Aisling Reynolds-Feighan

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Aisling Reynolds-Feighan Greetings from the Emerald Isle. I am a faculty member at the School of Economics, University College Dublin in Ireland since 1989. I returned to Ireland after completing my Ph.D. studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Professor of Transport Economics at UCD.  My research interests are […]

Eric Cempel

CEMPEL INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CONSULTING Eric Cempel Hello, transportation community. I assist local, national, and international organizations plan and implement transportation infrastructure and policy through my own consulting firm, Cempel International Transportation Consulting.  I previously served as Amtrak’s Program Manager for the implementation of the $1 billion Chicago Union Station Master Plan; for most of my […]

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Foundation Elections

TRF Foundation 2022 – 2023 Elections Please take a moment to vote for the officers for 2022 – 2023. Proposed Slate: President: David Ripplinger, North Dakota State UniversityVice President: Jack Ventura, RetiredSecretary: Ian Savage, Northwestern UniversityTreasurer: Paul Gessner, Gessner Transportation Consulting, LLCCounsel: Michael McBride, Van Ness Feldman, LLP Vote Slate Vote Individual Positions

Best Poster Award

Best Poster Award Past Recipients 2023: Virginia Sisiopiku and Furat Salman, “Impacts of Ride-Hailing Services on Transportation Network Performance in theBirmingham Region” 2022: Mitra Salehi Esfandarani, “Equitable Distribution of Freight Transportation: A Case Study in Tennessee”

Tolls and Trucking: A New Value Proposition

Tolls & Trucking: A New Value Proposition Tracking Impacts of COVID-19 in metropolitan Washington and public opinion on how the pandemic will influence future travel Chapter Host: Washington, D.C  | May 11, 2022  |  52:59 minutes The Interstate Highway System is wearing out and needs to be rebuilt, in some cases with additional capacity, especially […]

TRF Announces “Best Paper” Winners

TRF Announces “Best Paper” Winners For Immediate Release: May 10, 2021 Papers Presented at TRF Take Home Distinguished Honors We are pleased to announce the winners of Best Paper Awards from our 61st Annual International Meeting held on May 2021.  Each winner received an inscribed plague and cash prize made possible by a charitable gift from […]

Landmark Study on Autonomous Vehicles Presented at TRF

Bracy et al (2018) Autonomous Vehicles Study For Immediate Release: April 10, 2018 Paper Presented at TRF Shows Autonomous Trucks Could Prevent Over 100 Severe Truck Crashes per Year in Missouri   A study presented at this week’s Annual Transportation Research Forum (TRF) in Minneapolis finds that autonomous trucks could prevent between 117 and 193 […]

Study Highlights the Willingness to Pay for Air Travel at TRF Conference

Gayle-Yimga (2018) Air Travel OTP For Immediate Release: April 10, 2018 Paper Presented at TRF Shows Airline Flight Delays Cost Air Passengers $4 Billion per Year A study presented at this week’s Annual Transportation Research Forum (TRF) in Minneapolis finds that airline passengers are willing to pay $1.56 per minute to reduce airline flight delays. […]