The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 104th Annual Meeting was held in Washington, D.C. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The Conference attracted more than 15,000 transportation professionals from around the world to Washington, D.C., January 5-9, 2025.
The TRB Annual Meeting program covers all transportation modes, with sessions and workshops addressing topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions.
More than 100 ECTRI Members presented their research work in sessions and participating in Standing Committees’ meetings over the five days of the Conference. Currently 35 ECTRI Members from 11 European organisations are members and active contributors in 42 TRB Standing Committees dealing with a wide range of topics such as Pedestrians, Human Factors, Data Science, Safety, Transportation Planning and Policies, Sustainability, Public Transport or Freight to name a few.
This year again, linked to its Memorandum of Understanding with TRB, ECTRI contributed to the Conference by supporting a number of activities and giving a European flavour to the Annual Meeting.
📅 January 5
– As co-chair of the TRB International Coordinating Council (A0020C), Caroline Alméras joined the All-Chairs meeting, the Executive Subcommittee on International Activities, and the New Attendee Engagement Session.
– Workshop #1001: Decarbonising Mobility Globally: International Perspectives and Experiences with Congestion Pricing and Beyond, sponsored by the TRB International Coordinating Council
– ECTRI representatives joined the TRB reception for International VIPs
– ECTRI co-hosted and co-sponsored the International Networking Reception
📅 January 6
– Caroline Alméras, ECTRI Secretary General chaired the TRB International Coordinating Council. T
– ECTRI representatives joined the German Networking Event hosted by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and DWIH, together with ECTRI Members BASt and DLR.
📅 January 7
– Caroline Alméras, joined the meeting of the Standing Committee on Information & Knowledge Management (AJE45).
– Chair’s Plenary Session (13h30-15h00 ET) on “International Perspectives on Implementing Innovation”.
📅 January 8
– In the frame of the SYMPEUS project, ECTRI chaired the 4th Planning Committee meeting preparing for the 8th EU-US Symposium co-hosted by the European Commission and the US DoT, that will take place on June 11-12, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium on “Digital Transitions to Future Transportation”
– ECTRI representatives joined the TRB Executive Committee Reception
📅 January 9
– Workshop #5001 “Global Pathways to Net Zero: Behavioral, Social, and Technological Research and Innovation Strategies for Transportation Decarbonization” sponsored by TRB International Coordinating Council, presented the results from the 7th EU-US Symposium, and releasing the related EU Report published by the European Union Publication Office.
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Photo credits: TRB and Caroline Alméras
