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CTL Lunchtime Lectures: A Distinguished Speaker Series

When: Lunch at 12 Noon; talks begin at 12:30
Where: Mezzanine Lounge of the Stratton Student Center W20-307 (mezzanine) unless otherwise indicated below.

The lectures are free and open to the MIT community.  Complimentary lunch is provided.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Paul




















FALL SEMESTER 2009

Oct 30

Max Donath
Director, Intelligent Transport Systems Institute

"Addressing Patterns of Risk: Driver Assist Technologies for Reducing Road Fatalities"

 

A light lunch will be provided.
Nov 20

Montie Brewer
Former President & CEO of Air Canada

"Five Reasons Why The Airline Industrty Will Never be Profitable" (biography | poster )

A light lunch will be provided.


SPRING SEMESTER 2009

May 8

Craig Philip
CEO, Ingram Barge Company

Freight Transport 30 Years Later

Please note: Refreshments (not lunch) will be served.

April 24

Ann Brach
Deputy Director, Strategic Highway Research Program

Driver Behavior Research in SHRP2

Please note: Refreshments (not lunch) will be served.

April 3

Jim Aloisi
Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation

A System In Crisis

March 20 Andy Wiley-Schwartz
Assistant Commissioner in Planning and Sustainability, NYC Department of Transportation

NYC's World Class Streets Program
 

February 6 Enrique Peñalosa
Former Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia

Urban Happiness: what happens when you give street space back to people?

PLEASE NOTE: This event will be held in W20-491


FALL SEMESTER 2008

December 5 Professor Eduardo Engel
Professor of Economics, Yale University

Public Private Partnerships: When and How (paper | slides)
 
November 21 Dr. Norbert Handke
CEO, ITS Germany

Intelligent Transportation Systems (Europe: ITS Smarter than America) (slides)
 
November 14 Ron Huberman
President, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)

Managing the CTA: A New President's Perspective (slides)
 
November 7 Dr. Fariba Alamdari
VP Market and Value Analysis, Business Strategy and Marketing
Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Outlook on the Global Airline Industry

PLEASE NOTE: This event will be held in W20-407 


SPRING SEMESTER 2008

May 9 Michael Dukakis
Former Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University

Why We Need the Steel Interstate-- and Why the Presidential Candidates Aren't Talking About It

Please Note: The Governor's talk will be held in room 10-110 (Bush Room)
April 18 Ian Savage
Professor, Department of Economics
Northwestern University

The Dynamics of Fare and Frequency Choice in Urban Transit

Please Note: Professor Savage's talk will be held in room W20-407
April 4 Jane Garvey
Former Chief Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
Former Chief Administrator, Federal Highway Administration
Former Director, Logan International Airport

The View from Washington: Policy and Political Issues Shaping Transportation

PLEASE NOTE: This lecture is co-sponsored by the CTL and CEE  Department as part of the annual CEE Open House.
March 14 Randall Crane
Professor and Associate Director, Institute of Transportation Studies
University of California, Los Angeles

Sex, Race, and the Journey to Work: What is Changing and Why?
 
February 29 Bill Brunger
Former Senior Vice President of Network
Continental Airlines

PhD Candidate
Weatherhead School of Business
Case Western Reserve University

The Impact of the Internet on Airline Fares
 


FALL SEMESTER 2007

December 7 Jeffrey M. Zupan
Senior Fellow, Transportation
Regional Plan Association

Where Transit Works
 
November 16 Astrid C. Glynn
Commissioner
New York State Department of Transportation

Developing Transportation Projects: Policy Perspectives
 
October 5 Dr. Yossi Sheffi
Director, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics

CTL Research: Some Highlights
 


SPRING SEMESTER 2007 

May 4 Peter Zuk
Chief Programmes Officer
London Underground
Transport for London

From Here to There, to Here Again
 
April 26 Chris Hendrickson
Duquesne Light Professor of Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

Sustainable Infrastructure

PLEASE NOTE: This lecture will be held on THURSDAY, April 26
April 20 Douglas B. MacDonald
Secretary of Transportation
Washington State Department of Transportation

Getting There. It isn’t Easy.
 
April 6 Bernard Cohen
Secretary of Transportation & Construction
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Current Challenges and the Future of Transportation in Massachusetts

PLEASE NOTE: This lecture is sponsored by the MIT Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering
March 16 Xinyu Cao, PhD
Associate Research Fellow
Small Urban & Rural Transit Center
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
North Dakota State University

Smart Growth as a Strategy for Reducing Auto Dependence:
Evidence from Northern California
 
February 23 David Quarmby, CBE, MA, PhD, HonDSc, FCILT, FRSA
Consultant and Chairman
Transport Research Institute
Napier University
Edinburgh, Scotland

Road Pricing – Now it’s for Real! Key Issues for the UK
 



 

 

 

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