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現在名古屋大学に滞在されていらっしゃるKay Axhausen先生について，岐阜大学でも講演いただく運びとなりましたのでご案内差し上げます．参加希望の方は倉内までご連絡ください．

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講演者：Kay Axhausen先生（チューリッヒ工科大学教授）
講演題目：Recent experiences with GPS tracking
日時：2024年10月7日(月) 13:00-14:30
場所：岐阜大学柳戸キャンパス　工学部講義棟4階42番教室（以下のリンクの地図の17番の番号があるところ）
https://www.gifu-u.ac.jp/campus_map/tatemono_202404.png

■実施形式: ハイブリッド (オンラインの場合は18-19時のみ)

■申込フォーム：https://forms.gle/uR9NYv2Vsc3Q82M27

■記念講演概要：

東京大学の渡邉萌です。

今週 27日 (金) AM10:00~11:00の時間帯で、東京大学本郷キャンパスにて研究セミナーを開催いたします。

私の共同研究者でもある若手研究者のAbhilash C. Singhに、欧州における調査により得られた自転車利用者の経路データの生成・経路選択モデルについて話してもらいます。

Abhilashはテキサス大学オースティン校にて修士号、2023年にImperial College Londonにて博士号を取得後、現在はダブリン大学トリニティ・カレッジ (アイルランド)にてポスドク研究員として働いています。

彼の研究内容は主に、発展的な行動モデルにより居住地の自己選択 (self-selection)による内生性に対処しながら世帯の交通行動を分析しており、これまでC.R.BhatやP.L.Mokhtarian、E.J. MillerやAruna Sivakumarらと共に実証的な研究論文を発表しています (詳しくはCVをご参照ください: https://x.gd/Abhilash)。

日時・場所は下記の通りです。私への事前連絡等は不要ですのでお気軽にご参加ください。よろしくお願いいたします。

日時: 9月27日 (金) AM10:00~11:00

場所: 東京大学本郷キャンパス 工学部1号館 3F 324

名古屋大学の山本です．
講演会のご案内です．ご参加希望の方は，会場の都合がありますので私までご連絡いただければ幸いです．

講演者：Abhilash Chandra Singh博士（ダブリン大学）
https://abhilashcsingh.github.io/data/Singh_Abhilash_CV.pdf
講演題目：Cycling across Europe: Route choice analysis using multi-city data
日時：2024年9月25日(水) 10:30-12:00
場所：名古屋大学NIC館３階会議室

名古屋大学の山本です．
講演会のご案内です．ご参加希望の方は，会場の都合がありますので私までご連絡いただければ幸いです．
講演者：Kay W. Axhausen先生（チューリッヒ工科大学）
講演題目：Assessing major changes in the transport systems: The case of the e-Bike-City
日時：2024年9月18日(水) 13:00-14:30
場所：名古屋大学工学部5号館2階522講義室

[The 13th UTokyoIPL-CUTI Special Seminar]
1) Time and day: 11:00am-12:30am (Japan Standard Time), July 18th (Thursday), 2024
2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab, Department of Civil Engineering, UTokyo (3rd floor of Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, UTokyo) and Zoom meeting room
3) Presentation
– Presenter: Prof. Marlon Boarnet (University of Southern California)
– Title: Monetary cost, time cost, and mode choice: Transit and ridehailing in California
– Abstract: Recent studies explore how ridehailing competes with transit, documenting drops in transit ridership when ridehailing became available. However, few examine the extent to which ridehailing substitutes for other modes, such as walking or private automobiles. Using travel diary survey data and travel times and costs from the San Francisco Bay Area, we employ a mixed logit model to analyze how trip characteristics such as travel time and travel cost influence traveler’s mode choices. The results show that if ridehailing costs increase by 10%, ridehailing trips decrease by 6.97%. About half of the lost riders would switch to driving, and 20% to transit. Therefore, driving, rather than transit, is the closest substitute for ridehailing. Furthermore, 10% reductions in transit time and transit cost are associated with a 24.63% and 5.03% increase in transit trips, respectively, suggesting that reducing travel time is more effective in increasing transit ridership than lowering fares.
4) Short bio of presenter
Marlon Boarnet is Professor in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California and Director of the METRANS Transportation Consortium. METRANS is the center for transportation research at USC, and a partnership of the Price School of Public Policy, the Viterbi School of Engineering, and California State University – Long Beach. METRANS spans over 15 academic departments and programs at USC, with links to over a dozen universities in the U.S. and abroad. Prior to directing METRANS, Boarnet was the founding chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis at USC (2016-2022) and he served as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs in USC’s Price School from 2014 through 2015. Boarnet was chair of the Department of Planning, Policy, and Design at UC-Irvine from 2003 through 2006. Boarnet served as president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, the scholarly association of university planning departments and faculty members in the United States and Canada, from 2019-2021. Boarnet’s research focuses on land use and transportation, links between land use and travel behavior and associated implications for public health and greenhouse gas emissions, urban growth patterns, and the economic impacts of transportation. He is a fellow of both the Weimer School of the Homer Hoyt Institute for Real Estate and the Regional Science Association International. Boarnet has advised California state agencies on greenhouse gas emission reduction in the transport sector, the World Bank on transportation access as a poverty reduction tool, and numerous other public and private entities. He has been principal investigator on over four million dollars of research supported by agencies that include the U.S. and California Departments of Transportation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the California Air Resources Board, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Boarnet’s academic web page is: https://priceschool.usc.edu/people/marlon-boarnet/.
5) Charge: free
6) Language: English only

The 20th BinN International Research Seminar
Title: Future of transport planning and traffic analysis
Speaker: Honorary Prof. William Lam, University of Sydney Business School
Coordinator: Honorary Prof. Asakura Yasuo, University of Tokyo
Date：2024.6.24 1000-1130
Venue: The University of Tokyo, Ito International Hall, Special Conference Room on the 3rd Floor
Outline: Recent trends in research on transport planning and traffic forecasting, ITS technology and development, smart surveillance and traffic simulation, public transport and pedestrian studies have been supported by significant advancements in sensing technology and mathematical models. Lam, a key figure who has built a leading global transportation research community centered in Hong Kong since the 1990s, has produced many students and researchers. Through a discussion with Professor Yasuo Asakura, a close associate of Lam, we would like to explore the trends and future of advanced fields in ITS and transport research in Japan and China

[The 12th UTokyoIPL-CUTI Special Seminar]
1) Time and day: 4:30pm-6:00pm (Japan Standard Time), June 17th (Monday), 2024
2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab, Department of Civil Engineering, UTokyo (3rd floor of Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, UTokyo) and Zoom meeting room
3) Presentation
Title: Strategic Investment for Green Growth in Uzbekistan
Abstract: Uzbekistan is expected to take a range of transformative actions for economic development and poverty reduction based on the concept of “green growth.” The country signed the Paris Agreement in April 2017 and submitted the 2nd Nationally Decided Contribution (NDC) in October 2021, with a target of reducing the country’s GHG emissions per unit of GDP by 35% below 2010 levels by 2030. The 2nd NDC further underlined the importance of climate resilience in promoting Uzbekistan’s socio-economic development as its landlocked territory is highly vulnerable to various natural disasters. To meet the low-carbon and climate resilient targets along the scope of green growth, the ADB’s economic diagnosis study (EDS) identifies Uzbekistan’s strategic investment options across critical infrastructure sectors — energy, transport, information and communication technology, water and waste management, and agriculture and food production systems. This study also refers to Uzbekistan’s recent urban development trends and adaptive spatial planning measures since the effectiveness of low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure investment for green growth depends on the degree and pattern of urbanization. From quantitative figures and qualitative discussions, key implications are drawn for Uzbekistan to leverage investment in critical infrastructure systems and move toward a green economy.
4) Short bio of presenter
Dr. Jin Murakami is Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He has specialized in the areas of transport and land use, urbanization, spatial planning and economic development, urban infrastructure finance and land policy, and urban climate policy and finance. His research focuses principally on spatial, financial, and technological drivers that influence city-regions’ global competitiveness and local livability. His current projects include an international case study of transit-oriented development (TOD) and land value capture (LVC), the impacts of airport connectivity and accessibility changes on cities, and the financialization of cities with ESG investing criteria (e.g., zero-emission transport and housing). His previous research projects have been published from international development, research, and educational institutes (e.g., World Bank, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Asian Development Bank) and SSCI-listed peer-reviewed journals in urban studies, economics, geography, transportation, land use policy, and environmental studies. In addition, Dr. Murakami served as Lead Author (LA) for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR5 WGIII Chapter 12: Human Settlements, Infrastructure and Spatial Planning (2012-2014) and AR6 WGIII Chapter 8: Urban Systems and Other Settlement (2019-2022). He holds a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.Eng. in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo.
5) Charge: free
6) Language: English only

[The 11th UTokyoIPL-CUTI Special Seminar]
1) Time and day: 10:00am-11:30 am (Japan Standard Time), April 25 (Thursday), 2024
2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab, Department of Civil Engineering, UTokyo (3rd floor of Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, UTokyo) and Zoom meeting room
3) Presentation
Title: Review on the development of transport infrastructure in Vietnam in past 30 years
Abstract: Transport infrastructure in Vietnam has been drastically improved, including road and expressway, deep seaports, and major airports, while national railway has been left behind and the development of urban railway in major cities is much slower than expected. During the past 30 years, GDP per capital of Vietnam has grown from 200 USD to over 4,000 USD. This presentation first reviews the development stages of transport infrastructure in Vietnam, together with the country’s development policies at each development stage, and then introduces recent discussion about a development plan for High-speed Railway in Vietnam.
4) Short bio of presenter
Dr. Phan Le BINH has started to work at Oriental Consultants Global (OCG) Co. Ltd. as the Deputy General Manager of OCG Hanoi Office from April 2024. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 2003. For nearly 20 years, he worked for Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), being responsible for many ODA projects in the field of transport and urban development in Asian developing countries including Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, and Pakistan. He used to be also dispatched from JICA to Vietnam Japan University as a lecturer to teach transportation planning for five years.
5) Charge: free
6) Language: English only

Title: International Workshop on Urban Freight Analytics
Date: 23 April 2024, Tuesday 13:00-17:00
Organised by: Institute for City Logistics
Venue: Kyoto University Tokyo Office
Shin-Marunouchi Building, 10th floor, 1-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6510
Kyoto University Tokyo Office | KYOTO UNIVERSITY (kyoto-u.ac.jp)
Language: English
Fee: free
Topic 1: Urban Freight Analytics
Speakers:
1. Professor Emeritus Eiichi Taniguchi (Kyoto University, Japan)
2. Professor Russell G. Thompson (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
3. Associate Professor Ali G. Qureshi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Topic 2: Agent-based Urban Freight Simulations
Speaker: Associate Professor Takanori Sakai (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan)
Abstract for Topic 1: Urban Freight Logistics
Urban Freight Analytics examines key concepts associated with development and application of decision support tools for evaluating and implementing city logistics solutions. New analytical methods are required for effectively planning and operating emerging technologies including the Internet of Things (IoT), Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).
This workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of modelling and evaluation approaches of urban freight transport. This will include case studies from Japan, US, Europe and Australia that illustrate the experiences of cities that have already implemented city logistics, including analytical methods that address the complex issues associated with adopting advanced technologies such as autonomous vehicles and drones in urban freight transport.
The workshop will be based on the book, “Urban Freight Analytics: Big data, Models and Artificial intelligence” by E. Taniguchi, R.G. Thompson and A.G. Qureshi, CRC Press, London, 2023. Procedures for evaluating city logistics technologies and policy measures will be presented. An overview of advanced modelling approaches, including agent based modelling and machine learning will be provided. The essential features of optimisation and simulation models applied to city logistics will be highlighted. An overview of how models incorporating more uncertainty and dynamic data can be used to improve the sustainability and resilience of urban freight systems will be presented.
This workshop will also describe future directions in urban freight analytics, including hyperconnected city logistics based the Physical Internet (PI), digital twins, gamification and emerging technologies such as connected and autonomous vehicles in urban areas. An integrated modelling platform will be presented that considers multiple stakeholders or agents, including emerging organisations such as PI companies and entities such as crowd-shippers as well as traditional stakeholders such as shippers, receivers, carriers, administrators and residents.
Abstract for Topic 2: Agent-based Urban Freight Simulations
The urban freight transportation system has continually evolved with innovations in logistics and technology (e.g., urban consolidation, crowd shipping, cargo bikes, mobile hubs, parcel lockers, etc.). This evolution has been accompanied by a transformation of the retail market due to the rapid penetration of online shopping. In the coming years, urban freight transportation systems will face new challenges to bring sustainability (e.g., zero emissions) to the forefront, leverage new technologies (e.g., automated vehicles, delivery robots, drones), and accommodate further expansion of e-commerce. In this context, simulation tools are needed to evaluate new logistics solutions and provide insights to planners and policy makers.
In the field of freight modeling research, the methodology of agent-based microsimulations has received increasing attention in the last several years. SimMobility Freight (SMF), which is developed by the MIT ITS lab, is one of the state-of-the-art agent-based freight simulators and has been used for analyzing various urban logistics solutions and scenarios. In this session, Takanori will introduce key design features of SMF and studies that use SMF, including the evaluations of cargo hitching, parking demand management, off-peak deliveries, and congestion pricing, as well as recent applications of SMF in Tokyo for evaluating the locations of logistics facilities.

