The seminars are supported by the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC).
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Economic Impacts of Street Improvements: Findings from Portland Area
Jennifer Dill and Jenny H. Liu
11-5-2021
The Active Transportation Return on Investment (ATROI) study aimed to provide a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the economic benefits of active transportation infrastructure in the Portland, ...Read More
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Pedestrian Safety and Social Equity in Oregon
Josh Roll and Nathan McNeil
10-29-2021
Past research and planning has highlighted the existence of pedestrian injury disparities throughout the US and some local agencies have performed cursory analysis in Oregon. However, no statewide analysis of ...Read More
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Transportation Planning in Tribal Communities: From Plan Development to Implementation
Cole Grisham
10-22-2021
Existing studies surveying transportation planners in Tribal communities have recognized two challenges: (1) that existing planning analysis tools do not always align with Tribal community context and needs, and (2) ...Read More
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Retention of a Diverse Construction Workforce
Maura Kelly
10-15-2021
Having a strong pipeline of workers will be critical for ongoing efforts to improve transportation infrastructure, such as roads, highways, and bridges. This talk first provides an overview of the ...Read More
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An Assessment of Bicycle Detection Confirmation and Countdown Devices
Christopher Monsere, Sirisha Kothuri, and David S. Hurwitz
10-8-2021
For a person on a bicycle at intersections, trail crossings, or midblock locations that are signalized, knowing that they have been detected and how long they must wait to receive ...Read More
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Turning Streets Into Housing
Adam Millard-Bell
10-1-2021
Wide residential streets in US cities are both a contributor to homelessness and a potential strategy to provide more affordable housing. In residential neighborhoods, subdivision ordinances typically set binding standards ...Read More
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Transportation and Gentrification: Impacts on Low-income Black Households in Portland
Steven Howland
5-7-2021
Portland’s Black population has been heavily impacted by gentrification in the historic Albina community. Nearly half of Portland’s Black population lives in the area east of 82nd Ave, known as ...Read More
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Oregon Walks Pedestrian Crash Report: Causes, Effects, and Recommendations
Ashton Simpson, Scott Kocher, and Brandon Summers
4-23-2021
Perhaps you’ve seen a public meeting about pedestrian safety (or infrastructure projects) deteriorate into speculation about texting pedestrians or drunk drivers. What do the data say? The Oregon Walks Pedestrian ...Read More
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Evaluation of a Transportation Incentive Program for Affordable Housing Residents
Roshin Kurian, Huijun Tan, Nathan McNeil, and John MacArthur
4-16-2021
This seminar presents the results from the Transportation Wallet for Residents of Affordable Housing (TWRAH) pilot program launched by the City of Portland’s Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). The program provided ...Read More
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Racial Bias in Driver Yielding Behavior at Crosswalks
Kimberly Kahn, Peter Koonce, and George Stern
4-2-2021
This seminar discusses how pedestrian race and gender can influence drivers’ behavior in interactions with pedestrians at crosswalks. Three speakers will present different lenses to look at this topic. Kimberly ...Read More
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Forging Equity in Cities: Using Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD) as a Blueprint for Policy and Practice
Roberto Requejo
3-5-2021
Racial equity, wealth building, public health and climate resilience goals are only possible through cross sectional engagement that includes city, state, and regional governments, community-based organizations, and private sector partners. ...Read More
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Multnomah County REACH Transportation Crash and Safety Report: At the Intersection of Transportation, Health, Race and Justice
Tameka Brazile, Brendon Haggerty, and Charlene McGee
2-26-2021
This seminar will discuss how transportation agencies are in a unique position to reduce health disparities in the African American, African Immigrant & Refugee communities through sustainable policy, systems, and ...Read More
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Winning the Fight for Better Bus Service
Steven Higashide
12-4-2020
The "right to the city" depends on the right to access the city, and U.S. regions are marked by profoundly unequal access. One of the clearest manifestations of this is ...Read More
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Racial Disparities in Traffic Enforcement
Mike Dolan Fliss
11-20-2020
Law enforcement traffic stops are one of the most common entryways to the US justice system, with significant downstream impacts for both individuals and communities. Group-specific rates are typically based ...Read More
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Curating Equitable Transportation
Nikotris Perkins
11-13-2020
Getting people and goods from here to there is central to the ways we live, work, and play in the United States. The transportation networks we create as planners, engineers, ...Read More
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At the Intersection of Safety + Race + Transportation
Charlene McGee
11-6-2020
Transportation policies at the local, regional, state and national levels have a direct impact on urban land use and development patterns. Transportation intersects with multiple areas including public health, education, ...Read More
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Case Studies of Travel Demand Analysis on Transport Disadvantaged Communities
Tierra Bills
10-30-2020
Travel Demand Models are the backbone of decision-making for public transportation infrastructure investment. Yet, critiques of these models with respect to their usefulness and performance for transport disadvantage communities are ...Read More
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Tribal Mobility, Accessibility and Social Equity
Margo Hill
10-23-2020
Eastern Washington University's Small Urban, Rural & Tribal Center on Mobility (SURTCOM) focuses on the mobility needs and challenges faced by tribal communities. In this presentation, SURTCOM Associate ...Read More
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Dignity Infused Community Engagement in Los Angeles
Caro Vera and Kevin Ocubillo
10-16-2020
In 2019, the LADOT Vision Zero Division launched the Vision Zero Dignity Infused Community Engagement (VZ DICE) strategy with the intent to transform the way the City engages with local ...Read More
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Biking While Black: How Planning Contributes to Unjust Policing
Jesus Barajas
10-9-2020
Neighborhoods of color tend to be the most dangerous places for cyclists and other road users, a result in part of historic disinvestment and failure to provide basic infrastructure. Safety ...Read More
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Understanding Technology-Based Exclusion in Emerging Smart Mobility Systems
John MacArthur and Aaron Golub
5-22-2020
As transit agencies modernize their fare payment systems, opportunities to pay with cash are reduced. This speeds boarding and lowers the cost of operations while also creating new sources of ...Read More
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Safe Speeds Save Lives: How Portland is Managing Speeds for Safety
Matt Kelly
5-15-2020
Speed is a key factor in how people experience Portland’s streets. Appropriate speeds help prevent crashes, reduce the harmful consequences of crashes, and can help streets become more comfortable and ...Read More
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Creating And Using A Publicly Available Multimodal Transportation Data Archive
Tammy Lee and Kristin A. Tufte
5-8-2020
PORTAL provides a centralized, electronic database that facilitates the collection, archiving, and sharing of data and information for public agencies within the region. The data stored in PORTAL includes 20-second ...Read More
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A No-Crash Course in Vision Zero Data
Anamaria Perez
4-24-2020
Vision Zero was adopted unanimously by Portland City Council in 2015 with the goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries on Portland streets in a way that is equitable, ...Read More
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Moving Toward Equitable Transit-Oriented Developments by Integrating Transit and Housing
Hongwei Dong
4-10-2020
Prior studies show that transit-oriented developments (TODs) increase property values and raise property tax revenue. Property owners reap economic benefit from TODs and public officials use it as evidence to ...Read More