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February 2007
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In this issue
Legislators attend transportation seminarsTo lend University research and expertise to the legislative debate, CTS offered two half-day seminars for legislators last month on the Minneapolis campus.
CTS redesigns Web siteCapping a 10-month effort, CTS launched its redesigned Web site: www.cts.umn.edu.
CEO forum proceedings onlineState department of transportation (DOT) chief executive officers (CEOs) and their top staff came together in Minneapolis last fall to share their experiences on three critical issues: roles and partnerships, customers and stakeholders, and funding and finance.
Freight symposium highlights environmental innovationsThe Tenth Annual Freight and Logistics Symposium held last December focused on "green" approaches to packaging, supply chain management, and fuels.
Biking, walking increase with ‘destination exercise’Creating more options to bike or walk to destinations could have positive effects on obesity trends and energy use, said Dr. Dan Halvorsen, adjunct assistant professor in the University’s Department of Physiology.
TZD credited for drop in state fatalitiesThe Toward Zero Deaths Program was credited for Minnesota's significant decrease in traffic deaths.
University of Minnesota presenters at TRB Annual MeetingTransportation system planning, emergency evacuation, traffic simulation, and pavement design were among the topics covered by presenters from the University of Minnesota, the Metropolitan Council, and Mn/DOT at the Transportation Research Board’s 86th annual meeting, January 21–25, 2007.