World Conference on Transport Research 2010
These past two weeks I visited Lisbon, Portugal for the 12th World Conference on Transport Research. I attended the conference along with my advisor Dr. Michael Meyer and fellow Ph.D student J.P. O’Har. The conference, with over 1500 attendees, was held at the Centro de Congressos de Lisboa along the Tagus River. One of the highlights of this venue was its location just beside the 25 de Abril Bridge, a double decker suspension bridge with vehicle traffic above and commuter rail below (see photo).
During the conference I attended many sessions on airports and aviation, traveler behavior, and urban transport modes. I made a few contacts who were interested in my Bangladeshi bus project. The conference was elaborate, topped off with a gala dinner at the Pavilhão Atlântico within the park formerly used for the World Expo ‘98.
As part of the trip to Lisbon, the three of us traveled to Madrid and the Galicia region of Spain before the conference, before taking Portugal’s high-speed rail line (similar to the Acela) down to Lisbon.
