Listen "Paving a Low-Carbon Future: Transportation & Climate Policy in Minnesota"
Episode Synopsis
Ellen chats with the friendly folks of Minnesota about the state’s greenhouse gas regulations that are just starting to have an effect on transportation projects across the state. Her guests are: Jonathan Ehrlich, Senior Manager of Transportation Research with the Metropolitan Council, the MPO for the Twin Cities region; Stephanie Halford, Executive Director of the MPO in Grand Forks, ND, which is a bi-state MPO in both MN and North Dakota; and Chris Berrens, GHG Impact Assessment Director with Minnesota DOT.The podcast mentions Colorado’s GHG law, which predates Minnesota’s by a couple of years.Learn more about ActivitySim, the open-source, activity-based model that the Met Council is moving toward. For even more about travel demand modeling, register for AMPO’s June 5 webinar on the topic.
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