April 10, 2018
13:00 to 14:00	Graduate Student Presentations
14:00 to 14:25	Coffee Break
14:30 to 15:30	Graduate Student Presentations
15:45 to 16:45	Graduate Student Presentations
17:00 to 19:00	Welcome Reception and Poster Session
19:15 to 20:30	Graduate Student Outing
April 11, 2018
07:00 to 08:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast
08:00 to 09:00	Plenary Session and Continental Breakfast
09:05 to 10:05	Parallel Sessions
10:05 to 10:30	Coffee Break
10:35 to 12:05	Parallel Sessions
12:10 to 13:10	Awards Luncheon
13:15 to 14:45	Parallel Sessions
14:45 to 15:10	Coffee Break
15:15 to 16:15	Parallel Sessions
16:20 to 17:20	Parallel Sessions
17:30 to 18:30	TRF Council Meeting
19:00 to 20:30	Conference Dinner

Summary of All Sessions
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#	Date/Time	Location	Type	Title	Papers	Organizer
1	April 10, 2018 13:00-14:00	Campus Club A/B	invited	Grain Transportation / Measuring Pollution on the Run	2
2	April 10, 2018 14:00-14:25	N/A	invited	Coffee Break	0
3	April 10, 2018 14:30-15:30	Campus Club C	invited	Urban and Rural Transportation Issues	2
4	April 10, 2018 15:45-16:45	Campus Club A/B	invited	Economic Issues in Transportation	2
5	April 10, 2018 15:45-16:45	Campus Club C	invited	Public-Private Involvement in Transportation	2
6	April 10, 2018 17:00-19:00	N/A	invited	Welcome Reception and Poster Session	11
7	April 10, 2018 19:15-20:30	N/A	invited	Graduate Student Outing	0
8	April 11, 2018 7:00-8:00	N/A	invited	Registration and Continental Breakfast	0
9	April 11, 2018 8:00-9:00	Mississippi Room	invited	Plenary Session and Continental Breakfast TRF President's Award: Winner and Keynote Speaker, Richard Murphy, Jr.	0
10	April 11, 2018 9:05-10:05	Room 319	invited	Short Line Railroads and the Economy	2
11	April 11, 2018 9:05-10:05	Room 323	invited	Technological Solutions to Transportation Problems	2
12	April 11, 2018 9:05-10:05	Room 324	invited	Urban Cycling	2
13	April 11, 2018 10:05-10:30	N/A	invited	Coffee Break	0
14	April 11, 2018 10:35-12:05	Room 319	invited	USDA Sponsored Agricultural Transportation Session I - Railway Pricing	3
15	April 11, 2018 10:35-12:05	Room 323	invited	U.S. Air Transport Issues	2
16	April 11, 2018 12:10-13:10	Mississippi Room	invited	Awards Luncheon Awarding of: Distinguished Transportation Researcher, Herbert O. Whitten TRF Service Award, USDA Best Student Agricultural Paper, Best Student Paper, Best Paper	0
17	April 11, 2018 13:15-14:45	Room 319	invited	USDA Sponsored Agricultural Transportation Session II - Agricultural Transportation Supply Chains	3
18	April 11, 2018 13:15-14:45	Room 323	invited	Economic Issues in Transportation	3
19	April 11, 2018 13:15-14:45	Room 324	invited	Bus Transportation Issues	2
20	April 11, 2018 14:45-15:10	N/A	invited	Coffee Break	0
21	April 11, 2018 15:15-16:15	Room 319	invited	Autonomous Vehicles and the Motor Carrier Industry	2
22	April 11, 2018 15:15-16:15	Room 323	invited	International Issues in Transportation	2
23	April 11, 2018 15:15-16:15	Room 324	invited	Joint Session with NeLT, Korea - Forum for Next Logistics Technology	0
24	April 11, 2018 16:20-17:20	Room 323	invited	Agricultural Transportation	2
25	April 11, 2018 16:20-17:20	Mississippi Room	invited	Transportation Safety Issues	2
26	April 11, 2018 17:30-18:30	N/A	invited	TRF Council Meeting	0
27	April 11, 2018 19:00-20:30	N/A	invited	Conference Dinner	0

 

27 sessions, 46 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers

59th Annual Transportation Research Forum
Detailed List of Sessions

Session 1: Grain Transportation / Measuring Pollution on the Run April 10, 2018 13:00 to 14:00 Campus Club A/B
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: John Bitzan, North Dakota State University
Session type: invited
Evolving Supply Chains & Local Freight Flows: A GIS Analysis of Minnesota Cereal Grain Movement
presented by: Travis Fried, University of Minnesota
AUTONOMOUS MOBILE AIR QUALITY PLATFORMS: MEASURING POLLUTION ON THE RUN
presented by: Andres Gonzalez, University of Minnesota
Session 2: Coffee Break April 10, 2018 14:00 to 14:25
Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Session 3: Urban and Rural Transportation Issues April 10, 2018 14:30 to 15:30 Campus Club C
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Joe Schwieterman, DePaul University
Session type: invited
Development of a Traveler-Oriented Traffic Performance Metric in a Highly-congested CBD Using Travel Time Data
presented by: Zeng Xu, New York University
Rural Elderly Mobility in Oregon: A Case Study
presented by: Yue Ke, Purdue University
Session 4: Economic Issues in Transportation April 10, 2018 15:45 to 16:45 Campus Club A/B
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Jack Wells, U.S. Department of Transportation (retired)
Session type: invited
NESTED CATCHMENT AREAS AND BREAKING MONOPOLISTIC POWER
presented by: Fecri Karanki, North Dakota State University
Light Rail Transit, Local Labour Market Outcomes and Household Sorting
presented by: Justin Tyndall, University of British Columbia
Session 5: Public-Private Involvement in Transportation April 10, 2018 15:45 to 16:45 Campus Club C
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Wen-Yao Wang, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Session type: invited
Stages of U.S. P3 Surface Transportation Infrastructure
[slides]
presented by: Lauren McCarthy, George Mason University Center for Transportation Public Private Partnership Policy
The Optimization of Publicly Regulated E-Hailing Micro-Flex Bus in Low-Density Communities: Implications from four Transit Agencies
presented by: Jamaal Schoby, Texas Southern University
Session 6: Welcome Reception and Poster Session April 10, 2018 17:00 to 19:00
Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
The Impact Of Sidewalks On Vehicle-Pedestrian Crash Severity
presented by: Mehrnaz Doustmohammadi, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Effect of Subsidies on Urban Public Transit Performance and Ridership in the U.S.
presented by: Narendra Malalgoda, North Dakota State University
Microscopic Simulation of the Roundabout using AIMSUN
presented by: Rongsheng Chen, University of Minnesota
Administrative Process Insight for Effective Impaired Driver Interventions
presented by: Mingwei Guo, UGPTI-NDSU
Missouri River Water Levels and Barge Freight Costs
presented by: Mohammed Alshareef, NDSU
Corporate Social Responsibility of Maritime Transportation Companies
presented by: Cassia Bomer Galvao, Texas A&M University
The Future for Cities is Automated Metros
presented by: Andrew Bata, UITP
How much can an airline internalize airport competition?
presented by: Fecri Karanki, North Dakota State University
Modelling production disruption in a cruise supply chain
presented by: Wen-Yao Wang, Texas A&M University at Galveston
The impact of drivers’ at-crash and pre-crash behavior on their injury severity at rural and urban intersection crashes: A case study of U.S. Midwestern states
presented by: Babak Mirzazadeh, North Dakota State University
Evaluating environmental efficiency of US airline industry with flight delays using a directional distance function DEA
presented by: Yuan Xu, North Dakota State University
Session 7: Graduate Student Outing April 10, 2018 19:15 to 20:30
Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Session 8: Registration and Continental Breakfast April 11, 2018 7:00 to 8:00
Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Session 9: Plenary Session and Continental Breakfast TRF President's Award: Winner and Keynote Speaker, Richard Murphy, Jr. April 11, 2018 8:00 to 9:00 Mississippi Room
Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Session 10: Short Line Railroads and the Economy April 11, 2018 9:05 to 10:05 Room 319
