CEETRA Annual Meeting 2026

Budapest, Hungary

We are delighted to announce the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Central European Excellence in Transportation Research Association (CEETRA). This year’s meeting will take place on Friday, 22 May 2026 in Budapest, scheduled conveniently for the day following the Transport Research Arena 2026, which will be held in Budapest from 18 to 21 May 2026. (Website: https://traconference.eu)

The CEETRA Annual Meeting is jointly hosted by Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), and the KTI Institute for Transport Sciences.
Head of the local organising team: Daniel Hörcher (Corvinus and BME).

Confirmed keynote speakers

• Yannick Cornet, University of Žilina

• Balázs Kulcsár, Chalmers University

Registration

To assist the local organiser in finding the right room and light catering, please register as soon as you can. Deadline for registration: 7 May 2026

Thanks to the generous financial support of Corvinus University, registration is free of charge. Lunch will be provided for speakers and attendees, subject to available funding. Please register as soon as possible to secure your lunch.

The registration to the CEETRA event is not restricted by membership, anyone can register and be part of the audience of our presentation track. Please spread the word about the event in your network. 

Annual Meeting Programme

08:30–09:00 Arrivals and registration

09:00–09:20 Opening and introductions

Welcome and introduction on behalf of the EC

Welcome from the local organiser

Short introductions by all participants

09:20–10:00 Keynote

Balázs Kulcsár, Chalmers University: Stochastic uncertainty in electric autonomous mobility-on-demand (MoD) systems

10:00-10:20 Coffee Break

10:20-11:40 Research Session 1: Travel Demand and Spatial Economics

Ognjen Bobičić, BME Budapest: Attitudinal profiles of potential shared cargo bike users in Budapest (15 min + 5 min Q&A)

Zombor Berezvai, Corvinus University of Budapest: The importance of speed, cycling infrastructure, trip length, and rail transport connections in the choice of bicycle sharing (15 min + 5 min Q&A)

Yannic Prohaska, WU Vienna: Highway to Heaven? The effects of a rural transport infrastructure improvement on local accessibility and economic activity (15 min + 5 min Q&A)

Daniel Ruiz Palomo, UAB Barcelona and Corvinus University: The gravity of urban leisure destinations: Empirical results from a quantitative spatial model (15 min + 5 min Q&A)

11:40-12:20 Open Mic: Proposals, Ideas, Datasets, Comments, Opportunities

12:20-13:20 Lunch

13:20-14:00 Keynote

Yannick Cornet, University of Žilina: Worthwhile travel time and transport appraisal in the era of remote work: early insights and implications from the WinWin4WorkLife project

14:00-15:00 Research Session 2: Transport Geography

Ola Qasseer, KTI Budapest: Toward sustainable cities: An analysis of centrality through public transport networks. Case studies in Budapest and Vienna (15 min + 5 min Q&A)

Jan Bittner, CTU Prague: Not everything happens in 15 minutes (15 min + 5 min Q&A)

Martin Hammer, University of Tartu: Linking public transport provision to functional regions: Evaluating transport–commuting alignment in Estonia (15 min + 5 min Q&A)

15:00-15:10 Short Break

15:10-16:00 Roundtable discussion and General Assembly

16:00-16:15 Closing