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TR NEWS 291 MARCH–APRIL 2014 15 2 2014 ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS Celebrating Our Legacy, Anticipating Our Future At his Chairman’s Luncheon address on January 15, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx drew an enthusiastic response to his emphasis on an integrated national transportation plan—and his quip that his audience comprised the “wonkiest transportation folks in the world.” A session for new Annual Meeting attendees offered advice on navigating and networking, developing a transportation career, and becoming involved in TRB activities and committees. 1 2 1 W ith a record-breaking attendance of 11,900, the Transportation Research Board’s 93rd Annual Meeting convened January 12–16, 2014, in Washington, D.C.—the final meeting at the Connecticut Avenue collection of hotels before relo- cation to the Walter E. Washington Convention Cen- ter in 2015. Transportation students, researchers, and professionals from private industry; academia; and federal, state, and local agencies attended more than 3,300 presentations and committee meetings, net- working events, award presentations, and exhibits. Approximately 30 sessions addressed the theme “Cel- ebrating Our Legacy, Anticipating Our Future,” with topics addressing big data, performance-based design, sustainability, and more. The TRB Annual Meeting mobile application was downloaded more than 9,000 times, and participants were active on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. Professor Joseph L. Schofer, Northwestern Uni- versity, gave the 2014 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture on “Moving the Goods: Performance Mea- sures and the Value Proposition for Transportation Projects.” U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx delivered the Chairman’s Luncheon address, affirming the value of robust transportation research to a standing-room-only crowd. Details and highlights appear on the following pages. Annual Meeting photographs by Risdon Photography.

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2014 ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

Celebrating Our Legacy,Anticipating Our Future

At his Chairman’sLuncheon address onJanuary 15, U.S. Secretaryof TransportationAnthony Foxx drew anenthusiastic response tohis emphasis on anintegrated nationaltransportation plan—andhis quip that his audiencecomprised the “wonkiesttransportation folks in theworld.”

A session for newAnnual Meetingattendees offered adviceon navigating andnetworking, developing atransportation career, andbecoming involved in TRBactivities and committees.

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With a record-breaking attendance of 11,900,the Transportation Research Board’s 93rdAnnual Meeting convened January 12–16,

2014, in Washington, D.C.—the final meeting at theConnecticut Avenue collection of hotels before relo-cation to the Walter E. Washington Convention Cen-ter in 2015. Transportation students, researchers, andprofessionals from private industry; academia; andfederal, state, and local agencies attended more than3,300 presentations and committee meetings, net-working events, award presentations, and exhibits.Approximately 30 sessions addressed the theme “Cel-ebrating Our Legacy, Anticipating Our Future,” withtopics addressing big data, performance-based design,

sustainability, and more. The TRB Annual Meetingmobile application was downloaded more than 9,000times, and participants were active on social mediaplatforms such as Twitter and Facebook.

Professor Joseph L. Schofer, Northwestern Uni-versity, gave the 2014 Thomas B. Deen DistinguishedLecture on “Moving the Goods: Performance Mea-sures and the Value Proposition for TransportationProjects.” U.S. Secretary of Transportation AnthonyFoxx delivered the Chairman’s Luncheon address,affirming the value of robust transportation researchto a standing-room-only crowd.

Details and highlights appear on the followingpages.

Annual Meetingphotographs by Risdon Photography.

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INTERSECTIONSSocial and electronic

media played an importantrole at the 2014 Annual Meet-ing, with attendees generat-ing more than 4,000 tweetsvia #TRBAM.

(Left to right:) SomayeFakharian Qom, MojtabaMohammadafzali, and AbelCrean, Florida InternationalUniversity, confer after a ses-sion on research by studentsin the Federal HighwayAdministration’s (FHWA)Eisenhower TransportationFellowship Program.

The TRB Technical Activi-ties Council oversees AnnualMeeting planning.

Nima Roohi Sefidmazgi,University of Wisconsin–Madi-son, downloads the AnnualMeeting mobile application.The app featured an interac-tive program, schedule, floorplans, exhibitors, and more.

Andrew Cooper (left),James Cox & Sons, demon-strates testing equipment toLouay Mohammad, LouisianaState University. Approxi-mately 190 companies andagencies exhibited.

Tim Hoffman tests a driv-ing simulator at the PTVGroup exhibit.

