Plan now to attend the TRB 89th Annual Meeting, an information-packed program that will attract more than 10,000 transportation professionals from around the world to Washington, D.C., January 10-14, 2010.

The TRB Annual Meeting program covers all transportation modes, with more than 3,000 presentations in nearly 600 sessions addressing topics of interest to all attendees—policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. The spotlight theme for 2010 is Investing in Our Transportation Future – BOLD Ideas to Meet BIG Challenges. More details will be posted as they become available.

Visit: http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting2010/Public/AnnualMeeting2010.aspx

What Is Blocking Her Path? Women, Mobility, and Security (P10-0370)

Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia , University of California, Los Angeles

Credible Commitment and Political Prospects of Congestion Pricing (10-2401)

King, David , Columbia University
Manville, Michael , University of California, Los Angeles

Impacts of Minimum Parking Requirements (P10-1316)

Shoup, Donald C., University of California, Los Angeles

Survival Analysis of Congestion Pricing Implementation in the United States (P10-0770)

Beata, Alexander , University of California, Los Angeles

Addressing Equity in Political Debates over Road Pricing: Lessons from Recent Projects (10-4016)

Taylor, Brian D., University of California, Los Angeles
Iseki, Hiroyuki , University of New Orleans
Kalauskas, Rebecca , University of California, Los Angeles

Examining the Linkages Between Electronic Roadway Tolling Technologies and Road Pricing Policy Objectives  (10-4033)

Iseki, Hiroyuki , University of New Orleans
Taylor, Brian D., University of California, Los Angeles
Demisch, Alexander , University of California, Los Angeles

Commute Distance and Ethnic Neighborhoods (10-3814)

Blumenberg, Evelyn , University of California, Los Angeles
Smart, Michael , University of California, Los Angeles
Lee, Andrew , University of California, Los Angeles

Transportation Policy, Poverty, and Sustainability: History and Future

Wachs, Martin - RAND Corporation and University of California, Los Angeles Professor Emeritus

For those who will be attending the TRB Annual Meeting in January 2010:

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Pedestrian and Bicycle Committees are hosting a workshop on University Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Education at the TRB Annual Meeting. The workshop will be held on Sunday, January 10, 2010, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. More information is available here: http://www.its.ucla.edu/events/eventdetails.cfm?ID=208

FTA and US DOT Panel Sessions at TRB

Please be advised the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is conducting seven technical panel sessions at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, January 10-14, 2010 in Washington, DC.  Attending one of these sessions would be a first-hand opportunity for you and others to hear about what we are doing at FTA, listen to similar viewpoints on the issues, discuss issues of consequence to you, understand the direction we are heading, and ask questions to exchange ideas and thoughts.  It would be great if you could attend one or more of the FTA sessions that interest you.

The topics addressed are:

·  transit-oriented development, livable and sustainable communities;
·  performance benchmarking - -how does my agency stack up;
·  public involvement approaches to improving transit service planning;
·  urban rail safety: a global perspective;
·  challenges, strategies, and achievements of multimodal transportation development in major metropolitan areas – a Mumbai case study;
·  projecting capital investment needs for transportation; and
·  From concept to practice: implementing a planning process supporting sustainable communities.