The 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) will be held from Jan. 7-11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. TRB’s Annual Meeting attracts thousands of transportation professionals from around the world. The program covers all transportation modes, with sessions and workshops addressing topics of interest to policymakers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. 

As in previous years, UCLA will have a significant presence at the event with presentations from faculty, affiliated researchers, and students.

Please see below for a full list and schedule of UCLA ITS-affiliated presentations.

UCLA Sessions

V2V4Real: A Real-world Large-scale Dataset for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Cooperative Perception Innovations in Big Urban Data Applications

In Poster Session 2099: Innovations in Big Urban Data Applications
Presenter: Runsheng Xu, Xin Xia, Zonglin Meng, Jiaqi Ma
Monday, January 8, 2024 | 10:15 am-12:00 pm

Transportation Challenges Facing Low-Income Households with Children: A Case Study in South Los Angeles 

In Lectern Session 2065: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Research Showcase 
Presenter: Madeline Wander
Monday, January 8, 2024 | 10:15 am-12:00 pm

Regional Planning for Accessibility in California: How MPOs Are Using Accessibility Metrics

In Lectern Session 2128: Innovative Approaches in Transportation Planning
Presenter: Hao Ding
Monday, January 8, 2024 | 1:30 pm-3:15 pm

Quantifying Longer Term Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Willingness to Pay for Travel Time Savings and Reliability for Passenger Vehicle Drivers

In Poster Session 2161: Unveiling the Journey: Analyzing Travel Behavior Across the COVID-19 Spectrum
Presenter: Anna Smolentseva
Monday, January 8, 2024 | 1:30 pm-3:15 pm

TRACtion: A Collaborative, Community-Researcher Agenda-Setting Approach

In Poster Session 2167: Research and Innovation Management: Analyzing Barriers, Funding and Agenda Decisions, Benefits and Data Reproducibility
Presenter: Juan Matute, tamika butler, Adam Millard-Ball
Monday, January 8, 2024 | 1:30 pm-3:15 pm

The Road Home: Challenges of and Responses to Homelessness in State Transportation Environments

In Lectern Session 2199: Affordable Housing and Homelessness: A Framework for Mobility Solutions 
Presenter: Jacob Wasserman, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Hao Ding
Monday, January 8, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm 

Traveler Experiences and Measurement of Equity Impacts

In Lectern Session 2202: Evolving TRansit Performance Metrics
Presenter: Tierra Bills
Monday, January 8, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm 

How Will California’s Electric Vehicle Policy Impact State-Generated Transportation Revenues?

In Poster Session 2218: Emerging Topics in Economics and Finance 
Presenter: Hannah King
Monday, January 8, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm 

Battery-Swapping Services in Electric Micro-Mobility: Assessing User Preferences and Willingness to Pay

In Poster Session 2223: Advanced Analytical Techniques Used to Address the Unique Transport Issues of Developing Countries
Presenter: Chenchen Kuai
Monday, January 8, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm 

Activity-Based Travel Chain Stimulation for Battery-Swapping Demand of Delivery Electric Micromobility Vehicles

In Lectern Session 3098: Transitioning Toward Low Emission Vehicles in Urban Freight
Presenter: Chenchen Kuai
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 10:15 am-12:00 pm | Convention Center, 147A 

Examining the Travel Experience and Needs of Low-Wage Workers Facing Extreme Commutes in the Los Angeles Region

In Poster Session 3107: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Poster (Session 2)
Presenter: Alejandra Rios Guitierrez
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 10:15 am-12:00 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | A111

Creatively Transforming Transit: Understanding Transportation Artist-in-Residence Programs

In Poster Session 3107: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Poster (Session 2)
Presenter: Lilith Winkler-Scholar
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 10:15 am-12:00 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | A213

The OpenCDA Open-Source Ecosystem for Cooperative Driving Automation Research

In Poster Session 3162: Vehicle-Highway Automation Posters, Part 1
Presenter:  Runsheng Xu, Xu Han, Xin Xia, Zonglin Meng, Camila Correa-Jullian, Jiaqi Ma
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 1:30 pm-3:15 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B657

Bayesian Inference-Based Truck Re-Identification for Asset Management of Highway Network Systems

