TRB Annual Meeting – Washington 2017

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting was held with great success in Washington, D.C., on 8-12 January 2017. The information-packed program attracted a record number of more than 14,000 transportation professionals from around the world. The meeting program covered all transportation modes, with more than 5,000 presentations in nearly 800 sessions and workshops, addressing topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. The 800 sessions and workshops focused on the spotlight theme for the 2017 meeting: Transportation Innovation: Leading the Way in an Era of Rapid Change.    NTUA presentations concerned:   Stochastic cusp catastrophe models with traffic and weather data for crash severity analysis on urban arterials   Willingness-to-Pay for Usage-Based Motor Insurance   Can driving at the simulator “diagnose” cognitive impairments?   When no difference makes a difference: older drivers, medical conditions, and freeway ramp negotiation SaferAfrica: Innovating Dialogue and Problems Appraisal for a Safer Africa Developing the European Road Safety Support System within the SafetyCube project Roadside and Median Deficiencies within the SafetyCube Road Safety Decision Support System ΠΗΓΗ: Ε.Μ.Π