AHB45
Committee on Traffic Flow Theory & Characteristics
Transportation Research Board
National Academy of Sciences

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TFT Committee Sponsors Sessions at TRB Annual Meeting • November 2009

The TFT Committee is proud to sponsor or co-sponsor two meetings, two workshops, four lectern sessions and two poster sessions at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board to be held January 10-14, 2010.

Committee Meeting: Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics Committee, Marriott, Tuesday January 12, 2010, 3:45PM- 5:30PM
Meeting: Traffic Simulation Models Joint Subcommittee of AHB45, AHB40, AHB25, AHB20, Marriott, Monday January 11, 2010, 7:30PM- 9:30PM
Workshop 164: Modeling Congestion Pricing Impacts, Shoreham, Sunday January 10, 2010, 1:30PM-4:30PM
Workshop 174: Doctoral Student Research in Transportation Modeling, Hilton, Sunday January 10, 2010, 1:30PM- 4:30PM
Session (Lectern) 409: Traffic Flow Theory Applications, Marriott, Tuesday January 12, 2010, 8:00AM-9:45AM
Session (Lectern) 452: Traffic Breakdown and Characteristics of Congested Traffic, Marriott, Tuesday January 12, 2010, 10:15AM- 12:00PM
Session (Lectern) 560: Car-Following Behavior and Driver Heterogeneity, Marriott, Tuesday January 12, 2010, 7:30PM- 9:30PM
Session (Poster) 627: Research in Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics, Part 1: Measurement and Models, Marriott, Wednesday January 13, 2010, 9:30AM- 12:00PM
Session (Poster) 628: Research in Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics, Part 2: Simulation and Applications, Marriott, Wednesday January 13, 2010, 9:30AM- 12:00PM
Session (Lectern) 676: Traffic Simulation Evaluation and Applications, Marriott, Wednesday January 13, 2010, 2:30PM- 4:00PM

Prof. Nathan Gartner Named TFT Committee Emeritus Member • November 2009

The Transportation Research Board has recently announced that Prof. Nathan Gartner has been named the first Emeritus Member of the Committee on Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics (TFTC), effective January 1, 2010! This category of committee membership recognizes outstanding individuals who have participated as members of the Technical Activities Division committee structure, have volunteered and shown their dedication to the TRB standing committees, and have made significant contributions to these committees over a sustained period of time. Prof. Gartner has served as a member of the TFTC for 34 years (1975-present), Chair for 9 years (2000-2009), Chair of the Paper Review Subcommittee for 6 years (2003-2009), and led the effort to internationalize the committee. Nathan co-chaired and organized the Greenshields Symposium (2008), co-organized the popular Traffic Simulation Workshop (2001-2004), co-founded the Joint Simulation Subcommittee (AHB45(1)), and established the Greenshields Prize paper award. Prof Gartner has authored 23 papers published in the Transportation Research Record and was Editor of the revised Traffic Flow Theory Monograph. We offer our hearty and sincere congratulations to Prof. Gartner on this wonderful honor and look forward to many more years of service to our committee!

TFTC Summer Meeting: July 7-9, 2010 in Annecy, France • October 2009

Dear TFTC Members and Friends: Building on the success of the Traffic Flow Theory Committee (TFTC) Summer Meeting and Greenshields Symposium held in Woods Hole, MA in July 2008, the TFTC committee invites you to participate in its Summer Meeting and Conference to be held in Annecy, France, July 7-9, 2010 (see the beautiful venue by following this link). The theme of the conference will be: Does traffic data support traffic models. All papers opposing, confronting, comparing data and models are welcome. Complete papers will be due on March 15, 2010 and will be peer-reviewed. We are pleased to announce that the best 8 papers will be published in a special issue of Transportation Research Part C. This meeting is jointly organized by the European COST Action TU0903. The TFTC web site will soon provide all practical information. For further information please contact Dr. Christine Buisson, INRETS and ENTPE, France. [Note that the 12th World Conference on Transport Research will be held July 11-15 in Lisbon, Portugal.]

