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MPC |
| Title: | North Front Range Transportation Research Internships |
| Principal Investigators: | Richard M. Gutkowski and Neil S. Grigg |
| University: | Colorado State University |
| Status: | Completed |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Project #: | MPC-195 |
Colorado State University and the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council (NFRT & AQPC) (hereafter "the Council") determine externally funded research projects that will benefit from the participation of student research interns from CSU. An annual process of identification and placement of interested, qualified student interns into active research activities in these projects and reporting of the progress and outcomes of the projects is described.
The NFRT & AQPC is the Metropolitan Planning Organization for an area comprised of Fort Collins, Loveland and Greeley in northern Colorado and the municipalities around and between these communities. In 1994 the NFRT & AQPC adopted the 2105 Regional Transportation Plan. Because the North Front Range is a dynamic area of rapidly growing population, the Council continually updates and refines the regional transportation needs and has an extended time horizon to the year 2020. Hence, the plan has been renamed as the North Front Range 2020 Regional Transportation Plan.
The Council and local and county government transportation agencies have established and conducted an exhaustive, detailed project identification and prioritizing process consistent with the statewide planning process conducted via the Colorado Department of Transportation. This MPC project utilizes the outcomes of this regional planning and subsequent state, county and locally funded projects as the base for establishing student intern needs and matching the student to them based on interests and qualifications. The involved transportation agencies and industry firms contracted by the agencies provide dollar resources for the paid internships and pertinent support budget related to the intern's duties.
