The Distinguished Transportation Researcher Award recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves as research scholars in transportation. A committee, chaired by the TRF President, will evaluate nominees based on their work. The award is presented during the TRF’s Annual Forum.
Past Recipients
- 2024: James F. Nolan, University of Saskatchewan
- 2023: Ian Savage, Northwestern University
- 2022: Aisling Reynolds-Feighan, University College Dublin
- 2021: Kara Kockelman, University of Texas at Austin
- 2019: Michael W. Babcock, Kansas State University
- 2018: Wesley Wilson, University of Oregon
- 2017: Kenneth D. Boyer, Michigan State University
- 2016: Robin Lindsey, University of British Columbia
- 2015: Allen D. Biehler, Carnegie Mellon University
- 2014: Joseph M. Sussman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 2013: Wayne K. Talley, Old Dominion University
- 2012: Genevieve Giuliano, University of Southern California
- 2011: Martin Wachs, RAND Corporation
- 2010: Clifford Winston, Brookings Institution
- 2009: Daniel McFadden, University of California Berkeley
- 2008: Steven A. Morrison, Northeastern University
- 2007: Jos A. Gomez-Ibanez, Harvard University
- 2006: Tae H. Oum, University of British Columbia
- 2005: Kenneth Button, George Mason University
- 2004: Kenneth Small, University of California, Irvine
- 2000: Michael E. Levine, Harvard University
- 1998: Edward K. Morlok
- 1997: Carl D. Martland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1996: Benjamin J. Allen, Iowa State University
- 1995: D. Philip Locklin
- 1994: Martin T. Farris
- 1993: C. Phillip Baumel, Iowa State University
- 1992: Alan A. Altshuler, Harvard University
- 1990: George W. Wilson, Ph.D.
- 1989: Sir Alan Arthur Walters, B. Sci., Hon. D. Soc. Sci.
- 1988: Karl M. Ruppenthal, Ph.D.
- 1987: William S. Vickrey, Ph.D.
- 1986: William J. Harris, D. Sci., Hon. D. Eng.
- 1985: John R. Meyer, Ph.D.
- 1984: Alfred E. Kahn, Ph.D.
- 1982: W. Edwards Deming, Ph.D.
- 1979: James C. Nelson, Ph.D.
- 1978: James R. Nelson, Ph.D.
- 1977: Lewis K. Sillcox, D. Sci., D. Eng., LL.D., D.H.L.
