{"626568":{"#nid":"626568","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tinsley and Dong Present Posters at Georgia Transportation Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESarah Tinsley, a fourth-year student in economics and Xiaoyu Dong, a graduate student in economics, presented\u0026nbsp;posters at the 7th Annual Research Expo organized by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and the Georgia Transportation Institute (GTI) on September 13, 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe presentations by Tinsley and Dong highlighted research being done in the School of Economics and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts to benefit Georgia communities. They also were remarkable in that most Georgia Tech students who have participated in similar GDOT transportation research expos have been engineering students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETinsley and Dong are research assistants for\u0026nbsp;Shatakshee Dhongde,\u0026nbsp;an associate professor in the School of Economics who is working on two projects with GDOT.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETinsley presented a poster entitled \u003Cem\u003EEconomic Impact of Bicycling in Georgia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Epart of\u0026nbsp;the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2019\/5\/georgia-tech-professor-conducting-economic-impact-study-state-bicycling-sector\/622058\u0022\u003E first-ever report\u003C\/a\u003E on the economic impact of bicycling on economic development\u0026nbsp;in Georgia.\u0026nbsp;Dong\u0026#39;s poster was entitled\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEconomic Impact Analysis of Georgia\u0026#39;s Rural and Small Transit Systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EDhongde and Laurie A.\u0026nbsp;Garrow, a professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, co-lead that project.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo School of Economics students presented posters at a Georgia transportation expo, an event more typically associated with engineering students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two School of Economics students presented posters at a Georgia transportation expo."}],"uid":"34791","created_gmt":"2019-09-23 15:47:45","changed_gmt":"2019-09-23 15:47:45","author":"rmeyden3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"626494":{"id":"626494","type":"image","title":"Sarah Tinsley and Xiaoyu Dong","body":null,"created":"1568993572","gmt_created":"2019-09-20 15:32:52","changed":"1568993572","gmt_changed":"2019-09-20 15:32:52","alt":"","file":{"fid":"238529","name":"News\u0026Events Main Images (24).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/News%26Events%20Main%20Images%20%2824%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/News%26Events%20Main%20Images%20%2824%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":156538,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/News%26Events%20Main%20Images%20%2824%29.png?itok=R6T2mkEa"}}},"media_ids":["626494"],"groups":[{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167037","name":"school of economics"},{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"19101","name":"GDOT"},{"id":"168","name":"Transportation"},{"id":"13848","name":"Bicycling"},{"id":"182374","name":"rural transit"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERachel van der Meyden\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarketing \u0026amp; Event Coordinator\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Economics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rachel.vandermeyden@econ.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}