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Events, Lectures + Exhibitions: Michael J. Shiffer, Ph.D.
September 23 and 24, 2003: Design Center Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Michael J. Shiffer, Ph.D. [PLEASE NOTE THAT DR. SCHIFFER'S VISIT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED ONE DAY LATER TO 9/23-9/24]
Shiffer is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Vice President for Planning and Development at the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). He is responsible for a staff of over 90 planners, architects, engineers and other transit professionals. He teaches courses in planning analysis technologies and urban transportation planning. Before returning to his native Chicago in 2000, Shiffer served for nine years on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he was principal research scientist and a lecturer in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
University of Illinois at Chicago, Michael J. Shiffer bioLecture: Tuesday, September 23, 5:30-7:00 p.m. in Rapson Hall Auditorium,
room 100 [PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED ONE DAY
LATER TO TUESDAY 9/23.]
"Visualizing the Future of Mass Transit"
Transit in Chicago has moved from a period of decline to a period
of substantial growth. Much of this growth is being directed and managed
with the help of spatial information technologies such as multimedia
and GIS. This highly animated talk will graphically illustrate how new
analysis tools developed in the academic environment are being put to
work in the professional environment to affect substantial change. It
will also illustrate "where we've been" and "where we're
going" with our capacity to link dynamic visual images, sound, and
text to maps in order to provide rich descriptions of our communities
for policy makers.
Seminar: Tuesday, September 23, 12:00-1:30p.m. in room 225 Rapson
Hall. Feel free to bring a bag lunch.
"The Evolution of Urban Mass Transit: What's old is new again!"
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1 Ralph Rapson Hall, 89 Church Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, |