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Item Connecting and Restoring Ramsey(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2017) Baehm, Dani; Handmaker, Orli; Kieser, Nick; Kreiter, Emily; McNiel, Dan; Shavit-Lonstein, NoahThis project was completed as part of the 2017-2018 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Ramsey. Ramsey is fortunate to have several public parks for residents to use, but not all residents have the same level of access to these parks. Students in Dr. Mae Davenport’s Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy course identified key principles to guide sustainable land use planning (community connectivity, ecological connectivity, and equity and accessibility), and reported results from a pilot survey administered to Ramsey residents regarding their perceptions of natural areas in Ramsey, and their access to and use of parks and open space in the community. Based on these preliminary results, students made recommendations and an action plan for how to best move forward with park and trail planning. A final report and presentation are available.Item Planning for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2019) Chao, Lynda; McNiel, Dan; Mohler, Elliot; Hase-Raney, Isaac; Corder, Ian; Leys, Kathryn; Molinari, Eric; Schneider, Ben; Del Rosario, Ari; Houser, Emily; Simmons, Koehl; Steinhoff, Forrest; Engstrom, Shannon; Haney, Patrick; Nowak, Jacqueline; Want, YuyanThese projects were completed as part of a year-long partnership between Scott County and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). The goal of the project was to research and plan for how several key sites in the county could be adapted and re-envisioned to accommodate connected and autonomous vehicles. Students in Dr. Fernando Burga’s Land Use Planning class worked with Scott County Traffic Engineer Mark Callahan to research the role of connected and autonomous vehicles in: impacting pedestrian safety, creating suburban and rural transportation hubs, master planning for an urban village, and restructuring freight and ports. Each team of students created a series of research posters that use visuals to introduce the problem, explore precedent and case studies, examine policy solutions, and provide design renderings and recommendations. Research posters from each site are available.