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BTS @ TRB

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Congratulations to BTS Deputy Director Rolf R. Schmitt Recipient of the Robert E. Skinner, Jr. Award!

Below find BTS planned activities for TRB 2025

Transportation Research Board
104th Annual Meeting
January 5-9, 2025

Visit us at Booths 851-852

Join BTS for presentations at sessions:

Sunday, January 5, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM ET | Workshop 1006
Data Repositories and Technologies: Data Archival, Analysis Tools, and Practices for Transportation Planning

Unlocking Transportation Data: Using Open and FAIR Data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Beyond (P25-20637)
 Ed Strocko, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Monday, January 6, 8:00 AM-9:45 AM ET | Poster Session 2057
Recent Advances in Rail Rolling Stock and Motive Power

Development of Incident Prediction Models Assisting in Prioritizing Locations for Motive Power and Equipment Safety Inspection of U.S. Railroads (TRBAM-25-04601)
 Young-Jun Kweon, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Monday, January 6, 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM ET | Poster Session 2107
Innovation in Action: Advances in Information and Knowledge Management Practice

Introducing the National Transportation Library Archives (P25-20526)
 Eden Orelove, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Monday, January 6, 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM ET | Poster Session 2114
Innovations and Challenges in Freight Transportation and Logistics: Global Perspectives and Emerging Technologies

Integration and Application of a Freight Agent-Based Simulation Framework (TRBAM-25-05316)
 Monique Stinson, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Monday, January 6, 1:30 PM – 3:15 PM ET | Poster Session 2157
Emerging Research in Economics and Finance

Improving Transportation Public Finance Statistics (TPFS) (P25-20379)
 Kenneth Notis, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R)
 Julia Edmonds, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics
 Stephanie Lawrence, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics
 Robert Armstrong, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Monday, January 6, 3:45 PM – 5:30 PM ET | Lectern Session 2175
Freight Data Insights: From Infrastructure Mapping to Flow Analysis

Longitudinal Analysis of Freight Flows in the Commodity Flow Survey and Freight Analysis Framework (TRBAM-25-04297)
 Carl Cloyed, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics
 Monique Stinson, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Use Characteristics of Confidential Commodity Flow Survey Data in the United States (TRBAM-04616)
 Young-Jun Kweon, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics
 WenWei Zeng, U.S. Department of Transportation
 Ryan Grube, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics
 Cha-Chi Fan, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Tuesday, January 7, 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM ET | Lectern Session 3024
Transportation History and Transportation Practice: How the Past Speaks Through the Future

Contribution of History in Research: Panelist Two (P25-20995)
 
Rolf Schmitt, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Tuesday, January 7, 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM ET | Lectern Session 3087
Research in Airfield and Airspace Performance, Part 2 (Part 1, Session 2032)

Comparison of United States Flight Event and Surveillance Data Coverage and Future Research Directions (TRBAM-25-00145)
 Kyle Titlow, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics
 Mehdi Hashemipour, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R)
 Ed Strocko, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistic

Wednesday, January 8, 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM ET | Poster Session 4048
Current Issues in Trucking Industry Research

Detection of Truck Stop Activity Types by Machine Learning with Real-world Trajectory Data (TRBAM-25-05819)
 Monique Stinson, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Wednesday, January 8, 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Freight Modeling Subcommittee, AT015(1)
 Monique Stinson, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Wednesday, January 8, 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM ET | Lectern Session 4070
Latest Research in Trucking Economics

Estimating Truckload Spot Market Rates Using Publicly Available Data (TRBAM-25-04475)
 April Gadsby, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics

 Monique Stinson, OST-R/Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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