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Fwd: Transportation Research Publishing Survey

by Jack

Dear Colleagues, I hope this message finds you well. We are a group of transportation researchers, and we would like to invite you to participate in an anonymous survey, which will only take one or two minutes to complete. As many of you are aware, many journals today place significant emphasis on methodological advancements, including algorithms, machine learning, and AI. This trend has even extended to journals that traditionally focused on policy analysis and addressing practical transportation problems. While these innovations are valuable, we believe this shift may create challenges for researchers whose expertise lies in policy, planning, and solving real-world transportation issues. These researchers may find it increasingly difficult to navigate the changing expectations of journals that prioritize new methods over practical, problem-driven research. In light of the rise of large language models, such as ChatGPT, it becomes even more crucial for researchers to craft and ask the right questions. Developing new, impactful research questions and addressing critical real-world issues is essential to advancing the field, just as much as developing novel methodologies. Both dimensions of research—innovative problem-solving and methodological contributions—are necessary for the continued growth and relevance of transportation studies. The purpose of this survey is to gather insights from researchers in the transportation field about the common challenges and experiences encountered in publishing research papers. The information you provide will play a crucial role in informing the development of a new research journal focused on addressing transportation policy and problems (which might be a little different from traditional policy or planning journals). We highly value your input and sincerely appreciate your time and expertise in contributing to this important initiative. Your responses will remain confidential and will only be used to understand trends within the field and help refine the scope of the proposed journal. Please click the following link to participate: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HMDHJ6T If you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at jacktransportation_ai(a)gmail.com. Thank you for your participation. Best regards, Jack

1 week

Save the date: AED20 Virtual Midyear Meeting July 12, 3-5 PM Eastern

by Fontaine, Michael

Hello AED20 Friends, The virtual midyear meeting of the Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee will be held on July 12 from 3-5 PM Eastern. Please hold this date. More information of the agenda and a Zoom link will be provided closer to the meeting. Mike Fontaine Chair, AED20 [image: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DtP82ojGpV6eQOpgom6_13nj_2taODCojrCDBxmIB…] Michael D. Fontaine, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Director / Virginia Transportation Research Council Virginia Department of Transportation 434-293-1980 (W) / 434-882-3201 (C) Michael.Fontaine(a)VDOT.Virginia.gov

2 years, 10 months

Fwd: FW: Announcing TRB's first 4-Week Networking Challenge for young professionals

by Fontaine, Michael

Hello everyone- Please see the announcement below from TRB about theTRB Emerging Transportation Leaders Networking Challenge. Mike Chair, AED20 [image: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DtP82ojGpV6eQOpgom6_13nj_2taODCojrCDBxmIB…] Michael D. Fontaine, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Director / Virginia Transportation Research Council Virginia Department of Transportation 434-293-1980 (W) / 434-882-3201 (C) Michael.Fontaine(a)VDOT.Virginia.gov ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jenkins, Gary <GJenkins(a)nas.edu> Date: Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 10:09 AM Subject: FW: Announcing TRB's first 4-Week Networking Challenge for young professionals To: Jenkins, Gary <GJenkins(a)nas.edu> Dear Committee Chairs Please share the announcement below with your committees. *Gary Jenkins* 202-334-2311* | * gjenkins(a)nas.edu TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD *From:* Davenport, Patrice <PDavenport(a)nas.edu> *Sent:* Thursday, February 10, 2022 15:18 *To:* TRB AllStaff <TRBAllStaff(a)nas.edu> *Subject:* Announcing TRB's first 4-Week Networking Challenge for young professionals Good Afternoon, You may have seen the calendar listing that TRB will be hosting a Virtual Careers in Motion Networking Fair <https://app.brazenconnect.com/a/trb/e/8PWqE> next Thursday, February 17, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EST). All jobseekers who create an account are welcome to attend the event, whether they are recent graduates, seasoned executives, or at any other career level. With nearly 100 jobseekers currently registered, the virtual environment provides space to accommodate many more. To garner additional interest and participation (particularly from young transportation professionals), we will be rolling out an exciting initiative called the* 4-Week TRB Emerging Transportation Leaders Networking Challenge* starting next Monday on 2/14/22. I hope you will help spread the news! The 4-Week Challenge is ideal for professionals who are 35 and under, and looking to expand their network through engagement with the broader TRB community. This Challenge is designed to give future leaders in transportation a social and professional development boost early in the year, through different focused activities each week. The first week of the Challenge kicks off with the virtual Career Fair! We will enter participants who complete the final Challenge questionnaire into a drawing to win a free year of TRB webinars. The landing webpage for the Challenge is the same as the calendar event page for the Virtual Career Fair. The link will include details about the networking Challenge slated to begin Monday, February 14, 2022, and end on Friday, March 11, 2022: https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/12-08-2021/trb-virtual-careers-in-m… As the Challenge progresses, we hope to see increased engagement with our committees and with other resources, including TRB’s Critical Issues in Transportation. Please feel free to send me any feedback or reflections about the Challenge over the next several weeks. I also want to shout out the TRB Communications Team who has provided amazing creative insight and strategic support. Regards, Patrice Patrice Davenport Director, Strategic Program Development PDavenport(a)nas.edu Phone: 202-334-2516 Cell: 310-403-3349 TRB website: www.TRB.org <http://www.trb.org/> TRB Job Board: https://careers.mytrb.org/

