ITrEC: International Transport Economics Conference

I am pleased to say that the International Transport Economics Conference (ITrEC) came off last week (June 15, 16) without a hitch. We had 97 registered participants, About 70 presentations, lots of good conversation and stimulating ideas.

I want to especially acknowledge Herb Mohring, who launched transport economics at the University of Minnesota and made a number of important contributions to both road pricing and transit analysis (the Mohring Effect). The session in his honor was chaired by Lee Munnich, and featured presentations by Robin Lindsey, Erik Verhoef, and David Lewis, the first two describing and extending his contribution on full cost recovery of tolls.

Thanks go to several anonymous paper reviewers (you know who you are), sponsors: Center for Transportation Studies,

State and Local Policy Program at the Humphrey Institute (and especially Lee Munnich)

Taylor and Francis/Routledge, and Edward Elgar; and

Sara van Essendelft, Catherine Flannery, Kristi Miller, and Stephanie Malinoff for getting everything together and Jason Junge and Carlos Carrion for helping keep everything running, the scientific committee, and the local organizing committee.

I anticipate a location for the next ITrEC will be announced soon, and am relieved it will not be Minneapolis.