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: John Bitzan, North Dakota State University
Session type: invited
Economic Impact Analysis of Short-Line Rails in Georgia
presented by: Patrick McCarthy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Discussant:   Diomo Motuba, North Dakota State University
Profile of Short Line Railroads in High Grain Production States
presented by: Mike Babcock, Kansas State University
Discussant:   Adam Sparger, USDA-AMS
Session 11: Technological Solutions to Transportation Problems April 11, 2018 9:05 to 10:05 Room 323
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Petra DeWall, MnDOT
Session type: invited
Underwater Visualization Using 3D Sonar Equipment
presented by: Petra DeWall, MnDOT
Discussant:   Stephen Mattingly, University of Texas at Arlington
AN INNOVATIVE DATA COLLECTION APPROACH TO INCLUDE LOW-INCOME, TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED OLDER ADULTS IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS
presented by: Stephen Mattingly, University of Texas at Arlington
Session 12: Urban Cycling April 11, 2018 9:05 to 10:05 Room 324
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: David Ripplinger, North Dakota State University
Session type: invited
Dimensions of Divvy: Exploring the social, spatial and temporal performance of bikesharing in a period of growth and expansion
presented by: Christopher Smith, DePaul University
Discussant:   David Ripplinger, North Dakota State University
Measuring the Relative Speed and Predictability of Urban Bicycle Trips Relative to Public Transit and UberPOOL Trips: A Case Study from Chicago’s North Lakefront Region
presented by: Riley O'Neil,
Discussant:   Justin Tyndall, University of British Columbia
Session 13: Coffee Break April 11, 2018 10:05 to 10:30
Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Session 14: USDA Sponsored Agricultural Transportation Session I - Railway Pricing April 11, 2018 10:35 to 12:05 Room 319
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University
Session type: invited
USDA AMS Presentation
presented by: Kuo-Liang Chang, USDA-AMS
Rail Rates for Grain Shipments
[slides]
presented by: Wesley Wilson, University of Oregon
Discussant:   Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University
Policy Experiments in Rail: Assessing Grain Transportation Regulatory Policies in the Laboratory
presented by: James Nolan, University of Saskatchewan
Discussant:   Jack Ventura, Surface Transportation Board (ret.)
Session 15: U.S. Air Transport Issues April 11, 2018 10:35 to 12:05 Room 323
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Alan Bender, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Session type: invited
US Feeder Airlines: Industry Structure, Networks and Performance
presented by: Aisling Reynolds-Feighan, University College Dublin, Ireland
Discussant:   John Bitzan, North Dakota State University
How much do consumers really value air travel on-time performance, and to what extent are airlines motivated to improve their on-time performance?
presented by: Jules Yimga, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Discussant:   Monica Hartmann, University of St. Thomas
Session 16: Awards Luncheon Awarding of: Distinguished Transportation Researcher, Herbert O. Whitten TRF Service Award, USDA Best Student Agricultural Paper, Best Student Paper, Best Paper April 11, 2018 12:10 to 13:10 Mississippi Room
Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Session 17: USDA Sponsored Agricultural Transportation Session II - Agricultural Transportation Supply Chains April 11, 2018 13:15 to 14:45 Room 319
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Michelle Miller, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Session type: invited
Canada’s Canola Supply Chain: Issues and Dimensions
presented by: Barry Prentice, University of Manitoba
Discussant:   Michelle Miller, University of Wisconsin, Madison
A Comparison of the Corn and Soybean Transportation Networks
[slides]
presented by: Steven Peterson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Discussant:   Kuo-Liang Chang, USDA-AMS
Infrastructure Impacts of Biomass Feedstock Transportation
presented by: Aaron De Laporte, North Dakota State University