3 years

Urban Data Committee (AED20) Supplemental Virtual Meeting - Feb 4, 3-4 PM Eastern

by Fontaine, Michael

Hello everyone, I hope everyone is doing well and recovered from TRB. We have set a date/time for the supplemental virtual Urban Data committee meeting on Feb 4 from 3-4 PM Eastern. Committee members should have received a calendar invitation. For everyone else, the Zoom login information is included in the attached agenda. FHWA has also provided a summary of relevant research activities, which is also attached. This meeting will be a refocused and streamlined version of what we did in person at the Annual Meeting. The main objectives will be to discuss several items where I would like input from the entire committee (TSP, research needs, equity working group) and to hear updates from people who were unable to be in Washington, DC. I hope many of you will be able to join us! Mike [image: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DtP82ojGpV6eQOpgom6_13nj_2taODCojrCDBxmIB…] Michael D. Fontaine, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Director / Virginia Transportation Research Council Virginia Department of Transportation 434-293-1980 (W) / 434-882-3201 (C) Michael.Fontaine(a)VDOT.Virginia.gov

3 years, 1 month

TRB Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee (AED20) Annual Meeting Agenda

by Fontaine, Michael

Hello AED20 members and friends, The AED20 main committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 11 from 1:30-3:30 PM in the Marriott Independence Salon ABC. Unfortunately, there will be no dial in option, but we will be sure to distribute minutes and handouts electronically after the meeting to those unable to attend in person. I've attached a few items for your review before the meeting: 1. *Meeting agenda*. Since we are limited to 1.5 hours, the meeting will mainly focus on core committee business this year. 2. *Draft of the AED20 Triennial Strategic Plan. * We hope to get final comments on the plan prior to submission to the section. Please review prior to the meeting and come ready to discuss. If you can't attend in person, please let me know if you have any comments. 3. *Minutes/slides from the midyear meeting. * Please provide any edits if you have any. 4. *Workshop announcement.* AED20 is sponsoring one workshop and co-sponsoring another that are focused around big data issues in transportation planning on Sunday, January 9. Please see the attached workshop announcement and consider attending them if you will be at TRB on Sunday. The focus of the morning session is on using big data to answer planning questions at a national or state scale, and the afternoon session is focused on equity considerations when using big data. I hope everyone has a safe and healthy holiday season. I really hope to see many of you at TRB in January. Mike Fontaine Chair, AED20 [image: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DtP82ojGpV6eQOpgom6_13nj_2taODCojrCDBxmIB…] Michael D. Fontaine, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Director / Virginia Transportation Research Council Virginia Department of Transportation 434-293-1980 (W) / 434-882-3201 (C) Michael.Fontaine(a)VDOT.Virginia.gov

3 years, 2 months

Fwd: FW: CTPP Conference Call for Abstracts Open!

by Fontaine, Michael

Hello AED20 Members and Friends: Please see the announcement below from Penelope. The June 2022 Conference on Applying Census Data for Transportation call for abstracts is open through December 17. Mike [image: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DtP82ojGpV6eQOpgom6_13nj_2taODCojrCDBxmIB…] Michael D. Fontaine, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Director / Virginia Transportation Research Council Virginia Department of Transportation 434-293-1980 (W) / 434-882-3201 (C) Michael.Fontaine(a)VDOT.Virginia.gov ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Weinberger, Penelope <pweinberger(a)aashto.org> Date: Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 11:50 AM Subject: FW: CTPP Conference Call for Abstracts Open! To: Fontaine, Michael <michael.fontaine(a)vdot.virginia.gov> Cc: Yu, Kathleen <kyu(a)nctcog.org>, Reschovsky, Clara < clara.reschovsky(a)dot.gov> Good morning Michael, Kathy and Clara, Please forward the following call to your friends and members of AED20 and the Census Data Subcommittee, Thanks! Hello all, I am delighted to announce the call for abstracts for the June 2022 Conference: Applying Census Data for Transportation is open now through December 17, 2021. To see a little more info head to: https://ctpp.transportation.org/whats-new/ And to submit an abstract go to: https://www.cvent.com/c/abstracts/ef5df0fc-5504-45ff-9f6b-3afafa39e184 Looking forward to seeing you in Reno! Penelope Weinberger She/They CTPP Program Manager AASHTO Ctpp.transportation.org

