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February 2008
TRB annual meeting features AIA study, other U of M research
The CTS Moving Communities Forward study, sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), was one of the topics covered by presenters from the University of Minnesota at the Transportation Research Board's 87th annual meeting, January 13-17, 2008.
University of Minnesota faculty, researchers, and graduate students presented projects ranging from bus operations to biofuels throughout the five-day event in Washington, D.C., which brings togethe (NATSRL): Bibhu Aryal, Taek M. Kwonr more than 10,000 researchers, students, and professionals from around the world.
The Moving Communities Forward session was presided over by Robert Johns, CTS director, and featured study researchers Lance Neckar (Landscape Architecture), John Adams (Geography/ Humphrey Institute), and Carissa Schively Slotterback (Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs). The study explored the role of well-designed transportation facilities in enhancing communities. CTS was chosen to conduct the study by AIA, funded by a grant from the Federal Highway Administration.
The study was also featured in TRB’s January 23 Transportation Research E-newsletter. For more about the study, see www.movingcommunitiesforward.org.
Other University of Minnesota faculty and students presenting at TRB included:
- Civil Engineering: Adam Danczyk, Gary A. Davis, Andrew Drescher, Paul Hambleton, Xiaozheng He, Kimberly Hill, John Hourdos, James Saif Jabari, Lev Khazanovich, David Levinson, Chen-Fu Liao, Henry X. Liu, Wenteng Ma, Mihai O. Marasteanu, Panos G. Michalopoulos, Andrew Odlyzko, Nebiyou Tilahun, Derek Tompkins, Carly Turgeon, Mugurel Turos, Xinkai Wu, Feng Xie, Hui Xiong, Bereket Yohannes, Shanjiang Zhu
- Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs: Xinyu (Jason) Cao, Jordan Deckenbach, Frank Douma, Steve Frooman, Jessica Horning, Michael Iacono, Keith Knapp, Lee W. Munnich, Gavin Poindexter, Elizabeth Wilson
- Applied Economics: C.F. Runge Geography: Francis Harvey Northland Advanced Transportation Systems Research Laboratories (NATSRL): Bibhu Aryal, Taek M. Kwon
In addition, Fred Corrigan, executive director of the Aggregate & Ready Mix Association and chair of the CTS Executive Committee, presented "TERRA: Advancing Innovations in Road Engineering Through a Dynamic Partnership." He made the presentation in a session on innovative research partnerships cosponsored by the TRB Conduct of Research Committee, which is chaired by CTS associate director Laurie McGinnis. TERRA, the Transportation Engineering Road Research Alliance, is a research governance structure formed in 2004 to foster a comprehensive road research program.