AUGUST 2021
NEWS & UPDATES
PSR PARTNER UPDATES
Advanced Program Manager of Pima's Center for Transportation Training Missy Blair participated in a Future Trucking Workforce panel at the Automated Freight Summit Conference.

METRANS Student News staff profiles Amalvy Perez, the first graduate of Pima Community College's Autonomous Vehicle Driver & Operations Specialist certification program.
RESEARCH
Understanding the Driving Forces of Port Automation:
CITT and CSULB Economics Department Conduct
a Workforce and Economic Impact Evaluation
The CSULB Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) and researchers from the Department of Economics will begin exploring the conditions that lead terminal operators to adopt partial or fully automated cargo handling equipment (CHE) as part of their operations. The project, entitled “Workforce and Economic Impact Evaluation of Future Zero-Emission Requirements for Cargo Handling Equipment,” is funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The research team is led by CITT Executive Director Tom O’Brien and includes CITT Director of Research and Workforce Development Tyler Reeb; CSULB Economics Department Chair Seiji Steimetz; and Associate Director for the Office of Economic Research Robert Kleinhenz. The team will dive into the current literature on port automation, address workforce composition and economic impact, and through qualitative and quantitative analysis, strive to understand the driving reasons behind and corresponding impacts of port automation—one of the most transformative and controversial topics in the trade and transportation sector.
Recently Completed Research Projects
METRANS researchers from our member institutions have recently completed the following project in the three topical areas of: integrated management of freight and passenger systems, sustainable and efficient urban freight transportation, and urban mobility. To learn more about specific projects, please click on the title to access the research briefs and reports.
UPCOMING EVENTS
A joint project between University of Antwerp,
METRANS Transportation Consortium, and Pharma.Aero

September 7-11th
Fall 2021 Speaker Series:
September 8th at 12 pm
Fall 2021 Speaker Series:
September 22nd at 12 pm
The METRANS Transportation Consortium was established in 1998 as the first University Transportation Center in Southern California. METRANS is a joint partnership of the University of Southern California (USC) and California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).

METRANS' mission is to solve metropolitan transportation problems of large through interdisciplinary research, education and outreach. Its three primary objectives are: (1) fostering independent, high quality research to solve the nation's transportation problems; (2) training the next generation transportation workforce; and (3) disseminating information, best practices, and technology to the professional community.