摘要:In September 2012 the Panamaerican Society for Transport Research (PANAMSTR) awarded the organization ofthe XVIII Congreso Panamericano de Ingeniería de Transito Transporte y Logística to our Transport SystemsResearch Group (GIST) at the University of Cantabria (Spain) to be held in 2014 (11-13 June), which was achallenge we wholeheartedly accepted, thankful of the confidence placed in us.