(Left to right) Sushant Sharma (AT015 Chair), Bill Eisele, and Arsalan Esmaili.

(Left to right) Sushant Sharma (AT015 Chair), Bill Eisele, Michiel De Bok, and Lorant Tavasszy.

TRB 2025

The committee awarded the best Academic and best Practice-Ready paper awards in recognition of the outstanding papers in Freight Planning submitted to the 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The paper, entitled “Autonomous Delivery Vehicles Acceptance: The Moderating Role of Perceived Risk of Theft” authored by Arsalan Esmaili, Kayvan Aghabayk, Sina Rejali, Amin Mohammadi and Amelia Regan from University of Washington was awarded the best academic paper award. The award was presented by Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015) to Arsalan Esmaili.

The paper, entitled “TMASS-GT: An Empirical Model for the Simulation of Freight Policies” authored by Michiel De Bok, Lorant Tavasszy, Sebastiaan Thoen, Larissa Eggers, and Ioanna Kourouniotti from Delft University of Technology was awarded the best Practice-Ready paper award. The award was presented by Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015) to Michiel De Bok and Lorant Tavasszy.

(Left to right) Sushant Sharma (AT015 Chair), Bilge Atasoy, Mingjia He, and Scott Babcock.
Photo Credits: Risdon Photography, courtesy of the Transportation Research Board.

(Left to right) Sushant Sharma (AT015 Chair), Yixuan Pan and Bill Eisele.
Photo Credits: Risdon Photography, courtesy of the Transportation Research Board.

TRB 2024

The committee awarded the best Academic and best Practice-Ready paper awards in recognition of the outstanding papers in Freight Planning submitted to the 103rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The paper, entitled “Integrated Synchromodal Transport Planning and Preference Learning” authored by Mingjia He, Yimeng Zhang, and Bilge Atasoy from Delft University of Technology was awarded the best academic paper award. The award was presented by Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015) to Mingjia He and Bilge Atasoy.

The paper, entitled “Truck Trip and Long-Haul Truck Tour Identification Based on National-Level Truck Global Positioning System Data” authored by Yixuan Pan, Aliakbar Kabiri, Aref Darzi, Mohammad Ashoori, Qianqian Sun, and Lei Zhang from University of Maryland was awarded the best Practice-Ready paper award. The award was presented by Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015) to Yixuan Pan.

(Left to right) Sushant Sharma (AT015 Chair), Monique Stinson and Abolfazl Mohammadian.

TRB 2023

In recognition of an Outstanding Paper in Freight Planning submitted to the 102nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The paper, entitled “Introducing CRISTAL: A Model of Collaborative, Informed, Strategic Trade Agents with Logistics” was authored by Monique Stinson and Abolfazl Mohammadian of the University of Illinois Chicago. The award was presented by Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015) to Monique Stinson and Abolfazl Mohammadian.

Virtual Award Ceremony Hui Shen (left) and Prof. Jane Lin (right)

TRB 2022

In recognition of an Outstanding Paper in Freight Planning submitted to the 101st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The paper, entitled “A Crowd-shipping Courier’s Choice for Delivery Gigs” was authored by Hui Shen and Prof. Jane Lin of the University of Illinois Chicago. The Award was “Virtually” presented by Committee Chair Sushant Sharma on behalf of Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015)

Virtual Award Ceremony for Merkebe Demissie and Lina Kattan

TRB 2021

In recognition of an Outstanding Paper in Freight Planning submitted to the 100th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The paper, entitled “Estimation of Truck Origin-Destination Flows using GPS Data” was authored by Merkebe G. Demissie and Prof. Lina Kattan of the University of Calgary. The Award was “Virtually” presented by Committee Chair Sushant Sharma on behalf of Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015)

(Left to right) Matthew Roorda (AT015 Chair) and Agnivesh Pani (Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani).

TRB 2020

In recognition of an Outstanding Paper in Freight Modeling submitted to the 99th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The paper, entitled “Effect of Business Age and Size on Freight Demand: A Decomposition Analysis of Indian Establishments ” was authored by Agnivesh Pani, Furqan Bhat, and Prasant Sahu. The award was presented by Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015) to Agnivesh Pani.

(Left to right) Naveen Eluru, Nowreen Keya, Sabreena Anowar (University of Central Florida), and Matthew Roorda (AT015 Chair).

TRB 2018

In recognition of an Outstanding Paper in Freight Modeling submitted to the 96th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The paper, entitled “Freight Mode Choice: A Regret Minimization and Utility Maximization Based Hybrid Model” was authored by Nowreen Keya, Sabreena Anowar, and Naveen Eluru. The award was presented by Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015) to Nowreen Keya, Sabreena Anowar, and Naveen Eluru.

(Left to right) Xia Jin (Florida International University) and Matthew Roorda (AT015 Chair).

TRB 2017

In recognition of an Outstanding Paper in Freight Modeling submitted to the 96th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The paper, entitled “Value of Reliability for Road Freight Transportation: Evidence from a Stated Preference Survey in Florida” was authored by Xia Jin, Kollol Shams, Hamidreza Asgari, and Md Sakoat Hossan. The award was presented by Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015) to Xia Jin.

(Left to right) Bruce Wang (AT015 Co-Chair), Jari Kauppila, Luis Martinez (International Transport Forum at the OECD), and Katie Turnbull (chair of the TRB Technical Activities Council).

TRB 2015

In recognition of an Outstanding Paper in Freight Modeling submitted to the 94th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The paper, entitled “International Freight and Related CO2 Emissions by 2050: New Modelling Tool” was authored by L. Miguel Martinez, Jari Kauppila, and Marie Castaing. The award was presented by Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015) to Jari Kauppila and Luis Martinez.

(Left to right) Barbara Ivanov (Chair of TRB cluster of freight committees), Ernie Perry, Alex J. Marach, Teresa M. Adams (University of Wisconsin Madison), Ed Strocko and Bruce Wang (Co-Chairs of AT015).

TRB 2014

In recognition of an Outstanding Paper in Freight Modeling submitted to the 93rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The paper is entitled “Critical Rural Freight Corridors Designation: Implication of Truck Percentage Calculation”. The award was presented by Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015) to Alex Marach (Corresponding author), Teresa M. Adams, and Ernie Perry.

(Left to right) Bruce Wang, Ed Strocko (Co-Chair of AT015), Barbara Ivanov (Freight cluster chair of TRB), Fatemeh Ranaiefar, Steve Richie (UCI), and Joseph Chow (Ryerson University).

TRB 2013

In recognition of an Outstanding Paper in Freight Modeling submitted to the 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The paper is entitled “Geographic Scalability And Supply Chain Elasticity Of A Structural Commodity Generation Model Using Public Data.” Presented by Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015) to: Fatemeh Ranaiefar (lead author), Daniel Rodriguez-Roman, Pedro Camargo, Stephen Ritchie, and Joseph Chow

(Left to right) Ed Strocko (Co-Chair of AT015), Bryce W. Sharman, Matthew J. Roorda (University of Toronto), and Bruce Wang (Co-Chair of AT015).

TRB 2012

In recognition of an Outstanding Paper in Freight Modeling submitted to the 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The paper is entitled “Comparison Of Parametric And Non-Parametric Hazard Models Of Stop Durations On Urban Commercial Vehicle Tours”. Presented by Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015) Co-sponsored by Urban Freight Transportation Committee (AT025)