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  • Wednesday, May 6, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM PST
    Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST
    Registration
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PST
    Welcome Remarks
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM PST
    Plenary Session: A Fireside Chat with Transportation Leaders Shaping America's Future
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PST
    Plenary Session: AASHTO Panel — Voices of Vision
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    A Coordinated Routing Approach for Enhancing Bus Timeliness and Travel Efficiency in Mixed-Traffic Environment
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    A Machine Learning Approach for Classifying Reliable Crowd-Sourced Traffic Alerts in Urban Networks
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    A Tale of Three Cities: How the Collaboration Between Avondale, Goodyear, and Surprise Led to the Success of WeRIDE
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    A Toolkit for Institutionalizing the Safe System Approach
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Advancing Smart Crosswalks for Safer Urban Mobility in the U.S.
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Advancing Sustainable Light Rail Transit: A Guide to Best Practices
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    AI Equity Audit for Access-to-Care: A Practical Toolkit for Transit Planners
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    AN ESTIMATE OF LAND USE CHANGES DUE TO WIDESPREAD OF AUTOMATED VEHICLES
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Analysis of E-Bike Rebate Use in Minnesota
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Analyzing Crash Severity Patterns in Charlotte Using Association Rule Mining
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Analyzing Large-Scale Network Data to Support Speed Hump Prioritization in Los Angeles
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Applying Telematics and Freight Flow Analytics to Evaluate Infrastructure Needs at Emerging Inland Ports
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    ASSESSING WORK ZONE SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES USING A DRIVING SIMULATOR
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Benchmarking Airport Efficiency: Integrating Sustainability and Digital Transformation with Data Envelopment Analysis
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Bridging the Tides: Designing for Sea Level Rise and Resilience in Coastal Maine
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Building the Future of Rail Transportation Through Early Systems Thinking Education
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Carbon in Rail Construction: Life Cycle Assessment of Green Concrete in New and Existing Corridors
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Connecting Communities: Innovative Approaches to Rural Transportation for People with Disabilities
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Delta Sky Way at LAX
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Developing a Comprehensive Planning Tool for Long Range Rail Programs: A Case Study of the Northeast Corridor
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Developing Traffic Management Plans: From LA Dodgers Victory Parade to the Wold Cup and the Olympics
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Embedding Equity and Inclusion in Transportation Design: A Gender-Sensitive Approach to Safer Mobility
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Empowering Frontline Workforce with Real-Time Onboard Technology: Advancing Service Reliability and Operational Excellence
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Enhancing the Benefits of Electric Vehicle Rebates for Different Populations and Places Using a Machine Learning Approach
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Evaluation and Validation of Video-Based Traffic Conflict Data for Proactive Intersection Safety Analysis
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Examining changes in city-scale NOₓ, PM2.5, and CO emissions at 1 km resolution by diesel, gasoline, and electric vehicles
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    From Listening to Action: Building Trust with Community Advisory Groups to Guide Equity‑Based Mobility Planning in the LB–ELA Corridor
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    From Personas to Planning: Community Engagement to Identify High Impact Vulnerable Road User Safety Strategies
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Graph Neural Network Framework for Interpretable Risk Factors and Crash Severity Prediction for Autonomous Vehicle at Intersections
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Integrated Evaluation of Mobility and Accessibility in Multimodal Transportation Networks via a Differentiable Tensor Approach
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Leadership at Every Level: Growing Engineering Talent
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Leadership Pathways and Retention Dynamics in the Transit Industry: A Data-Driven Analysis of LinkedIn Profiles
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    LEVERAGING YOLOV8 AND VISUAL PERCEPTION FOR PROACTIVE INTERSECTION SAFETY USING IN-VEHICLE SENSORS
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Listening to the Narrative: How State DOTs Use AI to Improve Crash Locations and Vulnerable Road User Safety
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Moving Beyond Flight Information Displays: Redefining Airport Digital Real Estate
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Navigating Uncertainty: Revive, Thrive, and Innovate Overcoming Challenges for a Safer and More Resilient Infrastructure System
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Old Questions, New Measures: Evaluating Access and Equity Metrics
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    One Infrastructure: Integrating Grey, Green & Blue Infrastructure for Resilient Streets
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Operational Analysis of the Ohio I-275 Westbound Dynamic Part-Time Shoulder Use (D-PTSU)
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Operational Decisions, Maintenance Disruptions, and Long-Term Reliability: A Feedback View of Rail Infrastructure
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    OPTIMIZATION OF ELECTRIC VEHCILE CHARGING STATIONS CONSIDERING SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Pier B Rail Yard Expansion: Transforming Rail Operations and Connecting Commerce
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Powering the Future: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses Transforming Transit By Riana Wheeler and Kelly Chan
