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March 2009
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In this issue
Intelligent speed adaptation: low-cost, high-benefit technology to save lives
Intelligent speed adaptation (ISA) technology can act “like a medicine that gets people to stop speeding,” said Oliver Carsten at the CTS Winter Luncheon on February 11.
U of M researchers part of road user-charge study
A team including CTS has been selected by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) to study road user charges.
Leaders discuss Twin Cities transitway development
Local government stakeholders came together at a January 23 workshop in Minneapolis to explore ways to accelerate transitway development in the Twin Cities metropolitan region.
Electric car technology, supporting infrastructure discussed at forum
CTS and the Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy (CSTPP) at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs hosted a forum in December to discuss strategies for wide-scale adoption of electric car technology and supporting infrastructure in Minnesota.
U of M, Japanese visitors discuss research collaboration
Researchers from Japan and Minnesota met at CTS on January 16 to discuss potential future collaboration.
Faculty news
Institute on the Environment resident fellows, McKnight Land-Grant Professorships announced.
Transport economics conference in June
CTS is hosting the International Transport Economics Conference on June 15–16, 2009, in Minneapolis.