UCLA ITS at TRB 2020
UCLA ITS featured prominently at TRB 99th Annual Meeting
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting will be held Jan. 12–16, 2020, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The program is expected to attract more than 13,000 transportation professionals from around the world.
The meeting program will cover all transportation modes, with more than 5,000 presentations in nearly 800 sessions and workshops. Attendees come from all industries and include policymakers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. A number of sessions and workshops will focus on the spotlight theme for the 2020 meeting: A Century of Progress: Foundation for the Future.
UCLA ITS will have a significant presence at the event with 18 presentations from faculty, affiliated researchers, and students. Please see below for the full list and schedule of all UCLA ITS-affiliated presentations. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
UCLA ITS Sessions
Is Spatial Mismatch Really Spatial, and Really a Mismatch?
In Workshop: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Innovative Doctoral Transportation Research Showcase
Presenter: Julene Paul
Fellowship Recipients: Cassie Halls, Hannah King, Julene Paul, Maddy Ruvolo, Miriam Pinski, Samuel Speroni, Tam Guy, Timothy Wickland
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Applying Lessons Learned from Existing Congestion Pricing Programs to Proposed and Planned Projects
In Workshop: Cross-Cutting Issues in Urban Congestion Pricing
Discussant/Facilitator: Martin Wachs
1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Who Owns the Big Data?
In Lectern Session: Modeling Intercity Travel: Can Big Data Bring Air and Surface Modes Together
Presenter: Martin Wachs
8:00 a.m.–9:45 a.m.
The Impact of ZEV Adoption on California Transportation Revenue
In Lectern Session: Greener in More Ways Than One: Environmentally Sustainable Funding and Financing Opportunities
Presenters: Hannah King, Martin Wachs, and Asha Weinstein Agrawal
10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Case Study of the Flower Street Bus-only Lane: Analysis of a Tactical Transit Lane Piloted in Downtown Los Angeles in 2019
In Poster Session: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Poster Session, Part 2
Presenter: Cassie Halls
Fellowship Recipients: Cassie Halls, Hannah King, Julene Paul, Maddy Ruvolo, Miriam Pinski, Samuel Speroni, Tam Guy, Timothy Wickland
1:30 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
Residential Relocations and Vehicle Ownership among Low-income Households
In Lectern Session: Social and Economic Factors of Car Ownership
Presenter: Andrew Schouten
1:30 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
The Eighty-five Percent Solution: A Historical Look at Crowdsourcing Speed Limits and the Question of Safety
In Poster Session: Transportation Safety Management from Start to Finish
Presenters: Brian D. Taylor and Yu Hong Hwang
1:30 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
Won’t You Be My [Transit-friendly] Neighbor[hood]? Analyzing High-propensity Users in Transit-friendly Neighborhoods in Greater Los Angeles and the Bay Area
In Lectern Session: Nuts and Bolts: How Planning Processes Prepare Communities for Transportation and Land Use Challenges
Presenters: Julene Paul, Brian D. Taylor, and Evelyn Blumenberg
3:45 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
MPO Transportation Funding for Livable Communities: A Review of National MPO Programs
In Lectern Session: Nuts and Bolts: How Planning Processes Prepare Communities for Transportation and Land Use Challenges
Presenters: Amanda Dillon, Reid Ewing, Fariba Siddiq, and Fatemeh Kiani
3:45 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture and Presentation of Awards
The Pyke Johnson Award (Planning and Environment) will be presented to Evelyn Blumenberg, Andrew Schouten, Miriam Pinski and Martin Wachs for their paper Physical Accessibility and Employment among Older Adults in California.
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Tactical Transit Lanes: Recent Trends
In Lectern Session: Innovations in Bus Transit Systems Planning, Design, and Operations
Presenters: John Gahbauer and Juan Matute
3:45 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Is Spatial Mismatch Really Spatial, and Really a Mismatch?: Recent Evidence on Employment among Minorities in U.S. Cities and Suburbs
In Poster Session: Environmental Justice in Transportation Equity
Presenters: Julene Paul and Eric Morris
3:45 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Are Immigrants Migrating Away from Transit?: Immigrant Transit Use Trends in California
In Poster Session: Emerging Research in Social and Economic Factors of Transportation
Presenters: Evelyn Blumenberg, Andrew Schouten, Maddy Ruvolo, and Brian D. Taylor
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Parking and Economic Productivity: Would Silicon Valley be Richer with Lower Parking Requirements?
In Poster Session: Parking Space: Recent Research in Parking Topics
Presenters: Michael Manville, C.J. Gabbe, and Taner Osman
8:00 a.m.–9:45 a.m.
Curb Management in Business Districts: Current Trends and Future Options
In Poster Session: Parking Space: Recent Research in Parking Topics
Presenters: Juan Matute and Yu Hong Hwang
8:00 a.m.–9:45 a.m.
Who Says There’s No Place to Park?: Evaluating Parking Sentiment through Online Reviews
In Poster Session: Parking Space: Recent Research in Parking Topics
Presenters: Andrew Mondschein, David King, Christopher Hoehne, Zhiqiu Jiang, and Mikhail Chester
8:00 a.m.–9:45 a.m.
Parking Occupancy and Shared Parking: Comparative Case Studies of Parking Reduction at Transit-oriented Developments in the United States
In Poster Session: Parking Space: Recent Research in Parking Topics
Presenters: Reid Ewing, Keuntae Kim, Sadegh Sabouri, and Fariba Siddiq
8:00 a.m.–9:45 a.m.
State of the BART: Analyzing the Factors Influencing Bay Area Rapid Transit Ridership Peaking and Their Change over Time
In Poster Session: Current Topics in Public Transportation
Presenters: Jacob L. Wasserman and Brian D. Taylor
8:00 a.m.–9:45 a.m.
Rating the Composition: Deconstructing the Demand-side Effects on Transit Use Changes in California
In Poster Session: Public Transportation Demand: Explorations of Traveler Response and Traveler Characteristics
Presenters:: Andrew Schouten, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Brian D. Taylor
8:00 a.m.–9:45 a.m.
Centuries of Ballot-box Transportation Planning in Los Angeles
In Lectern Session: Research in Urban Transportation History: From Sydney Trams to Los Angeles Ballot Box Planning to Canadian Street Cars
Presenters: Hannah King and Martin Wachs
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Impact of Transit on Multifamily Property Values: A Meta-analysis
In Poster Session: Novel Use of Economic Analysis in Decision Making
Presenters: Fariba Siddiq, Amanda Dillon, and Reid Ewing
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
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