Talk Title: “Transforming Transportation: Bringing Science to Policy”
Speaker: Daniel Sperling, Distinguished Blue Planet Prize Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy, and Founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis
Free and open to the public; no registration necessary. Seating is first come, first served.
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Abstract: Transportation is on the path to decarbonization, led by the electrification of cars, trucks and buses. However, numerous questions remain. How much reduction in vehicle use is desired and possible? How might aviation and shipping be decarbonized? How might strategies differ between advanced industrial nations and the Global South? What more do we need to know and which strategies, technologies and policies are most effective and most acceptable?
Speaker Bio: Daniel Sperling is the Distinguished Blue Planet Prize Professor of Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy and founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis. He held the transportation seat on the California Air Resources Board from 2007–23 and served as chair of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies in 2015–16. Among his many honors are induction into the National Academy of Engineering in 2022, the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award for University Transportation Education and Research of the Council of University Transportation Centers; the 2018 Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award from TRB, its highest research honor; and the 2013 Blue Planet Prize from the Asahi Glass Foundation Prize as “a pioneer in opening up new fields of study to create more efficient, low-carbon, and environmentally beneficial transportation systems.” He has served twice as lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), sharing 0.3 percent of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize; authored or co-authored over 250 technical papers and 13 books; and made one thousand public presentations.
About the Talk: Co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS).
About the Series: Charting New Paths illuminates challenges and opportunities in applying emerging innovations to combat climate change, transform urban mobility, improve public health and shape technology policy. Free and open to the public, these seminars take place on Fridays from 3–4 p.m. PT in fall 2024.
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