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Bike to Work Day 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the Bay Area’s annual celebration of cycling. Members of the campus community are invited to share their ride using #bike2berk.
Tag: transportation
Campus launches mobile pay-for-parking service
October 1, 2014: People using hourly parking on campus can now use a mobile parking-payment option, PayByPhone. It parkers to pay using a credit or debit card via PayByPhone’s mobile app, by going online or by dialing a toll-free phone number.
Catch the action: Photos of Bike to Berkeley Day
May 8, 2014:
Hundreds of students, staffers and faculty arrived at the Berkeley campus on two wheels today, as the Bay Area held it’s 20th annual Bike to Work Day. See their photos.
Planning professor-turned-entrepreneur to help SF tackle urban problems with Big Data
April 23, 2014: From the classroom to the city, a UC Berkeley planning professor/entrepreneur is using Big Data to make a difference in urban life.
Report: Offshoring and outsourcing a mixed bag for American jobs, wages
February 18, 2014: A pilot study of U.S. companies’ domestic and international sourcing practices — and the characteristics of domestic jobs — tells a story of two economies, say researchers from Berkeley and MIT.
Suburban sprawl cancels carbon-footprint savings of dense urban cores
January 6, 2014: Interactive carbon-footprint maps developed by UC Berkeley researchers show that while population-dense U.S. cities contribute lower greenhouse-gas emissions per person than other areas of the country, these cities’ extensive suburbs essentially wipe out the climate benefits.
Free urban cycling workshop on campus Monday, Nov. 4
October 29, 2013:
The East Bay Bicycle Coalition, in coordination with the UC Berkeley Police Department, is a offering a free, two-hour bicycle-safety workshop on Monday, Nov. 4. The interactive class serves as a pre-requisite for a free half-day road-skills workshop.
How to survive the BART strike
October 10, 2013:
BART officials and labor leaders continue bargaining, but if they fail to reach an agreement, a strike may occur after Friday, Oct. 11. In case trains aren’t running come Monday, here are some tips for UC Berkeley employees.
Summit tackles rise of vehicle sharing in mainstream travel
October 7, 2013:
New forms of carsharing, bikesharing and other ridesharing services are a growing presence on city streets, and a new, two-day summit aims to focus attention on how this industry will help shape the future of urban transportation. The Shared-Use Mobility Summit, scheduled for Oct. 10-11, is organized by UC Berkeley’s Transportation Sustainability Research Center.
Bear Transit: Shuttle to see service changes, real-time arrival app
September 23, 2013:
Parking and Transportation is making changes to the campus’s Bear Transit shuttle service, which take effect Monday, Oct. 7.
Which U.S. airline is most fuel-efficient?
September 10, 2013:
A new report released by the International Council on Clean Transportation ranks the fuel-efficiency of U.S. domestic airlines. UC Berkeley’s Mark Hansen helped develop the methodology used in the study, which uses publicly available data and accounts for differences in business operations across airlines.
Biking or walking the new Bay Bridge? Some tips for safety — and bliss
September 5, 2013: Astride her recumbent bicycle, Phyllis Orrick of the campus’s Safe Transportation Research and Education Center rode the new Bay Bridge’s bicycling and pedestrian path on Tuesday. She offers her own photo-illustrated cheat sheet on a safe approach to the bridge.
Bay Bridge stories ready to be told
August 29, 2013:
Interviews in the Bay Bridge Project just completed by the Regional Oral History Office tell the compelling stories of the women and men who have worked on the span, as well as the structure’s occasionally controversial architectural, engineering, political and social dimensions.
Bikeshare and share alike: where (and why) to saddle up
August 26, 2013: As Bay Area Bike Share poises to launch Aug. 29, sustainable-transportation expert Susan Shaheen offers her unique insights on the growth of bikesharing and other shared-use innovations — and how IT offers these new modes of mobility a real shot at success.
HR advice to staff in case of a BART strike: Plan ahead
August 2, 2013:
What should Berkeley employees who ride BART to and from work do in case of a strike? Make contingency plans, says Monday, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Jeannine Raymond in a message to all UC Berkeley staff.
