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Pedestrians cross a colorful intersection with street paint in Tucson, Arizona
August 6th 2021

Applying Data-Driven Multimodal Speed Management Strategies for Safe, Efficient Transportation

How can we use a variety of data-driven speed management strategies to make...
A cyclist wearing a silver helmet and a black shirt with jeans bikes across an intersection while another man walks his dog beside him.
July 22nd 2021

Portland State University and Toole Design Create Active Transportation "Research Roadmap" to Guide AASHTO’s National Research Agenda

Interested in active transportation research? What’s been done? What should...
Students and teachers mingle in front of a posters on an easel
July 22nd 2021

Portland State Students Work with the Community to Improve Pedestrian Safety Near César Chávez School

Last year, a car driver hit a César Chávez K-8 School student at the intersection...
A man with a walker crosses the street in front of a bus. A cyclist loads their bike into the bus's front rack.
July 20th 2021

Calling All Transit Riders: Photos Wanted for Research Study

Research demonstrates that marginalized populations experience significant...
A TriMet MAX light rail train passes in front of a sidewalk with guardrails
July 9th 2021

PSU Graduate Researcher Huajie Yang Explores Light Rail's Impacts on Ridership and Congestion

Dr. Huajie Yang, who graduated in 2020 with a PhD in Urban Studies and Planning...
The Edith Green–Wendell Wyatt Federal Building in downtown Portland. Eco-friendly building exterior showing green plants growing in front of high windows.
June 23rd 2021

Urban Experimentation Can Help Develop Sustainable Policies

Portland State University TREC researchers Kelly Clifton, Kristin Tufte and...
A bus passed by a crosswalk
June 22nd 2021

Dissertation Fellow Travis Glick Develops System-Level Transit Performance Metrics

We're proud to announce the publication of a new NITC dissertation: "Methodologies...
A closeup of a person scanning their TriMet HOP card at a MAX station in Portland, Oregon
June 11th 2021

The Push to Cashless Transit Fare Leaves Some Riders Behind

The newly published multi-year study on automated transit fare collection...
Jennifer Dill at a podium giving a speech on stage. She wears a blue dress and speaks into a microphone.
June 1st 2021

Looking Back on Twenty Years of Transportation Research with Dr. Jennifer Dill

Last month, Portland State University announced the 2021 awards for faculty...
Walter Kramer sits in an easy chair in front a window. He has white hair and beard, and wears a tan jacket. A garden is visible outside the window behind him.
May 26th 2021

Honoring Walter Kramer, Founder of the Center for Transportation Studies at PSU

Transportation research and education has had a long, rich history at Portland...
Francisco Ibarra with his family smile at the camera. Behind them is a river with bridges.
May 21st 2021

MURP student Francisco Ibarra Interns at Oregon Department of Transportation

Francisco Ibarra, a Toll Program planning intern, is currently attending...
Portland STreetcar passes in front of a bike signal and the MAX train passing overhead
May 5th 2021

Introducing New NITC Funding Opportunities for 2021

With the extension of the FAST Act, the National Institute for Transportation...