About Us

Our Mission The California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT) accelerates the implementation of research results and the deployment of technical solutions by practitioners to enable a safer, cleaner, and more efficient surface transportation system. Our Values
  • We commit to user-centered solutions with public benefits.
    CCIT, a nonprofit center at the University of California, Berkeley, deploys innovations that are designed with end users in mind, whether they are transportation practitioners or the traveling public. Technology is the means, not the end.
  • We promote teamwork, fresh ideas, and open communication. CCIT believes that individuals with diverse educational and professional backgrounds can make important contributions toward solving transportation challenges. We listen to one another, our partners, and the public.
  • We seek excellence through intellectual honesty and an entrepreneurial spirit. CCIT stresses objectivity and persistence. We look for innovative approaches that target practical outcomes.
 Organizational History The California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT) was established in 2001. CCIT was originally organized under the California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH) research group. CCIT became a stand-alone center in 2003. CCIT and PATH are now independent, sister organizations; both are part of the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS). Few (if any) organizations in the transportation field have both research and deployment expertise. As a result, the latest innovation and technology is often unavailable to operational organizations, and researchers may miss opportunities to further develop research ideas. CCIT's existence helps UC Berkeley distinguish itself from other institutions by combining the research and deployment functions under one umbrella.

Contact Information

California Center for Innovative Transportation
University of California, Berkeley
2105 Bancroft Way, Suite 300
Berkeley, CA 94720-3830

Phone: 510-642-4522
Fax: 510-642-0910
Email: ccitdesk@calccit.org
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Jobs at UC Berkeley: http://jobs.berkeley.edu/

UC Berkeley does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status in provision of educational programs and services or employment opportunities and benefits. This policy extends to both employment by and admission to the University.

Our Staff

Andrews, Stephen
Senior Public Policy Analyst
510-642-5909
Apte, Saneesh
Associate Development Engineer
510-642-5478
Arnold, Jed
Office Manager
510-642-5923
Butler, Joe
Data & Systems Group Manager
510-213-5560
Chiou, Bensen
Senior Development Engineer
510-642-5665
Chu, Lianyu
Research Engineer
949-824-1876
Edwards, Daniel
Associate Development Engineer
510-642-4977
Kumar, Manju
Senior Development Engineer
510-642-8751
Mortazavi, Ali
Senior Development Engineer
510-642-4059
Singa, Krute
Senior Transportation Analyst
510-642-4079
West, Tom
Director
510-642-5224
Postdoctoral Fellow

Joos-Hendrick Boese
Graduate Student Researchers

Weihua Gu

Eui Jae Jin

Aymeric Mellet

Zhen Sun

Aude Hofleitner

Ryan Herring

Tim Hunter

Joy Bonaguro

Akshay Vij

Grace Lin

William Tabajonda

Eddy Samaha

Daniel Rodriguez
Student Assistants

Erin Collins

Rosalie Cardenas
Webmaster

Greg Merritt, ITS

Principal Investigators

Alexander M. Bayen, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley Hamed Benouar, Vice President of Business Development at Sensys Networks R. (Jay) Jayakrishnan, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineeringr, UC Irvine Adib Kanafani, Edward G. and John R. Cahill Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley Samer Madanat, Xenel Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley Wilfred Recker, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Advanced Technology and Power, UC Irvine Alexander Skabardonis, Professor-in-Residence of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley; Director, California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways Pravin Varaiya, Nortel Networks Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley

Board of Advisors

Academia Representatives Bahram Ravani
Director, Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology (AHMCT) Research Center
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC Davis
 Ikhlaq Sidhu
Director, UC Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, UC Berkeley
 Alexander Skabardonis
Director, California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH)
Professor-in-Residence, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
 Public Agency Representatives Jack Boda
Director, Capital Projects and Mobility Management, San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Frank Quon
Deputy Director, Operations, Caltrans District 7 (Los Angeles) Albert Yee
Director, Highway and Arterial Operations, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Private Sector Representatives Edwin Rowe
Sr. Vice President, Iteris, Inc. Rick Warner
Chief Executive Officer, ParkingCarma Inc. (formerly Acme Innovation Inc.) Chris Wilson
Vice President, Intelligent Transportation Systems Strategy and Planning
DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology North America Inc.