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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