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Left: Aerial view of an intersection with cars. Right: Sangwan Lee wears a dark-colored formal suit and tie with a white shirt. He has short black hair, and poses against a brown gradient background.
December 22nd 2022

Sangwan Lee of Portland State University Investigates Transportation Mode Choice in the Era of Autonomous Vehicles

New mobility technologies, such as shared mobility services and autonomous...
Professor Rob Strongin
December 12th 2022

PSU Chemistry Professor Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

The National Academy of Inventors has inducted Chemistry Professor Robert...
A group of young people crosses a street at a marked crosswalk, with the "walk" sign on. Behind them, TriMet's special Pride-themed bus passes through the intersection. It is covered with rainbow stripes, and has the text "Celebrating LGBTQ+ History and Leaders" along the top of the bus. At the bottom are seen black and white portraits of local equal rights champions Gail Shibley, Kathleen Saadat and Jeana Frazzini.
December 9th 2022

NITC Dissertation Fellow To Explore How Gender Expression Influences Travel Behavior Decisions

The National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC) is proud...
Axcelle Campana poses with award, with trees in backdrop
December 5th 2022

PSU student wins $100K environmental prize

A Portland State graduate student whose work focuses on the inequities in...
Screenshot of BikePed Portal showing the Washington, D.C. area
December 1st 2022

Washington D.C. Data Dashboard Comes to BikePed Portal

In a big step forward for nonmotorized planning, a dashboard with bike data...
Photo from the 2022 Comprehensive Bikeway Design workshop, showing students and instructors on a field tour in Portland, Oregon
December 1st 2022

Portland Bikeway Design Workshop Expands its Impact Across the Country

If you're biking through Cincinnati, Ohio in the next couple of years and...
November 21st 2022

PSU’s Population Research Center Releases Preliminary Oregon Population Estimates

Contacts: Dr. Ethan Sharygin, Director, Population Research Center, sharygin@pdx.edu Dr. Huda Alkitkat, Population Estimates Program Manager, alkitkat@pdx.edu Oregon’s population grew by approximately 15,000 (+0.35 percent) from 4,263,827 on July 1, 2021 to 4,278,555 on July 1,...
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....
three plates with meat, nuts and greens
November 7th 2022

Portland State study finds diet high in saturated fat can reprogram immune cells in mice

A new study by Portland State University researchers is the first to show...
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...
Student with pink hair playing flute
October 25th 2022

Music class in sync with higher math scores — but only at higher-income schools, PSU study finds

Music and arts classes are often first on the chopping block when schools...