The 16th International Conference of Hong Kong
Society for Transportation Studies
Jointly organized by
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 17-20 December 2011
Venue: Intercontinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong
Behavior in Networks
(BiNs) Workshop: Sustainability in Transport Networks
Jointly organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Center for Transport Research, The University of Seoul
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 16 December 2011 (Friday)
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Theatre T3, Meng Wah Complex, The University of Hong Kong
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Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2011
Urban Travel Forecasting: a 50 Year Retrospective
Professor David Boyce
Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, USA
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 15 December 2011 (Thursday)
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong
Meeting with Visitors from Singapore Ministry of Education
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 5 December 2011 (Monday)
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 910, KK Leung Building, HKU
Beijing Transport After the Olympics (In Putonghua)
Professor Duan Li-ren
Professor of Chang'An University, China
Jointly organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Chapter of The International Chinese Transportation Professionals Association
Date: 10 November, 2011 (Thursday)
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 9, Library Extension, HKU
Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2011
Mode Transition in a Public Transit Route and Related Issues of Capacity, Speed and Waiting Time
Professor S.C. (Chan) Wirasinghe
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 7 November 2011 (Monday)
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong
Preliminary Study of Road Signs for Elevated Pedestrian
Walkways in Central District
Principal Investigator: Professor Anthony Yeh, Department of Urban
Planning and Design and Institute of Transport Studies, The University
of Hong Kong
Funded by Central and Western District Council, HKSAR
Commencement Date: 1 August 2011
Completion Date: 15 September 2011
Sustainable Transport Development: An Achievable Aim?
Dr. Wafaa Saleh
Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 14 June, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Visualization and Assessment of Arterial Progression Quality Using High
Resolution Signal Event Data and Probe Vehicle Travel Time Data
Professor Darcy Bullock
School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, USA
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 3 June, 2011 (Friday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Crowd Dynamic Modelling
Dr. Majid Sarvi
Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 3 May, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Planning the Most Comprehensive Transport Hub in the World -
Hongqiao, Shanghai (In Putonghua)
Professor Ximing Lu
Tongji University, China
Jointly organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 28 April, 2011 (Thursday)
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Venue: LG109, Lower Ground Floor, K.K. Leung Building, HKU
Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2011
Mixed Land Uses and Sustainable Mobility
Professor Robert Cervero
Professor, Department of City & Regional Planning; Director, University of
California Transportation Center; Director, Institute of Urban & Regional
Development, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 27 April 2011 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Kwan Fong Lecture Theatre, Room 223, 2/F Knowles Building,
The University of Hong Kong
Canadian Highway Pavement Management Workshop
Professor Ralph Haas
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
Dr. Ningyuan Li
Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 16 April, 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (10:30-11:00 Coffee Break)
Venue: Lecture Theatre T4, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Modeling Heterogeneous Risk-Taking Behavior in Route Choice:
A Stochastic Dominance Approach
Professor Yu (Marco) Nie
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, USA
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 22 March, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Evaluating the Cost of PPPs in Transport
Professor Jean Shaoul
Manchester Business School, UK
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Centre for Infrastructure and Construction Industry Development, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 1 March, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Theatre C, Chow Yei Ching Building, HKU
Commercially Sustainable Asset Management
Professor Andrew McCusker
Former Operations Director, MTR
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 18 February, 2011 (Friday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Recent Developments of Road Network Operations in Australia
Dr. James Luk
Australian Road Research Board (ARRB Group), Australia
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 11 January, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Adaptive Joint Route-Choice Behavior of Multi-Occupants
in Private Vehicles: To Switch or Not to Switch - Who Makes the Decision on Route Switching?
Professor Jiuh-Biing Sheu
Institute of Traffic and Transportation, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 8 January, 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Room 3574 (Civil Eng. Conference Room, via Lift 27/28), HKUST
Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2010
Transport Shaping Space, Before and After Peak Oil
Professor Richard Knowles
Professor of Transport Geography, University of Salford, U.K.
