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February 2009
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In this issue
Best-selling author to give spring luncheon presentation
Tom Vanderbilt, author of the New York Times best seller Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us), will give the CTS Spring Luncheon presentation on May 19.
University to study low-carbon fuel standard
A University team that includes CTS has secured a grant from the Minnesota Office of Energy to investigate the economic and environmental implications of instituting a low-carbon fuel standard.
Value Capture study workshop in March
CTS is holding a half-day stakeholder workshop on the morning of March 26 to share initial findings from the Value Capture for Transportation Finance study.
Energy uncertainties: supply chain impacts in the Upper Midwest
Speakers at the 12th Annual Freight and Logistics Symposium described how fluctuating energy costs and economic uncertainties worldwide make for volatile supply chains. Presenters also discussed sustainable energy-consumption practices throughout their marketplaces and supply chains.
U of M leadership evident at TRB annual meeting
Minnesota’s leadership across the transportation spectrum was clear at the Transportation Research Board 88th annual meeting, January 11–15, 2009, in Washington, D.C.
Transportation workforce faces shortage
Transportation specialists will be in fierce demand to succeed current employees—a majority of whom are on the cusp of retirement.
Staffing update
Christina Miller joined CTS in January.