Mineta Transportation Institute

🚦 Safe Streets Start with YOU! The MTI Essay Contest challenges high school students to solve real transportation safety issues! 🏆 $1,500 in prizes 📅 Deadline: May 1, 2026 ✍️ Open to grades 9–12 nationwide Learn more and share! tinyurl.com/essaysafestree…

🚨 Applications are OPEN for the 2026 MiSTA! 🚨 Know a high school student interested in transportation, tech, or innovation? This free program at @SJSU offers hands-on career exploration + college experience. 🔗 Learn more & apply: transweb.sjsu.edu/workforce-deve…

Panelist Spotlight ✨ Karen Philbrick, Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute at San José State University. Don’t miss her expertise on leadership and workforce development in transportation. Thank you to our collaborating partners @WtsSacramento @MinetaTrans for this month’s webinar. For more information, and to register, visit the link below! caltransit.org/Events/Webinar… #WomenInTransit

Essential reading for #leaders? Grace Crunican recommends Good to Great. One key lesson: get the right people on the bus. Because if you’re pushing a rock uphill and someone else is pushing down…gravity is on their side. 🔗tinyurl.com/graceessential…

“If something isn’t working for you, it’s okay to try something else,” says #Mineta #Leadership Fellow Grace Crunican in our latest video series. “Stay connected to what you value.” Watch the interview for more advice on learning to lead: tinyurl.com/gracelearntole…

MTI Leadership Fellow Grace Crunican’s lesson for leading through crises: Get up to the plate and swing. In leadership, the real risk is indecision. Get more insights from our video interview series with Grace here: tinyurl.com/gracechallenges #TransitLeadership #LeadershipAdvice

Join the California Transit Association, in partnership with @MinetaTrans, and @WtsSacramento for a discussion celebrating Women’s History Month and the impact of female leadership in transit and transportation. It’s all happening on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. This webinar will explore the vital role of mentorship and champions in transportation, focusing on how we can collectively empower and inspire female colleagues as they navigate their paths to the C-suite. Our distinguished panel of industry leaders will share their personal career trajectories, best practices, and advice for fostering the next generation of women in transit. Participants: - Moderator/Panelist: Karen Philbrick, PhD, Executive Director, @MinetaTrans - Erin Rogers, CEO/General Manager, @Omnitrans; Chair, Executive Committee - Alicia Trost, Communications Officer, @SFBART - Toni Tinoco, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Communications, @CA_Trans_Agency - Amanda Kahn, Senior Engineering Geologist, @CaltransHQ; Chapter President, @WtsSacramento Event Information: Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2026 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (PST) Location: Zoom For more information, and to register, visit: caltransit.org/Events/Webinar…

Panelist Spotlight ✨ Alicia Trost, Chief Communications Officer at BART. Hear her perspective on guiding public communications and advancing leadership in transportation at our Women’s History Month webinar. Thank you to our collaborating partners @WtsSacramento and @MinetaTrans for this month's webinar. For more information, and to register, click the link below: caltransit.org/Events/Webinar… #WomenInTransit

We’re proud to announce the winners of our nationwide poster contest! 🎉 With the 2025 theme “Be a Safety Designer!” students in grades 1–6 showcased creative ideas to promote #transportation #safety. See the winning artwork: transweb.sjsu.edu/workforce-deve…

Grace Crunican shares #leadership insights in the latest Mineta Leadership Fellows series. Managers respond, but leaders bring the right people into the conversation, communicate clearly, and drive the organization forward. Check it out: tinyurl.com/gracephilosophy

Mobility leaders are part of the fabric of the communities they serve. In MTI’s Leadership Fellows series, Grace Crunican shares why listening to staff and the public is essential for building a thriving workplace culture. Watch the video: tinyurl.com/graceculturenet

Everyone starts somewhere. For #MTI Leadership Fellow Grace Crunican, it began with mowing lawns, babysitting, and working as a clown at the Oregon Zoo. A civics opportunity led to an internship in the mayor’s office that launched her career 🔗 tinyurl.com/gracestart

On 3/3, DCG Ishihara gave remarks during a webinar hosted by @MinetaTrans at @SJSU. “Beyond the Bullet Train: Lessons from Japan’s Shinkansen” featured many factors that make Japan’s high-speed system the envy of the world! Watch webinar recording below⏬ youtube.com/watch?v=31yPdD…

Proud to partner with @caltransit & @WtsSacramento for a special webinar celebrating the impact of women leaders in transportation. Join us on March 24 as MTI ED Karen Philbrick moderates an inspiring conversation on mentorship, champions, and pathways to the C-suite!

🚄 What makes Japan’s #Shinkansen so reliable? Join MTI March 3 (2–3 PM PT) for: Beyond the Bullet Train: Lessons from Japan’s Shinkansen. Explore station design, passenger flow & integrated rail systems with global experts. Register🔗 tinyurl.com/MTI-HSR-Japan

In research published by @MinetaTrans, experts detail major safety gains across U.S. freight rail — and how to build on them. 📉 Train accident rate ↓31% since 2005 ⚠️ Hazmat accident rate ↓80% since 2005 🛤️ 57,000+ route-miles with PTC Next steps: stronger grade crossings, expanded automation & sustained investment. More: transweb.sjsu.edu/research/2345-…

Join us today at noon (PT)! 🔗sjsu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🚲 Bike safety is community safety. In our latest Inspired to Connect, Enjoleah Daye shares how growing up with bikes + transit in the UK shaped her work in LA. Her takeaway: safety = infrastructure, investment & political will. linkedin.com/pulse/freedom-…

Alert-only? Speed-limiting? Driver override? This Research Snaps webinar breaks down the real-world tradeoffs of Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA)—and what research says about making it work for California drivers. 📅 Feb 11 | ⏰ 12 PM PT | 🔗tinyurl.com/MTI-Webinar-ISA

"The arrival of autonomous vehicles in California comes with promises of safer roads, smoother traffic, lower emissions and new jobs, but autonomy doesn’t operate in a vacuum...Is our infrastructure ready?" – Karen E. Philbrick, @MinetaTrans sanjosespotlight.com/philbrick-is-o…