14th Annual COTA/WCTA Symposium on Transportation Operations and Planning in Mega-Regions Time: 8:00am~5:30pm, January 23, 2011, Sunday Morning sessions: Georgetown East, Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington DC Afternoon sessions: Kalorama Ballroom, Churchill Hotel (across street from Hilton) 8:00 ~ 8:30 Registration 8:30 ~ 8:45 Opening Remarks Yinhai Wang, University of Washington, Allen Yang, Precision Systems Inc. 8:45 ~ 9:00 Keynote Remarks Wei Zhou, Director, Research Institute of Highways (RIOH), Chinese Ministry of Transport (RIOH-COTA Business Meeting by Invitation:10:15~11:30am) 9:00 ~ 10:15 Sustainable Mega-Region Planning and Development (in English) Moderator: Lei Zhang, University of Maryland Developing CO 2 Emission Inventory for China: A Case Study, Jinxuan Lai, Guohua Song, Lei Yu, Beijing Jiaotong University Emerging Land Use and Transportation Modeling with Uplan and Emme in China, Jia Hao Wu, W & S Solutions Transportation Consultants High-Speed Rail Planning in the Yangtze River Delta Megaregion of China, Xueming (Jimmy) Chen, Virginia Commonwealth University Reducing Vessel Speeds to Reduce Mega-region Air Pollutions, Haifeng Wang, The International Council on Clean Transportation 10:15 ~ 10:30 Coffee Break Sponsored by TranSmart Technologies/TrafficCast 10:30 ~ 11:45 Emerging ITS Technologies (in English) Moderator: Henry Liu, University of Minnesota Deploying a Real-Time Cellular and GPS Probe Data System for Shanghai World Expo and the BlueToad System in the US, Bin Ran, University of Wisconsin; Connie Li, TranSmart Technologies/TrafficCast Visualization and Assessment of Arterial Progression Quality Using High Resolution Signal Event Data and Probe Vehicle Travel Time Data, Darcy Bullock, Purdue University Wireless Detection Systems for 21st Century Transportation Management Solutions, Hamed Benouar, Sensys Networks SMART-SIGNAL: Systematic Monitoring of Arterial Road Traffic Signals, Henry Liu, Univ. of Minnesota 12:00 ~ 13:30 Lunch Break Symposium moved to Kalorama Ballroom, Churchill Hotel 13:30 ~ 14:45 Innovations in Transportation Operations and Safety (in English) Moderator: Yafeng Yin, University of Florida Highway Network Operation Monitoring and Emergency Management in China, Ke Zhang, Research Institute of Highway, Ministry of Transport Determining the Effectiveness of Graphic-aided Portable Changeable Message Signs in Highway Work Zones,Yong Bai, Univ. of Kansas Emme Transit Assignment and Analysis: New Variants on the Optimal Strategy, Shuguang He, INRO Integration of Safety Management Procedures, Wen Cheng, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 14:45 ~ 15:00 Coffee Break 15:00 ~ 16:30 Government Forum: State-of-the-Art Practices (in English) Moderator: Ruihua Tao, Maryland State Highway Administration An Overview of Federal-Aid Program, Guan Xu, U.S. Federal Highway Administration China High Speed Railroad, Jun Liu, Bejing JiaoTong University, Kyle Liang,Montgomery County DPW National Surface Transportation Program:A Framework Comparison between US and China, Jason Wang, Appalachian Regional Commission VDOT Northern Region Traffic Operations and Management - Overview of the State of Art Practice, XiaoLing Li, Virginia Dept. of Transportation China ITS (Holdings) Co Ltd - Growth and Development, Fang Ge, China ITS (Holdings) Co Ltd 16:30 ~ 16:45 Coffee Break 16:45 ~ 17:30 Special Session in Memory of Professor Fang Zhao (in Chinese) Moderator: Xiaoduan Sun, University of Louisiana Videos and PowerPoint presentations of Professor Zhao’s life and achievements; Tributes from family, colleagues, friends, and students. 17:30 ~ 17:45 Closing Remarks 18:00 Dinner at Buca di Peppo Italian Restaurant Across the street from the Churchill Hotel;1825 Connecticut Avenue NW See attached Dinner Flyer for additional information Chinese Overseas Transportation Association SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS Yinhai Wang COTA President Univ. of Washington Allen Y. Yang WCTA President Precision Systems, Inc EXECUTIVE AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIRS Lei Zhang University of Maryland Mike Houh Precision Systems, Inc. ACADEMIC COMMITTEE CHAIRS Henry Liu University of Minnesota Jianwei Wang Precision Systems, Inc. SYMPOSIUM STEERING COMMITTEE Fang Fang University of Hartford Chung C. Fu University of Maryland Bingji Huang Federal Aviation Adm. Hongchao Liu Texas Tech. Univ. Ruihua Tao MSHA Xin Wang PSI Heng Wei University of Cincinnati Ken (Qingyan) Yang Iteris Inc. Ping Yi University of Akron Yafeng Yin University of Florida Zhanping You Michigan Tech. Univ. Yu Zhang Univ. of South Florida Shanjiang Zhu University of Maryland SYMPOSIUM SPONSOR