3 years, 3 months

AED20 TRB Annual Meeting Schedule

by Fontaine, Michael

Hello everyone, TRB has published the program for the Annual Meeting: https://annualmeeting.mytrb.org/OnlineProgram/Browse?ConferenceID=10 I wanted to highlight some of AED20's activities at the meeting for those that will be attending: - Workshop: Equity Considerations with Big Data in an Urban and Regional Transportation Planning Context. Sunday, January 09 1:30 PM- 4:30 PM ET - Travel Data Users Forum: Skills to Pay the Bills: Are We Adequately Preparing the Workforce for Future Data Streams? Monday, January 10 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ET - AED20 Main Committee: Tuesday, January 11 1:30 PM- 3:00 PM ET - AED20(2) Urban Big Data Tuesday, January 11 7:30 PM- 10:00 PM ET - AED20(3) Travel Time, Speed, and Reliability Tuesday, January 11 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM ET In addition, AED20's 3 poster sessions are planned from 10:30-12:00 on Wednesday. As you can see, our committee meeting will be about half the length of normal so we will need to be efficient. I will be sending out an agenda as we get closer to the meeting. Mike [image: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DtP82ojGpV6eQOpgom6_13nj_2taODCojrCDBxmIB…] Michael D. Fontaine, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Director / Virginia Transportation Research Council Virginia Department of Transportation 434-293-1980 (W) / 434-882-3201 (C) Michael.Fontaine(a)VDOT.Virginia.gov

3 years, 4 months

Update on TRB Urban Data Committee (AED20) recent activities and Annual Meeting Information

by Fontaine, Michael

Hello AED20 Members and Friends, I hope everyone is doing well. The TRB Urban Data Committee has been busy since the Midyear meeting, so I wanted to share some information on recent activities as well as TRB Annual Meeting information: - *TRB registration: *TRB Annual Meeting registration is open. You can register and reserve housing now here: https://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting/Registration.aspx - *AED20 Committee Meeting: *We have tentatively heard that our committee will be meeting from 1:30-3:00 on Tuesday, January 11. This will be an in-person meeting only. TRB is restricting most committee meetings to 90 minutes due to the need to sanitize rooms between meetings, so this will be an efficient meeting! The final program should be available in Mid-November, so this date/time is tentative until the final program is released. - *TRB Sunday workshop: *AED20 is sponsoring a workshop entitled *Equity Considerations with Big Data in an Urban and Regional Transportation Planning Context* on Sunday January 9 from 1:30-4:30 https://annualmeeting.mytrb.org/Workshop/Details/17113 [Thanks To Vijay Sivaraman and Leta Huntsinger for leading this workshop! Please consider attending if you will be at TRB.] - *AED20 webinar next week: *A working group from AED20 developed a webinar that is being presented next week: *Designing and Implementing Smart Cities*, October 28 1:00-2:30 Eastern https://www.trb.org/Calendar/Blurbs/182518.aspx [Thanks to Charlotte Frei, Angshuman Guin, Jinghua Xu, Zak Patterson, and Robert Kluger for organizing! Please consider attending, but note that there may be a fee depending on whether your employer is a TRB sponsor] - *NCHRP Statement: *Also, we have an NCHRP statement that has been submitted for funding consideration entitled *Assessing Big Data Privacy and Utility Trade-offs for Transportation Agencies*. [Thanks to Zak Patterson, Vince Bernardin, Bilal Farooq, Samiul Hasan, Godwin Badu-Marfo, and Kara Selke for all of their hard work getting this ready.] TRB relies on volunteers to make the program run, so I do want to acknowledge all the hard work that many of you have put into the committee over the last year. I hope that I will see many of you in person this January. Mike [image: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DtP82ojGpV6eQOpgom6_13nj_2taODCojrCDBxmIB…] Michael D. Fontaine, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Director / Virginia Transportation Research Council Virginia Department of Transportation 434-293-1980 (W) / 434-882-3201 (C) Michael.Fontaine(a)VDOT.Virginia.gov