At the Chairman’s Lun-cheon, Beverly Scott (stand-ing), recipient of the SharonD. Banks Award for Humani-tarian Leadership in Trans-portation, chats with studentsof TransTech STEM Academy,Francis L. Cardozo Senior HighSchool, Washington, D.C.

(Left to right:) Deborah H.Butler, 2013 Executive Com-mittee Chair; Sandra Rosen-bloom, 2012 ExecutiveCommittee Chair; Lucy PhillipsPriddy, 2013 Young MembersCouncil Chair; Katherine F.Turnbull, 2013 Technical Activ-ities Council Chair; Ann M.Brach, second Strategic High-way Research Program (SHRP2) Director; and Susan Hanson,Subcommittee for NRC Over-sight Chair, at the TRB Execu-tive Committee meeting.

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2014–2015 TRBTechnical Activities Council(front row, left to right:)Mark Norman, Harold(Skip) Paul, Peter Briglia,Mary Ellen Eagan, Hyun-APark, and Paul Jovanis;(back row, left to right:)Thomas Wakeman, DavidWilcock, ThomasKazmierowski, Mark Kross,Stephen Popkin, CouncilChair Daniel Turner, AlisonConway, James Thiel, andPeter Mandle.

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SESSIONS ANDWORKSHOPS

Attorney JorgéEduardo Ritter discussesthe history and legacy ofthe Panama Canal in oneof two spotlight sessionscommemorating thecanal’s 100th anniversary.

Cortney Robinson,Aerospace Industries Asso-ciation, presents informa-tion on the integration ofNextGen and unmannedaerial systems at a sessionon the future of aviation.

Paul (Chip) Jaenichen,Maritime Administration,delivers the keynote pre-sentation at One HundredYears of the PanamaCanal: Legacy and Future—Looking to the Future.

Julia Koschinsky (left),Arizona State University,and Scott C. Brown, Uni-versity of Miami, examineaccessibility in low-incomecommunities as it relatesto multimodal access,employment, and health.

Marc Howlett, Univer-sity of North Carolina atChapel Hill, leads MarineTransportation 101: Explor-ing the World of WaterTransportation.

Emily Stock, VirginiaDepartment of Rail andPublic Transportation, pre-sents the Virginia perspec-tive at Status of RailPlanning: Coordinating,Collaborating, and Imple-menting.

Ananth Prasad, FloridaDOT, takes part in a paneldiscussion on Thriving, NotJust Surviving the MovingAhead for Progress in the21st Century Act Imple-mentation Process.

Josh Sawislak,Department of Housingand Urban Development,responds to audiencequestions after his keynoteaddress at CarryingForward the Lessons ofSuperstorm Sandy.

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StephanieBrooks (left),Michael Baker Cor-poration, leads agroup exercise inReimagining thePublic Meeting.

Rina Cutler, Cityof Philadelphia,addresses changingtrends in urbanareas at Rethinkingthe TransportationOrganization in theNew Millennium.

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SESSIONS ANDWORKSHOPS (continued)

Patricia Hu, Officeof the Assistant Secre-tary of Transportationfor Research and Tech-nology, shares the fed-eral perspective on thevalue of transportationinfrastructure.

Lindsay Allen,North Carolina A&TState University,discusses her researchon the transportation ofhazardous materialswith Keith Tanner,South Carolina StateUniversity.

GeorgiosGiannopoulos, HellenicInstitute of Transport,assesses the future ofinternational researchdevelopment,governance, andadministration.

Nemmi Cole,Florida A&M University,presents information onthe sustainable use ofdredged materials inroadway construction.

Jorge MarquezBalderrama, NewMexico State University,describes a preliminarydesign aid for concretebridge girders.

Katherine Fichter(center), MassachusettsDOT, guides discussionon engaging hard-to-reach populations at BigIdeas That ChangeTransportation as WeKnow It.

Ogi Redzic, Nokia,offers the private-sectorperspective on auto-mated driving and othertransportation innova-tions.

Paul van Hagen,HDR Inc., recounts themission to raise theroadway of theBayonne Bridge.

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Claudia Billotto, AECOM,moderates the 7th AnnualCompetition and Call forCommunicating Conceptswith John and Jane Q. Public.A Utah DOT project that usedanimation to alert andengage the public aboutroad realignment receivedtop honors.

