Bundled up against gusting winds, some 10,600 transportation professionals from around the world gathered in Washington, DC, for the 105th TRB Annual Meeting, held January 11–15. Attendees filled meeting rooms and ballrooms at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and the adjacent Marriott Marquis Hotel to participate in committee meetings, poster and lectern sessions, award presentations, and other activities.
At this year’s Chair’s Plenary, 2025 TRB Executive Committee Chair Leslie Richards welcomed keynote speaker U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Steven Bradbury, who delivered a presentation titled “America Is Building Again.” Richards then led a fireside chat with Seval Oz, Senior Advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT). They conversed about advancing U.S.DOT’s goals and how TRB can support them.
David Harkey delivered the 2026 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture. He is the president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the affiliated Highway Loss Data Institute.
Sessions and workshops addressed topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and students. Discussions focused on such topics as digitization and AI–machine learning in the rail environment, preventing vessel allision impacts on bridges, and air traffic management modernization.
One creative stop was the interactive Wisdom Wall on display in the Exhibit Hall. Attendees wrote or called out answers to transportation-related questions—such as, “What will most improve safety?”—and artists Mary Jo Neil, Ann Owl, and Brian Tarallo then depicted the responses.
Take a look at highlights from an exciting and informative week of transportation in all its modes and innovations!
Annual Meeting photographs by Risdon Photography, except where indicated. Click on gallery images to enlarge.
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Intersections
Mary Lord, TRB staff
Mary Lord, TRB Staff
Mary Lord, TRB Staff
- Staircases are welcoming places for attendees to chat and check their phones. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- Three attendees take a hint from a nearby sign and “get social” in a Convention Center corridor. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- Peter Hylton (left) of High Street Consulting greets student Muhammad Shajid Shahriar, University of California, Berkeley, at the New Attendee Engagement Session.
- Two attendees take a few minutes to check a laptop. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- Attendee Katherine Hunt makes a point at a mini roundtable discussion with other attendees.
- Attendees meet over beverages for a discussion.
- Attendee Miguel Muñoz (left) from Madrid, Spain, meets exhibitors Carl Novelli (center) and fellow Madrileño José Carlos Valdecantos Álvarez (right).
- University of Connecticut students Xingyue Wang (left), Prakash Ranjan (center), and Md. Anwar Uddin (right) check the Annual Meeting program during a poster session.
- Attendees Kerri Snyder (left) of ICF and Kristina Heggedal of Minnesota DOT share a moment near the Convention Center’s main staircase.
Sessions & Workshops
- Mario Monsreal, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, addresses the audience during the Coordinating Public and Private Sectors to Address Supply Chain Disruptions Workshop.
- Coordinating Public and Private Sectors to Address Supply Chain Disruptions Workshop attendees Grace Wang and Matthew Antonelli take a moment for a discussion.
- Utah DOT Executive Director Carlos Braceras weighs in during the state DOT CEO roundtable discussion of The CEO Playbook for Megaproject Success, moderated by Marc Williams (at the lectern), Executive Director of Texas DOT and vice president of AASHTO. Joining them are (left to right) Nancy Daubenberger, Commissioner of Minnesota DOT; Michael Carroll, Secretary of Pennsylvania DOT; Tim Gatz, Executive Director of Oklahoma DOT; and Will Reid, Commissioner of Tennessee DOT.
- Erickson Senkondo (right), a student at Tennessee State University, explains his research on Improving Advance Warning Time at Railroad Crossings with Machine Learning-Powered Train ETA Estimation to attendee Joffrey Lauthier during the poster session.
- Attendee Alex Marach comments during the Public–Private Partnerships for AI-Driven Freight Innovations workshop.
- TRB’s Technical Activities Division Director Ann Brach (standing) introduces the New Attendee Engagement Session. Joining her on stage are (left to right) TRB Executive Director Victoria Sheehan, Technical Activities Council Chair Tara Cavalline, and Young Participants Council Chair Zahra “Niloo” Parvinashtiani.
- David McDonald (right), Chair of TRB’s Standing Technical Committee on Performance-Based Geometric Design, answers questions and advises students and other Annual Meeting first-timers about the field of infrastructure design at the New Attendee Engagement Session. Attendees shown include (left to right) Japhet Felician, a student at South Carolina State University; Americo Gonzalez Aquino, HDR; and student Martin “King” Byaruhanga, also of South Carolina State University.
- Larry Head (left), Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona, shares his knowledge with Oregon State University student Tsigereda “Rose” Mossie (center) and South Carolina State University student Angel “Angie” Lucian during the New Attendee Engagement Session.
- Owen Morgan (at lectern), U.S. DOT Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, moderates a discussion among the department’s administrators. Focusing on their agencies’ goals in research and innovation, the administrators are (left to right) Bryan Bedford, FAA; Paul Roberti, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Marcus Molinaro, FTA; David Fink, FRA; Derek Barrs, FMCSA; Sean McMaster, FHWA; and Jonathan Morrison, NHTSA.
Committees
- TRB committee chairs (left to right) Kevin Keller, HDR; Seçkin Özkul, University of South Florida; and Keith Bucklew, also of HDR, chat at breakfast ahead of the All Chairs Meeting.
- Brown University student Ryan Zapata shares his thoughts during the Young Participants Council meeting. At left is Nisa Hafeez of Arcadis in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Carol Abel Lewis, the 2024 TRB Executive Committee chair, works through agenda items with other members of the TRB Division Committee. She is joined by (left to right) Greg Symmes (foreground), Chief Operating Officer of the National Academy of Sciences and Executive Officer of its operating arm, the National Research Council; Ricardo Martinez, TRB Executive Committee member; and Craig E. Philip, also a member of the Executive Committee.
- Committee members Rehan Hyder (left) and Emma Habosky share notes during the Transit Management Committee meeting.
- TRB Executive Director Victoria Sheehan (left) offers perspectives to Global Affiliates Networking Committee meeting participants (left to right) Bastian Schroeder, Katie Turnbull, and Ann Brach.
- Biaggio Ciuffo, Deputy Head of the Sustainable, Smart, and Safe Mobility Unit at the European Commission Joint Research Centre, addresses committee members and others during the Executive Subcommittee on International Activities meeting.
- Bastian Schroeder (standing), a senior principal engineer at Kittelson & Associates and chair of the Committee on Intersection and Roadway Capacity and Quality of Service, asks members to vote by a show of hands during the committee meeting.
Major Awards
President of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the affiliated Highway Loss Data Institute, David Harkey is the 2026 recipient of the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship. Harkey has dedicated his career to improving road safety. His work has spanned rural and urban locations around the globe and addressed issues affecting passenger vehicles, large trucks, pedestrians, and bicyclists. In all of those areas, his applied research has influenced public policy and been used by road safety professionals to guide their decision making.
The Deen Lectureship is named for TRB’s eighth executive director, Thomas B. Deen, who served from 1980 to 1994. It recognizes the career contributions and achievements of an individual in one of the areas covered by TRB’s Technical Activities Division.
Wayne Kittelson is the recipient of the 2025 W. N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award, named for TRB’s former executive director, who served from 1967 to 1980. Kittelson, Senior Principal Engineer at his firm, Kittelson & Associates, is recognized for nearly 50 years of service to TRB and his significant engagement in the field of highway capacity and quality of service.
During his decades of TRB engagement, Kittelson has provided sustained technical leadership, notably in shaping the Highway Capacity Manual and advancing the integration of travel time reliability. He served on the Highway Capacity Committee, contributed to National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) and the Second Strategic Highway Research Program—or SHRP2—projects, and advised FHWA on research implementation as a member of TRB’s Research and Technology Coordinating Committee.
Kittelson’s volunteer and professional leadership is marked by humility, generosity, and an unwavering focus on empowering others. He consistently fosters environments of trust, respect, and shared learning, influencing the culture of his firm and the wider transportation profession. Beyond his own committee work, Kittelson’s greatest legacy lies in mentoring others in their TRB participation, fostering a culture of involvement that has brought dozens of professionals into leadership and service roles across the organization. By encouraging young professionals to engage with TRB, he has shaped countless careers. His global outlook, commitment to education, and openness to innovation reflect values that elevate the profession and society. Kittelson embodies the spirit of gentle guidance, lifelong service, and transformative leadership that the W. N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award honors.
