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STEP students pose in front of the "TRB" sign inside the lobby of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. at the TRB annual meeting.
August 26th 2022

Portland State University Transportation Student Group Wins ITE Momentum Award

We're proud to announce that the Institute for Transportation Engineers (ITE)...
Cargo e-bike rider with a purple helmet bikes with child
August 2nd 2022

Can greater access to e-bikes get more people biking?

Replacing more car trips with bike trips can be a great way to reduce carbon...
Photo shows a TriMet HOP card station with a person scanning their transit card. In the background is a TriMet MAX train.
July 28th 2022

Equity And Exclusion Issues In Cashless Fare Payment Systems For Public Transportation

Researchers Aaron Golub, John MacArthur and Sangwan Lee of Portland State...
Spring people
July 27th 2022

Currently Accolades: People for August 1, 2022

Joshua Bass, sociology faculty, received the PSU College of Liberal Arts...
Text reads: NITC Student Spotlight: Nicholas Puczkowskyj, Portland State University. Photo shows Nicholas Puczkowskyj seated at a table wearing a blue T-shirt with the Portland Lumberjacks logo. He has brown hair and mustache, and sits with his hands clasped on the table.
July 14th 2022

Student Spotlight: Nicholas Puczkowskyj, Portland State University

Nick Puczkowskyj is a graduate research and teaching assistant at Portland...
The automated bicycle counter on Portland's Tillikum Crossing bridge, showing how many bicycles have passed that day and that year.
July 14th 2022

National Study Offers New Bike Count Models: Combining Traditional Counters And Emerging GPS Data

In order to make sure bicyclists' needs are considered when improving a transportation...
A yellow umbrella shades a red and blue outdoor dining table and chairs on the sidewalk outside a restaurant in Forest Grove, Oregon; one of the study sites chosen to evaluate the economic impacts of bicycle and pedestrian street improvements.
June 30th 2022

Active Transportation Projects Offer Solid Returns on Investment, Economic Study Finds

Active transportation investments offer many types of benefits related to...
he MURP team Street Perspective presenting their work on June 3 in a PSU Friday Transportation Seminar. From left: Asif Haque, Meisha Whyte, Sean Doyle, Angie Martínez, Peter Domine, Nick Meusch.
June 30th 2022

PSU Planning Students Seek to Improve Safety for Houseless Pedestrians

In 2022, a PSU Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) team made headlines...
Phil Cooper
June 14th 2022

College of Urban & Public Affairs Announces 2021-22 Faculty & Staff Awards

Congratulations to the following College of Urban & Public Affairs (CUPA)...
June 8th 2022

College of Urban & Public Affairs Announces 2021-22 Student Achievement Awards

Congratulations to our 2021-22 College of Urban & Public Affairs (CUPA) Student Achievement Award winners! These annual awards are given to students in programs within the College of Urban & Public Affairs who have excelled in their academic studies, community service, and university service....
Four PSU students (the 2022 Better Block PSU team for "Hood River ALIVE") wearing orange and yellow reflective vests pose in front of Hood River middle school.
May 20th 2022

Announcing the 2022 Better Block PSU Projects!

Better Block PSU is a partnership program between the volunteer-led group...
Spring presented
May 18th 2022

Currently Accolades: Presented for May 23, 2022

Maude Hines, English faculty, Jola Ajibade, geography faculty, Janet...