1. WCTRS Closing Ceremony
IIT Bombay, 30th May 2019, 11:30-13:10

2. Key Scientific Findings
Professor Lori Tavasszy
Chair Scientific Committee
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3. Key Scientific Findings
Professor Lori Tavasszy
Chair Scientific Committee
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4. Scientific Committee - Remarkable findings from all Topic Areas (1/1)
Emerging topics
New mobility services & its impacts, beyond transport and the local level
Sustainability pervasive across the field, often in a narrow sense
Digitalization, big data, analytics, AI, data driven modelling
Research topics becoming mainstream, globally
Best practices in city logistics policies
Simulation models in freight transport
Freight intermodality
Land use & transport for fast growing cities
Issues in transport policy analysis
QoL, Health and Safety focus dominates over economic impact focus
Methodological diversity e.g. in cost & impact analysis; serious gaming
Transport needs diversifying (for pax and freight)  policies to support diversity in transport services
Need for work on policy making and its relation to research
Successful launch of Topic Area I: Infrastructure (prof. Krishna Rao)
61 papers, a special issue, strong attendance. New topics: 1) sustainable & resilient infrastructure; 2) Pavement maintenance & preservation.
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5. Awards and Prizes Professor Sergio R. Jara-Díaz
Vice Chair of Prizes and Awards
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6. Topic Area Awards (Best Paper)
A. Transport Modes (Thierry Vanelslander). Airport pricing when airport congestion affects passengers’ concession consumption, Kun Wang.
B. Freight Transport and Logistics (Johan Woxenius – Michael Browne). Planning urban freight and logistics: duality in the logistics real estate market, the case of the Paris Metropolitan area, Adeline Heitz.
C. Traffic management operations and safety (Zong Tian). A Model Analysis of the Saturation Flow Rate Influenced by Downstream Conditions, Hong Zhu, Hideki Nakamura
E. Transport Economics and Finance (Charles Raux). Inter-regional migration, commuting, and transportation tariffs, Andrei Dementiev, Irinab Tretiakova.
F. Transport and Land Use and Sustainability (Haixiao Pan). Residential demand and supply in the Alberta PECAS model, JD Hunt, JE Abraham, A Silva, G Fuenmayor, GT Hill, S Kaul.
G. Transport Planning and Policy (Stephen Ison). Does income inequality matter for household transport expenditure? A look into different income distribution measures in rich countries. Nicolás Valenzuela-Levi.
H. Developing Countries (Meng Li) Development of Adjustment Factors for Robertson’s Platoon Dispersion Model, P. S. Praveen and R. Ashalatha. 
I. Infrastructure Design and Management (Krishna Rao). A Novel Method for Polymer Content Determination in Asphalt Binders and Emulsions, Roksana Hossaina, Nazimuddin Wasiuddinb
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7. Best Paper by Young Author Best paper in Developing Countries
Prizes
Best paper of the 2019 WCTR
Inter-regional migration, commuting, and transportation tariffs.
Andrei Dementiev, Irinab Tretiakova
Best Paper by Young Author
Planning urban freight and logistics: duality in the logistics real estate market, the case of the Paris Metropolitan area.
Adeline Heitz,
Best Poster Paper
Method of estimating the change in life cycle CO2 due to transport system development incorporating micro-traffic flow simulation.
Naoki Shibahara, Ryoko Morimoto, Nozomi Kudo, Hirokazu Kato, Shingo Mano, Yoshitsugu Hayashi.
Best paper in Developing Countries
Measuring the impact of objective and subjective built environment factors and access mode choice to metro stations.
Akshay Gupta, G.R.Bivina and Manoranjan Parida.
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8. Transport Policy Prize Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Transport Policy
Professor Tae Oum
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Transport Policy
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9. Transport Policy Prize
Lisa Rayle, Danielle Dai, Nelson Chan, Robert Cervero, Susan Shaheen (2016) “Just a better taxi? A Survey-Based Comparison of Taxis, Transit, and Ridesourcing Services in San Francisco” Transport Policy, 45,
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10. Professor Laetitia Dablanc
Young Initiative
PhD Grants
Professor Laetitia Dablanc
Chair WCTRS-Y
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11. Young Initiative
Innovation Grant Andres Fielbaum, University of Chile Public transport systems optimisation with new technologies Prestige Grants Jeroen Bastiaassen, University of Leeds, UK Youth mobility and access to economic opportunities Nazmul Khan, Dalhousie University, Canada Households’ trip based vehicle allocation models Gaurav Mittal, National University of Singapore Vernacular Governance of (informal) public transport Manu Sasidharan, University of Birmingham, UK Risk based asset management for sustainable transport maintenance
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12. Dr Gopal R. Patil, IIT Bombay Programme Committee Chair,
Bursary Awards
Dr Gopal R. Patil, IIT Bombay
Programme Committee Chair,
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13. Recipient of Bursary Award
Award name
Author name
Affiliation
City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited Bursary
Deepty Jain
TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi
Xinning Wang
Massey University, New Zealand
Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd. Bursary
Sunny Bansal
IIT Kharagpur
Yingigba Akinyemi
University of Ibadan
Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. Bursary
Ranju Mohan
IISc Bangalore
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Bursary
Yaser Hatamzadeh
Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai Bursary
Meenu Francis
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Bursary
Adekunle Mofolasayo
University of Alberta, Canada
Kinjal Bhattacharyya
Thane Municipal Corporation Bursary
Ioanna Moscholidou
University of Leeds, UK
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14. Professor Ali Huzayyin Chair, Site Selection Sub-Committee
Proposal for WCTR16
Professor Ali Huzayyin
Chair, Site Selection Sub-Committee
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15. WCTR16 is going to….
Montréal
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16. Thank You