Australia

Name of society

National Committee on Transport (NCTR)

Date of establishment

circa 1975

Number of Members
 (in 2004)

Regular members: 48

Main activities

1) Conferences
NCTR has been an organizer for several conferences over the last decade, including:
" World Conference on Transport Research, July 1995
" 3rd International Conference of Intelligent Transport Systems Australia (ITSA97), Brisbane, March 1997
" 'The Transport Challenge: 2000 and beyond', Sydney, September 1997 (with the Chartered Institute of Transport)
" 'Beyond Oil: transport and fuel for the future', Launceston, November 1998 (with the Chartered Institute of Transport)
" 4th International Conference of Intelligent Transport Systems Australia (ITSA99), Adelaide, May 1999
" AITPM International Conference on 'Travel Bug' Transportation 2000, Gold Coast, June 2000 (with the Chartered Institute of Transport and the Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management)

2) Seminar, Symposium, Workshop or Lecture
Numerous, around the country, too many to cite individually

3) Publication
Journal 'Transport Engineering in Australia' is published twice a year, starting in 1995. Founding Editor was Assoc Prof Geoff Rose (1995-2000). Present Editor is Professor Michael A P Taylor (2001-).

NCTR publishes position papers on issues of importance in transport planning, as part of the papers that appear in 'Transport Engineering in Australia'. Included in these position papers are:
" Travel demand management in urban areas (1995)
" Sharing the benefits generated by transport infrastructure (1995)
" Quality issues in strategic transport modeling (1997)
" Road pricing and charging (1998)
" New technologies in transport (1998)
" Progress on land transport reform (1999)
" Auslink summary (2003)
" Changing travel behavior (2004)

URL

http://www.nctr.org.au/

Contact address

TEL: +61 2 6270 6545
FAX: +61 2 6273 2358
E-Mail: skier[at]ieaust.org.au

Engineers Australia National Office
11 National Circuit,
BARTON ACT 2600,
Australia

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  China

Name of Society

Society of Transportation & Logistics, CCTA

Date of establishment

September, 5, 2003

Number of Members
(in 2004)

Regular Members: 177,
Corporate Members: 50,
Student Members:

Main activities

1) Conference
Sept.5-6,2003, Beijing, International Conference on Transport and Logistics
Sept. 6-8, 2004 Chengdu, International Conference on E-logistics Technology

2) Seminar, Symposium, Workshop or Lecture
August 2004, Chengdu, Academic Symposium on Expediting Development New Materials of Traffic & Transportation
August 2004, Beijing, Symposium on National Comprehensive Traffic & Transportation Development Plan
October 2004, Beijing, International Symposium on Urban mobilities: the stakes, the Research Problematic in China and Abroad

3) Publication (Textbook, Newsletter etc.)
Proceedings of International Conference on Transport and Logistics,　
2003,Beijing
Proceedings of International Conference on E-logistics Technology,
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　2004,Chengdu

4) Other
Some specialty committee have been established as follows:
[ specialty committee on the New Materials for Traffic & Transportation]
[ specialty committee on the Safety for Traffic and Transportation]

URL

http://www.cltc.net/stl/

Contact

TEL: +86-10-68513235 or 86-10-68596232
FAX: +86-10-68596229
E-Mail: tlrs[at]iltchina.com

Room 201, Building 2, No.26 Yuetan Nanjie,
Xicheng District, Beijing,
P.R.China
Zip:100825

　Hong Kong

Name of Society

Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies

Date of establishment

February 1996

Number of Members

Regular members: 40

Main activities

1) Conference
8 HKSTS Annual Conferences

2) Seminar, Symposium, Workshop or Lecture
about 50 seminars and 10 workshops in last 10 years

3) Publication
Conference Proceedings

URL

http://www.hksts.org

Contact

TEL: (852) 2766-6045 ,
FAX: (852) 2334-6389 ,
E-Mail: cehklam[at]polyu.edu

Dept. of Civil & Structural Engineering,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Yuk Choi Road, Hong Kong

　Indonesia

Name of Society

Indonesia Transportation Society (ITS)

Date of establishment

December 21, 1995

Number of Members

Regular Members: 200
Corporate Members: 25

Main activities

1) Conference
a. Expose on Direction of Transportation Development Policy in Indonesia(2000-2004), Jakarta-Indonesia, 1999
b. Papers Contributor on Planning and Project Development after the Economic Crisis in Indonesia during the 4th Eastern Asia Society Transportation Studies (EASTS) Conference, Hanoi-Vietnam, 2001
c. Papers Contributor on the Expert Meeting for the 4th Ministers' Forum on Infrastructure Development in the Asia-Pacific Region, Indonesia, 2003

2) Seminar, Symposium, Workshop or Lecture
Many seminars and workshops are held a year.

