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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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
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The Safe System Approach: Considerations for Developing a Multi-Layered System
Offer Grembek
10-11-2019
While the overarching objective of the transportation system is to provide mobility, it should be developed and operated under the framework of a safe system with the aspirational goal to ...Read More
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Transforming an Urban 'Burb: Transportation Innovations in Vancouver, Washington
Anna Dearman
10-4-2019
From Complete Streets policy implementation to stronger community engagement, bus rapid transit expansion to waterfront redevelopment—and so much more!—Vancouver, Washington, is on the move. Directly across the river from Portland, ...Read More
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Our Young People and the Gateway to Opportunity
Jonnie Ling
9-27-2019
The Community Cycling Center has been working with youth through the "Big Jump: Gateway to Opportunity" project. We'll be discussing our exploratory educational model and the ways the project can ...Read More
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The Datafication of Cycling – Effects and Opportunities at the Intersection of Industry and Transport Policy
Shaun Williams
8-16-2019
This seminar will provide a brief overview to Shaun Williams’ "Datafication of Cycling" PhD project. The main aim is to understand how volunteered app data, provided by cyclists, are used ...Read More
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Enhanced Transit Corridors in Portland's Central City
Gabe Graff and Kelly Betteridge
7-26-2019
Over the past two years, the Portland Bureau of Transportation and TriMet have joined forces to identify, design and build capital and operational treatments to help buses move more quickly ...Read More
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Can Ridehailing Deliver Equity? Lessons for New Mobility Planning
Anne Brown
5-31-2019
Modes including ridehailing, bikeshare, and e-scooters offer the potential to revolutionize how people travel. But as cities and agencies work to integrate these new services into the existing transportation landscape, ...Read More
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Making the Seemingly Impossible Project Real through Local Improvement Districts
Andrew H. Aebi
5-17-2019
The planning process identifies community needs but often needs the creative use of financial leverage to make those projects a reality on the ground. Timing is important on Local Improvement ...Read More
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How AV Could Shape Our Cities - Research from the Netherlands
Gonçalo H. A. Correia
5-10-2019
Automated driving has become a hot topic of research in different fields of science. Despite the great advancements in the vehicle technology itself, researchers are now concerned in figuring out ...Read More
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That Bike is Too Heavy: Merging Bicycling Physics, Human Physiology and Travel Behavior
Alexander Y. Bigazzi
5-3-2019
Are the Biketown bikes too heavy? Does better gear motivate people to cycle more? How much faster will someone go on an e-bike?
Although urban cycling is widely known as ...Read More