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Transforming communities: U research finds that well-designed transportation projects can help entire community
UMNews, March 12, 2009
An interdisciplinary research project conducted by the U's Center for Transportation Studies examines how well-designed transportation projects have the ability to transform communities. More
Transforming Communities with Transportation
University of Minnesota expert alert, March 12, 2009
With nearly $48 billion in federal stimulus money dedicated to transportation, repairing and rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure is a key priority of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. While the goal of the act is to create jobs and improve infrastructure, a recent study titled “Moving Communities Forward” by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) for Congress found that well-designed transportation projects can do much more than that. CTS director Bob Johns, co-principal investigator in the study, explains. Watch video
MCF study cited in call for infrastructure investment
Star Tribune, August 24, 2008
Christine McEntee, the chief executive officer of the American Institute of Architects, cited the Moving Communities Forward study in a column calling for increased investment in U.S. infrastructure.
TRB annual meeting features AIA study
CTS Report, February 2008
Research Study Identifies Keys to Well-Designed Transportation Projects:
Incorporating the Context of the Community Yields Many Benefits (7.5 MB PDF)
The Urban Transportation Monitor, January 25, 2008
Published with permission from The Urban Transportation Monitor, www.urban-transportation-monitor.com.
AIA Study on Design of Transportation Projects
Dexigner, January 21, 2008
Report Identifies Keys to Successful Transportation Projects (PDF)
January 14, 2008
Transportation and Mixed Use
Twin Cities Business, February 2007
CTS to conduct $1 million study for AIA on transportation design and communities
CTS Report, August 2006