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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARDTackling Critical Transportation IssuesTransformational Technologies Resilience Public Health• Transformational Technologies: Are we ready for what is possibly the biggest transformation in transportation since the invention of the automobile?• Resilience: What can we do to deal with the growing threat of natural and man-made catastrophic events? • Public Health: How can the public health and transportation communities work together to improve safety and well-being for all?These are among the critical issues in transportation that the TRB Executive Committee has spotlighted forspecial attention. As a TRB volunteer, you can be part of the initiative and the action! Go to www.MyTRB.org.Transformational • The evolution to connected–automated and fully Technologies autonomous—that is, driverless—vehicles and to unmanned aerial systems;Transformational technologies—also known as disruptive technologies—displace the status quo and forever change the way we live andwork. Common examples include the Internet, thepersonal computer, e-mail, and the smartphone. Thedevelopment of the internal combustion engine andthe automobile are examples of disruptive technologyin the transportation sector.Transformational technologies appear to be onthe cusp of generating significant changes intransportation. Prime examples include the following:

Sample of the Transformational Technologies Sessions at the 2016 TRB Annual MeetingSunday, Time Session Number and Title January 10 9:00 a.m.–noon 106 Bringing Extraordinary Data to Your Everyday Work (workshop)Monday, 1:30–4:30 p.m. 109 Big Data Analytics and Applications: Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning January 11 133 Highlights from 2015 Automated Vehicles Symposium (workshop) 8:00–9:45 a.m. 134 Toward Automation of Surface Transportation Networks: Opportunities and Challenges 10:15 a.m.–noon 139 Multimodal Mobility and Sharing Economy: Shaping the Future Market Through Policy and 10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 1:30–3:15 p.m. Research, Part 1 (workshop) 144 Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Part 1 150 Toward Road Transportation Automation: Opportunities in Public–Private Collaboration (workshop) 184 Automated and Connected Vehicles: Silver Bullet for Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety? (workshop) 186 Multimodal Mobility and Sharing Economy: Shaping the Future Market Through Policy and Research, Part 2 (workshop) 189 On-Demand Economy and the Urban Environment: The Urban Freight Story (workshop) 191 Commercial Space: Exploring the Path Forward (workshop) 192 Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Part 2 (workshop) 198 Automated and Shared Vehicles: Market Penetration and Pricing 277 Future of Transportation Systems Management and Operations, Part 2: Perspectives on Technology Trends Shaping the Future of TSMO 304 Information Technology Applications for Travel Monitoring and Connected Vehicles (poster) 338 Data Science in Transportation (poster) 344 Can Shared, Connected, and Automated Vehicles Help Us Meet Sustainability and Energy Goals? (poster) 356 Applications of Connected and Automated Vehicles to System Maintenance and Operations 370 Unmanned Platforms—The Next Transportation Revolution? Drones and the Future of Military TransportationTuesday, 2:00–3:45 p.m. 377 Uses of Multiple Data Sets for Transportation Planning (poster) January 12 7:30–9:30 p.m. 380 New Directions in Travel Surveys: Big Data, Smartphones, and Stated Preference (poster) 8:00–9:45 a.m. 10:15 a.m.–noon 473 Space Traffic Management Today and in the Future 1:30–3:15 p.m. 497 National Programs on Road Vehicle Automation in Europe and Asia 3:45–5:30 p.m. 8:00–9:45 a.m. 539 Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: Impacts on Users, Design, and Society 572 Carsharing and Mobility as a Service: Research UnderstandingWednesday, 577 Freight Day, Part 2—Big Data and Freight Transportation: Private-Sector Applications and January 13 Agency Implications 628 Applications of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Within the Rail Industry 696 Regulating the Groundbreaking Rise in Transportation Network Companies 701 Emerging Benefits from Transit Data 764 Connected Vehicle Pilot Projects 752 Starting the Conversation: Public Outreach Issues Surrounding Autonomous Vehicles and Transformative Technologies 770 TRB Special Report 319, Between Public and Private Mobility: Examining the Rise of Technology-Enabled Transportation Services 8:30–10:15 a.m. 787 Current Research Findings in Vehicle–Highway Automation (poster) 10:15 a.m.–noon 800 Innovative Mobility Services: Twelfth Annual Travel Data User Forum 814 Best from UTC Spotlight Conference on Connected and Automated Vehicles 816 Cross-Cutting Issues for Vehicle–Highway Automation

• The move away from individual vehicle ownership to an economy that depends more on vehicle sharing (e.g., Car2Go, Zipcar, Uber, Lyft, bike sharing, and Bridj);• The absorption of transportation into the Internet of Things and the Smart Cities concept;• The advent of big data and cybersecurity issues; and• 3-D printing technologies that can be applied to manufacturing and construction projects.TRB volunteers are leading activities to addressissues in transformational technologies: • Sponsoring conferences and sessions to share • Producing theme issues of TR News on adapting insights and research, including the annual to climate change (No. 281, July–August 2012) Automated Vehicle Symposium, which draws and on the logistics of disaster response (No. more than 900 participants from the public and 287, July–August 2013); and private sectors and academia; • Conducting research projects addressing • Producing a research road map and a series of security, emergency management, infrastructure research projects to provide guidance to public protection from all hazards, preparation for agencies on the challenges and opportunities extreme weather events, and improving the presented by connected–automated vehicles; resilience of transit systems threatened by and natural disasters. • Developing policy recommendations to assist public agencies in addressing issues and in Transportation and taking full advantage of the potential of the Public Health shared vehicle economy. Transportation’s impacts on public health areResilience significant. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of deaths for those between the ages of 4 andResilience is the ability to prepare and plan for, 34. Transportation also provides access to critical absorb, recover from, and adapt more successfully health care services. The nexus of transportation andto adverse events. Such disasters can include fire, public health provides opportunities to coordinate andflooding, storms, heat waves, terrorism, earthquakes, leverage efforts toand more. These adverse events also involve suddendisruptions and long-term changes—such as rising sealevels caused by a changing climate.TRB activities in this area expanded significantly afterthe September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and with theincreased attention to climate change. TRB volunteershave produced a robust portfolio of activitiesaddressing transportation resilience. Recent highlightsinclude the following:• Forming a new section of TRB standing committees addressing transportation system resilience, including committees on critical transportation infrastructure protection, emergency evacuation, and the logistics of disaster response and business continuity;• Organizing the First International Conference on Surface Transportation System Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events, held in September 2015 in Washington, D.C.;

Sample of the Transportation Resilience Sessions at the 2016 TRB Annual MeetingSunday, Time Session Number and Title January 10 9:00 a.m.–noon 111 Resilience: Now That TRB Has a New Section, What’s the New Direction? 1:30–4:30 p.m. 166 Mobility and Accessibility for Recovery After a Disaster: Social and Economic Resilience for Disadvantaged and Dislocated PopulationsMonday, 8:00–9:45 a.m. 202 Commonsense Solutions for Cost-Effectively Combining Resilience and Port January 11 Operational Needs: Lessons from Katrina, Ike, and Sandy Applicable to All Ports 10:15 a.m.–noon and Inland WaterwaysTuesday, January 12 10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 264 Resilient and Sustainable Transportation Networks 1:30–3:15 p.m. 261 Cyber Security: We've Been Framed!Wednesday, 3:45–5:30 p.m. 296 Current Research on Port Resilience, Disruptions, Vulnerability, and Cargo January 13 7:30–9:30 p.m. Diversion 1:30–3:15 p.m. 3:45–5:30 p.m. 308 Research Trends in Evacuation Transportation Modeling and Analysis (poster) 4:15–6:00 p.m. 307 Logistics of Disaster Response and Business Continuity (poster) 8:00–9:45 a.m. 10:15 a.m.–noon 337 Evacuations as a Component of Transportation Resilience 4:30–6:00 p.m. 430 Vulnerability Assessment: The First Step Toward Climate Resilience 8:00 a.m.–noon 419 Legal Issues Related to the Vulnerability of Transportation Facilities to Catastrophic Events 398 Leadership Skills for Disaster Response and Business Continuity: Results from TRB Tabletop Exercise and Lessons from Private Industry 461 In the Wake of Hurricane Sandy: Toward a More Resilient Transportation System in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York 604 Emerging Research in Emergency Evacuation 709 Transportation System Resilience: Looking at the Past and Designing to the Future 710 Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection and Resilience 744 Climate Change and Transportation: Best Papers of 2016 796 Surface Transportation System Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Status and Path Forward 803 Logistics of International Humanitarian Relief Efforts in Africa and Nepal 815 What Does Resilience Mean for Operations and What Do Operations Mean for Resilience? 856 New Insurance Approaches: Ways to Help Ensure Critical Transportation Infrastructure Resilience 870 Cybersecurity and Resilience in a Connected and Automated World (workshop)Thursday, January 14  TRB volunteers are working diligently to achieve these objectives. Highlights include the following: • Reduce transportation-related injuries and fatalities, • Partnering with the National Academy of • Promote healthy and safe transportation options, Medicine on joint efforts such as the Federal • Reduce the negative health impacts of Transit Administration “Rides to Wellness” transportation’s environmental footprint, program; • Ensure that all communities and demographic • Developing and delivering sessions and groups have access to health care and health workshops dealing with public health issues; services, and • Decrease the threat from the spread of disease.

• Fostering TRB committee efforts, research • Sponsoring the National Conference on Moving projects, and tools to improve transportation Active Transportation to Higher Ground in April safety and to reduce the environmental impacts 2015 in Washington, D.C.; and of transportation; • Assembling a theme issue of TR News on • Delivering the research that forms the foundation the transportation and public health (No. 299, of the Highway Safety Manual; September–October 2015).Sample of the Transportation and Public Health Sessions at the 2016 TRB Annual MeetingSunday, Time Session Number and Title January 10 9:00 a.m.–noon 118 Institutionalizing Health in Transportation Agency Practice (workshop) (Workshops) 136 Global Applications of the Safe System Approach: Aiming for Zero Road Deaths (workshop) 147I Mobility Solutions for Isolated Seniors: Challenges and Opportunities (workshop)Monday, 10:15 a.m.–noon 283 Toward Zero Deaths: Policies in Action at Local and Regional Levels January 11 284 Senior Mobility in Transit: Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again 10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 295 Contemporary Research Issues for Aviation-Mediated DiseaseTuesday, 1:30–3:15 p.m. January 12 309 Innovations in Health and Transportation Research 4:15–6:00 p.m. 10:15 a.m.–noon 341 Approaches to Understanding and Controlling Rail-Generated Noise and Vibration 369 Integrating Freight Needs into Transportation Planning for Healthy and Active Communities 440 Current Issues in Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration 566 Young Driver Research: Latest Findings 568 Senior Mobility Research: Individual and Community-Based Perspectives 1:30–3:15 p.m. 600 Gender Differences in Driving: Safety and Mobility ImplicationsWednesday, 8:30–10:15 a.m. 778 Examining Accessible Mobility and Transport: Reaching New Conclusions January 13 10:15 a.m.–noon for Multimodal Access (poster)Thursday, 2:30–4:00 p.m. 803 Logistics of International Humanitarian Relief Efforts in Africa and Nepal January 14 8:00 a.m.–noon 822 Federal Transit Administration Priorities, Part 2: Rides to Wellness and Mobility on Demand 838 Recent Developments in Understanding of Highway Noise and Implementation of Quieter Pavements 873 Health Effects of Transportation Noise and Air Quality and Mitigation Strategies (workshop)

TRB Standing Committees Your Gateway to Addressing the Most Critical Issues in TransportationThe standing committees within TRB are communities of individuals sharing interests and expertise in transportation.TRB’s more than 200 standing committees represent almostevery transportation mode and topic. Each committee proposesresearch, shares research findings, sponsors special activities,and provides a forum for transportation professionals to discusstoday’s and tomorrow’s transportation issues.Serving on a TRB committee provides an opportunity to contributeto advancing the state of the art and the state of the practice intransportation. You will participate with individuals from around theworld and with diverse backgrounds. This broad representationprovides a chance to contribute, to learn, and to interact withothers who share your passion for transportation. To get involved, go to www.MyTRB.org, establish your profile, and select the committee or committees on which you would like to participate. If you are already participating, TRB thanks you for your efforts to address our most critical transportation issues! Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 www.TRB.org