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Predictive Bus Stop Safety and Women-Centered Design
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Preparing Drivers for Automation Through Advanced Driver Assistance System Education
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Quantifying Safety Impacts of Real-Time RWIS Data Displayed on DMS for Winter Road Users
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Redesigning the Ride: Improving Bus Efficiency with GIS and Field Analysis in Worcester, MA
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Reimagine Corridor Studies: Hands-On Engagement for Community-Driven Design
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Reimagining Environmental Documentation for a Digital Era
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Roadway Characteristics and Their Effect on Pedestrian and Cyclist Crash Severity in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Shaping Safer Streets: A Data-Driven Approach to Transforming Driver Behavior Through Automated Speed Enforcement
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    The Relationship Between Warehouse Growth and Highway Expansion and Their Impact on Air Quality in Nearby Communities
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Trends and drivers of pedestrian infrastructure costs over time and across jurisdictions
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Understanding Representativeness in Crowdsourced Apps Data for Bicyclists and Pedestrians
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Using Artificial Intelligence to Design Effective Strategies for a Clean, Low-Emission Future
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    Valley Metro's South Central Extension LRT: Transforming Transit, Empowering Communities and Building Resilient Futures
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST
    YPT LA - Making The Connection
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST
    Mix N’ Mingle with Exhibitors & Poster Presenters
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PST
    The Intersection: Student Speed Networking with Planning, Policy, and Procurement Professionals (Invitation Only - Lunch Provided)
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
    Lunch On Own
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM PST
    Innovation Begins with Values and Culture-Tips and tales from transportation leaders
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM PST
    Innovative Workforce Strategies for a Changing Transportation Industry
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM PST
    Keeping Transit Relevant Amid Political Shifts in Canada and the US
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM PST
    Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Buses: Delivering Olympic-Ready Transportation Systems for Los Angeles 2028
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM PST
    Rescaling Resilience Value: Pathways to Finance Climate Adaptation
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM PST
    THE CROSSROADS: Four Generations. One Industry. Everyone’s Perspective.
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM PST
    What to Expect When You’re Expecting Zero-Emission Buses: Lessons from Early, Mid, and Mature Adopters
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST
    WTS Talk: Beyond Effectiveness: How Public Perception Shapes Automated Enforcement Programs
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST
    WTS Talk: Circle of Continuity: Growing Professionals through WTS Philadelphia Student Outreach
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST
    WTS Talk: Inside Transportation Workplaces: A Gen Z Perspective
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST
    WTS Talk: Promoting Inclusive and Innovative Graduate Engineering Education in Transportation
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST
    WTS Talk: Safe Routes to School in Minnesota
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST
    WTS Talk: The Compliance Illusion: Beyond the Checklist
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM PST
    BREAK - Sponsored by: Transdev
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    A Year for Change: Winning Strategies from the Illinois DOT Blue Ribbon Commission
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    Inspire It Forward: Increasing workforce development in STEM and transportation through education, mentoring and providing access.
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    Learn from the Legends
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    Thriving Communities Re-Imagining Mobility in Southeast LA
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    Women Business Owners
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    Women in Research, Equity in Design: Building Resilient Infrastructure
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    Women Who Deliver: Megaprojects in the Los Angeles Region
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    WTS Talk: Equity by Exception: Why Equity in Transit Budgeting Remains Partial and Uneven
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    WTS Talk: From Industrial Waterfront to Waterfront Greenway
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    WTS Talk: Innovative Segmentation and Commissioning of the East Link Extension: A Region-Unifying Approach
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    WTS Talk: Let's Be Better Humans: Enhancing Transportation Communications with AI Tools
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    WTS Talk: No Single Path to Equitable Electrification: What Grant-Driven Approaches Get Wrong (and Right)
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    WTS Talk: Rebuilding Public Trust & Shifting Perceptions: CSX's Blue Ridge Subdivision Engagement Story
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    WTS Talk: Reinventing Rail Infrastructure: How Global Megaprojects Are Integrating Resilience, Digitalization, and Community-Centered Design
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    WTS Talk: Strategic Empowerment: How LEAP Initiatives Transform Culture and Performance
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    WTS Talk: The Importance of Women in Construction
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    WTS Talk: The Power of Intentional Influence Across Multidisciplinary Teams
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    WTS Talk: When Roads Fail: Monetizing the Social Impacts of Transportation Disruptions
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST
    WTS Talk: Who's Minding the Skies
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PST
    Pre Gala Small Business Reception
  • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM PST
    WTS Gala