Call for Papers: ITEA Annual Conference and ITEA Annual School 2026

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…

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New Years Message from the President

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…

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ITEA Mourns the Passing of Dr. Hani Mahmassani

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…

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Ken Small selected as ITEA Honorary Member

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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…

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A (somewhat belated) New Year’s Message from the President,

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…

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