Japan-Korea Transportation Research Networking Seminar
Date and Time: 13:00-18:00, April 4th, 2024
Place: Large Conference Room, IDEC, Hiroshima University (https://maps.app.goo.gl/pEEiNLyqroaTLpG68)
Seminar Schedule
13:00-13:05 Opening Remark
Akimasa Fujiwara, Hiroshima University
13:05-13:15 Brief Introduction of Transportation Studies Group at Hiroshima University
Makoto Chikaraishi, Hiroshima University
Session 1: Public Transport (Chair: Giancarlos Parady, The University of Tokyo)
13:15-13:45 Metropolitan Area Size and Service Quality on Public Transport Satisfaction
Junghwa Kim, Assistant Professor, Kyonggi University
13:45-14:15 What drives the bus drivers’ job satisfaction?
Jihye Byun, Assistant Professor, University of Seoul
14:15-14:45 Mobility Experiment Twin: Shared Autonomous Vehicles for First-and-Last-Mile Public Transportation
Pham Van Son, PhD Student, Hiroshima University
14:45-15:00 Break
Session 2: Emerging Travel Modes and Active Travel (Chair: Nur Diana Safitri, Hiroshima Univ.)
15:00-15:30 Exploring attitudinal group differences in preferences for E-scooter options: focusing on the DC and LA contexts
Sung Hoo Kim, Assistant Professor, Hanyang University
15:30-16:00 Exploring Heterogeneous Private Car Sharing Decisions under Uncertainties
Li Mengxia, PhD Student, Hiroshima University
16:00-16:30 Modeling pedestrian behavior representing competitive nature between movers and stayers in urban public space
Keishi Fujiwara, PhD Student, Hiroshima University
16:30-16:45 Break
Session 3: Transportation Systems Analysis (Chair: AlOlabi Reem, Hiroshima University)
16:45-17:15 A Hazard-Based Duration Model to Quantify the Impact of Work-Related Distraction on Taxi Drivers’ Conflict Risk: A Driving Simulator Study
Tiantian Chen, Assistant Professor, KAIST
17:15-17:45 A dynamic system optimal dedicated lane design for connected and autonomous vehicles
Seunghyeon Lee, Associate Professor, University of Seoul
17:45-17:50 Concluding Remark
Feng Tao, Hiroshima University

Freight Modeling and Data Collection Seminar
Date: March 29, 2024
Time: 13:20 – 16:30
Venue: Lecture Hall, Research Building No. 4 @ Etchujima Campus, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (東京海洋大学第４実験棟５階大教室）
Program
13:20-13:30 Greetings
13:30-14:30 The following will be presented by Prof. Jose Holguin-Veras, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
– Freight Demand Synthesis techniques that infer freight trips and freight flows using secondary data, such as a estimates of FTG and FG and traffic counts
– The Behavioral Microsimulation (BMS) an agent based simulator
14:30-14:40 Break
14:40-15:30 “Agent-based Urban Freight Simulations and Applications” by Prof. Takanori Sakai, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.
15:30-16:20 “2023 Tokyo Metropolitan Freight Survey” by Dr. Takeshi Kenmochi, The Institute of Behavioral Sciences.
16:20-16:30 Closing

International Symposium on Sustainable Urban Mobility through Modular and Integrated Transport System
Venue: Okuma Hall, Nagoya University
Date and time: Thursday, March 28, 2024, 13:30-17:45
Admission: Free
Language: English
Schedule:
13:30-13:40 Opening remark: Prof. Takayuki Morikawa (Nagoya University)
13:40-14:30 Prof. Yavuz Duvarci (Izmir Institute of Technology)
Drawing a vision for a more sustainable mobility: Example of PRT systems
14:30-15:20 Prof. Csaba Csiszár (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
Reshaping mobility – merging transitional transportation modes
15:20-15:40 Coffee break
15:40-16:20 Prof. Shoshi Mizokami (Kumamoto Gakuen University)
Current status of smart mobility in Japan and Kumamoto-oriented MaaS
16:20-17:00 Dr. Giancarlos Parady (University of Tokyo)
Required simulated population ratios for valid assessment of shared autonomous vehicles’ impact using agent-based models
17:00-17:40 Dr. Lanhang Ye (Nagoya University)
Concept and simulation of door-to-door personal rapid transit system
17:40-17:45 Closing

[The 10th UTokyoIPL-CUTI Special Seminar]
1) Time and day: 10:00am-11:30am (Japan Standard Time), March 8 (Friday), 2024
2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab, Department of Civil Engineering, UTokyo (3rd floor of Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, UTokyo) and Zoom meeting room
3) Presentation
Title: Urban Sociophysical Resilience: Modeling the Interplay of Human Dynamics and Infrastructure Systems during Disasters
Abstract: Cities are the main engines of productivity, innovation, and cultural diversity, owing to their ability to foster dense social and economic connections among people and organizations. However, cities are also at the forefront of unprecedented challenges, including increased frequency of climate change induced disasters, novel mobility technology, and growing inequality and segregation. To build urban resilience to such challenges, we need to understand better the cascading socioeconomic impacts of shocks, which are undergirded by complex interdependencies between social networks, urban infrastructure, and online systems. Leveraging the increasing availability of large-scale human behavior data collected from mobile devices (e.g., mobile phone GPS, social media, web search), I study the resilience of cities using a sociophysical systems lens. In this talk, I will discuss the results from my research on the resilience of cities to climate change induced disasters, focusing on the impacts of complex interdependencies between social dynamics and infrastructure systems. I will also introduce my ongoing research on the resilience of economic networks, and future vision on cross-city transfer learning approaches to prepare cities for unprecedented shocks.
4) Short bio of presenter
Dr. Takahiro Yabe is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Center for Urban Science and Progress and Department of Technology Management and Innovation at the Tandon School of Engineering, New York University. He was previously a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) and Media Lab working with Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland and Esteban Moro. Taka’s research develops data-driven methods to understand collective social dynamics during disruptions and to model the resilience of complex urban systems to natural hazards, pandemics, and mobility technology. His recent works have been published in journals such as PNAS, Nature Communications, and Nature Machine Intelligence. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University and his Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees from the University of Tokyo.
5) Charge: free
6) Language: English only

シンポジウム「都市洪水に対する交通システムの適応策―アジアの都市を事例として―（Adaptation Measures for Transportation Systems to Urban Flooding -The Case Study of Asian Cities-）」
主催：日本大学理工学部
共催：EASTS-Japan・日本環境共生学会
日時：2024年2月17日（土）10:00-17:30
会場：日本大学理工学部1号館121会議室（東京都千代田区神田駿河台1-8-14）・オンライン配信（Zoom Webinar）
プログラム：
10:00-10:05　開会挨拶：小早川悟；日本大学理工学部
10:05-10:25　IRG-38の紹介：Prof. Alexis Fillone : De La Salle University
10:25-11:15　基調講演1 : Principles and Practices of Vulnerability Analysis (with an Emphasis on Urban Areas and Flooding（Prof. Michael Taylor: University of South Australia）
11:15-12:05　基調講演2 : Flood Mapping with Satellite Data and People Movement（長井正彦：山口大学）
13:10-15:20　アジアの都市を対象とした洪水発生時の交通システムに関する分析の事例紹介
(1) Mobility Management in Response to Urban Floods in HCMC, Vietnam: Behavioral Analysis, Weather-Traffic Short-term Prediction and Traffic Management Framework (Dr. Vu Anh Tuan: Vietnamese German University)
(2) Impact of Flooding on Truck Movement in Metro Manila, Philippines (Prof. Alexis Fillone)
(3) Evaluation of Vulnerable Routes and Simulation under Normal and Flood Conditions in Cagayan De Oro, Philippines (Prof. Anabel Abuzo: Xavier University, Anteneo de Cagayan)
(4) Synergizing Flood Risk and Road Network Dynamics for Optimized Evacuation Strategies (Dr. Suwanno Piyapong: Rajamangala University of Technology, Srivijaya)
(5) Integrated Framework for Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation Measures: A Case Study on Healthcare Accessibility Amid Pluvial Flooding in Bangkok (Dr. Varameth Vichiensan: Kasetsart University)
(6) The Impact of Riverine Flooding on the Relocation Choices of Residents in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand （積田典泰：日本大学）
(7) What could we learn from case studies and summary (Prof. Alexis Fillone)
15:40-17:10　パネルディスカッション：Urban Flooding and Transport Adaptation Measures in Asian Cities
モデレータ：Dr. Sittha Jaensirisak : Ubon Ratchathani University，パネリスト：Prof. Alexis Fillone, Prof. Anabel Abuzo, Dr. Vu Anh Tuan, Dr. Varameth Vichiensan, 福田敦：日大学理工学部
17:10-17:20　日本大学災害研究ソサイエティ（NUDS）の紹介　石坂哲宏：日本大学理工学部
17:20-17:25　閉会挨拶：福田敦
使用言語：英　語
参加費：　無　料

[The 9th UTokyoIPL-CUTI Special Seminar]
1) Time and day: 10:00am-11:30am (Japan Standard Time), February 14 (Wednesday), 2024
2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab, Department of Civil Engineering, UTokyo (3rd floor of Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, UTokyo) and Zoom meeting room
3) Presentation
Title: Modelling activity-travel choice behaviour in transport networks for a low-carbon future
Abstract: With the acceleration of urbanization in many regions, the intensity of human activities and the demand for transportation continue to increase. Residents’ daily activity-travel choice behaviours in transport networks are the main sources of carbon emissions in urban areas. Based on an activity-based travel analysis approach, this study explores how to relate residents’ complicated activity-travel choice behaviours to carbon emissions in transport networks. Influencing factors and measurements of carbon emissions from residents’ activity-travel choices are introduced. We try to understand the activity-travel choice behaviour for a low-carbon future using both the network equilibrium approach and data-driven approach. Some strategies for low-carbon transport management such as carbon credit charge scheme are discussed to jointly optimize urban land use plan and transport networks.
4) Short bio of presenter
Dr. Xiao FU is affiliated with School of Transportation in Southeast University, China as an associate professor and a visiting researcher at The University of Tokyo. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and was attached to National University of Singapore during the PhD study. Her research interests include activity-travel behaviour modelling, network equilibrium models, transport geography, spatial big data analytics, and carbon emissions in transport sector. Her works mainly appear in Transportation Research Part E, Transportation, Transportmetrica A, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, etc. She is now serving as an Associate Editor of Transportmetrica A: Transport Science and Guest Editor of Multimodal Transportation. She is also a member of the Editorial Boards of Journal of Spatio-temporal Information and Journal of Chinese Geographical Science.
5) Charge: free
6) Language: English only

[The 8th UTokyoIPL-CUTI Special Seminar]
1) Time and day: 1:00pm-2:30pm (Japan Standard Time), December 15 (Friday), 2023
2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Third floor, Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_12_j.html) + Zoom meeting room
3) Presenter: Jun KONDO (Senior Business Development Manager, Business Development Dept., Secure Technology & Solutions, Sony Corporation)
4) Presentation
-Title: Sony’s case studies in mobility payments implementation in Asia and changing mobility payments.
-Abstract: Asia is the largest and fastest-growing market for mobility services with significant plans and funding for transport infrastructure. Jun KONDO will share Sony’s case studies of mobility payments implementation in Asia and its technologies including NFC card and mobile payments. He will also talk about trend of mobility payments including technologies, schemes and applications: Sony and its business in mobility payments; About NFC FeliCa; Case studies in Asia; and Trend of mobility payments.
5) Short bio of presenter
Jun Kondo joined Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, in 1992 and started his career in customer service section. He was in charge of service parts distribution planning and control, including assignment in Belgium as Assistant Manager at Sony Service Centre (Europe) – European hub of after-sale service operations. He was transferred to smart card business unit called FeliCa Business Division (currently called Secure Technology & Solutions) in 2001 and was involved in international business development mainly in Asia and promotion of NFC (Near Field Communication) FeliCa. Since then, he has been engaged in building the NFC FeliCa ecosystems in collaboration with international partners.
6) Charge: free
7) Language: English only

シンガポール国立大学（NUS）のプラティーク・バンサル先生と博士課程学生の講演会

講演会１：
日時： 11月20日（月）　16：30 ～18：00
場所： 京都大学吉田キャンパス、38号館、共通４（入口は６３号館の反対側）https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/access/campus/yoshida/map6r-y

講演会２
日時： 11月21日（火）　16：30 ～18：00
場所： 東大工学部本郷キャンパス工学部1号館４階セミナーA　https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_02_j.html

Prateek Bansal (https://www.prateekbansal.org/)
“Individual-level and System-level Behavioural Science in Transportation”
Bio: Dr Prateek Bansal is a Presidential Young (Assistant) Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Before joining NUS in 2022, he was a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at Imperial College London and did a Ph.D. from Cornell, an MSc from UT Austin, a BTech from IIT Delhi. Prateek leads the Behavioural & Cognitive Science Lab at NUS, and is a co-principal investigator of the Adaptive Mobility module at Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore. His research group is interested in creating new methods to address challenging questions related to mobility behavior and the adoption of emerging technologies at an individual level and an urban scale. His research has led to over 55 journal articles. Apart from top Transportation journals, he regularly publishes in interdisciplinary journals like Energy Economics and Statistics and Computing. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Transport Economics & Policy and the Journal of Public Transportation. He also serves as the editorial board member of Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, and Journal of Choice Modelling, among others. He is a member of the TRB’s standing committees on Travel Survey Methods (AEP25) and Travel Forecasting (AEP50). Abstract: This talk will focus on system-level activity-based models and individual-level behaviour models. Specifically, three main system-level topics will be discussed: (i) novel deep generative models for feasible and diverse synthetic population, (ii) an analytical approach to simultaneously generate synthetic population and home-work locations by fusing travel survey data with the cellular signal data, (iii) generating synthetic population and activity chains by fusing travel survey data with the transit farecard data. The talk will conclude with an individual-level interpretable and flexible behaviour model, marrying data-driven and theory-driven approaches.

Xinwei Li:
“Marrying Cognitive Psychology and Behaviour Modelling: New Advancements and Results”
Bio: Ms. Xinwei Li is a Ph.D. student supervised by Dr. Prateek Bansal in the Civil and Environment Engineering Department at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Before joining the Behavioral & Cognitive lab, she achieved her MSc. in Statistics from NUS, and her B.S. in Mathematical Statistics from Renmin University of China. Xinwei focused on combining the discrete choice models with neurobiological data. Particularly, she is interested in Sequential Sampling Models(SSMs) developments, parameter estimations, and its extensions with choice process data like response time (RT) and eye-movement.
Abstract: This talk will focus on new models from mathematic psychology, known as sequential sampling models (SSMs), that are inherently dynamic to facilitate joint modelling of choice, response time (RT), and other data related to decision-making process (eye-movement of decision-makers). SSMs can also better explain the effect of nudges. The talk will focus on three main advancements in SSMs: (i) First empirical application of SSMs in transportation to explain the role of decoy effects in nudging ride-hailing drivers to adopt electric vehicles, (ii) mathematical proof for the value of involving RT into discrete choice models in terms of econometric estimation, (iii) Joint modelling of lab-based and web-based stated-preference data. By addressing challenges in existing SSMs, the talk will make a strong case for their applications in travel behavior modelling.

Webinar “Property Value Capture as a Mechanism for Public Transport Financing in the Philippines”
Date: 3 August 2023, Wednesday (1:00 – 3:00pm, Philippine Standard Time).
Program:
12:45 – 1:00 pm

Welcome Remarks – Dr. Jun Castro, Director, National Center for Transportation Studies
1:10 – 1:40
Keynote Talk by Prof. Shishir Mathur, Professor, San Jose State University, California, United States; Author of Innovation in Public Transport Finance: Property Value Capture (Routledge, 2016)
With Q&A
1:40 – 1:55
Transit Oriented Development and Property Value Capture in Japan
Prof. Hironori Kato, University of Tokyo
1:55 – 2:25
Presentations by panelists: Possible pathways for the implementation of Property Value Capture (PVC) as a Mechanism for Public Transport Financing in the Philippines
“Making PVC work in the Philippines: Perspective of a railway company”
Juan Alfonso, President/CEO, Light Rail Manila Corporation
“Making PVC work in the Philippines: Perspective of a real estate developer”
Francis Adrian Viernes, Assistant Vice President and Chief Data Scientist, Megaworld
“Making PVC work in the Philippines: Perspective of a government agency”
Leonel de Velez, Assistant Secretary, Department of Transportation
2:25 – 2:45
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Panel members:
Shishir Mathur, Professor, San Jose State University (optional)
Hironori Kato, Professor, University of Tokyo
Juan Alfonso, CEO and President, Light Rail Manila Corporation
Francis Adrian Viernes, Assistant Vice President – Chief Data Scientist, Head of Data Analytics / Data Science, Megaworld
Leonel Cray De Velez, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Project Development – Department of Transportation
Moderator: Dr. Varsolo Sunio
2:45 – 2:50
Synthesis / Closing Remarks
Raphael IV Abraham Hizon, Earthauz, Inc.

This webinar should be of interest to local government units, national government agencies, transit agencies, real estate developers, transport corporations, financial institutions, property appraisers and assessor, etc.

Historical and current urban design and its impact on children’s travel
Date: June 23 (Fri.), 2024. 15:00-17:40
Venue 京都大学 吉田キャンパス 総合研究4号館 共通4
(38番の建物　https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/archive/prev/access/campus/map6r_y）
Program:
15:00 – 15:30 Owen Waygood (Polytechnique Montréal)
“Planning for children’s independent travel”
15:30 – 16:00 Sylvia He (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
“Neighborhood features, out-of-home physical activities and public health: Using Google Street View images and survey to inform the planning and design of age-friendly neighborhoods”
16:00 – 16:30 Uno Haruka (Tokyo University of Science)
“Traffic Safety Measures for Children on Residential Streets in Japan”
16:30 – 16:50 David Hölzel (The University of Dortmund)
“Social and Environmental Influences on Children’s Everyday Mobility in Dortmund, Germany”
16:50 – 17:10 Goto Taiga（University of Tsukuba)
“TBA”
17:10 – 17:40 Nakao Satsohi (Kyoto University)
” Japanese history on traffic safety for children influenced by motorization “

Special seminar on EV in Hong Kong
1) Time and day: 1:00pm-1:45pm (Japan Standard Time), June 19 (Monday), 2023
2) Place (in-person): IP lab meeting room (on the third floor of Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo)
3) Web link to online meeting: https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/87670893950?pwd=REVWS3BnYlRKQnpoZnlobGwvUVVodz09
4) Presenter: Dr. Sylvia He (Associate Professor, Urban Studies Programme, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
5) Presentation:
Title: Electrification of private cars in Hong Kong: EV adoption, charger accessibility, and the spatial planning of charging infrastructure
Abstract: Electrification of the transport sector is an important strategy to achieve carbon neutrality. Over the past few years, we have witnessed the momentum of transitioning from ICE cars to electric cars in different parts of the world, however, cities are facing various challenges and obstacles during the electrification process. In this seminar, one of the densest cities in the world – Hong Kong – will be presented, based on several recent publications and works in progress of my research lab. First, we will examine key determinants of EV adoption, based on the findings from a questionnaire survey in Hong Kong and Denmark. Among these critical factors is charger accessibility, which we will differentiate by objective, perceived, and prospective measures. Then we will develop a methodology framework and a location-allocation model to incorporate consumer preferences and land use constraints into the spatial planning of public EV charging infrastructure. Lastly, some works in progress using new and emerging data will be briefed at the end.
6) Charge: free
7) Language: English only

Theme: Travel behavior analysis of the elderly in China

Speaker: Prof. Shengchuan Zhao, Professor at School of Transportation and Logistics, Dalian University of Technology

Date and time: 2023/4/20 (Th), 10:30-12:00

Place: Room 206 at Engineering Building 8th North, Nagoya University and Zoom

Abstract: The rapid demographic shift towards an aging society in China will bring more challenges to meeting the travel needs of older adults, especially the heterogeneity and differences in backgrounds, health, and subjective perceptions of them making it even harder. Walking, as a primary travel mode and physical activity for seniors in China, is important for them to keep involved in social life and maintain active and wellbeing while aging. Studies on the walking behavior of older adults have been focusing on realized journeys, but the research on the unmet walking needs has received insufficient attention. Moreover, most studies treated older adults as a homogeneous group. As such, this study examines how socio-demographic and built environment variables affect the unmet walking needs of older adults considering the unobserved heterogeneity by relying on subjective predictors of walking. The unmet walking needs are defined as the gaps between expected and actual walking frequencies. This is done by employing a hybrid approach integrating latent class analysis (LCA) and a zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) regression model based on data collected from 533 older adults over 60 in China in 2021. Results of LCA show that three latent segments can be identified, i.e., Enthusiastic Walking Respondents with Excellent Health (EWEH), Positive Walking Respondents with Languishing Health (PWLH), and Fair Walking Respondents with Languishing Health (FWLH). The results of the ZIP regression model indicate that age, gender, income, elevator, and distances to the nearest bus stop are the relatively contributing factors to unmet walking needs for both three classes. Moreover, built environment factors, such as access to bus stops and distances to the nearest leisure facility, have the most significant influence on EWEH class. The findings of this study will offer insights for effective policies and interventions to build an age-friendly environment.

1) Time and day: 4:00pm-5:30pm (Japan Standard Time), February 13 (Monday), 2023

2) Place: Zoom meeting room (https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/88101614989?pwd=OFY2djIwU1VUZnRjOHltQ2kyYnpZdz09)

3) Presentation

Title: The role of ride-hailing services during COVID-19 in Indonesia

Abstract: Millions of people’s activities have been disrupted by the 2019 coronavirus. As an alternative to out-of-home activities, online activities have significantly risen. Due to this phenomenon, our presentation will explore the travel behavior change during the pandemic and understand how ride-hailing services support in-home activities in Indonesia. The use of ride-hailing services for online shopping with same-day delivery services become an interesting point that will be explored in our presentation

4) Short bio of presenter

Muhammad Zudhy Irawan is an associate professor of transportation planning and modeling in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. He holds a doctoral degree from Kyushu University, Japan. His research interests are related to travel behavior, traffic simulation, and decision-making process.

5) Charge: free

6) Language: English only

7) Participation: Please contact Ms Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

1) Time and day: 1:00pm-2:30pm (Japan Standard Time), February 2nd (Thursday), 2023

2) Place: Zoom meeting room (https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/86742542338?pwd=RmpwT0E4cGJmVE81RytQU201aWcxUT09)

3) Presentation

Title: Analyzing transport transition issues from the perspective of justice using multi-criteria mapping method

Abstract: In this presentation, I apply the concept of justice and its dimensions (distributive, procedural, recognition, cosmopolitan and restorative) to transitions in public transportation systems. I also introduce the multi-criteria mapping (MCM) method (Coburn and Stirling, 2019), which was originally developed for the appraisal of contested visions. I demonstrate the applicability of both the concept and the method to the three cases of ongoing transport system transition in the Philippines, namely the (non–)legitimation of motorcycle taxis, the formalization of jeepney and the implementation of high-priority bus system. I attempt to unpack the (in)justice issues arising from these transition initiatives. Finally, I argue for the need to pay due attention to the ethical aspects and justice issues of transitions, which, being sources of tension, conflict and discontent, may powerfully resist the hoped-for sustainable transitions.

Keywords: Just transition; transport justice; sustainability transition; global south

References:
Sunio, V. (2021). Unpacking justice issues and tensions in transport system transition using multi-criteria mapping method. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 96, 102887.
Sunio, V., Ugay, J. C., Li, C. W., Liwanag, H. J., & Santos, J. (2023). Impact of Public Transport Disruption on Access to Healthcare Facility and Well-being During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Case Study in Metro Manila, Philippines. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 100948.

4) Short bio of presenter

Dr. Varsolo Sunio is affiliated with the Philippines’ Department of Science and Technology (DOST) as an S&T Fellow II (for transport and logistics) and a visiting researcher at The University of Tokyo. He also holds (or has held) appointments as a research fellow at the University of Asia and the Pacific, De La Salle University, Ateneo de Manila University, and the University of Macau. He finished his doctorate degree in Urban Management at Kyoto University and earned degrees from the National University of Singapore, University of the Philippines, and the Ateneo de Manila University. He previously worked as part of the data science team of the Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DoTr), the information technology team of Accenture, and the Supply Chain Department of Makati Medical Center. He has published papers on transportation issues in the developing country context, covering themes such as equity and justice, access and well-being, sustainable transitions, and financing of informal transport. His works appear in Transportation Research Part A, D and F, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Transport Policy, Research in Transportation Economics, Research in Transportation Business & Management, etc. He is also a regular reviewer for several transportation journals. He is a member of Transportation Science Society of the Philippines (TSSP), National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) and Analytics Association of the Philippines (AAP). His personal website is: https://sites.google.com/uap.asia/varsolo-sunio/

5) Charge: free

6) Language: English only

7) Participation: Please contact Ms Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

1) Time and day: 4:00pm-5:30pm (Japan Standard Time), January 23 (Monday), 2022

2) Place: Zoom meeting room (https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/89737816643?pwd=WmVUOTZMNCttY3RiN2VJU21iNXVZUT09)

3) Presentation

Title: Use of Ride Hailing Services in Metro Manila, Bangkok, and Hanoi: A Comparison

Abstract: The study compared the use of the ride hailing services (RHS) in three (3) Southeast Asian cities, namely, Metro Manila, Bangkok, and Hanoi, during the Covid-19 pandemic period. It attempted to zero in on the varying ways by which citizens in these cities availed of RHS in 2020. A similar set of questionnaire survey form was administered, albeit differently; it was administered online in Metro Manila, while it was done face-to-face in Bangkok and Hanoi. The differing method of survey administration may have affected the representativeness of the samples. Nevertheless, similarities and dissimilarities are presented regarding the personal characteristics of RHS users and their usage of RHS in these three cities during the time of the pandemic.

4) Short bio of presenter

Dr. Alexis M. Fillone is a Professor of the Civil Engineering Department, De La Salle University, Manila. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Degree (Cum Laude) from Central Philippine University, Iloilo City, his Master of Engineering (Transportation) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand and his PhD in Urban and Regional Planning at the School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP), University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines. He was a former president of the Transportation Science Society of the Philippines (TSSP). He has around 30 years of experience as a teacher in the field of transportation planning and traffic engineering and currently mentors several Master and PhD students at De La Salle University, Manila. He also has more than 20 years of experience in transport research focusing on travel behavior analysis, travel demand modeling, public transport planning, and traffic impact studies as well as consultancy work with the government and the private sector. He has published several articles in SCOPUS and ISI-listed journals. Aside from being a registered Civil Engineer, he is also a registered Environmental Planner.

5) Charge: free

6) Language: English only

7) Participation: Please contact Ms Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

1) Time and day: 4:00pm-5:30pm (Japan Standard Time), December 19 (Monday), 2022

2) Place: Zoom meeting room (https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/86183190905?pwd=MTZaVzY4Umg4UERJL1hrQ3lva1Jqdz09)

3) Presentation

Title: Motorization Pattern and Private Vehicle Dependence in Asian Developing Countries

Abstract: In many developing countries, rapid motorization has been ongoing where owners of private vehicles tend to rely on their own vehicles for making trips. Although the ownership in developing cities is lower than that in developed cities, the excessive dependence on private vehicles has caused serious road traffic congestion, accidents, and negative environmental impacts in those cities. They require the mitigation of people’s dependency on private vehicles, including both private cars and motorcycles. This study investigates the private-vehicle-dependent behavior mainly in Asian developing countries. The presentation contains the topics: 1) review of motorization progress pattern and its influential factors based on statistical data of registered private vehicles in major Asian cities; 2) empirical analysis of private-vehicle dependency with mobility gaps between car/motorcycle owners and non-owners, using the JICA’s person-trips surveys; and 3) identification of factors affecting private-vehicle-dependent travel behavior, highlighting consciousness and attitude toward walkable-distance trips.

4) Short bio of presenter

Mr. Takayoshi Futose is an urban and transport consultant at ALMEC Corporation, Japan. After receiving his master’s degree from Yokohama National University, Japan, he has participated in various transport projects in developing countries, including African countries, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Philippines, and Vietnam. His main research concerns are transport survey, demand forecasting, public transport improvement, and transport planning. He is currently enrolled in the doctoral program at the graduate school of Toyo University, Japan. His doctoral research highlights the people’s private vehicle dependency in major Asian cities for contributing to urban transport planning in developing world.

5) Charge: free

6) Language: English only

7) Participation: Please contact Ms Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

This is an announcement of online international seminar on technology and policy of Japan’s road, which is organized jointly by Vietnam Japan University (VJU) and National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan. This event is held online from 15:00-17:20 (Japan Standard Time) on November 25 (Friday), 2022. This seminar aims to introduce the Japan’s road technology and policy making mainly to international students in Asian region including Japan. The details are shown in an attached file. Please find it. We hope you will join this seminar and engage in this important conversation. If you have any questions on this seminar, do not hesitate to contact Prof. Hironori Kato (Co-director of Master program in Civil Engineering, VJU, kato@civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) and Prof. Shinichi Takeda (JICA long-term expert at VJU, takeda.s@vju.ac.vn). Thank you.

