TBD News

The 2026 National Mobility Summit took place on September 14, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Organized by the TBD Center in collaboration with nine other National, Regional, and Tier-1 University Transportation Centers, the Summit brought together leaders from government, academia, and industry to discuss how to advance the movement of people and goods across the United

TBD Center Director Chandra Bhat and TBD PhD student Dale Robbennolt have received the Andrew Daly Award for the Most Innovative Application of Choice Modelling at the 9th International Choice Modelling Conference (ICMC 2026), held July 20–22, 2026, on the Gold Coast, Australia. The award recognizes the conference paper judged to make the most innovative

The Travel Behavior and Demand Special Issue has been published in Transport Policy, marking an important milestone for the Travel Behavior and Demand (TBD) National Center. The special issue brings together eight peer-reviewed papers that revisit the foundations of travel demand analysis and explore how transportation planning and policy must evolve in response to changing

A paper co-authored by TBD Center researchers has received the 2026 Zephyr Exceptional Technical Achievement Award, recognizing the paper “COVID & Telecommuting-Induced Changes in Individual Activity and Travel Patterns” by Grace Jia, Kaitlyn Ng, Ekin Ugurel, Brian Lee, Ram Pendyala, and Cynthia Chen.

The TBD Center participated in the 105th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), held in Washington, D.C., from January 11–15, 2026. This prestigious event convened thousands of transportation professionals, researchers, practitioners, and students from around the world to exchange ideas and advance research that shapes the future of transportation. TBD Center researchers and

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,