Volpe Center at Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting
The Volpe Center staff were key contributors at the Transportation Research Board's 88th Annual Meeting January 11-15, 2009 in Washington, DC.
Volpe Center technical experts delivered papers and presentations and chaired numerous committees. There was abundant interaction with customers and colleagues at the nearly 600 sessions, resulting in valuable knowledge-sharing of cutting-edge approaches throughout the breadth of international transportation.
Information gleaned at the meeting will be brought to bear in the real world project work that Volpe Center performs for its diverse clientele. Volpe Center activities included:
- Integration and Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation Policies-Benefits and Unintended Impacts in Benefit-Cost Analysis Accounting, presented by Douglass B. Lee
- Impact of Weather on Large Truck Crashes, presented by Michael Rossetti
- Union Pacific's Changing At-Risk Behavior (CAB) Final Report, presented by Joyce Ranney and Michael Zuschlag
- Vehicle Miles Traveled 101: What Is VMT? How Is It Measured? What Are the Sources?, presented by Don Pickrell
- Transit's Role in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Innovative Applications of Performance Measures, chaired by William Lyons
- Highway/Rail Grade Crossings Committee, chaired by Anya Carroll
- Rail Group Executive Board, chaired by Robert Dorer
- Transportation Economics Committee, chaired by Douglass Lee
The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) had a booth at the exhibit hall and the Volpe Center was well represented. Volpe Center looks forward to applying information learned from the many TRB technical sessions and to continuing professional dialogues with new international colleagues.