Christopher P. L. Barkan is the recipient of the 2025 Robert E. Skinner, Jr., Distinguished Transportation Research Management Award. Barkan is professor and George Krambles director of the Rail Transportation and Engineering Center in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Granger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. He is recognized for his nearly four-decades-long career advancing research, safety, and operational capacity in the nation’s rail transportation industry.
Barkan teaches courses in railroad transportation engineering, railway signaling and operation, and advances in rail technology, as well as graduate seminars on a wide range of rail transportation topics. Since joining the university, he and his colleagues have expanded the rail curriculum from one course to 10—the most extensive rail program in North America. He also works with colleagues across the country to expand rail transportation and engineering academic programs and opportunities nationwide.
Barkan’s relationship with TRB spans more than 35 years, during which he has been a key leader, advocate, and innovator. He helped in the creation of the TRB Rail Group during a Technical Activities Committee reorganization, unifying and strengthening rail-related committees and fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders in rail transportation. He has served in leadership roles across at least five TRB committees and chaired the Rail Group for seven years. His deep commitment to TRB is evident in his leadership and enduring role in advancing the organization’s mission in rail transportation.
The Skinner Award is named for TRB Executive Director Robert E. Skinner, Jr., who served from 1994 to 2015. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in management, administration, promotion, fostering, and implementation of transportation research.
Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Senior Vice President and national practice consultant for HNTB, is the 2026 recipient of the Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation. She is recognized for her career-long efforts to ensure that transportation systems truly serve the people who rely on them. Through her leadership, Gutierrez-Scaccetti has advanced a clear philosophy: that transportation is the circulatory system of the economy—connecting communities, enabling opportunity, and enriching quality of life. She has consistently emphasized transparency; customer service; and the principle that a safe, reliable, and efficient transportation system should be something the public can take for granted—not because it is forgettable but because it is expected.
After several years in public service, Gutierrez-Scaccetti joined the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, where she spent more than two decades learning the business from the ground up. Rising through the ranks to executive director, she led one of the state’s most important transportation facilities with a deep commitment to accountability, operational excellence, and the traveling public. During this time, she developed a strong appreciation for the labor-intensive nature of transportation work and the importance of ensuring that all employees understand the critical role they play in serving the public.
Gutierrez-Scaccetti was a member of the TRB Executive Committee from 2019 to 2022 and served as the chair in 2023. She also served on several other TRB committees and panels, including the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s TRB Division Committee; the NCHRP panel on Administration of Highway and Transportation Agencies; and the NCHRP panel on Collective and Individual Actions for State Departments of Transportation Envisioning and Realizing the Next Era of America’s Transportation Infrastructure.
The Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation is a biennial award established in memory of Sharon D. Banks, the former general manager of AC Transit in Oakland, California, and chair of the TRB Executive Committee in 1998. She died in 1999. The award recognizes innovative and successful leadership in people-oriented initiatives in transportation—sustained over an extended period—that exemplify Bank’s ideals of humanity and service. Gutierrez-Scaccetti is recognized for her exceptional leadership, her vision for connectivity, and her unwavering commitment to the users of transportation systems.
Chris Hendrickson, Hamerschlag University Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University, is the 2025 recipient of the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award. He is recognized for a distinguished 50-year career marked by humility, mentorship, and lifelong dedication to advancing transportation research.
Hendrickson has authored 290 peer-reviewed publications and eight books, and has also contributed to a number of other works; his research portfolio has transformed transportation practice and policy. Early in his career, Henrickson developed a travel-distance formula still used in home-service planning and advanced models of dynamic traffic equilibrium. He pioneered probabilistic network analysis for lifeline planning after seismic events and created one of the first integrated building design systems. More recently, his research has shaped policy and planning for connected and automated vehicles, alternative fuel systems, and resilient infrastructure. His work consistently combines engineering rigor with management insight, producing lasting contributions to transportation systems.
