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September 23rd 2024

Integrating Socioeconomic Vulnerability Into Resilient Infrastructure Planning

Transportation networks are a vital lifeline essential to the functionality...
The stretch of South Sheridan street that is the focus of the project. Highway overpasses are overhead and no sidewalks are present.
August 29th 2024

Better Block PSU Gives International School of Portland a Neighborhood Makeover

Not far from Portland State University, down a little road tucked under three...
Photos from the PSU study abroad program showing group participants in a boat and some transportation instrastructure.
August 29th 2024

Denmark Study Abroad Contextualizes Bicycle Infrastructure for Students

Since 2011, Portland State University and the Initiative for Bicycle and...
pedestrian sign
July 24th 2024

How "Perceived Safety" Plays A Central Role In Improving The Walking Environment

When Kyu Ri Kim was seven years old, she was struck by a car while walking...
apartment building near transit
July 24th 2024

A Decades-Long Partnership with PSU Helps Metro Guide Investment and Development in the Portland Region

This year, residents of 37 new apartment buildings in the Portland area are...
Pedestrians and cyclists cross a street at a marked crosswalk.
June 20th 2024

Transforming Transportation Agencies: Bridging Research, Policy and Practice for Safer Streets

The need for improving active transportation safety and mobility is clear:...
Aerial photo showing several of the bridges of Portland, Oregon crossing the Willamette River
June 20th 2024

Transportation Benefit-Cost Analysis: Developing an Oregon-Specific Framework

Transportation decision-makers typically use benefit-cost analysis (BCA)...
May 22nd 2024

What's New in the Hatfield School of Government

A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Dear Hatfield School Community, Spring quarter is flying by, and we are nearing the end of the 2023-2024 academic year. There is so much to celebrate in the coming weeks and months, and it is my privilege and joy as the Director of...
Professor Bill Griesar faces camera, standing, laughing and throwing a model of the human brain in the air
April 22nd 2024

2024 PSU Research Award Winners Announced

Today, Portland State University announced its 2024 awards for excellence...
Headshots of Eun Jun Choi, Holly Querin, and Isa Swain
March 20th 2024

Three Portland State University Students Receive WTS Transportation Scholarships

Each year, the Portland Chapter of WTS awards scholarships to assist exceptional...
The Portland streetcar, TriMet bus, and TriMet MAX train all pass through an intersection near the Urban Center on the Portland State University campus. Overlaying the image are columns of 1s and 0s in the PSU green color.
March 20th 2024

What's new in Transportation Data at PSU? Updates on PORTAL and BikePed Portal

Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center...
Illustration of an integrated control system simulation in a smart city. Aerial view of an intersection with overlaid lines and boxes indicating which items are being tracked as data in real time.
February 13th 2024

Building Data Power To Enhance Active Transportation

The transportation safety crisis in America persists. People walking and...