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CALL FOR PAPERS Access to Destinations 2 August 23 and 24, 2007 University of Minnesota In November 2004, the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota hosted Access to Destinations, a conference featuring over 25 invited papers and 75 attendees. The international conference resulted in a set of proceedings and a book containing select papers; information is available at: http://www.cts.umn.edu/access-study/publications/ Building on the success of the 2004 conference, the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota is sponsoring a follow-up two-day conference with a similar theme: "Access to Destinations." Issues that this conference seeks to address include: -The relationship between transportation services, the location of activities, and the ability of individuals to access destinations including work, education, medical care, shopping and recreation. -The factors influencing the location decisions of households and organizations and investment and service provision decisions of public agencies and private firms. -The effectiveness of policies, including land development strategies, zoning, and neighborhood designs in affecting accessibility. This two-day conference is scheduled for August 23 and 24, 2007, on the University of Minnesota campus. It will feature a half-day of presentations and discussions open to a select public, followed by a day-and-a-half of presentations and discussions with approximately 75 invited-only participants and researchers. The meeting will be launched by commissioned papers from select international researchers addressing various issues related to accessibility, land use, and transportation. These leading researchers will also serve as rapporteurs to vet papers received from this call. Additional manuscripts are being solicited through this call for abstracts to be presented during the invited-only sessions. == Submission == Researchers with an interest in accessibility are invited to submit abstracts for consideration. Accessibility is traditionally defined as the ease with which destinations (customers, suppliers, activities) can be reached, but this can be operationalized in many ways: for different travelers, to different destinations, using different means of travel, and incorporating different measures of travel quality. Papers breaking new ground or illustrating the state of art in applications and empirical research, theoretical, or methodological aspects of accessibility research are particularly welcome. The organizers strongly encourage multi-disciplinary approaches. Abstracts (approximately 1,000 words) are due February 7, 2007 to David Levinson: [log in to unmask] . Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper of approximately 5,000 - 7,500 words. The paper will be due in electronic format by June 1, 2007, which would be distributed to other conference presenters as well as participants. The 2004 Access to Destinations Conference resulted in a peer- reviewed book published by Elsevier showcasing several works from the meeting. We again anticipate publication of selected articles from this conference in a bound volume or journal special issue. Limited funds are available to reimburse expenses of some presenters; please submit this request with your abstract. Regards, David Levinson and Kevin J. Krizek