Call for Abstracts

Resilient, Intelligent, Connected, and Low-Carbon Multimodal Transportation

The 24th joint COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP 2024) will be held July on 23-26, 2024, in Shenzhen, China, jointly organized by Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (COTA) and Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU). As the hosts and organizers of CICTP 2024, COTA and SZTU are pleased to invite submissions of innovative research and practice from both researchers and practitioners. As a world-class conference, the CICTP 2024 will focus on Resilient, Intelligent, Connected, and Low-Carbon Multimodal Transportation. The CICTP 2024 Full Paper Template is available at: https://utl.sztu.edu.cn/cictp2024/#/Information. The format of the submission must be in compliance with the ASCE formatting requirements. The CICTP2024 conference will encompass a series of technical sessions, plenary sessions, panel sessions, and special forums, including the World Bank Forum, the Dean's Forum, and COTA Career Development Forum for Young Scholars and Students and Transportation Studies Forum for International Students in China. The conference topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Emerging Innovations and Technologies for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

• Microscopic modeling for CV/AV/ CAV
• Macroscopic modeling for CV/AV/ CAV
• Trajectory planning and control of CV/AV/ CAV
• Collaborative driving decision and platoons for CV/AV
• AI-driven informatics and algorithms for CV/AV
• Innovative data-fusion approaches for CV/AV
• Development, test, and validation of CV/AV

Planning and Operation in Modern Logistics and Freight Transport

• Scheduling and routing problem in logistics
• Fleet Automation in Logistics and Freight Transport
• Logistics and Freight Transport electrification and operations
• Innovative solutions and methods for optimization in logistics
• New theories and models in logistics management

Reliable and Integrated Public Transportation

• Emerging technologies in public transportation systems
• Public transportation system planning and optimization
• Connected and autonomous vehicles in future public transportation
• Economic and policy analysis on public transportation
• Urban transit electrification and operations
• Transit vehicle scheduling and optimization
• Transit network planning and design
• Modelling and evaluation of public transportation accessibility
• Big data in public transportation systems

Travel Behavior, Accessibility, and Mobility Issues in Low-Carbon Transportation

• Travel Behavior analysis for low-carbon transportation mode
• Accessibility modelling and evaluation for low-carbon transportation mode
• Travel behavior guiding strategy in low-carbon transportation mode
• Shared mobility for achieving carbon-neutrality

Resilient and Intelligent Operations, Management and Control in Rail Transportation

• Emerging methodologies for train scheduling and operation
• Rail transport passenger flow organization and management
• Monitoring, maintenance, and management for rail tracks, vehicles, and facilities
• Noise and vibration control technologies for urban rail transit
• Signaling and electrification technology in rail transportation

Multimodal Transportation Planning and Operation in Metropolitans

• Multimode network modeling and optimization
• Urban transportation resilience analysis and optimization
• Urban traffic management with emerging techniques
• Coordination and connectivity in multimodal public transportation

Intelligent Traffic Operations, Management, and Control in Complex Scenarios

• Dedicated traffic management and coordinated control systems
• Optimization methods for improving operations of mixed traffic flow
• Mixed traffic flow control at signalized intersections
• Intelligent traffic sensing and monitoring techniques
• Cooperative perception and state estimation in V2X scenario
• Advanced traffic control with connected technologies
• Modeling of large-scale transportation networks

Data-driven Traffic Safety Modeling and Analysis

• Transportation psychology and safety
• Driving risk recognition and analysis
• Intelligent traffic control for safety improvement
• Data-driven safety analysis
• Traffic safety and emergency responses
• ITS applications in traffic safety management and control

Transportation System Security and Emergency Responses

• Transportation system risk analysis
• Transportation system risk assessment
• Emergency management and response in transportation systems
• Transportation system resilience assessment

Electrified and Shared Mobility

• Behavioral modeling advances for electrified and shared mobility
• New service patterns and operation patterns for electrified and shared mobility
• Demand-supply analysis of electrified mobility systems
• Infrastructure planning and deployment for electrified mobility
• Automation and connectivity of electric vehicles
• Agent-based simulation for electrified and shared mobility considering various policy incentives
• Policy analysis and operation design for electrified and shared mobility systems
• Contribution of electrified and shared mobility towards green transportation

Environmental and Sustainable Issues in Transportation System

• Integrated development of transportation and energy network
• Pollutant emission monitoring in transportation
• Emissions and air quality impacts of connected and autonomous technologies
• Transdisciplinary approaches for environment-friendly policy-making in transportation system
• Sustainability considerations towards the deployment of new technologies in transportation

Policy Analysis, Planning, and Evaluation of Transport System

• Regulation and policies in autonomous driving
• Public transport planning and operation
• Policy and strategies for green transport applications
• Emerging methodologies in planning and evaluation of intermodal transport system
• Policy innovations in transport efficiency improvement