The second annual Transportation and Communities Summit took place at Portland State University on September 8–9, 2016. See photos. Browse this page to see the archived videos, presentations and posters, or click here to access the full playlist of videos from the 2016 Summit. Details about the workshop day are here.
Panel Sessions
Getting Ahead of the Autonomous Future
Entire session, including Q&A (scroll down to watch individual presentations):
Moderator: Maurice Henderson (Portland Bureau of Transportation).
Speakers: Andrew Dick (Oregon Department of Transportation), Lauren Isaac (WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff), Ashley Hand (CityFi).
View Andrew Dick's presentation slides or watch his presentation
View Lauren Isaac's presentation slides or watch her presentation
View Ashley Hand's presentation slides or watch her presentation
Putting Equity into Multimodal Transportation Planning
Moderator: Zan Gibbs (Portland Bureau of Transportation).
Speakers: Lisa Bates (Portland State University), Adonia Lugo (California State Los Angeles), Aaron Golub (Portland State University), Mychal Tetteh (Community Cycling Center).
View Adonia Lugo's presentation slides
View Aaron Golub's presentation slides
Planning for Emergencies and Recovery
Moderator: Jonna Papaefthimiou (Portland Bureau of Emergency Management)
Speakers: John MacArthur (Portland State University), Divya Chandrasekhar (University of Utah) and Lawrence A. Eichhorn (Seattle Department of Transportation).
View Jonna Papaefthimiou's introductory slides
View John MacArthur's presentation slides
View Divya Chandrasekhar's presentation slides
View Lawrence Eichhorn's presentation slides
Travel Choices of Tomorrow
Moderator: Kelly Clifton (Portland State University)
Speakers: Adam Cohen (UC Berkeley), Eric Hesse (TriMet), Brad Gleeson (CIVIQ).
View Adam Cohen's presentation slides
View Eric Hesse's presentation slides
View Brad Gleeson's presentation slides
Mitigating Displacement from Transportation Investments
Entire session, including Q&A (scroll down to watch individual presentations):
Moderator: Dana Dickman (Alta Planning + Design).
Speakers: Christopher Coes (LOCUS: Responsible Real Estate Developers and Investors), Jillian Detweiler (Portland Mayor's office) and Gerardo Sandoval (University of Oregon).
View Gerardo Sandoval's presentation slides or watch his presentation
View Jillian Detweiler's presentation slides or watch her presentation
View Christopher Coes's presentation slides or watch his presentation
Economic Impacts of Transportation Projects
Moderator: Robert Liberty (Portland State University Institute for Sustainable Solutions).
Speakers: Joe Cortright (City Observatory & Impresa, Inc.), Jenny Liu (Portland State University) and Michelle Poyourow (Jarrett Walker + Associates).
View Joe Cortright's presentation slides
View Jenny Liu's presentation slides
View Michelle Poyourow's presentation slides
Performance Measures for Livable Communities
Moderator: Lynn Peterson (Smart Growth America).
Speakers: Chris Rall (Transportation for America), Eric Sundquist (State Smart Transportation Initiative) and Karla Kingsley (Kittelson & Associates).
View Chris Rall's presentation slides
View Eric Sundquist's presentation slides
View Karla Kingsley's presentation slides
Achieving Vision Zero
Entire session, including Q&A (scroll down to watch individual presentations):
Moderator: Brian Davis (Lancaster Engineering).
Speakers: Eric Dumbaugh (Florida Atlantic University), Marco Conner (Transportation Alternatives) and Rebecca Sanders (Toole Design Group).
View Eric Dumbaugh's presentation slides or watch his presentation
View Marco Conner's presentation slides or watch his presentation
View Rebecca Sanders's presentation slides or watch her presentation
Redesigning Suburbia
Moderator: Sadie Carney (Salem Department of Land Conservation and Development).
Speakers: Reid Ewing (University of Utah), David Berniker (city of Gresham) and Nico Larco (University of Oregon).
