About the Event
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 104th Annual Meeting will be held in person January 5-9, 2025 in Washington, DC.
As industry thought leaders, VHB helps to shape the strategies and policies that improve mobility and enhance our communities through future-focused solutions. We tackle complex policy, planning, and engineering challenges, and will have representation at the conference for the following disciplines:
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Schedule
Sunday, January 5, 2025
9:00 am–12:00 pm Workshop 1020
3-Minute Thesis Competition: Effective Strategies for Communicating Research to a Broad Audience | Scott Himes, judge
1:00–2:00 pm Panel Discussion
Minority Student Fellows Transportation Industry Panel Discussion | Elissa Goughnour, moderator and Sahar Nabaee, panelist
Monday, January 6, 2025
10:15 am–12:00 pm Poster Session 2097
Improving Pedestrian Exposure Estimates Through Contexualization and Stratification: A Comparison of Two Novel Approaches | Vikash Gayah, presenting
10:15 am–12:00 pm Poster Session 2099
Multi-Scale Model-Free Perimeter Control and Local Signal Control in Urban Networks | Vikash Gayah, presenting
10:15 am–12:00 pm Poster Session 2099
Traffic Operations Analysis of Seven New Alternative Intersections with Three-Phase Traffic Signals | Hayden Edwards, presenting
10:15 am–12:00 pm Poster Session 2100
C-MP: A decentralized adaptive-coordinated traffic signal control using the Max Pressure framework | Vikash Gayah, presenting
1:30–3:15 pm Lectern Session 2123
Creating a Safer System: A Lectern-Poster Session | Frank Gross, presiding
1:30–3:15 pm Poster Session 2158
Modeling econimics impacts of transportation infrastructure in Pennsylvania considering spatial dependency across counties | Vikash Gayah, presenting
1:30–3:15 pm Poster Session 2241
Comparing The Performance of Collaborative and Competitive Market of Ride-sharing System: A Dynamic Graph-based Method | Vikash Gayah, presenting
1:30–3:15 pm Joint Subcommittee
Noise in the Community – Strategies to Abate the Sound and the Fury | Kate Lindekugel, presenting
3:45–5:30 pm Poster Session 2206
Out-Of-Sample Prediction for Random Parameter Generalized Linear Models
| Vikash Gayah, presenting
3:45–5:30 pm Poster Session 2219
A GIS-Based, Machine Learning Approach for Model Inventory Roadway Elements Surface Type Classification from Aerial Imagery | Ian Hamilton, presenting
3:45–5:30 pm Poster Session 2239
Data-driven left-turn restriction decision framework for urban networks: A case study of Downtown Pittsburgh | Vikash Gayah, presenting
3:45–5:30 pm Lectern Session 2187
Introducing Two New Versions of Continuous Flow and Median U-turn Combination Intersection Designs | Hayden Edwards, presenting
6:00–7:30 pm Poster Session 2240
Framework for Applying Highway Safety Manual Methods During Project Alternatives Analysis | Scott Himes, Frank Gross, Jeffrey Gooch, Samantha Arnold, presenting
6:00–7:30 pm Poster Session 2240
Developing Combined Crash Modification Factors (CMFs): Challenges, Lessons Learned and Recommendations | Thanh Le, presenting
6:00–7:30 pm Poster Session 2240
Safety Evaluation of Freeway Shoulder Rumble Strips for the Highway Safety Manual | Scott Himes, Samantha Arnold, Vikash Gayah, presenting
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
8:00–9:45 am Lectern Session 3008
Access in Appalachia: A Planning Framework for Evaluating Multimodal Access in North Carolina | Ian Hamilton, Connor Klassen, Lyuba Zuyeva, presenting
8:00–9:45 am Lectern Session 3013
Revisiting the Design Parameters Related to Stopping Sight Distance and Vertical Curve Length using Probabalistic Analyses | Md Shakir Mahmud, presenting
8:00–9:45 am Poster Session 3039
Transportation Safety Management Systems from Start to Finish | Frank Gross, presiding
10:15 am–12:00 pm Poster Session 3098
Improving Project Delivery Through Better Project Initiation and Permitting | Holly Palmgren, presenting
1:30–3:15 pm Poster Session 3145
Effect of Speed Feedback Trailer Positioning Relative to the Work Area within Freeway Work Zone Lane Closures | Md Shakir Mahmud, presenting
1:30–3:15 pm Poster Session 3145
Evaluating Driver Response to a Speed Feedback Trailor at Median Crossovers within Freeway Work Zones | Md Shakir Mahmud, presenting
Committees
Keeping at the forefront of research and policy, VHB represents more than 15 diverse committees, including:
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Access Management
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Bicycle Transportation
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Construction of Bridges and Structures
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Environmental Analysis and Ecology
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Geographic Information Science
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Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Stormwater
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Performance Effects of Geometric Design
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Rail Safety
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Roadside Safety Design
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Roundabout and other Intersection Design and Control Strategies
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Safety
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Safety and Operations
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Standing Committee on Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations
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Statewide/National Transportation Data and Information Management
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Strategic Management
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Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics
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Transit Capacity and Quality of Service
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Transportation Safety Management Systems
