Excellent and Thank you all. setty. On 2012-04-28, at 8:11 PM, Yosem Companys wrote:
> > > Call for Papers > > Transportation Research Board (TRB) > > 92nd Annual Meeting: January 13-17, 2013 > > Washington, DC, USA > > > > Call Title: > > Mobile-driven mobility intelligence: Information and communications > technologies and mobility in developing countries > > > > Sponsoring Committees: > > ABE90 – Transportation in the Developing Countries > > AHB15—Intelligent Transportation Systems > > > > Call Description: > > The TRB Committees on Transportation in the Developing Countries (ABE90) and > Intelligent Transportation Systems (AHB15) invite the submission of papers on > a range of topics related to the growing role of information and > communication technologies (ICTs) in mobility systems of the developing > world. This paper call is motivated by the explosive growth in: personal > mobile communication devices (e.g., mobile phones), the power of distributed > computing capabilities, low-cost sensor devices (e.g., RFID tags), and open > source programming and data movements. These and related developments are > enabling the merging of mobile communications and computation capabilities > with mobility systems. > > > > The aim of this call for papers is to expand and improve our understanding of > the use of such technological advances in transportation systems in the > developing world and their potential for fundamentally changing system > performance. > > > > Specific topics of interest include, but are not necessarily limited to, the > following: > > 1. ICTs as new sources of low cost data collection (e.g., activity surveys, > use of sensors, real-time and old cell phone data for transport planning and > operations); > > 2. Data Observatories and Crowdsourcing for planning, operations, and > participation (e.g., reporting grievances); > > 3. ICTs as fare media (e.g., possibilities for delivering targeted subsidies > and better pricing); > > 4. ICTs enabling mobility service innovations (including by enhancing > “traditional” travel modes); > > 5. Mobility, communications and accessibility – complementarity and/or > substitutability? > > 6. Role of societal factors in influencing ICTs impacts on transportation; > > 7. Skepticism, doubts, and critiques of the role of such technology systems. > > > > Papers for publication and/or presentation must be submitted before August 1, > 2012 to the TRB web-site: > http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting2013/AnnualMeeting2013.aspx. > > Submission of complete papers, conforming to TRB standards and format, is > required for consideration. Papers may be submitted for presentation only. > Each paper will be peer-reviewed according to TRB procedures. TRB paper > specifications are found online > (http://www.trb.org/GetInvolvedwithTRB/Public/GetInvolvedSubmitaPaper.aspx). > > > > At the bottom of the TRB paper submission form, please indicate this call for > papers and review by the Committee on Transportation in the Developing > Countries (ABE90). Be sure to include this Committee name and number with the > paper submission. > > > > For more information on this call for papers contact: > > Shomik Mehndiratta, World Bank, [email protected] > > Christopher Zegras, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [email protected] > > please cc all correspondence to Setty Pendakur, Pacific Policy & planning > Associates, [email protected] > > >
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