View Reid Ewing's presentation slides
View David Berniker's presentation slides
View Nico Larco's presentation slides
Keynote
Keynote speaker: Brian David Johnson— Futurist and Fellow, Frost and Sullivan; Futurist in Residence, Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination; Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society
View Brian David Johnson's presentation slides
Posters
- Achieving Goals through Performance Management, Alexis Biddle & Rory Isbell, University of Oregon
- Understanding Shared Space: An Examination of Cyclists & Shared Space Projects, Allison Duncan, Portland State University
- Design for an Aging Population, Trygve Faste, University of Oregon*
- An activity-related land use mix construct and its connection to pedestrian travel, Steven Gehrke, Portland State University
- Drivers’ Attitudes and Behaviors toward Bicyclists: Explicit and Implicit Attitudes and Self-Reported Safety Behaviors, Tara Goddard, Portland State University*
- Road Dieting Effects on Access to Local Businesses: A Before-and-After Study of Replacing General Travel Lanes with Bicycle Lanes, Drew Heckathorn, University of California, Davis
- Breeze, Kinsey Johnson, University of Oregon
- Stride Walker – Getting to the bus stop, Jack Koby & Carly Keyes, University of Oregon
- Safety Effectiveness of Pedestrian Crossing Enhancements in Oregon, Sirisha Kothuri, Portland State University*
- Laboratory Evaluation of Mobile Device Acceleration Sensors for Structural Damage Detection, Samuel M. Lozano, Oregon Institute of Technology
- Overcoming Equity Barriers in Bike Share, Nathan McNeil, Portland State University
- Getting the Public on Board: Best Practices in Public Engagement from the Powell-Division Transit and Development Project in Portland, Oregon , Deb Morrison, University of Oregon*
- Transit-Oriented Development Makes a Difference, Arthur C. Nelson, University of Utah/University of Arizona
- Counting Bicycling and Walking in Oregon, Krista Nordback, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Using Mobile Devices to Teach Structural Dynamics and Structural Health Monitoring, C.J. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology*
- StreetWise: Evidence and Insight for Better Transportation, Kelly Rodgers, Portland State University/StreetWise Planning
- An EPIC Approach toward Transportation Education and Catalyzing Community Change, Marc Schlossberg, University of Oregon, Sustainable Cities Initiative
- Conceptualizing and measuring the positive utility of travel, Patrick Singleton, Portland State University
- Improving Walkability with Alternate Signal Control Strategies, Edward Smaglik, Northern Arizona University*
- Evaluating the Suitability of Leading Pedestrian Intervals at Signalized Intersections, Oliver Smith, Portland Bureau of Transportation
- Trip and Parking Generation at Transit-Oriented Developments, Guang Tian, University of Utah
- One Place at a Time.... Holistic Anatomy and Physiology of Community and City Planning, Thuy Tu, Thuy Tu Consulting, LLC
- Addressing Bicycle-Vehicle Conflicts with Signal Control Strategies, Michael Williams, Portland State University
- States on the Hot Seat: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation, Rob Zako, University of Oregon
*Some poster PDFs are not available.
Workshops
Using ITHIM to integrate health impacts into transportation decision-making tools
Full Day
Instructor: Neil Maizlish, MPH, PhD, Epidemiologist
Integrated Transport and Health Impacts Model (ITHIM) is an open source, scenario-based Excel spreadsheet that assesses the health impacts of shifting travel from personal passenger vehicles to walking and bicycling and/or to electric vehicles and biofuels (low carbon driving). In this workshop, you will learn more about ITHIM and be able to get started using it right away.
The population health impacts considered in ITHIM are: 1) Increases in physical activity from bicycling and walking; 2) Decreases in air pollution; and 3) Changes to the pattern of road traffic injuries with attention provided to the increase in risks associated with pedestrians and bicyclists modes of transport.
Uses of ITHIM include: 1) Estimate the health benefits or harms of growth scenarios of regional transportation plans, including sustainable communities strategies 2) Estimate the health benefits of meeting specific targets of goals in transportation plans (increases in travel-related physical activity) 3) Place-based assessments of health impacts, especially as it relates to environmental justice issues.
In this workshop we will explain the common background of ITHIM and the overall approaches used. The workshop will be a hands-on technical session allowing participants to work within the model to gain a working knowledge of the model and to how to apply it at a local level. This session will be limited to 15-20 participants. It is recommended that you bring a laptop to use at the workshop.
