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Information on open-access journal in transportation

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Committee Members and Friends, I received the message below regarding information for an on-line journal - now accepted for coverage in the SSCI and JCR - hope this is helpful: It is our great pleasure to let you know that the European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research has been accepted for coverage in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) of ThomsonReuters' Web of Science. This makes EJTIR, to the best of our knowledge, the first open-access journal in transportation to receive an impact factor. As such, we expect that the inclusion in SSCI will further improve our relevance and visibility within the transportation research community. Please feel free to forward this message to colleagues, and to visit our website ( www.ejtir.tbm.tudelft.nl ) for a look at issue 9.4. Sincerely, Bert van Wee and Caspar Chorus Editors-in-Chief Hope to see everyone in January!!!! Kate

14 years, 4 months

Only Two Days Left to Participate in Transportation Survey

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Committee Members and Friends - Emily and I received invitations to participate in this survey and thought you might want to also help (sorry for the short time frame) - ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE (if you haven't already had the chance) - We would like your help in sharing information with transportation planners about a Virtual Conference on Transportation Planning Research Needs. This is an NCHRP project (NCHRP Project 8-36, Task 95), conducted for the AASHTO Standing Committee on Planning. The Virtual Conference will be held on-line with a series of webinars starting in late February or early March 2010. We are trying to get a broad input on the challenges and needs facing transportation planners across the country, including those at State DOTs, MPOs, transit agencies, and other transportation agencies. We have an online survey that we would like practitioners to complete to provide us with an early indication of the topics and issues that they face; the survey results will help us shape the development of the virtual conference, and influence the preparation of background materials. Here is the link to the survey: www.TransportationPlanningNeeds.com <http://www.transportationplanningneeds.com/> . We would like to have the survey completed by December 4th so there is limited time! You may have already received information on this through TRB, but I am sending this message to encourage you to pass the survey onto your committee members. Please see text below that you can cut and paste into an e-mail to distribute to your committee. Also, as part of this effort, ICF International has been conducting a scan of the Research Needs Database, as well as other documents that have identified research priorities. If your committee has recently developed its own identification of research priorities related to transportation planning, please share that with us as well, so that we can include this as part of our background review of research needs. Please e-mail me at mgrant(a)icfi.com and Terence Plaskon or Kathleen Rooney (cc:ed on this e-mail). Thank you and happy Thanksgiving! -Michael Michael Grant Principal ICF International 9300 Lee Highway Fairfax, VA 22031 Ph: 703-218-2692 mgrant(a)icfi.com

14 years, 5 months

MATSim users meeting and reminder for Annual TRB Meeting Registration

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Committee Members and Friends, Attached is an invitation to the upcoming MATSim users meeting extended to our Committee by Kay Axhausen - and, of course, if you haven't already registered for the Annual Meeting - here's the link http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting2010/Public/AM2010Registration.aspx There is still time to get the early registration discount (good until November 30th) - hope to see everyone there in January!! Kate --- _____________________________ Catherine T. Lawson, Ph. D. Director, MRP Program Associate Professor University at Albany Geography & Planning AS 218 1400 Washington Albany, New York 12222 (518) 442-4775 (518) 442-4742 FAX lawsonc(a)albany.edu

14 years, 5 months

Krishnan Viswanathan/camsys is out of the office.

by Krishnan Viswanathan

I will be out of the office starting 08/13/2009 and will not return until 08/24/2009.

14 years, 8 months

Draft Mid-Year Minutes - and message regarding upgraded TRB Website

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Emily has prepared the attached draft minutes of the "Summer in Seattle" ABJ30 2009 Mid-Year Meeting. Please review and provide her ( Emily.Parkany(a)noblis.org) with comments, edits, corrections, etc. so we can post the final version on our new website (www.trburbandata.org). Also - TRB has just rolled out the "upgraded" website (see www.trb.org <http://www.trb.org/> ) - please let Matthew Miller (MAMiller(a)nas.edu) know if you find a broken link (especially if it a link you use on a regular basis) - and hopefully we can get new directions to your favorite spots on the website. Regards, Kate --- _____________________________ Catherine T. Lawson, Ph. D. Director, MRP Program Associate Professor University at Albany Geography & Planning AS 218 1400 Washington Albany, New York 12222 (518) 442-4775 (518) 442-4742 FAX lawsonc(a)albany.edu

