Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/07/2011

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APA Minnesota Brown Bag Lunch Event Access to Destinations Study Presented by Dr. David Levinson When: April 14 - 12:00 noon to 1:30pm Where: University of Minnesota http://wwwl.umn.edu/twincities/maps/MechE/ Room 1130 of the Mechanical Engineering Building About the Access to Destinations Study: Access to Destinations is an interdisciplinary research and outreach effort coordinated by the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minne- sota, with support from sponsors including the Minnesota Department of Trans- portation, Hennepin County, the Metropolitan Council and the McKnight Foundation. The Access to Destinations Study takes a new approach to understanding how people use the transportation system, and how transportation and land use interact. At the heart of this approach is the concept of accessibility: the ability of people to reach the destinations that they need to visit in order to meet their needs. By focusing on accessibility— rather than simple congestion measures — the Access to Destinations Study aims to produce a more complete and meaningful picture of trans- portation and its role in our lives. This presentation will discuss the research and results of this five -year study, along with a newly created online mapping tool to help those who make transportation and land -use decisions in the Twin Cities region capture variations in accessibility to different types of destinations for travelers who drive, bike, walk, or use transit. To learn more about accessibility and its role in the Access to Destinations Study, visit www.cts.umn.edu /access- study. planning minnesota March, 2011 About Dr. David Levinson: David Levinson's current research focuses on understanding the process of network growth, evaluating transportation technology and policy and modeling travel behavior. He teaches courses in Transportation Policy, Planning, and Deployment, Transportation Systems Analysis, Transporta- tion and Land Use, Transportation Economics and Transportation Engineer- ing. He is the director of the Nexus research group, exploring issues related to networks, economics and urban systems, and is a co- leader of the inter- disciplinary Access to Destinations Study. Levinson earned a Ph.D. in Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley in 1998. His dissertation, "On Whom the Toll Falls," focuses on local decision making for the financing and management of roads. Before joining the University of Minnesota, he worked as a transportation planner, developing integrated transportation/land -use models used in Montgomery County, Maryland. He was awarded the 1995 Tiebout Prize in Regional Science. Attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch to this event. Please RSVP to Matthew Parent at matthew.parent(a�co.anoka.mn.us by Tuesday, April 12 11