April 9, 2008.
California Office of Traffic Safety Summit
San Francisco, CA.
May 19, 2009
University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
Bloomington, MN
June 23, 2009
Driving Assessment 2009
Big Sky, Montana
June 26, 2009
PRI World Congress
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
June 27, 2009
Day of Architecture
Utrecht, The Netherlands
July 13, 2009
Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP)
Phoenix, AZ.
August 12-14
Texas Department of Transportation “Save a Life Summit”
San Antonio, Texas
September 2, 2009
Governors Highway Safety Association Annual Meeting
Savannah, Georgia
September 11, 2009
Oregon Transportation Summit
Portland, Oregon
October 8
Honda R&D Americas
Raymond, Ohio
October 10-11
INFORMS Roundtable
San Diego, CA
October 21, 2009
California State University-San Bernardino, Leonard Transportation Center
San Bernardino, CA
November 5
Southern New England Planning Association Planning Conference
Uncasville, Connecticut
January 6
Texas Transportation Forum
Austin, TX
January 19
Yale University
(with Donald Shoup; details to come)
Monday, February 22
Yale University School of Architecture
Eero Saarinen Lecture
Friday, March 19
University of Delaware
Delaware Center for Transportation
April 5-7
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
McMurrin Lectureship
April 19
International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (Organization Management Workshop)
Austin, Texas
Monday, April 26
Edmonton Traffic Safety Conference
Edmonton, Canada
Monday, June 7
Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Wednesday, July 6
Fondo de Prevención Vial
Bogotá, Colombia
Tuesday, August 31
Royal Automobile Club
Perth, Australia
Wednesday, September 1
Australasian Road Safety Conference
Canberra, Australia
Wednesday, September 22
Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s
Traffic Incident Management Enhancement Program
Statewide Conference
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Wednesday, October 20
Rutgers University
Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
Piscataway, NJ
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre
Injury Prevention Forum
Toronto
Monday, May 2
Idaho Public Driver Education Conference
Boise, Idaho
Tuesday, June 2, 2011
California Association of Cities
Costa Mesa, California
Sunday, August 21, 2011
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Attitudes: Iniciativa Social de Audi
Madrid, Spain
April 16, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Gardens Theatre, QUT
Brisbane, Australia
April 17, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Centennial Plaza, Sydney
Sydney, Australia
April 19, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne, Australia
January 30, 2013
University of Minnesota City Engineers Association Meeting
Minneapolis, MN
January 31, 2013
Metropolis and Mobile Life
School of Architecture, University of Toronto
February 22, 2013
ISL Engineering
Edmonton, Canada
March 1, 2013
Australian Road Summit
Melbourne, Australia
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October 6th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
I have noticed that beginning a few years ago, airlines began padding their departure and arrival times. (Why does it take 1.5 hours to fly from Washington National to Philly on an average day?) I assumed this cushion was so the airlines could claim improved on time performance. Now I’m wondering if the actual cause may be the increase in boarding/deplaning time.
Oh well, airlines created this problem by charging people for checked baggage. Why pay for one large bag, when you can use a roller-board + a mammoth personal bag? I’m not sure this is Boeing’s problem to figure out.
October 6th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
I remember when the shoebomber incident happened, carry-ons were banned. I thought great, this will speed things up. But we went the other direction. We kept carry-ons, made complicated rules, and then started charging for checked bags.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
My anecdotal observations suggests more flights being more full of passengers may be a contributor.
Back in the ’70/80s I often had an entire row to myself. I don’t think I have taken a flight since 1990 where every seat didn’t have an ass… or ass and a half.
October 7th, 2009 at 2:01 am
Does passenger behaviour/attitude affect things? Were 1970s flyers more easy to control & ‘herd’? I am thinking of people’s behaviour in public from then & now & attitudes to flying (more ‘special’ then) in regard to your mention of compliance being an issue. Have the public become more ‘difficult’?
October 7th, 2009 at 8:30 am
One critique I have — and I don’t know whether or not it was still true in the days of yore — is that almost every airline tends to board the front passengers first; the rear passengers last. It would seem far more effecient, in my opinion, to switch that around… that way everyone gets to their seats, and then everyone takes care of their luggage (or so my theory goes). Besides, I personally prefer to stand in the terminal as long as possible for taking my seat for the next several hours (ug, a 20 hr flight is only a month away).
October 8th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I think another issue has to do with the rise of wheeled carry-on luggage. If you decide to be lazy and wheel it down the aisle, it slows you down dramatically. For one, it’s always bumping over something or bumping into the seats (or bumping into people’s shins). Secondly, when you get to your seat you have to take the time to shove the handle into the bag, bend down, and then lift it all the way up. Thirdly, those tend to be squarish and not at all squishable, so it’s a lot harder to get one of those bags into a compartment than a more squishable item like a backpack or purse (which can also fit under the seats).
I have one of those wheeled bags myself; they’re great. We just need to have a public information campaign to get people to CARRY those bags to and from their seat, unless they’re physically infirm or unable. Wheeling it down the aisle is just plain rude; it’ll bang into people’s shins and it slows everyone else up.
(Along those same lines, I try and remember to carry my backpack on frontwards when boarding or alighting, so it doesn’t swing around and slap someone’s face when I turn.)
Another possible factor: Americans are demographically getting older, especially the Baby Boomers. Older Americans = longer time to board/alight.
The airlines have also been slowly decreasing legroom and (I suspect) decreasing aisle widths as well. Decreased legroom makes it harder to slip into your seat and harder to slip a bag underneath your seat.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:13 am
I remember flying on Gol airlines in Brazil. There you walked out onto the tarmac and there was a set of steps in the front _and_ rear of the airplane (a 737). Same during deplaning. It was easily the fastest enplane/deplane I’ve experienced.
October 20th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Patrick – JetBlue occasionally does this as well. In Burlington, Vermont, they board and deplane at the front and back of their A320s. It’s remarkable how much quicker boarding is.