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Seminars
Every year, CTS offers a series of research seminars. The seminars are open to anyone interested in learning more about transportation research at the University of Minnesota. Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and practitioners are encouraged to attend. There is no cost to attend. Each seminar qualifies for one Professional Development Hour (PDH).
For more information, contact Shawn Haag at haag0025@umn.edu or 612-625-5608, or Joe Barbeau at barb0092@umn.edu or 612-626-2862.
Past Seminars
Spring 2013
- February 14: Investigating the Effects of Intelligent Lane Control Signals on Driver Behavior
- February 19: Accessibility Now and in the Future
- February 25: Lab and Field Evaluation of Pavements with FDR Base
Fall 2012
- October 11: 25th Anniversary Seminar and Reception: Reinventing the User Experience in Transportation
- October 18: Transportation Impacts of Transitways: A Case Study of the Hiawatha Line
- October 25: Culvert Pipe Materials and Durability: Making the Right Selection for Minnesota
- November 1: Left-Turning Buses: Driver Task Analysis, Pedestrian Collisions, and Possible Solutions
- November 8: Innovative Parking Pricing
Spring 2012
- February 7: Towards a Low-Temperature Performance Specification for Asphalt Mixtures
- February 15: Signalized Intersection Crossing for the Visually Impaired
- February 21: Costs and Benefits of Living Snow Fences
Fall 2011
- September 15: The Role of Transportation Researchers in Rehabilitation Hospitals to Keep Patients Mobile (ITS)
- September 29: An Observational Study of Pedestrian and Bicycle Crossing Experience in Two Modern Urban Roundabouts (ITS)
- October 6: Exploring Models of Regional Sustainability Planning and Implementation
- October 13: Detection of Road and Bridge Surface Conditions (ITS)
- October 20: Implementing Distance-Based User Fees as a Replacement for the Fuel Tax
- October 27: Development of a Traffic Information and Dissemination System for Work-Zone Environments (ITS)
- November 3: Response Modification for Enhanced Operation and Safety of Bridges
- November 10: Cyclopath: Personalized Routing and Open Collaboration for Bicyclists (ITS)
- December 1: Transportation Safety Issues and Priorities in Minnesota (ITS)
- December 8: Toward Universal Access to Seamless Travel of Indoor and Outdoor Spaces With and Without Vision (ITS)
Spring 2011
- February 22: Advancing Public Interest in Public-Private Partnerships of State Highway Development
- February 23: Requirements for Effective Fuel Economy Displays for Improving Fuel Economy and Safety
- February 23: Cracking Evaluation of Thin Bonded Asphalt Overlays
Fall 2010
- September 9: Intelligent Decision Support Systems Inside the Vehicle: Can They Help Drivers to Make Safer Driving Decisions? (ITS)
- September 16: Simulating Transportation for Realistic Engineering Education and Training
- September 23: A Causal Model of Traffic Crashes and Conflicts (ITS)
- September 30: Economic Impact of Airports and Update of Economic Impact Calculator
- October 7: Vehicular Communications for Cooperative Safety Systems (ITS)
- October 14: Itasca County Area Transportation Study
- October 21: Avoiding the Matrix: How to Build Privacy into Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
- October 28: Performance of Pervious Concrete Pavement in a Cold Weather Climate
- November 4: Camera Networks for Security and Traffic Applications (ITS)
- November 18: Automation Mania in the Time of Reason: Considerations for Complex Transportation Problems (ITS)
- December 2:Visualization and Assessment of Arterial Progression Quality Using High-Resolution Signal Event Data and Probe Vehicle Travel Time Data (ITS)
Spring 2010
- February 4: Impact of Twin Cities Transitways on Regional Labor Market Accessibility: A Transportation Equity Perspective
- February 17: Crack and Concrete Deck Sealant Performance
- February 25: Identifying Methods and Metrics for Evaluating Interagency Coordination in Traffic Incident Management
Fall 2009
- September 10: The Implications of Current and Emerging Privacy Law for ITS (ITS)
- September 17: Value Capture for Transportation Finance
- September 24: Effects of Alcohol on Motorcycle Riding Skills (ITS)
- October 1: Urban Partnership Agreement: Technology and Collaboration in Effective Transportation Policy
- October 8: Relieving Congestion and Saving Energy by Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
- October 15: Evaluating Roadway Subsurface Drainage Practices
- October 22: Ramp Metering for Postponing Freeway Breakdown (ITS)
- October 29: The Economic Impact of Upgrading Roads
- November 5: Should I Drive or Should I Talk? (ITS)
- November 12: Speed and Efficiency in Government Procurement of Transportation-Related Construction Services
- November 19: Non-Intrusive Detection of Driver Drowsiness (ITS)
- December 3: Battery-Less, Wireless Traffic Sensors (ITS)
