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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...
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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...
Closeup of people crossing a street - visible are the legs of two pedestrians, and partial views of two bicycles.
August 24th 2023

Using Health Indicators in Transportation Plans

As a social determinant of health, transportation significantly contributes...
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August 11th 2023

Civil Engineering Capstone Students Design Multimodal Infrastructure for Portland

Each year, Portland State University (PSU)'s graduating seniors work on capstone...
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July 28th 2023

New Publication Evaluates the Potential of Crowdsourced Data to Estimate Network-Wide Bicycle Volumes

How can emerging data sources most effectively be integrated with traditional...
Addressing Encampments on State Transportation Rights-of-Way with Marisa Zapata
June 29th 2023

Addressing Encampments on State Transportation Rights-of-Way with Marisa Zapata

On this episode of PDXPLORES, Marisa Zapata, Associate Professor of Land-Use...
Community engagement event on the Umatilla Indian Reservation by the Nixyáawii Watikš planning group (photo courtesy of Owen Christofferson)
June 22nd 2023

PSU Graduating Planning Students Work To Improve Transportation Safety and Environmental Justice

As the 2023 Spring term wraps up at Portland State University (PSU), we're...
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May 17th 2023

When People Who Are Houseless Have Nowhere to Go: Responding to Encampments on State Transportation Rights-Of-Way

Portland State University (PSU) has been awarded a new contract by the National...