Transport Research Forum 2024

Abstract

Transport Research Forum (TRF) is an annual conference organized by the Transportation Engineering Division of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa. The prime objective of this conference is to create a platform for researchers in the transportation field to build up their research careers and to share their research findings with other colleagues and the industry, researchers and academics, including several international experts in Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Planning, are the participants in this event. In addition, representatives from the industry and related government institutions are also invited every year. Department of Civil Engineering conducted the first-ever Sri Lanka Transportation Forum in 1983, and since the late 90's, the Transportation Engineering Group has organized many Transport Research Conferences at local and international levels. Later, the Transport Research Forum (TRF) was established; two conferences were held initially, and since 2010, TRF has been held consecutively every year., TRF 2024 is the 17th Transportation Research Forum conducted by the Transportation Engineering Division. Many of the research findings presented in Transport Research Forums have been put into practice, and one of the main objectives of the Transport Research Forum is to come up with solutions to address transport-related problems in the country and disseminate them to the industry. In 2020, TRF achieved a significant milestone by publishing its selected proceedings (full papers from selected studies presented at TRF 2020) in the IESL 'The Engineer' journal as a special edition.