Envisioning Tomorrow's Sustainable Mobility Systems Workshop
Access presentations from NREL's Envisioning Tomorrow's Sustainable Mobility Systems Workshop, held May 10–11, 2023.
The workshop convened thought leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Transportation, NREL, academia, and industry as well as real-world practitioners. Participants identified challenges and opportunities to prioritize across research, development, and deployment to ensure efficient, accessible, and affordable mobility systems of the future.
Workshop Agenda and Outcomes
View the workshop agenda.
Read the fact sheet and news article to learn about the workshop's key outcomes.
May 10, 2023, Presentations
Plenary: The Future of Transportation Energy Demand
Jacob Ward, U.S. Department of Energy
Breakout Session: Emerging Trends in Freight
Emerging Trends in Freight and NREL's Freight Research and Tools
Kyungsoo Jeong and Alicia Birky, NREL
Need for, and Potential of, a Comprehensive Freight Decarbonization Program
Jose Holguin-Veras, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Freight Technologies for a Sustainable Future
Sushant Sharma, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Freight Analysis Framework (FAF5) Overview
Birat Pandey, U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration
Breakout Session: Complex Travel Behaviors: Emerging Modes
Understanding and Modeling Complex Travel Behaviors: Focus on Emerging Modes
Venu Garikapati, NREL
Emerging Modes: Commonalities?
Joseph Chow, New York University
We Are in a Period of Rapid Change
Erik Sabina, Colorado Department of Transportation
Multi-Modal Addressing Spatial Mismatch
Sean Qian, Carnegie Mellon University
Breakout Session: Evolving Ground Mobility Landscapes at Airports
Evolving Ground Mobility at Airports
Andrew Duvall, NREL
Breakout Session: Novel Transit Solutions—Automation
Transit and Underserved Communities
Stanley Young, NREL
Transit and Underserved Communities
Kimberly Williams, Houston Metro
The Convergence of Automation and Electrification in the Implementation of Automated
Mobility Districts
J. Sam Lott, Automated Mobility Services
Breakout Session: Strengthening Connections Between Research and Deployment
Strengthening Connections Between Research and Deployment
Lauren Reichelt and Stanley Young, NREL
Strengthening Connections Between Research and Deployment
Kimberly Williams, Houston Metro
The Humanitarian Engineering Perspective on Research Translation
Kevin Moore, Colorado School of Mines
May 11, 2023, Presentations
Breakout Session: Novel Transit Solutions—On-Demand Transit
Transit and Underserved Communities
Carrie Makarewicz, University of Colorado, Denver
Novel Transit Solutions to Better Benefit Underserved Communities and Increase Mobility
Resilience
Louis Alcorn, WSP USA
Breakout Session: Cutting-Edge Operations Concepts
Cutting-Edge Operations Concepts: Intelligent Infrastructure, Cooperative Driving,
Signal Control, and Curbside Management
Stanley Young, NREL
Perception-Based Adaptive Traffic Management
Dan Sines, City of Colorado Springs
Cutting-Edge Operations Concepts Related to Intelligent Infrastructure, Cooperative
Driving, Signal Control, and Curbside Management
Jiaqi Ma, University of California, Los Angeles
IEA Concept – Cyber Mobility Mirror
Guoyuan Wu, University of California, Riverside
Breakout Session: Complex Travel Behaviors—Pandemic Impacts
Understanding and Modeling Complex Travel Behaviors: Focus on the Pandemic Impacts
Venu Garikapati, NREL
Light-Duty Travel Is a Critical Industry
Jeff LaMondia, Auburn University
Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on American Life
Konstadinos Goulias, University of California, Santa Barbara
Tracking Pasadena Traffic Trends During COVID-19
Jim Hubbell, Streetlight Data
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