January 23, 2019, Filed Under: UncategorizedCM2 at the 98th TRB Annual Meeting Last week, transportation policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions gathered in Washington, D.C. for the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 98th Annual Meeting. CM2 was there in full force with 26 researchers from all of our partner and affiliated institutions participating in 53 total events/sessions. 10 of the poster and lectern sessions focused on research supported by CM2 funds: Dr. Sandra Rosenbloom’s “Effects on Aging Populations” presentation during the lectern session, The Equity Equation: Meaningful and Innovative Strategies That Define and Address Unmet Needs in Underserved Communities Greg Griffin and Dr. Junfeng Jiao’s “The Geography and Equity of Crowdsourced Public Participation for Active Transportation Planning” during the lectern session, What Crowdsourcing and Social Media Tell Us About Public Engagement: Recent Research Dr. Ming Zhang and Hao Pang’s “Understand the Multi-Level Effects of the Built Environment on Trip-Chaining Behavior” during the poster session, Emerging Research Topics in Land Use and Transportation Planning and Policy Chris Bischak and Dr. Junfeng Jiao’s “Lightning Talk: Understanding the Spatial Distribution of Transit Captive Populations in 52 Major US Cities” during the lectern session, Access to Public Transportation: Measurement and Impact: Lightning Talks Chris Bischak and Dr. Junfeng Jiao’s “Understanding the Spatial Distribution of Transit Captive Populations in 52 Major US Cities” during the lectern session, Access to Public Transportation: Measurement and Impact Lisa Loftus-Otway, Stephanie Levine, and Paulina Urbanowicz-Pollock’s “Identifying Organizational Changes to Facilitate Metropolitan Planning Organization Mega-Region Planning” during the poster session, Collaboration and Innovation in Performance-Based Metropolitan Planning, System Management, and Analysis Nelida Herrera and Dr. Brian Wolshon’s (with Zhao Zhang and Scott Parr) “Assessment of post-disaster reentry in megaregions” during the poster session, Collaboration and Innovation in Performance-Based Metropolitan Planning, System Management, and Analysis Yantao Huang and Dr. Kara Kockelman’s (with Neil Quarles) “How Will Self-Driving Vehicles Affect U.S. Megaregion Traffic? The Case of the Texas Triangle” during the poster session, Collaboration and Innovation in Performance-Based Metropolitan Planning, System Management, and Analysis Dr. Gian-Claudia Sciara’s “Regional Land Use and Transportation Sustainability: Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and the Art of Nudging Local Governments” during the poster session, Collaboration and Innovation in Performance-Based Metropolitan Planning, System Management, and Analysis Nelida Herrera, Efe Tuncer, and Dr. Brian Wolshon’s (with Zhao Zhang and Scott Parr) “Effect of shadow evacuation on megaregion evacuations” during the poster session, Collaboration and Innovation in Performance-Based Metropolitan Planning, System Management, and Analysis Additionally, Greg Griffin and Dr. Junfeng Jiao’s research on “The Geography and Equity of Crowdsourced Public Participation for Active Transportation Planning” also has an early acceptance to the journal, Transportation Research Record, and can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0361198118823498. Student and faculty researchers received great feedback and questions on their CM2 projects and appreciate all meeting attendees who participated in their sessions. Prior to the start of the TRB Annual Meeting, CM2 Assistant Director for Administration, Inessa Ach, and CM2 Assistant Director for Research, Lisa Loftus-Otway, attended the Council of the University Transportation Center (CUTC) Reception and Annual Banquet along with TSU Professor and CM2 researcher Dr. Carol Lewis as well as UT Austin School of Architecture student and CM2 GRA Chris Bischak, who received the Outstanding UTC Student of the Year Award. In addition, Inessa Ach presented at the Mega-Regions Subcommittee meeting on Monday, January 14th, to discuss CM2 UTC activities. Other agencies present at the subcommittee meeting included the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Greater Washington Partnership. CM2 looks forward to continuing to share the results of the center’s research on megaregions at future TRB meetings. Researchers and administration in the center are particularly excited by the “12 Critical Issues in Transportation 2019” identified by TRB, which highlights the importance of understanding and planning for megaregions under Critical Issue #2 “Serving a Growing and Shifting Population” and Critical Issue #7 “Governance: Managing Our Systems”. Inessa Ach, Lisa Loftus-Otway, and Dr. Carol Lewis at the CUTC Reception and Award Banquet Inessa Ach and Chris Bischak with this Outstanding UTC Student of the Year Award at the CUTC Reception and Award Banquet CUTC Reception and Award Banquet UT Austin’s Chris Bischak (center) with Jeff Rosen, Deputy Secretary – Office of the Secretary, USDOT (left) and Kevin Womack, Director – Office of Research, Development and Technology, USDOT (right) Inessa Ach and Amy Stearns from USDOT at the CUTC UTC Director’s Meeting Dr. Sciara with her CM2 poster, “Regional Land Use and Transportation Sustainability: Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and the Art of Nudging Local Governments” Paulina Urbanowicz-Pollock with her CM2 poster with Lisa Loftus-Otway and Stephanie Levine, “Identifying Organizational Changes to Facilitate Metropolitan Planning Organization Mega-Region Planning” Yantao Huang with his CM2 poster with Dr. Kara Kockleman, “How Will Self-Driving Vehicles Affect Megaregion Traffic? The Case of the Texas Triangle” “How Will Self-Driving Vehicles Affect Megaregion Traffic? The Case of the Texas Triangle” poster Nelida Herrera and Brian Wolshon with their CM2 poster, “Assessment of post-disaster reentry in Megaregions” “Assessment of post-disaster reentry in Megaregions” Poster Efe Tuncer, Brian Wolshon, Nelida Herrera, Zhao Zhang, and Scott Parr with their CM2 poster “Effect of Shadow Evacuation on Megaregion Evacuations” “Effect of Shadow Evacuation on Megaregion Evacuations” Poster Dr. Sciara with her CM2 GRA Mashrur Rahman with his TRB poster, “The First and Last Mile of Public Transportation: A study of access and egress travel characteristics of commuters living in the suburban areas of Dhaka” Megaregions Subcommittee Meeting Lectern Presentation: “The Geography and Equity of Crowdsourced Public Participation for Active Transportation Planning” by Greg Griffin and Dr. Junfeng Jiao