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 14 December 2010 (Tuesday)
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong
Meeting with Visitors from Korea Transportation Safety Authority
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 30 November 2010 (Tuesday)
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 303, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2010
Paradoxes of Rationality in Road Safety Policy
Professor Rune Elvik
Chief Research Political Scientist, Institute of Transport Economics, Norway
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 17 November 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong
Empirical Bayes
Method in the Study of Traffic Safety Accounting for Spatial and
Temporal Heterogeneity
Dr. Kangwon Shin
Department of Urban Design and
Development Engineering, Kyungsung University, Korea
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 21 August, 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, 6/F, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2010
Cities, Mobility and Climate Change
Professor David Banister
Professor of Transport Studies and Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford University, U.K.
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 21 June 2010 (Monday)
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong
Green Transport in Hong Kong,
Asia's World City: Exhibition and Seminar
Opening Speech: Mr. Rong Huang,
Director, Shanghai Urban and Rural Construction and Transport Commission
Speakers: Ms. Eva Cheng, Secretary for
Transport and Housing, The Government of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region; Mr. Jimmy Cheuk-fai Leung, Deputy Director,
Planning Department, The Government of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region; Mr. C.K. Chow, Chief Executive Officer, MTR
Corporation Ltd.
International Keynote Speaker: Professor
David Banister, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford
University Centre for the Environment, University of Oxford, UK.
Panelists: Professor Ximing Lu, Director,
Shanghai City Comprehensive Transportation Planning Institute; Professor
Haixiao Pan, Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Tongji University;
Professor Zhong-ren Peng, Chair and Professor, Department of Urban and
Regional Planning, University of Florida, USA and Cheung Kong Chair
Professor, College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University;
Professor Anthony Gar-on Yeh, Chair Professor and Member of Chinese
Academy of Sciences, and Director, Centre of Urban Studies and Urban
Planning, The University of Hong Kong
Jointly organized by
The Government of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region
Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, and Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Institute of Planners
Date: 18 June, 2010 (Friday)
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Grand Ballroom, Hall 3, Level 7,
Shanghai International Convention Centre, Putong, Shanghai
A Multi-Class
Mean-Excess Traffic Equilibrium Model with Elastic Demand
Professor Anthony Chen
Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, Utah State University, USA
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 9 June, 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, 6/F, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Planning for
Electric Vehicles - Can We Match Environmental Requirements, Technology
and Travel Demand?
Professor Michael Anthony Peter Taylor
Director, Institute for Sustainable
Systems and Technologies, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 1 June, 2010 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 3574 (via Lift 27-28), The
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Smart Dust and Vehicle Detection
Dr. James Luk
Australian Road Research Board (ARRB Group), Australia
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 31 March, 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Meeting with Visitors from China Academy of Transportation Sciences
Jointly organized by
Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 16 January 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 8-29, 8/F Knowles Building, HKU
Network Design
under Uncertainty
Dr. Anthony Chen
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 16 December 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Chow Yei Ching
Building, HKU
Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2009
What about Time in Transportation Research?
Professor Mei-Po Kwan
Distinguished Professor of Social and
Behavioral Sciences, The Ohio State University, USA
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 11 November 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong
Capture, Analysis
and Applications of Spatiotemporal Data (in Putonghua)
Professor Qingquan Li
Transportation Research Center, Wuhan
University, China
Jointly organized by
Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 9 October 2009 (Friday)
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 829, 8/F., Knowles Building, HKU
Aggregation in Transport Network
Dr. Richard Connors
Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 15 July 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, 6/F., Haking Wong Building, HKU
Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2009
How Road Safety varies across Europe: A View from ETSC – The European Transport Safety Council
Professor Richard Allsop
Emeritus Professor of Transport Studies,
University College London, Board Member of ETSC and Chairman of its PIN
Programme
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 14 July 2009 (Tuesday)
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong
Distinguished Transport Lecture Series 2009
Regional Economic Competition and Containerized Freight Shipping: A Study of Regional Accessibility in the
United States and Lessons for China
Professor Jean-Claude Thill
Knight Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, University of North Carolina
at Charlotte, USA
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 29 May 2009 (Friday)
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong
Local Indicators of Network-constrained Clusters in
Spatial Patterns Represented by Point Features or by a Link Attribute
Professor Jean-Claude Thill
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina
at Charlotte, USA
Jointly organized by
Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 25 May 2009 (Monday)
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 829, 8/F, Knowles Building, HKU
The Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) and Greenhouse Gas Reductions of Station Precinct /
Transit-Oriented Developments
Professor John Black
University of New South Wales and University of Sydney, Australia
Jointly organized by
Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong
Date: 25 February 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:45 p.m.
