Our paper “Scenario Evaluation of Autonomous Vehicle Spread Using Agent-Based Simulation” (in Japanese), authored by Yo KAMIJO, Giancarlos TRONCOSO PARADY, Kiyoshi TAKAMI, and Noboru HARATA, was awarded by Japan Society of Traffic Engineers!
Autumn graduation ceremony
The autumn graduation ceremonies were held where 3 graduate students got their degrees. Congratulations and best of luck in your future endeavors!
(日本語) 新刊『都市計画学 －変化に対応するプランニング－』
Prof. Shengchuan Zhao was awarded the title “Fellow, School of Engineering”.
On June 29th, 2018, Dean Tatsuya Okubo, School of Engineering, awarded the title “Fellow, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo” to Professor Shengchuan Zhao, Dean of School of Transportation and Logistics, Director of International Office, Dalian University of Technology, China. Prof. Zhao is an alumnus of our research unit.
Prof. Noboru Harata made a keynote lecture at World Transport Convention 2018.
Prof. Noboru Harata made a keynote lecture entitled “Sustainable Transport Strategy in Tokyo Metropolitan Region” at World Transport Convention 2018 held at the National Convention Center in Beijing.
Prof. Harata took up the position of Toyota Transportation Research Institute Vice Chairman and Director General.
Prof. Harata took up the position of Toyota Transportation Research Institute Vice Chairman and Director General on June 6th 2018.
See the link below for further details.
CPIJ Best Paper Award 2017
Our paper “”Metro-MaaS”, an Integrated Mobility Service Concept for Megacities: Concept Proposal and Demand Evaluation Aiming at Future Integration of Autonomous Demand-Responsive-Transit and Existing Public Transportation” (in Japanese), authored by Yohei FUJIGAKI, Kiyoshi TAKAMI, Giancarlos TRONCOSO PARADY and Noboru HARATA, was awarded CPIJ (City Planning Institute of Japan) Best Paper Award 2017!
Urban Transportation Planning (3rd Edition) was published
Our Japanese textbook “Urban Transportation Planning (3rd Edition)”, edited by Prof. Emeritus Yoji Niitani and Prof. Noboru Harata, was published from Gihodo Shuppan Co., Ltd. this August.
Joint seminar with Urban Transformation Lab., Tsukuba Univ.
From August 3rd to 4th, we held a joint seminar with Tsukuba University’s Urban Transformation Lab., supervised by Professor Mamoru Taniguchi. Thank you very much for this invaluable and stimulative opportunity!
