According to Traffic Technology Today, this year’s Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual meeting “is heralding a new era of diversity in a traditionally male-dominated industry, with three women taking top speaking slots.” The article spotlights presentations by:
- University of Texas-Austin research professor Sandra Rosenbloom, who will deliver the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture today on the subject, “How Little We Really Know: The Unrecognized Centrality of Marginal Groups in Transportation Planning and Policy;” and
- Tomorrow’s Chair’s Plenary Session, during which Victoria Sheehan, TRB executive director, and Sarah Sharples, chief scientific advisor for the UK Department for Transport, will discuss transportation research and development priorities.
The article mentions several other sessions involving USDOT and state DOT officials.
The meeting, convened yesterday, continues through Thursday, January 9, at the Washington, DC, convention center. Registration remains open throughout the event.