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A man wearing a helmet, black clothing and a backpack rides an e-bike next to a tall building.
January 20th 2022

E-bike Incentive Programs in North America: New Online Tracker

For governments and clean energy advocates looking to encourage people to...
PSU student Cameron Bennett at his e-bike poster TRB 2022
January 20th 2022

PSU Masters Student Cameron Bennett Receives Eisenhower Fellowship

We are proud to congratulate Portland State University engineering masters...
Kelly Rodgers, Darshan Chauhan and Apy Das
January 10th 2022

Meet the 2021 NITC Students of the Year: Kelly Rodgers, Darshan Chauhan and Apy Das

The Outstanding Student of the Year award is presented during the Council...
Kelly Rodgers
January 10th 2022

Student Spotlight: 2021 NITC Student of the Year - Kelly Rodgers, Portland State University

Kelly Rodgers is a Portland State University PhD student in Urban Studies...
Two researchers stand talking to each other in front a poster at TRB.
December 16th 2021

Highlighting Portland State University Transportation Research at TRB 2022

The 101st annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) is coming...
A young girl on a bicycle wearing a pink helmet approaches a green-striped "cross-bike" and a man next to her, jogging, approaches the white-striped crosswalk next to it.
November 18th 2021

PSU Masters Student Frank Boateng Appiah Works to Improve Bicycle Crossings at Unsignalized Intersections

An increasing trend in the number of bicycle crashes in the U.S since 20...
A cyclist crosses at a green crosswalk
November 16th 2021

PSU Masters Student Frank Boateng Appiah Works to Improve Bicycle Crossings at Unsignalized Intersections

We're proud to announce the publication of a new masters thesis in civil...
A man with a cane and a guide dog cross a pedestrian crosswalk.
November 4th 2021

Wayfinding Tools for People With Visual Impairments in Real-World Settings: A Literature Review

Researchers Amy Parker, Martin Swobodzinski, Julie Wright, Kyrsten Hansen...
The interior of a MAX train in Portland, Oregon showing seats and spaces for people to put their bicycles on the train.
November 4th 2021

New Mobility For All: Bringing Emerging Transportation Options to Underserved Communities

Low-income residents, immigrants, seniors, and people with disabilities –...
A man with a cane and a guide dog cross a pedestrian crosswalk.
October 22nd 2021

Seamless Wayfinding by a Deafblind Adult on an Urban College Campus: A Case Study

Portland State University researchers Martin Swobodzinski and Amy Parker,...
Birds-eye view of a crosswalk, with scattered pedestrians passing in both directions.
September 21st 2021

PSU Awarded NITC funding for "Exploring the Use of Crowdsourced Data Sources for Pedestrian Count Estimations"

A new study launches next month, funded by the National Institute for Transportation...
Riders exit a TriMet bus at a bus stop
August 19th 2021

New PSU Research Funded by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities

The National Institute for Transportation & Communities (NITC) research consortium,...