TRB Annual Meeting
Business meeting held
1. Over 46 attendees
2. 2 speakers presented: Kevin Taaffe, Clemson University; Billy Williams, North Carolina State University
3. 18 papers reviewed leading up to 2006 meeting
4. 8 papers accepted for presentation
5. Joint call for papers was issued with the Transportation Network Modeling Committee (ADB30) leading up to this meeting. Talks in 8 related sessions at the 2006 meeting were sponsored in whole or in part by ANB10(4), including:
6. An executive steering committee of the Emergency Evacuation Subcommittee was formed immediately following the annual business meeting. The steering committee consisted of members who expressed keen interest in active participation in the Subcommittee and its transformation to taskforce. Three task groups were formed. Members of each task group were responsible for taking a leading role on issues of importance to the TRB administration in demonstrating the Subcommittee’s relevance, viability and sustainability as a full standing committee, the first step to which is the creation of a taskforce. The three task groups included: ActionPlan/Strategic Plan/Technical Core Development (7 members, led by Anne Dunning), 2007 Session Development, Calls for Papers and Conference Sponsorship (4 members, led by Elise Miller-Hooks), and Scan of Coordination with relationship to/ties with existing TRB committees (7 members, led by Pamela Murray-Tuite).