59th Annual Forum, 2018
The 59th Annual Transportation Research Forum was held on April 10-11, 2018 at the University of Minesota.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]2018 Annual Forum Program Co-Chairs:
John Bitzan, john.bitzan@ndsu.edu
David Ripplinger, david.ripplinger@ndsu.edu
We are pleased to announce the following awards:
President’s Award: Richard Murphy, Jr., Murphy Warehouse
Distinguished Transportation Researcher: Wesley W. Wilson, University of Oregon
Herbert O. Whitten TRF Service Award: Patrick S. McCarthy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Best Paper Award: Linda R. Cohen and Kevin D. Roth (University of California at Irvine) for “A Second-Best Dilema: Freight Trucks, Externalities, and the Dispatch Effect”
Best Student Paper Award: Justin Tyndall (University of British Columbia) for “Light Rail Transit, Local Labour Market Outcomes and Household Sorting”
Runner Up in Best Student Paper Competition: Jamaal Schoby (Texas Southern University) for “The Optimization of Publicly Regulated E-Hauling Micro-Flex Bus in Low-Density Communities: Implications from Four Transit Agencies”
Best Student Agricultural Paper Competition Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Travis Fried (University of Minesota) for “Evolving Supply Chains & Local Freight Flows: A GIS Analysis of Minnesota Cereal Grain Movement”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]