Discussant:   Steven Peterson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Session 18: Economic Issues in Transportation April 11, 2018 13:15 to 14:45 Room 323
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Patrick McCarthy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Session type: invited
Freight trucks, externalities, and the dispatch effect
presented by: Linda Cohen, U of CA, Irvine
Discussant:   Wesley Wilson, University of Oregon
RENT-SHARING BY SUPPLIERS: PRICING CRUDE RAIL FROM THE BAKKEN
presented by: Kenneth Boyer, Michigan State University
Discussant:   Patrick McCarthy, Georgia Institute of Technology
AUTOMOBILE MAINTENANCE COSTS, USED CARS, AND PRIVATE INFORMATION
presented by: Monica Hartmann, University of St. Thomas
Discussant:   Ian Savage, Northwestern University
Session 19: Bus Transportation Issues April 11, 2018 13:15 to 14:45 Room 324
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Christopher Smith, DePaul University
Session type: invited
The Size, Scope and Competitive Status of Express Coach Carriers in the United States
presented by: Joe Schwieterman, DePaul University
Discussant:   Andrew Bata, UITP
Identifying potentially problematic bus routes by user behavior transition tendency
presented by: Pai-Hsien Hung, Osaka University
Discussant:   Christopher Smith, DePaul University
Session 20: Coffee Break April 11, 2018 14:45 to 15:10
Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Session 21: Autonomous Vehicles and the Motor Carrier Industry April 11, 2018 15:15 to 16:15 Room 319
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Linda Cohen, U of CA, Irvine
Session type: invited
Paving the Way for Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Technologies in the Motor Carrier Industry
presented by: Jill Bernard Bracy, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Discussant:   Lee Munnich, University of Minnesota
Is the US Labor Market for Truck Drivers Broken, and Will Autonomous Trucks Fix it?
presented by: Stephen Burks, University of Minnesota - Morris
Discussant:   Linda Cohen, U of CA, Irvine
Session 22: International Issues in Transportation April 11, 2018 15:15 to 16:15 Room 323
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Barry Prentice, University of Manitoba
Session type: invited
Brexit and the International Air Transportation Market: Will Economics or Politics Prevail?
presented by: Michael Pustay, Texas A&M University
Discussant:   Baruch Feigenbaum, Reason Foundation
China’s One Belt and One Road: Implications for the Americas with Emphasis on the US and Panama
presented by: Anthony Pagano, University of Illinois at Chicago
Discussant:   Barry Prentice, University of Manitoba
Session 23: Joint Session with NeLT, Korea - Forum for Next Logistics Technology April 11, 2018 15:15 to 16:15 Room 324
Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Session 24: Agricultural Transportation April 11, 2018 16:20 to 17:20 Room 323
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Mike Babcock, Kansas State University
Session type: invited
Critical thresholds for city-region food flow
presented by: Michelle Miller, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Discussant:   Mike Babcock, Kansas State University
Estimation of Commodity Origin-Destination Matrices and Flows: The Network Tomography of U.S. Wheat Shipments, 2008-2015
presented by: Steven Peterson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Discussant:   James Nolan, University of Saskatchewan
Session 25: Transportation Safety Issues April 11, 2018 16:20 to 17:20 Mississippi Room
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Jill Bernard Bracy, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Session type: invited
Factors Influencing Policy and Political Leadership in Improving Roadway Safety
presented by: Matthew Schmit, University of Minnesota
Discussant:   Jill Bernard Bracy, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Assessing the Impact of Pedestrian Activated Crossing Systems
presented by: Peter Dirks, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Discussant:   Jamaal Schoby, Texas Southern University
Session 26: TRF Council Meeting April 11, 2018 17:30 to 18:30
Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Session 27: Conference Dinner April 11, 2018 19:00 to 20:30
Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited

 

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