Transportation conference coming to UAF

September 4, 2018

University Relations

The 2018 Region 10 Transportation Conference will be held at UAF Oct. 12.

The conference, "North to the Future: Emerging Mobility and Safety Issues in the Pacific Northwest," will focus on how to address those topics while improving transportation systems.

UAF's Center for Safety Equity in Transportation and the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium organized the conference. They welcome participation by all interested communities, transportation agencies, companies and research institutions. Registration is free.

Conference sessions will focus on the following topics:

• Connected and autonomous mobility — Innovative research activities that improve mobility.


• Context-sensitive safety — Improving safety in rural and isolated areas.


• The controversy of technology — Differing viewpoints on standards, technology and infrastructure.


• Traffic safety in tribal/Indigenous communities — Ensuring safety strategies and solutions are in proper context.


• Shared mobility — The paradigm shifts of mobility as a service.


• Defining “isolated” in a transportation context — Discussions on how to measure transportation isolation and its societal implications.

For more information, go online to http://cset.uaf.edu/pactrans-conference/.

 

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