TRB 94th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC


Start Date: Sunday, January 11, 2015
End Date: Thursday, January 15, 2015

 

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 94th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, DC at its new venue, the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, during January 11-15, 2015. The information-packed program is expected to attract 12,000 transportation professionals from around the world.

The TRB Annual Meeting program covers all transportation modes, with more than 5,000 presentations in nearly 750 sessions and workshops addressing topics of interest to all attendees—policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. 


The UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies and Lewis Center will be hosting a reception during the TRB Annual Meeting on Monday, January 12th from 5-7pm (EST) at Busboys & Poets at the corner of 5th St NW and K St. The reception is open to all friends and alums of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

This year UCLA will once again be sending multiple presenters to the annual meeting. Here are their presentations:


Workshop 117   
Sunday, January 11, 2015 9:00AM – 12:00PM
A New Model for Models: Thinking Differently about Forecasting and Policymaking
Martin Wachs, University of California, Los Angeles

Transportation History Committee   Monday, January 12, 2015 8:00AM – 12:00PM
Martin Wachs, University of California, Los Angeles, presiding

Session 242    Monday, January 12, 2015 8:30AM – 10:15AM
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Media Messaging And Traveler Responses To “carmageddon” In Los Angeles
Anne E. Brown, University of California, Los Angeles
Brian D. Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles
Martin Wachs, University of California, Los Angeles

Session 244    Monday, January 12, 2015 8:30AM – 10:15AM
Stalled on the Road to Adulthood? Assessing the Nature of Recent Travel Changes for Young Adults in America, 1995-2009
Kelcie Ralph, University of California, Los Angeles

Session 264   Monday, January 12, 2015 10:15AM – 12:00PM
Redefining Transportation Impact: Comparison of Emerging Methodologies
Timothy Black, University of California, Los Angeles

Experimentation and Innovation in Advance Mitigation: Lessons from California
Jaimee Lederman, University of California, Los Angeles
Martin Wachs, University of California, Los Angeles 

Session 363   Monday, January 12, 2015 1:30PM – 3:15PM
Cost-Effectiveness of Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from High-Speed Rail and Urban Transportation Projects in California
Juan Matute, University of California, Los Angeles

Session 393   Monday, January 12, 2015 3:45PM – 5:30PM
Designing Efficient and Equitable Policy Incentives for Cleaner Technologies: Lessons from California’s Plug-in Electric Vehicle Rebate Program
JR DeShazo, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation

Session 440   Monday, January 12, 2015 4:15PM – 6:00PM
Multimodal Street Performance Measure Sensitivity Case Study: How to Get an A
Madeline Brozen, University of California, Los Angeles
Tim Black, University of California, Los Angeles
Herbie Huff, University of California, Los Angeles
Robin Liggett, University of California, Los Angeles

Session 469   Monday, January 12, 2015 7:30PM – 9:30PM
Private Eye: Intelligent Transportation Systems and Personal Privacy
Mark Garrett, University of California, Los Angeles
Jaimee Lederman, University of California, Los Angeles
Brian D. Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles

Session 548   Tuesday, January 13, 2015 10:15AM – 12:00PM
Livable Arterials: Urban Elixir or Oxymoron?
Madeline Brozen, University of California, Los Angeles, presiding

Session 640   Tuesday, January 13, 2015 2:00PM – 3:45PM
Lessons Learned from Transportation History
Martin Wachs, University of California, Los Angeles, presiding

Session 641   Tuesday, January 13, 2015 2:00PM – 3:45PM
Capitalization of Subway Access in Home Value: Repeat-Rentals Model with Supply Constraints
Rui Wang, University of California, Los Angeles

Session 657   Tuesday, January 13, 2015 2:00PM – 3:45PM
Transit Applications of Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Technology
Herbie Huff, University of California, Los Angeles
Juan Matute, University of California, Los Angeles
Doreen Zhao, University of California, Los Angeles
Agustin Garcia, University of California, Los Angeles

Session 658   Tuesday, January 13, 2015 2:00PM – 3:45PM
Planning for Pedestrians in Underground Rail Transit Stations: State-of-the-Practice Survey
Carole Turley Voulgaris, University of California, Los Angeles
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, University of California, Los Angeles
Brian D. Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles

Session 698   Tuesday, January 13, 2015 3:45PM – 5:30PM
Los Angeles Bus Map
Timothy Black, University of California, Los Angeles
Casey Osborn, University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Sahimi, University of California, Los Angeles

Session 711   Tuesday, January 13, 2015 4:15PM – 6:00PM
Travel Adaptations and the Great Recession: Evidence from Los Angeles County
Trevor Thomas, University of California, Los Angeles

Reducing Long-Term Exposure to Poverty: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity Experiment
Evelyn Blumenberg, University of California, Los Angeles
Gregory Pierce, University of California, Los Angeles

Long Routes to School? School Travel and Activity Participation Among High School Students
Carole Turley Voulgaris, University of California, Los Angeles
Brian D. Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles

Session 796   Wednesday, January 14, 2015 10:15AM – 12:00PM
A helping hand: Analyzing time use and travel in three-generation households
Kelcie Ralph, University of California, Los Angeles
Brian D. Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles

Sex or sexuality: Exploring household labor and travel among gay, lesbian, and straight households
Anne E. Brown, University of California, Los Angeles
Brian D. Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles

Session 798   Wednesday, January 14, 2015 10:15AM – 12:00PM
Learning about Our Past from Novel Historical Data and Methods
Martin Wachs, University of California, Los Angeles, presiding

Note: all times are EST

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Transforming Transportation  
World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C.   Thursday, January 15, 2015

Lee Schipper Scholarship: Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport
Madeline Brozen, University of California, Los Angeles