I don't fault anybody for applying again. Personally, I'm still too furious, and I really want to watch them scramble without us during paper review season ;) Of course, I imagine paper submissions will also be way down...

What part of the convention center is this picture? I’ve seen 1-2 others taken here. It looks so much less crowded than the giant TRB letters at the main entrance off Mt Vernon Pl.

Closing the loop here - I spent an extra $100 on a plane ticket that got in around 5pm instead of late at night, at which time I felt fully comfortable taking the metro. Thanks for everyone’s help here and on LinkedIn.

Shoutout to @mikesellinger.bsky.social for leading and presenting on this excellent work.

The details, if you want to look it up later. (Not my research.)

Thanks for the perspective. So I don’t need to boycott everywhere 😂

The big ideas:

btw - thanks for your vote of confidence for safety around the convention center and on the metro back in November. I flew in earlier in the evening so it ended up not being an issue at all.

See you around :)