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June 2003

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Special research conference coverage

This issue of the CTS Report features extended coverage of the CTS Fourteenth Annual Transportation Research Conference, held April 29–30 in St. Paul. Coverage includes:

• A "State and Regional Transportation Policy Update" by Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau and Peter Bell, chair of the Metropolitan Council
• A luncheon presentation titled "Leveraging Technology to Reshape Transportation Planning," by Dr. Michael Shiffer of the Chicago Transit Authority
• A sampling of concurrent sessions
• DOT leaders share issues
• AirTAP update: workshops, marketing toolkit
• Prospective students hear about Grad Certificate

Molnau, Bell share visions for transportation

Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), and Peter Bell, chair of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council, gave their visions for the future of transportation.

Leveraging technology to reshape planning at the Chicago Transit Authority

"Wonderful plans fail without communication," Dr. Michael Shiffer told the assembled researchers and practitioners at the conference luncheon.

DOT leaders share issues, strategies at Minneapolis forum

The forces facing state departments of transportation (DOTs)—whether political, institutional, economic, work force, or technological—are challenging department leadership today in ways never before experienced.

Research conference concurrent session highlights
A wide range of topics were covered in concurrent sessions, including:

• Value pricing
• Data gathering
• Safety and security
• Improving access for the transportation-disadvantaged
• The I-35W Access project
• Transportation asset management
• Parking and urban development

AirTAP training priorities, toolkit are topics at Airport Symposium

Attendees of the 2003 Minnesota Airport Symposium not only had an opportunity to give input on future directions for the AirTAP Program, they also were treated to the latest AirTAP product—Flying High: A Marketing Toolkit for Minnesota Airports.

CTS holds Graduate Certificate Program information session

Current and prospective University graduate students joined CTS staff and faculty May 1 to learn more about the Graduate Certificate Program in Transportation Studies.

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