1) Time and day: 15:00-17:20 (Japan Standard Time), Nov 25 (Fri), 2022

2) Place: Zoom meeting room (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehj-_C–AcXKcer71EaTVRCBbBTVu-_xuiu5H0YwVLseudhQ/viewform)

Please have a look at the attached files for the details.

FinalVersion_Flyer_Introduction of road technology and policy making
【プログラム確定版】日越大学・国総研ジョイントセミナー

1) Time and day: 4:00pm-5:30pm (Japan Standard Time), December 5 (Monday), 2022

2) Place: Zoom meeting room (https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/87281677470?pwd=c3VmZlFxMDJXakVhME1kNit2NDFWQT09)

3) Presentation

– Title: Ride-Hailing Service Adoption and Local Context in Motorcycle-Based Societies: Case Study in Hanoi, Vietnam

– Abstract: The ride-hailing service (RHS) has emerged as a major form of daily travel in many Southeast Asian cities where motorcycles are extensively used. This study aims to analyze the local context in motorcycle-based societies, which may affect the establishment of travelers’ choice set after the appearance of RHSs. In particular, it empirically compares three types of choice-set structures in the context of urban travel mode choice by estimating standard logit and nested logit models to test six hypotheses on the associations of RHS adoption with its determinants. Revealed preference data of 449 trips from both RHS users and non-RHS users were collected through a face-to-face interview-based questionnaire survey in Hanoi, Vietnam, in December 2020. The results of model estimations revealed: (1) a substitutional effect for two-wheelers but not for four-wheelers, (2) a significant positive influence of car ownership on car RHS adoption but not on motorcycle RHS adoption, (3) significantly high sensitivity to travel time of motorcycle RHS but not of car RHS, (4) a significant negative effect of traffic congestion on car RHS adoption but an insignificant one on motorcycle RHS adoption, and (5) a significant positive association of an individual’s experience in using a smartphone with car RHSs but insignificant association with motorcycle RHSs. Our findings suggest that transportation policies of RHS motorcycles should be different from those of RHS cars because of the heterogeneity in travel behaviors of RHS users between them. They also indicate that the transition from motorcycles to cars as well as the difference in service availability among different types of RHSs should be incorporated into the development of transportation policies in Southeast Asian cities.

4) Short bio of presenter

Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Hoang-Tung is currently a researcher at University of Transport and Communications, Vietnam. He obtained a Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Saitama University, Japan in 2014. He worked as a research associate at Saitama University and as an invited lecturer at Vietnam Japan University, Vietnam. He has more than 15 year experience in the academic and industrial fields of the transport sector. He was involved in numerous transport projects in Vietnam and Japan, mainly as an in-house consultant for the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and Japan International Cooperation Agency. His major interest is a green transportation system and public-private partnerships. He and his co-authors were awarded the best research paper by the International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences (IATSS) in 2020.

5) Charge: free

6) Language: English only

7) Participation: Please contact Ms Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

We will hold an international seminar at the 4th annual symposium of the URBAN Re-DESIGN STUDIES UNIT on Nov. 26, 2022. The seminar will be held in English, and we welcome international students and researchers. You can join it online or onsite (Hongo Campus, the University of Tokyo). Please take a look at the following for more details.

Seminar theme: Refugees and Migrants in the International Society with Disasters

Seminar website: http://dss.bin.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/symposium/symposium_2022/#international

Date and Time: 15:35-17:00 (JST) on November 26 (Saturday), 2022

Seminar Objective:
As the SDG slogan “Leave no one behind” suggests, it is crucial to ensure that no one is left behind, even minorities, during the disaster relief and recovery phases. This seminar will focus on those who may be vulnerable due to cultural and religious differences: migrants and refugees. This seminar aims to share examples of post-disaster issues, support, and recovery efforts for immigrants and refugees in Japan and abroad. Since internationalization is expected to progress further, this seminar will provide an opportunity to consider the challenges that may arise from future disasters in Japan, and the support and reconstruction that will contribute to reducing these challenges.

Speakers:
1. Mohammad Moinuddin (Osaka University)
Title: Potential of foreign nationals during disasters: with reference to two mosques in Osaka, Japan
He will talk about the disaster relief activities of Islamic mosques, the daily activity hubs for foreign residents in Japan.

2. Miko Maekawa (Sasakawa Peace Foundation)
Title: TBD
She will talk about environmental migrants in Pacific Island countries.

3. Mio Sato (International Organization for Migration)
Title: TBD
She will talk about Afghan refugees in Pakistan and the relief efforts toward them.

Coordinators: Hitomu Kotani (Kyoto University) and Riki Honda (University of Tokyo)

Language: English

Fee: Free

Registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdowMg68TeO1ZXz8ZwxJU_ns2lcsggW0DsB7F_QXMxnAv7Dvw/viewform

If you have any questions, please contact the coordinator: Dr. Hitomu Kotani (kotani.hitomu.5c@kyoto-u.ac.jp).

We will conduct a special seminar, in which Dr. Phathinan Thaithatkul (Chulalongkorn University) is invited to make a special presentation about a case study on mobility of elderly people in Thailand. This event is held online from 4:00pm-5:30pm (Japan Standard Time), November 7 (Monday). We hope you will join us for the event and engage in this important conversation. The details are shown as follows. Thank you.

[2nd UTokyoIP-CUTI Special Seminar]

1) Time and day: 4:00pm-5:30pm (Japan Standard Time), November 7 (Monday), 2022

2) Place: Zoom meeting room (https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/83729974339?pwd=TmFUdVZjWHRRNURUUFBEellsOGwrUT09)

3) Presentation

Title: Mobility, Activities, and Happiness in Old Age: Case of the Elderly in Bangkok

Abstract:

Thailand’s population is rapidly ageing, making it crucial that policy makers understand how to support the welfare of the elderly community. Using the metric of Subject Well-Being (SWB) — a marker overall happiness — our study investigates the links between SWB and senior citizens’ mobility, travel behaviors, and activities outside of the home with the aim of better understanding which factors contribute to higher quality of life for the elderly. We conducted a survey of the elderly in Bangkok, Thailand and derived descriptive statistics and performed a Latent Class Analysis and ordered logistics regression to understand these relationships. We found that active elderly was likely to have higher level of the SWB than inactive elderly. Public transport use and Out-of-home activities engagement were associated with active elderly’s SWB in Thailand. Recommendations for policy makers include improved design of public transport services for the elderly and expanded fare reduction pricing through state welfare for senior citizens.

4) Short bio of presenter

Dr. Phathinan Thaithatkul is a researcher at Transportation Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand, and doctoral degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. She has experience working as a project researcher in Center for Spatial Information Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan. Her research interest covers urban mobility and transport planning. Her research focuses on the emerging mobile technology and urban mobility, e.g., ride-hailing services, ride-sharing services, and shared mobility services. She has been involved in an international research project on ride-hailing services. She also has experience in providing consulting services for Department of Land Transport in Thailand. Her consulting services cover the regulation framework for urban mobility.

5) Charge: free

6) Language: English only

7) Participation: Please contact Ms Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

[International seminar on “assessing the navigation error characteristics of residents and tourists during evacuation”]

Date & time: 16:00-17:00, October 14, 2022

Venue: IDEC large conference room, Higashi-Hiroshima Campus, Hiroshima University

Presenter: Dr. Yuval Hadas (Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

Tittle: Assessing the navigation error characteristics of residents and tourists during evacuation – a combined simulation and virtual reality approach

Abstract: During evacuation, the evacuees are required to follow the fastest and safest path to the designated evacuation site. However, navigation errors due to lack of knowledge, signage presence and the evacuee behavior are affecting the evacuation efficiency. For that, it is imperative to assess these navigation errors and to develop an optimization model in order to increase the evacuation reliability by improving the guidance at key intersections. This is done by minimizing the difference between the deterministic shortest path and the stochastic shortest path with the stochasticity associated with the selection of an arc at each node, and the behavior of the evacuee. For that, we developed two components: 1) a MATSim based evacuation model, a random (or probabilistic) walk, in which the evacuees are dynamically selecting their next road section probabilistically, and 2) a virtual reality (VR) navigation challenge which investigate the decision-making during evacuation.

Contact: chikaraishim@hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Makoto Chikaraishi, Hiroshima University)

We will conduct a special seminar, in which Dr. Saksith Chalermpong (Chulalongkorn University) is invited to make a special lecture about online food delivery in Bangkok, Thailand. This event is held online from 4:00pm-5:30pm (Japan Standard Time), October 24 (Monday). We hope you will join us for the event and engage in this important conversation. The details are shown as follows. Thank you.

[1st UTokyoIP-CUTI Special Seminar]

1) Time and day: 4:00pm-5:30pm (Japan Standard Time), October 24 (Monday), 2022

2) Place: Zoom meeting room (https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/89842877944?pwd=VDgzSFVjR0doMXMyTDgxcjNqSjlCQT09; Meeting ID: 898 4287 7944; Passcode: 458770)

3) Presentation

Title: Consumers’ Spatial Attributes and Their Effects on Online Food Delivery Usage and Travel: Empirical Evidence from Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract:

This presentation gives an outline and findings of our recent paper. In this paper, we examine how consumers’ spatial attributes affect OFD adoption and usage frequency, by testing innovation-diffusion (ID) and accessibility-efficiency (AE) hypotheses. OFD usage data were collected by questionnaire surveys in Bangkok and analyzed by logistic and zero-truncated negative binomial regressions. Spatial attributes that were analyzed included the level of urbanization, transit accessibility, and availability of food outlets. The results from the OFD adoption model supported the ID hypothesis, but those from the OFD usage frequency model provided partial support for the AE hypothesis. Our results implied that while the effects of consumers’ spatial attributes on OFD usage via improved accessibility might be mixed, consumers’ locations played a critical role in explaining OFD use behaviors via diffusion of innovation.

4) Short bio of presenter

Dr. Saksith Chalermpong is Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at Chulalongkorn University, where he teaches transport engineering, planning, and policy. He has also served as Associate Director of Chulalongkorn University Transportation Institute since 2018. His research interests include urban transport planning, public and informal transport, and equality issues in transport policy. He has published extensively in the field of transport, and has provided consulting services for several government agencies in Thailand, including Department of Land Transport, Office of Transport Planning and Policy, and Bangkok Mass Transit Authority. Chalermpong received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Chulalongkorn University, his master’s degree from MIT, and his doctoral degree from UC Irvine, both in the field of transport. His research on informal transportation in Bangkok with Apiwat Ratanawaraha was awarded an Excellent Research Award of Chulalongkorn University in 2018.

5) Charge: free

6) Language: English only

7) Participation: Please contact Ms Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

Living MateriArchitecture：　生物に学ぶ材料と建築・都市デザイン
～nmからkmのバイオミメティックス～

＜3月10日（火）＞
10:30～10:40　齋藤　彰 （大阪大学（工）精密科学　准教授）
開会あいさつ

10:40～11:10　岡田 明彦 （NEDO技術戦略研究センター）
社会的ニーズに基づくNEDOによる技術アプローチ

11:10～12:20　Thomas SPECK （ドイツ　Univ. of Freiburg　教授）
生物に学ぶ適応材料システム：21世紀におけるスマートアーキテクチャの概念

13:30～14:30　下村 政嗣 （公立千歳科学技術大学　応用化学生物学科　教授）
バイオミメティクス：アントロポセン（人新世）における持続可能なサバイバルパラ
ダイム

14:30～15:30　酒井　敏　（京都大学 人間・環境学研究科　教授）
三次元だけでなく二次元：フラクタルの必要性

15:50～16:20
杉本　マキ （大和ハウス工業 未来共創センター　次長）
バイオミメティクスへの温故知新 ～創業者精神と現在の取り組み

16:20～17:05　飛鳥　政宏 （積水インテグレーテッドリサーチ　常務取締役）
自然から着想したアイデアで製品を革新する方法とその考え方

18:00～ 懇親会 （カフェテリア　匠　／　吹田キャンパス）

＜3月11日（水）＞
10:30～11:30　谷口　守 （筑波大学　システム情報系　教授）
生き物に学ぶ都市計画

11:30～12:40　Estelle CRUZ （フランス　CEEBIOS　プロジェクトマネージャー）
建築とバイオミメティクス： その文脈と機会（接点）

14:00～15:00　山本　昌仁 （たねやグループ　CEO）
自然に学ぶ、たねやグループの取組み

15:20～16:05　蕪木　伸一 （大成建設　設計本部　専門設計部　部長）
都市生態系を考慮した都市再開発の実践

16:05～16:50　齋藤　彰 （阪大（工））
バイオミメティクスにおける「材料から建築へ」の橋渡し
閉会あいさつ

重要：本国際セミナーは中止となりました。

Important: This international seminar is cancelled

Date: 15:00-17:00, March 19 (Thursday), 2020

Venue: 172 Lecture room, First floor, C-Cluster C1 Building, Katsura Campus, Kyoto University

(https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/katsura?set_language=en)

Presenter: Prof. Dr. William P. Anderson (Professor and Director of Cross-Border Institute (CBI), University of Windsor)

Abstract:

Why are cost and delay incurred as goods cross international borders an economic problem? The standard answer is that by increasing the effective cost of imports relative to domestic goods they have the same effect as tariffs: they reduce the economic gains that would otherwise arise from cross-border trade. While this perspective is useful, it is limited because there are differences between tariffs and the costs imported by border impedance. For example, while tariffs are generally fixed and defined on an ad valorem basis, border impedance costs may be highly variable and may not discriminate between high value and low value shipments.

Quantitative assessment of the economy-wide cost of border impedance is a challenging but necessary task. For public agencies to make good decisions about investments in border infrastructure, technology and the design of border procedures, they must have good estimates of the economic impacts from either increasing or decreasing border impedance. The border between Canada and the United States is used to illustrate some of the complications involved in making such an assessment. Two general conclusions arise. The first is that assessing the impact of border impedance is an explicitly spatial problem that must take into account the geography of transport networks, border crossings, production and consumption. The second is that uncertainty about border impedance – especially about crossing time – is a critical factor, especially where a large proportion of trade is of intermediate goods in cross-border supply chains.

