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Webinar: Meeting & Exceeding Mobility User Expectations with Real-Time Transit Information
Sean J. Barbeau and Derek Fretheim
8-9-2018
Every day transit riders ask the same question: when’s the next one coming? To answer this question, transit agencies are transitioning to providing real-time transit information through smartphones or displayed ...Read More
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Webinar: Firsthand Data Collection: Students Get Behind the Wheel of Vehicle Dynamics
Roger Lindgren and Jordan Preston
6-11-2018
Vehicle operating dynamics data have a fundamental impact on the design of roadways, but collecting this type of data is not part of your typical college curriculum. Instead, engineering students ...Read More
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Webinar: Tools and Techniques for Teaching Collaborative Regional Planning and Enhancing Livability and Sustainable Transportation in Gateway & Natural Amenity Regions
Danya Rumore
4-26-2018
Small towns and cities outside of national parks and other major natural amenities throughout the western United States are becoming increasingly popular places to visit and live. As a result, ...Read More
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Webinar: BikePed Portal - National Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Archive
Hau Hagedorn and Sirisha Kothuri
3-7-2018
This project builds on the success of NITC’s first Pooled Fund project that created the first national bicycle and pedestrian traffic count archive, named ...Read More
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Webinar: Pooled Fund Grant 2018 - Tackling Transportation Together
Eva-Maria Muecke
2-28-2018
Information session on the Pooled Fund Research Grant
One champion identifies a problem that is common to other agencies, cities, or MPOs and then recruits other partners who are willing ...Read More
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Webinar: An Accessible Approach to Shared Streets
Jim Elliott, Janet Barlow, and Dan Goodman
1-25-2018
In October 2017 the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) unveiled a groundbreaking new resource on planning and designing shared streets to accommodate people with vision disabilities. The first report of its ...Read More
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Webinar: Transportation Benefits of Parking Cash-Out, Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits, and Parking Surtaxes
Allen Greenberg, James Choe, Sonika Sethi, and Colleen Stoll
10-30-2017
The vast majority of employers provide their employees free parking at work, which encourages employees to drive alone. Multiple strategies exist to level the playing field between travel modes and ...Read More
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Webinar: Racial Bias in Driver Yielding Behavior at Crosswalks
Kimberly Barsamian Kahn
10-26-2017
This webinar discusses research exploring how social identity factors (race and gender) influence drivers’ behavior in interactions with pedestrians at crosswalks. One dangerous potential point of conflict for pedestrians within ...Read More
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Webinar: The Effects of Demand-Responsive Parking on Transit Usage and Congestion: Evidence from SFpark
Nicole Ngo
9-26-2017
Parking is a serious issue in many urban areas, especially those experiencing rapid population growth. To address this problem, some cities have implemented demand-responsive pricing programs, where parking prices vary ...Read More
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Webinar: Breaking Barriers to Bike Share: Insights on Equity
Nathan McNeil, Jennifer Dill, and John MacArthur
8-22-2017
While the number of public bike share systems in the United States grew considerably in recent years, early evidence indicated that many systems were not serving the diverse populations of ...Read More
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Webinar: Land Use Mix and Pedestrian Travel Behavior: Advancements in Conceptualization and Measurement
Steven R. Gehrke
7-25-2017
Smart growth policies have often emphasized the importance of land use mix as an intervention beholding of lasting urban planning and public health benefits. Past transportation-land use research has identified ...Read More
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Webinar: Developing Practical Dynamic Evaluation Methods for Transportation Structures
Charles Riley
5-25-2017
Deteriorating transportation infrastructure is constantly in the news. Government agencies at all levels are pursuing methods to monitor structural health, so that they can prioritize repairs. In Oregon, the Cascadia ...Read More
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Webinar: Economic Impacts from Bicycle and Pedestrian Street Improvements
Jenny H. Liu
4-25-2017
As many cities are investing in street improvements to provide better biking and walking experiences, the economic value and impacts of these active transportation facilities remain areas where many practitioners, ...Read More
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Webinar: Integrating Explicit and Implicit Methods in Travel Behavior Research: A Study of Driver Attitudes and Bias
Tara Goddard
2-21-2017
Car crashes are still a leading cause of death in the United States, with vulnerable road users like bicyclists and pedestrians being injured or killed at rates that outpace their ...Read More
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Webinar: Improving Walkability at Signalized Intersections with Signal Control Strategies
Edward J. Smaglik and Sirisha Murthy Kothuri
1-26-2017
The goal of signal timing at an intersection should be to maximize efficiency for all users. In many jurisdictions, however, traffic signals are timed mostly with the goal of reducing ...Read More
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Webinar: State-Wide Pedestrian and Bicycle Miles Traveled: Can We Estimate It?
