COTA presents a number of awards annually to recognize contributions made by members and volunteers as well as the technical excellence of its members, their projects or programs.
COTA awards include but not limit to the following categories:

• COTA Appreciation Awards Series, which includes
  • Excellent Organizing Award
  • COTA Outstanding Leadership Award
  • COTA Outstanding Service Award
  • COTA Lifetime Achievement Award
• Best Paper Awards
• Best Area Editor Awards
• Best English Editor Awards
• COTA Advanced Technology Promotion Award

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COTA Appreciation Award Series

Awards	Organization / Individual
Organizing Excellent Award	School of Traffic and Transportation Beijing Jiaotong University, China 北京交通大学交通运输学院 Shanghai Maritime University, China 上海海事大学
COTA Appreciation Award	Transport Planning and Research Institute (TPRI) Ministry of Transport (MOT) of China 中国交通部规划研究院
COTA Outstanding Service Award	Mr. Qingyan (Ken) Yang
COTA Lifetime Achievement Award	Prof. Peikun Yang Tongji University

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Best Paper Awards

Winner	Paper Title	Paper Number
Jianfeng Liu Xiaolei Ma Yinhai Wang Jing Wang Congcong Liu	Temporal Distribution Analysis of Beijing Subway Ridership	Paper #4
Hang Yu	A method for traffic congestion assessment in export container yard	Paper #5
Ning Hu Xin Zhang	Study on cleanup choice in ship oil spillage emergency response based on stated preference data	Paper #15&19
Jun Zhang Xiaoqian Sun Sebastian Wandelt	Node Dependency in Multi-Commodity Flow Problem with Application to Transportation Networks	Paper #19
Li Yuan Rui Li Rui Zeng Yuexin Chen	Transit signal priority optimization under arterial signal coordinated control condition	Paper #308

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Outstanding Area Editor Award

Dr. Yu (Marco) Nie

Dr. Yinglin Fan

Dr. Ziqi Song

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Outstanding English Editing Chair Award

Dr. Guohui Zhang

Dr. Jianming Ma

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