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Transportation research at the University of Minnesota covers the spectrum from basic to applied research, drawing on the many transportation-related disciplines within the University. The Center actively supports the formation of multidisciplinary research teams.

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Access Across America

A new study by University of Minnesota professor David Levinson, the R.P. Braun/CTS Chair in Transportation Engineering, goes beyond congestion rankings to focus on accessibility: a measure that examines both land use and the transportation system. The study is the first systematic comparison of trends in accessibility to jobs by car within the U.S.

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Bruce Wilson

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Professor, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

Bruce Wilson has extensive modeling and experimental background in erosion mechanics and in hydrologic/water quality processes of watersheds.

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