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CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION STUDIES STUDIES _no_ce-r's A catalyst, for transportation innovation through research, education. and outreach 22nd Annual Transportation Research Conference May 24 and 25, 2011 St. Paul Crowne Plaza Hotel 11 East Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul, MN 55101 The conference acts as a forum for researchers and practitioners from Minnesota and the Upper Midwest to share their research findings in a variety of transportation -related areas. Concurrent sessions are focused in four categories that match the Center's research emphasis areas —Transportation Safety and Traffic Flow, Transportation Infrastructure, Transportation and the Economy, and Transportation Planning and the Environ- ment —with a fifth category covering Education and Outreach issues. Opening Session: P3s-Public Private Partnerships? Or, Peripatetic Pain in the Pants? • Tuesday, May 24, 8:30am to 10:OOam As state governments struggle to meet growing transportation infrastructure needs, leveraging existing resources through the use of public -private partnerships (P3s) has become increas- ingly attractive. P3s are agreements that allow private companies to take on traditionally pub- lic roles in infrastructure projects while keeping the public sector accountable for a project and the overall service to the public. Adrian Moore, Vice President of Research at the Reason Foundation, will discuss the role P3s might play in Minnesota's transportation future. He will review trends in transportation P3s and what drives them, examine the pros and cons of P3s, describe current innovations and evolutions in P3s and dis- cuss how P3s are being used and what crucial elements help them succeed. Luncheon Presentation: Driven Apart • Tuesday, May 24, 11:45am to 1:30pm Driven Apart offers a new view of the relationship between transportation performance and urban development patterns. The report says compact cities are the real answer to reducing traffic delays and lays out an alternative set of accessibility -based measures of urban transpor- tation performance that provide a better guide to policymakers. Joe Cortright, Economist with Impresa and senior adviser to CEOs for Cities, will share highlights from Driven Apart: How Sprawl is Lengthening Our Commutes and Why Misleading Mobility Measures are Making Things Worse at the conference luncheon. Adrian Moore • Joe Cortright Credit A request for AICP Certification Maintenance credits has been submitted for the opening plenary presenta- tion, luncheon plenary presentation and many other conference sessions. A list of the sessions approved for credit will be posted on the event web Pape when it becomes available. Registration Cost: May 24 and 25: $180 May 24 luncheon presentation, only: $30 Register May 24 (one day): $140 Student (both days): $20 May 25 (one day): $80 Speaker/Moderator: $100 planning minnesota April, 2011 Conference web page 7