Hendrickson has also served TRB for nearly five decades. He recently completed 13 years of service on the TRB Executive Committee, six of which were as chair of the TRB Division Committee, the National Research Council oversight body. His influence extends through more than a dozen National Academies consensus study committees on topics such as interstate renewal, inland waterways, and defense construction. He has also overseen the review of dozens of TRB publications. He has published 17 papers the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, and—for TRB Annual Meetings—he has reviewed hundreds of papers and presented 19 times.
The award is named for Roy W. Crum, who served as TRB’s executive director from 1928 until his death in 1951. It recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of transportation research.
Executive Committee Names New Leaders
Joel M. Jundt, Secretary of the South Dakota DOT and vice chair of the TRB Executive Committee, was elected as the committee’s 2026 chair during the Annual Meeting. Jundt joined the state DOT in 1985 as a road design engineer and has held a variety of positions during his career there, including as the Rapid City region engineer, director of planning and engineering, and deputy secretary. He is also active in TRB. In addition to his leadership role on the Executive Committee, Jundt currently is serving a two-year term as chair of the AASHTO Council on Highways and Streets and is a member of the TRB Division Committee.
Jundt received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Serving with Jundt as TRB Executive Committee vice chair is Randell Iwasaki, CEO and president of Iwasaki Consulting Services in Walnut Creek, California. An internationally recognized expert on automated and connected vehicle technology development and testing, he spent 27 years at the California Department of Transportation, rising to become its director in 2009. He went on to serve as the executive director of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority for nearly a decade. During his tenure, Iwasaki founded GoMentum Station, the nation’s largest secure automated–vehicle test facility, on the site of a former naval weapons station, and developed and hosted the annual Redefining Mobility Summit. Before starting his own firm, Iwasaki led Amazon Web Services’ data support and analysis services—including AI support—for state and local transportation agencies.
Iwasaki has been a part of TRB since the 1990s. He has participated in many NCHPR panels and chaired the SHRP2 Renewal Panel for two terms.
Serving as new members of the TRB Executive Committee are Marsha Anderson Bomar, Edward Hassinger, Shanté Hastings, and Tracy Larkin Thomason. Reappointed members include Carol Abel Lewis, Leslie S. Richards, Nancy T. Daubenberger, and Ricardo Martinez. The new Marine Board chair is Sandra Knight and new ex-officio members are Derek Barrs, Steven G. Bradbury, Stephen Carmel, Tara Cavalline, David Fink, Sean McMaster, Jonathan Morrison, Seval Oz, and Paul Roberti.
Policy Session of the Executive Committee
Each year, the TRB Executive Committee selects a topic worthy of deeper analysis to address in a policy session. The 2026 policy session explored various aspects of AI, from developing a state DOT strategic plan for AI to replacing legacy project management programs with data-driven platforms, managing huge data streams from sensor-studded infrastructure and connected vehicles, training employees, and creating an organizational culture that relies on clean, consistent data. The panel of experts are (left to right) Gregory Ciparelli, Connecticut DOT; Benjamin McCulloch, Texas DOT; and Jennifer Volkening, Utah DOT.
Executive Committee
- Nevada DOT Director Tracy Larkin Thomason (left) chats with Derek Barrs (middle), Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Shanté Hastings, Secretary of Delaware DOT.
- Minnesota DOT Commissioner Nancy Daubenberger makes a point to Joey Hartmann, FHWA Associate Administrator for Research, Development, and Technology.
- Connecticut DOT Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto elaborates on how his agency collects and uses data and AI.
- Ricardo Martinez (left), Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Decatur, Georgia, converses with Texas DOT Executive Director Marc Williams.
- Tom Menzies, Director of TRB’s Consensus and Advisory Studies Division, focuses on the discussion of AI and state DOT policy and practices.
- Tsu-Jae Liu, President of the National Academy of Engineering, makes a point.
- Marsha Anderson Bomar, Strategic Transportation Advisor at GHD in Duluth, Georgia, asks about new cybersecurity concerns.
- Mark Patterson, Associate Administrator of FRA’s Office of Research, Data, and Innovation, contributes to the discussion.
- Preparing to leave the Executive Committee, 2020 Chair Carlos Braceras, Executive Director of Utah DOT, receives a certificate of appreciation from TRB Executive Director Victoria Sheehan (left) and 2025 Executive Committee Chair Leslie Richards.
