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Illustration of PSU Science Building 1
November 11th 2022

Park Blocks: A Science Center that Represents PSU's Diverse Campus

A science center that reflects PSU's Diverse Campus The brutalist-style...
Four PSU students (the 2022 Better Block PSU team for "Hood River ALIVE") wearing orange and yellow reflective vests pose in front of Hood River middle school.
October 27th 2022

Better Block PSU Project Brings Safety Improvements to Hood River Middle School

Students at Hood River Middle School in Hood River, Oregon, will get some...
The front porch of an apartment with a welcome mat saying "Be Kind" and two bags of groceries sitting to the right of the door.
October 14th 2022

Online Grocery Shopping During COVID-19: Barriers, Access, and What Happens Next

When the COVID-19 pandemic first swept across North America and led to emergency...
Google Streetview image of Tualatin-Sherwood road, the corridor used in this study
October 4th 2022

Improved Methods to Evaluate Travel Time Reliability

Travel time reliability – or the consistency and dependability of travel...
Students in the study abroad program gather around a table with a miniature city to listen to a presentation on transportation. To the left and right of this photo are street photos showing biking and walking infrastructure.
September 29th 2022

Transportation Students Get Firsthand Look at Multimodal Travel in Denmark and Sweden

A group of nine transportation students traveled to Denmark and Sweden this...
2022 TURF fellows Taj Ali, Liam Anthony, Adri DeGuzman, Jason Grajales, Taylor Ward and Matthew Prak pose for a group photo at the Lovejoy Fountain on the Portland State University campus.
August 26th 2022

Transportation Undergraduate Research Fellows Advance Multimodal Travel

The Transportation Undergraduate Research Fellowship (TURF) program at Portland...
STEP students pose in front of the "TRB" sign inside the lobby of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. at the TRB annual meeting.
August 26th 2022

Portland State University Transportation Student Group Wins ITE Momentum Award

We're proud to announce that the Institute for Transportation Engineers (ITE)...
Cargo e-bike rider with a purple helmet bikes with child
August 2nd 2022

Can greater access to e-bikes get more people biking?

Replacing more car trips with bike trips can be a great way to reduce carbon...
Spring people
July 27th 2022

Currently Accolades: People for August 1, 2022

Joshua Bass, sociology faculty, received the PSU College of Liberal Arts...
The automated bicycle counter on Portland's Tillikum Crossing bridge, showing how many bicycles have passed that day and that year.
July 14th 2022

National Study Offers New Bike Count Models: Combining Traditional Counters And Emerging GPS Data

In order to make sure bicyclists' needs are considered when improving a transportation...
A yellow highway speed limit sign in Oregon showing 45 MPH. The image comes from the cover of ODOT's Safety Investigations Manual.
June 30th 2022

Updating ODOT's Safety Investigation Manual

Researchers at Portland State University and Oregon State University have...
Chris Monsere
June 30th 2022

Chris Monsere Wins Branford Price Millar Award for Faculty Excellence

Dr. Chris Monsere, PH.D., P.E. of Portland State University has been awarded...