Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. Formerly known as the Friday Transportation Seminar series, we've opened up PSU Transportation Seminars to other days of the week to better accommodate attendance. You can always watch online via Zoom.
PRESENTATION ARCHIVE
THE TOPIC
This seminar reviews the recently-adopted Oregon Transportation Plan and the process and innovations that underpinned the analysis to identify a preferred set of investments and actions to support the vision and goals of the plan. The plan used innovative methods for communicating how investment strategies may affect regions or example households across the state. Funding is a key influence on how the plan by identifying the affects of inadequate funding and identifying how investment priorities change if funding increases. The Statewide VisionEval strategic travel model was used to conduct an exploratory scenario planning process that informed the relationships between funding, investments, preservation & adaptation, and travel behaviors. The seminar explores the OTP and the respective roles that planning, analysis, and modeling had in the process.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Update on strategic modeling tools and methods available to planners and practitioners
- How Strategic Planning Models inform the development of policies, strategies, and actions in long-range plans
- How new tools and methods are available to conduct efficiently and effectively create output-driven plans
Gaining insight on the interplay of quantitative, technical analysis with qualitatively-driven public outreach in the long-range planning process
