Ninth Conference on the
   Application of Transportation Planning Methods
   Radisson Hotel and Conference Center
   Baton Rouge, Louisiana
   April 6 - 10, 2003

The 9th TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning Methods provides transportation planners a forum for the exchange of innovative and contemporary ideas, methodologies and experiences. The conference is sponsored by the Transportation Planning Applications Committee (A1C07) of the Transportation Research Board, the Louisiana Transportation Research Center, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, and the Louisiana Planning Council. The conference site will be at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The goal of the sponsors is to provide an outlet for new applied techniques and methods. The program emphasizes practical, innovative, and timely technical and policy approaches to transportation planning. The conference language is in English.

The conference will feature practical
approaches to topics such as:

  • Innovations in Travel Modeling
  • Multimodal Case Studies
  • Environmental Justice
  • Data Collection and Surveys
  • Statewide Models
  • Safety/Access Management Planning
  • Corridor Studies
  • Mutltimodal Travel Forecasting
  • Smart Growth
  • Modeling Access Management
  • Statewide Management Systems
  • Mutlimodal Case Studies
  • Federal Guidelines
  • Project Assessment
  • Census Session
  • Travel Demand Modeling and Extensions
  • State and Local Policy
  • Urban Mobility
  • Technical Applications in Data Collection
  • State and Regional Freight Models
  • Model Integration
  • Network Simulation
  • HOV/Pricing

    SPONSORED BY:
    Transportation Research Board
    Louisiana Transportation Research Center
    Louisiana Department of Transportation
        and Development
    Louisiana Planning Council
    		•  While you're at the conference visit some of the local points of interest:

  • U.S.S. Kidd and Nautical Historical Center
  • LA Arts and Science Center:
        Riverside Museum
  • Numerous Antebellum Plantations
  • LA Arts and Science Center:
        Pennington Planetarium
  • Bluebonnet Swamp and Nature Center
  • Afton Villa Gardens
  • Baton Rouge Casinos
  • Nine Golf Courses and Five Public
        Tennis Courts
  • Five Local Theaters
  • LSU Rural Life Museum and Windrush
        Gardens
  • Swamp Tours
  • Louisiana's Old State Capital

    Visit our tourist information
    page to learn more!!!


    FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Dr. Eric Kalivoda
    LA DOTD
    Baton Rouge, LA
    70804-9245
    (225) 379-1266
    ekalivod@dotd.state.la.us    		 Kirt A. Clement
    LTRC
    4101 Gourrier Avenue
    Baton Rouge, LA 70808
    (225) 767-9139
    kclement@dotd.state.la.us

    Dr. Jon D. Fricker
    School of Civil Engineering
    Purdue University
    West Lafayette, IN
    47907-1284
    (765) 494-2205
    fricker@ecn.purdue.edu