The third newsletter produced by the WCTRS-YIII Team for Mumbai 2019, is now available on the website at WCTRS-Y Newsletters
This edition includes:
For further details about the conference, including registration, accommodation, VISA requirements, special sessions and pre/post conference tours etc, please visit the conference website at http://www.wctrs-conference.com/
This Special Session will report on the new World Bank guidebook on innovative approaches to redeveloping railway stations and fostering enhanced understanding of railway station redevelopment. Speakers include project owners, concessionaires, rail operators, and government agencies: Shige Sakaki, World Bank; S.K. Lohia, Indian Railway Station Development Corporation; Giovanni Rocca, Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane; Kate Matson, Public Transport Victoria (Australia); and Seiichiro Akimura, Japan International Consultants for Transportation.
The session will be chaired by Jonathan Gifford of George Mason University and will be held on Monday, May 27, 2019, 14:30-16:10, Prof. B. Nag Auditorium, VMCC, Session Gen_SS1), IIT Mumbai.
The seminar, jointly organised by the Organising Committee of the World Transport Research Conference and Tongji University, focused on the theme of “Better mobility and quality of life”. It was divided into three sub-forums: keynote speeches, challenges of urban planning and social impact, better mobility and quality of life. The purpose of the conference was to promote in-depth exchanges and discussions between academia and industry in the areas of smart cities, smart transportation and quality of life. The Conference triggered heated discussions among participants.
For further details about the event, please visit 3rd Tongji-WCTRS SIG F3 Seminar
On the afternoon of April 19, 2019, the founding ceremony of Tongji-WCTRS World Transport Research Center was successfully held at the College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University. The aim of which is to cultivate students with international vision and cross-cultural exchanges, innovate the post-doctoral training mode, establish a post-doctoral training mechanism of linkage at home and abroad, improve the quality of post-doctoral training, and actively carry out international cooperation in scientific research.
Professor Ma Wanjing, Vice Dean of Transportation Engineering, presided over the inauguration ceremony, and Professor Fang Shouen, Secretary of the Party Committee of the University, delivered a congratulatory message for the establishment of the Center.
For further details on the event, please visit Establishment of Tongji-WCTRS world transport research center.
The latest News Briefing is now available in the General Member area of the website and includes the following:
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As a pre-event to the annual International Transport Forum (ITF)/OECD Summit in Leipzig, Germany, ITF will be hosting a Research Day around the Summit’s topic “Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration”. The event will present the latest research evidence for policy makers, focusing on four specific areas: air transport, freight transport, transport innovation and sustainability.
ITF organises this day in co-operation with the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI), the US Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS).
Where: Leipzig, Germany
When: Tuesday 21 May 2019
Further info: For more information, please visit: http://2019.itf-oecd.org/pre-summit-research-day
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The 2020 International Conference on Transport Survey Methods
The conference will be held in Portugal, from May 31 – June 5, 2020, under the theme “Travel Survey and Big Data: how to make the best of both worlds”.
Abstracts of 1000 words are expected by JUNE 15th 2019 – please see detailed call for papers here or visit https://easychair.org/cfp/isctsc2020
Best regards,
Conference co-chairs
Catherine Morency cmorency@polymtl.ca
Patrick Bonnel patrick.bonnel@entpe.fr
WCTRS-Y Newsletter – March 2019
The second newsletter produced by the WCTRS-YIII Team for Mumbai 2019, is now available on the website at WCTRS-Y Newsletters
This edition includes: preliminary programmes for both the Young Conference on Sunday 26 May 2019 and the main WCTR which takes place from Monday 27 May to Friday 31 May; background information on the award winners for WCTRS-YII and details of various job opportunities.
The latest News Briefing is now available in the General Member area of the website.
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