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July 2006
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Special Research Conference Issue
This issue of the CTS Report features extended coverage of the CTS Seventeenth Annual Transportation Research Conference, held May 24–25 in St. Paul.
- Privacy policies needed to build trust for transportation projects
Transportation is brimming with opportunities for improving safety and efficiency through technology, but some of these approaches involve capturing private data. Privacy expert Colin Bennett explained how the U.S. differs from nations and the implications for transportation. - Panelists offer privacy perspectives
Following Colin Bennett’s presentation, the session turned to the perspectives of three panelists: Marthand Nookala, Dan Murray, and Ken Keller. - Speaker shares advice for leading multiple generations
For the first time in U.S. history, four generations with distinctly different sets of values are in the transportation workplace. AASHTO's Tom DeCoster shared his advice for managers. - Technology to monitor teen driving raises privacy questions
Several researchers at the University of Minnesota are working to address the high crash and fatality rate of teenage drivers by developing in-vehicle technology to monitor and correct inexperienced drivers’ unsafe behaviors. ITS Institute director Max Donath gave highlights. - Politics and freeways: building the Twin Cities interstate system
Patricia Cavanaugh presented findings from a study of the changing politics and participants in Twin Cities-area interstate decision making since the 1950s. - Impacts of Hiawatha LRT: residents cite noise, parking hassles
In a session on travel behavior and reliability, urban and regional planner David Laverny-Rafter presented his research studying the impacts of the Hiawatha light-rail transit (LRT) on station-area residents’ travel behavior and neighborhood quality of life. - Road research and partnerships for MnROAD
The three speakers in this session discussed the past, present, and future of road research and partnerships in Minnesota related to MnROAD, the cold-regions research lab on I-94 near Albertville, Minnesota. - Access to Destinations research under way
During a session on the multipart Access to Destinations study, civil engineering associate professor David Levinson discussed the importance of being accessible. - Transportation finance, congestion, and equity: policy perspectives
Who benefits most from transportation planning and financing, and who bears the burden of taxation? Michael Iacono of the Humphrey Institute said well-off suburban commuters appear to benefit the most. - Making the most of recreational trail systems
During a session on bicycle and pedestrian travel, Center for Changing Landscapes codirector Mary Vogel outlined several ways to effectively broaden community and government-agency involvement in the design of recreational trail systems, which are considered key to the economic vitality of rural Minnesota. - Midwest’s role in the transportation information revolution: future strategy
Dave Johnson, Robert Johns, and Maggie Sacco presented past, present, and future efforts to improve the management and access of information in the transportation industry.
Other News
UMD selects director for transportation programs
The University of Minnesota Duluth has hired Dr. Eil Kwon to direct its expanded transportation research program.