All ISTTT19 Papers to be Published by Transportation Research Series • October 2009

The 19th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT) will be held at the University of California, Berkeley from July 18 to July 20, 2011. The organizers are very pleased to announce a further update regarding the publication of papers accepted for the Berkeley ISTTT. The editors of Transportation Research Parts A-F have agreed to publish all 35 papers accepted for this symposium. In addition, as announced earlier, all symposium papers will be published - both in a book version of the proceedings and online - by Elsevier. The online version will appear in "Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences," which is part of the Scopus database of citations and abstracts. Extended abstracts are due on January 30, 2010. Please visit the ISTTT19 website: www.isttt19.org for more information.

Professor Gordon F. Newell's Traffic Flow Monographs Now Available Online • September 2009

Professor Gordon F. Newell's two monographs the Theory of Highway Traffic Flow 1945-1965 (UCB-ITS-CN-95-1) and the Theory of Highway Traffic Signals (UCB-ITS-RR-89-7) are now available online in PDF format (printed copies are available from the U.C. Berkeley's Institute of Transportation Studies Publications office). These documents reflect Gordon Newell's personal take on the early developments in traffic flow theory, from the perspective of a pioneer, and his unique insights into traffic signal operations. These valuable resources, full of ideas, can now be shared around the world.

Call for Submissions: Doctoral Student Research in Transportation Modeling • August 2009

The Traffic Flow Theory Committee (AHB45) along with our partners the Transportation Network Modeling Committee (ADB30), the Transportation Demand Forecasting Committee (ADB40), the Traveler Behavior and Values Committee (ADB10), and the Telecommunications and Travel Behavior Committee (ADB20) of the Transportation Research Board are co-sponsoring a half-day seminar consisting of reports of Ph.D. student research on transportation modeling and travel behavior. The seminar will be held on Sunday January 10, 2010 (1:30-5:00 pm) at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C. Reports of recently completed (or nearly completed) Ph.D. dissertations and research in progress are welcome. Individuals who wish to present their research should submit a 500-1000 word summary of their research including the title and complete author information, along with a letter of nomination from their faculty supervisor that clearly states their anticipated graduation date. Please send these documents to Ram M. Pendyala, Arizona State University, at ram.pendyala@asu.edu. The deadline for submission of entries is September 22, 2009. See the Call for Submissions for further details.

Reminder: Call for Papers Special Issue of CACAIE • August 2009

Dear Colleagues:

This is a reminder for a call for paper for a special issue of CACAIE (Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering). Topics of interest include but are not limited to: traffic flow modeling, large-scale network modeling, dynamic traffic assignment models, ITS data and its impact in traffic behavior, and environmental issues related to transportation systems. Click here for the Call for Papers. If you are interested to contribute to this special issue, please send a note to any of the guest editors with a provisional title and author list. Note that full papers are now due to September, 1, 2009. Also feel free to distribute this CFP among your peers and colleagues.

Best Regards,

Ludovic Leclercq, William Lam and Srinivas Peeta

ISTTT19 Call for Papers • July 2009

The 19th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT19) will be held July 18 - 20, 2011 in Berkeley, California. Click here for the call for papers. Abstracts are due January 30, 2010.

Traffic and Infrastructure Position at KU Leuven • July 2009

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking northern part of Belgium, is advertising a Tenure Track position in Traffic and Infrastructure. More information is available here
under the reference 24/2007. Applications can also be submitted through that site, and the vacancy closes on September 30, 2009.

New Book: Introduction to Modern Traffic Flow Theory and Control • July 2009

Dear Colleagues: A Friend of our Committee, Prof. Dr. Boris Kerner, has announced publication of his new book "Introduction to Modern Traffic Flow Theory and Control: The Long Road to Three-Phase Traffic Theory." You can find more information on this flyer, or by following this link. Best wishes to Prof. Kerner for much success with his book!

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