2025 CTS Transportation Research Conference

About the Event

This annual event convenes researchers and practitioners from Minnesota and the Upper Midwest to highlight 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 and panel discussion exploring the evolution of e-commerce and its implications for transportation planning and infrastructure design, featuring Alison Conway with The City College of New York. Read coverage of the presentation or watch the recording.
• An afternoon keynote from Robert Hampshire, executive director of the University of Minnesota's newly established Research Development Office. He discussed how the nexus of research, innovation, and implementation in academia, agency, and the private sector can transform transportation. Read coverage of the presentation or watch the recording.
• Twelve concurrent sessions exploring local and long-haul freight perspectives, freight stakeholder engagement, equitable planning, roadside pollinator habitat, and more.

Check out the conference program for complete session information.

Sponsor

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