Spring 2009
- February 3: The Influence of the Built Environment and Residential Self-Selection on Travel Behavior
- February 10: Transportation Funding in Minnesota: Past, Present, and Prospect
- February 11: Responding to the Unexpected: Understanding Travelers' Behavioral Choices in the Wake of the I-35W Bridge Collapse
- February 19: Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) for Prestressed Bridge Girders
- April 29: Recent Advances in Integrated Urban Modeling at the University of Toronto
Fall 2008
- September 9: Evaluation of Platoon-Priority and Advanced Warning Flasher System at High-Speed Signalized Intersections (ITS)
- September 23: Summary of Research Activities at the Center for Sustainable Mobility (ITS)
- September 30: Intelligent Compaction Implementation
- October 7: Solar and Wind Hybrid Electric Generators for Rural ITS Applications
- October 14: Transportation Policy and Technology Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Minnesota
- October 21: Intelligent Transportation Systems and Safety: Innovative Uses of Information Systems to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Emergency Response (ITS)
- October 28: Economic Impacts of Transitways: The Hiawatha Light Rail Line
- November 4: Improving Transit System Performance with the Benefit of Automatic Data Collection Systems (ITS)
- November 11: Arterial Data Acquisition and Network-Wide Travel Time Estimation—Phase II
- November 18: A Predictve Study of Use Impacts on the Denali Park Road (ITS)
- November 25: Rolling Out Measures of Non-Motorized Accessibility: What Can We Now Say?
- December 2: A Perspective on ITS Research at the USDOT (ITS)
Spring 2008
- February 20: The Co-Development of Land Use and Rail in London
- March 4: Incorporation of Fatigue Detail Classification of Steel Bridges into Mn/DOT Database
- March 20: Four-Lane to Three-Lane Conversion Case Study: State Highway Through a Small Town
Fall 2007
- September 18: Truckers and Turnover
- September 25: Bus Signal Priority Based on GPS and Wireless Communications
- October 2: Assessment of Underground Stormwater Management Devices
- October 16: TH 241 Pile Supported Embankment
- November 26: SMART-SIGNAL: Systematic Monitoring of Arterial Road Traffic and Signals
Spring 2007
- February 7: Stopping Behavior at Real-World Stop-Controlled Intersections With and Without In-Lane Rumble Strips
- February 12: MnROAD Lessons Learned
- February 13: The Role of Well-Designed Transportation Projects Enhancing Communities
Fall 2006
- September 11: Water Retention in Soils and Its Implications on Pavement Design
- September 13: Hybrids: Hype or Hope?
- September 18: Cost-Effectiveness of Storm Water Runoff Best Management Practices for Water Quality Enhancement
- September 19: Safety Effect of Left-Turn Phasing Schemes at High-Speed Intersections Guidelines
- November 2: Capacity Expansion in the Twin Cities: The Roads-Transit Balance
- November 8: Exercise Medicine Study for 'Destination Exercise'
- November 17: Stop Sign Gap Assistance for Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems (CICAS)
Spring 2006
- February 8: Analysis of Prestressed Concrete Through-Girder Pedestrian Bridges under Lateral Impact
- February 8: Our Metropolitan Area as a Place: Making an Accessible Region Through Transportation Research
- February 14: Beyond 'Business as Usual': Ensuring the Network We Want Is the Network We Get
- February 21: Use of Miniature, Remotely Operated Aerial Vehicles in Traffic Management and Infrastructure Security Applications
Fall 2005
- September 15: Application of Precast Decks and Other Elements to Bridge Structures
- September 20: Driver Assistive Systems for Rural Applications
- September 21: Access to Destinations
- November 7: GIS Protocols: Measuring the Pedestrian Environment
- November 8: In-vehicle Technology to Correct Teen Driving Behavior: Addressing Patterns of Risk
- November 10: Urbanization of Minnesota's Countryside, 2000 - 2025
- November 15: Minnesota Taconite as a Microwave-Absorbing Road Aggregate Material for Deicing and Pothole Patching Applications
Spring 2005
- February 15: Rheological Characterization of Asphalt Emulsion Residues
- February 17: Development of an Economic Impact Measurement Tool for Small/Medium Size Commercial and Public Use Airports in Minnesota
- February 22: Design and Safety Implications for ATIS Use with Cell Phones
- February 24: Using ITS to Serve Diverse Populations: Car Sharing in the Twin Cities
Fall 2004
Spring 2004
- February 23: Economic and Environmental Impacts of Closing the Minneapolis Upper Harbor
- February 24: Usage Patterns of Diesel and Fuel Oil in Minnesota: Considerations for Using Biodiesel to Reduce Emissions
- February 24: Earth Pressure Behind a Retaining Wall
Fall 2003
Center for Transportation Studies
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511 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-626-1077