David Genova, DenverRegional Transportation District, analyzes the compo-nents of an effective transitsafety management system.

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Trenton Clark, VirginiaAsphalt Association,addresses the Past, Present,and Future of PavementDesign.

Jamario White, SouthCarolina State University,reviews national data andpolicies on distracted walk-ing at Pedestrian Planning,Design, and Safety.

Matt Miyasato, SouthCoast Air Quality Manage-ment District, examineslow-emission technologiesat Finding Cleaner Ways toMove Goods and People.

Thomas Wakeman(left), Stevens Institute ofTechnology, participates inpanel discussion at Sustain-ability: 20 Years in the Pastand 20 Years in the Future.

John Schroer (right),Tennessee DOT, presidesover a roundtable discus-sion on funding andfinancing projects withGreg Whirley (left), Virginia DOT, and otherstate DOT leaders.

Alessandro Damiani,European Commission, out-lines New Horizons forInternational Research Collaboration: EuropeanUnion’s Horizon 2020 Program.

Maryam Shekarrizfard,McGill University, sharesinsights on air quality,transportation, and landuse impacts of a highwayextension near Montreal,Canada, at EnvironmentalAnalysis in Transportation.

Jeffrey Kneuppel,Southeastern PennsylvaniaTransportation Authority,explores Resiliency in PublicTransportation.

Gregory Johnson,Michigan DOT, addressesperformance managementat a roundtable discussionwith state DOT leaders.

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(Photo, right)Michael McKeever(left), Sacramento AreaCouncil of Govern-ments, joined JoelEttinger (center), NewYork MetropolitanTransportation Council,and Jane Hayse (right),Atlanta Regional Com-mission, in a dialogueon Framing a Vision forthe Future of OurNation’s MetropolitanPlanning Organizations.

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Kouros Mohammadian,University of Illinois,Chicago, guides discussionon Transportation Data:Our Legacy and Our Future.

Anna Maria Rakoczy,Transportation TechnologyCenter, Inc., addressesfatigue reliability indices inSpecial Topics for SteelBridges.

Hui Li, University of Cal-ifornia (UC), Davis, describesan integrated local microcli-mate model in Cool Pave-ments: Thermal Properties,Field Experiments, andModeling Techniques.

Steven Gillen, IllinoisTollway Authority, recountsan I-90 project in Construc-tion of Two-Lift PortlandCement Concrete Pave-ments.

Sean Connaughton, Vir-ginia Secretary of Trans-portation from 2010 to2014, presents a challengeto marine researchers at asession on funding andresearch for inland water-ways.

Keaton Browder, Ten-nessee State University,shares results from a casestudy of parking problemsnear a downtown universitycampus at Parking Revolu-tion from A(sset Manage-ment) to Z(oning).

Anupam Srivastava, UCIrvine, examines Macro-scopic Approaches to TrafficFlow.

Peter Rogoff (far right),Federal Transit Administra-tion (FTA), presides over adialogue with former FTAofficials in honor of the50th anniversary of theUrban Mass TransportationAct.

Iliya Yut, University ofConnecticut, explores SHRP2 Asphalt- and Pavement-Related Products.

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William Bachman,Westat Inc., analyzeschallenges and opportu-nities in Tapping Private-Sector Capabilities toMeet National Trans-portation Data Needs.

Keith Molenaar(right), University of Col-orado at Boulder, dis-cusses Alternative ProjectDelivery with moderatorMatthew McDole (left),LS Gallegos.

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COMMITTEES

Diane Anderson,WRScompass, presents themembership report of theWaste Management andResource Efficiency inTransportationCommittee.

Arash Mirzaei, NorthCentral Texas Council ofGovernments, participatesin a meeting of the TaskForce on UnderstandingNew Directions for theNational Household TravelSurvey.

Shawn Turner, TexasA&M TransportationInstitute (TTI), presidesover his final meeting aschair of the PedestriansCommittee.

The Safety Data,Analysis, and EvaluationCommittee focuses onhighway safety-relatedresearch.

Joseph Bryan, ParsonsBrinckerhoff, leads a dia-logue on emergingresearch at a meeting ofthe Urban Freight Trans-portation Committee.

Kelly Clifton (center),Portland State University,weighs discussion at aTravel Analysis MethodsSection meeting.

Cesar Quiroga, TTI,received recognition forhis leadership of theGeographic InformationScience and ApplicationsCommittee.

