Institute of Transportation Studies Library

Oscar Grant. Sandra Bland. George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. And too many others. Say their names. 

As California starts to re-open after the statewide shelter-in-place order some are starting to wonder, "What will traffic be like?"

Even though you may be sheltering-in-place away from the campus and unble to access the physical library, many library resources are still available to you. Here are some ways you can still access them. 

1. Use the campus VPN or EZProxy bookmarklet to connect to library resources off campus. (Here are instructions for both services.) After authenticating with your CalNet ID, these tools will let you use licensed databases to search and access articles. 

The Transportation Research Board and Sage Journals have opened up a number of articles related to transportation and pandemics. The articles cover topics from germs on planes to network modleing for outbreak management. You can access all of the papers here

Today Transportation for America issued a new report, which looks at how efforts to curb congestion haven't been effective. 

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced nearly $50 million in new initiatives to expand access to transportation for people with disabilities, older adults, and individuals of low income.  At the Access and Mobility for All Summit, Secretary Chao announced her intent to fund new programs to develop and deploy innovations in technology and further interagency partnerships to improve mobility.  U.S.