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Upcoming Webinars
MTI organizes or participates in several transportation-related webinars each year. You can find leading transportation experts at all of these webinars, making them an excellent resource for professional and research insights. You can also view our past webinars.
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| October 27, 2025 |
From TikTok to Transit: Storytelling for Emerging Mobility - Online 12:00-12:30p.m. (PT) | Link to register. This MTI Research Snaps webinar is based on an upcoming MTI report, "Best Practices in Marketing and Creative Outreach for New Transportation Technologies." Emerging transportation technologies are transforming the ways we move, but public understanding and trust often lag behind innovation. As electric vehicles, micro mobility solutions, autonomous vehicles, hyperloop systems, and mobility-as-a-service platforms gain traction—this Research Snaps webinar explores how to effectively address concerns, communicate advantages, and foster trust across communities. Drawing on insights from academic research, industry best practices, and real-world campaigns, the project’s author will showcase innovative outreach strategies that go beyond traditional messaging, focusing on creative digital content and storytelling that resonates with diverse audiences. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to build engagement and move everyone toward a brighter mobility future! Presenter: William (Billy) Riggs, PhD, MTI Research Associate; Director, Autonomous Vehicles and the City Initiative, USF Moderator: Hilary Nixon, PhD, Deputy Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) *0.5 PDH credit available About the PresenterWilliam (Billy) Riggs, PhD, AICP, LEED AP is a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Management, and the Director of the Autonomous Vehicles and the City Initiative. He is a global expert on automated mobility and future transportation, urban technology, transport economics and business models, and sustainable urban development in the face of climate change. Dr. Riggs has authored over 100 publications; with work featured in media outlets—including the Economist, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, PBS, TF1, the Atlantic and more. His popular 2022 Mineta Transportation Institute report entitled, Blockchain and Distributed Autonomous Community Ecosystems: Opportunities to Democratize Finance and Delivery of Transport, Housing, Urban Greening and Community Infrastructure, created a green rationale for local currencies. He is the author of two books; most recently, End of the Road: Reimagining the Street as the Heart of the City (2022). Dr. Riggs has been a fellow with the National Science Foundation, sits on the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Policy and Law, Committee on Emerging Technology and Law, and the Committee on the Landscape and the Built Environment. |
| October 28, 2025 to October 30, 2025 |
2025 “Research to Practice” Transit Symposium - Online
The 2025 “Research to Practice” Transit Symposium will take place October 28-30, 2025. The symposium will take place online and streamed on YouTube. As the transit industry is experiencing significant changes (e.g., new technologies, potential funding shortage) in recent years, the symposium provides a platform where transit experts share insights on how evidence-based research is being or can be, used to make the most of these opportunities in a dynamic environment. This year’s symposium will focus on the following topics:
In addition to the opening and closing plenaries, the symposium features two types of sessions:
AICP credits will be available for this event. Information about previous years’ events can be found here. Questions? Contact the following: Chad Riding Dr. Xiang ‘Jacob’ Yan The Symposium is convened by a partnership between APTA, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), University of Florida Transportation Institute, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, the Mineta Transportation Institute, and the Safety and Mobility Advancements Regional Transportation and Economics Research (SMARTER) Center at Morgan State. |
| November 4, 2025 |
Connect for Your Career: An Introduction to Professional Associations in Transportation (2025) - Online 5:30- 6:30p.m. (PT) | Link to register. WTS-SF Bay Area and the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) of San Jose State invite you to join us for a free virtual event "Connect for Your Career: An Introduction to Professional Associations in Transportation." It will introduce university students and emerging professionals to transportation organizations that offer networking, professional development opportunities, and/or scholarship opportunities. Invited organizations include:
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