Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 12:00–1:30 pm, Virtual
This webinar will explore the use of autonomous technology to support worker safety in transportation maintenance operations. Presentations will highlight:
Continue reading Webinar: Autonomous Technology in Transportation Maintenance OperationsTuesday, April 30, 2024
1:00–2:30 p.m. Central
This webinar will feature two presentations focused on enhancing public transit in rural communities.
Tom Fisher will describe how researchers at the U’s Minnesota Design Center worked with the leadership of Wabasha, Minnesota, to evaluate how the city could leverage its underutilized transportation assets and its underemployed transportation personnel as a community based, on-demand transit system. As part of this effort, Fisher’s team looked at how people are finding transportation through informal and social media channels, explored how the city could support and enhance that activity, and identified the regulatory and risk barriers to fully using the transportation assets that exist in small, rural communities.
Elliott McFadden will highlight MnDOT’s Mobility as a Service (MaaS) project, with a focus on how the agency is bringing MaaS technology to rural public transit agencies and their riders.
The webinar, held in conjunction with a CTS Transportation Planning and the Economy Council meeting, is part of CTS’s Rural Needs, Statewide Answers: Improving Transportation for All thematic focus in 2024.
This webinar is free to attend, but registration is required. Once you have registered, you will receive an email confirmation with a Zoom link. The link should not be shared with others; it is unique to you.
If you’re unable to join us for the live broadcast, a recording will be available on the CTS website after the event.
Attendees are eligible for Professional Development Hours (PDHs) and American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification maintenance credits.
Mark your calendar for our annual conference! The 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.
Continue reading 2024 CTS Transportation Research ConferenceReprinted from CTS News; March 5, 2024
—Pam Snopl, CTS senior editor
The fuel tax is the backbone of our roadway funding system, but its ability to generate revenue is under pressure: more vehicles are using less fuel—or no fuel at all. In response, many states are turning to alternative revenue mechanisms to help bridge the funding gap.
Continue reading States Explore Fee Alternatives to Fund Roadway InfrastructureMnDOT’s Office of Livability developed the Livability Framework to help guide planning, programming, and project development processes. It is being piloted in MnDOT Metro District. The outcomes should result in more people focused outcomes for the plans, programs and projects in the District. The Livability Initiative wants each of the Livability Pillars of the Livability Framework to be thoroughly considered and evaluated when planners, project managers, and others make decisions about transportation policies, programs, and/or projects.
Continue reading Measuring the Livability FrameworkTuesday, April 16, 2024
10:30 a.m.–noon Central
This interactive webinar, presented by the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation (CHAI) in partnership with the Center for Transportation Studies (CTS), will explore the topic of transportation and aging, with special attention to the challenges and opportunities in rural areas. The event will feature a presentation by Lisa D’Ambrosio and a discussion including three panelists of diverse professional backgrounds from Minnesota who will share their experiences and recommendations regarding transportation for older adults in rural areas.
Continue reading Webinar: Transportation and Aging—Opportunities and Challenges in Rural CommunitiesClear Roads has published the results of their ninth Annual Survey of State Winter Maintenance Data, which compiles winter resources, material and cost data from 41 states for the 2022-2023 winter season. The spreadsheet includes all submitted data, as well as calculated statistics, winter severity index data, and a United States map that displays many of these metrics. The spreadsheet also includes data from the previous seven surveys (winters 2014-2015 through 2021-2022) and displays averages and changes across winter periods.
Sophie Koch, CTS News, February 22, 2024
A long-running series of U of M research projects aimed at improving stormwater quality are beginning to see practical application by stormwater specialists from the Twin Cities metro area and beyond.
Continue reading Stormwater Research Sees Practical Application in Twin Cities Metro, St. CloudWebinar materials and a new FAQ about the Mobility, Access, and Transportation Insecurity (MATI) Program RFP process are now available on the MATI website.
Continue reading MATI Program RFP Webinar Materials, FAQ Now AvailableWhen a motorist ignores an extended school bus stop arm, it creates a direct and serious risk to children boarding and exiting a school bus. Capturing information about such incidents is a critical step in better understanding why they occur and how they can be prevented.
Continue reading New Project: Development of a System to Report School Bus Stop Arm Violations
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