Luncheon Series

The Center sponsors a series of luncheon presentations throughout the year, with topics focusing on current transportation issues.

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Past Events

2013

• Winter — February 28: Mapping the Way to a Better Driving Experience

2012

• Fall — November 28: Impact 2020: Predictions for the Transportation Industry
• Winter — February 14: How New Transportation Systems Shape Cities: The Example of Greater Paris

2011

• Fall — December 8: Flat City: The Streetcar City and the Revival of the American Dream
• Winter — February 15: Driver alcohol-detection systems: The end to drunk driving?

2010

• Fall — December 7 : Climate Change and the Transportation Community: Conflicts and Tensions
• Winter — February 9: Saving us from ourselves: Human factors and the design of safer roads

2009

• Spring — May 19: Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
• Fall — November 10: Why Electric Cars?
• Winter — February 11: Intelligent Speed Adaptation: Is European Research Relevant to the United States?

2008

• Spring — May 20: Transportation Options in a Greenhouse: Alternative Strategies to Lowering Our Carbon Footprint
• Fall — November 6: American Transportation Policy: Patterns of the Past and Implications for the Present
• Winter — February 13: The Future of Vehicle Safety

2007

• Spring — May 1: Zoned Out: Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use
• Winter — February 8: Myths and Misconceptions About the Young Driver Problem and its Solutions

2006

• Spring — May 24: From Pearl Harbor to Helicopters: How to Lead in a Multigenerational Transportation Workplace
• Fall — November 14: Realistic Public Transport Futures in an Uncertain World
• Winter — February 9: The Dramatic Failure of U.S. Traffic Safety Policy

2005

• Fall — November 3: The High Cost of Free Parking
• Winter — February 10: In Real Time, Virtually: Evolving Paradigms and Methodologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems

2004

• Spring — May 4: An Unseen Revolution in Transportation Finance
• Fall — November 4: London’s Success with Congestion Charging
• Winter — February 18: A National Perspective on Current Highway Safety Issues