Venue: Chartered Institute of Logistics
and Transport in Hong Kong, 7/F, Yue Hing Building, 101-105 Hennessy
Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
A Legal Strategy
for Shipping Containers
Dr. Pierre-Jean Bordahandy
University of Adelaide, Australia
Jointly organized by
Chartered Institute of Logistics and
Transport in Hong Kong
Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 22 January 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Chartered Institute of Logistics
and Transport in Hong Kong, 7/F, Yue Hing Building, 101-105 Hennessy
Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
A New Quality
Measure for Assessing Trip Table Estimates from Traffic Counts
Dr. Anthony Chen
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 12 December 2008 (Friday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, 6/F., Haking Wong Building, HKU
Incident-Management
in Central Arkansas: An ITS Applications
Professor Yupo Chan
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 12 December 2008 (Friday)
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, 6/F., Haking Wong Building, HKU
Overview of Transport for London
Mr. Peter Hendy
Commissioner of Transport for London (TfL)
Jointly organized by
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong
HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
The Institution of Highways and Transportation (Hong Kong Branch)
Intelligent Transporation Systems - Hong Kong
Date: 19 August 2008 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 306, HKU SPACE Admiralty Learning Centre
A framework for deployment
planning of bus rapid transit systems
Professor Avishai (Avi) Ceder
Professor and Chair in Transportation and Director of
Transportation Research Centre, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealanda
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 11 June 2008 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:35 p.m.
Venue: Room 6-12B, 6/F., Haking Wong Building, HKU
The Applications of SmartV in the Collection
of Basic Urban Transportation Infrastructure Information
Professor Qingquan Li
Vice President of Wuhan University and Director of Transportation
Research Center (TRC) of Wuhan University, China
Jointly organized by
Centre of Urban Planning and Environment Management, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
GIS Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong GIS Association
Date: 9 January 2008 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:45 p.m.
Venue: Room 829, Knowles Building, HKU
Research Postgraduate Seminar 2007
Mr. N.N. Sze, Department of Civil Engineering
Mr. Yinhua Xia, Department of Civil Engineering
Miss Wenjun Sun, Department of Civil Engineering
Mr. Jiasong Zhu, Centre of Urban Planning and Environment Management
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 4 December 2007 (Tuesday)
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 612-B, 6/F, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Workshop on Design of Pedestrian
and Vehicular
Traffic Signs
Professor Anthony Yeh
Chair Professor, Centre of Urban Planning and Environment Management,
The University of Hong Kong
Ir Julian T.H. Kwong
Independent Traffic Engineering Consultant
Jointly organized by
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 22 October 2005 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Venue: CILTHK Office, 7/F Yue Hing Building,
103 Hennessy Road, Wanchai
Research Postgraduate Seminar 2005
Miss S.W.C. Fung, Department of Civil Engineering
Mr. H.W. Ho, Department of Civil Engineering
Miss Yue Yang, Centre of Urban Planning and Environment Management
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 15 October 2005 (Saturday)
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 826, Knowles Building, HKU
Seminar on Current Economic Trend and Supply Chain
Management in China
Jointly organized by
The Baptist University
Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong
Centre for Supply Chain Research and Development, Beijing University
Date: 15 January 2005 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Theatre at the Hong Kong Museum of History,
100 Chatham Road South, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon
New Worldwide Trends in Developing
Biodiesel as Automatove Fuel
Werner Korbitz, Dipl.-Ing.
Chairman, Austrian Biofuels Institute
Jointly organized by
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 10 November 2004 (Wednesday)
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Room LG109, Composite Building, HKU
Technical Visit
Organized by
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 7 April 2004 (Wednesday)
Time: 8:25 a.m. - 8:50 p.m.
