Members and friends of the Congestion Pricing Committee:

FYI only... I thought you might be interested in some of the statistics regarding the recent paper submission at TRB.

  *   TRB received a record 5200 papers by the August 1 deadline, breaking last year's record of 4600 papers
  *   The target acceptance rate for the 2014 Transportation Research Record (TRR) is 22% of the papers submitted for consideration for publication in the TRR. (Note that, of the 5200 papers submitted, 4500 were submitted for consideration for publication in the TRR.)
  *   As in recent years, the number of session "chits" for the 2014 meeting will be 2.3 sessions per committee
  *   The overall theme for the 2014 meeting is "Celebrating Our Legacy. Anticipating Our Future". Subthemes expected to be spotlighted include the changing energy landscape, extreme weather events, automated driving & connected vehicles, big data, and performance measurement. Sessions addressing these areas are encouraged.
David

David H. Ungemah
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