Zephyr Awards

Announcing the 2024 Zephyr Awards Call for Nominations!

Starting this year, there will be three award categories, with the Rising Star Award being dropped.

A rectangle in which the horizonal axis split into two parts labelled Person and Project. The vertical axis is labeled Impact. Three types of awards are depicted in the rectangle as text: The Person award is Zephyr Leadership. The lower impact Project award is Exceptional Technical Achievement. The higher impact Project award is Impactful Research.
Person graphic by Mello from NounProject.com
Project graphic by Nithinan Tatah from NounProject.com

More information about the three awards can be found on the 2024 Zephyr Awards nomination form.

Zephyr Leadership Award

The Zephyr Leadership Award is given to an individual with demonstrated history of experience in the field who embodies the Zephyr Principles, and who embraces the Zephyr mission of advancing rigorous transportation and land use decision-making for the public good by advocating for and supporting improved travel analysis and facilitating its implementation.

Congratuations to the 2023 recipient, Dr. Greg Erhardt!

Impactful Research Award

The Impactful Research Award is given in recognition of a project that has a proven positive impact on the transportation and/or land use decision-making field.

Congratuations to the 2023 recipient, STOPS - Simplified Trips-on-Project Software!

Exceptional Technical Achievement Award

The Exceptional Technical Achievement Award is given in recognition of a project that has a potential for a positive impact on the transportation and/or land use decision-making field.

Congratuations to the 2023 recipient, Travel Model Improvement Program Exploratory Modeling and Analysis Tool (TMIP-EMAT)!

Zephyr Rising Star Award - Discontinued as of 2024

The Zephyr Rising Star Award is given to an individual early in their career who embodies the Zephyr Principles, and embraces the Zephyr mission of advancing rigorous transportation and land use decision-making for the public good by advocating for and supporting improved travel analysis.

Congratuations to the 2023 recipient, Dr. Tierra Bills!