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View from outside, looking into the windows of a TriMet MAX train in Portland, Oregon in the evening.
November 9th 2022

Harassment of Low-Income Women on Transit: A Photovoice Project in Oregon and Utah

Researchers Ivis Garcia, Sadika Maheruma Khan, and Kevin Fagundo-Ojeda of...
A closeup view of a 3D tactile map of the Portland State University campus, located in the lobby of PSU's SMSU student union. The raised buildings have English and Braille labels on their roofs, and all the roads, parking lots and grassy areas are demarcated by textures.
November 8th 2022

Navigating Urban Spaces: Indoor & Outdoor Wayfinding Technology for Vision-Impaired People

Navigating an unfamiliar place is uniquely challenging for people with disabilities....
A Divvy bike share station in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, with several blue bike share bikes docked in the bike rack.
October 27th 2022

Factors Influencing Bike Share Among Underserved Populations: Evidence From Three U.S. Cities

Researchers Jennifer Dill, Jiahui Ma, Nathan McNeil, Joseph Broach and John...
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...
Group photo: Twenty students and instructors pose on the steps of a building, smiling toward the camera. They are the Spring 2022 Wasatch Transportation Academy pilot class, on a field trip to look at transportation infrastructure in the Salt Lake City region of Utah.
September 15th 2022

Wasatch Transportation Academy: Piloting an Investment in Community Capital

How can community members become more engaged in transportation decision...
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...
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...
Photo shows a TriMet HOP card station with a person scanning their transit card. In the background is a TriMet MAX train.
July 28th 2022

Equity And Exclusion Issues In Cashless Fare Payment Systems For Public Transportation

Researchers Aaron Golub, John MacArthur and Sangwan Lee of Portland State...
Text reads: NITC Student Spotlight: Nicholas Puczkowskyj, Portland State University. Photo shows Nicholas Puczkowskyj seated at a table wearing a blue T-shirt with the Portland Lumberjacks logo. He has brown hair and mustache, and sits with his hands clasped on the table.
July 14th 2022

Student Spotlight: Nicholas Puczkowskyj, Portland State University

Nick Puczkowskyj is a graduate research and teaching assistant at Portland...
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 umbrella shades a red and blue outdoor dining table and chairs on the sidewalk outside a restaurant in Forest Grove, Oregon; one of the study sites chosen to evaluate the economic impacts of bicycle and pedestrian street improvements.
June 30th 2022

Active Transportation Projects Offer Solid Returns on Investment, Economic Study Finds

Active transportation investments offer many types of benefits related to...