| ROUNDTABLE WILL LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LIGHT RAIL AND OTHER TRANSIT CORRIDORS JUNE 15 With the Hiawatha
line reaching its anniversary date and progress being made on other
transit corridors in the Twin Cities, the State
and Local Policy Program at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
and the Center for Transportation
Studies (CTS) at the University of Minnesota, in cooperation with Hennepin
County, invite you to attend a roundtable discussion on the economic and
community impacts of transit corridors.
The roundtable will take place from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday June 15 at
the Humphrey Center. Please
RSVP to Stephanie Jackson at sjackson@cts.umn.edu
or (612) 624-8398 by Monday, June 13. There is no fee to attend this event but
an RSVP is requested.
The event will feature a keynote presentation by University of California,
Berkeley Professor Robert Cervero, a widely known and published authority on
transit evaluation and innovation, and a panel discussion of the different impacts
that can be expected from light rail, commuter rail, and bus rapid transit.
The panel will include University of Maryland Professor Gerrit Knaap, who has
written on the economics and politics of land use planning and the efficacy
of economic development instruments.
The roundtable is part of a greater initiative between Hennepin County and
the University of Minnesota to create a more strategic collaboration between
two large resources. This includes partnering on community-based research,
sharing of academic and practitioner expertise, and providing students
with in-the-field experience. The vision is to make the connection between
Minnesota's premier research institution and largest county more strategic.
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