ITS Berkeley Schedule at TRB

December 6, 2023

Sunday, January 07

9:00 AM- 12:00 PM ET

Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Fusion: Learning from Each Other
Sunday, January 07 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, 150B
Workshop
Md. Mintu Miah, University of California Berkeley, will share the latest findings from a California project investigating how various datasets (LBS, app, and synthetic data) relate to and may be used with data from permanent pedestrian and bicycle counters.

Pavement Resilience: Effects of Extreme Flooding and Wildfire Events on Pavement Systems: Local, State, and Federal Experiences
Sunday, January 07 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, 207A
Workshop
Case 2 – Flooding Research
Angel Mateos, University of California, Berkeley

Accelerating Mobility Innovation: Overcoming Challenges and Re-envisioning Opportunities, Part 1 (Part 2, Session 1071)
Sunday, January 07 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, 145A
Workshop
Adam Cohen, University of California, Berkeley – Presiding
Innovative Microtransit 2.0
Adam Cohen, University of California, Berkeley

Highlights from the Automated Road Transportation Symposium
Sunday, January 07 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, Salon C
Workshop
9:05-9:20
Synthesis of Issues from the Plenary Sessions – Steve Shladover, UC Berkeley PATH

Sunday, January 07
1:30 PM- 4:30 PM ET

Accelerating Mobility Innovation: Overcoming Challenges and Re-envisioning Opportunities, Part 2 (Part 1, Session 1031)
Sunday, January 07 1:30 PM- 4:30 PM ET
Convention Center, 145A
Workshop
Adam Cohen, University of California, Berkeley – presiding

Sunday, January 07
6:30 PM- 8:30 PM ET

ITS Berkeley TRB Reception
Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar - Washington, D.C.

Monday, January 08
8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET

Air Quality Co-Benefits of Electric Vehicles and Environmental Justice
Monday, January 08 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET
Convention Center, 146A
Lectern
Can Electric Vehicle Carsharing Bridge the Green Divide? A Study of BlueLA's Environmental Impacts Among Underserved Communities and the Broader Population
Ziad Yassine, University of California, Berkeley
Elliot Martin, University of California, Berkeley
Susan Shaheen, University of California, Berkeley

Pavement Structural Testing and Evaluation: Falling Weight Deflectometer, Traffic Speed Deflection Device, Accelerated Pavement Testing, and More
Monday, January 08 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Economical and Durable Porous Encapsulation for Capacitance Type Relative Humidity and Temperature Sensors: Enhanced Monitoring of Concrete in Harsh Environmental Conditions
Angel Mateos, University of California, Berkeley

Monday, January 08
10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET

Innovations in Mobility Services: Enhancing Integration, User Choices, and Policy Implications
Monday, January 08 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, 152B
Lectern
Hailing the Future of On-Demand Mobility: How changes in ride-hail market factors affect the use of ride-hail modes and transportation system performance
Annika Todd-Blick, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Carlos Guirado, University of California, Berkeley
Sydny Fujita, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Cristian Poliziani, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Zachary Needell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tom Wenzel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Haitam Laarabi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
C. Anna Spurlock, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Innovations, Trends, and Current Practice of Information and Knowledge Management in Transportation
Monday, January 08 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Kendra Levine, University of California, Berkeley – presiding

Changing Transit Customer Use Patterns
Monday, January 08 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Clustering the Time of Week Ridership Patterns of Chicago Subway Stations Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Matthew Hui, University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Rodriguez, University of California, Berkeley
Marta González, University of California, Berkeley

Innovations in Big Urban Data Applications
Monday, January 08 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Unified Framework for Multi-Contrastive Learning in Spatial-Temporal Traffic Forecasting
Xuan Jiang, University of California, Berkeley

Monday, January 08
1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET

Hot Topics in Aviation Resilience and Emergency Management
Monday, January 08 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET
Convention Center, 143C
Lectern
Layout and Performance Optimization of Barcelona Airport Security Filter
Masoud Reihanifar, University of California, Berkeley
Emin Burak Onat, University of California, Berkeley
Mark Hansen, University of California, Berkeley