In Poster Session 3265: Advancements in Processing, Understanding, and Using Weigh-in-Motion Data
Presenter: Tierra Bills
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 1:30 pm-3:15 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B646

Bridging the Domain Gap for Multi-Agent Perception

In Poster Session 3167: In Safe and Smart Transportation Systems Powered by Artificial Intelligence
Presenter: Runsheng Xu, Jiaqi Ma
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 1:30 pm-3:15 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | A200

Platooning and Speed Harmonization to Improve Efficiency on Large Scale Highway Networks Using Machine Learning

In Poster Session 3167: In Safe and Smart Transportation Systems Powered by Artificial Intelligence
Presenter: Jiaqi Ma
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 1:30 pm-3:15 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | A201

Tales from the Trenches: Advancing Climate Action and Equity in Regional Transportation Planning

In Poster Session 3171: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Poster (Session 3)
Presenter: tamika butler
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 1:30 pm-3:15 pm | Convention Center, Hall AB501

Going to Work? Examining Post-COVID Shifts in Working from Home

In Poster Session 3171: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Poster (Session 3)
Presenter: Yu Hong Hwang
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 1:30 pm-3:15 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B573

Driving A-loan: Race and the Geography of Automobile Debt in California

In Poster Session 3171: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Poster (Session 3)
Presenter: Samuel Speroni
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 1:30 pm-3:15 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B500

Ride-hailing in Developing Countries: Use and Effects in Dhaka

In Lectern Session 3201: Advancing Sustainable and Equitable Access to Mobility in Developing Countries
Presenter: Fariba Siddiq, Brian Taylor
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm | Convention Center, 146A

Large-Scale Network Speed Prediction during Hurricane Evacuation with Limited Data: A Deep Learning Approach

In Poster Session 3215: Transforming Transportation Planning and Traffic Forecasting with Artificial Intelligence
Presenter: Qinhua Jiang, Brian He, Jiaqi Ma
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | A220

Deep Activity Model: A Generative Deep Learning Approach for Human Mobility Pattern Synthesis

In Poster Session 3215: Transforming Transportation Planning and Traffic Forecasting with Artificial Intelligence
Presenter: Brian He, Qinhua Jiang, Chenchen Kuai, Jiaqi Ma
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | A221

Worse Commute, Better Job? Exploring the Relationship Between the Journey to Work and Employment Characteristics

In Poster Session 3216: The Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Transportation Choices
Presenter: Fariba Siddiq, Evelyn Blumenberg
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | A150

Going Nowhere Faster: Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Accelerate the Trend Toward Staying Home?

In Poster Session 3216: The Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Transportation Choices
Presenter: Samuel Speroni, Brian Taylor 
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | A151

Is Tele-X the solution for reducing traffic congestion and emissions? Findings from a comprehensive activity-based modeling analysis

In Poster Session 3216: The Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Transportation Choices
Presenter: Qinhua Jiang, Brian He, Yifang Zhu, Jiaqi Ma
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B542

A Multifaceted Equity Metric System for Transportation Electrification

In Poster Session 3224: New Research in Transportation Equity
Presenter: Ning Zhang, Qinhua Jiang, Brian He, Jiaqi Ma
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B609

Do Low-Income Suburbanites Commute Farther and Longer than Urbanites? Comparing Commute Patterns by Income and Neighborhood Type in California

In Poster Session 3224: New Research in Transportation Equity
Presenter: Madeline Wander
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B604

Who Benefits from Bikeshare-Transit Access? An Investigation of Bikeshare and Transit Use in Motor City

In Poster Session 3224: New Research in Transportation Equity
Presenter: Tierra Bills
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B624

GNSS/IMU/LIDAR Fusion for Vehicle Localization within a Consensus Framework

In Poster Session 3229: Vehicle-Highway Automation Posters, Part 2
Presenter: Xin Xia, Zhaoliang Zhang, Jiaqi Ma
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 6:00 pm-7:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B502

CoBEVT: Cooperative Bird’s Eye View Semantic Segmentation with Sparse Transformers

In Poster Session 3229: Vehicle-Highway Automation Posters, Part 2
Presenter: Runsheng Xu, Hao Xiang, Jiaqi Ma
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 6:00 pm-7:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B503 

