TRB 2026
Transportation Research Board
2026 Annual Meeting
Monday, January 12
| Lectern Session 2012 Resilient Erosion and Sediment Controls – An Analysis of State DOT Practices |
| Room 202B, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Emma O’Hagan, UTK Blake Whitman, UTK |
| Lectern Session 2015 An Updated and Enhanced Water Film Thickness Model for Hydroplaning Prediction |
| Room 103, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Christian Sabillon-Orellana, UTK |
| Poster Session 2028 Empirical Characterization of Electric Vehicle Acceleration: Implications for Lane Changes and Traffic Bottleneck |
| Hall A, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Lee Han, UTK |
| Poster Session 2077 Trajectory-based Analysis of the Effectiveness of Speed Feedback in Work Zones |
| Hall A, 10:30AM – 12:15PM Muhammad Adeel, UTK Asad Khattak, UTK Jason Quicksall, TDOT |
| Poster Session 2078 Navigating Mobility in Later Life: How Vehicle Access and Community Context Shape Travel Behavior Among Older Adults |
| Hall A, 10:30AM – 12:15PM Muhammad Adeel, UTK Asad Khattak, UTK |
| Poster Session 2081 Addressing Data Gaps in Pedestrian Safety at Bus Stops: A Review of Datasets and Case Study of Minnesota |
| Hall A, 10:30AM – 12:15PM Allison Rewalt, UTK Amelia Thomson, UTK Candace Brakewood, UTK |
| Uncovering Crash Narratives: Enhancing Safety Reporting for Unprotected Road Users in Transit Bus Collisions |
| Hall A, 10:30AM – 12:15PM Sheikh Muhammad Usman, UTK Muhammad Adeel, UTK Asad Khattak, UTK Candace Brakewood, UTK |
| Poster Session 2122 Effects of SEBS-g-MA as a Compatibilizer in Rubber and Plastic Alloy Modified Asphalt |
| Hall A, 1:30PM – 3:15PM Danni Li, UTK Kai Huang, UTK Hongru Yao, UTK David Harper, UTK Hongyu Zhou, UTK Baoshan Huang, UTK |
| Poster Session 2124 Influence of Rubber Cross-Linking Degree on Compatibility and Performance of Modified Asphalt Rheological Characterization and Molecular Simulation |
| Hall A, 1:30PM – 3:15PM Jingtao Zhong, UTK |
| Poster Session 2155 Evaluating Safety Effects of Variable Speed Limit Systems via Joint Modeling |
| Hall A, 4:00PM – 5:45PM Hairuilong Zhang, UTK Lee Han, UTK Xiaoyang Jia, TDOT David Jung-Hwi Lee, TDOT |
| Poster Session 2165 Choice Preference for Urban Air Mobility: A Latent Class Hybrid Modeling Approach |
| Hall A, 4:00PM – 5:45PM Christopher Cherry, UTK |
| Poster Session 2167 Understanding the Link Between Weather and Crash Risk: Learning from Modeling of a Unique Crash Database |
| Hall A, 6:15PM – 7:45PM Muhammad Adeel, UTK Asad Khattak, UTK Moetasim Ashfaq, ORNL Zeeshan Aslam, ORNL |
Tuesday, January 13
| Poster Session 3025 Does Height Matter?: An Analysis of Contributing Factors to Tall Vehicle-Pedestrian Crashes |
| Hall A, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Saurav Parajuli, UTK Christopher Cherry, UTK |
| Impact of Tall Vehicles on Pedestrian Injury Severity Outcomes: Insights from Multi-State Pedestrian Crash Data |
| Hall A, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Saurav Parajuli, UTK Christopher Cherry, UTK |
| Beyond the Norm: Identifying Rare and High-Risk Pedestrian Crash Patterns Using Unsupervised Learning |
| Hall A, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Zeinab Bayati, UTK Asad Khattak, UTK |
| Identifying Rare and Injurious Pedestrian Crash Types: Using Isolation Forest Combined and Cumulative Link Mixed Model with a Focus on Built Environment Factors |
| Hall A, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Zeinab Bayati, UTK Asad Khattak, UTK |
| VISIONASSIST: A Comprehensive Framework for Assistive Navigation for Visually Impaired Pedestrians |
| Hall A, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Maged Shoman, UTK Usman Ahmed, UTK |
| Poster session 3030 Assessing Freight Network Resilience to Infrastructure Failure: A Tennessee Case Study |
| Hall A, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Mohammad Khojastehpour, UTK Lee Han, UTK |
| Poster Session 3032 Transit IDEA Project T-104: Transit Ridership Prediction (TRiP) Tool: An Open Source Approach to Short-Term Forecasting |
| Hall A, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Matthew Davis, UTK Candace Brakewood, UTK |
| Poster Session 3072 Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Hybrid Truck-Drone Last-Mile Delivery |
