It is my pleasure to invite you to the “Applying
Census Data for Transportation: 50 years of Transportation
Planning Data
Progress Conference”. The conference is
organized by The
Transportation Research Board, and the American Association of
State Highway
and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Census Transportation
Planning Products
(CTPP) program and will take place in Kansas City, MO on November
14-16, 2017.
The conference will focus on the use of census
data for
transportation applications by exploring the results of current
research,
sharing experiences of practitioners who are using census data,
and defining
potential strategies for practical improvements in data use for
current and
emerging data needs.
Call
for Abstracts for
Presentations:
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conferences/2017/censusdata/CallforAbstracts.pdf
Abstracts, no more
than 400 words, are due by COB on May
25, 2017. There is
an electronic
submittal form at https://s.zoomerang.com/r/Censustrans. If
selected, final
enhanced abstracts for publication in the conference proceedings
will be due by
October 15, 2017.
Enhanced abstracts may be up to 1,200 words or
two pages.
Complete papers may also be submitted. All
submitters will be notified via email by June 26, 2017.
Authors whose
abstracts are accepted will be asked to confirm their conference
registration
and attendance by July 18, 2017. More information can be
found at http://www.trb.org/Calendar/Blurbs/174676.aspx
Direct all questions to Mai Le at 202-334-2827
or mqle@nas.edu.
As part
of the
conference we are also having a student paper competition. Two
winning papers
will each receive up to $1,000 in travel and registration
reimbursement.
Student
Paper Competition:
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conferences/2017/censusdata/StudentPaperCompetition.pdf
Papers should be NO longer than 7,500 words
including the
abstract, text, references, figures, and tables. Each table,
figure, or
photograph counts as 250 words. Papers should conform to generally
accepted
guidelines for academic quality papers. TRB criteria may be used
(http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/am/2017/PreparingPapersforPublicationTRR.pdf)
A paper or written description must accompany
any
submissions that are media oriented. Completed
submissions are due to Ms. Mai Le of TRB at MQLe@nas.edu
by
midnight on August 1, 2017. Accompanying the submission
should be an
electronic pdf file of a letter signed by both a faculty advisor
and the
entrant attesting that the paper satisfies the eligibility
conditions. Authors
will be notified of their status via email by September 1,
2017.
Direct all questions on the student paper
competition to Ed
Christopher, Conference Chair at edc@berwyned.com.
Please register
now if you would like to participate in the conference. Early Bird
registration
will close on September
13, 2017 and
space is limited. For more information on the conference
visit http://www.trb.org/Calendar/Blurbs/174676.aspx
Conference Chair
Ed Christopher
-- Ed Christopher Transportation Planning Consultant 708-269-5237