ITRN 2010 Prize winners
PRIZES AND AWARDS:
At the ITRN conference, the following papers were awarded prizes:
Student prizes:
1st prize: Highly dynamic, pervasive monitoring of traffic congestion levels
Derek Fagan, Rene Meier TCD
2nd prize An examination of the feasibility of LRT or BRT in Galway
Shane Dunny, AECOM
Non-student prizes:
1st: Wider economic benefits and appraisal for urban rail schemes in Ireland
Michael Dempsey, RPA
=2nd prize: Unsustainable commuting patterns – the legacy of the housing boom in Ireland.
Brian Caulfield TCD; Simon McDowell, Furman Centre for Real Estate and Urban Policy, NYU
=2nd prize: Job accessibility and the spatial distribution of employement in an urban rural setting: a case study for the west of Ireland
Amaya Vega, NUIG; Hugh Kelly, NUIG; Cathal O’Donoghue, Teagasc.
I would like to offer my congratulations to all involved.
Dr. Aoife Ahern, Chair, ITRN
