ObjectiveThe objective of the WCTRS is to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas among transportation researchers, managers, policy makers, and educators from all over the world, from a perspective which is multi-modal, multi-disciplinary, and multi-sectoral. The Society has become a primary forum for such international exchanges in transportation; the World Conferences are the place where leading transportation professionals from all countries convene to learn from one another.
One unique role for the WCTR is to identify emerging issues and opportunities of a policy, managerial, or technical nature which will influence transportation research, policy, management and education in future years. In this way, the Society and the Conference intend to play a strong leadership role in bridging the gaps between research and practice.
ScopeThe Society is multi-modal, multi-disciplinary, and multi-sectoral. The members span almost all aspects of transportation research, planning, policy and management. In general, the World Conferences will mirror this breadth of interests.
Brief on WCTRS formationWCTRS is formed under the Swiss law. Details of its formation are given in its Constitution. The WCTRS General Assembly is formed by WCTRS members and convenes every three years during the WCTR. The General Assembly is the highest authority of WCTRS. It selects the WCTRS Chairman and approves the WCTRS budget and activity report. The Steering Committee (STC) of WCTRS is responsible for setting out the society's general policies, selection of the next host site of WCTR, selection of the Chairman and members of the WCTR Scientific Committee (SC), selection of the WCTR Conference Directorate (CD) Chairman, approval of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and selection of their managers. The STC is also responsible for approval and follow up of a WCTR conference organization, approval of a WCTR conference fees and WCTRS membership subscriptions and approval of WCTRS and WCTR prizes and prize winners as well as other important duties.
The WCTRS Chairman chairs both the General Assembly and the STC. He represents the society in any international meeting or occasion. Furthermore, the WCTRS Chairman arranges and calls for the meetings of the STC and takes charge of the general follow up of the work of the CD of a WCTR. He reviews all WCTRS and WCTR publications. These include the WCTRS Newsletters and Membership Directory, the WCTR call for papers, registration forms and conference proceedings. He is to make sure of transferring the STC directions on conference organization to the CD and follows up with the CD Chairman to solve any problems. He is to report to the STC any problems that may be faced by the CD.
The
WCTRS Chairman is assisted by a permanent
society Secretariat to help him in running WCTRS and WCTR activities.
Among the Secretariat duties is following up membership affairs, production
of the WCTRS Newsletters and Membership Directory, production of the STC meetings
agenda and minutes, helping STC member(s) who may be in charge of special assignment(s)
for WCTRS as well as other logistics and liaison with the WCTR Secretariat.
(extracts from "WCTRS/WCTR Current Operating Practices", June
1995)
WCTRS Commitees 2004 -
2006
- Chairman :
Werner ROTHENGATTER
FONCTION |
NAME |
ORGANIZATION |
DIRETORATE |
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| Chairman | Werner ROTHENGATTER | Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik und Wirtschaftsforschung, GERMANY |
| General Secretary | Alain BONNAFOUS | Laboratoire d'Economie des Transports, FRANCE |
| Ex-President | Hideo NAKAMURA | Institute for Transport Policy Studies, JAPAN |
| Auditing, Membership and Marketing : Europe | Eddy VAN DE VOORDE | University of Antwerp - UFSIA, BELGIUM |
| Constitution | Ali HUZAYYIN | Cairo University, EGYPT |
| Nomination | Robert RIVIER | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), SWIZERLAND |
| Conf. Site Selection | Roger Vickerman | University of Kent, UK |
MEMBERSHIP
& MARKETING COMMITTEE (MMC) |
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| Chairman of the MMC | Yoshitsugu HAYASHI | University of Nagoya, JAPAN |
| Membership and Marketing : America | Tae H. OUM | University of British Columbia, CANADA |
| Membership & Marketing : Asia & Australia | Yang Dong Yuen | Tongji-University, CHINA |
| Membership and Marketing :Europe | Eddy VAN DE VOORDE | University of Antwerp - UFSIA, BELGIUM |
SCIENTIFIC
COMMITTEE (SCC) |
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| Chairman of the Scientific Committee | Hilde MEERSMAN | University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| Vice Chair of SCC | Yoshitsugu HAYASHI | University of Nagoya, JAPAN |
| Vice Chair of SCC | José VIEGAS | CESUR - Instituto Superior Tecnico, PORTUGAL |
| Vice Chair of SCC | Füsun ULENGIN | Istanbul Technical University, TURKEY |
| Vice Chair of SCC | Tony MAY | The University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
EDITORIAL
BOARD OF TRANSPORT POLICY JOURNAL (EB) |
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| Chairman of the Editorial Board | Moshe BEN-AKIVA | M.I.T. USA |
| Editor Transport Policy | Yoshitsugu HAYASHI | University of Nagoya, JAPAN |
| Editor Transport Policy | John PRESTON | Transport Studies Unit, U.K. |
| Editor Transport Policy | Peter BONSALL | University of Leeds, UK |
CONFERENCE
ORGANISATION COMMITTEE (COC) |
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| Chairwoman | Elizabeth DEAKIN | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Other member | Dan SPERLING | University of California, Davis, USA |
| Other member | Yücel CANDEMIR | Istanbul Technical University, TURKEY |
LIAISON
TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS |
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| Other member | Andreas KOPP | OECD |
| Other member | Paul Amos | World Bank |
Honorary members :
Scientific Committee Members :
Chairman :
HILDE MEERSMAN
Universiteit Antwerpen
UFSIA, Faculteit TEW
Prinsstraat 13
B-2000 Antwerpen
BELGIUM
| NAME |
ORGANIZATION |
| Staffan Algers | Department of Traffic and Transport Planning, Royal Institute of Technology, SWEDEN |
