Discovering San Diego’s Multimodal Transportation System
This is a post I originally wrote for the USC ITE website. In December 2024, eight USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Sol Price School of Public Policy students embarked on USC ITE’s second-ever technical …
2024 ITE Student Leadership Summit at Cal Poly
A little under a year after my most recent trip to San Luis Obispo, I’ve just come back from another visit – this time for the ITE Western District Student Leadership Summit (SLS), which (like …
What’s Up With California’s Highway Mile Markers?
I recently took a long road trip in California. On the way, I noticed that California’s mile markers look very different than most other states. Let’s take a look. The left image is a typical …
Ultra Cheap Pacific Surfliner to San Diego
One of the busiest intercity rail services in the US is the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner. It runs between San Luis Obispo on the Central Coast and San Diego in California, with many trains short-turning at …
USC ITE Tours Fullerton Road Grade Separation Project
Members of the Institute of Transportation Engineers at USC (USC ITE) toured the Fullerton Road grade separation project in the City of Industry, CA, on September 29th, 2023. Led by the San Gabriel Valley Council of …
Hosting SCAG Executive Director Kome Ajise
On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, the Institute of Transportation Engineers at USC (USC ITE) and the METRANS Transportation Research Consortium co-hosted Mr. Kome Ajise, Executive Director of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), for …
2023 ITE Annual Meeting in Portland
I’m grateful to receive one of two Student Travel Scholarships from the ITE Western District. This scholarship helped fund my travel to the combined ITE Western District and International annual meetings in Portland, Oregon, in …
Touring the Port of San Diego and SANDAG
Foreword: This is a longer version of my press release which was published on the website of METRANS, a transportation research partnership between the University of Southern California, California State University Long Beach, the US …
Foreword: This is a brief blurb I drafted and published for the University of Southern California’s Institute of Transportation Engineers chapter (USC ITE / ITE USC). We toured the Los Angeles Department of Transportation’s (LADOT) …
US Transit Fare Media You Can Order Online
For some reason, I have a collection of various public transit fare media – mostly smartcards issued by US transit operators. Take a look: As part of this, I’m interested in expanding my collection without …