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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...
Spring people
April 27th 2023

Currently Accolades: People for May 1, 2023

Carl Abbott, Urban Studies and Planning faculty emeritus, was interviewed...
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...
Spring presented
March 30th 2023

Currently Accolades: Presented for April 3, 2023

Jola Ajibade, Geography faculty, gave a talk, “Can Managed Retreat be...
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"...
Fives lanes of automobile traffic on 122nd avenue in Portland, with cars crossing a marked crosswalk at a pedestrian refuge island.
February 23rd 2023

PSU Researchers Will Work With PBOT To Evaluate New 122nd Avenue BIL Project

Portland State University transportation researchers will work with the Portland...
Published graphic
January 26th 2023

Currently Accolades: Published/Exhibited for January 30, 2023

Kelly Clifton, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, co-authored the comic...
People graphic
January 12th 2023

Currently Accolades: People for January 17, 2023

Sarah Dys, Institute on Aging faculty, hosted and moderated a podcast episode...
A color illustration of a group of people, a dog, and a cat, waiting to cross the street at a signalized intersection. One adult is using a wheelchair, three of them wear glasses, and one talks on a cell phone. A child holds hands with another adult. The group is standing in front of a bank, facing the street, which has cars driving on it and several road signs visible.
January 6th 2023

Moving From Cars To People: A Comic About Transportation and Land Use

A new transportation comic, "Moving From Cars To People (PDF)," offers a...
Photo collage of PSU researchers and partners attending TRB in DC
December 22nd 2022

Portland State University Transportation Research Highlights at TRB 2023

The 102nd annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) will...
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...