NREL Showcases Research at Transportation Research Board Meeting

NREL will showcase its transportation and mobility research at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Jan. 7–11, 2024.

Held in Washington, D.C., TRB’s annual meeting draws thousands of transportation professionals from around the world. Presentations by NREL researchers will focus on a variety of topics, including transportation decarbonization, transportation modeling and analysis, sustainable aviation, airport wayfinding, electrified and on-demand transit, micromobility, vehicle automation, charging infrastructure analysis, mobility equity, and disaster resilience.

Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024

NREL Topic: Standardizing Transit Data

NREL Presenter: Joseph Fish

TRB Workshop: Standardizing Transit Survey Data

Time: 9 a.m.–12 p.m.


TRB Workshop: We Have a Tool for That: Tools To Analyze Local-, State-, and National-Level Transportation Trends

NREL Moderator: Venu Garikapati

Time: 1:30–4:30 p.m. ET


Monday, Jan. 8, 2024

NREL Topic: U.S. Federal Government Perspective

NREL Presenter: Scott Carey

Lectern Session: Integrating Hydrogen and Related Infrastructure in the Aviation System

Time: 8–9:45 a.m. ET


NREL Topic: Optimizing the Location and Configuration of Disaster Resilience Hubs Under Transportation and Electric Power Network Failures

NREL Presenters: Joshua Sperling and Andrew Duvall

Poster Session: Advances in Critical Transportation Infrastructure Resilience

Time: 8–9:45 a.m. ET


NREL Topic: Developing Safety Performance Functions and Crash Modification Factors for Skid Resistance

NREL Presenter: Sailesh Acharya

Poster Session: Safety Performance and Analysis

Time: 10:15 a.m.–12 p.m. ET


TRB Committee Meeting: Sustainable Aviation Fuels, AMS40(1), Joint Subcommittee of AMS40, AV030, AV010

NREL Moderator: Emily Newes

Time: 1:30–3:15 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Shared Micromobility as a First- and Last-Mile Transit Solution? Insights From a Novel Data Set

NREL Presenter: Bingrong Sun

Lectern Session: First- and Last-Mile Connections to Transit: Shared Micromobility and Microtransit

Time: 1:30–3:15 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Exploring Decarbonization Pathways for U.S. Passenger and Freight Mobility

NREL Presenters: Christopher Hoehne, Matteo Muratori, Paige Jadun, Brian Bush, Arthur Yip, Catherine Ledna, and Laura Vimmerstedt

Poster Session: Current Issues in Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

Time: 1:30–3:15 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Community Public Mobility Using On-Demand, Low-Speed Electric Vehicles: A Case Study in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri

NREL Presenters: Johnny Esteban, Rick Grahn, Bonnie Powell, and Stanley Young

Poster Session: Innovation in Accessible Transportation and Mobility

Time: 3:45–5:30 p.m. ET


Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024

NREL Topic: Data-Driven Energy Consumption Estimation for Electric Transit Buses

NREL Presenters: Zhaocai Liu, Jacob Holden, and Andrew Kotz

Lectern Session: Lessons in Bus Electrification

Time: 8–9:45 a.m. ET


NREL Topic: A Mobility Energy Productivity Evaluation of On-Demand Transit: A Case Study in Arlington, Texas

NREL Presenters: Bonnie Powell, Sailesh Acharya, Rick Grahn, Alejandro Henao, and Stanley Young

Lectern Session: Shared Use Mobility Practices Being Used in Rural and Small Urban Communities

Time: 8–9:45 a.m. ET


NREL Topic: Metrics, Data, and Interventions To Manage the Curb: Case Studies in Los Angeles, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Santa Monica, California

NREL Presenters: Alejandro Henao and Joshua Sperling

Poster Session: Access Management

Time: 8–9:45 a.m. ET


NREL Topics: Count Multivariate Metrics: Estimate Mode Count and Distance Uncertainty From Phone Sensors

NREL Presenters: K. Shankari

Poster Session: Passive Data Collection in Travel Surveys

Time: 8–9:45 a.m. ET


NREL Topic: From Simple Labels to Time-Use Integrations: Supporting the Spectrum of Qualitative Travel Behavior Data

NREL Presenters: K. Shankari

Poster Session: Passive Data Collection in Travel Surveys

Time: 8–9:45 a.m. ET


Lectern Session: Evolving Consumer Choices, Smartphones, Remote Work, Information and Communication Technology, and Mobility

NREL Moderator: Venu Garikapati

Time: 1:30–3:15 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Freewheeling: What Six Locations, 61,000 Trips, and 242,000 Miles in Colorado Reveal About How E-Bikes Improve Mobility Options

NREL Presenters: Cemal Akcicek, K. Shankari, and Andrew Duvall

Poster Session: Advances in Traffic Monitoring Research and Practice

Time: 1:30–3:15 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: A Modeling Framework for Evaluating the Environmental, Health, and Equity Impact of Large-Scale U.S. Charging Infrastructure Deployment

