Providing a Forum for the Exchange of Knowledge in Transportation Research, Policy, and Practice

2025 Call for Proposals Now Open!

Transport Chicago

Proposals due Feb 16!

We know you're working on all kinds of critical and innovative transportation projects—and Transport Chicago attendees want to hear about them!

  • Transit expansions or maximizing the efficiency of freight movement?

  • Transit-oriented development or complete streets and micromobility?

  • ​Equity, data, design, or community engagement?

We're inviting professionals and practitioners, researchers and academics, and activists and organizers to submit proposals for our special 40th Annual Conference on Friday, June 13, 2025, at voco Chicago Downtown. The one-day conference will feature presentations, sessions, and posters on various transportation topics. We would love to hear your voice if you have knowledge, experience, or skills to share.

Click here to submit your proposal by 11:59 p.m. CT on Sunday, February 16. We will inform submitters of their selection in the following weeks.

About US

Transport Chicago is an annual conference dedicated to improving transportation in the Chicago region and beyond. Originally conceived as a student-led forum, Transport Chicago brings together seasoned experts and professionals of all ages for a one-day fun, engaging, and semi-formal conference setting.

Our goal is to ignite the conversation. Transport Chicago provides a platform to exchange ideas and knowledge and to build the relationships that are necessary to solve the complex transportation problems of today and tomorrow.

UPCOMING EVENTS


40th Anniversary Kick-0ff Celebration

February 4

Pilot Project Brewing

Transport Chicago's Steering Committee and Executive Board invite you to join us in kicking off the 40th year of Chicago's premier transportation conference, where practitioners, researchers, and emerging professionals converge to share knowledge, build relationships, and shape the future of mobility in Chicago and beyond.