TBD News

We are delighted to share that TBD Center Associate Director, Dr. Cynthia Chen, has been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences. Election to the Academy honors an outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement, along with a commitment to providing the best available scientific information and technical understanding to inform complex policy decisions

TBD Center is proud to share that Dr. Ram Pendyala, TBD Associate Director and Professor at Arizona State University, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). This prestigious award recognizes individuals for outstanding contributions to the advancement of transportation planning,

We are pleased to announce the release of The Mobility Dashboard (TMD), a web-based platform for analyzing travel behavior patterns from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data series, spanning from 2003 to the present. Developed with support from the USDOT-sponsored National University Transportation Center for Understanding Future Travel Behavior and Demand (TBD), the dashboard

On March 5, 2025, the TBD Center hosted its Annual Meeting at The University of Texas at Austin, bringing together faculty, students, and collaborators from across our consortium. We were joined by officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation, including Dr. Firas Ibrahim, Mr. Caesar Singh, Mr. Thomas Saad, and Dr. Britain Bruner for a

TBD Center participated in the 104th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in Washington, D.C., held from January 5-9, 2025. This prestigious event brought together thousands of transportation professionals, researchers, and students to discuss and shape the future of transportation. TBD Center researchers and students contributed to the event through a range of

The TBD Center is thrilled to celebrate a remarkable achievement by our Director, Dr. Chandra Bhat, who has been named the recipient of the prestigious 2024 W.N. Carey, Jr. Distinguished Service Award by the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Dr. Bhat, the Joe J. King Endowed Chair Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, is

The TBD National Center is proud to celebrate the achievements of two outstanding students who were honored at the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., on January 4, 2025. Amy Fong, a Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan, advised by Dr. Atiyya Shaw, has been named the 2024 TBD

Researchers from the TBD Center—Dr. Steve Polzin, Dr. Irfan Batur, and Dr. Ram Pendyala—have contributed an insightful article to the Fall 2024 edition of the Census Transportation Planning Products (CTPP) Status Report. This newsletter, developed by the CTPP Planning Group with contributions from the transportation community, provides updates on the use of Census data products

In November 2024, the TBD Center proudly sponsored a visit for graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Texas at Austin to the City of Austin’s Mobility Management Center (MMC). The tour offered students an invaluable opportunity to experience firsthand how a major city manages its complex transportation network and mobility operations. Led by