Upcoming Events Spotlight
Sixth James L. Oberstar Forum on Transportation Policy and Technology
October 8, 2007
Radisson University Hotel
University of Minnesota
2007 AirTAP Fall Forum
October 16–17, 2007
Breezy Point Conference Center
Breezy Point, Minnesota
Past Events — 2008
A listing of events held in 2008. For upcoming events, see the upcoming events calendar. CTS also publishes proceedings for selected events.
December 2008
December 16
The Transportation Professional Work Force: Is There a Crisis in the Public Sector?
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs University of Minnesota.
December 5
12th Annual Freight and Logistics Symposium
Four Points Sheraton, Minneapolis
December 2
A Perspective on ITS Research at the USDOT
1130 Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis
November 2008
November 25
Rolling Out Measures of Non-Motorized Accessibility: What Can We Now Say?
1130 Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis
November 18
Advanced Transportation Technologies Seminar: A Predictive Study of Use Impacts on the Denali Park Road
1130 Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis
November 11
Arterial Data Acquisition and Network-Wide Travel-Time Estimation— Phase II
1130 Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis
November 7
Graduate Certificate in Transportation Studies Information Session
202 Civil Engineering Building, Minneapolis
November 6
CTS Fall Luncheon: American Transportation Policy: Patterns of the Past and Implications for the Present
Radisson University Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota
November 4
Advanced Transportation Technologies Seminar: Improving Transit System Performance with the Benefit of Automatic Data-Collection Systems
1130 Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis
November 1
Transportation Alumni Group Homecoming Get-Together
Gateway Plaza (outside McNamara Alumni Building),
200 Oak Street S.E., Minneapolis
October 2008
October 28
CTS Research Seminar: Economic Impacts of Transitways: The Hiawatha Light Rail Line 1130, Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis
October 21
Advanced Transportation Technologies Seminar: Intelligent Transportation Systems and EMS System Data Integration for Traffic Safety
1130, Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis
October 14–15
2008 AirTAP Fall Forum
Breezy Point, Minnesota
October 14
CTS Planning and the Environment Council Seminar: Transportation Policy and Technology Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Minnesota, 1130 Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis
October 7-8
Toward Zero Deaths Conference, Rochester
October 7
Advanced Transportation Technologies Seminar: Solar and Wind Hybrid Electric Generators for Rural ITS Applications, University of Minnesota
October 1-2
Fall Maintenance Expo, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
September 2008
September 30
CTS Infrastructure Council Seminar: Intelligent Compaction Implementation, 1130 Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis
September 23
Advanced Transportation Technologies Seminar: Assessing the Safety Benefits of a Forward-Collision Warning System, 1130 Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis
September 9
Advanced Transportation Technologies Seminar: Evaluation of Platoon-Priority and Advanced-Warning Flasher System at High- Speed Signalized Intersections, 1130 Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis
July 2008
July 30
TERRA Innovation Series: MnROAD Open House, Monticello, Minnesota.
May 2008
May 20-21
19th Annual CTS Transportation Research Conference, St. Paul RiverCentre, Minnesota. Contact Sara Van Essendelft, 612-624-3708, cceconf5@umn.edu.
May 20
CTS Spring Luncheon/Greenhouse Gas Seminar: Transportation Options in a Greenhouse: Alternative Strategies to Lowering Our Carbon Footprint, 19th Annual CTS Transportation Research Conference, St. Paul RiverCentre, Minnesota. Contact Sara Van Essendelft, 612-624-3708, cceconf5@umn.edu.
April 2008
April 15-16
Minnesota Spring Maintenance Training Expo, St. Cloud. Contact Shirley Mueffelman, 612-624-4754, cceconf2@umn.edu.
April 16
Greenhouse Gas Seminar: What States Can Do to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, McNamara Alumni Center, Minneapolis. Contact Shawn Haag at 612-625-5608, haag0025@cts.umn.edu
April 7
James L. Oberstar Forum on Transportation Policy and Technology, Radisson University Hotel, Minneapolis
March 2008
March 13
Annual Transportation Career Expo, Coffman Union, Minneapolis. For more information, contact Mindy Carlson at 612-625-1813, carlson@cts.umn.edu.
March 12
Greenhouse Gas Seminar: Transit-Oriented and Balanced Growth: Traffic and CO2-Reducing Potential, 1130 Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis. Contact Shawn Haag at 612-625-5608, haag0025@cts.umn.edu.
March 7
CTS Graduate Certificate Information Session, Civil Engineering Building, Minneapolis. Contact Stephanie Malinoff, 612-624-8398, malinoff@cts.umn.edu.
February 2008
February 27
CTS Research Seminar: Four-Lane to Three-Lane Conversion Case Study: State Highway Through a Small Town, 1130 Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis.
February 20
CTS Research Seminar: The Co-Development of Land Use and Rail in London, 1130 Mechanical Engineering Building, Minneapolis.