| Kay W. Axhausen | IVT, ETH, SWITZERLAND |
| Serdar Aydintug | UND, Istanbul, TURKEY |
| Jan Burnewicz | University of Gdansk, Poland |
| Kenneth Button | George Mason University, The Institute of Public Policy, USA |
| Kyung Soo Chon | Seoul National University, KOREA |
| Yves Crozet | Laboratoire d'Economie des Transports, ISH, FRANCE |
| Yang Dong Yuen | University of Gdansk, Poland |
| Peter Freeman | World Bank |
| André de Palma | Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Département d'economie, Théma, FRANCE |
| Nathan Gartner | University of Massachusetts, Department of Civil Engineering, USA |
| George Giannopoulos | Aristotle's University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Technology, Civil Engineering Department, Transport Research, GREECE |
| Hugh Gunn | Hague Consulting Group, THE NETHERLANDS |
| Yoshi Hayashi | Nagoya University, Faculty of Engineering, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering Department, JAPAN |
| Florian Heinitz | University of Erfurt, GERMANY |
| Peter Jones | Transport Studies Group, University of Westminster, UK |
| Paul Jovanis | Pennsylvania State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, USA |
| Isam A. Kaysi | American University of Beirut , Lebanon |
| Li Keping | Tongji University, School of Transportation Engineering, Shanghai/P.R. China |
| Tschango John Kim | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Nicolaos Litinas | University of the Aegean, GREECE |
| Hani Mahmassani | University of Maryland, USA |
| Tony May | Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK |
| Kazuaki Miyamoto | Faculty of Environmental and Information Studies, Musashi Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Pat
Mokhtarian |
UC Davis, California, USA |
| Eva Molnar | World Bank and University of Budapest, HUNGARY |
| Hisa Morisugi | Tohoku University, Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science, JAPAN |
| Antonio Musso | DITS - University of Rome, ITALY |
| Hideki Nakamura | Nagoya University, Japan |
| Jaehek Oh | Korea Transport Institute, KOREA |
| Kaan Özbay | Rutgers University, USA |
| Chang-Ho Park | Seoul National University, KOREA |
| Marco Ponti | University of Milan, ITALY |
| John Preston | University of Oxford, UK |
| Chris Pringle | Elsevier Science, UK |
| Cees Ruijgrok | Institute for Spatial Organization, INRO-TNO, THE NETHERLANDS |
| Ilan Salomon | Department of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, 91905 Jerusalem, ISRAEL |
| Ian Savage | Department of Economics, Northwestern University, 2003 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA |
| Wolfgang Schade | Universitat Karlsruhe, Institut fur Wirtschaftspolitik und Wirtschaftsforschung, IWW, GERMANY |
| Essam Sharaf | Public Works Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, EGYPT |
| Lars Sjoestedt | TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY HAMBURG, GERMANY |
| Brian Taylor | University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
| Mike Taylor | University of South Australia, Transport Systems Centre, AUSTRALIA |
| Panos Tzieropoulos | Institut des Transports et de Planification, EPFL-Ecublens, Département de Génie Civil, SWITZERLAND |
| Taka Ueda | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Füsun Ülengin | Istanbul Technical University, Turkey |
| Henk van Zuylen | Delft University of Technology, Subfaculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Traffic Engineering, THE NETHERLANDS |
| Roger Vickerman | Centre for European, Regional and Transport Economics, Keynes College, University of Kent, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Jose Manuel Viegas | CESUR - Instituto Superior Tecnico, PORTUGAL |
| Michael Wegener | Institut für Raumplanung, Universität Dortmund, GERMANY |
| Yimin Zhang | Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Introduction of the
WCTRS President
Pr. Werner Rothengatter focuses on applying theoretical and practical approaches of civil engineering and economics to the field of transportation. He is active in particular in the areas of forecasting and assessment models, in system dynamics, cost accounting including external costs and pricing. In transport policy his special fields of expertise are environmental impacts and competition in transport networks.
Werner Rothengatter is 59 years old and looks back to a long academic career. He graduated in 1969 at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, in Business Economics and Industrial Engineering, finished PhD in 1972 and finished the habilitation (2nd PhD) in 1978. He had professorhsips at the Universities of Kiel and Ulm for Economic Theory and changed in 1985 to the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin. At this largest German institute for economic research, he was head of the transportation unit. After rejecting a call to the University of Münster, he changed to the University of Karlsruhe in 1990 to become head of the Institute for Economic Policy Research (IWW), which includes units for money and banking, international economic policy, system dynamics and innovation as well as transport and communication. Since 2002 he is also Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Karlsruhe.
He is a
member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the German Ministry of Transport,
a member of the Advisory Board of the Deutsche Bahn AG, a member of the Advisory
Council for Spatial Development of the German Ministry of Transport, a member
of the board of the German Society of Transport Research and a member of the
steering group of the German Society of Road and Traffic Research. Furthermore
he has worked as an advisor for the World Bank, the Italian Ministry of Transport,
the Denish Transport Council, and several State Ministries. He also was appointed
as member of several expert groups to advise high level groups of the European
Commission and the German federal and state ministries. His IWW institute with
its unit for transport and communication is closely involved in the transport
research programmes of the European Commission, as well as in single projects
as in excellence networks with a large number of international partners.