Jules Dupuit Prize
Awarded to Professor Yoshitsugu Hayashi, in recognition of a record of outstanding scientific work, a reputation for truly international activity including involvement in global networks, and significant contributions to and reputation within WCTRS.
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WCTRS Transport Policy Prize
Title: TrafficGPT: Viewing, processing and interacting with traffic foundation models
Authors: Siyao Zhang, Daocheng Fu, Wenzhe Liang, Zhao Zhang, Bin Yu, Pinlong Cai, Baozhen Yao, (2024),
WCTRS Grand Prize for Best WCTR Paper
Title: The Political Economy of Taxing the Use of Electric Cars (SIG E2)
Authors: Bruno De Borger (University of Antwerp) and Stef Proost (KULeuven)
WCTRS Best Poster Paper
Title: Exploring the Significance of Care Trips in Daily Mobility (SIG D4)
Authors: Naomi Panjaitan and Susan Pike, University of California, Davis
WCTRS Cairo University Prize
Title: Fare or Unfair? The Hidden Inequities in Bangkok’s Bus Pricing (Topic Area H)
Authors: Patanapong Sanghatawatana, Apiwat Ratanawaraha (Chulalongkorn University)
WCTRS Young Prize for Best Paper by Young Authors
Title: Dynamic Core Profiles: Quantifying Temporal Stability of Walk-Oriented Activity Zones via Multilayer Community Detection (SIG F1)
Authors: Shumpei Kiriki, Mikiharu Arimura (Muroran Institute of Technology)
Title: From Short to Long Hauls: How Uncertain Waiting Times Shape Relay Transport Adoption in Trucking (SIG B3)
Authors: Zeying Wena, Xin Doub, Tao Fenga (Hiroshima University)
WCTRS-Y PhD Student Grants
Title: Investigating Rebound Effects of Telework and Its Implications on Cities
Author: Anisa Fauzi Ratnasari
Title: Developing a Bottom-up, Agent-based Energy Consumption and Emission Model within an
Integrated Urban Modelling System
Author: Rifat Bhuiyan
WCTRS Topic Area Awards
Title: Short-Haul Ban or Zero Emission Aircraft? Balancing Social Welfare and Emissions Control
Authors: Yan Liu (PolyU)
Title: Precarious Work in Last-Mile Logistics: Subcontracting Practices and Policy Implications
Authors: Ivan Cardenas (Chalmers), Jia Zhang, Wouter Verheyen, Joris Beckers (Univ of Antwerp)
Title: Application of the Geographically Weighting Technique to the Machine Learning Algorithm for Fatal Traffic Accident Prediction
Authors: Seokwon Min, Dongjoo Park (Univ of Seoul)
Title: Characterizing Urban Functional Use Between Adjacent Metro Stations with an Embedding Framework Using Multi-modal Data Sequences: A Case Study in Hong Kong
Authors: Yunting Miao, Xintian Liu, Jiali Zhou, Jiangping Zhou (HKU)
Title: Assessing the Effects of Autonomous Vehicles in the Netherlands: A Spatial General-Equilibrium Analysis
Authors: Diego Candia, Erik T. Verhoef, Saul Basurto (VU Amsterdam)
Title: Towards Zero-Emission Maritime Transport: A Multi-Objective Optimization Model for Passenger Ferry Network Electrification
Authors: Luyun Zhaoa, Zhan Zhao (HKU)
Title: Multi-Residence and Modal Choices: A Matter of Accessibility?
Authors: Jules Grandvillemin (EPFL), Florian Masse (tpg), Philippe Gerber (LISER), Vincent Kaufmann, Guillaume Drevon, Eloi Bernier (EPFL)
Title: Mobility Equity and Activity Diversity: Evidence from Kinshasa City, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authors: Yuma Tsumura (Institute of Science Tokyo), Hirohisa Kawaguchi (OC Global), Shinya Hanaoka (Institute of Science Tokyo)