Krista Nordback
12-13-2016
Heard of Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)? Wouldn’t it be great to know the corresponding value for walking and cycling?
This webinar discusses options for estimating the miles people walk and ...Read More
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Webinar: The Association Between Light Rail Transit, Streetcars and Bus Rapid Transit on Jobs, People and Rents
Arthur C. Nelson
11-15-2016
What are the job, residential development and market rent outcomes of Light Rail Transit (LRT), Streetcar Transit (SCT) and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)?
LRT, SCR and BRT investments are spreading ...Read More
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Webinar: Transit Signal Priority Evaluation and Performance Measures
Miguel Figliozzi
10-26-2016
Transit signal priority (TSP) can reduce transit delay at signalized intersections by making phasing adjustments. TSP is a relatively inexpensive tool to provide faster and more reliable transit service. This ...Read More
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Webinar: States on the Hot Seat: State Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation
Rebecca Lewis
6-14-2016
Transportation accounts for approximately 33 percent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States. While the federal government issued notice of a proposed rule that would include a GHG ...Read More
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Webinar: Investigations in Transportation: Partnering Industry Professionals and Elementary Teachers in a STEM Unit of Study
Carol Biskupic Knight
5-24-2016
Investigations in Transportation was an elementary school partnership and curriculum development project, engaging STEM professionals in school-based design projects.
Fifth-grade students in two Oregon communities teamed up ...Read More
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Webinar: Evaluation of an Electric Bike Pilot Project in Portland, Oregon
John MacArthur
4-21-2016
Oregon, and Portland in particular, is internationally known for its love for bikes. Not only does the region have some of the highest bike ridership in the nation but the ...Read More
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Webinar: Development of a Pedestrian Demand Estimation Tool
Kelly Clifton
2-18-2016
Why model pedestrians?
A new predictive tool for estimating pedestrian demand has potential applications for improving walkability. By forecasting the number, location and characteristics of walking trips, this tool allows ...Read More
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Webinar: Transportation Academy: Lessons from the Portland Traffic and Transportation Course
Nathan McNeil
11-17-2015
Community involvement and outreach is an important part of any planning effort, but as planners often find, many times the conversation is a difficult one to carry on. Residents may ...Read More
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Webinar: Transport Cost Index: A New Comprehensive Performance Measure for Transportation and Land Use
Liming Wang
10-27-2015
Recent federal and state policies are placing increasing emphasis on using comprehensive transportation performance measures to guide transportation decision making processes covering policy areas ranging from mobility, safety, economy and ...Read More
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Webinar: Pedestrians Count! – How to Measure Foot Traffic
Krista Nordback, Shawn Turner, Scott Brady, Theo Petritsch, and David Jones
8-27-2015
Learn from experts and share your knowledge of how to count pedestrians. Are people with clipboards the only way? What technologies work and how can we use them? How can ...Read More
The Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University (PSU) is first and foremost an interdisciplinary center. Our research initiatives pull together the voices and expertise of a wide range of backgrounds that collectively shape the ways we move through the world. We support collaborative research and education that provide a unique lens on transportation insight for vibrant communities. TREC is home to the U.S. DOT funded National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC) consortium, the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), and other transportation grants and programs. We produce impactful research for transportation decision makers, and support the education of future transportation professionals through curriculum development and student participation in research.
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