December 2, 2025
More than 70 Kittelson team members will be participating in the 105th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting from January 11–15, 2026. We’re presenting on exciting topics this year, including how fare-free public transit policies impact transit usage and mode shift, experiences with mini and modular roundabouts, the benefits and pitfalls of consensus-based policy development, and strategies for balancing the business perspective and benefits of access management for user safety—just to name a few!
Will you be there too? If so, we hope you’ll join us at our workshops, committee meetings, poster sessions, and lectern sessions, all listed below.
Sunday, January 11
10:00 AM–2:00 PM
We’re excited to have booth B415 at TRB’s Careers in Motion Networking Fair! Stop by to chat with Kittelson team members, get to know our firm and values, and share why you’re excited about building your career in transportation.
CC 202A
9:00 AM–12:00 PM
“NCHRP Report 1036: Cross Section Guide Overview” with Conor Semler
“24-Hour Capacity Framework Traffic Assessment” with Alek Pochowski
CC 202A
1:30–4:30 PM
“Developing Training Materials to Implement Context Classifications from NCHRP 20-44(51)” with Hermanus Steyn and Jennifer Musselman
Monday, January 12
CC Hall A
8:00–9:45 AM
“E-Bikes on Public Lands Phase II: A Human Factors Field Study on Electric Mountain Bikes (eMTB)” with Jonah Chiarenza
“What E-bikes Bring to Bikeshare: Evidence from a Longitudinal Analysis of Bikeshare Systems in San Francisco and D.C.” with Liang Zhai
CC Hall A
8:00–9:45 AM
“Overview of Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures Deployments in the United States and Lessons Learned” with Nemanja Dobrota and Burak Cesme
“Implementation of Self-Organizing Traffic Control Logic in a Field-Deployable Controller with Custom Logic: Software-in-the-Loop Evaluation” with Milad Tahmasebi, Burak Cesme, Nemanja Dobrota, and Paul Zebell
“The Management of Arterial Access, A Survey” with Kristine Connolly
CC Hall A
10:30 AM–12:15 PM
“Integrated Pressure-Based Extensions with Trajectory-Aware Actuated Control: Enhancing Operations, Safety, And User Expectancy” with Nemanja Dobrota, Milad Tahmasebi, and Burak Cesme
CC Hall A
4:00–5:45 PM
“Understanding Aggressive Driving Intent and Its Impact on Crash Severity” with Asif Mahmud
CC Hall A
4:00–5:45 PM
“Enhancing Longitudinal Safety in Autonomous Vehicles Using a Constitutional AI-Based Car-Following Model” with Nagui Rouphail
Tuesday, January 13
CC 146B
8:00–9:45 AM
“Balancing the Business Perspective and Benefits of Access Management for User Safety” with Kristine Connolly
CC Hall A
8:00–9:45 AM
“Disparities in Pedestrian Crossing and Driver Yielding Behaviors: Evidence from a Large-Scale Observational Study at Urban Intersections” with Angela Haddad
CC 146C
10:30 AM–12:15 PM
“Do Vehicle Weight Differences Matter: Understanding Injury Severity in Two-Vehicle Crashes Through an Econometric Modeling Framework” with Asif Mahmud
CC Hall A
10:30 AM–12:15 PM
“An Integrated Framework for Analyzing Travel Demand and Network Performance in Emergency Evacuation Scenarios utilizing Synthetic Trip Data: A Case Study of Monterey County” with Samuel Takyi
CC 151
1:30–3:15 PM
“Barrier Island Congestion Screening and Mitigation Visualization” with Liang Zhai
CC 202B
1:30–3:15 PM
“Domestic Scan NHCRP 20-68 – Experiences in the Use of Mini & Modular Roundabouts by Highway Agencies” with Zachary Bugg
CC Hall A
1:30–3:15 PM
“A Novel Estimation Method and Interpretation of the Peak Hour Factor at Intersections” with Nagui Rouphail
CC 150B
4:00–5:45 PM
“How Fare-Free Transit Policies Impact Transit Usage and Mode Shift” with Jorge Diaz-Gutierrez
CC Hall A
4:00–5:45 PM
“A Novel Bi-level Clustering Optimization Approach to Balance Treatment of Crash Data” with Tanveer Ahmed
CC Hall A
6:15–7:45 PM
Hermanus Steyn, presiding
“Unlocking Design Flexibility: How FDOT Is Helping Local Agencies Apply Context-Based Design” with Jennifer Musselman and Christopher Bame
“Developing Design Criteria for Context Classifications” with Jennifer Musselman, Hermanus Steyn, and Julia Knudsen
Wednesday, January 14
CC Hall A
8:00–9:45 AM
“Enhanced Planning Level Methodology for Signalized Intersections in the HCM” with Nagui Rouphail
CC Hall A
8:00–9:45 AM
“Mode Substitution Patterns Among U.S. E-Bike Owners: Evidence from Pooled 2017 and 2023 Survey Data” with Cameron Bennett
CC Hall A
8:00–9:45 AM
“BHATLIB: An Open-Source Library for Statistical and Econometric Matrix-Based Inference Methods in GAUSS” with Angela Haddad
CC Hall A
8:00–9:45 AM
“High Fare Sensitivity Among Fare-Free Transit Users: A Comparative Approach Using Cumulative Linked Mixed Models,” “Would Removing Fares Impact Security Incidents in Transit Systems? Evidence from the U.S. Bus Agencies,” and “Assessing Ridership Impacts of Fare-Free Transit Policies through Agency- and Neighborhood-Level Models” with Jorge Diaz-Gutierrez
CC 145B
10:30 AM–12:15 PM
Nicholas Meltzer, presiding
“The Benefits and Pitfalls of Consensus-Based Policy Development” with Cameron Bennett
CC Hall A
10:30 AM–12:15 PM
“Exploring Adoption Trends and Usage Patterns of Zero-Emission Vehicles: An MDCEV Model Approach Poster TRBAM-26-02485” with Nikhil Menon
CC Hall A
10:30 AM–12:15 PM
“A Tale of Two Perspectives: The Mileage-based User Fee Conundrum” with Angela Haddad
CC Hall A
4:00–5:45 PM
“The Reverse Side of Online Shopping: Examining Sociodemographic and Built-Environment Determinants of Delivery Returns” with Angela Haddad
CC Hall A
4:00–5:45 PM
“Saving your Survey After a Bot Attack: Uncovering Data Patterns that Separate AI- and Human-Generated Responses” with Jorge Diaz-Gutierrez
More TRB 2025 Resources
If you can’t tell, we get pretty excited about TRB and transportation research. Here are a few additional tips and resources we’ve put together to help you make the most of the Annual Meeting:
We know how crowded lines for TRB coffee line and surrounding restaurants can get, so our Washington, D.C. office has put together a map of places near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to eat and caffeinate—plus spots to socialize and exercise. View it here!