The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 104th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The Conference will attract more than 15,000 transportation professionals from around the world to Washington, D.C., January 5-9, 2025.
The TRB Annual Meeting program covers all transportation modes, with sessions and workshops addressing topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions.
More than 100 ECTRI Members will be presenting their research work in sessions and participating in Standing Committees’ meetings over the five days of the Conference. Currently 35 ECTRI Members from 11 European organisations are members and active contributors in 42 TRB Standing Committees dealing with a wide range of topics such as Pedestrians, Human Factors, Data Science, Safety, Transportation Planning and Policies, Sustainability, Public Transport or Freight to name a few.
This year again, linked to its Memorandum of Understanding with TRB, ECTRI contributed to the Conference by supporting a number of activities and giving a European flavour to the Annual Meeting. With the Conference approaching, ECTRI President Ingrid Skogsmo and Secretary-General Caroline Alméras, would like to highlight some events where ECTRI is particularly engaged.
📅 January 5
– As co-chair of the TRB International Coordinating Council (A0020C), Caroline Alméras will be joining the All-Chairs meeting, the Executive Subcommittee on International Activities, and the New Attendee Engagement Session.
– Workshop #1001: Decarbonising Mobility Globally: International Perspectives and Experiences with Congestion Pricing and Beyond, sponsored by the TRB International Coordinating Council (9h00-12h ET)
– ECTRI representatives will join the TRB reception for International VIPs
– ECTRI will co-host and co-sponsor the International Networking Reception
📅 January 6
– Caroline Alméras, ECTRI Secretary General is chairing the TRB International Coordinating Council (8h00-12h00 ET, Marriott Marquis, Independence Salon D (M4))
– ECTRI representatives will join the German Networking Event hosted by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and DWIH, together with ECTRI Members BASt and DLR
📅 January 7
– Caroline Alméras, will join, as member, the meeting of the Standing Committee on Information & Knowledge Management (AJE45).
– Chair’s Plenary Session (13h30-15h00 ET) – Each year TRB strives to cover the topics most important to the transportation industry. This year, the Fireside Chat will focus on “International Perspectives on Implementing Innovation”.
📅 January 8
– In the frame of the SYMPEUS project, ECTRI is organising the 4th Planning Committee meeting preparing for the 8th EU-US Symposium co-hosted by the European Commission and the US DoT, that will take place on June 11-12, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium on “Digital Transitions to the Future Transportation System of Systems”
– ECTRI representatives will join the TRB Executive Committee Reception
📅 January 9
– Workshop #5001 “Global Pathways to Net Zero: Behavioral, Social, and Technological Research and Innovation Strategies for Transportation Decarbonization” sponsored by TRB International Coordinating Council, presenting the results from the 7th EU-US Symposium, and releasing the related EU Report (ADD WEBLINK) published by the European Union Publication Office.
Come and meet us at those events !
More information: https://trb-annual-meeting.nationalacademies.org/