Automated Driving Systems Data Acquisition and Processing Platform

In Poster Session 3229: Vehicle-Highway Automation Posters, Part 2
Presenter: Xin Xia, Zonglin Meng, Xu Han, Hanzhao Li, Takahiro Tsukiji, Runsheng Xu, Jiaqi Ma
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 6:00 pm-7:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B500

Strategic and Tactical Decision-Making for Cooperative Vehicle Platooning with Organized Behavior on Multi-Lane Highways: A Comprehensive Sequential Testing Pipeline Using ROS and CARMA Platform

In Poster Session 3229: Vehicle-Highway Automation Posters, Part 2
Presenter: Xu Han, Xin Xia, Runsheng Xu, Jiaqi Ma
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 6:00 pm-7:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B501

Regulation-aware Path Planning Framework for Automated Driving Systems

In Poster Session 3229: Vehicle-Highway Automation Posters, Part 2
Presenter: Xin Xia, Jiaqi Ma
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 6:00 pm-7:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B504

Decisions & Distance: The Relationship between Child Care Access and Child Care Travel

In Lectern Session 4017: Family Structure and Needs: Impact on Gendered Travel Patterns
Presenter: Evelyn Blumenberg, Madeline Wander
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 8:00 am-9:45 am | Convention Center, 146B

Sustainability Perspectives on Air, Public Health, and Transportation

In Lectern Session 4019: The Air We Breathe: Intersectionality of Sustainability, Resilience, and Society in Transportation and Public Health
Presenter: Regan Patterson
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 8:00 am-9:45 am | Convention Center, 146A

Multi-scale Vulnerability Analysis for Transportation Electrification under Extreme Weather Events

In Poster Session 4043: Extreme Weather and Climate Change Adaptation Research Activities
Presenter: Ning Zhang, Qinhua Jiang, Brian He, Jiaqi Ma
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 8:00 am-9:45 am | Convention Center, Hall A | A152

Operational Safety Hazard Identification of Fleet Maintenance Activities for Automated Driving Systems in Mobility as a Service

In Lectern Session 4051: Moving Automated Vehicle Research Into Practice
Presenter: Camila Correa-Jullian, Marilia Ramos, Ali Mosleh, Jiaqi Ma
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 10:15 am-12:00 pm | Convention Center, Salon C

Driving A-Loan: Race and the Geography of Automobile Debt in California

In Lectern Session 4060: Got a Ride?: Evaluating Disparities in Car Ownership
Presenter:Evelyn Blumenberg, Samuel Speroni, Fariba Siddiq, Jacob Wasserman
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 10:15 am-12:00 pm | Convention Center, 146B 

Rethinking Transit Safety: Understanding and Addressing Gender-Based Harassment and Enhancing Safety on San Francisco’s Muni Transit System

In Lectern Session 4061: How Safe Is This?: A Gender Perspective
Presenter: Greer Cowan
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 10:15 am-12:00 pm | Convention Center, 146C

A New Normal or Same Old, Same Old? Exploring the Changing Nature of Work and Commute During the Pandemic

In Poster Session 4073: Transportation Demand Management, Tolling, and Congestion Pricing
Presenter: Fariba Siddiq
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 10:15 am-12:00 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B690

Professional Drivers: Automobile Debt and Financial Support during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

In Poster Session 4076: Using Community Insights to Develop Sustainable, Equitable and Resilient Transportation Solutions
Presenter: Jacob Wasserman , Fariba Siddiq, Samuel Speroni, Evelyn Blumenberg
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 10:15 am-12:00 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B759

Young Workers, Jobs-Housing Balance, and Commute Distance: Findings from Two-Housing-Cost Regions

In Poster Session 4076: Using Community Insights to Develop Sustainable, Equitable and Resilient Transportation Solutions
Presenter: Hannah King, Evelyn Blumenberg
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 10:15 am-12:00 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B758

A Case for Race and Space in Auto Ownership Modeling: a Los Angeles County Study

In Poster Session 4084: Advancing Travel Forecasting Methods and Practices
Presenter: Tat Srisan, Tierra Bills
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | A152

Comparative Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Analysis for Off-Road Equipment Electrification Incentive Requirement in Near Future

In Poster Session 4092: Current Issues in Alternative Fuels and Technologies
Presenter: Bo Liu
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | 3:45 pm-5:30 pm | Convention Center, Hall A | B522