Portland State University

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INFO SESSION OVERVIEW

Thinking about a graduate degree in urban and regional planning? Do you have questions about the Portland State University program? Looking for tips on how to write a great application? You're not alone! Join us on December 13 for an online information session designed to get you the information you need.

Learn more about the MURP program here - where you can read up on seven reasons to become a MURP, meet the faculty, and see FAQ answered.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Meet our faculty and current students
• Learn how the program works and what makes it unique
• Explore all the ways Portland is the perfect place to get a planning education
• Ask your questions and get answers

The priority application deadline for Fall...

PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

Miss the webinar or want a look back?

• Watch the recorded video
• View the presentation slides
• Access the Excel-based Market SEGMENT prediction tool

OVERVIEW

Social marketing seeks to develop and integrate marketing concepts with other approaches to influence behaviors that benefit individuals and communities for the greater social good. It is a useful transportation demand management (TDM) planning approach to promote travel behavior change. The purpose of this study was to explore a consumer market segmentation technique successfully used in Europe for its applicability to marketing efforts in the United States. Attitudinal and demographic data were collected from 1900 individuals in Florida, Oregon, and Virginia modeled after the European approach. Clustering analysis was applied to divide the sample into segments so that members of the same group share similar attitudes. These include attitudes about various modes, car use, and congestion and environment. A...

This event is presented by the Portland Bureau of Transportation as part of its Bicycle Lunch & Learn series, and is supported by TREC this month.

OVERVIEW

As quadrants go, Northwest Portland is like the sun – dense, shiny and hard for people to bike through. But not for long!

The speakers will cover:

• the NW 20s Neighborhood Greenway;
• the NW Flanders Bridge & Neighborhood Greenway; 
• the NW in Motion initiative;
• the extension of TriMet Line 24; and
• other projects in progress.

Come and prep for the NW Transportation Open House that same day (Thurs, Nov 15th from 5-7 pm at Chown Hardware, 1605 NW Everett St), or come hear what’s happening if you can’t make the evening event.

PRESENTERS

Nicole Peirce, Capitol Project Manager, PBOT

Scott Cohen, Capitol Project Manager, PBOT

Zef Wagner, Transportation Planner, PBOT

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ABOUT THE HOSTS

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is the steward of the City’s transportation system, and a community partner in shaping a livable city. We plan, build, manage and maintain an effective and safe...

Friday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. With over 450 seminars presented and recorded (access the archive of seminars here), we host both visiting and local scholars to share the latest in research, technology, and implementation in transportation.

PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

Miss this seminar or want a look back? You can view the presentation slides here, and watch the recorded video here.

EVENT OVERVIEW

While public transit has a reputation as a potential means to ameliorate the adverse environmental effects of automobile travel, there have been very few empirical studies of the marginal effect of transit supply on air quality. We explore whether any of the substantial improvement in air quality observed in the U.S. from 1991 to 2011 can be attributed to increased public transit supply by developing an equilibrium model of transit and automobile travel volumes as a function of the level of transit supplied. We then empirically analyze the effects of the level of transit supply on observed ambient pollution levels by applying an instrumental variables approach that...