USC ITE

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Hello from day one of the 2024 ITE Western District Annual Meeting here in sunny Sacramento! Today, our chapter had the pleasure of opening the conference by hosting the Kell Competition, an annual challenge organized by students, for students. Over the past few months, several of our members have been designing and producing Transitopolis, a Monopoly-inspired transit board game. Players had the opportunity to run their own transit agency while balancing their budget and working to increase their sustainability, reliability, accessibility, and ridership scores. Congratulations to team "Tequila Transit"—Joey Watson from Cal Poly SLO ITE and Albert Lam from Institute of Transportation Engineers - UCLA—on winning first place! Afterwards, we enjoyed the evening opening reception with our fellow student and professional attendees. We are looking forward to an exciting day two tomorrow! Stay tuned for more updates. USC Viterbi School of Engineering USC Sonny Astani Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering USC Sol Price School of Public Policy ITE SoCal ITE—A Community of Transportation Professionals

We had the honor of hosting Rachel Uranga (LA Times) and Nick Andert (Documentary Film Producer) for this months speaker series! USC ITE is grateful to have been able to have both at our media panel to hear about their experiences in the transportation media industry. To read the full recap of our event, visit our website https://lnkd.in/gp-k74_y USC Viterbi School of Engineering USC Sonny Astani Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering USC Sol Price School of Public Policy ITE SoCal ITE - A Community of Transportation Professionals Eric C. Shen, P.E., PTP, CPE

For our last Speaker Series of the year, we are thrilled to have Rachel Uranga and Nick Andert joining us!! We welcome you to come by on Thursday, April 11th hear from our transportation in LA focused media panel. RSVP here https://lnkd.in/gUBaVeUy USC Viterbi School of Engineering USC Sonny Astani Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering USC Sol Price School of Public Policy ITE SoCal ITE - A Community of Transportation Professionals Eric C. Shen, P.E., PTP, CPE

USC ITE is thankful to have had the opportunity to tour Metrolink’s Central Maintenance Facility this past Friday! Students started the tour with a presentation on Metrolink’s general operations and sustainability initiatives before viewing CMF’s locomotive shop. Special thanks to Michelle Stewart, Paul Hubler, and the entire Metrolink team for welcoming us! Read the full recap written by Samantha Frederico here: https://lnkd.in/gxDdGfdB USC Viterbi School of Engineering USC Sonny Astani Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering USC Sol Price School of Public Policy ITE SoCal ITE - A Community of Transportation Professionals Eric C. Shen, P.E., PTP, CPE

We had the honor of welcoming Doran Barnes, the CEO of Foothill Transit, this month for our distinguished speaker series. USC ITE was pleased to learn about Foothill Transits fleets of hydrogen fuel and electric buses that serve the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys, as well as hear Mr. Barnes’ personal “5 Golden Nuggets” of workplace values! Special thanks to METRANS Transportation Consortium and Marlon Boarnet for showing your support towards this event! Check out the recap of the event written by Jackson Brunner and Sabrina Bluml https://lnkd.in/gxu4eAzu USC Viterbi School of Engineering USC Sonny Astani Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering USC Sol Price School of Public Policy ITE SoCal ITE - A Community of Transportation Professionals Eric C. Shen, P.E., PTP, CPE

We are pleased to welcome Doran Barnes, CEO at Foothill Transit for our March Speaker Series! All USC students & faculty and the METRANS Transportation Consortium community are welcome to join us on Wednesday, 3/20 at 6:15p in EEB248 to learn more about Mr. Barnes' career and Foothill Transit. Please RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gk9xfJYb Special thanks to METRANS for supporting this event! USC Viterbi School of Engineering USC Sonny Astani Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering USC Sol Price School of Public Policy ITE SoCal ITE - A Community of Transportation Professionals Eric C. Shen, P.E., PTP, CPE

On February 23rd, 2024, USC ITE members and fellow USC students were able to participate in a tour of Caltrans maintenance facility, with a focus on the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge and the Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT LLC). Thank you to Malcolm Dougherty, Vince Mammano, Shawn Silva, and Bonnie Nixon and the entire team for your wonderful insights! Learn more about our trip by reading the recap by Connie D. and Joel Kim https://lnkd.in/gsknRUmP USC Viterbi School of Engineering USC Sonny Astani Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering USC Sol Price School of Public Policy ITE - A Community of Transportation Professionals ITE SoCal Eric C. Shen, P.E., PTP, CPE

For our February Speaker Series, USC ITE had the pleasure of welcoming LA Metro's Executive Officer for Mobility Corridors, Countywide Planning and Development Allison Yoh and AECOM's VP of SoCal Transportation Business Development Kimberly Yu to our campus. We were honored to have them speak with us and answer our questions about their lucrative careers! To read more about our conversation, please read the recap on our website https://lnkd.in/dBpNyRZU USC Viterbi School of Engineering USC Sonny Astani Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering USC Sol Price School of Public Policy ITE - A Community of Transportation Professionals ITE SoCal

Thank you so much to Institute of Transportation Engineers - UCLA for hosting us at their ninth annual Student-Professional Mixer last week! We had a great time connecting with our friends at UCLA and meeting amazing industry professionals! Our contingent: Haoyue Wang Lindsey Housinger Kai V. Sean Richard Brandon Sanchez Andrew Keefer Alex Wang Sabrina Bluml Seth Tandon Tanisha Karnik USC Viterbi School of Engineering USC Sonny Astani Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering USC Sol Price School of Public Policy ITE SoCal Eric C. Shen, P.E., PTP, CPE