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LiTrans @ 99th TRB Annual Meeting

November 21, 2019

Our group will be well represented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting to be held on January 12–16, 2020.

We look forward to the great feedback from our colleagues.


Analysis of Driver Willingness to Adapt to Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Using Virtual Immersive Reality Environment

Shadi Djavadian
Travel Behavior and Safety Studies from the Psychological and Neurophysiological Perspective: Application of Virtual Reality
Sunday 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Workshop 1050


Privacy-by-Design Mode Choice Modelling using Blockchain

David Lopez and Bilal Farooq
Blockchain: Opportunities and Challenges for the Transport Sector
Monday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Lectern Session 1097


Simulation Based Design and Application of Multimodal Automated Last-Mile Delivery System

Farah Samouh, Veronica Gluza, Shadi Djavadian, Seyed Mehdi Meshkani, Bilal Farooq
Advances and Innovations in Urban Freight Transportation Planning
Monday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Poster Session 1157


Virtual Immersive Reality Based Behavioural Analysis of Automated Vehicle Control

Shadi Djavadian, Rafael Vasquez, Bilal Farooq
Shared Mobility, Automated Vehicles, and the Future of Mobility
Monday 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Lectern Session 1167


A Distributed Framework for Privacy Aware Mode Interference

David Lopez, Ali Yazdizadeh, Bilal Farooq, Zachary Patterson
Task Force on Data Privacy, Security, and Protection Policy
Monday 01:30 PM - 03:15 PM
Task Force Meeting
*Collaboration with Concorida


Residual Neural Network Learning Approach for Behaviour Choice Modelling

Melvin Wong, Bilal Farooq
Travel Modeling Poster Session
Monday 03:45 PM - 05:30 PM
Poster Session 1333


Multi-Objective Training of Automated Vehicle with Pedestrian Interactions in Urban Environments

Rafael Vasquez, Bilal Farooq
Current Research in User Information Systems
Monday 03:45 PM - 05:30 PM
Poster Session 1342


Multi-Objective Eco-Routing in a Distributed Traffic Management Framework with a Case Study of Downtown Toronto

Shadi Djavadian, Lama Alfaseeh, Ran Tu, Bilal Farooq, Marianne Hatzopoulou
Current Issues in Transportation and Air Quality
Tuesday 08:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Poster Session 1412
*Collaboration with University of Toronto


Electric Vehicle Charging Optimization to Minimize Marginal Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Ran Tu, Yijun Gai, Bilal Farooq, Marianne Hatzopoulou
Current Issues in Alternative Transportation Fuels and Technologies
Tuesday 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Poster Session 1488
*Collaboration with University of Toronto


Pedestrian Trajectory Prediction Model for Autonomous Vehicles Using Sequence Learning with Auxiliary Information

Arash Kalatian, Bilal Farooq
Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics
Tuesday 06:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Poster Session 1654


Deep Survival Model for Pedestrian Crossing Behaviour in Mixed Traffic Conditions

Arash Kalatian, Bilal Farooq
Pedestrian Design and Behavior
Wednesday 08:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Poster Session 1692


Virtual Environments for Discrete Chocie Experiments on Autonomous Vehicles

Bilal Farooq
Stated Response Subcommittee
Wednesday 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Subcommittee Meeting