3) Publication (Textbook, Newsletter etc.)
a. Summaries Reference for Advocacy Process of Transportation Development, ISBN 979-95237-2-9, Jakarta-Indonesia, 2004
b. Direction of Transportation Development Policy in Indonesia(2000-2004), Unclassified, Jakarta-Indonesia, 1999
c. Urban Transport Management: Problems and Challenges, ISBN 979-95237-0-2, Jakarta-Indonesia, 1996

4) Other
d. The 2nd Indonesia Transportation Society Congress, Jakarta-Indonesia, 1999
e. Public Hearing on Toll Tariff Raise, Jakarta-Indonesia, 2000
f. Public Hearing on Public Urban Transport Business Competition Map and Impact for Customers, Jakarta-Indonesia, 2000
g. Consultative Partner in policy formulation on rural transportation of the Ministry of Communication of the Republic of Indonesia (MTI Rural Transport Council), Jakarta-Indonesia, 2001
h. Formed an Unofficial Task Force (UTF) to deal with Revitalization and Modernization of Jabodetabek Urban Rail System (JURS), Jakarta-Indonesia, 2002
i. The 3rd Indonesia Transportation Society Congress, Yogakarta-Indonesia, 2004
j. Internal National Meeting, Makassar-Indonesia, 2004

URL

Contact

TEL&FAX : +62 21 7245012
E-Mail : bsantono[at]cbn.net.id  / dan-dan[at]indo.net.id   / sekretariat[at]mti-its.or.id 　

Jalan Pangeran Antasari No. 10, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta 12150

  Japan　

Name of Society

EASTS-Japan

Date of establishment

August, 1995

Number of Members

Regular Members: 474
Corporate Members: 49
Student Members: 11

Main activities

1) Conference
5th EASTS Conference in Fukuoka City

2) Seminar, Symposium, Workshop or Lecture
[Symposium]
May 29, 1998: Public-Private Partnership on Urban Transportation Project in Asian Big City

[Seminar]
A few seminars are held a year.

3) Publication (Textbook, Newsletter etc.)
・ Directory of EASTS-Japan (in Japanese) 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003
・ Activity report of EASTS (in Japanese) 1996, 1997
・ Database for Urban Transportation (in Japanese) 1996

4) Other
- Support of EASTS activity: EASTS Conference, Newsletter, Board Meeting, Website, International Corporative Research Activity

URL

http://www.easts.info/about/ds/domestic/japan/en/

Contact

TEL:+81-3-3265-1774,
FAX:+81-3-3221-5489,
E-Mail: easts[at]sa2.so-net.ne.jp
c/o Association for Planning and Transportation Studies,
K-Wing 6F, 5-2-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo, Japan

　Korea

Name of Society

Korean Society of Transportation

Date of establishment

18. November, 1982

Number of Members

Regular Members: 1825
Corporate Members: 130
Student Members: not separable 144

Main activities

1) Conference
- Biannual Conference for Korean Society of Transportation
- The 2nd Conference of the EASTS, 29-31. Oct. 1997
- The 5th ITS World Congress, 12-16. Oct. 1998
- The 9th Conference for WCTRS, 22-27. Jul. 2001
- International Conference for the 20th Anniversary of the Korean Society of Transportation,
10-11. Oct. 2002
- Biennial Conference between Koreas Society of Transportation and Shanghai Railway Society (since 1993)

2) Seminar, Symposium, Workshop or Lecture
- Regular Symposium of Korea Society of Transportation, 4 times a year

3) Publication (Textbook, Newsletter etc.)
- Transportation Journal, 4 publications a year until 1999
6 publications a year since 2000
- Newsletter, 4 publications a year
- Transportation technology and policy, 1st edition
- Other transportation-related technical publications

4) Other
- Colloquiums on Current Issues
- Perform Researches on Transportation Issues

URL

http://www.kor-kst.or.kr/

Contact

TEL: 82-2-564-9201 /2,
FAX: 82-2-564-9203,
E-Mail: kst[at]kor-kst.or.kr

Science & Technology Bldg., Suite 809,
Yeoksam-Dong, Kangnam-Ku,
Seoul 135-703, KOREA　

