This page serves as a homebase for our coverage of the 2020 Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual conference. Check back here for ongoing updates, as well as our Twitter and Facebook.

• NITC GUIDE TO TRB (PDF): Our printable schedule of where all of our NITC researchers will be presenting at lectures, poster sessions, and workshops.

• NITC RECEPTION AT TRB: Join us for transportation bingo and networking on Monday, January 13 (8:00 –10:30 PM) nearby at Fadó Irish Pub.

• NITC STUDENT AWARD AT CUTC BANQUET: We’ll be celebrating our 2019 NITC “Student of the Year,"  Samuel Jensen of the University of Arizona, at the annual CUTC Banquet.

NITC AT TRB 2020 HIGHLIGHTS

Below is a small sampling of the expertise NITC is bringing to TRB 2020. For the full list of lecterns and poster sessions, see the NITC at TRB 2020 Guide.

• 82 faculty and 50 student researchers from NITC-funded universities contributed to the program.
• 100 papers were accepted for presentation at the conference, in
  • 35 lectern presentations,
  • 62 poster sessions, and
  • 5 workshops.

MULTI UNIVERSITY: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH and UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

The Connection between Investments in Bus Stops, Ridership, and ADA Accessibility—See this in-progress NITC study shared in two sessions:

• Enabling Environments for Accessible Transport Lectern Session on Tuesday at 10:15 AM, presented by Ja Young Kim, Keith Bartholomew, Arlie Adkins and Divya Chandrasekhar 

• Bus Transit Research and Practices, Part 1 Poster Session on Monday at 10:15 AM, presented by Samuel Jensen, Arlie Adkins, Keith Bartholomew and Ja Young Kim

MULTI UNIVERSITY: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON and UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

Transportation and Land Development Poster Session on Tuesday at 6:00 PM: 

• Shima Hamidi, Muhammad Qaisrani (UTA) and Reid Ewing (UU) will present "Street-level Urban Design Features, Walkability and Property Values: A Multilevel Analysis in New York City, NY." Read about more NITC research into multimodal travel demand modeling, including how built environment factors affect non-motorized travel modes, led by Reid Ewing.

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Analyzing and Planning the Pedestrian Environment Poster Session on Tuesday at 3:45 PM: 

• Nicole Iroz-Elardo, Arlie Adkins and Maia Ingram will present "Measuring Perceptions of Social Environments for Walking: a Systematic Review of Walkability Surveys." Learn more about NITC research into equity and walkability by watching a 2018 webinar presented by Arlie Adkins: "Aiming for Walkable, Inclusive Communities."

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Parking Space: Recent Research in Parking Topics Poster Session on Wednesday at 8:00 AM:

• Benjamin Clark and Anne Brown will present "How are Uber/Lyft Shaping Municipal On-Street Parking Revenue?" Read about Clark's NITC research on how TNCs and AVs will affect parking, curb zones and city services; or watch Benjamin Clark and Anne Brown present in a 2019 webinar on the effects of ride-hailing services.

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

Bicycling Toward Equity: Opportunities, Barriers, and Policies for Vulnerable Groups Lectern Session on Tuesday at 8:00 AM:

• Jennifer Dill, Nathan McNeil, John MacArthur and Joseph Broach will present "Bicycling and Bikeshare among Women of Color in 3 US Cities: Barriers and Opportunities," and in the same session John MacArthur, Nathan McNeil, Austin Cummings and Joseph Broach will present "Adaptive Bike Share: Expanding Bike Share to People with Disabilities and Older Adults." Read about PSU's extensive NITC-sponsored research into bike share equity, and check out our newly funded research to help make "new mobility" options accessible for all. For a deeper look at this research, tune in for a seminar on January 17 presented by Jennifer Dill and John MacArthur.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON

Engagement in Unexpected Places Lectern Session on Monday at 3:45 PM:

• Vivian Miller, Noelle Fields, Stephen Mattingly and Melinda Kitchens will present "Utilizing an Inter-Professional Community Advisory Board: A Case Study to Inform Best Practices in Community-Engaged Research for Transportation Equity and Social Inclusion." Read about how the University of Texas at Arlington is pioneering a boldly interdisciplinary approach to tackling complex transportation and social justice problems.

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

Travel Modeling Poster Session on Monday at 3:45 PM: 

• Sadegh Sabouri, Guang Tian and Reid Ewing will present "A Vehicle Ownership (Car Shedding) Model as a Pre-Step of Travel Demand Modeling." Read about Reid Ewing's NITC research into vehicle ownership rates going down as the built environment becomes denser, and how this affects travel demand models.

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The National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC) is one of seven U.S. Department of Transportation national university transportation centers. NITC is a program of the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University. This PSU-led research partnership also includes the Oregon Institute of Technology, University of Arizona, University of Oregon, University of Texas at Arlington and University of Utah. We pursue our theme — improving mobility of people and goods to build strong communities — through research, education and technology transfer.