Upcoming Events

The Mineta Consortium for Emerging, Efficient, and Safe Transportation organizes or participates in numerous transportation-related events each year. These include national summits, regional forums, industry conferences, or special events and broadcasts. You can find leading transportation experts at all of these events, making them an excellent resource not only for professional and research insights, but also for networking.

Dates	Events
May 1, 2025	Winner Announcement: 2025 Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Competition - Online 12:00-12:30p.m. (PT) \| Link to Register. Join former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater and MTI's Executive Director Dr. Karen Philbrick for the exciting announcement of the winners of the 2025 Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Competition! Each year, MTI honors inventor and trailblazer Garrett Augustus Morgan (1877-1963) through the Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Competition, first instituted at the U.S. Department of Transportation by this year’s special guest Rodney Slater! This year we have teams competing from Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council - Scouting America, Cupertino Middle School, Troop 492 - Cupertino Rotary Club, Elkhorn Elementary School, Graham Middle School/St. Simon Mountain View, Greensboro Middle School, Herman Intermediate School, JLS Middle School, Juan Cabrillo Middle School, Hyde Middle School, KIPP DC Smilow Campus, Major STEM Academy, Peter Hansen Elementary School, The Hamlin School, and William Hopkins Middle School. Celebrate with the winners and honor the hard work of all our teams Thursday, May 1, 2025 from 12:00-12:30p.m. (PT).
May 1, 2025 to May 31, 2025	SVBC's Bike Month and Bike to Wherever Days (2025) 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 15 - 17. 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. Bring friends and family. There’s swag, support, and prizes. It’s healthy, fun and free. Pledge to ride > During Bike to Wherever Days. Your pledge is free. Register to receive reminders of Bike Month events and be entered to win prizes throughout May. It supports healthy, safe, and joyful community and biking. To learn more about this event, visit https://bikesiliconvalley.org/events/btwd. *MTI is a proud co-sponsor of this event.
May 6, 2025	Reclaiming the Right to Walk: Learning from a Century of Pedestrian Advocacy - Online 12:00-12:45p.m. (PT) \| Link to Register. Over a century ago, the United States experienced a profound re-shaping of street space, from a place for pedestrians to a place for motorized vehicles. Join historian Peter Norton and Vision Zero Network Executive Director Leah Shahum to learn how the history of the movement for pedestrians rights can inform current policy and advocacy efforts to win back street space for safe and convenient walking. Guest Speakers: Peter Norton, Associate Professor, Department of Engineering & Society, University of Virginia Leah Shahum, Founder & Director of the Vision Zero Network Moderator: Dr. Asha Weinstein Agrawal, MTI Research Associate & Education Director This webinar is co-sponsored by Vision Zero Network, ITE - San Francisco Bay Area Section, APA - NorCal Chapter, WTS - SF Bay Area Chapter, SJSU History Department, America Walks, and California Walks. Add event to your calendar. 0.75 CM credit available Presenters: Peter Norton & Leah Shahum
May 8, 2025	Energy Savings & Safety Concerns: The Evolution of Right Turn on Red Policies - Online 12:00-12:30p.m. (PT) \| Link to register. This MTI Research Snaps webinar is co-sponsored by ITS California. Right turn on red (RTOR) has been employed as an energy-saving measure around the country since the 1970s, but recent research puts the practice into question. Join MTI Research Associates Dr. Bruce Appleyard and Dr. Anurag Pande as they dig into the data and demonstrate why RTOR movements are actually unsafe—for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers—while only marginally useful in lowering emissions. Be a part of the conversation on informed decisions about RTOR policies and taking action to improve road safety for everyone! Presenters: Bruce Appleyard, PhD, MTI Research Associate; Professor, San Diego State University Anurag Pande, PhD, MTI Research Associate; Professor, Cal Poly Moderator: Hilary Nixon, PhD, Deputy Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) 0.5 PDH credit available Add event to your calendar. Presenters:* Bruce Appleyard, PhD and Anurag Pande, PhD
May 16, 2025	Beyond the Stadium: Keeping Cities Moving During Mega-Events - Online 10:00a.m - 11:30a.m. (PT) \| Link to register. 16th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy Summit *This webinar is presented by ACE and the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission.* The next few years will be extraordinary for major sporting events in California with the Bay Area hosting both Super Bowl 60 and the FIFA World Cup in 2026, and Los Angeles hosting the Summer Olympics and Paralympics in 2028. These events invite millions of local spectators and international visitors, with the city of Los Angeles expecting 5 million visitors alone for what the mayor hopes will be a transit-first Olympics. How can buses, trains, highways, and the people who keep them running safely facilitate the movement of these crowds while minimizing impact on the community and environment? The 16th Annual Norman Y. Mineta National Transportation Policy Summit will feature internationally renowned experts and special guests sharing best practices and insights from previous large-scale events, including Super Bowl 50 and the Paris Olympics, and how to apply global lessons—such as traffic management and communications planning—on a regional scale. Don’t miss the exciting 90-minute conversation shaping the future of California! MC: Karen Philbrick, PhD, Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) Featured Speaker: Secretary Toks Omishakin, California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) Keynote Speaker: Brian Michael Jenkins, Senior Advisor to the President, RAND Corporation Presenters: Mark Brule, Chief Application Architect, Allied Telesis Aston Greene, Chief of System Safety & Security, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Carl Guardino, Commission Member, California Transportation Commission Matt Mahan, Mayor, City of San Jose Moderator: Lynda Tran, MTI Trustee; CEO, Lincoln Room Strategies See here for more information and recordings from past events in the series. *1.5 PDH credits available to attendees.* Add event to your calendar.
June 21, 2025	33rd Annual Awards Banquet and Convocation Celebration - San José, CA 5:30-9:30p.m. (PT)* \| Link to register. 5:30-6:45p.m. networking reception To ensure the efficient movement of people and goods, we must prepare the next generation of skilled transportation professionals who can lead a thriving, forward-thinking transportation industry for a more connected world. To that end, MTI is proud to announce its 33rd Annual Banquet and Convocation Celebration* at San José State University on June 21, 2025. We welcome our esteemed trustees, generous sponsors, local leaders, graduates, friends and family to gather and celebrate the advancements made in our industry. Join our distinguished Board of Trustees as we celebrate our 2025 MSTM graduates, alumni of the year, the winners of the Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Competition, and much more. Secure your sponsorship and your individual tickets today! Add event to your calendar.
October 6, 2025	2nd Annual Southern Colorado Transportation Conference - Colorado State University Pueblo’s Occhiato Student Center (OSC), 2200 Bonforte Blvd, Pueblo, CO 81001 8:00a.m.-3:00p.m. (MT) \| Link to register. Join transportation professionals and researchers for the 2nd Annual Southern Colorado Transportation Conference (SCTC) to explore this year’s theme: Climate Resiliency for Railroad Infrastructure. We will gather for a full-day conference and poster session on Monday, October 6, 2025 at Colorado State University Pueblo’s Ochiatto Student Center (OSC) Ballroom. To learn more about this Conference, visit the event website. Add event to your calendar. *MTI is a proud co-sponsor of this event.