Venue: Zhongshan University and South China Polytechnic University, Guangzhou
Path Finding under Uncertainty
Professor Anthony Chen
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Utah State
University, USA
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 23 December 2003 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 612-B, 6/F, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Application of a Dynamic Traffic
Assignment Model and Algorithm
Professor Michael Florian
Department of Computer Science and Operations Research, University of
Montreal, Canada
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 8 December 2003 (Monday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 612-B, 6/F, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Mini-Workshop on
Positioning using Mobile Phone Technology
Professor Yasuo Asakura
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Kobe University, Japan
and
Dr. Nelson Yung
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Jointly organized by
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of
Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 29 March 2003 (Saturday)
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Room G05, James Lee Building , HKU
Choice Set Generation for Route
Choice in a Transport Network
Professor Yasuo Asakura
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Kobe University, Japan
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 27 March 2003 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 612-B, 6/F, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Short-term Forecasting of Traffic
Conditions: Methods, Limitations and Predictability of Traffic
Professor Wei Hua Lin
Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, The University of
Arizona
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 17 March 2003 (Monday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 612-B, 6/F, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Measurement of Real-world Emissions from Heavy-duty
Diesel Vehicles: the State-of-the-art
Professor Mridul Gautam
Professor and Director, National Research Center for Alternative Fuels,
Engines and Emissions, West Virginai University, USA
Jointly organized by
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 25 February 2003 (Tuesday )
Time: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Room LG109, Composite Building , HKU
Cost-Based versus Time-Based User-Equilibrium and System Optimum
Assignment: Transferred by Tolling
Professor Hai-Jun Huang
School of Management, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 19 February 2003 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 612-B, 6/F, Haking Wong Building, HKU
Development Frame of ITS in China
Professor Wei Huang
Director of Construction Department, Jiangsu Province and Professor of
Southeast University, China
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 31 October 2002 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 902, 9/F, Knowles Building, HKU
Designs and Implementations of Automated System for Pavement Distress
Survey
Professor Kelvin C. P. Wang
University of Arkansas, USA
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 15 November 2002 (Friday)
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Rm. 612-B, 6/F, Haking Wong Building, HKU
A Strategy for a Truly Rail-led Transport System for
the HKSAR
Dr. Bill Barron and Mr. Simon Ng
The University of Hong Kong
Date: 8 November 2002 (Friday)
Time: 6:15 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Rm. 820, Knowles Building
Conference on Transport Planning and Development for
a Competitive Hong Kong-Macao-Pearl River Delta Region, Guangzhou, 12-14 September 2002
All conference participants are by invitation only. In the
conference, you will be able to meet with top government officials in charge of transport,
planning and construction of the Guangdong Government and cities in the Pearl River
Delta. This is a tripartite conference in which government officials, professionals,
academics, and executives of key transport operators in the Hong Kong-Macao-Pearl River
Delta region will be invited to share their visions and discuss the blueprint for the
future transport system in the region in order to make it more competitive.
A New Look at Two Mathematical Models of Traffic Flow
Professor Michael Zhang
University of California at Davis, U.S.A.
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 6 September 2002 (Friday)
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Venue: HW 6-12B
Risk-Averse Routing Strategies in Networks Subject to Low Probability
High Consequence Failures
Professor Michael Bell
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, U.K.
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
Date: 11 July 2002 (Thursday)
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Venue: HW 6-12B, 6/F, Haking Wong Building, HKU
International
Symposium on Road Safety (ISRS'2002), 9 March, 2002 (Saturday), Theatre P2 Chong Yuet Ming
Physics Building, The University of Hong Kong
The symposium is sponsored by the Institute of Transport Studies, The
University of Hong Kong.
Network Vulnerability: An Approach to Network Reliability Analysis
at the Level of National Strategic Transport Networks
Professor Michael A. P. Taylor
University of South Australia, Australia
Jointly organized by
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 27 February 2002 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: JG03, James Lee Science Building, HKU
