2013 November TransTalk

On November 15th, Therese Polum from SRF was the guest speaker for our second TransTalk of the semester. Mrs. Polum discussed a current project of implementing variable message boards along the I494 corridor in the Twin Cities, as well as expansion to use shoulders as lanes along the congested corridor. Mrs. Polum also talked about …

2013 September TransTalk

On September 27th, Brian Lamb, General Manager of Metro Transit was the guest speaker for the first TransTalk of the academic year. Mr. Lamb provided an overview of the current state of Metro Transit, with some details on the upcoming Green Line.   

2013 April TransTalk

On April 5th, Paul Morris, an Associate with SRF Consulting Group in Minneapolis was the guest speaker and the subject was “I-35W North Managed Lanes Corridor Study”.  Paul introduced about the development of traffic forecasts for managed lane alternatives, including high-occupancy vehicle and single-occupant vehicle use, and revenue estimation.  He also talked about his contribution …

2013 March Trans Talk

On March 1st, Sam O’Connell and Sophia Ginis gave a speech on the progress of the Southwest LRT project.  Southwest LRT run between Eden Prairie and downtown Minneapolis, as well as connect near Target Field with the Hiawatha (Blue Line), Central Corridor (Green Line) LRT routes and the Northstar commuter rail line. They discussed the …

2013 February Trans Talk

On Feb.1, Scott Petersen, a Professional Engineer that has worked in SRF’s ITS group for the past eight years, presented information about two very different projects. The first one is about how SRF conducting the full system engineering process to help North Dakota DOT close the road south of the City of Devils Lake when …