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Proceedings of the 14th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP 2014) held in Changsha, China, July 4-7 2014. Sponsored by the Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (COTA), the Central South University, the Transportation Research Board, the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and the Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This proceedings contains 363 papers covering current critical transportation issues and research in advancements in transportation development. Topics include: intelligent transportation systems; high speed rail and rail traffic operations; transportation planning, policy, modeling, and economics; traffic safety, security, and emergency response; highway and road construction, maintenance, and management; aviation, marine, and water transportation; freight logistics; and transportation energy, environment, and sustainability issues. Transportation professionals, both academic and practitioner, will find this proceedings a valuable resource for current trends in transportation science and engineering.