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Diane moug headshot, next to an image of soil and grass.
March 19th 2024

Diane Moug, Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Receives NSF CAREER Grant

We are proud to announce that Diane Moug, an assistant professor who teaches...
Illustration of an integrated control system simulation in a smart city. Aerial view of an intersection with overlaid lines and boxes indicating which items are being tracked as data in real time.
February 13th 2024

Building Data Power To Enhance Active Transportation

The transportation safety crisis in America persists. People walking and...
Left: An overhead view of the proposed skatepark site, with possible entrances marked on the map. Right: A street-level view of the vacant lot.
February 13th 2024

How Better Block PSU Helped Launch the Steel Bridge Skatepark

Portland's Old Town neighborhood is getting a new skatepark, and a team of...
A capital red bus pulls up to a stop on Capitol hill H street in city road.
January 22nd 2024

Beyond Transit: Collaborative Strategies for Public Transportation Agencies in Responding to Homelessness

Public transportation agencies are well acquainted with the consequences...
Sam Balto and the Alameda Elementary School Bike Bus. Photo by Jonathan Maus, BikePortland
January 18th 2024

Transforming the School Commute: PSU Researchers Explore the Impact of Bike Buses

The trip to and from school is made by nearly every child in Oregon every...
nathan mcneil and keith bartholomew accept the award
January 8th 2024

Transportation Academy Researchers Win Charley V. Wootan Award

Nathan McNeil, a Research Associate at PSU's Transportation Research and...
Headshots of Owen Christofferson, Sara Goldstein, Nick Hadfield, Zhouheng (Brian) Liu, Jenny Mazzella and Victoria Young
January 5th 2024

PSU MURP Team Wins Student Group Award for Planning and Policy from National Council of University Transportation Centers

A team of students in Portland State University's Master of Urban & Regional...
Cyclists ride on a Portland, Oregon street painted in a spiral of rainbow colors with a piano key design in the center.;
November 30th 2023

Year in Review: Transportation Research Projects Launched at PSU in 2023

It has been a record-breaking year in research for Portland State University,...
WSDOT participants pose for a photo during a walking tour on a brightly painted portland street
November 29th 2023

PSU's TREC Trained Washington DOT Employees on Sustainable Mobility and Transportation Operations

Managing the entire transportation system requires an integrated understanding...
A woman examines a glass container in a laboratory
November 16th 2023

25 PSU Faculty Members Ranked Among Most-Cited Science Researchers in 2022

25 PSU faculty members were ranked among the top 100,000 most-cited science...
A red streetcar pulls up to a transit stop in Portland, Oregon, with several passengers waiting to board.
October 30th 2023

PSU Transportation Researchers Receive $250,000 to Create Equity Research Roadmap

Portland State University (PSU) researchers will create a "Research Roadmap...
The interior of an airport terminal, with signs directing people to various gates and other destinations.
August 24th 2023

PSU Researchers Help Create "Guiding Principles" to Address Homelessness at Airports

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of people experiencing...