December 2016

ATPIO Board of Directors, Members and Friends will meet during the 95th Transportation Research Board Conference in Washington D.C., in January 2016. During this meeting the board of directors will discuss the activities of the past year and plans the upcoming activities for next year. The meeting is scheduled on Sunday, January 10th, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM. The meeting will happen in Room 102B at the the Convention Center.

Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting Dates The TRB Annual Meeting is held each year in Washington, D.C. in January. Please visit http://www.trb.org for detailed information about the Transportation Research Board and follow the links to the Annual Meeting to learn more about the size, scope, and activities/sessions/workshops of the Annual Meeting.

December 2016

ATPIO Co-sponsored a Workshop on Big Data Analytics in Transportation Engineering Systems at IIT, Madras on Dec 5-6, 2016. This workshop served as a platform bringing together professionals from universities, public sector and private sector of United States and India, in the area of big data analysis for transportation, for knowledge dissemination on current big data technologies and challenges.

December 2015

ATPIO cosponsored, coorganized and participated in the 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group (CTRG) of India on December 17-20, 2015, in Kolkata, India. Prof. Kumares Sinha and Prof. Anuj Sharma, who are part of the ATPIO Board of Directors participated in the conference and served on the scientific and organizing committee respectively. Prof. Kumares Sinha wass one of the keynote speakers at the conference. The conference was designed to facilitate information exchange among transportation researchers, educators, managers, and policymakers from India and all over the world. The conference will address all forms of passenger and freight transport at the urban, regional, inter-city, and rural levels.

April 2015

From April 1, to April 9, 2015, the workshop’s main session known as the Smart City Initiatives for Varanasi was held at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). 91 masters and Ph.D. students of BHU, La Salle University, Columbia, A.P. Institute of Environmental Design, Sardar Patel University, and College of Engineering Thiruvantapuram and 20 faculty members, professionals, officials from City of Varanasi, School of Planning, New Delhi, Montana state University, USA, ATPIO,  and Buro Dap participated in this workshop.Over the nine days period, the workshop participants brainstormed on various urban development issues of Varanasi spread over six planning areas: (1) Heritage Conservation and Tourism Management; (2) Urban Mobility and Infrastructure Planning; (3) Land Use Planning and Built Environment; (4) Economic Development Projects; (5) Environmental Planning and Management; and (6) Livable Communities. At the end of workshop, 28 most crucial urban issues were identified and the solutions of these issues were offered.