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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...
he MURP team Street Perspective presenting their work on June 3 in a PSU Friday Transportation Seminar. From left: Asif Haque, Meisha Whyte, Sean Doyle, Angie Martínez, Peter Domine, Nick Meusch.
June 30th 2022

PSU Planning Students Seek to Improve Safety for Houseless Pedestrians

In 2022, a PSU Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) team made headlines...
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...
PSU student Gabby Abou-Zeid (right) stands in front of her research poster at the 2022 TRB conference. On the left is PSU professor Kelly Clifton. They both wear protective face masks. The title of the poster is "It's complicated: Exploring the relationship status of in-store and online grocery shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic."
June 30th 2022

PSU Graduate Gabby Abou Zeid Explores Implications of E-Grocery Shopping during the COVID-19 Pandemic

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drastically impacted travel for in-person...
Drawing of people waiting to cross a busy intersection. Caption: I've been stranded at this intersection for what feels like forever with no safe or easy way to cross. What happened to people? Why is it all about cars? TITLE: All About The Car
June 16th 2022

Communicating Research through Comics: Transportation and Land Development

Incorporating transportation into the land development process is a big undertaking,...
View of the Steel Bridge, a through truss, double-deck vertical-lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
May 20th 2022

Resilient and Rapid Repair Measures for Bridges Following Major Earthquakes

An Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) report, Resilient and Rapid...