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Students and instructors in the study abroad program pose for a photo on a hill
September 25th 2023

STUDENTS LEARN EFFECTIVE TRANSPORTATION METHODS THAT THEY CAN BRING BACK TO THE US

Since 2011, Portland State University and the Initiative for Bicycle and...
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...
Left: Isa Swain with a robot she helped create as part of a robotics team in high school. Right: A Lego intersection, Isa's final project from the 2020 transportation camp.
August 24th 2023

Summer Transportation Camp at Portland State University: One Student's Route To Engineering

Since 2016, the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland...
Images showing an intersection and a map of an intersection
August 11th 2023

Civil Engineering Capstone Students Design Multimodal Infrastructure for Portland

Each year, Portland State University (PSU)'s graduating seniors work on capstone...
Close up shot of hands showing green screen mobile phone near ev or electric scooter odometer
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...
Aerial view of a highway onramp with another highway running underneath it
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...
Headshots of some of the NITC scholars
April 20th 2023

Meet the 2022/23 NITC Scholars of Portland State University

Twenty-nine Portland State University students have been awarded National...
Photo of Bell Street in Seattle, WA, taking by Dongho Chang. The street is a welcoming pedestrian space that allows people to use the street with various transportation modes, not only cars.
March 30th 2023

PSU Transportation Students Envision "Living Streets," Car-Free Corridors for Downtown Portland

In the 1970's, Portland had a dream: to create a "pleasurable human environment"...
Photo of the LiDAR sensor installed on a pole, overlooking a street in Texas. The sensor is a small white box mounted to the top of a gray metal pole and attached by a black cord.
March 10th 2023

New LiDAR System Pinpoints Pedestrian Behavior to Improve Efficiency and Safety at Intersections

Pedestrian safety is critical to improving walkability in cities. To that...