July 28-30, 2011
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

We are pleased to announce the inaugural meeting of the World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR) to be held in Whistler, British Columbia, July 28-30, 2011. The conference will bring together academics and practitioners at the intersection of economics, planning, and engineering in the fields of transport and land use.

In addition to presentations based on rigorously peer-reviewed papers, the conference program will include confirmed plenary presentations from:

• Ed Glaeser (Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University), Keynote Address
• Robert Cervero (Professor of City & Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley), Featured Luncheon Speaker
• David Banister (Professor of Transport Studies, Oxford University), Featured Luncheon Speaker

The Call for Papers, seeking original and interdisciplinary research addressing the interaction of transport and land use, is open for submission until December 31, 2010.

With support from contributing partners, the conference is being organized by the Center
for Transportation Studies at the University
of Minnesota under the direction of the Organizing Committee and advisement from the Scientific Committee.