14 years, 8 months

Re: [ABJ30-Friends] NHTS Webinar

by Nathan Erlbaum

I get webinar is not available message >>> edc(a)berwyned.com 7/10/2009 1:12 PM >>> I thought I would pass this along for those interested and I needed to test the list's data base. ------------------------------------- The Association of Public Data Users (APDU) invites you to an online presentation, “An Overview of the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), the Nation’s Largest Household Travel Survey” When: Thursday, July 16th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT Who: Heather Contrino, Travel Surveys Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration [https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/759147042] Click Here to Register The NHTS is a fundamental intermodal program that provides statistical measures of travel demand and travel behavior of the American public. Conducted since 1969, this national program provides detailed data on the characteristics of travelers, trips, and vehicles. Information provided by the NHTS helps to answer both very basic and highly complex questions about system use, access, mobility, performance, and safety. The data collection effort for the 2008 NHTS was completed in May 2009 with participation from over 155,000 households. Results, including detailed characteristics for persons in U.S. households and their vehicles, will be reported in late fall 2009. Participants will be able to ask questions following the presentation. There is no cost to participate, please register early to reserve your spot. APDU Contact: Denise M. Bosmans [mailto:dbosmans@apdu.org] dbosmans(a)apdu.org 703-522-4980 x2 -- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443 _______________________________________________ ABJ30-Friends mailing list ABJ30-Friends(a)chrispy.net http://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/abj30-friends

14 years, 9 months

Agenda for Mid-Year Meeting

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Below please find the agenda for our upcoming mid-year meeting in Seattle - PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE!!!! You can review the minutes from the Annual Meeting on the website. We hope to use it "live" at the meeting (if the wireless is with us) - otherwise - look for updates as soon as we can connect to the web!!! To see many of you there (or hear you on the phone) -- Kate ABJ30 Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee Seattle Sheraton Hotel July 20, 2009 Monday, 2:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. (PDT) Kirkland Room For those joining us by phone - please use (877)339-0018, Access * 870-9080 * I. Introductions (2:00 - 2:05) II. Chair Report - Announcements - Kate Lawson (2:05 - 2:10) III. TRB Report - Tom Palmerlee (flexible, if necessary) (2:10 - 2:20) IV. Subcommittee Reports a. ABJ30(1) Subcommittee on Census Data (2:20 - 2:30) Clara Reschovsky, (MWCOG) & Kristian Rohanna, (SANDAG) b. AFD30(1) Archived Data User Service Subcommittee Shawn Turner, TTI (2:30 - 2:40) V. Guest Speakers a. Dr. Paul Waddell - Parcel Data: An Untapped Urban Data Resource (2:40 - 3:00) b. Ben Stabler - Rolling Out the new ABJ30 Website: www.trburbandata.org <http://www.trburbandata.org/> (3:00 - 3:20) VI. New Business a. Annual Meeting Discussion (3:20 - 3:35) b. TRB Critical Issues and Cross-cutting Issues (3:35 - 3:40) c. Other Business (3:40 - 3:45) --- _____________________________ Catherine T. Lawson, Ph. D. Director, MRP Program Associate Professor University at Albany Geography & Planning AS 218 1400 Washington Albany, New York 12222 (518) 442-4775 (518) 442-4742 FAX lawsonc(a)albany.edu

14 years, 9 months

NHTS Webinar

by Ed Christopher

I thought I would pass this along for those interested and I needed to test the list's data base. ------------------------------------- The Association of Public Data Users (APDU) invites you to an online presentation, “An Overview of the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), the Nation’s Largest Household Travel Survey” When: Thursday, July 16th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT Who: Heather Contrino, Travel Surveys Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration [https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/759147042] Click Here to Register The NHTS is a fundamental intermodal program that provides statistical measures of travel demand and travel behavior of the American public. Conducted since 1969, this national program provides detailed data on the characteristics of travelers, trips, and vehicles. Information provided by the NHTS helps to answer both very basic and highly complex questions about system use, access, mobility, performance, and safety. The data collection effort for the 2008 NHTS was completed in May 2009 with participation from over 155,000 households. Results, including detailed characteristics for persons in U.S. households and their vehicles, will be reported in late fall 2009. Participants will be able to ask questions following the presentation. There is no cost to participate, please register early to reserve your spot. APDU Contact: Denise M. Bosmans [mailto:dbosmans@apdu.org] dbosmans(a)apdu.org 703-522-4980 x2 -- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443

