UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies

09/02/2026

The Institute of Transportation Studies Berkeley is excited to announce that 14 projects, totaling $1.8 million in funding, have been awarded this year under SB1 and AB104 funds. ITS Berkeley has now awarded over $10M in UC ITS funding: https://its.berkeley.edu/news/its-berkeley-awards-14-grant-awards

07/23/2026

Curious about alcohol-involved crashes among young California drivers before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic?

SafeTREC director Julia Griswold with researchers at University of Colorado Anschutz, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, and Colorado State University found alcohol-involved crashes among young drivers initially rose after COVID-19 and later steadily declined. However, Hispanic youth experienced a sustained rise compared to pre-COVID levels.

Learn more about the study:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2026.102322

07/22/2026

Wonder how California's new autonomous vehicle (AV) regulations are being shaped?

ITS Berkeley's Scott Moura shared his expertise with legislators as they consider the future of autonomous vehicle policy in California at the California State Assembly standing committee

Watch the Assembly Transportation Committee's hearing from June 8, 2026, which covered major updates to California's oversight of AVs, including safety, enforcement, first responder interactions, and the deployment of heavy-duty autonomous trucks: https://www.assembly.ca.gov/media/assembly-transportation-committee-20260608. Professor Moura's comments start at 2:48:00.

07/06/2026

Partners for Advanced Transportation is turning 40 and we are hosting a 2-day celebration with a packed symposium, DRIVE AI Demo day, and a party Nov. 5-6, 2026 in on UC Berkeley campus and the Richmond Field Station, Save the date, details to come!

06/11/2026

New Class alert from TechTransfer: Geospatial Data Science and Simulation for Transportation

Are you ready to level up your transportation decision-making without needing to learn how to code? The decisions you face every day—from siting EV charging networks to planning resilient evacuation routes—are getting more complex. It's time to let data do the heavy lifting.

Join UC Berkeley TechTransfer from August 3–6, 2026 for our hands-on course: Geospatial Data Science and Simulation for Transportation.
Using a powerful, low-code visual platform, you’ll work directly with real-world regional datasets to build complete analytics pipelines. No prior programming experience required.

What We’ll Cover:
Geospatial-Temporal Data Analytics: Use mobile device data to see how people and goods actually move.
Synthetic Population Modeling: Build rich activity models for highly realistic travel demand forecasting.
Applied AI & Machine Learning: Explore how GenAI and ML are reshaping infrastructure design.
Enterprise Ontologies: Create a shared, reusable data language for your organization.

Who Should Attend?
This course is specifically designed for mid-career professionals looking to bring data-driven thinking into their daily work: Traffic Engineers, Urban Planners, GIS Analysts, Data Architects, Smart City Leads and other city, county, regional, and state agency DOT professionals.

Learn more and registration:

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06/04/2026

The Haas Mobility Club hosted Innovations in Transportation Safety, co-sponsored by ITS Berkeley on Thursday, June 4, 2026.

Keynote by Emily Warren of CalSTA

Governing Autonomous Vehicles in California: Regulatory Evolution and Emerging Trends Panel Discussion:
Moderator / Sasha Lekach
Mazda / Jennifer Morrison
UC Berkeley, ITS / Matthew Raifman, PhD
CalSTA / Emily Warren
Tesla / Sean Haight, PhD

06/04/2026

Watch as the CalSol - UC Berkeley Solar Vehicle Team, UC Berkeley Solar Car Racing team talk about the design, build, test, and race process of their fully solar-powered vehicle: https://youtube.com/shorts/u59wVSMmXmA

06/02/2026

Global Operations Manager for Robot.com talks about the kiwibot, which is used to deliver items and meals, and newer robotic platforms to move cargo, carry ads, and inspect infrastructure. https://youtube.com/shorts/7Me6uJtOXlY

06/01/2026

Wild Technologies CEO/co-founder Riley Rodenburg demonstrated his self-propelled electric trailer that pulls its own weight and provides power with an electric powertrain kit thatcan integrate directly into an existing trailer at our April DRIVE AI event!
https://youtube.com/shorts/9TQsWlJq2Fs

05/22/2026

ITS Berkeley/Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology researcher Hao Liu talks about his and work using software to replicate and demonstrate street and intersection safety. This includes the blending of virtual and physical environments, such as via hardware-in-the-loop simulation, so that applications can be safety tested in both simulation and at RFS before transitioning to public roads at our April 16 DRIVE AI Event.