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2023 St. Louis Chapter Hosts Multi-Institutional Tour of Caterpillar

2023 Tour of Caterpillar For Immediate Release: November 1, 2023 St. Louis Chapter Hosts Multi-Institutional Tour of Caterpillar St. Louis, MO. The St. Louis Chapter of the Transportation Research Forum (TRF) hosted a multi-institutional industrial tour of Caterpillar’s Peoria, Illinois Global Parts Depot and Manufacturing Plant Building SS which assembles D-6,D-10 and D-11 bulldozers for […]

2023 Metzger Honored with President’s Award

2023 Metzger Honored with President’s Award For Immediate Release: May 4, 2023 Pace’s Melinda Metzger Wins President’s Award Chicago, IL. TRF’s Chicago Chapter granted the international organization’s prestigious President’s Award to Melinda J. Metzger, the Executive Director of Pace Suburban Bus. Through Melinda’s leadership, Pace, a major transit provider in the Chicago region, is attracting national […]

2023 McCarthy Wins Top Award

2023 McCarthy Wins Top Award For Immediate Release: May 4, 2023 Georgia Tech’s Patrick McCarthy wins Top Paper Award for his work on Tradeoffs involving Travel to Health Facilities in China   Chicago, IL, Patrick McCarthy, a Georgia Institute of Technology professor in the School of Economics, won the Best Paper Award at the 64th […]

2023 Savage Named Distinguished Researcher

2023 Savage Named Distinguished Researcher For Immediate Release: May 4, 2023 Ian Savage wins Distinguished Transportation Researcher Award for his Work on Public Transportation and Safety Chicago, IL, Ian Savage, a Northwestern University economist, won the Distinguished Transportation Researcher Award at the 64th Annual Transportation Research Forum on Friday, April 28th, 2023. The award recognizes […]

June 2023

Joseph P Schwieterman, Ph.D. July 2021 Transportation Research Forum community, The Transportation Research Forum gained much momentum over the past year.  Our 64th annual Forum in Chicago during April attracted 135 attendees and featured dozens of excellent papers and posters.  In addition, our four technical tours attracted 105 people, including many local professionals who were […]

Advancing Resilience to the Top of the Transportation Agenda

Advancing Resilience to the Top of the Transportation Agenda Chapter Host: Washington, D.C  | October 10, 2022  |  55:40 minutes Resilience of our transportation systems, their ability to resist and quickly recover from disruptions, has become a central concern as climate change amplifies and extends the disruptive and destructive impacts of natural hazards such as […]

May 2022

Joseph P Schwieterman, Ph.D. July 2021 In the midst of a busy time for the Transportation Research Forum, I’d to draw attention to some important news, including next week’s “Tolls and Trucking: A Value Proposition” webinar, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at 1 pm ET, featuring the Reason Foundation’s Robert Poole. Scroll down for all the […]

2022 TRF Research & Service Awards

2022 TRF Research and Service Award Winners For Immediate Release: May 1, 2022 Annual Forum Participants Take Home Distinguished Honors We are pleased to announce the winners of Best Paper Awards from our 63st Annual International Meeting held Saint Louis, Missouri in April 2022.  Each winner received an inscribed plague and cash prize made possible by […]

Deborah Carter McCoy

ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE Deborah Carter McCoy, MPA Deborah Carter McCoy, whose expertise lies where the natural, built, and human environments intersect, is a key player in the Transportation Research Forum’s Minneapolis-St. Paul chapter. Drawing upon her experience in sustainability, transportation, and major infrastructure projects, Ms. Carter McCoy serves as director of strategic communications for Environmental Initiative, […]