Prelims

Access to Destinations

Edited by

David M. Levinson

University of Minnesota, USA

and

Kevin J. Krizek

University of Minnesota, USA

United Kingdom – North America – Japan

India – Malaysia – China

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1WA, UK

First edition 2005

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ISBN: 978-0-08-046055-0

This book is dedicated to our children.

This book would not have been possible without the initiative of the Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) at the University of Minnesota, who took the lead in planning and hosting an interdisciplinary conference in November 2004. The conference itself was funded by the University of Minnesota President’s 21st Century Interdisciplinary Conference Series, with matching funds provided by CTS. Robert Johns, Gina Baas, and Stephanie Jackson at CTS and Teresa Washington of the College of Continuing Education were essential in organizing the conference. Representatives from several other organizations participated in planning the conference, including the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (Tom Scott), Hennepin County (Gary Erickson), the Metropolitan Council (Connie Kozlak) and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Abigail McKenzie). We would like to thank the army of almost 50 peer reviewers on whom we relied for detailed feedback on the scholarly contributions of the work presented herein. In addition, the chapter authors were responsive in addressing such comments and further improving their work. Donna Kern assisted with administrative matters related to the stringent review process. Most importantly, however, we would like to thank Peter Nelson at CTS for his diligent copy-editing and layout skills. Robert Johns, the director of CTS, was unwavering in his support of this book project throughout.