Past Events
The California State University Transportation Consortium organizes or participates in numerous transportation-related events each year. Details about past events, including links to presentations and other relevant resources, when available, are listed below.
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August 29, 2024  |
14th Annual Silicon Valley Bike Summit - South San Francisco Library, 901 Civic Campus Way South San Francisco, CA 94080 SVBC's 14th Annual Silicon Valley Bike Summit is the region's leading gathering for active transportation leaders and advocates. New this year was the Youth Leaders in Active Transportation Award, recognizing the contributions of young advocates. This event provided an opportunity for like-minded individuals to connect, gain insights, and help shape the future of cycling in Silicon Valley and beyond. *MTI was a proud co-sponsor of this event. |
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August 24, 2024  |
6th Annual EV Ride and Drive - Lake Cunningham Park, San José, CA Silicon Valley Clean Cities’ annual Ride-and-Drive event is a great opportunity that allows participants to test drive electric and alternately fueled vehicles. Ride-and-Drive participants had the opportunity to get behind the wheel of vehicles from different manufacturers including Hyundai, Jaguar, Range Rover, Tesla, and Toyota. We hope that having this opportunity will both inspire test-drivers to consider purchasing an electric vehicle and educate attendees about the world of electric and alternatively fueled vehicles. *MTI was a proud co-sponsor of this event. |
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August 8, 2024  |
COMTO Northern California's Summer Intern Reception - HNTB Oakland Office, 2101 Webster St., Suite 1400, Oakland, CA 94612 COMTO Northern California hosted a Summer Intern Reception event designed to introduce students to potential opportunities in the transportation industry. This event aimed to connect interns with industry professionals, offering a platform for networking, mentorship, and career exploration. Students can express interest in gaining insights into various career paths, understanding the latest industry trends, and hearing personal success stories from seasoned professionals. COMTO can benefit students by providing access to a wide network of professionals, offering mentorship programs, and facilitating internships and job placements. Through this event, COMTO helped students build valuable connections, gain industry knowledge, and develop the skills necessary for a successful career in transportation. The reception included presentations, Q&A session, and informal networking opportunities, all tailored to help students navigate and thrive in the transportation industry. *MTI was a proud co-sponsor of this event. |
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July 30, 2024  |
Uncharted Territory: 2024 Cybersecurity Insurance and Transit Landscape Cybersecurity threats are everywhere, and no organization is immune. While the volume of cyberattacks has increased exponentially, the bigger concern for most transit agencies is that the average cost to recover from successful attacks has skyrocketed. While many transit operators have taken steps to improve cyber resiliency, others continue to assume they will not be targeted. How are insurance companies and regulators responding? This Research Snaps webinar featured discussion about recent evolutions in the cyber risk landscape and the impacts on transit. Expert speakers provided recommendations on how the different segments of the market can work together to manage the risk of cyber attacks in “Uncharted Territory: 2024 Cybersecurity Insurance and Transit Landscape.” Presenters:
Moderator: Hilary Nixon, PhD, Deputy Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) View RecordingView PDH CreditPresenters: Scott Belcher & Todd Chollet |
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July 8, 2024 to July 26, 2024  |
Mineta Summer Transportation Institute (MSTI) 2024 - San José State University MTI's 2024 MSTI was held weekdays, July 8-26, 2024, M-F 9am-3pm at San José State University. While engaging in stimulating hands-on STEM activities and venturing on exciting local field trips, students learned about transportation innovation and earned 3 transferable college credits in Environmental Studies from San José State University. This program was completely free and open to high school students. This program is a crucial step toward building the transportation workforce pipeline. |
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June 29, 2024  |
32nd Annual Awards Banquet and Convocation Celebration - San José, CA To ensure the efficient movement of people and products, we must prepare a new cohort of transportation professionals who are ready to lead a diverse, inclusive, and equitable transportation industry. To that end, MTI held its 32nd Annual Banquet and Convocation Celebration at San José State University on June 29, 2024. Joined by our distinguished Board of Trustees, we celebrated our 2024 MSTM graduates, alumni of the year, the winners of the Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Competition, and much more. This exciting MSTM celebration included individualized recognition of each graduate and award presentations. |
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May 21, 2024  |
Collaborative Strategies for Sustainable Transportation: Developing an Equitable VMT Mitigation Program for Santa Clara County - Online This Research Snaps webinar was co-sponsored by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. New developments are popping up everywhere, and bringing more economic opportunities, more community engagement, more trips to new and exciting places—and more driving. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is working with partners to develop a program to reduce the amount of driving generated from new developments, and they called on a team from the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) and San José State University (SJSU) students for help. This collaboration provided assistance in creating an equity framework for VTA’s proposed Equitable Vehicle Miles Traveled Mitigation Program. During the event, attendees heard from the researchers about identified strategies for equitable VMT mitigation programs and effective community engagement processes and how they can be applied to other jurisdictions. Presenter: Serena Alexander, PhD, MTI Research Associate; Associate Professor, Northeastern University Moderator: Hilary Nixon, PhD, Deputy Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) View RecordingView Slide DeckView PDH CreditPresenters: Serena Alexander, PhD |
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May 17, 2024  |
Beyond the Pump: Rethinking Transportation Funding Without the Fuel Tax - Online15th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy SummitWhile the climate benefits from booming electric vehicle sales, the nation’s transportation system faces an unfortunate predicament: less gasoline and diesel purchased means dwindling fuel tax revenue. Fuel tax revenue provides a core funding source for operating, maintaining, and improving transportation systems, so policymakers must find a replacement as soon as possible. This event explored such options as mileage fees, higher annual vehicle fees, or abandoning the user-pay principle and relying on general fund revenue. See here for more information and recordings from past events in the series. View ProgramView RecordingView & Download PDH CreditCM Credit
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May 8, 2024  |
Pedaling Progress: Equity Assessment of San José's Urban Bike Infrastructure via SJ-BikeEquity Tool - Online This Research Snaps webinar was co-sponsored by SJSU's Spatial Analytics and Visualization (SAVI) Center. Bike networks are growing nationwide—including in San José, which is keen on becoming “one of the most bike-friendly cities in North America.” Expanding bike networks and allocating funds require careful planning to ensure a fair distribution of bike infrastructure, but most assessment methods neglect differences in bike path classes that provide different safety and comfort levels for cyclists. MTI experts discussed an equity assessment of San José’s bike infrastructure, driven by a weighting system for different safety and comfort levels of the urban bike network, and what it could mean for traffic congestion, sustainability, and Bay Area communities. Presenter: Ahoura Zandiatashbar, PhD, SJSU Assistant Professor, MTI Research Associate. Moderator: Hilary Nixon, PhD, Deputy Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) *0.5 PDH credit available View the Recording.PDH Credit.Presenters: Ahoura Zandiatashbar, PhD |
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May 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024  |
SVBC's Bike Month and Bike to Wherever Days Join Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition for Bike Month and Bike to Wherever Days! Whether you bike every day or once every couple of months — or want to learn how — you’re invited to join thousands in celebration of the humble bicycle. May is Bike Month, and we’d love to have you, your friends and your family pledge to ride with us for Bike to Wherever Days, Thursday - Saturday, May 16 - 18. Here’s how to get started:
*MTI was a proud co-sponsor of this event. |
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