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October 2005
In this issue
An audience member participates at the CSD&S Workshop
SAFETEA-LU: CTS to receive $16 million;
Rural Safety Center established at Humphrey Institute
To celebrate the new resources and directions provided by the
recent SAFETEA-LU transportation reauthorization bill, CTS and the
Humphrey Institute held a special ceremony on September 12.
Workshop shares challenges for context
sensitive design
The three-day CSD&S Workshop, hosted by CTS, took place this
August in Minneapolis.
ITS Institute research garners media attention
ITS research and faculty scholars have been cited in several recent
news publications, including the Star Tribune.
Call for Presentations: 2006
research conference
The call invites all interested individuals to submit an
abstract for a presentation or poster at the annual CTS event.
Executive Committee welcomes new members,
approves budget
Roberta Humphreys of the Institute of Technology and Tim Mulcahy,
the University's vice president for research, are the newest
members of the CTS Executive committee.
In memoriam: Miles Kersten
Miles S. Kersten, a professor of civil engineering at the University
of Minnesota for 33 years, died in August at age 92.
NATSRL annual research day: November
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The event is a time to learn about innovative transportation
research projects in areas
such as fleet management systems and remote sensing of road conditions