Research Digests

Digests of Recent Faculty and Student Research

Faculty and students at Portland State University, Oregon State University and the University of Oregon are conducting research on many aspects of bicycle and pedestrian travel.  Summaries of this research (click on the title for the pdf) and links to full reports, where available, are provided here.

Resident Perceptions of Bicycle Boulevards: A Ladd Avenue Case Study

Portland State University, Urban Studies and Planning

USP 465-565, Fall 2009

Submitted to Lynn Weigand

BorshanskySmith-Digest.pdf

Alberta Street Bike Corrals

Project Team: Rani Boyle & Mark Person

Portland State University, Urban Studies and Planning

USP 465-565, Fall 2009

Submitted to Lynn Weigand

BoylePerson-Digest.pdf

Bicycle Helmet Usage, Portland: A study of helmet usage on and near a Safe Route to School

Project Team: Evan Geer & Ryan Dann

Portland State University, Urban Studies and Planning

USP 465-565, Fall 2009

Submitted to Lynn Weigand

DannGeer-Digest.pdf

Fanno Creek Trail User Survey

Project Team: Misha Jones

Portland State University, Urban Studies and Planning

USP 465-565, Fall 2009

Submitted to Lynn Weigand

MishaJones-Digest.pdf

Bicyclist and Pedestrian User Perceptions of HAWK Signal in Portland, Oregon

Project Team: Bob Kellett & Sara Wright

Portland State University, Urban Studies and Planning

USP 465-565, Fall 2009

Submitted to Lynn Weigand

KellettWright-Digest.pdf

Level of Service Analysis of the Tom McCall Waterfront Trail for Walkers, Cyclists and Runners

Project Team: Aaron Ladd

Portland State University, Urban Studies and Planning

USP 465-565, Fall 2009

Submitted to Lynn Weigand

Ladd-Digest.pdf

A New Methodology for the Study of Bicycle Parking

Project Team: David Moskovitz & Nikki Wheeler

Portland State University, Urban Studies and Planning

USP 465-565, Fall 2009

Submitted to Lynn Weigand

MoskovitzWheeler-Digest.pdf

Portland’s Bicycle Corrals: A Case Study of East 28th Avenue

Project Team: Nathan McNeil

Portland State University, Urban Studies and Planning

USP 465-565, Fall 2009

Submitted to Lynn Weigand

McNeil-Digest.pdf

Pedaling in the Rose City: A User Survey of Three Portland Bridges

Project Team: Melelani Sax-Barnett & Heather Zike

Portland State University, Urban Studies and Planning

USP 465-565, Fall 2009

Submitted to Lynn Weigand

Saks-BarnettZike-Digest.pdf

Physical Barriers to Cycing in SE Portland

Project Team: Josh Steiner & Alex Tiblier-Weiss

Portland State University, Urban Studies and Planning

USP 465-565, Fall 2009

Submitted to Lynn Weigand

SteinerTiblier-Weiss-Digest.pdf

Volatile Endeavors: Negotiating Left Turns Along the SE Hawthorne Bike Corridor

Project Team: Aaron Smith & Helen Vu

Portland State University, Urban Studies and Planning

USP 465-565, Fall 2009

Submitted to Lynn Weigand

VuSmith-Digest.pdf

Portland’s Bicycle Scene: An Exploration

Project Team: Sarah Williams & Peter Pelzer

Portland State University, Urban Studies and Planning

USP 465-565, Fall 2009

Submitted to Lynn Weigand

WilliamsPelzer-Digest.pdf

[Disclaimer: These two projects are ungraded, uncorrected research assignment, conducted by students of Chris Monsere's class: Civil Engineering 454 - Urban Transportation Systems]

Bike Scramble Signal at N Interstate & Oregon

Project Team: Michael Wolfe, Jared Fischer, Chris Deslauriers, Stephen Ngai, Matt Bullard

Portland State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

November 30, 2006

Submitted to Chris Monsere

monsere - scramble.pdf

Establishing a Measure of Pedestrian Activity

Project Team: Jeff Quinn, John Soares, Brian Shoemaker, Tyler Handforth, Shoaib Khan

Portland State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

November 22, 2006

Submitted to Chris Monsere

monsere - ped act.pdf

Pedestrian/Bicycle Overcrossings: Lessons Learned

By Rory Renfro

Portland State University

Masters of Urban and Regional Planning: Field Area Paper

June 2007

Stream Rory Renfro's seminar presentation

renfro.pdf

Bicycle Planning in the City of Portland: Evaluation of the City’s Bicycle Master Plan and Statistical Analysis of the Relationship between the City’s Bicycle Network and Bicycle Commute

By Mauricio LeClerc

Portland State University

Masters of Urban and Regional Planning: Field Area Paper

Fall 2002

Stream Mauricio LeClerc's seminar presentation

leclerc.pdf

Understanding the Link Between Bicyclists and Light Rail

Survey Results from Bicycle Riders on MAX in Portland, Oregon

By Matt Lasky

Portland State University

Masters of Urban and Regional Planning: Field Area Paper

Spring 2005

Stream Matt Lasky's seminar presentation

lasky.pdf

Understanding and Measuring Bicycling Behavior: Implications for Urban Planning, Health, and Research

By Jennifer Dill, PhD

Portland State University

Center for Transportation Studies

dill.pdf

Pedestrian and Bicycle Strategic Plan

Author: Community Planning Workshop

University of Oregon & City of Eugene

CPW.pdf