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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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Bicycle Travel can be Faster than Transit: New Analysis Unveiled at TRF

O’Neil – van der Slot (2018) Bicycle Study For Immediate Release: April 10, 2018 Paper Presented at TRF Shows Bicycles in Chicago Offer Trip Times Faster than Transit Competitive with Uber, and More Predictable than Both A study presented at this week’s Annual Transportation Research Forum in Minneapolis finds that bicycles in Chicago offer trip times […]

Path-breaking Carbon Tax Study Showcased at TRF Event

Cohen-Roth (2018) Carbon Tax Study For Immediate Release: April 10, 2018 Paper Presented at TRF Shows Carbon Taxes May Increase Road Infrastructure Costs A study presented at this week’s Annual Transportation Research Forum (TRF) in Minneapolis finds that, while carbon taxes reduce vehicle-miles traveled for trucks, and hence reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gases, they […]