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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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
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Bus-Bike Designs for the Division Transit Project
Derek Abe and Jesse Stemmier
4-3-2020
This seminar is brought to you by the Oregon chapter of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP), with support from TREC at Portland State.
Transit ...Read More
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The Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project
Fiona Cundy and Patrick Sweeney
2-28-2020
The Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project is an expansion of the MAX light rail system into Southwest Portland, Tigard and Tualatin. Not only will the project add 11 miles of ...Read More
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E-Grocery Home Delivery and the Freight & Travel Demands of Multifamily Dwellings
Katherine Keeling and Gabby Abou-Zeid
2-14-2020
Double Feature: E-Grocery Home Delivery and the Freight & Travel Demands of Multifamily Dwellings
E-Grocery Home Delivery Impacts on Food Access and Equity
The adoption of e-grocery home delivery (HD) ...Read More
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Bicycling Toward Equity: Opportunities, Barriers, and Policies for Vulnerable Groups
Jennifer Dill, John MacArthur, and Nathan McNeil
1-17-2020
This seminar includes two presentations: Bicycling and Bikeshare Among Women of Color in Three U.S. Cities: Barriers and Opportunities, by Jennifer Dill and Adaptive Bikeshare: Expanding Bikeshare to People with ...Read More
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Exploring the Transportation and Land Use Impacts of E-Commerce
Amanda Howell
12-6-2019
E-commerce is growing—it is estimated that e-commerce sales now account for more than 10% of total retail sales in the U.S. The continued maturation of the e-commerce market is fueling ...Read More
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Building Healthy Communities Through Seattle's Growth Policy
Dongho Chang
11-22-2019
Seattle is experiencing transformational changes with record-breaking population growth among large scale urban renewal and redevelopment. These changes are occurring in a constrained transportation system that is being reconfigured to ...Read More
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From Confrontation to Partnership: City Regulation of Micromobility
William Henderson
11-15-2019
It has been more than two years since shared scooters first appeared in Santa Monica, California and more than four years since the first dockless bikeshare bikes appeared in China. ...Read More
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PDX Next: Redesigning Portland International Airport
Mike Coleman and Sean Loughran
11-8-2019
If you like PDX now, wait till you see PDX Next. We’re outgrowing our current digs. In the coming years, we expect our annual passengers to jump from 20 million ...Read More
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Next Steps for Portland’s Neighborhood Greenways
Scott Cohen
11-1-2019
Portland's neighborhood greenways are a key component of the city's transportation system and future. Join PBOT's new neighborhood greenway coordinator to learn how this facility type developed, near-term plans for ...Read More
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Congestion Pricing Efficiency and Equity
Michael Manville
10-25-2019
Congestion pricing is effective, and efficient, but is it fair? One of the biggest concerns surrounding dynamic road charges is that they will harm low-income people. This seminar examines the ...Read More
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Walking Research and Opportunities from the National Cancer Institute
David Berrigan
10-18-2019
Lack of physical activity is well established as a modifiable risk factor for cancer at multiple sites. Because walking (and rolling) are among the most common forms of physical activity ...Read More