- Susan Shaheen, 2021 Executive Committee Chair, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and co-director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center of the Institute of Transportation Studies, receives a certificate of appreciation.
- Departing Executive Committee member Scott Marler, Director of Iowa DOT, receives a certificate of appreciation.
- Timothy Klein (second from left), Director, Office of Technology Policy and Outreach, and Rolf Schmitt (third from left), Deputy Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at U.S. DOT, receive certificates of appreciation.
- Ex-officio member Zahra “Niloo” Parvinashtiani, Chair of the TRB Young Participants Council, chats with Ted Sussmann, a professor of civil engineering and director of the Construction Management and Technology Program at the University of Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut.
- Carol Abel Lewis, 2024 Executive Committee Chair, and Professor Emerita and former director of the Center for Transportation, Training, and Research at Texas Southern University in Houston, chats with Shawn Wilson, Senior Vice President and national highways business line lead for Transportation and Infrastructure at WSP.
- Chris Hendrickson (second from left), Hamerschlag University Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University and former TRB Executive Committee member, introduces his son Peter (left) to TRB Executive Committee ex-officio member Paul Skoutelas, President and CEO of the American Public Transportation Association, and Katie Turnbull, a senior research fellow at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and 2018 TRB Executive Committee chair.
- Jennifer Duval (left) and Mara Campbell (center) of Jacobs connect with Lorraine Martin, Director of the National Safety Council, at the Executive Committee reception.
- Wayne Kittelson (left), Senior Principal Engineer at Kittelson & Associates and the 2025 recipient of TRB’s W. N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award, shares a moment with former TRB Executive Director Thomas B. Deen.
- Sandra Rosenbloom (left), a research professor at the University of Texas at Austin and TRB’s 2025 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship honoree, catches up with Katie Turnbull of Texas A&M Transportation Institute.
Memorial Tribute for Hani Mahmassani
Sunday’s Annual Meeting sessions concluded on a bittersweet note with a memorial service for TRB Executive Committee member Hani Mahmassani, who died on July 15, 2025. A professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he was the William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation and director of the Northwestern University Transportation Center, Mahmassani was considered one of transportation engineering’s most influential scholars. Areas of expertise included multimodal transportation systems, transit network planning and design, real-time logistics and supply chains, and intelligent transportation network modeling. The volume of Mahmassani’s publications—952 in total, with more than 45,000 citations, according to presentations at the packed memorial tribute—is one indicator of his profound impact on students, colleagues, and the field. He also was a passionate mentor, and many of his 75 doctoral student advisees now lead research.
Speaking at the memorial, TRB Executive Director Victoria Sheehan described Mahmassani as a kind, thoughtful, and dedicated individual whose many TRB contributions included helping to inform federal officials on research priorities a month before he died. TRB will have hundreds of volunteers and countless students and colleagues who will continue his legacy, she said.
Mahmassani, who earned his PhD in transportation systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982, joined the Northwestern faculty in 2007 after appointments at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Maryland. Honors include his 2021 election to the National Academy of Engineering and becoming a Fellow of the Institute for Management Sciences in 2024. In addition to serving as a member of TRB’s Executive Committee, Mahmassani was recognized with the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship in 2016 and the Roy W. Crum Award in 2021.
- George Washington University PhD student Wissam Sleiman, who researches traffic flow optimization and connected vehicles, was one of several former students highlighting Mahmassani’s career devoted to transportation research.
- Sue Ahn, a professor and the associate chair of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, spoke about Mahmassani’s contributions to traffic flow theory.
- A speaker’s anecdote elicits smiles from two memorial service attendees.
- TRB Executive Director Victoria Sheehan noted that Mahmassani received not one but two of TRB’s most prestigious awards, exemplifying the impact he and his work have had on many people.
- Samer Hamdar gave concluding remarks. The civil and environmental engineering professor leads the Center for Intelligent Transportation Systems at George Washington University in Washington, DC, and was one of Mahmassani’s former PhD students.
Random Moments
Mary Lord, TRB Staff
Mary Lord, TRB Staff
Mary Lord, TRB Staff
Mary Lord, TRB Staff
Mary Lord, TRB Staff
- One less item to pack, badges could be printed on site.
