Catalyst

• What’s behind the transportation workforce shortage—and what should public agencies do about it?

• Research provides recommendations for Minnesota cities and employers to better manage vehicle traffic
• U researchers and Edina snowplow drivers team up to reduce salt in Minnesota’s waters
• Saif Benjaafar awarded prestigious professorship
• Braun/CTS Chair: Research, teaching for a more automated future

• As workplaces reopen, researchers model how commuting may affect COVID spread

• Transit and shared mobility planning in a post-COVID world
• ‘Green alleys’ offer stormwater and public health benefits
• Leaders, students recognized at virtual awards ceremony
• Project that boosts fuel economy of delivery vehicles receives Research Partnership Award
• Save the date: 2021 CTS Transportation Research Conference

• Kyle Shelton named new CTS director

• Smartphone app aims to help drivers switch to more sustainable transportation modes
• Project launches to identify restrooms along bike paths in Minnesota
• Research explores interdependence of urban and rural freight in Minnesota
• A long-term approach to green stormwater infrastructure

• Smartphone app helps pedestrians with visual impairment cross intersections

• Minnesota’s innovative crash reporting system gets a user-centered refresh
• Study recommends less expensive ways to control runoff from low-volume roads
• Autonomous vehicles could eliminate need for roadway stormwater systems

• Catalyst print newsletter goes on hiatus

• Shaping an equitable SAV system for Minnesota
• For municipal fleets, hybrid vehicles may drive savings in urban settings
• Complete Streets redesign yields early benefits for Twin Cities suburb
• Vehicle automation may bring benefits—and challenges—for the transportation disadvantaged
• Submit a presentation idea for the 2021 CTS Research Conference
• CTS virtual awards ceremony set for May 19

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• Transportation inequities and disparities are focus of conference session

• Director’s farewell: Fond memories and exciting opportunities
• Study casts doubt on safety benefits of stop lines at intersections
• Freight industry ends tumultuous year with cautious optimism for 2021
• Factoring short trips into the spread of COVID-19
• U study helps identify and prioritize high-risk pedestrian crossings on reservations