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International Symposium on
Enhancing Highway Performance (ISEHP)
7th International Symposium on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service
3rd International Symposium on Freeway and Tollway Operations
June 14 – 16, 2016 | Berlin, Germany | Call for Abstracts
This joint international symposium, organized by TRB committees AHB40 / AHB20 and FGSV (German Road
and Transportation Research Association), combines the 7th International Symposium on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service, succeeding previous symposia in Karlsruhe (1991), Sydney (1994), Copenhagen
(1998), Maui (2000), Yokohama (2006), and Stockholm (2011), and the 3rd International Symposium on
Freeway and Tollway Operations, succeeding previous symposia in Athens (2006) and Honolulu (2009).
Contributions from specialists from all over the world are invited and will be discussed. The conference will
provideacommonplatformfordecisionmakers,managers,trafficengineers,practitioners,andresearchers
to share their international experience in analyses of highway capacity, quality of service, and freeway and
tollway operations.
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FGSV
International Symposium on
Enhancing Highway Performance (ISEHP)
June 14 – 16, 2016 | Berlin, Germany | Call for Abstracts
7th International Symposium on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service
3rd International Symposium on Freeway and Tollway Operations
INVITATION
The TRB Committees on Highway Capacity and Quality
of Service (AHB40), Freeway Operations (AHB20) and
the FGSV (German Road and Transportation Research
Association) welcome submissions of abstracts for presentation at the International Symposium on Enhancing
Highway Performance (ISEHP), which will be held in the
heart of Germany’s capital Berlin from June 14 – 16,
2016. This international conference includes TRB committee, subcommittee, and group meetings as well as
pre- and post-symposium workshops.
TOPICS
• Application of HCM and other methods for non-US
conditions
• Capacity guideline developments
• Traffic flow, control, and highway capacity analysis
• Planning-level analyses
• Field data collection and processing procedures
• Monitoring and estimating performance and
reliability
• Applications of traffic simulation for capacity and
LOS analysis
• Active Traffic Management (ATM)
• Managed lanes
• Incident management
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
• Connected / autonomous vehicles and their impact
on highway performance
• Pricing as a congestion mitigation and sustainability
strategy
CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
The conference language is English.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstracts must be in English and should contain about
300 - 500 words. Abstracts must be submitted online
on the conference website www.isehp2016.org. To submit an abstract authors need to create an EasyChair
account. Authors must indicate whether they are applying for presentation and publication in Transportation Research Procedia by Elsevier or for presentation
only.
DEADLINE
Abstracts are due March 31, 2015.
REVIEW PROCESS
Abstracts will be reviewed by members and friends of
the TRB committees AHB40 and AHB20. Notification
of abstract acceptance will be provided by May 31,
2015. Authors of selected abstracts will be asked to
submit their full paper (presentation and publication),
or either an extended summary or slides (presentation only) by September 30, 2015. Submitters will be
notified whether their contribution has been accepted
for presentation by January 31, 2016. Presenters are
expected to register by March 31, 2016 (expiration of
early bird registration) to be included in the program.
The final versions of the full papers are due March, 31,
2016 to be included in the Procedia.
INFORMATION — COMMUNICATION
An early bird registration fee (until March, 31, 2016)
of 390 EUR has been estimated. Main presenters
and students are eligible for a 50% discount. For any
further information please contact:
PRESENTATION MODES AND PROCEDIA
The symposium presentation modes include lectern as
well as poster sessions.
Proceedings of the symposium will be made available to
all delegates and published online in the Transportation
Research Procedia (TRPRO) by Elsevier.
FGSV
Road and Transportation
Research Association (FGSV)
An Lyskirchen 14, D-50676 Köln
Phone: +49-221-93583-16
Fax: +49-221-93583-73
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.isehp2016.org