• June 22, 2016

    PacTrans Staff Attends Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Annual Summer Meeting in Los Angeles

    CUTC Summer Meeting

    Earlier this month, June 6 through June 8, 2016, the University of Southern California hosted University Transportation Centers from around the country for the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Annual Summer Meeting. Representing PacTrans were director Dr. Yinhai Wang, program coordinator Melanie Paredes, and communications and research manager Cole Kopca.

    Each day the meeting was packed with great and engaging keynotes, panels, discussions, and presentations; and each evening the hosting UTC provided opportunities to experience different components of the their city. Content within the meeting ranged from managing and marketing your UTC, to upcoming changes to public access of research data, to parallel efforts happening within the Department of Energy. Extracurricular activities included a tour of the Space Shuttle Endeavor located at the California Science Center on USC’s campus, a hosted tour of Hyperloop, and an LA Metro Tour of downtown LA followed by a dinner on the top floor of City Hall.

    PacTrans would like to thank the Metropolitan Transportation University Transportation Center (Metrans) for hosting and the USDOT for taking the time to check in with each of us.