction to a new generation of transportation professionals" and it still serves that mission today. Michael Cassidy, Ph.D., is the Acting Director. Samer Madanat is the Director (currently on sabbatical).

Contents 1 Centers 2 External links 3 Sources 4 See also

[edit] Centers

• California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT)
• California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH)
• National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research (NEXTOR), sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration.
• Pavement Research Center
• Traffic Safety Center, joint venture of ITS and the School of Public Health
• Transportation Sustainability Research Center
• UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport

[edit] External links

• Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
• ITS Advisory Council

[edit] Sources

• Michael Cassidy, Acting Director, UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies
• Steven Campbell, Assistant Director, UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies
• College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
• College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley

[edit] See also

• California Center for Innovative Transportation
• California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH)
• National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operators (NEXTOR)
• Technology Transfer Program
• Transportation Library, UC Berkeley
• Traffic Safety Center
• Transportation Sustainability Research Center