TRB Workshop on Doctoral Research in Transportation Modeling and Travel Behavior

The workshop was organized in four parts with six presentations each. The parts focused on the following topics

1. Autonomous Vehicles, Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Activity-Based Modeling
2. Networks, Traffic, Route Choice, Transit Transport
3. Network Companies, Car-Sharing, Other Travel Behavior
4. Machine Learning, Logistics, Trucking, Parking

Every doctoral researcher gave a 5 min lightning talk to introduce her or his topic. At the end of each part, there were 15 minutes for debate let by an expert in the respective area of research.

1:30-1:35

Pat Mokhtarian & Rolf Moeckel

GeorgiaTech & Technical University of Munich

Welcome note

Part 1: Autonomous Vehicles, Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Activity-Based Modeling

Time	Presenter	University	Presentation Title	Adviser
1:35-1:41	Sami Hasnine	University of Toronto	Tour-based mode choice model in activity-based modelling framework	Khandker M. Nurul Habib
1:41-1:47	Krishna Murthy Gurumurthy	The University of Texas at Austin	A SYSTEM OF SHARED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR CHICAGO: ANTICIPATING IMPACTS AT MULTIPLE STAGES OF ADOPTION	Kara M. Kockelman
1:47-1:53	Fatemeh Nazari	University of Illinois at Chicago	Modeling Travel Behavior with the Advent of Electric and Automated Vehicle Technologies	Kouros Mohammadian
1:53-1:59	Yang Zhou	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Distributed Robust Connected Automated Car Following Strategy to Stabilize Mixed Traffic	Soyoung Ahn
1:59-2:05	Nazmul Arefin Khan	Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS	Development of a prototype Shorter-term Decisions Simulator (SDS)	Ahsan Habib
2:05-2:11	Amir Ghiasi	University of South Florida	Connected Autonomous Vehicles: Capacity Analysis, Trajectory Optimization, and Speed Harmonization	Xiaopeng Li
2:11-2:25	Debate	Discussant:	Dr. Aruna Sivakumar (Imperial College London)
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Part 2: Networks, Traffic, Route Choice, Transit

Time	Presenter	University	Presentation Title	Adviser
2:25-2:31	Jesper Ingvardson Bláfoss	Technical University of Denmark	Attractiveness of public transport systems in a metropolitan setting	Otto Anker Nielsen
2:31-2:37	Yasir Ali	University of Queensland	Investigation of Lane-Changing Behaviour: A Comparative Study of Connected and Traditional Vehicles	Zuduo Zheng
2:37-2:43	Xiangyang Guan	University of Washington, Seattle	A General Methodology for Inferring Failure Spreading Dynamics	Cynthia Chen
2:43-2:49	Huajie Yang	Portland State University	The effects of transit improvement on traffic and land use at different geographical scales: three empirical essays	Liming Wang
2:49-2:55	Venktesh Pandey	The University of Texas at Austin	Dynamic Pricing and Long-term Planning Models for Managed Lanes with Multiple Entrances and Exits	Stephen D. Boyles
2:55-3:01	Jacqueline Arriagada	Universidad de Chile	MODELING ROUTE CHOICE IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS USING AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION DATA	Marcela Munizaga
3:01-3:15	Debate	Discussant	Dr. S. Ilgin Guler (The Pennsylvania State University)
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Part 3: Transport Network Companies, Car-Sharing, Other Travel Behavior

Time	Presenter	University	Presentation Title	Adviser
3:15-3:21	Md Mosabbir Pasha	The University of Queensland	Modelling Ground Accessibility to Airports	Mark Hickman
3:21-3:27	Sneha Roy	University of Kentucky	Exploring the relationship between the emergence of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) and growing congestion in San Francisco	Gregory D. Erhardt
3:27-3:33	Alyas Widita	Georgia Institute of Technology	Travel Behavior Dynamics from a Longitudinal Perspective in Indonesia	Timothy F. Welch
3:33-3:39	Zhengtian Xu	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	On the System Supply of Ride-Hailing Services: Theory, Observation and Practice	Yafeng Yin
3:39-3:45	Taru Jain	Monash University, Australia	Carshare as a Lever for Travel Behaviour Change	Geoffrey Rose
3:45-3:51	Alec Biehl	Northwestern University	Active Travel Market Segmentation Strategies using a Thresholds-of-Adoption Framework for Individuals and Communities	Amanda Stathopoulos
3:51-4:05	Debate	Discussant:	Dr. Venu Garikapati (NREL)
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Part 4: Machine Learning, Logistics, Trucking, Parking

Time	Presenter	University	Presentation Title	Adviser
4:05-4:11	Melvin Wong	Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada	Machine Learning and Information Theory in Travel Behaviour Models: A Generative Modelling Approach	Bilal Farooq
4:11-4:17	Giacomo Dalla Chiara	Singapore University of Technology and Design	Managing commercial vehicles parking in congested urban areas	Lynette Cheah
4:17-4:23	Shirin Najafabadi	The City College of New York/ CUNY	INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR CITY LOGISTICS: A DYNAMIC TAXI CROWDSHIPPING MODEL	Mahdieh Allahviranloo
4:23-4:29	Yun Yuan	University of Wisconsin Milwaukee	A Microscopic Agent-based Simulation System for Smart Off-street Parking Facilities	Yue Liu
4:29-4:35	Xiaotong Sun	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	VEHICLE PLATOONING: ECONOMIC MECHANISMS AND NETWORK POTENTIALS	Yafeng Yin
4:35-4:41	Shenhao Wang	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	From Discrete Choice Models to Deep Neural Network: Tradeoff Between Interpretability and Predictability
4:41-5:00	Debate	Discussant:	Dr. Rick Donnelly (WSP, Inc.)
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