Mike is an excellent choice. His roots in the Urban Data committee and expertise with TRB processes and rules go very deep. When I was chair, before Stacey and Kate, Mike helped us, and TRB out by taking on the review coordination of a whole genre of papers that were new to the committee and TRB. This was in the early days of ITS when travel time monitoring systems were being developed and the data processing algorithms were being tweaked. There was as sizeable pile of papers that fell between a handful of committees that were not willing to take the papers on. Mike, through the Urban Data committee took the lead, recruited top notch reviewers and the rest is history (at least that is how I remember it). Congratulations Mike and thanks for pulling us through those early days. On 1/7/2020 10:25 AM, sgbricka(a)gmail.com wrote: Dear Members and Friends of ABJ30: 2020 is a year of change for the ABJ30 committee. Not only will we have a new committee code with the TRB re-organization (see http://www.trb.org/AboutTRB/TADStrategicAlignment.aspx) and new faces with the upcoming rotation, more importantly, we will have a new chair. I’m very pleased to announce that Mike Fontaine has been confirmed as the incoming chair for our committee. He officially begins in this role as of April 1, 2020 but has been part of the committee leadership team for the past 6 years as both subcommittee chair and more recently Vice Chair. I’m looking forward to the continued growth of the committee under his leadership! The main committee meeting is scheduled for TRB Tuesday, from 8 am to noon in Liberty Salon L (M4), Marriott Marquis. This is an in-person meeting only. A draft agenda is attached and we hope you’ll be able to join us. The 2nd page of the agenda includes a list of ABJ30 sponsored activities, so please review that as you’re planning your conference schedule. Wishing you each the best in the new year and looking forward to seeing you next week- Stacey Stacey Bricka, PhD Chair, TRB Committee on Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems (ABJ30) _______________________________________________ ABJ30-Friends mailing listABJ30-Friends@chrispy.nethttps://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/abj30-friends -- Ed Christopher Transportation Planning Consultant 708-269-5237 _______________________________________________ ABJ30-Friends mailing list ABJ30-Friends(a)chrispy.net https://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/abj30-friends