Arlando Teller (right),Navajo Division of Trans-portation, shared insightson airport system man-agement on the NavajoNation at a meeting ofthe Aircraft–Airport Com-patibility Committee,chaired by Geoffrey Baskir(left), CSSI, Inc.

Shashi Nambisan(right), University ofTennessee, Knoxville,takes part in discussion ata Conduct of ResearchCommittee meeting.

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In recognition of their dedication and valuable con-tributions to technical activities committees, the

following individuals received emeritus member-ship in TRB at the 2014 Annual Meeting:

u Mary R. Brooks, International Trade and Trans-portation Committee;

u Anthony S. Caserta, Tunnels and UndergroundStructures Committee;

u Jon A. Epps, General Issues in Asphalt Technol-ogy Committee;

u William H. Hartt, Corrosion Committee;u Newton C. Jackson, Flexible Pavement Design

Committee;u Anthony R. Kane, Strategic Management Com-

mittee;u Philip H. Masters, Freeway Operations Committee;u Gerald S. McDougall, Light Commercial and

General Aviation Committee;u Wilfrid A. Nixon, Winter Maintenance Commit-

tee;u Andrzej S. Nowak, Field Testing and Nonde-

structive Evaluation of Transportation StructuresCommittee;

u Roger C. Olson, Pavement Rehabilitation Com-mittee;

u Peter Schauer, Rural Public and Intercity BusTransportation Committee;

u Alexander Skabardonis, Traffic Flow Theory andCharacteristics Committee;

u Michael M. Sprinkel, Polymer Concretes, Adhe-sives, and Sealers Committee;

u Thomas Urbanik II, Traffic Signal Systems Com-mittee; and

u Pam Ward, Rural Public and Intercity Bus Trans-portation Committee.TR

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COMMITTEELEADERSHIPAWARDS

Committee chairsaccept the BlueRibbon Award, whichrecognizes exceptionalstanding committees,on behalf of theirfellow members.

The Blue RibbonAward for Communi-cations was presentedto the Travel SurveyMethods Committee;for Community Build-ing and Mentoring, tothe Women’s Issues inTransportation Com-mittee; for AdvancingResearch, to the Oper-ational Effects of Geo-metrics Committeeand the GeometricDesign Committee;and for Contributingto TRB and the Trans-portation Community,to the Conduct ofResearch Committeeand the Urban Trans-portation Data andInformation SystemsCommittee.

As TechnicalActivities CouncilChair, Turnbull guidedthe activities of nearly200 standingcommittees.

Stephane Hess(center), Institute ofTransport Studies,University of Leeds,United Kingdom,receives theOutstanding YoungMember Award,presented by Bomar(right) and LucyPhillips Priddy, 2013Young MembersCouncil Chair (left).

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Volunteer Leaders Recognized with Emeritus StatusEmeritus MemberAnthony Kane,American Association ofState Highway andTransportation Officials(AASHTO), participatesin a meeting of theStrategic ManagementCommittee.

(Left to right:) 2013 TechnicalActivities Committee ChairKatherine Turnbull; Kay Fitzpatrick,Operational Effects of GeometricsCommittee; Eric Donnell, GeometricDesign Committee; Stacey Bricka,Urban Transportation Data andInformation Systems; Guy Rousseau,Travel Survey Methods Committee;Elaine Murakami and Jason Bittner,Conduct of Research Committee;and Heather Rothenberg andMarsha Anderson Bomar, Women’sIssues in Transportation Committee.

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BEST PAPERAWARDS

The Pyke JohnsonAward recognizes an out-standing paper on trans-portation systems planningand administration.

Alexander Schmets(left) and Sayeda Nowro-zon Nahar, Delft Universityof Technology, The Nether-lands, accepted the K. B.Woods Award for out-standing paper in designand construction. (Not pic-tured: coauthors MohamadMohajeri, AthanasiosScarpas, and Martin vanden Ven, Delft University ofTechnology, and GeorgSchitter, Vienna Universityof Technology, Austria)

For their paper on“Treatment Effects andDesign Guidance for High-to Low-Speed TransitionZones for Rural Highways,”(left to right:) Robert Fra-zier, HDR Engineering, Inc.;Karin Bauer, MRIGlobal;Christopher Kinzel, HDREngineering, Inc.; and Dar-ren John Torbic, MRIGlobal,received the D. GrantMickle Award. (Not pic-tured: coauthor DavidGilmore, MRIGlobal)

