In December of last year, Robert Milton visited our research group at Georgia Tech. As the former CEO of Air Canada, he arranged for us to travel to Montreal and spend a day at Air Canada’s headquarters.
During our recent visit, we met with the Vice President of Network Planning and the Vice President of Revenue [...]
The paper which I presented at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting has been chosen to be published in the the Transportation Research Record. The paper, entitled “Levels of Overcrowding in the Bus System of Dhaka, Bangladesh”, was co-authored by my advisor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman. This [...]
Along with the Georgia Tech chapter of ITE, I attended the Transportation Research Board’s 89th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. from January 10-14. Over 10,000 transportation professionals, educators, and students attend this conference which is held in three hotels along Connecticut Avenue (Marriot, Omni Shoreham, and Hilton).
This was my third time attending, and my first [...]
I received notice today that my paper on my overcrowded Bangladesh bus research has been accepted to be presented at the Transportation Research Board 2010 Annual Meeting. The paper is titled “Levels of Overcrowding in the Bus System of Dhaka, Bangladesh” and is co-authored by my advisor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology [...]
Last Friday I finally wrapped up the data processing for my Fulbright research. The hundreds of hours I put in riding buses in Dhaka, Bangladesh did not end my project there. Processing the data by entering it into my main spreadsheet and database was the next step before I start my analysis. Having this step [...]
The final study report from my internship over the winter at the Regional Plan Association has been posted in the Writings section. Entitled Assessing Increased Rail Speeds in the Northeast Corridor, it summarizes the issues facing the Northeast Megaregion’s rail backbone, and what could be done to improve it.
For the summer, I have come on board as a research assistant on a project at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education. This research center is located on NC State’s Centennial Campus. I found myself here after emailing my friend and former classmate (while he was still a PhD candidate) Dr. Bastian Schroeder who [...]
This weekend I am doing a “site visit” on the northern end of the Northeast Corridor (NEC). As I am writing a report on high speed rail, yet have never ridden an Amtrak train at all on the NEC, my supervisor at RPA offered this chance to experience it first hand. I am getting the [...]