Results from a spatially detailed Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model, developed and applied by the Cross-Border Institute, illustrate current best practice in assessing the broader economic effects of a reduction in border impedance. Even such a model, however, has limitations arising from inconsistency between the actual dynamics of cross-border integration and the underlying general equilibrium theory and assumptions. New developments in Quantitative Spatial Economics (QSE) hold the promise of making estimates that are more comprehensive and better grounded in real economic processes.

We will conduct a special seminar, in which Ms. Sarah Victoria Greenham is invited to make a special talk about climate change and London underground. This event is held at Hongo Campus, the University of Tokyo from 4:00pm-5:00pm, February 13 (Thursday). We hope you will join us for the event and engage in this important conversation. The details are shown as follows. Thank you.

1) Time and day: 4:00pm-5:00pm, February 13 (Thursday), 2020

2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab., Third floor, Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo (https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020145.pdf)

3) Presentation

– Title: Climate change and the extreme heat related impacts on the London Underground infrastructure

– Abstract:

Rail infrastructure is particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events, and damage to rail networks results in negative socioeconomic consequences such as reduced work productivity due to loss of access to commuting. The world’s oldest subway system, the London Underground (LU), operated by Transport for London (TfL) identified that extreme heat impacts the network now, and is likely to increase in future. However, previous studies are limited to passenger comfort on the deep tube and do not focus on infrastructure or a significant proportion of the network, which is in fact above ground. This research therefore aims to investigate whether causality can be determined between extreme heat events and infrastructure failure on the LU network, in order to understand the risks posed by future climate change and extreme heat events in the United Kingdom. Building on previous research using 2011-2016 data (accepted, awaiting publication), this research synthesises 2006-2018 data in greater depth, from UK Met Office archives, LU environmental observations and LU fault data with UKCP18 climate projections. Statistical tests identify the conditions, sites and assets on the LU most vulnerable to extreme heat and consequently likely to cause maximum disruption to customers in future. Preliminary findings identified a difference in surface level and deep tunnel environmental conditions and thus expect a difference in the characteristics of faults and delays accumulated. Increase in surface temperatures in the future as indicated by UKCP18 are expected to exacerbate these; scenario dependent. Results will provide TfL with quantitative information to support the business case for appropriately designed and placed climate change adaptation activity. This will ultimately help keep London moving, while simultaneously protecting a vital cultural asset to the United Kingdom.

4) Short bio of presenter

Ms Sarah Victoria Greenham is a second-year PhD student at the University of Birmingham, Department of Civil Engineering. Her PhD study is supervised by Dr Andrew Quinn & Dr Emma Ferranti at the University of Birmingham. She holds an MSc in Climate Change and Sustainability from Brunel University London, and a BSc(Hons) in Urban Planning from University College London (UCL). Sarah has worked with industry since commencing her Master’s Thesis in 2018, primarily with Transport for London (TfL), and is currently in Japan for a 2-month research fellowship with JR RTRI’s Heat and Air flow laboratory, funded by an EU project (RISEN). Last summer, Sarah was also in Japan, awarded a research fellowship under the JSPS Summer Program. She spent 2 months on a research and cultural exchange for international PhD students at The University of Tokyo’s International Project Laboratory. She and her supervisors also participate in knowledge exchange sessions between UK-based infrastructure operators (e.g. Highways England, Network Rail, Thames Water), with the aim of sharing climate change adaptation developments and best practices.

5) Charge: free

6) Language: English only

7) Participation: Please contact Ms Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

DATE&TIME: 24th Jan 2020   13:30 – 17:30

PLACE: FUJI SOFT AKIBA PLAZA 7F　EX room (富士ソフト秋葉プラザ　7F EXルーム)
https://www.fsi.co.jp/akibaplaza/en/index.html

ABSTRACT: Emerging mobility systems, such as connected and automated vehicles and mobility-as-a-service, are changing our mobility. In this seminar, we discuss theories and data infrastructure that support these systems, in order to show visions on future mobility systems with various modes and various scales. The topics are mathematical theories on ride-sourcing and ride-sharing services, data mining and urban computing, and transport hub service design.

PROGRAM
13:30 – 13:50 Opening
Dr. Takahiko KUSAKABE
Assistant Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science, The
University of Tokyo, Japan

13:50 – 14:40 Supply Management of On-Demand Ride-Hailing Services
Invited Speaker:  Mr. Zhengtian XU
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Michigan, USA

14:40 – 15:30 Mechanism Design of Transportation Services for the
Automated Vehicle-era
Invited Speaker: Dr. Yusuke HARA
Postdoctoral Associate, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and
Technology (SMART), Singapore

Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:25 Urban human mobility analysis based on public
transportation smart card data
Dr. Takashi Nicholas MAEDA
Postdoctoral Researcher, The Center for Advanced Intelligence Project,
RIKEN, Japan

16:25 – 17:05 Joint optimization of SAV operation and infrastructure design
Dr. Toru SEO
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan

17:05 – 17:45 A Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Intelligent
Intervention Planning Framework for Real-Time Proactive Road Safety
Management
Dr. Ananya ROY
Project Researcher, Center for Spatial Information Science, The
University of Tokyo, Japan

17:45 – 17:50 Closing Remarks

講演者 (Presenter)：ダーク・ローバック教授，エラスムス大学／オランダトランジション研究所 (Prof. Derk Loorbach, Erasmus University/Dutch Research Institute for Transition (DRIFT))

日時 (Date/Time)：2020年1月17日（金）18：55～20：25 (January 17, 2020 (Friday) 18:55-20:25)

場所 (Venue)：明治大学駿河台キャンパス アカデミーコモン9階 309E教室 (Meiji University, Academy Common Bldg., 9th Floor, Room 309E)

概要 (Abstract)：

地球温暖化による気候変動が、これからの世界、特に将来世代に深刻な影響をもたらすことが危惧されています。その影響を人類が乗り越えていくためには、目前の課題を解決するだけでなく、社会経済システムの抜本的なトランジション（移行・転換・変革）が必要です。今回は、持続可能な社会に向けたトランジションの研究と実践で第一人者のダーク・ローバック教授をオランダからお迎えし、その概念、方法論、そして実践についてお話を伺います。

Impacts of climate change following the unstoppable global warming will surely affect our future generations around the world. In order to minimize the impact, quick-fix solutions are insufficient. Systemic transition to sustainable socioeconomic systems are needed. We will invite Professor Derk Loorbach, who is a pioneer in the research and practice of accelerating transitions.

その他 (Notes)： 

• 講義は英語で行われます。日英逐次通訳あり。
• Lecture will be delivered in English. Transition between English/Japanese will be provided.
• 主催：明治大学専門職大学院ガバナンス研究科 松浦研究室（※科研費助成研究「我が国の自転車通行システムの整序化へのコンセンサス形成戦略研究課題」の一環で行います）
• Organized by Prof. Masa Matsuura (Meiji University, Graduate School of Governance Studies)
• 参加費無料、研究者や学生のみなさんの積極的な参加をお待ちしています。参加希望者は次のURL (https://matsuura-lab.org/derk2020)からご登録願います。
• No fee. Looking forward to the active participation of researchers and students. If you want to join the seminar, please register using the form available at: https://matsuura-lab.org/derk2020

We will conduct a special seminar, in which Dr. Kien TO is invited to make a special lecture about urban planning in Vietnam. This event is held at Hongo Campus, the University of Tokyo from 5:30pm-7:00pm, December 3 (Tuesday). We hope you will join us for the event and engage in this important conversation. The details are shown as follows. Thank you.

1) Time and day: 5:30pm-7:00pm, December 3 (Tuesday), 2019

2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab., Third floor, Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo (https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020145.pdf)

3) Presetnation

– Title: Urban Planning in Vietnam Then and Now

– Abstract:

As Southeast Asia’s fastest developing country and one of the world’s fastest emerging economies, urbanization in Vietnam has been progressing very rapidly, especially in the two largest cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. This talk provides an overview asa well as insights into urban planning in Vietnam across different historical eras, taking Hanoi – the cradle of Vietnam’s urban development – as the main case. The 100-year-old capital city is also the oldest one in Southeast Asia with many different historical layers reflecting changing eras. The first part of the talk reviews the past “millennium” urban development from the feudal era through the French colony th the socialist central planning system until Doi Moi (economic reform in 1986). The second part focuses on the contemporary urban development in post-Doi Moi era under the so-called “Market-oriented socialist” System. In this period, urban planning and development are controlled by government central planning, yet strongly driven by capitalist forces, with emerging trends, challenges and prospects as reflected in Hanoi asa well as Ho Chi Minh City. Fiercer economic competition, environmental and climate change threats, depleted resources and accumulated problems of three fast-growth decades have compelled the metropolises to innovate, take a more participatory approach, and find new development strategies, catalysts and momentum to sustain their development towards smarter and sustainable growth in the future.

4) Short bio of presenter

Dr. Kien TO is Senior Urban Planner and Project Manager affiliated with Tokyo-based Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants Inc. Besides practicing, he is an independent researcher and educator in Architecture, Urban Design and Planning with a 20-year academic track record and a strong focus on Asia. Educated in Japan, Germany, and Vietnam, Dr. Kien has worked in Japan, Singapore and Vietnam. He has researched and published on various sustainability, urban liveability, hyper-urbanization and historical conservation, and gives lectures and talks internationally. He gains empirical knowledge through extensive field-based research and projects in collaboration with local communities and authorities across Asia. In Singapore, he co-founded Opportunity Lab and Social Urban Research Group based at Singapore University of Technology and Design. He also initiated and co-chaired SUTD Go-Green Committee, and participated in a number of environmental as well as social activities in Singapore. He also served as a Resource Person at the Singapore Institute of Architects Sustainability Committee. Although active abroad, Dr. Kien always keeps a close connection with his home country Vietnam and is an active member of Vietnam Urban Planning and Development Association. He is involved in various professional and academic activities in Vietnam and writes a number of articles published in Vietnamese prominent urbanism and architecture journals as well as popular newspapers.

5) Charge: free

6) Language: English only

7) Participation: Please contact Ms. Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

従来，AIS（自動船舶識別装置）は船舶同士の衝突回避や不審船の探知に用いられていましたが，近年，海上物流の推計や海運経済の分析等への活用についても国内外で検討が進められています．この国際セミナーでは，AIS等の船舶動静データを海上物流の推計や海運経済の分析に活用している海外の研究者を招聘し，国海の研究者・実務者も交えた講演やパネルディスカッションを通じて，今後の物流・海運・造船分野におけるAIS等の海上物流ビッグデータの活用について考えてみたいと思います．ご関心をお持ちの多数の方々のご参加をお待ちしております．

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開催日時：2019年　12月18日 （水）　13：30-17：40

場所：東京大学　工学部3号館　423，424講義室（東京大学本郷キャンパス内）

参加費：無料，要事前登録

使用言語：英語

主催：日本船舶海洋工学会　S-18ストラテジー研究委員会 （AIS等の船舶動静ビッグデータの物流・海運・造船分野における活用に関する検討委員会），日本海運経済学会

共催：東京大学，広島大学

プログラム：

13：30-13：40　開会の挨拶（東京大学　青山和浩教授）

第一部　＜講演＞　（司会：広島大学　和田祐次郎特任講師）

13:40-14:20　Still looking for the holy grail: The ups and downs of AIS-based research (Prof. Roar Adland, NHH Norwegian School of Economics)

14:20-15:00  Improving Bulk Ship Positioning Strategy with Individual Ship Movement Data (Assist. Prof. Yang Dong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

15:00-15:25  Port-based estimation of global shipping pattern of dry bulk and tanker cargo by AIS and vessel movement database and its application （柴崎隆一准教授，東京大学）

15:25-15:50  Regional Disintegration in South Asia: Evidence from the end of the British Empire on Maritime Networks （坪田建明研究員，アジア経済研究所）

15:50-16:10  休憩

16:10-17:30

第二部　＜パネルディスカッション＞　（モデレーター：柴崎隆一准教授）

パネリスト： Prof. Roar Adland, Assist. Prof. Yang Dong, Assist. Prof. Bai Xiwen (Tsinghua University), 和田祐次郎特任講師，岩佐竜至様（商船三井），前田佳彦様（MTI）

・各企業・大学の取り組み事例の紹介（発表10分）

・海外ゲストからのコメント

・フロアからの質疑

17:30-17:40  閉会の挨拶　（福知山公立大学　篠原正人教授）

18:00-20:00  懇親会　（ルヴェソンヴェール本郷）　懇親会費：5,000円/人

場所： 〒113-0033　東京都文京区本郷6-16-4　フォーレスト本郷内　レストラン

ご参加のお申し込みは，12月9日（月）までに下記連絡先までお願い致します．セミナー終了後，懇親会も予定しています．こちらにもぜひご参加ください．お手数ですが，懇親会への参加希望についても併せてご連絡をお願い致します．

問い合わせ・申込先：　和田 祐次郎 （広島大学　大学院工学研究科）

TEL：082-424-7779　　FAX：082-422-7194

E-mail：　waday@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

会場までのアクセス： https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/campus-guide/map01_02html

https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/campus-guide/map01_01.html

懇親会会場（ルヴェソンヴェール本郷）までのアクセス（スタッフがご案内いたします）：

https://www.forest-hongo.com/access/

以下の要領で、ミュンヘン工科大学からRolf Moeckel博士、Kasetsert大学からVarameth Viciensan博士をお招きし、土地利用交通マイクロシミュレーションモデルに関するセミナーを開催します。

Date: 14:00-17:00, October 10th, 2019

Venue: Block As, As311-312 Conference Room, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus (4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan)

Access: https://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/access/

Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/uN255EUs1QFD59KCA

Co-host: DAAD-JSPS JRP (“Are sustainable development goals within reach? Development of a microsimulation urban model to test policies for a sustainable future”), SATREPS (“Smart Transport Strategy for Thailand 4.0”).

Objective: Provide findings from the research projects in DAAD-JSPS JRP and SATREPS, discuss the LUTI modeling method, procedure, implementation, application and implication to the practice.

Schedule:

14:00-14:15 Opening remark (Masanobu Kii)

14:15-15:00 Application of Microsimulation modeling (Rolf Moeckel)

15:00-15:45 LUTI model in Bangkok metropolitan area (Varameth Viciensan)

15:45-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-16:45 Earth observation and spatial analysis for urban modeling (Hiroyuki Miyazaki)

16:45-17:00 Closing remark (Masanobu Kii)

ご参加を希望される方は、9月27日金曜日までに、紀伊（kii@eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp）までご連絡いただければ幸いです。

日時：10月8日（火）16：00～17：30

場所：京都大学桂キャンパスCクラスター　C1-312（C1棟会議室3）

http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/access/campus/map6r_k.htm

講師： Prof. Tomer Toledo, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Israel

題目： Real -time control for transit systems with transfers

詳細は，下記をご覧ください．

参加を希望される方は，シュマッカー（schmoecker@trans.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp）までご連絡いただければ大変ありがたく存じます．どうぞよろしくお願いいたします．

Abstract: We report on research to develop a real-time simulation-based control framework that attempts to coordinate the eperations of multiple transit lines simultaneously to allow smoother transfers and to maintain service regularity. The control actions, which include holding and change speed, are set as the solution of an optimization problem with the objective to minimize total passengers’ time in the system within a prediction horizon. The prediction horizon is defined by a number of downstream stops and subsequent buses. The predictions made include the arrival and departure times of vehicles at downstream stops and the passenger demands they are expected to serve. The model is demonstrated with a simulation-based case study of three lines of the BRT system in Haifa, Israel. The results show the system’s potential to reduce the total passengers’ time.

Bio: Dr. Tomer Toledo is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of civil and Environmental Engineering and the Head of the Transportation Research Institute at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. His research interests are in the areas of driver behavior, traffic modeling and simulation, intelligent transportation system and transportation network analysis. He is an Research Part C and Transportation Research Record.

The CASE (Connected, Automonous, Shared, and Electric) mobility will greatly change transport servises. One illustrative example is self-driving vehicles with multiple functions such as ride-sharing, e-coomerce, and logistics, which would enrich our daily lives. Various personalized services would be offered based on the enormous data from vehicles mobile phones, etc. At the same time, such big and real-time data would also change transport management systems drastically together with the rapid development of relevant methodologies.

One of the key common ingredients for a better mobility service and its management systems is the short-term prediction of transport conditions: an accurate short-term prediction of OD demand and travel time would be needed for a better ride-sharing service, while a better short-term prediction of traffic states using real-timedata would significantly improve dynamic traffic control and management systems. One of the emerging and promising approaches for a better short-term prediction is a machine learning approach. Appliactions of machine learning techniaues in the field of transportation have been increasing rapidly in the last couple of years. These studies have empirically shown higher prediction accuracy compared to traditional methods, opening up further possibiilties of providing new transport services as well as data-driven traffic control and management.

This seminar aims to identify unique challenges in the application of machine learning techniques to the short-term prediction, explore further possibilities ot applying deep learning techniques to transport issues, and identify potential bottlenecks in utilizing them in practice. Following a special lecture of the use of tree search and deep neural networks by Dr. Yoshizoe, two keynote lectures will be delivered by Dr. Chris van Hinsbergen and Dr. Adam Pel on the state of the art for short-term traffic prediction in Netherlands. We will then have presentation from researchers and practitioners on their ongoing works and discuss the possible future research directions and practical applications.

Date and time: 10:00-17:30 on September 20, 2019

Venue: Meeting Room 3, Suekawa Memorial Hall, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto

9 Kinugasa Himurocho, Kita-ku, Kyoto, 603-8484

(Map: https://goo.gl/maps/N2GrysfoJnb9YHaX9)

Capacity: 40 persons

Registration: Please send your name and affiliation to Makoto Chikaraishi

(chikaraishim@hiroshima-u.ac.jp)

Note: The application will be closed as soon as the number of applicants reaches the capacity.

Program

Project Introduction and Special Lecture

     Organizer: Yasuhiro Shiomi (Ritsumeikan Unievrsity)

10:00-10:15: Introduction of research project

“Short-term travel demand prediction and comprehensive transport demand management”

by Makoto Chikaraishi (Hiroshima University)

10:15-10:30: A brief overview of the application of machine learning models in the field of transportation

by Varun Varghese (Hiroshima University)

10:30-11:30: Special Lecture: Solving Problems Using Tree Search and Deep Neural Networks

by Kazuki Yoshizoe (Leader of Search and Parallel Computing Unit, RIKEN Center for Advanced  Intelligence Project)

11:30-13:00: Lunch break

Keynote Lectures

Organizer: Makoto Chiakaraishi (Hiroshima University)

13:00-14:00: Keynote lecture 1: Traffic Theory & Decision Forests for prediction of local traffic patterns

by Adam Pel (Associate professor, Delft University of Technology)

14:00-15:00: Keynote lecture 2: The Neural Cell Transmission Model

by Chiris van Hinsbergen (Co-Founder & Developer, Fileradar)

15:00-15:20: Coffee break

State-of-the-Art Research and Practice

     Organizer: Varun Varghese (Hiroshima University)

15:20-15:50: Traffic Congestion Control by Vehicle Trajectory Estimation

by Masaaki Ishihara (Hanshin Expressway Company Limited)

15:50-16:20: Short-Term Traffic State Prediction Using the LSTM Framework: A Case Study in Kamakura City

by Daisuke Fukuda (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

16:20-16:50: Toyota’s activities in MaaS

by Takahiro Shiga (Toyota Motor corporation)

16:50-17:20: Driver’s Behavior in Ride-hailing Service

by Junji Urata (The University of Tokyo)

17:20-17:30: Closing

1) Time and day: 5:30pm-7:00pm, September 17 (Tuesday), 2019

2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab., Third floor, Engineering Buidling No.11, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo

(https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020145.pdf)

3) Presentation

-Title: Inside of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project, India’s first High-Speed Rail with Japan’s Shinkansen System

-Abstract:

India’s first high speed rail line is planned under the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project. The ipmlementation of the project with use of Japanese high speed rail technologies (i.e. the SHINKANSEN system) and experiences, was cofirmed at the Japan-India Summit Meeting (December 2015). Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been providing and facilitating various types of support such as those for the detailed design of the project, dispatch of experts, conducting training in Japan, and providing ODA loans for the construction of training facilities and the MAHSR line itself. Tenders have started for both the construction of the training facilities and the main line, and intensive discussion are being held every day amongst the experts of India and Japan. Ms. Momoko Furuhashi was dispatched to the India Office of JICA from 2016 to 2019, where she first looked after road and water sector of India, and afterwards becoming officer in charge for the High Speed Rail. In the seminar she will introduce how JICA is supporting the implementation of the MAHSR, and will share her personal experience of working on the mega project.

4) Short bio of presenter

Ms. Momoko Furuhashi has just completed her tenure as a representative in the India Office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in mid-September 2019. She has mainly been in charge of implementation management and formulation of grant aid and Official Development Assistance (ODA) projects for transport infrastructure, namely roads, bridges and airports in the JICA HQs. The projects were located in various countries such as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Democratic Republic of the Congo, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and the Republic of Mozambique.

5) Charge: free

6) Language: English only

7) Participation: Please cotact Ms. Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

1) Time and day: 10:00am-12:00am, August 5 (Monday), 2019

2) Place: Lecture room No.13, Department of Civil Engineering, Ground floor, Engineering Building No.1, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo (https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020145.pdf)

3) Schedule

– Opening remarks: TBD (The University of Tokyo)

– Presentation 1: Quality of life assessment of Shanghai and Guangzhou based on multi-source data source (Dr. Xiao LUO, Associate Professor, Tongji University)

-Presentation 2: The information system of multimodal transportation in Shanghai (Dr. Lijuan SHI, Lecturer, Tongji University)

– Presentation 3: Transportation investment and its impacts on regional economics: Evidences from Japan (Prof. Hironori KATO, The University of Tokyo)

4) Short bios of invited presenters

– Luo Xiao, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Tongji University, Master Tutor, Secretary-General of Tongji-WCTRS World Transport Research Center. Mainly engaged in low-carbon transportation, built environment assessment, data mining and big data application in urban planning and transport policy. He graduate from Nagoya University in Japan in 2013 under the supervision of Prof. Yoshitsugu HAYASHI, who is ex-President of the World Transport Congress and full member of Rome Club. As the moderator/main participant, he have completed some projects on the application of low-carbon transportation and big data technology in urban and transportation research. He have good experience in international cooperation and landing of domestic projects in big-data low-carbon cities and smart transportation. He published more than 20 academic papers, including more than 10 SCI/SSCI papers, served as the editorial board of SSCI magazine Technological Forecasting and Social Change on the theme of “Smart City and Quality of Life”.

– Dr. Shi Lijuan serves as a lecturer in the department of comprehensive transportation information engineering and control in the school of traffic and transportation engineering at Tongji University. She had been a visiting scholar at the university of Wisconsin-Madison of civil engineering from 2009.8 to 2010.8. Her research area is integrated traffic and transportation informatization, automatic train control system, safety and reliability theory and technology. She has been engaged in the planning, designing and developing standards of intelligent transportation system of Shanghai, such as Shanghai traffic and transportation comprehensive information platform, Pudong new area traffic management information system, Shanghai expressway network toll collection and monitoring system, and Yangtze river delta comprehensive transportation information sharing and collaborative platform. She as a major participant in now conducting a research on a program of Comprehensive Support Technology for Railway Network Operation, which is funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of China. She is on the committee of Shanghai highway association. She has published almost 20 technical papers in journal and proceedings.

5) Charge: free

6)  Language: English

7) Participation: Please contact Ms. Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar.

日時：7/16（火）13：20-14：50

場所：神戸大学六甲第一キャンパス　経済経営研究所　2階会議室

アクセスマップ：http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/guid/access/rokko/rokkodai-dai1.html

報告1： Jos van OMMEREN （アムステルダム自由大学）

The Congestion Relief Benefit of Public Transit: Evidence from Rome

備考： 神戸大学経済経営研究所交通政策研究部会及び経済経営研究所RIEBセミナー共催，JSPS外国人研究者招聘事業

準備のため，下記に参加登録をお願いいたします。

【参加登録】 https://forms.gle/DcTHvEGAZp5yE7Wt8

1) Time and day: 5:00pm-6:00pm, July 9 (Tuesday), 2019

2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab., Third floor, Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo (https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020145.pdf)

3) Presentation

– Title: GIS Analysis for Bike Planning with Consideration for Level of Streets and Energy Consumption: A Case from Montgomery Country, Maryland, USA

– Abstract: Bike planning has become an important part of local transportation planning in urbanized areas in the US. Within it, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used in a variety of tasks, ranging from simple mapping to advanced analysis. In this talk, I will discuss the application of GIS analysis that incorporates two important factors that cyclists experience on roads: (a) stress to travel through street built environment and (b) changes in burden in biking due to topography. While the level of stress (LOS) is used to select street segments that are appropriate for different levels of cyclists, biking energy consumption, in addition to distance, is used as travel impedance to take into account the effects of slopes and street intersections. The integration of these two factors in conventional allows planners to enhance the capability in spatial analysis. The integrated GIS analysis methods are used to select for bike infrastructure improvements in coming years in Montgomery County, Maryland in the USA.

4) Short bio of presenter

Dr Hiroyuki (Hiro) Iseki is Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at University of Maryland, College Park. He also has an appointment at the National Center for Smart Growth Research & Education (NCSG). His research focuses on balancing efficiency, effectiveness, and equity in the provision of mobility and accessibility with special attentions to transportation, land use, and the diversity of needs among different socioeconomic groups. Iseki’s pas projects include the development of direct transit demand models using origin-destination trip data, the analysis of variances in perceptions of transit service quality by user’s demographic characteristics and trip characteristics, public private partnerships in transportation financing and transit service, and equity in transit finance. Iseki has published his work in a range of transportation and planning journals, including Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Transport Reviews, Research in Transportation Economics, Transport Policy, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Journal of Public Transportation, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, and Journal of Planning Education and Research.

5) Charge: free

6) Language: English + Japanese

7) Participation: Please contact Ms Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

The emergence of diverse services, such as MaaS, Bigdata, Sharing mobility, AI, and Auto-Drive, with new technologies indicates a major turning point in the transportation field.

There is great interest in the development of new technologies in Asia in the future.

EASTS invites young transportation researchers and tries to discuss the future of transportation in Asia.

Date: 10th, July, 2019

Venue: Hakuyo Hall, Shinagawa Campus, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology （東京海洋大学・品川キャンパス 白鷹館）

Program

13:00-13:10  Opening remarks by Tetsuro Hyodo, Treasurer of EASTS

13:10-14:00  Keynote Speech “Big data for Transportation Survey and Planning” by Jaehak Oh, Chair of EASTS ISC, President of Korean Institute of Transport

14:00-14:25  “Current issue and future challenge of shared mobility in Australia” by Meng Li (Australia)

14:25-14:50  “User Perception on Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Based Mobility-on-Demand (MOD) Services in Singapore” by Ghim Ping Ong (Singapore)

15:05-15:30  “Road Traffic Safety Challenges and Opportunities in Taiwan” by Kun-Feng Wu (Taiwan)

15:30-15:55  “MaaS: a path for creating MaaS in Bangkok” by Sorawit Narupiti (Thailand)

16:00-17:30  Panel Discussion “Future of Transportation in Eastern Asia”

Coordinator: Shinya Hanaoka, Deputy Secretary General of EASTS

Panelist:  Yulong Pei (China)

Tri Tjahjono (Indonesia)

Sungwon Lee (Korea)

Nguyen Hoang Tung (Vietnam)

Karl B. N. Vergel (Philippines)

17:30-17:45  Closing remarks by Tetsuo Yai, President of EASTS

As for the detailed program, please access the following URL

プログラムについては下記URLをご参照ください．

http://easts.info/news_file/EASTS_JICA_2019July10.pdf

Please apply for participation at the URL below.

参加申し込みは以下のURLからお願いいたします．

http://easts.info/application/seminar2019/

是非、お近くの留学生にもお声がけ頂ければ幸いです．

All students and researchers interested in these studies are welcome to join this seminar. You don’t need to e-mail me before coming.