Insights on BART strike and state of organized labor
July 3, 2013:
As the BART workers’ strike continues, Harley Shaiken, a UC Berkeley labor specialist and director of the Center on Latin American Studies, joins a discussion of the action, and trends in organized labor, on KQED radio’s “Forum with Michael Krasny.”
UCPD team to ride in Special Olympics benefit
May 13, 2013:
For the fourth year, members of the campus police force will ride in Bike the Bridges, a 25-mile fundraising ride to benefit Special Olympics Northern California. Others are invited to join the UCPD team or support it with pledges. The event takes place Sunday, June 9.
Bike to Work Day at Berkeley, in photos
May 9, 2013:
Hundreds of people strapped on their helmets and rode their bikes to UC Berkeley Thursday in celebration of Bike to Work Day, and some of them sent in their photos. Take a look.
Saddle up for Bike to Work Day
May 3, 2013:
Whether you’re one of UC Berkeley’s 5,000 regular bicycle commuters or you’re brand new to cycling, it’s time to make plans for Bike to Work Day, set for Thursday, May 9. Campus riders are encouraged to share photos of their commute at #bike2berk.
Berkeley named one of America’s ‘Bicycle Friendly Universities’
April 25, 2013:
The Bicycle Friendly University program recognizes institutions of higher education for promoting and providing a more bicycle-friendly campus for students, staff and visitors.
Davis-Berkeley shuttle adds weekend service
April 8, 2013:
In response to rider interest, the shuttle between UC Berkeley and UC Davis has added Saturday and Sunday service. On weekends the shuttle, operated by UC Davis Fleet Services, offers two runs a day. The service is offered to students, faculty and staff from both campuses.
Connected Corridors aims to up efficiency of existing roadways
March 18, 2013:
Connected Corridors, a project led by engineering profs Alex Bayen and Roberto Horowitz, is developing technologies to help Caltrans gather and analyze traffic data. A goal of the research: to make existing roadways more efficient, rather than launching new highway-construction projects.
Cellphone, GPS data suggest new strategy for alleviating traffic tie-ups
December 20, 2012:
Tired of sitting in rush hour traffic? A new study demonstrates that asking everyone to cut their driving is only moderately effective in reducing congestion, but asking those in specific communities – those that contribute most to bottlenecks – may work better.
Longtime ITS library director Dan Krummes dies
October 22, 2012:
Dan Krummes, longtime director of UC Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies library and a Distinguished University Librarian, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 18, at the age of 62.
For a quick bike fix, DIY 24/7 at new repair station
October 10, 2012:
A bicycle fix-it station is now available outside the Energy Biosciences Building, near the corner of Oxford and Hearst. The station, installed last week, allows cyclists to perform quick repairs and adjustments, 24/7. Two more are slated for installation on the central campus.
BART teams with UC Berkeley to adopt earthquake early warning system
September 27, 2012:
The Berkeley Seismological Laboratory has hooked BART into the Northern California seismic network, in an earthquake early-warning system that automatically slows trains in the event of a quake. For quakes beyond the Bay Area, BART gets advance warning, so that its trains can slow to a crawl before the ground begins to shake.
$2.5 million grant to improve traffic safety
August 17, 2012:
California’s Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) has awarded nearly $2.5 million in grants to two research and education centers affiliated with the Institute of Transportation Studies to improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, and drivers. The Safe Transportation Research & Education Center (SafeTREC) and the Technology Transfer Program (Tech Transfer) will use the funds to study better ways to prevent crashes and to help local agencies identify potentially hazardous surface roadway conditions.
Future of California high-speed rail looks green
July 26, 2012:
A comprehensive life-cycle assessment by transportation researchers gives the green seal of approval for California’s high-speed rail project. The analysis comes on the heels of a state Legislature vote authorizing $8 billion for initial construction, set to begin in 2013, of the high-speed system.
Bancroft Library’s Regional Oral History Office looks for Bay Bridge accounts that span the years
July 9, 2012:
Interviewers at the Bancroft Library’s Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) are betting there are just as many cool stories to tell about the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as about its colorful cousin.
Impact of BART disruption on UC Berkeley workforce
June 14, 2012:
Human Resources AVC Jeanine Raymond urges campus managers and supervisors to be flexible in dealing with staffing needs in response to Thursday’s shutdown of BART service between San Francisco and the East Bay.