Motorcycle Operation and Safety Research
Monday, January 08 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Ambient Temperatures and Road Traffic Injuries in Kaohsiung, a Tropical and Motorcycle-dominant City in Taiwan
Cheng-Kai Hsu, University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Rodriguez, University of California, Berkeley

Unveiling the Journey: Analyzing Travel Behavior Across the COVID-19 Spectrum
Monday, January 08 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Early pandemic behaviors and the role of vaccines in reversing pandemic mobility trends: Evidence from a U.S. panel.
Hassan Obeid, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Anderson, University of California, Berkeley
Mohamed Bouzaghrane, University of California, Berkeley
Meiqing Li, University of California, Berkeley
Drake Hayes. University of California, Berkeley
Madeleine Parker, University of California, Berkeley
Karen Frick, University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Chatman, University of California, Berkeley
Raja Sengupta, University of California, Berkeley
Joan Walker, University of California, Berkeley

Extending the Transit Data Universe: New Sources, Supplements, and Methods
Monday, January 08 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Simulating Transport Demand Response to New Public Transit Projects using GTFS Data and the BEAM CORE Integrated Modeling System
Cristian Poliziani, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tom Wenzel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Zachary Needell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Haitam Laarabi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Rashid Waraich, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Annika Todd-Blick, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sydny Fujita, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Juan Caicedo, University of California, Berkeley
Carlos Guirado, University of California, Berkeley
C. Anna Spurlock, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Monday, January 08

3:45 PM- 5:30 PM ET

Applications of Large Language Models for Information and Knowledge Management
Monday, January 08 3:45 PM- 5:30 PM ET
Convention Center, 151B
Lectern
Kendra Levine, University of California, Berkeley - Presiding

Current Issues in Aviation
Monday, January 08 3:45 PM- 5:30 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster 

Simulation-based Optimization for Vertiport Location Selection: A Surrogate Model with Machine Learning Method
Xuan Jiang, University of California, Berkeley
Shangqing Cao, University of California, Berkeley
Junzhe Cao, University of California, Berkeley
Hao Yang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Yuhan Tang, University of California, Berkeley
Mark Hansen, University of California, Berkeley
Raja Sengupta, University of California, Berkeley

Simulation-Based Urban Air Mobility Network Performance Evaluation
Emin Burak Onat, University of California, Berkeley
Banavar Sridhar, University of California, Berkeley
Mark Hansen, University of California, Berkeley
Raja Sengupta, University of California, Berkeley

INTEGRATING FLIGHT AND CHARGING SCHEDULES IN URBAN AIR MOBILITY
Shangqing Cao, University of California, Berkeley
Xuan Jiang, University of California, Berkeley
Mark Hansen, University of California, Berkeley
Emin Burak Onat, University of California, Berkeley
Raja Sengupta, University of California, Berkeley

Monday, January 08
6:00 PM- 7:30 PM ET

Intelligent Transportation Systems
Monday, January 08 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Long-Distance Trajectory Connection and Construction from Aerial Videos
Ching-Yao Chan, University of California, Berkeley

Traffic Flow Theory, Part 1: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Monday, January 08 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Modeling Commercial Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) on Multi- Lane Facilities by Incorporating Receiving-lane-change Car-following
Mingyuan Yang, University of California, Berkeley

Tuesday, January 09
8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET

Potpourri of Research Related to Concrete Pavement Construction
Tuesday, January 09 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET
Convention Center, 204AB
Lectern
Evaluation of Portland Limestone Cement Concrete with Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNC) in Pavement Test Track Construction
Angel Mateos, University of California, Berkeley

National Airspace System Performance Changes After the Pandemic: Adaptation, Recovery, and Evolution
Tuesday, January 09 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET
Convention Center, 143C
Lectern
Mark Hansen, University of California, Berkeley – presiding

Innovative Public Transportation Services and Technologies Committee
Tuesday, January 09 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Marriott Marquis, Capitol (M4)
Adam Cohen, University of California, Berkeley – presiding

Tuesday, January 09
10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET

Car-Following and Lane-Changing Theory Revisited
Tuesday, January 09 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, Salon C
Lectern | PDH
Maria Laura Delle Monache, University of California, Berkeley – presiding

Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Poster (Session 2)
Tuesday, January 09 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Significant Improvements in the ML-based Control of Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs)
Avikam Chauhan, University of California, Berkeley

