INSTR 2010 – Call for papers

instr2010I can’t believe I haven’t mentioned this conference on my blog before., because the call has been out for while already. The 4th International Symposium on Transportation Network Reliability will be held at the University of Minnesota July 22-23, 2010. I have attended INSTR2004 and INSTR2007 and I’m certainly looking forward to INSTR2010.

INSTR2010

The aim of the International Symposium on Transportation Network Reliability (INSTR) is to bring together researchers and professionals interested in transportation network reliability, to discuss both recent research and future directions in this increasingly important field of research. The scope of the symposium includes all aspects of analysis and design to improve network reliability, including:

  • user perception of unreliability
  • public policy and reliability of travel times
  • the valuation of reliability
  • the economics of reliability
  • network reliability modelling and estimation
  • transport network robustness
  • reliability of public transportation
  • travel behaviour under uncertainty
  • vehicle routing and scheduling under uncertainty
  • risk evaluation and management for transportation networks
  • ITS to improve network reliability

INSTR2001

I became aware of INSTR when digging into the background for Dalziell, E., & Nicholson, A. J. (2001). Risk and impact of natural hazards on a road network. This in turn lead me to Berdica, K. (2002) An introduction to road vulnerability: what has been done, is done and should be done.



INSTR2004

Following my interest in transport network vulnerability I realized that INSTR2004 would be held in at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, so I went there for a a 2 month research stay leading up to INSTR2004, and where presented my view on why vulnerability and reliability are important cost-benefit parameters.

INSTR2007

At INSTR2007 I had the intention to follow up on my 2003 presentation, but unfortunately, I had not had the time to do fully explore my research proposal, so I didn’t have anything to show. But it was very nice to meet many of the same people I had already met in 2004, like M.A.P. Taylor and David Levinson, or Katja Berdica.

INSTR2010

This time I will present. Well, I will most certainly submit a paper on disruptions in sparse transportation networks. We’ll see how that goes. If accepted I will present.

Location

INSTR2010 is hosted by the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota and will be held on campus at the University of Minnesota. More details will be available as the date approaches. I’ll keep you updated.

Conference website

  • instr.org: INSTR2010

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