Assorted other posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
USC ITE Tours Fullerton Road Grade Separation Project
Members of the Institute of Transportation Engineers at USC (USC ITE) toured the Fullerton Road grade separation project in the City of Industry, CA, on September 29th, 2023. Led by the San Gabriel Valley Council of …
Hosting SCAG Executive Director Kome Ajise
On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, the Institute of Transportation Engineers at USC (USC ITE) and the METRANS Transportation Research Consortium co-hosted Mr. Kome Ajise, Executive Director of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), for …
2023 ITE Annual Meeting in Portland
I’m grateful to receive one of two Student Travel Scholarships from the ITE Western District. This scholarship helped fund my travel to the combined ITE Western District and International annual meetings in Portland, Oregon, in …
Is 0pass just an Authentik instance?
I recently saw this TechCrunch article about a “Y-Combinator backed” startup called 0pass, promising to “make it easier” for organizations to adopt passwordless authentication. This, as with nearly every authentication-related startup, was pretty interesting to …
Visiting the Sweets & Snacks Expo 2023
Every year, the National Confectioners Association, an industry group that represents candy and snacks producers, hosts an enormous conference called the Sweets & Snacks Expo, in Chicago, IL (although they’re moving to Las Vegas and …
Touring the Port of San Diego and SANDAG
Foreword: This is a longer version of my press release which was published on the website of METRANS, a transportation research partnership between the University of Southern California, California State University Long Beach, the US …
Foreword: This is a brief blurb I drafted and published for the University of Southern California’s Institute of Transportation Engineers chapter (USC ITE / ITE USC). We toured the Los Angeles Department of Transportation’s (LADOT) …
Lessons from the ITE Student Leadership Summit
For several months, I was part of the Student Leadership Summit (SLS) planning team with USC’s chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), a professional organization for transportation planners, engineers, and enthusiasts. (I fit …
IISE Western Conference at Cal Poly
This past weekend (March 3-5), I had the pleasure and fortune of attending the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers’ Western Regional Conference, hosted by Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA. As the name …
US Transit Fare Media You Can Order Online
For some reason, I have a collection of various public transit fare media – mostly smartcards issued by US transit operators. Take a look: As part of this, I’m interested in expanding my collection without …