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CTS Spring Luncheon
The 2008 CTS Spring Luncheon, Transportation Options in a Greenhouse: Alternative Strategies to Lowering Our Carbon Footprint, was held on the first day of the conference.
Nineteenth Annual
CTS Transportation Research Conference
May 20–21, 2008
Conference Program and Selected Presentations
Selected conference presentations are available online until July 15, 2008.
- Final conference program
(203 KB PDF) - Selected presentations
Conference Highlights
Program Update
Newly appointed Mn/DOT commissioner Tom Sorel addressed conference attendees prior to the luncheon presentation on May 20.
Conference opener
The conference began with a general-session discussion of a U.S. Department of Transportation initiative to reduce transportation system congestion. This plan, announced in 2006, provides a blueprint for federal, state, and local officials to consider as they work together to reverse the alarming trends of congestion.
Keynote Speaker: David Horner, U.S. Department of Transportation
Panelists: Bernie Arseneau, Mn/DOT; Arlene McCarthy, Metropolitan Council
May 20 Luncheon
‘Transportation Options in a Greenhouse: Alternative Strategies to Lowering Our Carbon Footprint’
This luncheon served as the 2008 CTS Spring Luncheon. It was also the last of four seminars in the “Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Minnesota” study.
Speaker: Stephen Schneider, Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Professor of Biological Sciences, and Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
Conference Purpose
The conference acts as a forum for researchers and practitioners from Minnesota and the Upper Midwest to share their research findings in a variety of transportation-related areas. Concurrent sessions are focused in four categories that match the Center’s research emphasis areas—Transportation Safety and Traffic Flow, Transportation Infrastructure, Transportation and the Economy, and Transportation Planning and the Environment—with a fifth category covering Education and Outreach Issues.
Conference Audience
The conference audience consists of individuals from multiple disciplines and organizations involved in transportation, including policymakers and practitioners from state, regional, and local government; private sector consultants, shippers, carriers, and providers; and faculty, students, and staff from the University of Minnesota and other educational institutions.
Location
The 2008 Research Conference was held at RiverCentre, located in downtown Saint Paul. The RiverCentre Web site provides maps, directions, and parking information.
Previous Research Conferences
News coverage of the annual research conference is available in the CTS Report: