Call for Papers for the 2013 Transportation/ Land Use Planning and Air
Quality Conference
"Developing Healthy and Livable Communities"
June/July, 2013 (TBD)
Charlotte, North Carolina
The Transportation Research Board Transportation and Air Quality
Committee, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) T&DI Planning,
Economics and Finance Committee, the Air and Waste Management
Association, and the Federal Highway Administration and other sponsors
are seeking papers for 20 sessions for the 2013 Transportation/ Land Use
Planning and Air Quality (TLUPAQ) Conference. The TLUPAQ Conference has
been held in the past at different locations including:
Danvers, Massachusetts, May, 1993
Lake Tahoe, California, August, 1997
Portland, Oregon, May, 1998
Lake Lanier, Georgia, November, 1999
Orlando, Florida, July, 2007
Denver, Colorado, July, 2009
San Antonio, Texas, May, 2011
The focus of the papers should be related to innovative research and
strategies leading to the integration of transportation planning, land
use and air quality. Our spotlight theme in 2013 will be "Developing
Healthy and Livable Communities".
We are interested specifically in papers related to the following
topics: (1) smart growth implementation and evaluation; (2) scenario
planning and livability design strategies; (3) intelligent
transportation strategies and implementation; (4) climate change; (5)
pricing strategies; (6) information systems; (7) MOVES model evaluations
and data; (8) technological innovations; and (9) health impacts of land
use and transportation decisions.
Paper/Extended Abstract Requirements: The conference proceedings will be
produced by ASCE. All papers/extended abstracts must be submitted in
Microsoft Word and must meet the ASCE conference proceedings paper
format requirements. Each paper/extended abstract cannot exceed 10 pages
(includes figures and tables) in length. Guidelines to submit papers can
be found at the following web link:
http://pubs.asce.org/authors/book/proceedingssub/ConfProcAuthorGuideCamR
eady.htm .
Authors with a paper/extended abstract accepted for presentation and who
wish to have their paper/extended abstract published in the conference
proceedings will be required to complete a Copyright Transfer Agreement,
a Permission Verification Form for Books and CD-ROMs (available at the
above web link), and must register for the conference by Friday, April
26th, 2013. Note that extended abstracts are acceptable for those
authors who do not wish to submit a full paper.
Paper/Extended Abstract Submittal Deadline: Draft papers or abstracts
for the 2013 TLUPAQ Conference must be submitted electronically no later
than Friday, February 8th, 2013. Each paper or extended abstract will be
reviewed and comments will be provided to the author(s) by Friday, March
22nd, 2013. Authors will make any necessary revisions to the paper or
extended abstract and resubmit the revised paper or extended abstract by
Friday, April 26th, 2013. Papers or extended abstracts should be sent
electronically to Srinivas Pulugurtha at SSPulugurtha(a)uncc.edu .
If you have any questions regarding the 2013 TLUPAQ Conference, please
contact Jane Lin at janelin(a)uic.edu .