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TRB 2026

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

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