3 years, 4 months

Fwd: Data Committee annual (virtual) meeting

by Fontaine, Michael

Hi Everyone- Penelope shared the information below on the AASHTO Committee on Data Management and Analytics virtual annual meeting on October 5-6. This looks like a great agenda, and best of all registration is FREE and open to anyone interested. Please consider attending if you have time. Thanks again to everyone for your efforts with paper reviews over the last month! Mike [image: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DtP82ojGpV6eQOpgom6_13nj_2taODCojrCDBxmIB…] Michael D. Fontaine, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Director / Virginia Transportation Research Council Virginia Department of Transportation 434-293-1980 (W) / 434-882-3201 (C) Michael.Fontaine(a)VDOT.Virginia.gov ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: SOCORRO BRISENO <cbriseno(a)comcast.net> Date: Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 1:27 PM Subject: Fwd: Data Committee annual (virtual) meeting To: peggi.knight(a)dot.iowa.gov <peggi.knight(a)dot.iowa.gov>, Michael Fontaine <michael.fontaine(a)vdot.virginia.gov>, kviswanathan(a)camsys.com < kviswanathan(a)camsys.com>, sparker(a)engr.wisc.edu <sparker(a)engr.wisc.edu>, chad.baker(a)dot.ca.gov <chad.baker(a)dot.ca.gov>, aconway(a)ccny.cuny.edu < aconway(a)ccny.cuny.edu>, Yinhai Wang <yinhai(a)uw.edu>, panastas(a)buffalo.edu < panastas(a)buffalo.edu>, kevin.gilson(a)wsp.com <kevin.gilson(a)wsp.com> Cc: Stacey Bricka <stacey.bricka(a)macrosysrt.com>, Frank Broen < frank(a)metroanalytics.com>, James Hall <jhall1(a)uis.edu>, Gary Jenkins < gjenkins(a)nas.edu>, tpalmerlee(a)nas.edu <tpalmerlee(a)nas.edu>, pweinberger(a)aashto.org <pweinberger(a)aashto.org> Hi All, Sharing information about the upcoming AASHTO data committee meeting (Penelope's email below contains all the details). Looks like there will be great discussion and plenty of opportunity for collaboration. Best, Coco ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Weinberger, Penelope" <pweinberger(a)aashto.org> To: "cbriseno(a)comcast.net" <cbriseno(a)comcast.net> Cc: "Palmerlee, Thomas" <TPalmerlee(a)nas.edu>, "Knight, Peggi" < peggi.knight(a)iowadot.us> Date: 09/27/2021 7:00 AM Subject: Data Committee annual (virtual) meeting Good Morning Coco, I am hoping you will forward this to the Data Science and Information Section Committee Chairs and that they will forward it to their members. Next week, Oct 5th and 6th, the Committee on Data Management and Analytics of AASHTO is holding their annual meeting, virtually, via Zoom. The agenda is chock full of compelling topics, speakers and presenters. The stated purpose of the conference is to provide a platform to vet issues and challenges and to engage in generating fresh strategies and solutions for harnessing the vast transportation data world. Attendance is free and open to all interested parties. An agenda is here: https://data.transportation.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2021/09/CDMA-An… And registration is here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpf-6qrzooGNwNBH1R0AoMLfZnndKvrr… Penelope Weinberger She/They Transportation Data Program Manager AASHTO https://data.transportation.org

3 years, 5 months

Seeking last minute TRB paper reviewers for AED20

by Fontaine, Michael

Hello AED20 members and friends - Thanks to everyone who submitted their Annual Meeting paper reviews last week. We have two papers where we need last minute reviews before the end of this week. Please let me know if you have time to review a paper before 9/24. The papers where we need reviews are: 22-1460: Exploration of a Network Screening Methodology for Travel Time Unreliability Considering Spatio-Temporal Contexts 22-4064: Electric Taxi Dispatch Problem on the Charging Trip Thanks in advance! Mike [image: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DtP82ojGpV6eQOpgom6_13nj_2taODCojrCDBxmIB…] Michael D. Fontaine, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Director / Virginia Transportation Research Council Virginia Department of Transportation 434-293-1980 (W) / 434-882-3201 (C) Michael.Fontaine(a)VDOT.Virginia.gov

3 years, 5 months

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