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2015 Transportation Research Board Data Contest Announcement

by Bricka, Stacey

(apologies for cross-postings) 2015 Transportation Research Board Data Contest Announcement The main objective of the 2015 Transportation Research Board Data Contest is to provide a platform for researchers, practitioners and students to learn about cutting edge statistical methods employed in the transportation field. The TRB Contest allows for a fair comparison of various statistical methods on a common dataset. Submissions are requested from all communities - researchers, practitioners and students. For the 2015 TRB data contest we have identified research datasets on (1) Transportation Safety and (2) Travel Behavior. The authors can choose to participate in one of the two submissions. The complete details of the datasets, and contest guidelines are provided http://stmm.mcgill.ca/TRBDataContest.html The 2015 TRB data contest is sponsored by the Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Committee (ABJ70). The contest is also co-sponsored by Statistics (ABJ80), Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee (ABJ30), Committee on National Transportation Data Requirements and Programs (ABJ10), Transportation Demand Forecasting (ADB40) and Traveler Behavior and Values (ADB10) Please direct all questions or comments related to the 2015 TRB Data Contest to Naveen Eluru (naveen.eluru(a)mcgill.ca<mailto:naveen.eluru@mcgill.ca>) or Anuj Sharma (anujpals(a)gmail.com<mailto:anujpals@gmail.com>) or Matthew Karlaftis (mgk(a)mail.ntua.gr<mailto:mgk@mail.ntua.gr>). ************************************** Naveen Eluru Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics McGill University Montreal, Canada Ph: 514 398 6823 Fx: 514 398 7361 http://www.mcgill.ca/civil/people/eluru http://stmm.mcgill.ca/ **************************************

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Fwd: U.S. Census Bureau Releases: "Modes Less Traveled - Bicycling and Walking to Work in the U.S.: 2008-2012"

by Lawson, Catherine T

Fun facts! From: "U.S. Census Bureau" <census(a)subscriptions.census.gov<mailto:census@subscriptions.census.gov>> Date: May 8, 2014 at 12:31:01 PM EDT To: <lawsonc(a)albany.edu<mailto:lawsonc@albany.edu>> Subject: U.S. Census Bureau Releases: "Modes Less Traveled - Bicycling and Walking to Work in the U.S.: 2008-2012" Reply-To: <census(a)subscriptions.census.gov<mailto:census@subscriptions.census.gov>> [ACS Banner] U.S. Census Bureau Releases: "Modes Less Traveled - Bicycling and Walking to Work" The U.S. Census Bureau released the report, "Modes Less Traveled - Bicycling and Walking to Work in the United States: 2008-2012<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkP…>," which highlights the trends and socio-economic and geographic differences between motorized and non-motorized commutes. This report - the Census Bureau's first focusing only on biking and walking to work - is one of many that examines specific aspects of commuting, including workplace location, working from home, long commutes and specific travel modes. The figures in this release come from data collected from questions in the Census Bureau's 2008-2012 American Community Survey (ACS). The questions asked include: * How did this person usually get to work last week? If this person usually used more than one method of transportation during the trip, mark (X) the box of the one used for most of the distance. * How many people, including this person, usually rode to work in the car, truck, or van last week? * What time did this person usually leave home to go to work last week? * How many minutes did it usually take this person to get from home to work last week? Organizations use the statistics from the ACS to design programs that ease traffic problems, reduce congestion and promote carpooling. In addition, police and fire departments use ACS statistics to plan for emergency services in areas where many people work. The ACS provides local statistics on a variety of topics for even the smallest communities. Highlights include: * The West had the highest rate of biking to work at 1.1 percent, and the South had the lowest rate at 0.3 percent. * Among large cities, Portland, Ore., had the highest bicycle-commuting rate at 6.1 percent. * The Northeast showed the highest rate of walking to work at 4.7 percent of workers, whereas the South had the lowest rate at 1.8 percent. Several of these places were "college towns," including Ithaca, N.Y., where about 42.4 percent walked to work. * Among large cities, Boston was one of the highest walking-to-work cities at 15.1 percent. The ACS provides reliable statistics that are indispensable to anyone who has to make informed decisions about the future. 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FW: Job openings - Urban Big Data Centre

by Bricka, Stacey

Please circulate to your networks. Stacey Stacey G. Bricka, Ph.D. Texas A&M Transportation Institute 512.407.1123 From: Piyushimita Thakuriah [mailto:Piyushimita.Thakuriah@glasgow.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 4:00 PM To: Bricka, Stacey Subject: Job openings - Urban Big Data Centre Dear colleagues, The University of Glasgow is seeking to make several appointments associated with the new Urban Big Data Centre funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Big Data Network Phase 2. The centre's work will focus on developing urban Big Data management and linkage solutions, and research on methods to address urban challenges relating to social justice, dynamic resource management, lifelong learning, urban engagement and environmental sustainability in cities. The project will be led by the University of Glasgow, with the Universities of Edinburgh, Cambridge, Reading, Bristol and Illinois-Chicago as partners. For further information please visit http://urbanbigdatacentre.co.uk Informal enquiries are welcome and can be directed to Professor Vonu Thakuriah, on +44 (0) 141 330 4079 or email Piyushimita.Thakuriah(a)glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:Piyushimita.Thakuriah@glasgow.ac.uk> Research Associate in Urban Methods, Modelling and Simulations http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIP257/research-associate-in-urban-methods-modell… Research Associate in Transport Informatics http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIP780/research-associate-in-transport-informatic… Lecturer in Transport Studies http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIP515/lecturer-in-transport-studies/ Reader/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Urban Big Data and Quantitative Methods http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIP784/reader-senior-lecturer-lecturer-in-urban-b… Professor in Urban Big Data and Quantitative Methods http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIP213/professor-in-urban-big-data-and-quantitati… Research Associate in Education http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIP264/research-assistant-associate/ Research Associate in Computing Science http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIP266/research-assistant-associate/ Research Associate in Computing Science http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIP268/research-assistant-associate/ Research Associate in Computing Science http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIP270/research-assistant-associate/ Research Associate in Computing Science http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIP271/research-assistant-associate/ IT Service Officer http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIP272/it-service-officer/ Please circulate to your networks. Thanks, Vonu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Piyushimita Thakuriah (Vonu), PhD Director, UK ESRC Urban Big Data Centre Halcrow Chair of Transport Professor, Urban Studies & Affiliated Professor, School of Engineering University of Glasgow, UK Faculty Page URL: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/vonuthakuriah/ Urban Big Data Centre: http://urbanbigdatacentre.com/ Urban Transport Research Group: http://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/urbantransportationresearch/ Email: Piyushimita.Thakuriah(a)glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:Piyushimita.Thakuriah@glasgow.ac.uk> * Phone: +44-141-330-4079<tel:%2B44-141-330-4079> Call for Papers: Workshop on Big Data and Urban Informatics: https://urbanbigdata.uic.edu/workshop-2014/call-for-papers/ The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401

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