| Hall A, 10:30AM – 12:15PM Sabrullah Deniz, UTK Subhadeep Chakraborty, UTK |
| Poster Session 3081 Simulating Transit Accessibility to Early Learning Centers in Chicago, Illinois |
| Hall A, 10:30AM – 12:15PM Candace Brakewood, UTK |
| Transit User Experience Committee |
| Independence Salon FGH (M4), 1:30PM – 3:30PM Candace Brakewood, UTK |
| Poster Session 3122 Network Impacts of Eco-Driving: A Fundamental Diagram Analysis of Traffic Efficiency and Smoothness Trade-Offs |
| Hall A, 1:30PM – 3:15PM Supun Rajapaksha, UTK Pengyuan Sun, UTK |
| Poster Session 3126 Moving to Commercial Electric Vehicles: Electric Taxi Drivers’ Operational Satisfaction and Repurchase Intention |
| Hall A, 1:30PM – 3:15PM Asad Khattak, UTK |
| Poster session 3160 Bridge Vulnerability Index for Extreme Weather Events |
| Hall A, 4:00PM – 5:45PM Christian Sabillon-Orellana, UTK |
| Poster Session 3162 Joint Modeling of Freight Mode Choice and Shipment Size Using Multi-Output Machine Learning |
| Hall A, 4:00PM – 5:45PM Oriana Calderon, UTK Usman Ahmed, UTK |
| Enhancing Freight Mode Choice Modeling by Integrating Ensemble Learning and Spatial Embeddings |
| Hall A, 4:00PM – 5:45PM Mohammad Khojastehpour, UTK Lee Han, UTK |
| Warehouse Location Choice Model Considering Intra-Firm Interactions: A Case Study of the Greater Toronto Area |
| Hall A, 4:00PM – 5:45PM Usman Ahmed, UTK |
| Freight-on-Transit: A Systematic Review Centered on Freight Needs, Methods, and Real-World Implementation |
| Hall A, 4:00PM – 5:45PM Manuela Cordoba-Misas, UTK Oriana Calderon, UTK Candace Brakewood, UTK |
| Poster Session 3167 Practices for Reducing the Use of Plastic-Based Erosion and Sediment Control Materials on State DOT Projects |
| Hall A, 6:15PM – 7:45PM Blake Whitman, UTK |
| Poster session 3169 Multi-Scale Investigation of Compatibility and Interaction Mechanisms in Rubber-Plastic modified Asphalt System |
| Hall A, 6:15PM – 7:45PM Jingtao Zhong, UTK |
| Poster Session 3170 Benchmarking the Performance of Tennessee Surface Asphalt Mixtures for Balanced Mix Design |
| Hall A, 6:15PM – 7:45PM Jingyu Zhang, UTK Kai Huang, UTK Guantao Cheng, UTK Baoshan Huang, UTK |
| Poster Session 3172 Laboratory Investigation of the Effects of Asphalt Mixture Volumetric Properties on the Permeability and Durability of Open-Graded Friction Course (OGFC) |
| Hall A, 6:15PM – 7:45PM Yuxuan Zu, UTK Kai Huang, UTK Jingyu Zhang, UTK Baoshan Huang, UTK |
Wednesday, January 14
| Poster Session 4029 Mode Substitution Patterns Among U.S. E-Bike Owners: Evidence from Pooled 2017 and 2023 Survey Data |
| Hall A, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Sameer Aryal, UTK Christopher Cherry, UTK |
| Poster Session 4031 Who Rides Rural Transit? A Latent Profile Analysis of Rural Demand Response Transit (DRT) Riders and Implications for Future Mobility Services |
| Hall A, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Matthew Davis, UTK Courtney Cronley, UTK Candace Brakewood, UTK |
| Poster Session 4032 Transit Fare Policy in the United States and Canada: An Analysis of the 2022 APTA Fare Database |
| Hall A, 8:00AM – 9:45AM Alexander Meyers, UTK Candace Brakewood, UTK |
| Lectern Session 4039 Cognitive Digital Twins for National Freight Systems |
| Room 145A, 10:30AM – 12:15PM Xueping Li, University of Tennessee |
| Poster Session 4056 Graph-Based Spatial-Velocity Clustering and Tracking of Unlabeled Radar Point Clouds for Autonomous Vehicles with a Novel Temporal Precision Metric |
| Hall A, 10:30AM – 12:15PM Parisa Hatami, UTC Maged Shoman, UTK Mina Sartipi, UTC |
| Poster Session 4074 Leisure Activity Behavior in the Home-Office Era: Spatial, Social, and Phone-Based Time-Use Across Telework Intensities Using an MDCEV Model |
| Hall A, 4:00PM – 5:45PM Katie Asmussen, UTK |
| Poster Session 4080 Imaged-Based Hierarchical Classification for Pavement Systems |
| Hall A, 4:00PM – 5:45PM Christian Sabillon-Orellana, UTK |
| Poster Session 4084 Improving Preventive Maintenance Decision-Making for Pavement Friction Restoration Using Long-Term Pavement Performance Data and Explainable Machine Learning |
| Hall A, 4:00PM – 5:45PM Jingtao Zhong, UTK Christian Sabillon-Orellana, UTK Baoshan Huang, UTK |
| Poster Session 4085 – Pavement Rehabilitation |
| Hall A, 4:00PM – 5:45PM Christian Sabillon-Orellana, UTK – Presiding |