NREL Presenter: Karen Ficenec

Poster Session: Environmental Analysis and Ecology Topics

Time: 1:30–3:15 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Teaching Freight Mode Choice Models New Tricks Using Interpretable Machine Learning Methods

NREL Presenter: Kyungsoo Jeong

Poster Session: Freight Demand and Choice Modeling Using Advanced Data Sets

Time: 1:30–3:15 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: The Evolution of Wayfinding Within Airport Terminals

NREL Presenters: Bonnie Powell, Stanley Young, and Andrew Duvall

Lectern Session: Persistent Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Passenger Processing in Airport Terminals

Time: 3:45–5 :30 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: GravNet: A Gravity Model for Trip Distribution Based on Graph Convolution Network and Self-Attention

NREL Presenters: Bingrong Sun and Venu Garikapati

Poster Session: Transforming Transportation Planning and Traffic Forecasting with Artificial Intelligence

Time: 3:45–5 :30 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: A Machine Learning Method for Predicting Traffic Signal Timing From Probe Vehicle Data

NREL Presenters: Juliette Ugirumurera, Joseph Severino, and Qichao Wang

Poster Session: Transforming Transportation Planning and Traffic Forecasting With Artificial Intelligence

Time: 3:45–5 :30 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Anticipating the Changes in Travel-Based Activities Preferences and Travel Time Usefulness Evaluations in Autonomous Vehicle Travel

NREL Presenter: Sailesh Acharya

Poster Session: The Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Transportation Choices

Time: 3:45–5 :30 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Vehicle Automation, Onboard Environment, and In-Vehicle Time Use

NREL Presenter: Sailesh Acharya

Poster Session: The Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Transportation Choices

Time: 3:45–5 :30 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Electrification and Justice for All? A Review of Transportation Literature Through the Lens of Equity and Justice

NREL Presenters: Erin Nobler and Luna Hoopes

Poster Session: New Research in Transportation Equity

Time: 3:45–5 :30 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: State Capacity-Building for an Equitable Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Roll-Out

NREL Presenter: Dongyeon (D-Y) Lee

Poster Session: New Research in Transportation Equity

Time: 3:45–5 :30 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Simulation Evaluation of a Large-Scale Implementation of Virtual-Phase, Link-Based Model Predictive Control

NREL Presenters: Qichao Wang, Juliette Ugirumurera, Joseph Severino, and Wesley Jones

Poster Session: Traffic Simulation

Time: 6–7:30 p.m. ET


Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024

NREL Topic: Integrated Vehicle Routing and Battery Redistribution Plans for Mobile Battery Swapping Service: Leveraging Model Predictive Control and Deep Reinforcement Learning

NREL Presenter: Qichao Wang

Lectern Session: Unique Data Collection and Analysis Methods for Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Time: 8 a.m.–9:45 a.m. ET


NREL Topic: Navigating the Urban Jungle: Evaluating the Impact of Infrastructure Policies on Energy-Efficient Access for Micromobility

NREL Presenters: Shivam Sharda, Christopher Hoehne, Michael Allen, Sailesh Acharya, Venu Garikapati, and Ambarish Nag

Poster Session: Omnibus Session on Bicycle Modeling and Shared Micromobility Research

Time: 8–9:45 a.m. ET


NREL Topic: Emerging Technologies To Support Aviation Decarbonization

NREL Presenter: Scott Cary

Lectern Session: Revisiting Net Zero: Unforeseen Challenges and Emerging Opportunities

Time: 10:15 a.m.–12 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Development and Application of a Household Vehicle Fleet Micro-Simulator To Assess the Impact of Technology Progress and Clean Vehicle Policies on Fleet Turnover and Equity

NREL Presenters: Aaron Brooker, Jacob Holden, Jeff Gonder, Bingrong Sun, Shivam Sharda, and Venu Garikapati

Poster Session: Advancing Travel Forecasting Methods and Practices

Time: 3:45–5:30 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: The Triple Effect: Unraveling the Joint Impacts of Electric Vehicles, Solar Photovoltaics, and Work-from-Home on Household Energy Burden

NREL Presenters: Venu Garikapati, Christopher Hoehne, Shivam Sharda, Nicole Viz, and Katelyn Stenger

Poster Session: Current Issues in Transportation Energy

Time: 3:45–5:30 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Quantifying Electric Vehicle Mileage in the United States

NREL Presenter: Arthur Yip

Poster Session: Current Issues in Alternative Fuels and Technologies

Time: 3:45–5:30 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Comparing Electric Vehicle Charging Station Coverage

NREL Presenters: Catherine Ledna, Arthur Yip, and Eric Wood

Poster Session: Current Issues in Alternative Fuels and Technologies

Time: 3:45–5:30 p.m. ET


NREL Topic: Data-Driven Method for Electric Vehicle Charging Demand Analysis: Case Study in Virginia

NREL Presenters: Zhaocai Liu, Brennan Borlaug, Andrew Meintz, and Eric Wood

Poster Session: Current Issues in Alternative Fuels and Technologies

Time: 3:45–5:30 p.m. ET


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