14 years, 9 months

Data Section News Summer 2009

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, I am pleased to announce that Ben Stabler, Senior Modeler for Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), is now a Member of our Committee. He is planning to attend our "Summer in Seattle" Mid-Year Meeting and I am hoping many of you will be there too! Attached is the Summer 2009 Data Section News - lots of exciting activities -- And of course, if is never too soon to start planning for the 2010 Annual Meeting. I received the following notice regarding the consequences of the Hilton remodeling plans - TRB staff are telling us they will need to: * Reduce each committee's allotment from 2.3 sessions down to 2.0 sessions * Increase the number of papers presented in poster sessions * Move the Human Factors workshops to Saturday * Shift events/meetings of some Hilton committees to the Marriott or Omni Shoreham Hotels (affected committees will be informed shortly) * Maximize usage of evenings (especially Sunday and Wednesday) and Thursday morning * Limit most committee meetings to one 105 minute time slot. For those committees needing additional meeting time, TRB staff will work with the committee chairs to explore available options. These may include scheduling all or part of the committee meeting on evenings and Thursday, and/or scheduling follow-up conference calls or web-based meetings. More on this soon - in the meantime, I want to encourage everyone to make the August 1st deadline for submitting papers (please check the TRB website http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=10482) - we will also be looking for qualified reviewers from our Committee Members and Friends - Have a wonderful 4th!!!! Regards, Kate --- _____________________________ Catherine T. Lawson, Ph. D. Director, MRP Program Associate Professor University at Albany Geography & Planning AS 218 1400 Washington Albany, New York 12222 (518) 442-4775 (518) 442-4742 FAX lawsonc(a)albany.edu ________________________________ From: Palmerlee, Thomas [mailto:TPalmerlee@nas.edu] Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:40 PM To: doug.couto28(a)gmail.com; edc(a)berwyned.com; fdharrison(a)gmail.com; hall.jim(a)uis.edu; harvey.miller(a)geog.utah.edu; hups(a)ornl.gov; jonette.kreideweis(a)dot.state.mn.us; j-schofer(a)northwestern.edu; jzmud(a)nustats.com; kikuchi(a)vt.edu; kkockelm(a)mail.utexas.edu; lawsonc(a)albany.edu; mike_manore(a)msn.com; Palmerlee, Thomas; peter.keen(a)dtsits.com; reg(a)iastate.edu; scott.drumm(a)portofportland.com; simon.washington(a)asu.edu; thomas.bolle(a)dot.gov Cc: Winter, Kenneth A. Subject: Data Section News Summer 2009 Here is Johanna's latest Data Section News. Please forward to your committees. Tom Thomas M. Palmerlee Associate Director, Technical Activities Division TRB 202-334-2907

14 years, 10 months

Research Statement - thanks Nathan!!

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Committee Members and Friends, I am attaching Nathan et al's Research Statement - from Kara Kockelman's message to the Travel Survey Committee this morning - "It emphasizes data sharing & archiving (across agencies) and is titled "Integrating Existing and Emerging Transportation Data Collection Activities to Maximize Analytical Capacity". It will be in NCHRP's formal pipeline within a few months. Feel free to start advocating this topic to your AASHTO reps now. Thank you!" - We want to help with the advocating from ABJ30 as well - Hope to see many of you at our Summer Meeting in Seattle!!!! Regards, Kate --- _____________________________ Catherine T. Lawson, Ph. D. Director, MRP Program Associate Professor University at Albany Geography & Planning AS 218 1400 Washington Albany, New York 12222 (518) 442-4775 (518) 442-4742 FAX lawsonc(a)albany.edu

14 years, 11 months

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