2024 CTS Transportation Research Conference

About the Event

This annual event convenes researchers and practitioners from Minnesota and the Upper Midwest to highlight new learning, emerging ideas, and the latest innovations in transportation. Attendees learn about research findings, implementation efforts, and engagement activities related to a variety of transportation topics.

Program Highlights

• An opening keynote presentation from Natalie Villwock-Witte, an assistant research professor and research engineer with the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University, who explored common transportation challenges in rural areas and shared recommendations for addressing them. Read coverage of the presentation or watch the archived recording.
• An afternoon keynote from Anne Goodchild, founding director of the Urban Freight Lab at the University of Washington, focused on innovation and experimentation in urban freight. Read coverage of the presentation or watch the archived recording.
• Twelve concurrent sessions exploring rural opportunities and infrastructure, the future of urban freight, transportation equity, shared mobility, workforce development, safety, and more. 

View a complete list of sessions and speakers. 

Sponsor

The conference was sponsored by the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota.