For your information.
Kitty
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> Ninth Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning Methods
> Radisson Hotel and Conference Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
> April 6 - 11, 2003
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> The TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning Methods
>provides
> transportation planners a forum for the exchange on innovative and
>contemporary ideas,
> methodologies, and experiences. The Ninth Conference is sponsored by The
>Transportation
> Planning Applications Committee (A1C07) of the Transportation Research
Board
>and the
> Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. The goal of the
>sponsors is to
> provide an outlet for new techniques and methods without the time lag
>associated traditional
> journals and conferences. This program emphasizes practical, innovative,
and
>timely technical
> and policy approaches to transportation planning.
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>The conference will feature practical approaches to topics such as:
>Innovations and "lessons learned"
>Data issues
>Environmental justice and streamlining
>Public Involvement
>Funding Options
>Planning for smart growth
>Using new technologies (GIS, GPS, Web)
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>A Call for Papers may be found on the TRB conference website (
>and the preliminary program for the conference may be found at
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Kitty Hancock
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
216 Marston Hall
Amherst MA 01003
(413) 545-0228
(413) 545-9569 fax