　Lao PDR

Name of Society

LAO-EASTS

Date of establishment

22 March 1997

Number of Members

Regular members: 19

Main activities

1) Conference
- Transit Transport Facilitation (ASEAN)
- Transit Transport for Land-Locked Countries

2) Seminar, Symposium, Workshop or Lecture
- Traffic Safety Workshop (3 times)
- Overweight Truck Protection (3 times)　

URL

Contact

TEL:856-21-451074,
FAX:856-21-412250,
E-Mail: khangeun[at]laotel.com

Malaysia　

Name of Society

Transportation Science Society of Malaysia (TSSM)

Date of establishment

1st June 1996

Number of Members
(in 2004)

Regular Members: 45
Corporate Members: 1
Student Members:  6

Main activities

1) Conference
1. First Malaysian Universities Transport Research Forum (MUTRF) Conference 2002 organised by TSSM in collaboration with Center for Transportation Research, University of Malaya (UM).
2. Second Malaysian Universities Transport Research Forum Conference (MUTRFC) 2004 is to be held on December 2nd 2004, organised by TSSM in collaboration with University Technology MARA (UITM).

2) Seminar, Symposium, Workshop or Lecture

3) Publication (Textbook, Newsletter etc.)
The society is in the process of publishing an academic journal on Transportation and this may be finalized after the second MUTRF Conference 2004 in December 2004. A website is also being developed for TSSM and would be available soon.

4) Other
Preparation of Malaysian Standards for Roads and Highways.
Committee members of TSSM are actively involved with Road Engineering Association of Malaysia (REAM) in developing national standards for various aspects of roads and highways in Malaysia.

URL

Contact

Tel: 6-03-7967 5201/5339,
Fax: 6-03-79552182,
e-mail: tssm[at]time.net.my

Civil Engineering Department,
Faculty of Engineering,
University of Malaya,
50603 Kuala Lumpur,
MALAYSIA

　Philippines

Name of Society

Transportation Science Society of the Philippines (TSSP)

Date of establishment

1993

Number of Members
in 2004

Regular Members:  65
Corporate Members: 8
Student Members: 12

Main activities

1) Conferences:
Annual Conference of TSSP
 
2) Seminar, Symposium, Workshop or Lecture
Urban Transit Congress'93, 10-11 September 1993, Metro Manila
Rail Summit 2000, December 2000, Metro Manila
TSSP-MIT Symposium on Road Safety in ASEAN, 03 October 2003, Metro Manila

3) Publication
Proceedings of Annual Conferences, 1993-1996 (book form)
Proceedings of Annual Conferences, 1993-2004 (CDR version)
TSSP Journal, 1998

4) Other
Awards: "Best Domestic Society of 2003", EASTS

URL

http://www.transciphil.org/　

Contact

TEL: 632-9290495
FAX: 632-9294403
E-Mail: tsspmail[at]transciphil.org

National Center for Transportation Studies

　Singapore

Name of Society

Society of Transportation Science (Singapore)   (STTS)

Date of establishment

13 June 1997

Number of members
in 2004

Regular members: 13

Main activities

1) Conference
The following conferences have been organized by STSS since 1997:

- 1st Asia Pacific Conference on Transportation and the Environment, 13-15 May 1998, Singapore.
- The 1999 Symposium on Public Transit for the 21st Century
- 6th Int. Conf on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering
- The 2001 Symposium on Airport Infrastructure Development and Management
- STSS hosted the 2002 IEEE 5th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems
- 2004 Symposium on GIS/GPS Applications in Transportation Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering
- 2004 Symposium on Intelligent Transportation

2)Research Seminars
- STSS organizes regular research seminar once every two months
- About 10 to 15 research seminars have been held every year.

URL

Contact

Professor. Tien Fang FWA
Center for Transportation Research, Department of Civil Engineering,National University of Singapore 10, Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
TEL: +65-6874-2185
FAX: +65-6779-1635
E-mail: cvefwatf[at]nus.edu.sg
　

　Taiwan

Name of Society

Chinese Institute of Transportation

Date of establishment

6 July 1985

Number of Members
in 2004

Regular Members: 1389
Corporate Members: 51
Student Members: 226

Main activities

1) Conference
- Annual Meeting & Conference of CIT
- Inter-Collegiate Conference
- International Student Seminar on Transportation Research
- Conference on Transportation Networks
- Conference on Transportation Safety
- Rail Transportation International Conference
- Asia-Pacific Transportation Development Conference
- ICTPA Annual Meeting and Exhibition

