U of M researchers presented more than 40 papers and posters on topics ranging from accessibility to asphalt binders at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual conference in Washington, DC, on January 11–15.
Professor David Levinson was one of four panelists in a TRB Spotlight session. “Creating Ladders of Opportunity: USDOT’s Efforts to Increase Access for the Future” was held January 12, with USDOT Secretary Anthony Foxx presiding. Access to reliable, safe, and affordable transportation is central to Secretary Foxx’s agenda; the session focused on integrating measures for ladders of opportunity within existing planning processes and DOT programs.
Levinson, the RP Braun/CTS Chair in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, is the principal investigator of the U of M’s Accessibility Observatory.
Also, 22 graduate students received travel awards to attend the conference, 9 funded by CTS and 13 funded by the Roadway Safety Institute. Students presented research and networked with other participants.