- Technical Activities Council member Fred Wagner makes his presence known by scanning a QR code.
- Almost all modes of transportation are represented at the Annual Meeting, including skateboarding! (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- With assistance from her service dog Fred, attendee Suzette May navigates through the crowded Exhibit Hall. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- A state-of-the-art autonomous bus was on display curbside at the Convention Center. Already performing pilot runs in Washington, DC, it comes in three sizes and has a floor that is level with the curb—for accessibility.
- TRB Executive Committee members and guests load onto the autonomous bus parked at the Convention Center.
- When attendees noted flying cars as a transportation mode of the future, Artist Brian Tarallo reproduced an image from The Jetson’s on the Wisdom Wall. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- Fingers stained and colored pens drawn, Artists Anne Owl and Brian Tarallo mark the end of their collaboration at the Wisdom Wall. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- Exhibitor Charles Moore of Dynatest US explains his company’s product to attendee Salma Sultana of New York State DOT.
- Headgear in place, an attendee tries a virtual reality bike safety demo at FHWA’s Exhibit Hall booth. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- FHWA exhibitor Phea Padgett (left) joins fellow exhibitor Kristin Kersavage of VHB and attendee Bryan Katz at a street scene on an exhibit monitor.
- With Texas DOT colleague Katryna Pruitt, Lance “Alex” Kloefkorn shows off a rubber traffic light exhibitor giveaway. Designed for hand exercising, it can also reduce the stress of the day—or of driving.
- A pair of attendees grab a moment to take a photo at the ever-popular TRB sign. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- Several of TRB’s Cooperative Research Programs (CRP) staff also gathered around the iconic sign for a team photo. CRP Director Monique Evans (second row, center, in black jacket) made it happen. (Kneeling, first row, left to right): Zhiye Li, Daniel Somerset, Waseem Dekelbab, Jennifer L. Weeks, Kevin Padilla, Scott Evan Hitchcock, Zuxuan Deng, and Anne-Marie Turner. (Second row, left to right—and framed by the letters): Arefeh Nasri, Natalie Barnes, Joyce Tillman, LaKeisha Frager, Tara Picciano, Cassandra Franklin-Barbajosa, Emily Griswold, Monique Evans, Patrick Zelinski, Dianne Schwager, Camille Crichton-Sumners, Mary Lord, Sandra Larson, Ahmad Abu-Hawash, and Roy Mesler.
Pitching In
Some TRB staff split their time between their regular duties and working at the Annual Meeting.
Mary Lord, TRB Staff
- Annual Meeting photographer Cable Risdon (left) of Risdon Photography shares photo file numbers with CRP staff supporting his assignment. They are (left to right) Kevin Padilla, Senior Program Assistant; LaKeisha Frager, Senior Program Assistant; and Cassandra Franklin-Barbajosa, Senior Editor for TR News. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- Mary Lord (left), Staff Editor for TR News, and Scott Hitchcock, Senior Editor, take a break from their work with the photographer. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- Gary Walker (left), Senior Deputy Director of TRB Program Finance, and Scott Brotemarkle, Senior Program Officer in the Technical Activities Division, share information about TRB Research published by the National Academies Press. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- Russell Houston (right), Associate Executive Director of TRB, hands a copy of The Transportation Research Board, 1920–2020: Everyone Interested Is Invited to an attendee heading into a session. The book, by Sarah Jo Peterson, chronicles TRB’s founding and development during its first 100 years. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- Isabella Austin (second from left) of Sage Publishing joins TRB staff (left to right) Brie Schwartz, Amy Hardcastle, and John Dodson in discussing TRB’s journal, the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, with attendees. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
Rest Stop
Mary Lord, TRB Staff
Mary Lord, TRB Staff
Mary Lord, TRB Staff
- One attendee found solitude with his laptop in a makeshift corner office with a view. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- Meeting the needs of busy professionals, a pair of chairs are wired and cocooned for comfort—and privacy. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- An attendee finds respite from the Annual Meeting bustle on an orange bench. (Mary Lord, TRB Staff)
- Another orange bench is an invitation to a seat for one attendee—and a nap for another.