2) Seminar, Symposium, Forum

3) Publication
Journal of the Chinese Institute of Transportation (Quarterly)
Proceedings of Annual Conference
Proceedings of Conference on Transportation Networks
Proceedings of Conference on Transportation Safety
Proceedings of Inter-Collegiate Conference
Newsletter of Chinese Institute of Transportation (Monthly)
Collection of Transportation Forum Proceedings and Newsletter Articles (2002〜2003)

4) Other
Transportation Cup Table Tennis Tournament

URL

http://www.cit.org.tw/

Contact

TEL:+886-2-2747-6673,
FAX:+886-2-2764-7215,
E-Mail: cit.tw[at]msa.hient.net

10F.-3, No. 102,
Sec. 5,
Nanjing E. Rd.,
Taipei, Taiwan

　Thailand

Name of Society

Thai Society for Transportation and Traffic Studies

Date of establishment

18 September 1996

Number of Members

Regular Members:  57
Corporate Members:-
Student Members: 24

Main activities

1) Conference in 2004
1. Organized a Special Conference on "Intelligent Transportation Systems: The 21st Century Asian Challenge", in collaboration with Asian Center for Transportation Studies (ACTS), Bangkok, 26 November 1998

2) Seminar, Symposium, Workshop or Lecture in 2004
So many training courses and workshops.

3) Publication
1. Code of Practice for "Traffic and Transport Engineering", in collaboration with the Engineering Institute of Thailand under H.M. the King's Patronage, 1998

4) Other
Engaged in an on-going project on "Road Safety Audit of Sections of Three Major Roads at HappyLand Rd., Romklao Rd., and Pattanachonnabot 3rd Rd.", sponsored by Public Work Department, Bangkok, Metropolitan Administration, 2003-2004

URL

Contact

TEL: 66-2-524-5506, 66-2-524-5522,
FAX: 66-2-524-5509

c/o Transportation Engineering Program,
School of Civil Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
P.O Box 4,
Klong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120,
THAILAND

Vietnam
　

Name of Society

Transportation Studies Society of Vietnam (TSSV)

Date of establishment

11 Dec. 1995

Number of Members

Regular Members: 69
Corporate Members: 8
Student Members: 32

Main activities

1) Conference :
- Establishment conference 11 Dec. 1995
- The 2nd Conference 26 Dec. 1997
- The 3rd Conference 10 Dec. 1999
- The 4th Conference 28 Dec. 2001
- The 5th Conference 12 Dec 2003
Hosting the EASTS' 01 Conference - Hanoi 2001

2) Seminar, Symposium, Workshop or Lecture
- Seminar " Research on Transport Science and Technologies of Young Researchers " Hanoi - 2000 and 2001,
- Seminar on " Towards an ASEAN Highway System ", Hanoi 2002.
-  Lectures on "ITS for better Transportation" - Hanoi Construction University,
- Lectures on " New Technologies for Transport Construction, Management and Traffic Organization" in nearby 20 Cities and Provinces of Vietnam in years 2000 - 2004.

3) Publication
- "Utilization of Natural gas in Vietnam" A Guide book, Hanoi 1999
- "ITS for better Transport System" (Textbook in Vietnamese), Hanoi 2002.

4) Other
- Taking part in various construction and training project of Vietnam: Quality Inspection, Material Testing, Project Appraisal...
- Taking active part in Projects for Road Safety in Vietnam and ASEAN Countries.
- Realizing Researches on Mixed Traffic - Organization, Management.

URL

Contact

Tel.84-4-8340290,
Fax.84-4-7662977,
E-mail: nguyenhuuduc[at]itst.gov.vn
RITST (Research Institute for Transportation Science and Technology).

or
 
Tel.(Mobile)84-912042588,
Fax.84-4-9423149,
E-mail: nxd310[at]yahoo.com
HUTC (Hanoi University of Transport and Communication)

　New Zealand

Name of Society

New Zealand Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (NZPECC) Transportation Group

Date of establishment

1993

Number of Members
in 2004

Regular members:15

Main activities

1) Seminar, Symposium, Workshop or Lecture
One held at Lincoln University as joint seminar with Sustainable Cities Group of PECC

2) Publication (Textbook, Newsletter etc.)
CD from first seminar

URL

Contact

TEL:0064 9 920 9132,
FAX:0064 9 920 9055,
E-Mail: Elizabeth.Jones[at]stats.govt.nz

c/o Elizabeth Jones, Executive Director, NZPECC,
Department of Statistics,