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A Welcome Message from the IATBR Co-ChairsIt is our great pleasure and honour, as Co-Chairs of IATBR, to welcome everyone to the 13 thInternational Conference on Travel Behaviour Research here in Toronto. We have come a long way indeed,from 1973, when our predecessors started a dialogue concerning the development of more behaviouralmodels of travel demand to better address the new and challenging transport policy issues brought aboutby factors such as economic growth, the oil crises and new technology. Several conferences wereorganised in the 1970’s and early 1980’s, leading to the creation of IATBR as an organization dedicated topromoting travel behaviour research at the international level and to the establishment of the triennialconference, commencing with the ifth at Aix-en-Provence, France in 1987, as the leading specialisedmeeting in this ield.So, nearly 40 years have passed in which the travel behaviour research ield has matured a greatdeal. For example, discrete choice models were just being promoted as a revolutionary approach in 1973and are now routinely applied to a broad range of cases, in both research and practice, with still increasingsophistication. Activity-based models, which were not more than an idea in the minds of a few visionaryacademics then, are today being implemented as operational models in several urban regions worldwide.Finally, the scope of the travel behaviour research discourse has widened dramatically over the years, toinclude freight demand, driver behaviour, land use modelling, micro modelling with panels, socialnetworks and social interactions, travel behaviour survey methodology, environmental modelling,qualitative research methods including the incorporation of attitudinal data in hybrid choice models withlatent variables, and much more.Our organization has not only grown with the ield, but (and we concur with previous assessmentsmade by previous Chairs) it has contributed substantially to the ield’s growth and maturity. EachInternational Conference has represented a milestone with respect to advances in research and theirapplication in practice; many of the papers presented are still consulted and lovingly kept in our libraries.We have succeeded in carrying on with the task that our pioneers begun in 1973, of articulating currentand emerging policy needs of the transport ield, and in setting the research agenda for the nextgenerations. We have no doubts that this Toronto conference will continue with this tradition. Theorganizers have assembled a program which is both exciting and challenging, and the setting is one of themost beautiful cities in a much admired country. I look forward to these next few days, where we willmeet, discuss, learn and share knowledge and experience, in what I am sure will be – once more – the“biggest and best” IATBR Conference yet. I am certain that you will all enjoy it and will take back home arenewed enthusiasm for our challenging, dynamic and important research ield.With best regards,Juan de Dios OrtúzarProfessor, Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics,Pontiicia Universidad Católica de ChileHarry TimmermansProfessor, Department of Architecture, Building and PlanningTechnical University of Eindhoven2
2012 IATBR ConferenceA Welcome Message from the Conference Co-ChairsDear Friends and Colleagues:It is our great pleasure to bring IATBR back to NorthAmerica for the irst time in 15 years, and, for a second time inthe history of the conference, to Canada. We welcome you toToronto, Canada’s largest and most diverse city, capital of theProvince of Ontario, and Canada’s inancial andentertainment centre.The Toronto conference will be the largest in IATBRhistory, with over 250 attendees and 220 papers presented in59 paper sessions. While the size of this year’s conference hasmeant that we had to scale back the time we can allot toworkshops, we nevertheless hope that you ind theworkshops both stimulating and fun – we are trying a fewnew things this year that we hope you will enjoy. Overall, weare conident that the Toronto conference will live up to thehigh standard that previous conferences have achieved interms of academic excellence and advancing the travelbehaviour state of the art.We also hope that you will ind time to get outside of the conference hotel and enjoy the manysights and experiences that Toronto has to offer. Whether it is ine dining, theatre, music, museums,shopping, professional sports or just taking a ferry to Central Island and walking in the park, Toronto hasmuch to offer to one and all. We are very proud of our city and are looking forward to showing it off toyou over the course of this week. Exceptionally cosmopolitan, Toronto is also a very friendly, liveable city.The streets are lively and safe to walk day or night, and the transit system is eficient and reliable, soplease do get out and enjoy!So, welcome to the 13 th IATBR conference and to the City of Toronto!With best wishes,Eric J. Miller, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Civil EngineeringUniversity of TorontoPavlos Kanaroglou, Ph.D.Professor, School of Geography and GeologyMcMaster University3
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