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June 2005
In this issue
Special research conference coverage
This issue of the CTS Report features extended coverage of the CTS Sixteenth Annual Transportation Research Conference, held April 26–27 in St. Paul. Coverage includes:
- Building consensus: Lessons from
Denver and the outlook for Minnesota
A plenary presentation titled "Building Consensus for Transportation Funding" by Bill Elfenbein, chair of the Denver Regional Transit Board, and panel discussion with State Rep. Mary Liz Holberg, Jay Cowles of the Itasca Project, and Rick Krueger of the Minnesota Transportation Alliance. (Opening session panel). - Mega-projects: The changing
politics of urban public investment
David Luberoff, executive director of of Harvard University's Institute for Greater Boston, shared his views on large-scale, urban public projects. - Cell phones & driving: deadlier
than alcohol?
University researchers presented the findings of a recent study on distracted driving. - Commute times jump during '90s
Gary Barnes of the Humphrey Institute posed questions and speculations about lengthening commute times. - Are HOT lanes equitable?
Megan Mowday, a master's candidate at the Humphrey Institute, addressed social and economic issues raised by the new MnPass high-occupancy toll lane. - Benefits and costs of bicycling and
bicycle facilities
In a three-year project, University researchers developed methodologies and tools for researching bicycle use in suburban and urban areas across the country.
Other News
CTS and sponsors launch Access to Destinations
Study
Highlights from the kick-off workshop of the new interdisciplinary
effort.
Looking past the gas tax: 4th Oberstar
Forum examines transportation finance alternatives
Transportation officials, policymakers, and professionals discussed
the future of transportation financing at the fourth annual Oberstar
Forum.
Publications catalog updated
A four-page supplement to the CTS Publications Catalog is now available.
Register online
for Context Sensitive Design Workshop
Registration and the agenda for the Midwest Region 2005 CSD&S
Workshop, August 24–26 in Minneapolis, are now online.
Mark your calendars: Toward Zero Deaths Conference is November 16–17