The WCTRS COVID-19 Task Force is pleased to announce an International e-Conference on Pandemics and Transport Policy on Zoom from Monday 7th-Friday 11th December 2020. Two sessions will happen daily, one at mid-afternoon (JST- early morning GMT) and one at night (JST- early afternoon GMT). Pre-registration is not required and participation is free of charge.
Details of the current conference program are available on the ICPT2020 conference website. Details of how to attend will be announced on this website shortly.
Posted: November 24th, 2020
The WCTRS is pleased to make available a list of publications from the members of the WCTRS Covid-19 Task Force on research relating to Transport and Covid-19. The list is available at the following link,with web links to the papers that are currently available online, and is available for all to access.
Posted: September 24th, 2020
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Professor Tae Hoon Oum, PhD, MBASauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, CanadaPlease click HERE to see the message from Prof. Tae OumPlease click HERE to see the Profile for Prof. Tae Oum
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Posted: July 30th, 2020
The President and the COVID-19 Task Force
The WCTR Society’s Covid-19 Task Force has formulated a five-point recommendations for policy makers who are responsible for deciding when to end the Covid-19 lockdown period, and to those who are responsible for allocating nearly $12 trillion (worldwide) fiscal/monetary stimulus funds including central bankers.
We give clear reasons why the socially optimal lockdown period is longer than what citizens and business communities want. Further, the decision on when to end the lockdown should be made by state/province instead of choosing a uniform lockdown period by a country. If it is possible to control people movement across boundary, it is also, preferable to choose lockdown period by each city or county.
The remaining four recommendations focus on Transport and Logistics sector organization, including aviation and urban transit, in preparation for the post-lockdown period. For the full 3-page recommendations, please click WCTR Society Recommendations on COVID-19 Policy Decisions.
Posted: May 11th, 2020
The World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) has formed a Task Force of leading academics and experts in the field of transport and logistics (TLOG) (including tourism). This Task Force aims to formulate constructive recommendations on ways to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis to improve the social impacts of the response whilst minimizing damages to the TLOG sector. It will do this by pooling research and expertise in the field and by outlining research projects to be launched for international research programs.
First, we have developed an action plan for this Task Force. We plan to investigate the impacts of COVID-19 and how/what our society has responded to this pandemic, to examine the effects of the various during-pandemic measures, and to suggest how to improve the ongoing practices. We will also recommend how to best adapt and learn to generalize the findings from the above to tackle other public health threats in the future.
Second, considering the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have prepared an “Appeal” for support for the TLOG sector, by emphasizing major risks as well as measures/actions for considerations to policy makers in governments, international organizations, industries, and NGO/NPO.
Third, considering the role of the TLOG sector in the whole economy, we have also put forward some principles to inform the allocation of fiscal and monetary stimulus funds to the TLOG sector, including airlines, airports, urban transit, shipping, ports, logistics and supply chain services, transport infrastructure, and so on.
Fourth, we have designed a questionnaire survey to the TLOG experts all over the world for collecting evidence on the ongoing measures and how to improve the current practices and future responses. We are hosting a database of existing international research studies which we will update over time.
Finally, we recognize that more will still need to be done. We are reaching out to experts across the WCTRS but welcome contributions from beyond the society to inform our thinking.
April 2020
Prof. Tae Oum, President of WCTRS
Posted: April 28th, 2020
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Professor Tae Hoon Oum, PhD, MBASauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, CanadaPlease click HERE to see the message from Prof. Tae OumPlease click HERE to see the Profile for Prof. Tae Oum
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Posted: July 30th, 2020
The latest News Briefing is now available in the General Member area of the website and includes the following:
Members can click here to log in to the General Member area and access this using their usual log in name and password.
Please note, the Secretariat is unable to answer queries regarding publication in journals or special issues. Our Editorial Teams are currently working on this and an update will be circulated when available. Thank you.
Posted: April 24th, 2020
Transport Policy has issued a call for papers for a Special Virtual Issue titled “Transport Policy in Post COVID-19 World”. Potential contributors are asked to submit an abstract of up to 1000 words to the guest editor Ashish Verma, Ph.D. on or before 31st May 2020, with full papers to be submitted on or before 31st July 2020.
Further information on the call can be found at the Elsevier Website.
Posted: April 8th, 2020
The latest News Briefing is now available in the General Member area of the website and includes the following:
Members can click here to log in to the General Member area and access this using their usual log in name and password.
Please note, the Secretariat is unable to answer queries regarding publication in journals or special issues. Our Editorial Teams are currently working on this and an update will be circulated when available. Thank you.
Posted: February 18th, 2020
What: WCTR SIG G3 organised two special sessions during the TISRoma 2019 Congress organised by the AIIT (Italian Association for Traffic and Transport Engineering). The sessions were chaired by Maria Attard (University of Malta – SIG G3 co-chair) and Michela Le Pira (University of Catania – TISRoma organising committee member). A total of 11 papers were presented from a number of countries. The proceedings of the special sessions will be published in a Special Issue of the Journal Research in Transportation Business and Management, published by Elsevier.
Please click the link below to hear the introduction from Maria Attard.
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Posted: October 24th, 2019
Posted: September 19th, 2019
Posted: May 31st, 2019
We have now updated our information leaflets which briefly outline the main aims and achievements of the WCTRS. Please click one of the links below to view this in your preferred language.
Posted: October 4th, 2018
The GDPR is a piece of legislation passed by the European Parliament which comes into force on Friday 25 May 2018. It aims to make it simpler for people to control how organisations use their personal details, and strict rules mean companies will not be allowed to collect or use personal information without the person’s consent. Personal information includes things like your name, email address and phone number.
Here at the WCTRS, we are committed to respecting and protecting our members privacy, and by providing us with your personal information, you consent to the use of it in accordance with the conditions of our Privacy Notice which can be found here. We ask that all members take time to read carefully through this notice and if you have any questions, please contact us at wctrs@leeds.ac.uk
Posted: May 24th, 2018
