The UFTI will attend the 2022 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting (TRBAM)

UFTI students, faculty, and staff attended the 2022 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. January 9-13, 2022. The event will return to it’s traditional in-person meeting format following health and safety guidelines (https://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting/COVIDSafety.aspx). The annual meeting’s theme this year is “Innovating an Equitable, Resilient, Sustainable, and Safe Transportation System”.

Participation included presentations at various lectern and poster sessions and TRB committees. 

Below is a full list of UFTI participants in the link below. For more event details, visit the TRB Annual Meeting website.

TRB Annual Meeting 2022

The UFTI-T2 Center

The T2 center will be present at the 101st TRBAM. Dr. Nithin Agarwal, the UFTI-T2 Center Director, will chair the signal timing subcommittee of the TRB Standing Committee on Traffic Signal Systems (ACP 25) on January 9th, 8am – Noon at Convention Center 102.
Scott Tison will also be in attendance as a member of ACP 55 Standing Committee on Traffic Control Device. Scott also serves in the National Committee for Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NCUTDC) and will attend their conference on Thursday in Crystal City.

UFTI-McTrans Center

Make sure to stop by at Booth #1131 and say hello to the McTrans team! The Exhibit Hall will be open at the following times:

Sunday, Jan 9, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Monday, Jan 10, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Tuesday, Jan 11, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Development of BIM Exchange Standards in US Bridge and Structures Industry and a Steel Bridge Fabricator’s Perspective on the Exchange Process

Brad Dillman, High Steel Structures, LLC; Aaron Costin, University of Florida

Building Information Modeling for Bridges and Structures: From Design to Construction

Sunday, January 9, 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM ET

Sunday, January 9, 1:30 PM- 4:30 PM ET

P22-20064 Workshop 1007

Early Academic Successful Careers: Resources and Advice

Eleftheria Kontou, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign presiding; Zhengtian Xu, George Washington University, presiding; Xiang Yan, University of Florida, presiding; Xilei Zhao, University of Florida, presiding

Sunday, January 09, 1:30 PM- 4:30 PM ET

Workshop 1019

A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Transit Accessibility to Low-Wage Jobs in Miami-Dade County

Xiang Yan, University of Florida; Ilir Bejleri, University of Florida; Liang Zhai, University of Florida

Monday, January 10, 8:00 AM- 9:30 AM ET

Poster Session 1068 – TRBAM-22-02464

Do E-Scooters Compliment or Compete with Public Transit and Station-Based Bikesharing a Case Study of Washington DC

Xiang Yan, University of Florida; Wencui Yang, University of Florida; Xilei Zhao, University of Florida;

Monday, January 10, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Poster Session 1103 – TRBAM-22-02077

Development and Effects of ACC Roles and Responsibilities Training for Younger and Older Adults

Wayne Giang University of Florida; Justin Mason, University of Florida; Haolan Zheng, University of Florida; Nina Rudd, University of Florida; Sherrilene Classen University of Florida.

Monday, January 10, 2022 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Vehicle User Education, Training, and Licensing- 1091

TRBAM-22-03347

Moving from Research to Practice: New Findings for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

Transportation Mobility Assessment and Recommendations for Smart City Planning

Mehri “Mehrsa” Mohebbi, University of Florida; Sagar Patni, University of Florida; Lily Elefteriadou, University of Florida; Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan, University of Florida; Pruthvi Manjunatha, University of Florida

Monday, January 10, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET

Poster Session 1149-

Presentation Number: P22-20398

Poster-Board Location Number: B564

Platooning Trajectory and Signal Phasing Optimization for Connected Automated Vehicles in Coordinated Arterials

Agustin Guerra, University of Florida and Lily Elefteriadou, University of Florida;

Monday, January 10, 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM ET

P22-20638

Platooning Trajectory Optimization for Connected Automated Vehicles in Coordinated-Arterials

Agustin Guerra, Lily Elefteriadou

Date: Monday, January 10 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM ET

TRBAM-22-00889

Transportation Mobility Assessment and Recommendation for Smart City Planning

Mehri Mohebbi, University of Florida; Sagar Patni, University of Florida; Sivaramakrishnan (Siva) Srinivasan, University of Florida; Lily Elefteriadou, University of Florida; Pruthvi Manjunatha University of Florida;

