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October 2008
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In this issue
Research team gathers feedback at Value Capture stakeholder workshop
CTS hosted a half-day stakeholder workshop on September 18 to introduce the Value Capture Study and receive feedback on the questions it should address.
CERS Summer Institute takes aim at ‘culture of complacency’ toward rural traffic fatalities
State and national traffic safety researchers, policymakers, and professionals examined the policies and political challenges to reducing rural traffic fatalities during the Center for Excellence in Rural Safety’s annual Summer Institute on July 28 and 29.
Energy costs and the supply chain
Representatives from the business community, academia, and the public sector will discuss the impact of energy issues on the supply chain at the 12th annual CTS Freight and Logistics Symposium, December 5, 2008, in Minneapolis.
Minnesota leaders, partnerships showcased at national HOV/HOT conference
State leaders and projects were prominent at the Transportation Research Board 13th International High-Occupancy Vehicle/High-Occupancy Toll (HOV/HOT) Systems Conference, held
September 7–9 in Minneapolis.
Research Partnership Award: nominees sought
CTS is accepting nominations for the 2009 Research Partnership Award.
University receives NCHRP grant to study stream-restoration structures
Professor Fotis Sotiropoulos, director of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) on the Twin Cities campus, has received a three-year, $600,000 grant from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program aimed at developing design methods for stream-restoration structures.
Call for Presentations: 2009 research conference
CTS has issued a Call for Presentations for its 20th Annual Transportation Research Conference.
Call for Abstracts:
International Transport Economics Conference
CTS has announced the Call for Abstracts for the International Transport Economics Conference, which will be held June 15–16, 2009, on the University of Minnesota west bank campus.
Organizations encouraged to exhibit at Career Expo
Companies and agencies are encouraged to set up exhibits at the 2009 Transportation Career Expo, which will be held February 5 on the Minneapolis east bank campus.
CTS seeks program
coordinator
CTS is seeking applications for a fulltime
program coordinator to advance CTS
research programs.