事前連絡は不要ですので直接会場にお越しください．

1) Main topic

“A new approach for bikeshed analysis with consideration of topography, street connectivity, and energy consumption” （地形，街路の接続性，燃料消費を考慮した，新しい自転車需要圏の分析）

2) Sub topic

“The determinants of travel demand between rail stations: A direct transit demand model using multilevel analysis for the Washington D. C. Metrorail system” （鉄道需要の決定要因：ワシントンDC地下鉄におけるマルチレベル分析を用いた重要モデル）

Date: July 8 (Monday), 2019, 5:00-6:00 pm

Place: Seminar room 4, Tokyo University of Science, Dept. of Civil Engineering (Noda campus, Building No.5, 1st floor) 東京理科大学理工学部土木工学科ゼミ室(4)　（野田キャンパス5号館1F）

http://www.tus.ac.jp/info/campus/noda.html

Speaker: Dr. Hiroyuki (Hiro) Iseki, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at University of Maryland, College Park

Source 1)

A new approach for bileshed analysis with consideration of topography, street connectivity, and energy consumption

Computers Environment and Urban System 48: 166-177, November 2014

In recent years, bike planning has gained the attention of planners and the public as a sustainable and active mode of transportation that can reduce traffic congestion, vehicle emissions, and health risks. Following the success of public bikesharing program in cities in France and Canada, multiple US cities have initiated similar programs. With this background, spatial analysis has been applied to produce heat maps of bike-travel demand, and identify suitable areas for bikeshare infrastructure. Existing research considers a variety of factors, such as resident demographics, land use, street types, and availability of bike facilities and transit services. However, few studies fully account for topography and street connectivity. The study proposes a method to combine topography and presence of intersections with estimates of energy used to bike, and incorporate the resulting travel-impedance factor, as well as street connectivity, into a spatial analysis. Using the case in Montgomery Couty, Maryland, USA, where elevation and street connectivity differ substantially among neighborhoods, this study shows how the size and shape of bikesheds (or bike demand catchment area) originating from the proposed light rail stations vary in the analysis with or without taking into account these critical factors. The analysis results have significant implications for various bike planning efforts using spatial analysis.

Source 2)

The determinants of travel demand between rail stations: A direct transit demand model using multilevel analysis for the Washington D. C. Metrorail system

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice Volume 116, October 2018, Pages 635-649

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856416306966

In this study, we developed a time-of-day Origin-Destination Direct Transit Demand Model (OD-DTDM) that uses fare-card data from the Washington DC Metrorail system, applying a multilevel (or hierarchical) model to address the statistical problem due to the presence of groups or cluster of observations. We examine the research questions: (1) what are the determinants of transit demand between the origin and destination stations in the DC Metrorail system by time of day? and (2) what are the magnitudes of impacts that land use factors, as well as factors of fares and travel time of other modes, have on transit demand vary by time of day? To address statistical complexities intorduced by the fact that each station represents both an origin and a destination, we applied multilevel (or hierarchical) modeling techniques. Using these techniques, we found that the number of households and the number of jobs within a walkshed serve as trip generating and attracting factors, respectively, in the AM peak period, but with higher positive coefficients for jobs; these two factors reverse their roles in the PM peak period. Other variables with substantial effects on ridership include transit fares per mile, travel time between OD-stations by car and by bus, parking capacity, the level of feeder bus service, and train service levels. While these findings are not surprising, the time-of-day OD-DTDM provides more detailed information regarding the determinants of transit demand with temporal variation, and enables transit planners and managers to adopt policies and plans, such as transit oriented development, fare structure, and service levels, more fine-tuned for each origin and destination pair and by time of day.

Date: June 27 (Thursday) 15:00-17:00

Place: Seminar room S-519D Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

Title: The effects of the 2013 floods on Germany’s road freight tra

Speaker: Julio Fournier, Doctoral Student, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)

Abstract: This article quantifies the consequence of the 2013 floods on heavy vehicle’s traffic in Germany by using automatic traffic counter (ATC) data to locate affected roads and measure the stringency of the damage. The research design treats each counter as an independent time series and endogenously identifies shocks to determine the effects and dates on which the flood affected each counter. Results show a cumulative negative effect on average weekly freight traffic volumes. Although the largest number of shocks happened along the highway (Bundesstraßen) network with an overall positive effect, motorways (Autobahns) experienced larger shocks with an overall negative effect. The most affected regions were the states of Bavaria and Saxony-Anhalt, with Rosenheim (Bavaria) being the district with the largest traffic losses and Rottal-Inn (Bavaria) the one with the largest gains. Understanding the effect of repetitive meteorological events on the road network is relevant for the formulation of policies aiming to improve resilience and recovery.

We are very delightful to make the third announcement of the 10th International Seminar on Urban Transport, Tourism and Travel Behavior Analysis 2019. The one-day seminar will be held, Friday, August 23, from 8:30 AM to 6:10 PM at the HINAS (Hokkaigakuen Institute for Northeast Asia Studies) in Sapporo. In this seminar we commemorate the 10th anniversary of our seminar and really expect to have stimulating exchange with participants as we could exprience at the previous seminars.

Let us hereby introduce the outline of the 10th International Seminar. Prof. T. Tamura, Hokkai School of Commerce (HSC) is a host professor of our tenth seminar and we will surely provide a fulfilling one-day seminar with enjoyable semianr dinner on Friday and an impressive tour to Otaru on Saturday.

Coming Sapporo seminar is scheduled to consist of 4 keynotes, 16 research reports and an inclusive discussion. See the attached program and you can find that all of participants from China, around 20 professors have already been resistered and assigned to the timetable with presenting their titiles.

On the other hand, in case of participants from Japan, presenters have been completely registered but general participants have already got their registrations.

Meanwhile, we sincerely hope that our seminar will have a great opportunity to deepen mutural understanding and exchange between China and Japan. We are looking forward to get together at the 10th anniversary seminar in Sapporo this August.

INFORMATION

Key dates:

– Sending Registraton form (for general participants)      Deadline:               July 22

– Sending Presentation Material (for presenters)             Due:                       July 22

– Sending Seminar Program (Final version)                     Until:                      August 1

– Seminar Srarts                                                               At:     8:30 am      August 23

REGISTRATION & SEMINAR TOUR CHARGES

For domestic participants:

Regular Registration (with lunch and seminar dinner):     12,000 Yen

Regular Registration + Seminar Tour (with lunch):           15,000 Yen

For domestic participants (only (graduate) students):

Regular Registration (with lunch and seminar dinner):       6,000 Yen

Regular Registration + Seminar Tour (with lunch):             8,000 Yen

CONTACT US

For further information of the seminar, please contact:

Secretariat of The 10th International Seminar in Sapporo 2019

KAZUO NISHII, Professor of UMDS

3-1, Gakuen-Nishi-Machi, Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2188, JAPAN

E-mail address: Kazuo_Nishii@red.umds.ac.jp

Phone: +81-(0)78-796-4852

Time and day: 1:00pm-3:00pm, June 3 (mon), 2019

Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab., Third floor, Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020145.pdf

Presentation

– Title: Opetational Models, Drivers’ Compensation, and Bus Service Quality in Bangkok

– Abstract:

This paper explores how operational models and compensation methods are associated with bus drivers’ incentives and consequently bus service quality and safety in Bangkok. We cross-analyze data on bus drivers’ compensation collected from a structured interview survey with data on passenger complaints and bus accidents compiled from governmental databases. We find that private joint-service operators provide their drivers with far less compensation and benefits than the state-owned operator. The private operators also tie drivers’ compensation and benefit levels to the numbers of working hours and trips, especially on routes where private operators can compete freely. These compensation methods incentivize drivers to work long hours beyond what is permitted by law, inducing fatigue and potential accidents. The key policy implication is that the bus policy aiming to improve service quality and safety should improve drivers’ compensation and working conditions.

Short bio of presenter

Saksith Chalermpong is Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at Chulalongkorn University, where he teaches transport engineering, planning, and policy. He also serves as Deputy Director of the Transportation Institute, Chulalongkorn Univeristy. His research interests include urban transport planning, public and informal transport, and equality issues in transport policy. He has published extensively in the field of transport, and has provided consulting services for several government agencies in Thailand, including Department of Land Transport, Office of Transport Planning and Policy, and Bangkok Mass Transit Authority. Dr. Chalermpong received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Chlalongkorn University, his master’s degree from MIT, and his doctoral degree from UC Irvine, both in the field of transport.

Charge: free

Language: English only

Participation: Please contact Ms. Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-regstration.

Date & Time: May 10, 14:30-15:30

Place: Room 206, IDEC, Hiroshima University

Name: Stephen Greaves

Affiliation: The University of Sydney

Bio: Stephen Greaves is a Professor in Transport Management in the Institute of Transport & Logistics Studies (ITLS) at the University of Sydney. He has previously Director of the Business School Doctoral studies program (2014-2017).  Stephen’s research interests are focused around the health/environmental/safety impacts of transport, new vehicle technologies including electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles, and innovative travel data collection methods using the latest technologies. He has 125 refereed publications, including 43 in international journals, and has held three major ARC grants. He also provides expert advice and media commentary on a range of transport-related issues and was co-chair of a major international coference on survey methods held in Australia in 2014.

Presentation title: The value of slow travel: Economic appraisal of cycling projects using the logsum measure of consumer surplus

Abstract: Walking and cycling have clear benefts for users, even though they may be slower than other transport modes. However, these user benefits could be undervelued using traditional economic appraisal, in which speed increases or travel time savings are highly valued. This paper explores the use of the logsum measure of consumer surplus for valuing the user benefits of new active transport infrastructure, using new separated cycleways in Sydney (Australia) as a case study. The results suggest the value of user benefits can be significant – of a similar order of magnitude to the estimated value of the public health benefits – and it becames more pronounced as cycleways are intergrated into a connected network. The method could be used to inform transportation investment policy decisions in other jurisdictions, where suitable travel survey data are available.

Details:  https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hiroshima-u.ac.jp%2Fen%2Fidec%2Fnews%2F50909&data=02%7C01%7Cchikaraishim%40hiroshima-u.ac.jp%7C89c46847542241cc58ca08d6eaeacd22%7Cc40454ddb2634926868d8e12640d3750%7C1%7C1%7C636954691512943051&sdata=qkMT9PVkwUlEENECvQlwlheedsElxwIOeDzky8vZM9A%3D&reserved=0

Title: Enjoy Biking in Taipei: Using, Planning and Assessing （台北における自転車利用の時空間パターン，自転車道のネットワークデザイン，利用可能性評価について）

Date: April 25 (Thursday), 2019, 5:00-6:00pm

Place: Seminar room (1), Tokyo University of Ssience, Dept. of Civil Engineering (Noda campus, Building No.5, 1st floor) 東京理科大学理工学部土木工学科ゼミ室 (1) （野田キャンパス5号館1階）

Presenter: Professor Jen-Jia Lin （林楨家 教授）, Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taiwan （国立台湾大学地理学科）

Abstract:

Biking is a green and active travel mode that consumers minimal energy, limited pollution, and accompanies physical activites. Taipei City government has deployed numerous biking-promotion schemes since 2009; however, because of very limited knowledge about biking in literature, a portion of the promotion schemes were developed in unprofessional ways and their effectiveness need further improvements. To fill the research gaps, attention toward to biking studies has been increasing in the past decade in Taiwan. I would like to briefly introduce three recent works in my lab, which are related to spatiotemporal patterns of public bike uses, bikeway network design model and area-wide bikeability assessment method. All of the works are empirically based on Taipei context, and their details can be found in the following articles.

Lin, J. J. and Liao, R. Y. (2016), Bikeway network design model for recreational bicycling in scenic areas, Networks and Spatial Economics, 16 (1): 9-31.

Lin, J. J. and Wei, Y. H. (2018), Assessing area-wide bikeability: A grey analytical network process, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 113: 381-396.

Liu, H. C. and Lin, J. J. (2019), Associations of built environments with spatiotemporal patterns of public bicycle use, journal of Transport Geography, 74: 299-312.

Anyone who is interesting in biking research is welcome to attend the seminar and all commnets and questions will be appreciated.

Keywords: Biking, Spatiotemporal nanalysis, Network design problem, Bikeability assessment

Time and day: 5:00pm-6:00pm, April 18 (Thursday), 2019

Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab., Third floor, Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo

https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020145.pdf

Presentation

– Title: Findings from the UK National Travel Survey Data that are cogent to new land use and transport infrastructure developments

– Abstract:

This short talk summarises the methods and findings from our studies using the UK National Travel Survey data. The methods deployed include those of structural equation modelling and latent cluster analysis for indentification of travel behavioural patterns, and those of integrated economic, land use, built form and passenger travel modelling for predicting travel demand changes in the medium and long term. The insights from the findings have been used to support our recent predictive modelling work on balancing jobs, housing, and travel in the suburbs and exurbs of London (especially for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayoral Authority), and for the UK as a whole (at the UK2070 Commission in its inquiry into regional inequality and a long term plans for action). The Cambridge team is currently engaging with national travel survey teams in Germany and the Netherlands.

Short bio of presenter

Dr. Ying Jin is a Reader in Architecture and Urbanism at University of Cambridge Department of Architecture. He has been working on land use planning, transport modelling and urban design in the UK since 1992, and since 2013 leading the research group on cities and transport at the Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, which if a leading institution in the UK in creating and using predictive models for cities and multimodal transport systems. Ying Jin’s work has increasing incorporated the social and political dynamics in transport and urban planning. He became an inaugural Visiting Fellow at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, Univerdsity of Cambridge in 2018.

Charge: free

Language: English only

Participation: Please contact Ms. Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-regstration.

Time and day: 2:00pm-3:00pm, April 18 (Thur), 2019

Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab., Third floor, Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo

(https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020145.pdf)

Presentation

– Title: Satiation in Travel-Based Multitasking: A Case Study from Mumbai, India

– Abstract:

Multitasking is an essential aspect of an individual’s overall activity participation and time allocation behavior, and travel is one of the few activities which provides the scope for natural multitasking. This study (1) analyzed the effect of parameters on multitasking choice which reflect the heterogeneity of urban settings in a developing country scenario, and (2) evaluated the existence of satiation and estimated it for different multitasking activities. A travel diary survey was conducted of 1,123 individuals residing in both formal and informal housing across the city of Mumbai, capturing information on their multitasking during travel behavior. A multiple discrete-continuous extreme value model was formulated testing the effect of parameters and estimating satiation in alternatives. Findings suggest that travel characteristics, individual and household socioeconomic characteristics, and access to information and communication technology (ICT) are important indicators affecting multitasking during travel. In addition, along with access to ICT, certain other socioeconomic characteristics such as gender, occupation type, and poor living conditions affected the participation in ICT-based multitasking activities, indicating the linkages between digital and social divide. Findings on satiation showed a glaring mismatch between participation and preference. Although the participation and time allocation in doing no activity were the highest, the levels of satiation were observed to be lower for sleeping/snoozing/resting activities and mos ICT-based multitasking alternatives. This indicated that if a suitable setting is provided, individuals prefer to participate in other activities rather than performing no activity.