Monday January 10 1:30 PM -3:00 PM ET

Workshop, Poster or Lectern Number (session): Moving from Research to Practice: New Findings for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

P-22-20398

Which Trip Destination Matters? Estimating the Influence of Land Use on Mode Choice for Home-Based Complex Tours

Jia Fang, University of Florida; Xiang Yan, University of Florida; Ilir Bejleri, University of Florida

Monday, January 10, 4:00 PM- 5:30 PM ET

Poster Session 1183 – TRBAM-22-03361

Automated and Autonomous Bus Planning, Design, and Operations

Public Perception and Lessons Learned from Autonomous Shuttle Demonstration Studies

Pruthvi Manjunatha, University of Florida;, Justin Mason, University of Florida;, Sherrilene Classen, University of Florida;, Lily Elefteriadou, University of Florida;, Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan, University of Florida;, Erik Huang, University of Florida

Tuesday, January 11, 1:30 PM- 3:00 PM ET

Poster Session 1311

Competing or Complimentary: Modeling Transit Ridership at Route Level Considering Inter-Route Interdependencies.

Sagar Patni University of Florida; and Sivaramakrishnan (Siva) Srinivasan University of Florida

1/11/2022 1:30-3:00 PM

Ridership and Operations Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic

TRBAM-22-03532

Field and In-the-Loop Simulator Studies of Driver Behaviors

Standing Committee on Road User Measurement and Evaluation (ACH50)

Wednesday, January 12, 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM ET

Lectern  Presided by Pruthvi Manjunatha, University of Florida

Lectern Session 1393

Micromobility Equity: A Comparison of Shared E-Scooters and Station-Based Bikeshare in Washington, DC

Lin Su, University of Florida; Xiang Yan, University of Florida;, Xilei Zhao, University of Florida

Tuesday, January 11, 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM ET

Poster Session 1280 – TRBAM-22-04793

Navigating towards System Optimum: A Distributed Routing Scheme under Mixed-strategy Correlated Game

Yuqiang Ning, University of Florida; Lili Du University of Florida;

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 1:30PM – 3:00PM

Poster B-board Location Number: A352

TRBAM-22-02858

Real-time Forecasting of Dockless Scooter-Sharing Demand: A Context-Aware Spatio-Temporal Multi-Graph Convolutional Network Approach

Yiming Xu, University of Florida; Mudit Paliwal, University of Florida; Xilei Zhao, University of Florida

Wednesday, January 12, 8:00 AM- 9:30 AM ET

Poster Session 1368 – TRBAM-22-02463

Estimating Wildfire Evacuation Decision and Departure Timing Using Massive GPS Data

Xilei Zhao, University of Florida Yiming Xu, University of Florida Ruggiero Lovreglio, Massey University Erica Kuligowski, RMIT University Daniel Nilsson, University of Canterbury Thomas Cova, University of Utah Alex Wu, University of Florida Xiang Yan, University of Florida

Wednesday, January 12. 8:00 AM- 9:30 AM ET

Poster Session 1386 – TRBAM-22-02058

Examining Spatial Heterogeneity in the Determinants of Ridesourcing Trips with Explainable Machine Learning

Xiaojian Zhang, University of Florida Zhengze Zhou, Cornell University Xiang Yan, University of Florida Xilei Zhao, University of Florida

Wednesday, January 12, 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM ET

Poster Session 1415 – TRBAM-22-03909

Exploring the Potential of Shared E-Scooters as a Last-Mile Complement to Public Transit

Xiang Yan, University of Florida Xilei Zhao, University of Florida Andrea Broaddus, Ford Motor Company Josh Johnson; Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan, University of Florida

Wednesday, January 12 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM ET

Lectern Session 1404 – TRBAM-22-03738

Real-time Forecasting of Dockless Scooter-Sharing Demand: A Context-Aware Spatio-Temporal Multi-Graph Convolutional Network Approach

Yiming Xu, University of Florida; Mudit Paliwal, University of Florida and Xilei Zhao, University of Florida;Wednesday, January 12, 8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Poster Session: 1368

TRBAM-22-02463