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Item Capturing the built environment-travel interaction for strategic planning: Development of a multimodal travel module for the Regional Strategic Planning Model (RSPM)(Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2018) Wang, Liming; Gregor, Brian; Yang, Huajie; Weidner, Tara; Knudson, AnthonyIntegrated land use and transportation models have evolved along a spectrum from simple sketch planning models to complex microsimulation models. While each has its niche, they are largely unable to balance the flexibility and realism of microsimulation and the speed and interactivity of simple models. The Regional Strategic Planning Model (RSPM) aims to fill this gap by taking a microsimulation approach while making other simplifications in order to model first-order effects quickly. It enables planners to consider the robustness of prospective policies in the face of future uncertainties by accepting a broad range of inputs and allowing rapid simulations of many scenarios. This paper introduces the RSPM and shows how new land use and multimodal transportation sensitivities have been incorporated through the conversion to the new VisionEval open-source framework. Land use and transportation interactions in the RSPM are reviewed, and the development of a new multimodal travel demand module with improved land use sensitivities is highlighted. The use of a unique nationwide dataset combining the 2009 NHTS, EPA’s Smart Location Database, and metropolitan transit and roadway data is explained. The paper concludes with the results of validation and sensitivity tests, and a discussion of future work.Item Environmental Scanning: Evaluation & Recommendations to Management(Minnesota Department of Transportation, 1995-06) Nelson, Barbara L.This report summarizes information about the potential that environmental scanning activities offer the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT). Environmental scanning activities help an organization to anticipate, evaluate, and prepare for situations or conditions that serve as obstacles or opportunities to move toward a future vision. Environmental scanning in its broadest sense includes marketing and strategic planning, as well as identifying emerging issues, setting priorities, monitoring the environment, interpreting information, and alerting management to the need for action. The report highlights some issues for Mn/DOT to consider as it looks at using environmental scanning as a tool and makes specific recommendations for its incorporation.Item Insight in a Quagmire: Leveraging Societal Factors in Transportation Research(Minnesota Department of Transportation, 1995-12) DeCramer, GaryThis paper is a story of a search for research that pays off. There is a common assumption that investment in transportation infrastructure brings economic returns. Sometimes those returns are exaggerated; sometimes those returns are double counted; sometimes those returns do not happen; sometimes society is worse off. There is great interest in justifying public infrastructure expenditures in the name of economic development. This paper explores how can we prevent transportation/economic development research from becoming a mound of exaggerated benefit claims by demonstrating how and why we can keep from relegating societal impacts to a sinking bog. The paper recommends research which tells a more accurate story of the linkage between economic development and transportation investment.Item Interview with Robert Bruininks(University of Minnesota, 1995-05-09) Bruininks, Robert H.; Chambers, Clarke A.Clarke A. Chambers interviews Robert Bruininks, current President of the University and former Dean of the College of Education and Human Development.Item Positioning, Planning and Operation of Emergency Response Resources and Coordination between Jurisdictions(Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2018-02) Xie, Siyang; An, Kun; Ouyang, YanfengRailroad related rail incidents, particularly those involving hazardous material (hazmat), cause severe consequences and pose significant threats to safety, public health and the environment. Rail safety is a huge issue in Midwestern states such as Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. This project aims at strategically positioning and allocating emergency responders and resources in anticipation of potential accidents in a region that may be impacted by rail incidents. Mathematical models and solution techniques are developed to enable systematic analysis of the emergency response system associated with railroad incidents; e.g., to strategically position and allocate emergency responders and resources in anticipation of potential accidents along spatially distributed railroad networks. We consider the added complexity due to vulnerability of the emergency response system itself, such as the risk of disruptions to the transportation network for first-responders (e.g., blockage of railroad crossings). The outcomes from these tasks will provide fundamental understanding, operational guidelines, and practical tools to policy makers (e.g., federal and state agencies) to induce socio-economically favorable system that support safe and efficient railroad industry operations.