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The UP-National Center for Transportation Studies (UP-NCTS) re-launched the new training course entitled Advanced Traffic Administration Course (ATAC)as part of their regular training program last November 19-23, 2012. This was first offered to member local government units of Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Development Council. For this offering, a total of thirty-five (35) city engineers, city planners, traffic enforcers, traffic administrators, managers, and a Sangguniang Bayan member coming from by 19 local government units from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao participated in the program.

The National Center for Transportation Studies (NCTS) of the University of the
Philippines (UP) has a new head. Dr. Hilario Sean O. Palmiano formally took
over the reins of the NCTS from Dr. Jose Regin F. Regidor. Dr. Palmiano is an
Assistant Professor of the Institute of Civil Engineering of the UP College of
Engineering. He obtained his doctorate and master’s degrees from the Tokyo
Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and his baccalaureate degree in Civil
Engineering from UP Diliman. His researches are mainly on road safety and
non-motorized transport.

Take a look at the presentations delivered during the "Transportation Engineering Professorial Chair Lectures" on August 10, 2012 at the NCTS, Toyota Room. The presentations are part of the series of public lectures on various topics by holders of Professorial Chairs at the UP College of Engineering.

On July 6, the NCTS and AFD conducted a conference on "GHG footprint accounting and monitoring in the field of urban transport" under the theme of "Climate Change and Energy Supply", through Julien BLANC, manager of Carbone 4, a French leading consulting company in carbon footprint studies.

One of the advocacies of the National Center for Transportation Studies (NCTS) of the University of the Philippines-Diliman is road safety. Thus, it offers the Training Course on Road Safety Audit. This includes 5 days of lectures, workshops and actual field work. The training provides the participants an opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills in improving road safety.

The UP-National Center for Transportation Studies Foundation (UP-NCTSFI), donated one (1) unit of brand new Toyota Vios car and one (1) unit of second-hand Nissan Cefiro car to the UP Diliman Police. The latter was formerly a gas-fueled car that was converted to LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas), which is considered to be an improved version of the original and is very timely for the initiative of the UPD to “Go Green”.

The National Center for Transportation Studies has just published its List of Training Programs for the year 2012. For your information and guidance.

What is Traffic Impact Assessment? Why do you need a TIA? These are a couple of basic questions the U.P. National Center for Transportation Studies (UP-NCTS) has been delivering answers to for the past offerings of the Traffic Impact Assessment for Technical Evaluators training program. The Center held the second offering of this training program last November 15-17, 2011 at the Toyota Training Room. A total of fifteen (15) participants from different professions attended the program.

Introduction
The tricycle sector represents the biggest number of public transportation mode in the Philippines. It’s safe to say that it plays a vital and strategic role in developing and promoting inter-modal transportation that are directed to be reliable, responsive, complimentary and viable service to the commuting public especially in secondary roads. Supposedly, it also enhances socio-economic integration and contributes to the economic development of a city or municipality and the province as a whole.