Short bio of presenter

Varun Varghese is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Infrastructure Planning and Urban Risk Management lab at Hiroshima University. He is currently working on the application of advanced machine learning techniques for transportation planning and management. He is a Civil Engineer and he finished his Ph.D. from the Centre for Urban Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. For his Ph.D. thesis, he worked on indentifying the interrelationships between ICT, travel behavior, and activity participation behavior in Mumbai, India.

Charge: free

Language: English only

Particiapation: Please contact Ms. Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

Date: 15:00-17:00, March 27, 2019

Venue: 東北大学 青葉山新キャンパス 環境科学研究科 本館4階講義室2

（キャンパスマップ：http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/map/ja/?f=AY_J22）

Title: Geographically Weighted Regression with flexible choices of distance metrics

Speaker: Dr. Lu Binbin, Wuhan University, China

Abstract:

Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) has been developed as a local technique to investigation spatial nonstationarity in data relationships. GWR is calibrated with data whose influence decays with distance, distances that are commonly defined as straight line or Euclidean. However, the complexity of our real world that the scope of possible distance metrics is far larger than the trasitional Euclidean choice. In this talk, GWR with flexible choices of distance metrics will be presented, i.e. using Euclidean distance and non-Euclidean distance metrics. Furthermore, variatons in spatial relationships within a GWR model might also very in intensity with respect to location and direction. This assertion has led to extensions of GWR with parameter-specific distance metrics (PSDM GWR).

Date: 16:00-17:30, March 25, 2019

Venue: 東京大学工学部14号館8階会議室（http://www.due.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/contact/)

Title: Space-Time GIS for Human Dynamics Research

Speaker:

Shih-Lung Shaw, Ph.D.

Alvin and Sally Beaman, Professor & Arts and Sciences Excellence Professor,

Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Abstract:

Due to widespread use of location-aware technology, information and communication technology (ICT) and mobile technology, there have been many important changes to how people carry out their activities and interactions that hace important implications to future transportation systems and services. With the unprecedented data collection of a wide range of human activities and the environments, we now have opportunities to gain insights of human dynamics in a space-time context. In the meantime, we also face many challenges of using geographic information science (GIScience) to properly support human dynamics research. This presentation will share some examples of our work in developping a space-time geographic information system (GIS) for human dynamics research, followed by a critical review of the limitations of conventional GIS and a proposed new GIScience framework to support human dynamics research in a hybrid physical-virtual space that includes four different conceptualizations for space.

About the speaker:

Dr. Shih-Lung Shaw is Alvin and Sally Beaman Professor and Arts and Sciences Excellence Professor of Geography at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research interests cover GIS for transporation, space-time GIS, time geography, transportaton planning and modeling, and human dynamics. His recent research has focused on space-time analytics of human dymamics in a hybrid physical-virtual world based on various types of individual tracking data. Dr. Shaw is an elected Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a recipient of the Edward L. Ullman Award fro Outstanding Contributions to Transportation Geography from the Association of American Geographers (AAG). He served as Interim Associate Provost for International Education and Head of the Department of Geography at the University of Tennessee. He is the current Chair of the Research Committee of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), lead editor of Spriger’s Human Dynamics in Smart Cities book series, and editorial board member of International journal of Geographical Information Science, Journal of Transport Geography, Travel Behaviour and Society, among others.

Contact:

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Email: ariga.toshinori@nies.go.jp

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日時：3月20日（水）　15：00-16:30

場所：京都大学桂キャンパスCクラスター C1-117（C棟会議室1）

http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/access/campus/map6r_k.htm

講師：Prof. Stephane Hess, University of Leeds, UK

題目：Using big data for modelling human decision making

Abstract: Traditional data sources like household surveys are expensive to collect and sueveys are thus not conducted at regular enough intervals nor do they collect samples large enough to be representative or reliable for complex model estimation. On the other hand, very large streams of data are collected automatically from people every day, most notably in the form of mobile phone records and smart card data. While such data sourves have been used extensively for visualisarion or even in machine learning, their use in traditional transport modelling is still in its infancy. This presentation presents some ground-breaking work in this area, showing how smartcard, GPS and mobile phone data can be exploited for modelling a veriety of transport decisions and producing meaningful results. The presentation also looks at some of the steps required to make the data usable for analysis. The talk will provide a methodological overview meant to stimulate discussion. Part of the talk will also be a range of application studies, among others on tourism and evacuation modelling.

About the speaker: Stephane Hess is Professor of Choice Modelling in the Institute for Transport Studies and Director of the Choice Modelling Cntre at the University of Leeds. He is also Honorary Professor in Choice Modelling in the Institute for Transport and Logistices Studies at the University of Sydney, Honorary Professor of Modelling Behaviour in Africa at the University of Cape Town. His area of work is the analysis of human decision making using advanced mathematical models. He has made contoributions to the state of  the art in the specification, estimation and interpretation of such models, as well as in facilitating the transition of ideas and approaches across disciplines. Together with his research team at the Choice Modelling Centre, he is setting the research agenda in applying choice modelling in new fields, including education, lifestyle choices, social (network) interactions and joint decision making. Advanced choice models require high quality data, and Hess and his team are leading the field in exploring and exploring novel data sources, with numerous applications using  “big data”.  Hess has published over 100 peer reviewed journal papers, and his work is highly cited, with a Scopus H-index of 28 (google scholar H-index of 45). HIs cotributions have been recognised for example by the 2017 ICMC award for the most innvative application of chice modelling, the 2014 Outstanding Young Member of the Transporation Research Board (TRB) award for exceptional achievements in transportation research, policy, or practice, the 2010 Fred Burggraf award handed out by the Transportation Research Board and the 2005 Eric Pas award for the best PhD thesis in the area of travel behaviour modelling. He is also the founding editor in chief of the Journal of Choice Modelling and the founder and steering committee chair of the International Choice Modelling Conference.

参加申し込み先:  Jan-Dirk Schmöcker (PhD), Associate Professor
Department of Urban Management, Kyoto University
C1-2-436, Katsura Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8540, Japan
Tel : +81-75-383-3234, Fax: +81-75-383-3236
schmoecker@trans.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp
http://trans.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp/its/Schmoecker.html

1) Datetime: 11:00am-0:00pm, March 18 (Mon.), 2019

2) Place: Seminar room, the 2nd floor of Midorigaoka Bldg. 5, O-okayama campus, Tokyo Institute of Technology

3) Presentation

Speaker: Professor Yusak Susilo (KTH)

https://www.kth.se/profile/yusak

Outline:

The increased interest in the automation of travel diary collection, together with the ease of access to new artificial intelligence methods led scientists to explore the prerequisites to the automatic generation of travel diaries. One of the most promising methods for this automation relies on collecting GPS traces of multiple users over a period of time, followed by asking the users to annotate their collected data by specifying the base entities for a travel diary, i.e., trips and triplegs. This led scientist on one of two paths: either develop an in-house solution for data collection and annotation, which is usually an undocumented prototype implementation limited to few users, or contract an external provider for the development, which results in additional costs. This paper provides a third path: an open-source highly modular system for the collection and annotation of travel diaries of multiple users, named MEILI. The paper discusses the architecture of MEILI with an emphasis on the data model, which allows scientists to implement and evaluate their methods of choice for the detection of the following entities: trip start/end, trip destination, trip purpose, tripleg start/end, and tripleg mode. Furthermore, the open source nature of MEILI allows scientists to modify the MEILI was successfully trialed in multiple case studies in Stockholm and Gothenburg, Sweden between 2014 and 2017.

Reference: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.01.011

We will conduct a special seminar, in which Prof. Yusak Susilo, a Professor in Transport Analysis and Policy at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) is invited to make a mini-seminar about an open-source Apps. for collecting travel behavior data named “MEILI” and its applications.

Participation: Please contact Daisuke Fukuda (fukuda@plan.cv.titech.ac.jp) for joining this seminar

1) Time and day: 5:00pm-6:30pm, March 18 (Mon), 2019

2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab., Third floor, Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo (https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020145.pdf)

3)  Presentation
– Title: Lessons from Autonomous Bus Service Deployment on a Public Road in Stockholm
– Abstract:
An EZ10 autonomous bus has been deployed in Stockholm public road from January 2018 for six months period. The service connected Kista metro station with major offices and university in Kista Science City. The focus of the deployment is the feasibility to use such service as a last mile transport option. The current service is operated between 7:00 and 18:00, with some exceptions for exceptional conditions. Until May 2018, the service has been used by 10000 passengers and logged 2000km kilometres. This project serves as the first step to understand the effects and challenges of the real AVs for shared services deployment from both technical and also to the societal, users and system perspectivest. This knowledge will important to design future deployment and pilots, to create a system that is sustainable and working from societal, environmental and economical perspective in Swedish context.
This particular presentation focuses on the users’ acceptance towards the AV service from two perspectives:
1. Acceptance and responses of the potential users and users of semi-autonomous bus service.
2. Reaction and adaptation of other road users to semi-autonomous bus running on public road.
Three-waves of panel survey among more than 500 users were deployed over the six-month period. The survey was designed to capture the longitudinal changes of attitudes, acceptance, and expectation of commuters and residents in appreciating and adopting (or use) this new public transport service. A series of psychological (attitudes, preferences and perceptions) questions, which are derived from Modified Theory of Reasoned Action, were deployed in February 2018, April 2018 and June 2018. Each survey wave includes about 30 minutes of questionnaire.

4) Short bio of presenter
Yusak O. Susilo is a Professor in Transport Analysis and Policy at the Royal Institute of Technology. His main research interest lies in the intersection between transport and urban planning, transport policy, decision making processes and behavioural interactions modelling. He received his doctoral degree from the Department of Urban Management, Kyoto University, Japan. He has been/is a principal investigator (PI) and co-investigator (co-I) in various international and national projects, including developed an open-source smartphone based travel diary collector app, MEILI, which has been deployed in 5 different cities at 3 different continents around the globe, and evaluating the impacts of autonomous buses deployment as a public transport service in a mixed public roads in Stockholm. He is currently serving as a board member of the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR) and an associate editor of Transportation, European Transport Research Review and Journal of Transport and Health.

5) Charge: free

6) Language: English only

7) Participation: Please contact Ms Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa@ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for joining this seminar, but you can join the seminar even without pre-registration.

8) Others: If you have some questions, please let me know them. My e-mail address is kato@civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

Speaker
Prof. Dr. Ahmed I. Mosa, Professor of Transportation planning, The German University in Cairo & the British University in Cairo, Co- Founder and Managing Director of MASARAT consultancy

Abstract
Cairo is the 10th largest metropolis in the world with population reached 20 million and around 28 million trips/ year. Despite the high congestion in Egypt, the private car ownership rate actually remains among the lowest worldwide at approximately 50 cars per 1000 inhabitant. Even at the level of Greater Cairo Region (GCR), the most congested urban agglomerate, the rate has only recently reached approx. 100 cars/1000 inhabitants, yet it continues to rise. With regards to formal sector bus services, they have suffered an erosion of market share. Currently, around 2700 buses are working in Cairo; nearly 50% of the fleets are beyond residual life. The informal sector on the other hand (predominantly microbuses), on the other hand, appear to have achieved a very strong role in terms of road-based public transport services absorbing near 8.1 million journeys per day at present. Existing mobility systems in Cairo are close to breakdown. In 2015, the average time an urban dweller spends in traffic jams recorded 300 hours per year, three times more than the Figure in 2010. The cost of Congestion is estimated at 8 Billion $US/ Year, only in Greater Cairo Area. Delivering urban mobility will require more and more resources. Growth in urban travel needs is fast outpacing the evelopment of transport infrastructure, the need of the hour is to identify business strategies that enable sustainable integrated urban mobility. Therefore, a new economic landscape is needed to provide stakeholders with an array of opportunities to exploit, in the quest towards integrated mobility.

About a speaker
Dr. Mosa is the co-founder of MASARAT Consultancy Company that focuses on transportation, mobility, market research and investment platform. Dr. Mosa worked as the director of UITP MENA Center for Transport Excellence in Dubai where he oversees various research projects on various topics related to sustainable public transport. Mosa received a Master’s of Science and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Transportation Engineering from the University of Tokyo-Japan. As a Professor of transportation planning at the German University in Cairo, Nile University and the British university In Cairo, Mosa taught courses related to traffic engineering and transportation and participated in curriculum development and other special committees. Also before joining the UITP, he worked as the assistant to the Minister of Transportation in Egypt, and he is the founder of the Transportation Center
of Excellence at the Ministry of Transport in Egypt. Mosa established the center, supervising a team of researchers, and maintaining international and local relations with organizations and institutes such as JICA, World Bank and AFD. He was responsible for reviewing and updating the existing transportation models for Cairo (CREATS Transport model) and Egypt (MINITS) and developing transportation plans on the national, regional, international and cross-borders level including work on Egypt’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems and the master plans for Greater Cairo Region, national freeways road network and logistic centers. Dr. Mosa has over 16 years of experience that combine research/academic knowledge and practical experience. He won several awards, as well as authored and co- authored more than 40 papers in leading journals, conferences/workshops presentations and technical reports.

応用一般均衡分析と交通分析の統合に関する研究小委員会では，日欧国際共同セミナー　International Seminar on Integration of Spatial Computable General Equilibrium and Transport Modeling  を，下記日程・会場にて開催します．

日程：2019年3月14日（終日）

場所：ベルギー，ブリュッセル，神戸大学ブリュッセルオフィス

http://www.office.kobe-u.ac.jp/ipiep/kubec/index.html

参加者：CGE分析，交通モデル分析，ロジスティクスを専門とする研究者（主に欧州，日本から）

※参加者については募集および調整中ですが，現時点では，SCEG研究分野のパイオニアである Johannes Bröcker氏 (Kiel University)，物流モデリングをご専門とされChairman of WCTR Scientific Committee も務められている Lori Tavasszy (TU Delft) のご参加が決定しています．

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