The Patricia F. WallerAward for outstandingpaper on safety and systemusers was presented toRichard Blomberg, Dunlap& Associates, Inc.; RonaldVan Houten, WesternMichigan University(WMU); and J. E. LouisMalenfant, Center for Edu-cation and Research inSafety, Canada. (Not pic-tured: coauthor BradHuitema, WMU)

Michael Loulakis, Capi-tal Project Strategies, andShannon Briglia, BrigliaMcLaughlin, PLLC, receivedthe John C. Vance Awardfor TCRP Legal ResearchDigest 40: Legal IssuesInvolving Surety for PublicTransportation Contracts.(Not pictured: coauthorLauren McLaughlin,BrigliaMcLaughlin, PLLC)

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Pyke Johnson Award recipients (left toright:) Ram Pendyala, Arizona StateUniversity; Rajesh Paleti and Chandra Bhat,University of Texas, Austin; andKonstadinos Goulias, UC Santa Barbara.

The William W. Millar Award honorsthe best paper in the field of publictransportation. (Left to right:) Millar, pastpresident of the American PublicTransportation Association and awardnamesake; Margaret Campbell, BenCummins, and Greg Spitz, ResourceSystems Group, Inc.; and Tara O’Malley,Chicago Transit Authority.

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(Photo, right)Turnbull (center) pre-sented the FredBurggraf Award forbest paper in designand construction byyoung researchers toErin Cooper (left)and Magdala Arioli(right), EMBARQ/World ResourcesInstitute. (Not pic-tured: coauthorsAileen Carrigan andUmang Jain)

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MAJOR AWARDS

TRB Executive DirectorRobert E. Skinner, Jr., presentsBeverly A. Scott (left), Gen-eral Manager, MassachusettsBay Transportation Authority,and Administrator, Massachu-setts Department of Trans-portation, Rail and TransitDivision, with the 2014Sharon D. Banks Award forHumanitarian Leadership inTransportation. Scott’s leader-ship, results-driven manage-ment style, and progressiveapproach to transit laborrelations were noted, alongwith her focus on diversityand the well-being of com-munities affected by transitinitiatives.

For wide-ranging accom-plishments in pavement andcivil engineering research,Ralph Haas (right), NormanW. McLeod Engineering Pro-fessor and Distinguished Pro-fessor Emeritus, University ofWaterloo, Canada, receivedthe Crum Award from 2013Executive Committee ChairDeborah Butler.

2013 Executive Commit-tee Vice Chair Kirk Steudle(right) presents Harold (Skip)Paul, Louisiana Departmentof Transportation and Devel-opment, with the W. N.Carey, Jr., Distinguished Ser-vice Award. Paul was recog-nized for his outstandingefforts in transportationresearch and more than 30years of service to TRB.

EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE

At a special ExecutiveCommittee policy session onAviation Issues—Challengesand Opportunities, aviationexperts presented researchon the response of theindustry to a turbulentdecade. Speakers included

Jeff Hamiel, Minneapo-lis–St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission;

Thomas Berry, MITRECorporation;

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Victoria Arroyo, George-town University, who servedas rapporteur for the session;

Michael Whitaker, FederalAviation Administration; and

Stephen Van Beek, Leigh-Fisher.

Jay Shambaugh summa-rizes findings from TRB SpecialReport 312: TransportationInvestments in Response toEconomic Downturns.

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Frederick (Bud) Wright (left),AASHTO Director, presents the GeorgeS. Bartlett Award to Susan Martinovich,Director, North American Highway-Bridge, Transportation Business Group,CH2M Hill, for her many contributionsto highway progress.

Joseph Schofer (second from right),Northwestern University, delivered the2014 Thomas B. Deen DistinguishedLecture. (Left to right:) 2013 TechnicalActivities Council Chair Katherine Turn-bull, past TRB Executive DirectorThomas B. Deen, Butler, Schofer, andRobert E. Skinner, Jr.

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EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE (continued)

2013 Chair DeborahButler guides theExecutive Committeethrough its meetingagenda.

TRB ExecutiveDirector Robert E. Skinner,Jr., updates the committeeon critical research issuesand on the status of TRB’sstrategic plan.

