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Achim I. Czerny, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University — August 2026 Dear colleagues and friends of the ITEA, It is a great honor to take on the presidency of the International Transportation Economics Association, and I begin with a heartfelt thank-you to Erik Verhoef for his outstanding leadership. Why transport economics matters My most important…

Now that the 2026 Bergamo edition of the ITEA school and conference has come to a close, it is time to thank—once more—the local organizing committee (Gianmaria Martini, Laura Ogliari, Flavio Porta, and Davide Scotti) for hosting a truly amazing event! We enjoyed a phenomenal scientific program (with special thanks to the Scientific Committee chaired…

The International Transportation Economics Association (ITEA) invites submissions of high-quality papers in transportation economics for our annual conference. We also welcome graduate students to participate in our annual school program. Both events will be hosted by the Department of Economics, Università degli studi di Bergamo in Italy. The University of Bergamo is located in the…

Dear colleagues, As we step into 2026, I am delighted—and honoured—to extend my warmest wishes to all of you, on behalf of ITEA, for a year filled with health, happiness, and inspiration! This is already my second New Year’s message for ITEA. What has changed compared to last year’s edition is that I am now…

Economics of Transportation, the journal of the ITEA, has a new special issue in Airline Economics edited by Tiziana D’Alfonso (Sapienza Università di Roma) and Xavier Fageda (Universitat de Barcelona). Now ITEA Vice President Achim Czerny (Hong Kong PolyU) has launched a series of video podcasts on his Youtube channel 3A in which he interviews…

Ian Savage, from the local organizing committee of ITEA 2025, relays the sad news that Dr. Hani Mahmassani passed away on July 15—just a few weeks after the ITEA Annual School and Conference in Evanston, Illinois. Hani was a towering figure in the transportation research community. As Director of the Northwestern University Transportation Center, he was an enthusiastic supporter and facilitator of bringing ITEA…

The ITEA is pleased to select Dr. Ken Small, Professor Emeritus of Economics at University of California Irvine, as the Association’s first Honorary Member. Ken is and has since long been a highly influential transportation economist, with several seminal contributions to the field. This includes his pathbreaking works on the valuation of time, scheduling, and…

Dear colleagues, There are at least three good reasons for sending you this “Happy New Year’s Message” only in the beginning of February, a little bit later than presumably expected. One is that it will stand out just a little more, when it is not competing with comparable messages. A second is that we’re now…

We’re delighted to announce the dates and locations for next year’s edition!

The Annual ITEA Conference and School will be held in 2024 in Leeds, England. The conference is scheduled for June 26th to 28th, and the school from June 24th to 26th.