Schedule of Presentations

Time	Event	Track 1 Room Name?	Track 2 Room Name?	Track 3 Room Name?
9:00 AM 9:30 AM	Welcome and Registration		Room Name?
		Benefits of an activity based regional transportation model using Transportation Analysis and Simulation System (TRANSIMS). Maaza Mekuria, NU	Dynamic green wave bus priority strategies for buses entering and leaving a bus terminal. Burak Cesme, NU	Comparison of quantitative results of calibration using two carfollowing models and tree modifications of the raw NGSIM dataset. Mariya Maslova, UMassAmherst
		Investigation of route choice behavior in networks with risky travel times. Michael Razo, UMassAmherst	A Robust Method for Automatic Traffic Signs Representation, Segmentation and Recognition. Ian Sebanja, UMassLowell	Comparison of Hot Mix Asphalt/ Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) technology in recycling Pavement. Phylliz Wall, WPI
9:30 AM 11:00 AM	Presentation of Research Papers	Examination of models that assess the effectiveness of different multimodal approaches. Christopher Grillo & Sevara Melibaeva, MIT	Evaluation of the level of cruising traffic induced by onstreet parking in Boston. Kats Sasanuma, MIT	Determining the difference in selfreported surveys versus actual behaviors of the knowledge of basic pedestrian rightofway laws. Steven P. Andrews, UMassAmherst
		An approach to analyze potential capacity improvement benefit brought by VII. Jia Li, UMassAmherst	How to deal with early and late arrivals to the reservation highway system. Loren Barcus, UMassAmherst	The effects of different variables on the ability to harness the thermal energy stored in pavement through the use of multiphysics finite element modeling and simulation. Jonathan Carelli, WPI
11:00 AM 12:00 Noon	Poster Session		All Presenters
12:00 Noon 1:30 PM	Keynote Address & Lunch		Room Name?
Time	Event	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
		Value of Traveler Information for Adaptive Routing in Stochastic TimeDependent Networks. He Huang, UMassAmherst	Determining the benefits of using a staggered release policy at University. Loren Barcus & Mariya Maslova, UMassAmherst	Development and evaluation of a roadway attention maintenance training program for training young drivers Samuel W. Gregorio, UMassAmherst
		Alternative Project Delivery in North America and Resulting Lessons for Crossrail. Michael Kay, MIT	Sensitivity analysis of VISSIM simulation capacity output under various values of driver behavior Parameters. Craig Yannes, UConn	Optimal Adaptive Departure Time Choices with RealTime Traveler Information Xuan Lu, UMassAmherst
1:30 PM 3:00 PM	Presentation of Research Papers	An Evaluation of the Accuracy of Travel Time Estimates. Michael Plotnikov, UMassAmherst	Expectation and variance of waiting time in Public Transit Service. Michael Frumin & Yuan Yuan, MIT	Analysis of crash profiles of AWD vehicles compared with 2WD vehicles Michael Razo, UMassAmherst
		The political economy of highway finance, examination of advantages and disadvantages of transitioning to distancebased user fees as a source of revenues for highways. Travis Dunn, MIT	Quality of Progression Assessment for Highway Capacity and LevelofService Calculations. Rahul Deshpande, UMassLowell	In depth analysis of crash reports. Deanna Peabody, UMassAmherst
		Investigation of how the fundamental diagram, especially the speeddensity relationship, vary qualitatively and quantitatively along varying highway network characteristics. Haizhong Wang, UMass– Amherst	Bus priority with innovative dynamic bus lane operation strategy. Wei Wang, MIT	Demystifying Road Congestion Pricing. C. Angelo Guevara, MIT
1:30 PM 4:00 PM	Career Fair		Room Name?