Kirk Steudle, 2013Vice Chair, offers insightson major ExecutiveCommittee initiatives.

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Kirk Steudle presents aplaque to Deborah Butlerin honor of her service as2013 Executive Committeechair.

New Leaders Take Helm Kirk Steudle, Director, Michigan Department of

Transportation (DOT), is the 2014 Chair of theTRB Executive Committee. Daniel F. Sperling, Profes-sor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Scienceand Policy, University of California (UC), Davis, andDirector, Institute of Transportation Studies, is the2013 Vice Chair.

A member of the Executive Committee since 2004,Steudle joined Michigan DOT in 1987 and wasappointed Director in 2006. He administers a budget ofmore than $3 billion and oversees theconstruction, operation, and man-agement of approximately 10,000miles of state highways, 4,000bridges, and many multimodal trans-portation programs. Steudle also ischair of the second Strategic HighwayResearch Program Oversight Com-mittee. Past president of the AmericanAssociation of State Highway andTransportation Officials (AASHTO)and current AASHTO ExecutiveCommittee member, Steudle serveson the Board of Directors of the Intel-ligent Transportation Society ofAmerica and the Engineering Soci-ety of Detroit and as Chair of the University of Michi-gan Transportation Research Institute Advisory Board.He graduated from Lawrence Technological Universitywith a bachelor’s degree in construction engineeringand, in 2012, was inducted into the school’s Engineer-ing Hall of Fame. He is a registered Professional Engi-neer in Michigan.

Founding Director of the Institute of Transporta-tion Studies at UC Davis, Sperling also is Acting Direc-tor of the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center. He is an

expert on transportation technology assessment,energy and environmental aspects of transportation,and transportation policy and is coauthor of Two Bil-lion Cars. Sperling is an emeritus member of the Alter-native Transportation Fuels and TechnologiesCommittee and serves on the Special Task Force onClimate Change and Energy and the Subcommittee onPlanning and Policy Review. He is a lifetime NationalAssociate of the National Academies and, in 2007, wasappointed to the California Environmental Protection

Agency Air Resources Board. Sper-ling received a bachelor’s degreefrom Cornell University and aPh.D. from UC Berkeley.

Newly appointed to the Execu-tive Committee are A. StewartFotheringham, Director, Centre forGeoInformatics and Professor ofHuman Geography in the School ofGeography and Geosciences, Uni-versity of St. Andrews, UnitedKingdom; Abbas Mohaddes, Presi-dent and Chief Executive Officer,Iteris, Inc.; and ex officio memberGeorge W. VanSteenburg, U.S. AirForce Civil Engineer Center. Reap-

pointed to the Executive Committee are James M.Crites, Executive Vice President, Operations Division,Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport; Michael W.Hancock, Secretary, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet;Michael P. Lewis, Director, Rhode Island DOT; JoanMcDonald, Commissioner, New York State DOT; andKumares C. Sinha, Edgar B. and Hedwig M. OlsonDistinguished Professor of Civil Engineering at PurdueUniversity and Director, Joint Transportation ResearchProgram of Purdue University and Indiana DOT.

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EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE (continued)

The Executive Committeemet January 15–16 toreview the current stateof transportation researchand to establish newareas of focus.

New membersparticipating in meetingdeliberations for the firsttime were (left to right)A. Stewart Fotheringham,University of St. AndrewsSchool of Geography andGeosciences, UnitedKingdom; AbbasMohaddes, Iteris, Inc.; and Craig Rutland, AirForce Civil EngineerCenter.

Also taking part inmeeting discussions were(left to right) Lisha Smith,South Coast Air QualityManagement District;Michael Lewis, RhodeIsland DOT; JoanMcDonald, New YorkState DOT; Lucy PhillipsPriddy, U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers; and PhilipWashington, DenverRegional Council ofGovernments.

Daniel Sperling (left),UC Davis, and James Crites(right), Dallas–Fort WorthInternational Airport,attend to a discussion ofautomated vehicles.

Venkatesh (Venky)Narayanamurtirepresented the NationalAcademy of Engineering.

Presenting thefederal transportationperspective were (left toright) Todd Lewis Ripley,Maritime Administration;Stacy Cummings, FederalRailroad Administration;Gregory Winfree, Officeof the Assistant Secretaryof Transportation forResearch and Technology;and Gregory Nadeau,FHWA.

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