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Submission of papers for consideration to this conference is now closed. More than 90 papers on a wide range of topics were received by the paper submission deadline. The conference organizers thank the professional community for the overwhelming response to the call for papers.

This conference will build on the successful ITM06 conference in Austin and the ITM08 conference in Portland, examining innovative and promising advances in travel modeling, with an emphasis on bridging the gap between state-of-the-art research and practice. The conference will focus on an open exchange of ideas between researchers and practitioners regarding recent innovations in travel modeling, opportunities and challenges related to implementation, and directions for further research and development.

Presentations for various sessions will be selected on the basis of short papers (1500-2500 words). Interested authors should submit their short papers electronically through this conference website (http://itm2010.fulton.asu.edu) by November 6, 2009. The conference committee welcomes submissions on a wide range of topics related to innovations in travel modeling. Topic areas of interest include, but are not necessarily limited to:

Uncertainty analysis and decision-making under risk

  •  Sources and level of uncertainty in travel forecasts and how that information is used in the planning process
  •  Identification of user benefits and distributional impacts on economic welfare
  •  Methods for model system sensitivity testing
  •  Communicating uncertainty in forecasts

Non-motorized and ancillary travel behavior

  •  Modeling pedestrian and bicycle modes of travel
  •  Disaggregate approaches to modeling transit access
  •  Integrated motorized and non-motorized travel representation
  •  Parking location choices and pricing
  •  Incorporation of disaggregate land use data

Reliability

  •  Quantification and measurement of travel time reliability for highway and transit operations
  •  Statistical evidence on impact of reliability on travel choices and value of reliability
  •  Incorporating reliability measures in travel models and network simulation tools
  •  Incorporating reliability measures in user benefits for passenger travel and freight movements

Modeling technological change and emerging policy contexts/applications

  •  New developments in activity-based analysis of travel such as new commuting patterns, compressed schedules, telecommuting, self-employment, etc.
  •  Applications of activity-based model systems to emerging policy contexts such as pricing policies, climate change, homeland security and emergency response, and sustainable land use development initiatives
  •  Models of behavioral interactions and decision processes that inform the specification of emerging micro-simulation model systems
  •  Modeling the influence of telecommunications and e-commerce on travel patterns
  •  Advances in models of vehicle ownership and fleet composition
  •  Modeling energy consumption and emissions impacts of travel choices

New developments in dynamic traffic assignment and micro-simulation models

  •  Integration with activity-based demand models
  •  Practical experience and performance characteristics
  •  Network representation and traveler response to pricing strategies
  •  Network representation and traveler response to real-time traveler information strategies

Using new sources of information for model development and calibration

  •  Use of data from GPS, smart cards and other new technologies
  •  Use of operations data
  •  Representation of relevant variables

Understanding, modeling, and forecasting freight movements and commercial vehicle travel

  •  Use of data from GPS and other new collection technologies
  •  Mode choice and other disaggregate methods
  •  Accounting for supply chain logistics
  •  Applications to emerging policy contexts such as pricing policies, climate change, and information technology

Integrated micro-simulation of land use and travel choices

  •  Population synthesis and demographic forecasting at small spatial scales
  •  Incorporating socio-economic and behavioral dynamics in model systems
  •  Applications to determine effects of emerging policies on regional development patterns
  •  New developments in the visualization of activity-travel patterns in time and space

Computational Challenges for Advanced Models

  •  Advanced algorithms
  •  Sampling strategies
  •  Distributed processing
  •  Optimizing processing times
  •  Implementation issues

Please click here to view the complete call for papers as a Word document.

Results of the review process will be communicated to authors by March 15, 2010. The steering committee appreciates the patience of the authors while the committee completes the review process and assembles the preliminary program for the conference. At least one co-author must be pre-registered by March 31, 2010 for the paper to remain in the final program.