Upcoming Event: TRB 95th Annual Meeting
Next week the Transportation Research Board (TRB) will be hosting its 95th Annual Meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C. For this year’s meeting TRB is featuring Research Convergence for a Multimodal Future as their spotlight theme. Further, they have highlighted three hot topics: Transformation Technologies; Resilience; and Transportation and Public Health.
In total there will be 189 sessions related to transportation systems management and operations (TSM&O), all of which you can find here on the Annual Meetings Interactive Program. Listed below are sessions highlighted by TRB as being a part of either this year’s spotlight theme or fitting within one of their three hot topics.
Sunday
9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Workshop 133
Highlights from 2015 Automated Vehicles Symposium
Jane Lappin, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), presiding
Steven Shladover, California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology, presiding
Robert Denaro, ITS Consulting, presiding
9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Workshop 134
Toward Automation of Surface Transportation Networks: Opportunities and Challenges
Stephen Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington, presiding
Monday
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Event 220
Future of Transportation Systems Management and Operations, Part 1: Perspectives on Social, Demographic, and Policy Influences
Steven Gayle, RSG, presiding
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Event 277
Future of Transportation Systems Management and Operations, Part 2: Perspectives on Technology Trends Shaping the Future of TSMO (Part 1, Session 220)
Deepak Gopalakrishna, ICF International, presiding
10:45 AM-12:30 PM
Event 304
Information Technology Applications for Travel Monitoring and Connected Vehicles (14)
Guohui Zhang, University of New Mexico, presiding
1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Event 356
Applications of Connected and Automated Vehicles to System Maintenance and Operations
Wilfrid Nixon, Salt Institute, presiding
Tuesday
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Event 497
National Programs on Road Vehicle Automation in Europe and Asia
Steven Shladover, California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology, presiding
Wednesday
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Event 764
Connected-Vehicle Pilot Projects
Gregory Krueger, HNTB Corporation, presiding
Wednesday
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Event 787
Current Research Findings in Vehicle-Highway Automation
Xiao-Yun Lu, University of California, Berkeley, presiding
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Event 816
Cross-cutting Issues for Vehicle-Highway Automation
Steven Shladover, California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology, presiding
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Event 796
Surface Transportation System Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Status and Path Forward
Mark Abkowitz, Vanderbilt University, presiding
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Event 814
Highlights from the University Transportation Centers Spotlight Conference on Connected and Automated Vehicles
Melissa Tooley, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, presiding
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Event 815
What Does Resilience Mean for Operations and What Do Operations Mean for Resilience?
Keith McCabe, KAM Futures, presiding
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Event 816
Cross-cutting Issues for Vehicle-Highway Automation
Steven Shladover, California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology, presiding