Outline of workshop
- ITHIM Basics
- Conceptual Basis of ITHIM
- Key Parameters, Default Settings, and Calibration
- Finding and Understanding the Model outputs
- Using the Interface for Data Entry
- Applications and Extensions of ITHIM
- Methods for Scenario Development
Enhancing bicycle and pedestrian access to transit
Full Day: Morning Workshop and Afternoon Field Tour
Instructors: Lynn Weigan, Nathan McNeil, Allison Duncan, Drew Devitis and Russ Doubleday, Portland State University; Tony Drollinger, Metro Transit (Twin Cities)
This workshop will highlight best practices to address bicyclist and pedestrian safety, access and mobility to access transit featured in TREC research for the Federal Transit Administration's upcoming Guidebook, including findings from case studies around the country.
Detailed Workshop Agenda (PDF)
Morning workshop:
- Overview of FTA Guidebook
- Station area design and planning
- Case studies
- Highlights from Minneapolis
- Lessons learn from Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Long Beach and Atlanta
Afternoon Mobile Workshop:
This session will highlight the work in the Portland Metropolitan region emphasizing the collaborative efforts between TriMet and the local jurisdictions to prioritize bicycle and pedestrian access to transit, including light rail, streetcar, and bus lines. This mobile transit tour will be part two of the Enhancing Bicycle and Pedestrian Access to Transit workshop, but participation in the morning workshop is not required to attend this tour. Transit passes will be provided for participants.
PORTAL data archive workshop
Half Day: Morning
Instructor: Kristin Tufte, Research Assistant Professor, Portland State University
PORTAL is the Portland-Vancouver area’s transportation data archive, storing data from various sources and modes. This workshop provides an overview of PORTAL and its data sources and gives you hands-on experience using PORTAL to help you address specific transportation issues.
Outline of workshop:
- Overview and documentation of the data sets and features that make up PORTAL. Special emphasis on new PORTAL features including vehicle length (freight) data and regional travel time data.
- Participants will dive into the PORTAL web site to explore it for themselves and retrieve data through practice exercises.
- Discussion: How can you use PORTAL to find data to help you do your job and learn new ways to address your questions?
It is recommended that you bring a laptop to use at the workshop.
Transforming transportation impact analysis: A new vision for coordinating transportation and land development
Half Day: Morning
Instructors: Kelly Clifton and Kristina Currans, Portland State University
Clifton and Currans have been instrumental in improving trip generation data and methods to more accurately represent multimodal travel from types of development. This workshop builds on their efforts to present a new vision for coordinating land development and transportation, which is key to creating vibrant livable communities that support a variety of modes and different performance goals. This workshop draws from their expertise to show how better planning for development gives communities more choices in how people live and get around. The outline for this workshop includes:
- The vision
- The issues
- Proposed approach for transportation impact analyses
- Data needs and collection techniques
- Moving forward
- Discussion and questions
Next Steps and Future of ITHIM
Livability: A strategic frame for public engagement
Half Day: Afternoon
Instructor: Deborah Morrison, Ph.D., University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication
Public engagement works best when tailored to the local community and its concerns. In this workshop, you will learn how to creatively and effectively communicate using the concept of livability, one of the primary concerns many residents have, no matter where they live.
Livability can be an effective way to frame communication and public engagement. Such strategies should be built upon solid research, and then brought to life with meaningful and impactful concepts and messages. This workshop will cover both aspects of communication strategy development, and culminate with the sharing and open discussion of several campaign concepts developed by a team of creative students at the University of Oregon.
By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:
- Understand research-based insights on public engagement and concept development
- Define “livability” and how that might be applied as a frame for communication
- Analyze several campaign concepts and evaluate their relative effectiveness
- Begin thinking about how to create more engaging messages for your community
Outline of workshop:
- The role of creativity in communication strategy
- Livability as a creative concept
- Examples of livability as a frame for public engagement
- Discussion / Q&A
Student Video Contest
Missy Gerlach of Whitman College accepts the Grand Prize for the NITC student video contest from NITC director Jennifer Dill.
Check out the other winners here.