Responding to Natural and Humanmade Disasters of Different Scales: Our Society and Our Efforts
Tuesday, January 09 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Exploring the effectiveness of evacuation strategies for communities with different ratios of volume of background traffic and capacity of evacuation roads to the number of evacuees
Pengshun Li, University of California, Berkeley
Kenichi Soga, University of California, Berkeley
Louise Comfort, University of California, Berkeley

Evacuation in Motion: Harnessing Disaster Evolution for Effective Dynamic Emergency Response
Weixin Li, University of California, Berkeley
Marta González, University of California, Berkeley

Understanding wildfire evacuation challenges for communities with limited egress options: integrating models of fire, communications, traffic, and empirical observations
Kenichi Soga, University of California, Berkeley
Louise Comfort, University of California, Berkeley
Pengshun Li, University of California, Berkeley

Tuesday, January 09
1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET

Information and Knowledge Management Committee
Tuesday, January 09 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET
Marriott Marquis, Liberty Salon J (M4)
Kendra Levine, University of California, Berkeley, presiding

Emerging Traffic Simulation Trends
Tuesday, January 09 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET
Convention Center, Salon C
Lectern
Bi-level Calibration for Agent-based Dynamic Traffic Simulations using Diverse Data Fusion
Jonathan Lee, University of California, Berkeley
Alexandre Bayen, University of California, Berkeley

Emerging Topics at the Housing–Development–Transportation Nexus
Tuesday, January 09 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET
Convention Center, 140
Lectern
Mobility, Energy, and Land Use Impacts of the Adoption of Connected and Automated Vehicle Technologies
Juan Caicedo, University of California, Berkeley
Paul Waddell, University of California, Berkeley

Vehicle-Highway Automation, Part 1
Tuesday, January 09 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Integrating Vehicle Trajectory Planning and Arterial Traffic Management to Facilitate Eco-Approach and Departure Deployment
Hao Liu, University of California, Berkeley
Alex Kurzhanskiy, University of California, Berkeley
Wanshi Hong, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Xiao-Yun Lu, University of California, Berkeley

Initial Indications of Safety of Driverless Automated Driving Systems
Jiayu Chen, University of California, Berkeley
Steven Shladover, University of California, Berkeley

Advances in Traffic Monitoring Research and Practice
Tuesday, January 09 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Data Checks for Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts
Amanda Glazer, University of California, Berkeley
Philip Stark, University of California, Berkeley
Md Mintu Miah, University of California, Berkeley
Julia Griswold, University of California, Berkeley
Alexander Skabardonis, University of California, Berkeley

Environmental Analysis and Ecology Topics
Tuesday, January 09 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
A Modeling Framework for Evaluating the Environmental, Health, and Equity Impact of Large-scale U.S. Charging Infrastructure Deployment
Xiaodan Xu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Poster
Tuesday, January 09 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
A Tale of Two States: Exploring Accessibility to Community College in California and Texas
Aqshems Meten Nichols, University of California, Berkeley

Effects of ride-sharing on the congestion status: A case study in the City of Chicago Effects of ride-sharing on the congestion status: A case study in the City of Chicago
Yuneil Yeo, University of California, Berkeley

Nonlinear Advection-Diffusion Models of Traffic Flow: a Numerical Study
Dawson Do, University of California, Berkeley

Freight Demand and Choice Modeling Using Advanced Data Sets
Tuesday, January 09 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Teaching Freight Mode Choice Models New Tricks Using Interpretable Machine Learning Methods
Xiaodan Xu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hung-Chia Yang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
William Bui, University of California, Berkeley
Srinath Ravulaparthy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Haitam Laarabi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Zachary Needell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
C. Anna Spurlock, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Tuesday, January 09
3:45 PM- 5:30 PM ET

Transforming Transportation Planning and Traffic Forecasting with Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday, January 09 3:45 PM- 5:30 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
A Machine Learning Method for Predicting Traffic Signal Timing from Proble Vehicle Data
Jane Macfarlane, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Transportation Choices
Tuesday, January 09 3:45 PM- 5:30 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster

Heterogeneity in intrapersonal schedule regularity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
Mohamed Bouzaghrane, University of California, Berkeley

Joan Walker, University of California, Berkeley
Marta Gonzalez, University of California, Berkeley

A Random Intercept Latent Transition Analysis (RI-LTA) of Consumer Spending Across Online and In-Person Channels Through the Pandemic
Susan Shaheen, University of California, Berkeley
Joan Walker, University of California, Berkeley

New Research in Transportation Equity
Tuesday, January 09 3:45 PM- 5:30 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Electrification and Justice for All? A Review of Transportation Literature Through the Lens of Equity and Justice
Jesse Strecker, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sydny Fujita, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Obstacles and Opportunities to Improving Transportation Access to Community College Education: A Review of the Education Access Literature
Aqshems Meten Nichols, University of California, Berkeley
Joan Walker, University of California, Berkeley
Susan Shaheen, University of California, Berkeley

State Capacity-Building for an Equitable EV Infrastructure Roll-out
Margaret Taylor, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Tuesday, January 09
6:00 PM- 7:30 PM ET

Vehicle-Highway Automation, Part 2 (Part 1, Session 3162; Part 3, Session 4028)
Tuesday, January 09 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Hao Liu, University of California, Berkeley, presiding

Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning for Scalable Lagrangian Variable Speed Limit in Mixed Autonomy Traffic
Han Wang, University of California, Berkeley
Jonathan Lee, University of California, Berkeley
Zhe Fu, University of California, Berkeley
Maria Laura Delle Monache, University of California, Berkeley

Traffic Simulation
Tuesday, January 09 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster
Linking Transport Models Across Time and Distance Scales Using the Platform for Integrated Land use And Transportation Experiments and Simulation (PILATES)
Haitam Laarabi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Zachary Needell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Juan Caicedo, University of California, Berkeley
Rashid Waraich, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Cristian Poliziani, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Xiaodan Xu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tom Wenzel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
C. Anna Spurlock, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Wednesday, January 10
8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET

Aviation System Planning Committee
Wednesday, January 10 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET
Marriott Marquis, Monument (M4)

UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECT OF CONNECTOR BUSES ON FLIGHT ITINERARY CHOICE
Junzhe Cao, University of California, Berkeley
Xuan Jiang, University of California, Berkeley
Yuhan Tang, University of California, Berkeley

Elevating Travel Behavior Research with Cutting-Edge Methods
Wednesday, January 10 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET
Convention Center, 152A
Lectern

Incorporating the Notion of Habit from Neuroscience in Dynamic Routine Travel Modeling: an Application to Telework Decisions through the Pandemic
Qianhua Luo, University of California, Berkeley
Joan Walker, University of California, Berkeley

Omnibus Session on Bicycle Modeling and Shared Micromobility Research
Wednesday, January 10 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster

Methodology of a Large-Scale Bicycle Exposure Estimation
Md Mintu Miah, University of California, Berkeley
Julia Griswold, University of California, Berkeley
John Bigham, Safe Transportation Research and Education Center
Offer Grembek, University of California, Berkeley

Wednesday, January 10
10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET

Moving Automated Vehicle Research into Practice
Wednesday, January 10 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, Salon C
Lectern
Hao Liu, University of California, Berkeley, presiding

Enhancing Bus Transit Systems Operation and Planning
Wednesday, January 10 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, 145A
Lectern

Deploying Bus Bypasses in Dense, Congested Cities
Nadav Bronicki, University of California, Berkeley
Jean Doig Godier, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Cassidy, University of California, Berkeley

Integrated Advanced Air Mobility with Landside First- and Last-Mile Connections
Wednesday, January 10 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM ET
Convention Center, 143AB
Lectern
Adam Cohen, University of California, Berkeley, presiding

Wednesday, January 10
3:45 PM- 5:30 PM ET

Advancing Travel Forecasting Methods and Practices
Wednesday, January 10 3:45 PM- 5:30 PM ET
Convention Center, Hall A
Poster

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
Ling Jin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Qianmiao Chen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tin ho, University of California, Berkeley
C. Anna Spurlock, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mohamed Bouzaghrane, University of California, Berkeley
Tom Wenzel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Juan Caicedo, University of California, Berkeley