Lee Munnich, Katie Roth, John Adams
CTS Awards
John S. Adams Award for Excellence in Transportation Research and Education
Purpose
The John S. Adams Award for Excellence in Transportation Research and Education is given to University of Minnesota graduate students demonstrating outstanding academic achievement in policy and planning fields. Up to two students will be honored each year (one master’s and one doctoral candidate). The award is named in honor of Professor Emeritus John S. Adams, a significant contributor to transportation-related research, education, and outreach activities and a long-time supporter of CTS.
2009 Recipients
Katie Roth
One student received the 2009 Adams Award: Katie Roth, a candidate in the Master of Urban and Regional Planning Program at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs with an expected graduation in May. Her research has focused on innovative parking pricing and public attitudes toward congestion pricing and other transportation finance mechanisms. She served as president of the University’s Interdisciplinary Transportation Student Organization in 2007–08. Her advisor, Lee Munnich, noted that Roth presented findings of a Twin Cities congestion pricing study at the 2009 annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board.
Past Recipients
2009
Katie Roth, candidate in the Master of Urban and Regional Planning Program at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs